Chapter 220: The 1970s Educated Youth is a Little Arrogant
"Why haven't those three girls come yet?"
I glanced into the space and found that it was only a little after four o'clock.
"She probably hasn't finished work yet. I'll prepare some food first. We'll have hotpot tonight!"
Lin Wanwan posted some noodles on her space, and then went to the vegetable garden to pick some 3628 kinds of lettuce.
He took out a few more pieces of beef and mutton and cut them into thin slices.
The weather is very cold at this time, so there is no need to worry about the ingredients going bad even if you prepare them early.
All the dishes were placed on plates and the table was already full.
Lin Wanwan went to the kitchen and took down the utensils for hot pot from the top of the cabinet.
Boil some warm water, clean the hot pot, and light the charcoal fire.
He put the bone soup stewing in the pot into the hot pot. As the time was almost up, he took out the noodles from the space and steamed them in the pot.
Just as the steamed buns were put on the stove, the sound of the door opening was heard.
"Didn't they ask us to buy ingredients? Why do I feel like this fragrance is coming from our house?"
As soon as Zhang Lingling walked in, she inhaled the fragrance vigorously.
"It's not like, it is!"
"I didn't expect Wanwan wasn't lying when she said she had mastered cooking skills. I didn't expect this little girl to be so ambitious that she even learned how to cook in the countryside."
Although the three little girls can cook, they can only cook some simple home-cooked meals.
Moreover, they were not really needed for meals at home, especially Miao Yingjie. Because there was a nanny at home, she had never cooked a meal by herself since she was a child.
Except during the Chinese New Year and other holidays, my mother and I help the nanny.
The rest of the time, I really don't have to do any housework.
"You are finally here. Let me see what you brought."
"I don't know what dishes you guys will get, so I prepared some in advance. We're planning to have hot pot tonight. Is that okay with you?"
"These ribs and chicken are really fresh. I think they are not available this afternoon. Where did you get them?"
Lin Wanwan checked and found that each of the three people was holding a bag of vegetables.
In addition to some common winter radishes and cabbages, there was also a bag of pork ribs and a cleaned old hen.
"Hey, I got this old hen from the kitchen at home. I've already told my parents about it."
Miao Yingjie pointed to the old hen in the bag. It was originally their family’s dinner.
"I asked my mom to buy the spareribs this morning so that you can taste my signature sweet and sour spareribs."
"But you've prepared so many dishes on the table. These ribs and chicken are no longer needed. Save them for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"This plastic bucket at the kitchen door is what I usually use to store meat and vegetables. It's cold now, so I don't worry about them going bad if I leave them outside."
"There are some stray cats nearby. If you don't put it in the bucket, they will take it away."
Zhang Lingling called a few young sisters, put all the meat and vegetables in a bucket, and carried the vegetables to the kitchen.
"What's steaming in this pot?"
As soon as the sisters entered the kitchen, they smelled the rich aroma of bone soup and the aroma of wheat flour.
"The pot outside is stewing bone soup, and the pot inside is steaming buns."
"The steamed buns have just been put in. We have to wait about 15 minutes."
"Now that we're all here, let's go have hot pot first!"
A few of them came to the restaurant laughing and joking.
The four people sat at the four corners of the table, each with a bowl of thick sauce in front of them.
This sauce was prepared by Lin Wanwan according to the tastes of the three people.
Several people immediately reached out their chopsticks for the beef and mutton, and then put them into the hot pot to cook.
Coated with thick sauce, just one bite made the little sisters squint their eyes with happiness.
"How do you make this hot pot base? It's actually better than the ones in restaurants!"
Zhang Lingling took a bite and gave Lin Wanwan a thumbs up.
"And his knife skills are incredible. He can actually cut the meat so thinly."
"Only when there were no restrictions on restaurants could I eat meat with such good knife skills. Later, the meat I cut at home always felt a little thick."
Miao Yingjie also ate with chopsticks one after another. For a moment, in this cold winter, everyone was sweating all over.
"The steamed buns should be ready. I'll get some out. Wait a moment."
Most of the beef and mutton were quickly eaten up, and the sisters had some meat and vegetables to fill their stomachs, so they started to eat other vegetarian dishes.
"Hey, Wanwan, how come your steamed buns are so big?"
"This one is probably bigger than my face. If I eat it, I probably won't be able to eat for three days!"
Li Fei looked at the steamed buns in the basin and gestured exaggeratedly with her hands.
"Don't look at the size of this bun, it's just too big. If you really compact it, there won't be much."
"Try them all and see if my noodle-making skills are up to par!"
Lin Wanwan greeted the three people, and soon each of them had a piece in their hands.
“Mmm, delicious!”
"Wanwan, how much hardship did you endure in the countryside? I didn't expect that not only are your cooking delicious, but the steamed buns you make taste just like the master chef's!"
"Wow... I told you not to go to the countryside. At least you have us here in Beijing to protect you. It won't be difficult to find you a stable job."
"If anyone dares to bully you, we can also support you."
"I have been alone in such an unfamiliar environment, and I don't know how much suffering I have endured, to grow up to be able to stand on my own feet like I am now!"
As Li Fei spoke, tears began to flow.
She felt heartbroken from the bottom of her heart. Although the food she cooked was delicious, she couldn't help feeling sad when she thought of Lin Wanwan's efforts behind the scenes.
If possible, she would rather the little sisters knew nothing and still play and have fun with them and enjoy a happy life as before.
"Girl, what on earth are you thinking about?"
"I'm living well in the countryside. The villagers take good care of me. The local specialties I gave you were all forced upon me by the village aunties before I left."
"I didn't spend a dime. You can tell from this that I'm having a really good time in the countryside!"
Lin Wanwan patted Li Fei's back soothingly. The little girl was still as sentimental as before.
"Although it's a bit tiring to be in the countryside, being able to stay with my parents and see them healthy is better than anything else!"
"You may not know this, but when I first arrived in the country, my father had a severe cough and was nearly diagnosed with pneumonia."
"It was because I arrived in time and gave Dad some medicine that he didn't develop a common cold and cough into something more serious."
"And the place where my parents live is simply not a place for human beings to stay."
"Next door is where the livestock are kept. What kind of life did my parents lead in the past? Where are they staying now? Whenever I think of this, I feel heartbroken..."
Seeing that the three of them had put down their chopsticks, Lin Wanwan began to tell them in detail about what she had seen and heard in the countryside.
The three little girls' eyes were red when they heard this. After all, Lin Wanwan's parents were the uncles and aunts who watched them grow up.
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