Qin Rou brought the passion fruit vine seedling home and planted it under a thatched umbrella. She built a trellis to facilitate its free climbing. According to Aunt Fu, the passion fruit is very easy to grow. Any kind of plant can survive, even a simple stem can survive, and it can grow in one year. It can bloom several times a year and produce three or four batches of fruits. The flowers they bloom are very strange. They are neither beautiful nor ugly, but they look a bit fierce.

Qin Rou thinks that the passion fruit blooms, which is quite similar to the Piranha Plant in the game. The passion fruit flower is a little purple, and the petals open, just like the Piranha Plant opening its mouth.

When the flowers die, they become beautiful passion fruits.

"You must make sure that the passion fruits are planted well."

If these passion fruits are planted well in the yard, there will be no shortage of passion fruits to eat all year round, and you can drink a cup of passion fruit tea from time to time.

Lu Yan is not very grateful for this kind of fruit, because he secretly opened one and tasted it. It was so sour that he wanted to vomit, and the sparse yellow flesh and black seeds really couldn't stimulate people's appetite.

"What delicious things can be made from this fruit? Don't ask me to eat it."

Zhou Zhou and Dumpling didn't want to eat sour fruit either. They stood on their father's side. "Mom, let's eat sweet fruit."

"Sweet fruit is delicious."

The tropical and subtropical climates are most suitable for growing fruit trees. Tropical fruits are particularly sweet. Qiongzhou Island has sufficient sunshine during the day, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. The fruits naturally accumulate a lot of cyclamate. Even the wild fruits on the mountain are easy to be outrageously sweet. There are

countless ripe sweet fruits in the wild that rot on the mountain. Why eat sour fruits?

There are many delicious fruits on the mountain all year round, and the small animals live very comfortably. This is also one of the reasons why there are more animals such as monkeys and squirrels.

"Wait a few days and you'll know how delicious it is." Some newly picked passion fruits are indeed sour, but they will become sour and sweet after a few days. When the skin is slightly wrinkled due to lack of water, the flesh inside will be sweeter.

Qin Rou waited for two or three days. After the skin was slightly wrinkled, she cut seven or eight passion fruits and poured all the flesh into their huge enamel pot, adding warm water and sugar according to the proportion.

Passion fruit juice does not require too much operation. Simply add water and sugar to turn it into a sour and sweet summer drink with a very rich aroma. This juice also naturally has "black pearls". It is so comfortable to suck the sour and sweet refreshing juice and chew the crispy black seeds.

In the past, when Qin Rou drank passion fruit juice, she liked to chew passion fruit seeds.

After brewing the passion fruit juice, Qin Rou used a spoon to scoop out a small cup. She smelled the rich and tempting fruit aroma, tilted her head back and took a sip. As soon as the sour and sweet juice entered her mouth, she felt that the whole mouth was occupied by the fruit aroma.

Why is passion fruit called passion fruit? It is because its juice is extremely rich, like the juice of hundreds of fruits mixed together, and you can taste all kinds of wonderful flavors.

It tastes so good! !

The only drawback is that the juice is warm. If it is chilled, it will definitely be more sweet and pleasant. Qin Rou put the enamel jar filled with passion fruit juice together with the cup lid into the freezer. It does not need to be frozen for a long time. It can be taken out and drunk in one or two hours.

Qin Rou wondered if she should make some square molds? Used to make small ice cubes in the freezer. Of course, there is no rush for this matter. The two little kids in their family are still young, so they can't eat too many cold things. When the kids grow up, they will definitely eat ice cream and popsicles on hot days.

After freezing the juice, Qin Rou went to cook a few dishes. Their family is going to eat some exotic dishes today, pan-fried hairtail with green kumquat juice, lychee stuffed shrimp, lychee shrimp balls, and pineapple rice, and a cup of fragrant passion fruit juice.

Are the names of these two dishes, lychee stuffed shrimp and lychee shrimp balls, scary? Ordinary people probably haven't thought that lychees can be cooked. That's right, fresh lychee meat is paired with fresh shrimps! ! Everyone who has eaten it says it's delicious! !

Making lychee-stuffed shrimp is not difficult. Mix fresh shrimp with some chopped cucumber and radish, mash them all into shrimp paste, add starch and seasoning, stuff the shrimp paste into the plump and beautiful lychees, insert the shrimp tails, and finally steam the full plate of lychees, and steam out beautiful little white rabbits.

The lychees are plump and translucent, and the shrimp paste inside seems to be squeezed out. The forked shrimp tails are like the two long ears of the little rabbit, plump and chubby. This dish is very beautiful, but it takes a lot of craftsmanship. Stuffing shrimp paste into fresh lychees is very demanding, so Qin Rou only made eleven in total.

Qin Rou tasted one first, and it tasted very good, without any failure.

Making lychee shrimp balls is much simpler. After stir-frying the shrimp balls, add fresh lychees and stir-fry for a while. When serving, sprinkle with white sesame seeds. It smells especially fragrant.

Qin Rou prepared all the dishes.

However, Lu Yan, Xia Mingxi and the two little kids Zhou Zhou Dumpling all regarded the meals she cooked as dark cuisine.

Lu Yan swallowed hard: "Lychees can be fried?"

What a strange taste it would be?

Forgive Captain Lu for not being able to imagine the taste of fried lychee meat.

"Wife, ever since you planted that strange fruit in the yard, your cooking skills have also become strange..."

Even if you want to be innovative, this is not the way to do it.

Xia Mingxi also swallowed his saliva: "Aunt, is it really edible?"

The uncle and nephew had the same idea. Are these dishes edible? How should they cook tonight? It seems that only the fried hairtail fish on the side is barely edible. As for the others?

What's the matter with that weird pineapple rice? ? ! !

"The pineapple that Lao Wang's comrade sent from Qianning, you...you used it to make fried rice?"

Qin Rou was very confused: "Is fried rice not okay?"

Lu Yan: "..."

Lu Yan, who only loves to eat steamed buns and can accept clay pot rice, never thought that one day he would eat weird fruit fried rice.

Qin Rou brought out another large cup of passion fruit juice and poured one for each family member, "And another cup of egg juice, you can try it and see if it tastes good."

Lu Yan: "..." Damn it...

Xia Mingxi: "..." Damn it...

Zhou Zhou and Dumpling saw the diced carrots in the pineapple rice, and suddenly felt like their father and cousin that tonight was going to be a tough night.

Mom started to cook strange meals.

Dumpling couldn't help but pull at his father's trouser leg: "Dad, I want to eat steamed buns."

Zhou Zhou: "Me too..."

Xia Mingxi: "Me too..."

It was the first time that Qin Rou saw her family members being so unsupportive.

"Everyone sit down, Lu Yan, you take the lead in eating!"

"Brother Xixi should set a good example."

"Zhou Zhou and Dumpling, eat well."

Lu Yan, who was called, grabbed the two children and put Zhou Zhou and Dumpling on the bench. Qin Rou scooped a large bowl of pineapple fried rice for each of them, and also put beautiful lychee stuffed shrimp and fried hairtail on them.

The honest and resigned brother Zhou Zhou picked up the spoon and scooped a mouthful of rice into his mouth. He found that the sweet rice with the fragrance of pineapple tasted very good in the hot summer.

Lu Yan ate the fried hairtail.

Xia Mingxi was the most eager to try new things, so he took the initiative to eat the lychee stuffed shrimp. After chewing it twice, his eyes lit up immediately.

It's so delicious! !

Unexpectedly, lychee can be paired with shrimp. Xia Mingxi tried the lychee shrimp balls and found them even more delicious! ! "Aunt, you are very good at cooking. Uncle, lychee shrimp is delicious!!"

Now he is no longer the chubby boy of four or five years old, but has grown into a "sturdy" elementary school student. He usually carries a military green schoolbag and wears a red scarf on his chest. He is the three-good monitor in the school.

If you find something good, you should actively promote it and share it with everyone.

But -

the credibility of the three-good monitor was not believed by many people at this time. His uncle Lu Yan was eating fried hairtail in a casual manner and was determined not to touch the evil boiled lychee.

Zhou Zhou and Dumpling ate their fried rice obediently, ignoring the diced carrots in the pineapple fried rice. The fried rice was sour and sweet and especially delicious! !

Zhou Zhou ate the fried rice with a spoonful of food, while Dumpling pushed the diced carrots aside and ate the rest of the fried rice, leaving only the diced carrots. "Mom, I'm done!"

Qin Rou took the bowl from him and scooped a large spoonful of diced carrots into his mouth.

Dumpling looked at her pitifully, and finally ate it with tears in his eyes.

Qin Rou hugged him and kissed his face, "You are really a good son of your mother."

Zhou Zhou said, "Mom, I want a kiss too."

Qin Rou kissed him again.

Qin Rou served the passion fruit juice to them. The brothers gulped down two gulps and said in surprise: "Mom,

it's sweet!!" "Sweet juice."

Xia Mingxi also found that this passion fruit juice was particularly delicious.

Lu Yan finally started to eat lychee and shrimp. Although he had prepared himself mentally, it didn't seem as bad as he imagined... Lychee

and shrimp looked weird, but surprisingly delicious. The pineapple rice tasted okay.

Qin Rou raised her eyebrows at him: "It's not bad, right?"

"It's okay to eat it once in a while, but don't cook it every day." Lu Yan said he couldn't accept it.

Qin Rou: "..."

Xiao Dumpling suddenly said in shock: "Mom, I ate the Shuishui stone!!"

Zhou Zhou said: "It will take root and sprout in your stomach."

"Mom..."

"Brother, don't scare your younger brother, it's okay, they are fruit seeds, you can eat them."

"Lu Yan, come and try this juice. Is it delicious?"

Lu Yan looked at the light yellow juice with black seeds, his face full of rejection: "They say that to capture a man's heart you have to capture his stomach. Wife, can you please not throw away your man's heart?"

Lu Yan found that although his wife could not make mapo tofu and boiled pork slices like the ones next door, she could cook some strange dishes...

Today she made fried shrimp with lychees and pineapple fried rice. Next time, would she make mango fried rice, stewed pig's trotters with lychees, and some mango, squid, oyster vermicelli soup... He absolutely could not tolerate her evil behavior.

Qin Rou laughed: "It's obviously delicious, you are really a dog-bitten Lu Dongbin who doesn't know the kindness of a good person."

"Auntie, this juice is delicious and smells so good! I'll bring some to Jingyi tomorrow."

"Make fresh juice for Jingyi tomorrow. We grow egg fruits at home, so we can make it whenever we want."

...

Captain Lu Yan, who said he didn't want it, finally became the pillar of the family and ate all the strange meals cooked by his wife.

He went to wash the dishes, and Qin Rou asked him: "Has my man's heart returned?"

"It won't happen again." Lu Yan smiled at her.

"Just tell me whether you will eat it next time or not?"

"Yes."

"Comrade Qin, let's make a deal. Can you not be so fanciful next time..." Lu Yan put his arm around his wife's shoulders and made a deal with her.

Qin Rou tilted her head and raised her eyebrows to look at him, her beautiful eyes looking up like crescent moons, "What do you mean?"

Lu Yan gritted his teeth and said, "I don't want to see weird things like stewed pig's trotters with mango, lychee and oyster soup, and fried bitter melon with banana on our table in the future..."

Stewed pig's trotters with mango? Lychee and oyster soup? ... Fried bitter melon with banana?

Qin Rou: "..."

You, brother Lu, are even more outrageous. Can you think of it?

Qin Rou blinked her eyes, she smiled and snuggled in Lu Yan's arms, "Brother Lu, when it comes to imaginative abilities in our family, you are still the best, really, how about we try fried bitter melon with bananas, it sounds too exciting."

Lu Yan pinched her ears punitively and laughed, "Don't be naughty."

"You also said that the child is a mantis shrimp, and the biggest mantis shrimp in our family is you."

Qin Rou smiled and kissed him, "We have been married for several years, and you still don't trust my cooking skills. I'm injured..."

Lu Yan bent his waist and picked her up, "Take you back to the house to heal."

"Help, where are the two monkeys in our family, the master is about to be captured by the goblin."

"Stop nagging, your sons are playing with their cousin."

Xia Mingxi called his biological mother Lu Xuan: "Mom! I'm having a great time at my uncle's place. There are so many lychees on the mountain recently that I got a sore throat and a nosebleed from eating them. Mom, do you know how delicious lychees are? The lychees here are so big and fresh, the flesh is so sweet, and there's so much juice. I even licked my fingers after eating them..."

"My aunt made delicious pineapple rice and lychee shrimp. Mom, do you know how delicious it is? There is also fried lychee with shrimp, sprinkled with sesame seeds. I ate it once and wanted to eat it again. My aunt doesn't make it anymore..."

"The weather has been getting hot recently. My aunt also made iced juice. There is a kind of strange fruit here. It smells so good, sour and sweet. It makes people drool..."

...

Third Sister Lu had a wooden face and listened to her son chattering on the other end of the phone. Fortunately, this time he didn't talk about leek boxes, stewed pig's trotters, eggplant pot... or other dishes.

Lychee fried shrimp, this thing doesn't sound appetizing.

Haha.

This kid eats and drinks delicious food at his uncle's house. Every time he calls his mother, he always reports on the phone what delicious food he has eaten recently, how delicious the dishes cooked by his uncle are, how fragrant the pork stewed with vermicelli cooked by Aunt Qin Mian is...

She drools when she hears it.

Mother Lu Xuan is very hurt. She thinks that she eats canteen food of spring onion and tofu every day. How the dishes taste depends on the mood of the chef, and sometimes the pot is burnt! !

And what does her son eat?

It really makes his mother angry! She doesn't want this son anymore.

Fortunately, this time, the pineapple rice and lychee shrimp mentioned by her lose her appetite.

"Next time, ask your aunt to cook more dishes like lychee shrimp, fried eggplant with mango, braised banana, etc." Lu Xuan encouraged on the other end of the phone.

Xia Mingxi: "..."

Xixi thought that if he really wanted to find a stepfather, it would be best if the stepfather was a good cook, and never let his mother be the chef.

Fried eggplant with mango? How

could such an unappetizing combination be eaten? It was a pity that Uncle Lu didn't want to be his father.

As a good class leader, Xia Mingxi earnestly pleaded on the phone: "Mom, if you want to find a man, you must find a man who can cook, like my uncle."

"Don't worry, Xiao Ming, your mother is much smarter than you."

Now that there is a successful experience like Lu Yan at home, Lu Sanjie must remember to find a partner who can cook.

Find a partner who is particularly good at cooking. If you can't find one, forget it.

"Mom, can you please stop calling me Xiao Ming? The Xiao Ming in the textbook is a fool. He asks me to calculate how much money he needs to spend on stationery every day."

"My name is Xia Mingxi. You can call me Xiao Xia, Xiao Xi, Xi Xi, which is better than calling me Xiao Ming... Xiao Ming has nothing to do all day long. He only gives students difficult questions."

Lu Xuan said, "But your mother thinks Xiao Ming is kind. You are my Xiao Ming."

After failing to reach an agreement on the phone, the mother and son hung up.

Before Lu Xuan returned to the dormitory, she went to pick up her mail. Her pen pal Lu Qing sent her a letter. The two of them are now communicating through correspondence. Lu Xuan thinks it's good to know him as a friend.

However,

in the letters from his younger brother Lu Yan, he discussed math problems with his wife Qin Rou, while Lu Qing would write down the recipes in detail.

He was a retired soldier, and after demobilization, he was arranged to work in a state-owned hotel, learning cooking skills from the old chefs in the hotel. One of the old chefs liked him very much and wanted to teach him his lifelong skills, so in addition to working in the hotel on weekdays, he also practiced cooking skills.

Lu Qing wrote down the cooking steps and techniques in detail in the letter, as well as some of his food experiences in the Guangzhou Hotel. For example, how to make Guangzhou's rice noodles, how good the old chef's skills were, how picky the old gourmets in the city were in the past, what ingredients to choose...

What kind of chicken is the best for white-cut chicken, how to cut the chicken meat There are particularities... When smoking pork in winter, what kind of pork should be selected and what steps should be followed... When making mooncakes on August 15th, how to make the fillings...

This time, he wrote in detail in the letter a dish of chicken with scallion oil, what kind of farm chicken to choose, how to steam and cook it, how to cut the chicken into pieces, how to arrange the dish in the restaurant, and how to drizzle the scallion oil...

...

Although he did not describe in detail in the letter how delicious the scallion oil chicken was and how it tasted, Lu Xuan could constantly imagine the cooking process and the aroma of the dish. The more she thought about it, the hungrier she became. She was drooling... She tossed

and turned at night, unable to sleep, and all she could think about was the chicken. Lu Xuan imagined herself cooking chicken in her dreams, and when she woke up in the morning, there were traces of dried saliva at the corners of her mouth.

Lu Sanjie rationally thought that she should cut off contact with this pen pal who was a chef, but she couldn't help wanting to know what dishes would be in the next letter. She felt that she already knew how to cook many dishes, but she had only cooked them countless times in her mind and had never actually cooked them... She was

so greedy, so she decided to continue receiving his letters.

——This was like drinking poison to quench thirst.

Why didn't this guy talk to her about math problems?

In late August 1975, Lu Yan planned to take a one-month vacation and return to his hometown with his wife and three children to visit their grandparents in Jiaodao.

Zhao Jianghong's marriage application report was approved. He was getting married, so he decided to take Ye Mingxiu back to Shandong Province to meet his parents. Ye Mingxiu thought that she should meet his parents as soon as possible. She was worried that his parents would dislike her.

When the Zhao family heard that they were already married, it was a done deal, so they let Zhao Jianghong take Ye Mingxiu back.

Zhao Jianghong told Lu Yan that the two families would go back together. They decided on a date, first took a ship to Guangzhou, and then took a train from Guangzhou to Shandong Province. The round trip was long and would take several days.

Qin Rou had not experienced such a long journey for several years. Thinking of the last time she went south from Bincheng to Qiongzhou Island, she felt sad. Fortunately, the distance from Qiongzhou Island to Jiaodao is slightly closer than Bincheng.

The two families packed their luggage and took a ship to Guangcheng at the port of Lucheng.