After he finished everything, Mr. Zhang came in from the yard. Seeing Xu Jianguo, he smiled and said, "I smelled the fragrance in the yard!"
"Hehe, I was afraid that you were hungry, so I got up early to cook. Let's have noodles with gravy this morning so that you can taste my cooking." Xu Jianguo said with a smile.
"Oh, that's great. I'll wash my face later."
"Okay, the hot water is ready for you, and the face towels are on the shelf."
"You kid, you really know how to take care of people!" said Mr. Zhang with a smile.
After the two of them sat on the kang, the old man looked at the large bowl of eggplant and diced meat stew and asked in confusion, "Jianguo, where did you get the eggplants in this cold winter?"
Xu Jianguo was stunned, thinking he was careless, and quickly said, "I was helping the village compost. To test its fertility, I moved the eggplant seedlings I had planted in the yard to the house next door. Before we went into the mountains to hunt, I asked the villagers to help me water the plants. This morning, I went over and saw two eggplants, so I picked them."
"I heard about your composting from the commune president. He said he wanted to promote it to the entire commune. Now it seems that the compost you made is really good."
Xu Jianguo secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took the large bowl in front of the old man and served him noodles.
Since both the marinade and noodles were cooked with space well water, the taste was particularly good. The old man ate two large bowls of it with garlic and kept praising Xu Jianguo's cooking skills.
Seeing the old man's rosy complexion and the tiredness on his face gone, Xu Jianguo was very happy.
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