Chapter 155 New Year's Goods
When Ye Qian got home, Gu Jinyan had not returned yet.
She was not idle either. She took out the food to be eaten during the New Year. This year it was still fried meatballs and dumplings, but this year Ye Qian wanted to braise the dishes, so she took out the braising ingredients and some of her favorite dishes. Ye Qian had just finished washing the vegetables when Gu Jinyan came back.
Seeing Ye Qian busy in the kitchen again, Gu Jinyan said seriously, "What do you want to eat? Wait until I come back and I'll make it for you. You don't have to worry about getting tired."
"I just washed the vegetables. I was planning to wait for you to come back and start cooking." Ye Qian said with a smile.
Gu Jinyan's expression brightened when he heard Ye Qian say this. He looked at the dishes Ye Qian brought out and asked, "What are you planning to cook?"
"I'm planning to braise some dishes. I'm really craving them." Ye Qian replied.
Gu Jinyan looked at the vegetables on the ground and asked, "How do we prepare this?"
Ye Qian looked at the vegetables. They had all been washed and did not need to be cut for the stew. She asked Gu Jinyan to light the fire. Ye Qian added water to the pot. After waiting for the water to boil, Ye Qian put the vegetables into the pot. There were beef brisket, pork belly, pork tripe, beef tripe, lotus root, kelp, chicken feet, duck feet, dried tofu and most importantly, pig's trotters in the pot. One pot could not hold all the food, so Ye Qian boiled both pots and used them all for the stew.
Braised dishes are the simplest. Just add the marinade ingredients. However, Ye Qian likes spicy food, so she will add some chili peppers. After putting the ingredients in, just cover the pot and take them out after cooking. After taking them out, Ye Qian also braised a lot of peanuts with the remaining fire. Ye Qian did the same in later generations. The meat will taste particularly fragrant after being braised in the marinade, and it will taste much better if you braise peanuts.
After all the food was braised, Ye Qian did not pour out the braising liquid. She took out a large bucket from the space, shook all the braising liquid into the bucket and then put it into the space so that she could use it next time. After all, food braised with old braising liquid tastes better.
While Ye Qian was braising food, she didn't let Gu Jinyan sit idle either. She chopped 5 pounds of pork belly and made meatballs. She poured water into the pot as soon as it was washed and started frying the meatballs. Gu Jinyan felt sorry for Ye Qian, so he only let her fry one pot and then replaced her. After Ye Qian came out, she kept a portion of each of the hot braised dishes and put the rest into the space so that they could be eaten directly next time.
Then Ye Qian started making dumplings in the living room. She only made two flavors of dumplings, leek and beef and cabbage and pork. After Gu Jinyan fried the meatballs, Ye Qian took some dumplings and fried them in the pan like last year.
Ye Qian and Gu Jinyan were the only two people celebrating the New Year, so they didn't need to prepare a lot of things. They were busy until around 3 pm and had almost finished everything.
At noon, because there was something stewing in the pot, they didn't make lunch. The two of them just drank a cup of eight-treasure porridge and had a meal. Now they were very hungry, so Ye Qian took out the instant noodles from the space and cooked 4 packets of instant noodles with the firewood that was not completely burned. Ye Qian couldn't eat much, but Gu Jinyan could eat a lot.
Ye Qian always boils the water when cooking instant noodles, then adds eggs, corn sausage and 2 tomatoes and cooks them together. After the eggs solidify, she adds 3 packets of seasoning. After the seasoning boils, she adds bread and then takes it out directly after boiling.
When Ye Qian was cooking, Gu Jinyan couldn't help but smell the fragrance and asked, "It smells so good. I remember you had it before. I could smell the fragrance from the opposite side."
"Ah, it can float so far." Ye Qian asked.
Gu Jinyan nodded: "It smells so good." After saying that, he swallowed his saliva.
Ye Qian filled a bowl with the noodles, and the rest were all for Gu Jinyan. After the noodles were served, there was no rush to eat them. Ye Qian cut some freshly braised beef and put it on top. Such a bowl of noodles would probably sell for at least 20 in the future.
After Ye Qian decorated the noodles, she asked Gu Jinyan to bring the big bowl over and drink the soup first. After tasting the soup, Gu Jinyan was excited: "It smells so good! What kind of noodles are these? They are delicious."
"It's just noodles, and the main thing is that the seasoning packet tastes good." How could it not be delicious? This is a deluxe version of braised beef noodles.
Ye Qian ate a small bowl of noodles and some braised vegetables and was full. Gu Jinyan finished the noodles and drank all the soup. After putting down the bowl, he was still savoring the taste. Then he said to Ye Qian, "Is this too much? Why don't we eat more tomorrow?"
"Okay, we have all kinds of flavors." Ye Qian then listed 18 flavors, leaving Gu Jinyan stunned.
How could she not be stunned? Noodles can be made in so many flavors. Ye Qian completely opened the door to her new world. Gu Jinyan cleaned up the dishes on the table. Ye Qian was not idle either. She went directly into the space and unpacked the instant noodles. She took out 10 bags and put them in the kitchen. The noodles would not last long without the packaging bags. However, Gu Jinyan's appetite was such that he could finish them in 2-3 days. There was no need to worry about them going bad.
After Gu Jinyan washed the dishes and returned to the living room, he saw the instant noodles that Ye Qian took out. He smiled and put them all into the kitchen cabinet.
It had been a busy day today and Ye Qian was a little tired. She simply washed up and took a rest. Gu Jinyan went out after Ye Qian had rested and brought some braised dishes, meatballs and dumplings from home, saying that he was going to pay New Year's greetings. Ye Qian then remembered that he seemed to have gone out last year as well.
Ye Qian was a little curious about who Gu Jinyan was wishing the New Year to, but since Gu Jinyan didn't say, she didn't ask and went to bed directly.
After Gu Jinyan got his things, he closed the door and turned around to walk out. The place he wanted to go was a bit far and it would take too long to ride a bike, so he took the bus directly from there.
An hour later, Gu Jinyan got off the car and walked into an alley. He knocked on the door in front of him and called out casually, "Auntie Lan, is Auntie Lan here?"
The woman inside had just finished washing the dishes when she heard a knock on the door. She hurried over and opened the door. Who else could it be but Gu Jinyan? She immediately made way and said enthusiastically, "Comrade Gu, come in quickly. Why are you here?"
"Yes, I'm here to wish you a happy new year." The person Gu Jinyan wanted to see was Aunt Lan in front of him. This Aunt Lan used to be a nanny in Gu Jinyan's mother's house. She used to call him "young master", but now is a special period, so everyone has changed their address to "comrade", including Aunt Lan.
Aunt Lan looked very happy. Gu Jinyan didn't come often, but he would come to wish her a happy new year whenever he was in Han City. She had been sold to the Ye family (Gu Jinyan's mother's home) since she was a child. She had watched the young master grow up. The child was so sensible that it made people feel distressed. However, he had obviously changed a lot in the past year. He became cheerful and loved to laugh. After listening to Gu Jinyan, she realized that it was because of his girlfriend.
It's not that I'm not anxious that Gu Jinyan is still not married at such an age, but as a nanny, it's not my turn to say anything.
(End of this chapter)
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