Chapter 72 Cooking
After Ye Qian followed Gu Jinyan into his house, she found that except for a bed in his room, the rest of the house was empty and there was nothing there. It seemed that he didn't live there often.
Ye Qian asked, "Check your injuries and see if they need any treatment."
Ye Qian saw that Gu Jinyan's body was covered with footprints and dust from the beating he had just received, but she knew that his injuries were not very serious, at least there was no bleeding, otherwise he would not have been able to pull herself so far.
Gu Jinyan heard Ye Qian's words and responded: "Okay, I'll change my clothes."
Ye Qian agreed: "Yes."
During this time, Ye Qian kept walking back and forth in the house. There was nothing she could do about it. There wasn't even a stool in the living room, so she couldn't stand in one place all the time. She could only walk back and forth in the living room.
At this time, there was a "click" sound of the door opening, Gu Jinyan walked out and looked at Ye Qian.
Ye Qian asked with concern: "How is it? Is the injury serious? Do you want to go to the hospital?"
Gu Jinyan hadn't been cared for in a long time, so the look in his eyes when he looked at Ye Qian was particularly gentle: "Well, it's nothing, just superficial injuries."
When Ye Qian heard him say that everything was fine, she said, "Okay, since everything is fine, I'll go first. It's getting late."
It’s really getting late, it’s already 4 o’clock, it’s time for dinner.
When Gu Jinyan heard that Ye Qian was leaving, he wanted to keep her, but he didn't know how to start the conversation, and no matter how he started, it would be inappropriate: "I'll treat you to dinner."
When Ye Qian heard that Gu Jinyan wanted to treat him to a meal, how could she refuse? But she was also a little worried about Gu Jinyan, so she immediately said, "You are so injured, can you go out to eat? Do you have anything to eat at home? I can cook it for you, or I can buy some and take it back."
Gu Jinyan was a little excited when he heard Ye Qian was going to cook for him, but then he thought about it and realized that there was nothing at home. He whispered to Ye Qian, "There's only some rice at home, nothing else, and there's no state-owned restaurant nearby."
Ye Qian thought about it and realized that the state-owned restaurant where she met Gu Jinyan before was indeed not close to here.
Ye Qian and Gu Jinyan were running in a hurry before, and she was only paying attention to Gu Jinyan all the way and didn't pay attention to her surroundings.
The area around here is the land where I and my grandmother lived in my previous life, so there is a black market nearby. I just said I would go to the black market to buy things, and then just take some things out from the space.
After Ye Qian made her plan, she said to Gu Jinyan, "You rest at home for a while. I'll go out and buy some food and come back to cook for you."
When Gu Jinyan heard Ye Qian say that she was going to buy some food and cook for him, he immediately took out the money and bills from his clothes pocket and stuffed them into Ye Qian's pockets: "Here, buy whatever you want to eat."
How could Ye Qian ask him for money? It’s not like she has no money. “What do you want to eat?”
Gu Jinyan replied: "I can do either."
People of this era love to eat meat, and so do I, but I can't tell her directly. What if the little girl can't buy it? Wouldn't that be very disappointing? If I have to look for places to buy meat for her, wouldn't that be embarrassing for her?
Ye Qian asked Gu Jinyan a few questions, and without taking the money and tickets from him, she ran out, leaving him to wait at home.
After hearing what Ye Qian said, Gu Jinyan waited obediently. He was not a dog. Although he thought so in his heart, he couldn't hide the smile on the corner of his mouth.
Ye Qian went out and walked around the neighborhood, confirming that this was near her home in her previous life, and then followed the road to the black market.
The black market has been cancelled recently. I remember when I first came to Han City, I also sold things here. The black market here scared me. It was like the street stalls in later generations. There were many people around buying things here. It was simply a scene in itself.
But now, there are only a few people, and they don’t show up like before. They just walk around the black market with baskets on their shoulders. But this also makes it easier to escape, after all, the black market is now under too strict control.
Ye Qian took a quick stroll and left the black market. She put the food she wanted to eat into her small bag, then wrapped 3 pounds of pork belly in yellow paper, took a bucket of noodles, and went back with these things.
After Ye Qian left, Gu Jinyan steamed the rice. After steaming the rice, he became a little worried that Ye Qian might leave and never come back. Gu Jinyan paced back and forth in the living room, just like he did when he first met Ye Qian.
It was not until he smelled a burnt smell that he remembered his rice. Just as he was about to throw it away, he heard Ye Qian knocking on the door. Gu Jinyan didn't care about the burnt rice and turned around to open the door for Ye Qian.
After seeing Ye Qian, Gu Jinyan relaxed and saw Ye Qian's smiling face.
Ye Qian was so sweetly stunned by Gu Jinyan's sudden smile that she was a little stunned for a moment.
When he slowly smelled a burning smell, he finally realized: "Do you smell anything? It seems like something is burnt."
Gu Jinyan thought about the burnt rice he had steamed and said to Ye Qian, "I wanted to steam the rice first, but the fire was too high and it got burnt."
Gu Jinyan himself would never say that he couldn't take care of the kitchen because he was worried that Ye Qian would not come back. He also had to save face.
Ye Qian handed the things in her hand to Gu Jinyan, and went to the kitchen to check the rice. Ye Qian opened the lid and saw the round and plump rice grains. She thought that the rice should taste good, and it would be a pity to pour out too much, so she added out the unburned rice and poured out the burnt rice. This amount should be enough for two people.
Gu Jinyan looked at the things Ye Qian handed to her, a bucket of noodles and a bag of pork belly, with a look of surprise. These were scarce supplies, where did she buy them?
Gu Jin then walked into the kitchen and watched Ye Qian serve the rice and put it on the table, and then took out the vegetables from her bag.
Ye Qian's shoulder bag was neither too big nor too small, at least it could hold a lunch box. When Ye Qian put the vegetables in the shoulder bag, she put the lunch box into the space, so the shoulder bag was also filled with a small pile of vegetables.
Ye Qian took out 2 eggs, 2 tomatoes, and then took out a chicken weighing about one pound, a handful of mushrooms and some seasonings.
First soak the mushrooms in water. The chicken has been processed before. Ye Qian first boils the chicken in water, removes the foam, then adds oil to the pot and stir-fry for a while, then pours it into the window where rice was steamed and stews. After the water in the pot boils, add the soaked mushrooms. That's it. It takes more than an hour to stew a chicken. When it is cooked, add salt.
Ye Qian has cooked the chicken and is now starting to make the braised pork. Ye Qian brought back three pounds of meat and cooked it all.
Ye Qian first boiled the whole piece of meat in water until it changed color. Then she took it out and cut it into pieces. This way, the half-cooked meat would be easier to cut. She then poured out the water in the pot and cleaned up the floating foam. She then added oil and sugar and stir-fried them until the sugar turned brown, then added water. Ye Qian added seasonings such as chopped green onions and star anise, and then added soy sauce. She stewed it like this. Because there was a lot of meat, it was cooked after half an hour.
(End of this chapter)
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