Chapter 3 A life of cheating, a sad reality
Du Shaojie looked down at his little sister, smiled, and reached out to rub her hair.
Then he pushed open the door and went to the kitchen.
Wang Yuxiu was cutting vegetables. Du Shaojie stretched his head to take a look. A cabbage had been washed and was lying on the chopping board, gradually turning into cabbage shreds. A few peeled potatoes were soaking in the basin on the ground.
"Xiaojie, are you awake? Are you feeling better? We'll have cabbage and potatoes for lunch."
Wang Yuxiu smiled when she saw her son.
But when she turned around and looked at the dishes she had prepared, the light in her eyes dimmed a little. The whole family relied on the son's meager salary to make ends meet, and the food at home was really bad.
The winter in the northwest is long and cold. Every household has winter vegetables stored in the cellar, including cabbage, green radish, yellow radish, green onion, potatoes, etc.
Fresh vegetables are a luxury, and there are very few side dishes. As for eating meat, it requires careful planning. It is good to have meat once or twice a month.
Fortunately, Du Shaojie works in the canteen, so he can get some oil and water, and occasionally he can bring some home, so that the family will not always envy others.
After cutting the last knife, Wang Yuxiu walked to the stove with the vegetable basket.
"I'm much better. I'll fry the potatoes later."
Feeling Wang Yuxiu's concern, Du Shaojie suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart.
In his previous life, he was an orphan. He relied on his own hard work to have a relatively stable life. This kind of care from the elders is a novel experience.
He felt that he should do something, so he rolled up his sleeves and took the potatoes from the basin, and began to cut the potatoes on the chopping board.
He planned to make a dish of [Sour and Spicy Potato Shreds].
Both the original body and himself had made this dish before. This is a widely circulated home-cooked dish, sour and spicy, delicious and very good with rice.
This dish is simple and difficult, and it is more challenging to knife skills and control of heat.
Du Shaojie's knife skills are pretty good. He is an apprentice with two years of work experience. He has learned all 21 knife skills. He is not very proficient, but it is definitely enough.
Slice the potatoes first, then use the usual straight knife cutting method to cut the potato slices into shreds and put them in the pan to fry.
Cut the main ingredients and prepare the ingredients, including chili, green onions and garlic. That's all, it will be done quickly.
At this time, Wang Yuxiu had already fried the cabbage and took the dish to the main house, leaving the kitchen to Du Shaojie.
Du Shaojie cleaned the iron pan and started to heat the pan.
The coal stove has enough firepower, but it is not easy to adjust the firepower, but it is not a big problem for him.
First, lubricate the pan with oil, and then add a small amount of rapeseed oil. When the pan starts to smoke a little, pour the small ingredients into the pan, stir fry a few times, and then pour the shredded potatoes into the pan and start frying.
Then start seasoning, pour vinegar and soy sauce from the side of the pot, add salt and a little bit of MSG, continue to stir-fry for a few times and it's ready to serve.
A plate of fragrant hot and sour potato shreds is freshly baked, but Du Shaojie suddenly froze on the spot.
[Ding!]
[Bound chef: Du Shaojie]
[Level: Apprentice (third year)]
[Current work: Hot and sour potato shreds]
[Overall evaluation: bad]
[Bonus: current dish teaching materials]
[Reward: Bone-in lamb (1 kg)]
[Special reward: None]
Note 1: The comprehensive evaluation is divided into top, top, middle, middle and bottom, bottom, bottom and not in the flow. Works in the flow and above can get bonus teaching materials.
Note 2: (The same dish) reward once a day, reset at midnight every day. The reward content is randomly distributed according to the comprehensive evaluation.
Note 3: Triggering a special event is a prerequisite for special rewards.
The sudden sound stimulated Du Shaojie's nerves, and lines of text appeared clearly in front of him.
After quickly digesting the above content, the corners of his mouth slowly curled up, and finally he grinned and laughed silently.
What else is there to say? What you think will come true, and your own golden finger will come unexpectedly.
"It seems that this system is a little simple, huh?"
In addition to being happy, Du Shaojie also felt a little regretful.
How to say it, the golden finger is not as powerful as he imagined, and it did not allow him to directly stand on the peak of life.
The career has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard!
"Take a look at the teaching materials."
Du Shaojie was happy for a while, and then focused on the teaching materials.
On the light screen that does not exist in reality, the text faded, and a middle-aged man whose face could not be seen clearly began to make "sour and spicy potato shreds".
The voice-over provided a detailed explanation, explaining from the aspects of food processing, knife
skills, production process, heat, seasoning, etc., no matter how big or small, it can be called a nanny-level teaching. He was happy after a few glances. Isn't this the "new, east, and square" of stream of consciousness? Look at other people's skills, they are definitely chefs.
"Brother, why are you standing here and laughing? It's time to eat."
The eldest sister Du Xiaomei rushed in and glanced at her brother suspiciously, always feeling that something was wrong.
But she didn't think much about it. She reached out and picked up the plate of shredded potatoes and walked out.
Obviously, she didn't find out Du Shaojie's secret at all.
Du Shaojie put away the light curtain. He would not let anyone know about this. Then he cleaned up the kitchen and turned to the main house.
Today's staple food is steamed corn bread, and the dishes include stir-fried Chinese cabbage, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and a plate of mixed pickles (Qie Lian).
The current food supply has improved a bit compared to previous years. At the most exaggerated time in previous years, the ratio of coarse grains to fine grains reached 7 to 3, of which cornmeal accounted for the majority.
The family of four took their seats, and Wang Yuxiu placed a gray and black white flour steamed bun in front of Du Shaojie.
The steamed bun is made of eight-sided flour, which is darker in color. The white seven-five-sided flour can only be eaten when making dumplings during festivals.
Even this is considered a special treatment at home.
The younger sister Du Xiaoya was younger after all, unlike her elder sister who only lowered her head to eat. She looked at the white flour steamed bun eagerly for a few times and couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
Wang Yuxiu saw it and said helplessly: "Your brother is usually busy with work and very hard. Let him eat this time. I will make more steamed buns next time. Be good and eat quickly."
"Oh"
Du Xiaoya didn't have any other thoughts. She knew that the whole family depended on her brother's salary to survive. She responded and lowered her head.
How could Du Shaojie bear this? Suddenly, a sour feeling came to his heart. He stretched out his hand and broke a white flour steamed bun into two halves, and put them in front of the two sisters respectively.
"Brother, you eat it, I don't want it."
Du Xiaomei was very sensible and shook her head quickly.
Du Xiaoya also wanted to refuse, but she didn't dare to say anything after being glared at by her brother.
"Eat it when I tell you to, don't be long-winded."
Du Shaojie grabbed the steamed buns from the two sisters and took a big bite.
In the era before he traveled through time, cornmeal steamed bread was considered a health food, and if you ate out, the price was higher than that of white flour steamed bread.
But now it is the 1970s, and eating too much whole grains will not only sore your throat but also cause acid in your stomach.
The family has many people and low income, so part of the fine grains supplied have been replaced with coarse grains. After all, coarse grains are cheaper and can fill you up in large quantities.
Du Shaojie felt that since he had occupied the body of the original inhabitant, he had the obligation to shoulder the burden of the family.
Wang Yuxiu saw this scene, but she didn't say anything. She felt both happy and sad.
She was happy that her son had finally grown up, but she was sad that she had been bedridden since her husband left, and could not give her children a relatively affluent life.
(End of this chapter)
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