So Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen discussed it and decided that they didn't need to prepare so many things; they could just give their daughter 10,000 yuan as a dowry.
"In a few days, Qinglan and her classmates will be on holiday after finishing their final exams. They will go to the capital a few days in advance."
"Go ask Lao Wu over there; if he needs anything, he can buy it in the capital."
Zhou Qinglan teaches the first-year high school students, who usually don't have extra classes during the summer vacation, so they can have a long break. This is perfect for the whole family to go to the capital to attend a wedding.
"Hey, you two keep chatting, I'll go get something to eat. Xiaofeng and Yue'er are coming back, we'll need to cook a few dishes for dinner."
Zhang Shuzhen glanced at her watch; it was past two o'clock. She needed to hurry and find something to eat.
When Zhang Shuzhen mentioned it, Sheng Xiping suddenly remembered that his car trunk was filled with quite a lot of things.
So, Sheng Xiping called out to Chen Feng and Sheng Xinhua, and the three of them quickly moved their things back.
Since the family has a vegetable garden and there's no shortage of vegetables, Sheng Xiping mainly bought fish and meat, including a whole rack of spare ribs.
"Grandma, how about we have ribs for dinner? Let's stew them in a big pot, add some green beans and potatoes, and stick some flatbread around the edge of the pot."
"Oh, I've been craving this for ages, I keep thinking about it." Chen Feng said to Zhang Shuzhen as he carried the ribs into the house.
"Sure, why not? That's too easy."
Just now, Zhang Shuzhen was thinking to herself that the wild vegetables frozen in the refrigerator seemed to be too hard to thaw before she could make wild vegetable dumplings.
Zhang Shuzhen was wondering what to cook to entertain Chen Feng and his sister when Chen Feng suggested this: pork ribs stewed with green beans and potatoes, and cornbread. Isn't that easy?
"Wait here, I'll get it right away." Zhang Shuzhen washed her hands, put on an apron, and first mixed cornmeal and wheat flour to make half a basin of dough.
Life is better now, unlike before. In the past, people would just scald cornmeal with boiling water and stick it to make unleavened flatbread.
Nowadays, it has to be mixed with wheat flour in a 50/50 ratio, otherwise the children might not be used to it.
After the dough had risen, Zhang Shuzhen asked Sheng Xiping to chop the ribs while she went to the garden to pick some green beans.
There are many varieties of local green beans. Early-maturing varieties include Tudun'er and Banjia, while late-maturing varieties include Mazhang'er, Jiangdoukuan, and Dabaidou.
At this time of year, half the flowers have just fallen and the trees haven't formed yet, but the clumps of earth are growing quite well.
However, these mound-shaped green beans don't like to become mushy, and they don't taste as good as horse-foot green beans; they need plenty of oil to taste good.
So many families plant a little bit, and when half a trellis of green beans is harvested, no one cares to eat the mounds of earth.
Zhang Shuzhen picked half a basket of green beans and carried them back to the house. Chen Yue took the initiative to help her remove the green bean threads and peel the potatoes. Meanwhile, Sheng Xiping chopped the ribs and put them in a pot to blanch.
Simmer the ribs in the east pot until they are almost done, then light a fire in the west pot. Scoop out a shovelful of oil, sauté scallions and garlic, then add green beans and stir-fry vigorously.
Once the green beans have wilted and changed color, add soy sauce, salt, Sichuan peppercorn powder, and other seasonings. Then, transfer the spare ribs and broth from the east pot to the west pot, and add the potatoes as well.
Finally, shape the risen dough into a ball by hand, stick it directly to the side of the pot, cover it with the lid, and wait for about thirty minutes. The fragrant, homemade one-pot dish is ready.
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