Chapter 4: What are the conditions at home? How dare you eat oil like this?

The sun sets.

Every household in Naye Village is making fire and cooking.

In Deng Shirong's family, except for the second son Deng Yunheng who had already gone to school, the other six children gathered in the kitchen, craning their necks to watch him cook.

At this time, Deng Shirong was beating eggs, one after another into a large bowl, and soon all the more than ten eggs in the basket were beaten.

Seeing this scene, the six children had different thoughts.

Deng Yunzhen, who has been cooking for the past few years, naturally felt distressed. If she were to cook so many eggs, they could at least eat several meals! The younger Deng Yunhua and Deng Yunheng were delighted. With more than ten eggs, they could at least eat two on average. It was so cool!

Deng Shirong used chopsticks to beat the eggs in the bowl, cut the washed green peppers into shreds, and crushed the garlic for seasoning. After doing all this, he began to prepare the city paste water.

Shigao is a Hakka dialect, and its name in the book is soy sauce paste, which is a brown-black oily condiment made from black beans. It has a rich southern flavor, is brown-yellow in color, and has a strong aroma. It is deeply loved by people. The Yulin area where Deng Shirong is located is where it is produced.

Deng Shirong took out a bowl, scooped out a small piece of paste about the size of a thumb from the paste bowl, put it in the bowl, added a little water to dissolve it and set aside.

At this time, the eldest daughter Deng Yunzhen had already cleaned the pot, so Deng Shirong said, "Ah Zhen, you can light the fire now!"

"Okay." Deng Yunzhen responded, then sat in front of the stove and started to light a fire.

Soon, the pot became hot. Deng Shirong picked up the spatula and scooped a full spatula of lard into the oil tank and put it into the iron pot. The solidified lard quickly melted in the high temperature iron pot.

This scene directly shocked his six children! What kind of family conditions do they have to dare to eat oil like this?

Deng Yunzhen jumped up from the stove as if her butt was on fire, reaching out to grab the spatula from her father's hand, and said distressedly: "Dad, let me do it!"

Deng Shirong pushed her hand away and said, "Let me do it. I cook better than you."

If the person she was facing was not her beloved father, Deng Yunzhen would definitely have cursed: If I were willing to use so much oil, let alone scrambled eggs, even if I used a belt to fry it, it would definitely taste good, okay!

Seeing that her father was determined to fry the food, Deng Yunzhen couldn't help but remind him, "Dad, you put too much oil!"

Deng Shirong naturally understood what his eldest daughter meant. The can of lard in their house would last for a whole year. They didn't eat much stir-fried food at home, and when they occasionally stir-fried vegetables, they would save as much as possible and only put a little bit in to lubricate the pan.

Only when cooking during the Chinese New Year and other festivals will a little more oil be added than usual.

But now, even during festivals, Deng Shirong would actually use a large shovel of lard when cooking. This kind of behavior would be unacceptable in poor rural areas, and even in big cities, not many people would be willing to consume so much oil.

The key is that we enjoy the meal now. Once the lard in the oil tank is finished, how are we going to survive the days when there is no oil at all?

"It's okay. The remaining oil can last for a while. I'll think of a solution then." As he spoke, Deng Shirong saw that the oil temperature was about right, so he poured the beaten eggs into the pot.

The eggs were put into the pot and expanded rapidly due to the oil temperature. Deng Shirong turned the eggs over with a spatula to allow both sides of the eggs to be heated evenly. When both sides of the eggs became slightly browned, he placed the eggs on a plate next to him.

Leave some oil in the pan and stir-fry the green pepper.

After the green peppers are cooked, add the eggs in the plate into the pan and stir-fry together. At the same time, use a spatula to break up the eggs. Add an appropriate amount of raw salt, stir-fry for a few times, add the crushed garlic, and then pour the previously prepared paste water along the edge of the pan.

Hiss…

As soon as the paste water met the hot oil, a rich aroma rose from the pot. Deng Shirong quickly stir-fried it a few times, and when the eggs and green peppers were evenly colored, he removed from the pot and served it on a plate.

The entire cooking process was very smooth. It was busy but not chaotic. There was a feeling that everything was under control, which surprised Deng Yunzhen and her six siblings.

Although they had not eaten the two large plates of scrambled eggs with green peppers yet and did not know how they tasted, they looked very appetizing. They had no idea that their father was such a good cook.

Next, Deng Shirong washed the pot and fried two plates of beans and two plates of water spinach. Although they were all vegetarian dishes, they looked very appetizing because he was willing to use more oil.

After cooking the vegetables, Deng Shirong put down the spatula in his hand, looked at his children who were already very hungry and said, "Okay, let's eat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his children quickly moved. In less than a minute, they had prepared all the food and were sitting there waiting for Deng Shirong. They had even poured him wine. Their speed was in stark contrast to those children in later generations who would not come to eat even after being called for a long time.

Deng Shirong washed his hands, came back and sat down, picked up the chopsticks and said, "Eat everything!"

As he spoke, he took the lead in picking up his chopsticks. When his children saw their father picking up his chopsticks, they couldn't wait to follow suit and reached for the two plates of scrambled eggs with green peppers.

“Wow, it smells so good!”

“It’s delicious. It’s really delicious!”

"It turns out that dad is such a good cook. This scrambled eggs with green peppers tastes much better than what my eldest sister makes!"

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Deng Shirong felt quite proud when he heard his children's praises.

In his previous life, he didn't have much cooking skills at this time. After all, before he got married, it was his mother who cooked. After he got married, it was his wife who cooked. After his wife passed away, it was his eldest daughter who cooked. After the eldest daughter got married, it was the youngest daughter's turn to cook.

After his youngest daughter got married, he continued to eat with his sons for a few years.

It was not until Deng Shirong lived alone in his rural hometown that he began to learn how to cook.

You won’t know the result until you learn it. Once you learn it, you will be surprised to find that he actually has a very good talent for cooking. He can learn any dish and master it in no time.

In just a few months, his cooking skills were no less than those of professional chefs!

It can be said that with Deng Shirong's talent for cooking, if he had the opportunity to learn from a great master when he was young, he would probably have a place in my country's chef community.

The six children were quite satisfied with the meal. The older ones, Deng Yuntai, Deng Yunzhen, Deng Yunzhu and Deng Yunsong, each had three bowls of rice.

The two younger ones, Deng Yunhua and Deng Yunheng, also ate two full bowls of rice.

After eating too much, Deng Yunsong couldn't help but stroke his belly and sighed: "If I can eat like this every day in the future, it will really be a life like a god!"

Deng Shirong couldn't help but feel emotional when he heard this. No one living in this era could have imagined that China would embark on a path of rapid development in the more than 40 years after reform and opening up, and the entire country would have undergone earth-shaking changes.

From now on, not to mention eating scrambled eggs with green peppers every day, you can even eat pork every day. And it's not just a few well-off families, but most families in the country can afford to eat this.

In such a prosperous era, even the great man who created this miracle probably couldn't have imagined it at this moment?

ps: Dear friends, if you have the conditions, try to read the book on Qidian Chinese website. There are pictures provided by the author here. It will be more effective when read together with the text^_^ (End of this chapter)