After entering the cafeteria, several people counted the food.
Most of them are coarse grains such as sorghum flour and corn flour, the oil is soybean oil, a small pot, and a piece of cured pork.
"Oh, there's flour!" Aunt Guihua opened a small bag.
Sun Lai Di's eyes widened. "This must be about ten kilograms, right?"
"Everyone is in for a treat. If you add a little bit of this into the flour, the steamed buns will be softer and easier to knead," Aunt Dongmei also touched the flour bag lovingly.
When people make sorghum steamed buns and cornmeal steamed buns, they are reluctant to add white flour. The adhesion between pure sorghum flour and cornmeal and water is very low, far inferior to wheat flour.
It tastes irritating and hard to swallow. You have to drink two sips of water after taking a bite. It becomes even harder when it cools down.
But after adding a little white flour, the situation is completely different. Not only is it more sticky, but it will also be softer when steamed.
"Xiao Yi, the educated youth, everyone says that you have great cooking skills. Do you have any new cooking methods?" Sun Lai Di asked her.
Yi Qingqing: "..."
This person's art of speaking is amazing. On the surface, what she said was reasonable and well-founded. She also said that her cooking skills were good, but it was a bit embarrassing to ask her about her new cooking methods.
There were only a few ingredients, all of which were staple foods. Although there was oil and meat, it was impossible to let her cook freely, because this little bit of meat and oil would have to feed so many people for nearly two months! Every meal had to be saved.
If she can't come up with a new approach, wouldn't she be embarrassing herself?
"Forget it if you can't think of it. How about adding some white flour to make corn steamed buns or sorghum steamed buns for lunch today?" Sun Laidie said with a smile, as if she was thinking about Yi Qingqing.
“…”
Fortunately, there was still some white flour, with which she could really think of some new ways to cook it.
Otherwise, when Sun Lai Di tells others that she knows nothing when asked if she knows any new cooking methods.
Before long, her untrue reputation as Yi Qingqing spread.
Three people make a tiger. What do those who voted for her think?
It's so sarcastic, who wouldn't be like that?
Yi Qingqing also smiled and said, "Thank you for worrying about me. How about we make noodles for lunch today?"
"Noodles?" Sun Lai Di seemed to have heard a big joke. "Sorghum flour and corn flour are not good for making noodles. They fall apart as soon as you take them. You are not planning to waste all the white flour for one meal today, are you? After all, you are a capitalist lady from the city. You only know how to cook with white flour!"
Aunt Dongmei wanted to say something, but was stopped by Aunt Guihua, who whispered to her, "Don't worry, Xiao Yizhiqing is smart and can handle it!"
Yi Qingqing listened to Sun Lai Di's words patiently. She did it on purpose and spoke without pausing. How could she provoke ill intentions from this person?
She is a smiling tiger. If I don't let her show her true face, it would be hard for me to say anything to her. Otherwise, as long as she pretends to be stupid, I won't be able to find any fault with her words that seem well-intentioned but actually have sinister intentions.
"My parents are both honorable workers. Workers and farmers are one family. How can you say that I am the daughter of a capitalist? This is destroying collective harmony! And I just said I was going to make noodles, but I didn't tell you how to make them. How can you come up and make malicious assumptions about me? When did I sin against you?"
Yi Qingqing said with aggrieved look.
"..." The smile on Sun Lai Di's face froze. "What are you talking about? I..."
Before she could finish her innocent words, Aunt Guihua interrupted her and said to Yi Qingqing, "You really have offended her. Wasn't her sister Sun Zhaodi pushed out by you? If you care so much about your sister, Sun Lai Di, you should just find her to replace her. I believe no one will say anything."
Yi Qingqing quietly gave Aunt Guihua a thumbs up. Aunt Guihua was amazing. She took the thread just right and helped her make the matter clear.
If this matter is put out in the open, everyone will know that Sun Lai Di dislikes her, and others will think more about the "nice words" she says.
And if I confront her, no one will think she is being too much.
After all, it is normal for two people who don’t have a good relationship to quarrel with each other.
Sun Lai Di was about to retort, but Yi Qing Qing didn't even give her a chance to speak, and immediately took over Aunt Gui Hua's words: "The noodles I mentioned are wrapped noodles. Sorghum flour has a low viscosity, so the noodles made from it are hard and crispy, and you can't scoop them into a bowl. But this kind of wrapped noodles only uses a small amount of wheat flour, rolled into two thin layers, with a thicker layer of sorghum flour in the middle, rolled into dough, and finally cut into noodles with a knife. The noodles made in this way don't require much wheat flour, and the taste is chewy and smooth. But the dough for the sandwich needs to be wrapped well and pressed finely, which is more laborious and requires a lot of skill."
She learned how to make this kind of noodles from her first cooking teacher, Master Zhu.
I have never heard of such practices in Xiangshui Village.
Sure enough, as soon as she said that, Aunt Guihua and Aunt Dongmei both became interested.
These days, being able to eat a meal of noodles is a luxury, because noodles cannot be made with pure coarse grains. They must be made with precious white flour, and the amount added cannot be too little, otherwise the noodles will fall apart when cooked and become a paste.
Sun Laidie was really speechless now. After listening to Yi Qingqing's well-reasoned explanation, she knew that she had made a fool of herself. Now, if this thing could really be done, wouldn't she be in the limelight?
"Xiao Yi Zhiqing, let's make this for lunch. I guarantee that it will surprise everyone. We will all help you today. You can do whatever you say. Dongmei is the best at rolling noodles, so she will definitely be able to help. Let's all learn it, so that we can make something fresh for our families in the future!"
Aunt Guihua made the decision right away, and instructed Sun Lai Di at the same time, "Don't you believe that Xiao Yizhiqing can cook something new? I'm afraid you can't help here, go and chop the firewood to avoid trouble later."
Sun Laidie didn't dare to confront Lin Guihua, because she was a very powerful person in the team.
She was asked to chop such a large pile of firewood by herself, which was clearly an exclusion of her. However, she still couldn't refute it because she was impulsive and lost the opportunity.
Although she was the one who did the firewood chopping job in previous years, at least she had her sister to help her!
She was dissatisfied, but she had to go anyway. It was better to say nice things than harsh words. She smiled and said, "Okay, my cooking skills are not as good as yours, so I will do some odd jobs for you. If you need any help, call me! I'm also curious about what noodles made from sorghum flour look like!"