I'm so hungry
When Liu Xiangqiu returned, he saw a tricycle parked downstairs.
"Big sister, you guys are really fast! You bought it already?" Liu Xiangqiu asked as soon as she got home.
Liu Xiangchun put down the soda in his hand. "I was going to think about it when I got home, but your brother-in-law said to just buy it."
Liu Xiangqiu gave Chen Haishu a thumbs up, "My brother-in-law is really bold, buying early means enjoying it early."
As she spoke, she went to the kitchen and saw that Wang Yao had already started simmering the soup, and there were two plates of cold dishes on the cupboard: cold shredded vegetables and cold preserved eggs.
"Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Liu Xiangmei, who was marinating the pork tenderloin according to Wang Yao's instructions, turned around and asked, "Is it settled?"
"Um."
"Hmm? How did the talks go?"
Seeing Wang Yao eavesdropping, Liu Xiangqiu gently patted her head, "You brat, why do you listen to everything?"
Wang Yao chuckled, "How about it? Second Aunt, don't you have my Second Uncle completely under your thumb?"
Liu Xiangqiu sighed, "If only I had that ability. I told Sun Dong to give him a day. If he can't handle his mother, we'll get a divorce."
Chen Xiu, standing to the side, stared in shock. Why did her second aunt suddenly want a divorce?
"Divorce?" Liu Xiangchun suddenly exclaimed from behind. "Who wants a divorce?"
Liu Xiangqiu patted his chest and complained, "Big sister, you almost scared me to death!"
Seeing that Liu Xiangchun was anxious, Liu Xiangqiu didn't hide anything and told her everything that had happened in her family during this period.
As soon as she finished speaking, the entire house was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Clearly, everyone had heard it, but it's no wonder they were eavesdropping; the house was so small that you could hear anyone fart.
Those who learned of this for the first time remained silent, unsure of what to say.
Liu Xiangqiu disliked the awkward silence and wanted to say that it was no big deal, but then he heard Liu Xiangchun sobbing softly.
"Oh dear, big sister, what's there to cry about? It's alright, okay!" Liu Xiangqiu put her hands on Liu Xiangchun's shoulders, trying to comfort her older sister, but in the end, she herself started to cry.
Liu Xiangchun sobbed, "It's my fault. I, as your eldest sister, didn't take good care of you. I didn't visit you more often, and you suffered so much injustice at the Sun family's house. I'm so incompetent, sob sob sob~"
Chen Hai, who had been sitting silently on the cool bed, walked over, patted Liu Xiangchun on the back, and said to Liu Xiangqiu, "Second sister, your brother-in-law has been farming all his life and doesn't have any special skills, but if you ever need his help, just say the word and he'll come right away."
Liu Xiangqiu sniffed. "Why are you making it sound so serious? I'm not divorced yet. I was just saying that to scare Sun Dong. I don't want Sun Dong's money to end up with that brat from Sun Lao Er's family."
Liu Xiangchun had stopped crying by now and slapped Liu Xiangqiu hard. "What's that little bit of money worth? If Sun Dong isn't a human being, you'd divorce him. Why would you stay stuck with him for that little bit of money? After the divorce, who wouldn't be better than Sun Dong?"
Liu Xiangqiu put his arm around his older sister's shoulder and walked towards the bamboo bed. "Oh, so you think highly of me, older sister? Okay, let's get a divorce then. Find someone richer and give me a big red envelope."
Then Liu Xiangchun slapped her again, making her wince in pain, but Liu Xiangchun showed no remorse. "When looking for a man, you can't just focus on his money. The most important thing is that he's a good person..."
Peeking at the interaction between her two aunts in the living room, Wang Yao secretly glanced at Liu Xiangmei, who was standing to the side. It turned out that Ms. Liu Xiangmei's Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms was a family heirloom!
In the living room, the eldest and second eldest sons of the Liu family were discussing how to find a man; in the bedroom, Sun Min was explaining junior high school review methods to Chen Bing; and in the kitchen, a cooking lesson was being taught. Everyone had something to do, and the overall atmosphere was peaceful, except for Chen Hai, who kept drinking water because he wanted to escape from the women's program next to him.
However, someone came to his rescue very soon.
At one o'clock, Li Jin brought Old Man Li and Li Cheng to visit. He thought that if they came a little early, they could help out, but when they arrived, they found that there was no room for a fourth person in the kitchen, so they didn't need their help.
So the four men just happened to get together and chat about the past. Well, let's count Xiao Licheng as a man for now.
Although everyone had something to talk about, they soon realized that they were getting hungrier and hungrier.
As the aroma wafting from the kitchen grew stronger, everyone's conversation waned, but they all pretended to be nonchalant, only drinking water more frequently—they couldn't go without it, they were so hungry.
This is where the advantages of children become apparent. Adults are concerned about saving face, but children don't have that concern. So, Li Cheng, who was originally sitting obediently in the living room, had now sneaked into the kitchen.
"Phew, it's so hot, Sister Yao Yao, this meat is so delicious and so tender."
"These are pork ribs, how's the saltiness?"
"They also have salted eggs? Are they good?"
Wang Yao pinched his chubby cheeks. "You're only thinking about food? If there are no salted eggs, would you eat preserved eggs instead?"
"I want to eat, I want to eat."
And so, Wang Yao directed her mother to cook while feeding Li Cheng.
Wang Yao originally planned to demonstrate to her mother, but she thought that when it comes to cooking, just watching and memorizing the key points is useless; practice is the most important thing.
She needs to teach her mother a few more dishes before school starts so that her mother can cook them independently.
Today's lunchtime is a good opportunity. Not only can Mom practice the dishes she made in today's lunchbox, but I can also teach her a few new dishes.
For example, the sweet and sour pork tenderloin she just instructed her mother to cut the tenderloin into thumb-thick pieces, wash away the blood foam, add scallion and ginger water to remove the fishy smell, add potato starch of equal amount to the meat and mix well, then add water little by little until it becomes a paste, and then add cooking oil.
Following the method she learned in her previous life, Wang Yao instructed her mother to prepare the sauce, then fry the pork strips repeatedly, and finally simmer the sauce until it became thick before quickly stir-frying the fried pork tenderloin strips and serving.
Chen Xiu, who was standing at the front of the kitchen, was the first to taste the sweet and sour pork. With one bite, a "crack" sound rang out in her mouth, the sound of the golden and crispy outer shell breaking.
Then comes the rapid spread of sweet and sour flavors in the mouth, assaulting every taste cell without being irritating, yet making each cell involuntarily start dancing, instantly stimulating the taste buds and stimulating the appetite. The small amount of salt added to the sauce forms the foundation of the sweet and sour flavor, not only alleviating the cloying sweetness but also adding depth to the taste.
Finally, there's the tender and juicy innermost layer of pork tenderloin. Because the outer batter sets quickly under high temperature, it locks in the juices of the innermost layer of tenderloin, so the meat juices are perfectly preserved. It doesn't feel dry or tough at all; instead, it contrasts with the crispy outer shell, and the two intertwine in your mouth, making it irresistible.
Although Chen Xiu could taste each dish before others, she could only take a bite of each dish. Sometimes, before she could even taste it, the dish would have already slid down her esophagus.
Therefore, it is impossible to say whether Chen Xiu, who could only taste one bite, was more miserable, or whether the others, who could not taste any at all, were more miserable.
Fortunately, it didn't torment everyone for long. With the announcement of "Set the table for dinner," everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and finally...
Everyone in the living room quickly got to work. Liu Xiangqiu carried a bowl of lotus root and pork rib soup and took Liu Xiangchun downstairs to borrow tables and chairs from the landlord. Although Liu Xiangmei's family had all of those, they weren't enough.
Liu Xiangqiu didn't dare look at the soup bowl in her hand the whole way, not for any other reason than that she was afraid she would secretly sip it.
With many people and a united spirit, everyone quickly tidied up the living room, and tableware such as chopsticks and spoons were neatly arranged on the table.
This time, there was no traditional chorus of people urging each other to sit at the head of the table, because everyone was focused on the kitchen door and no one had the mind to engage in such formalities.
Two cold dishes were served first. Although cold dishes don't have the same appealing aroma as hot dishes, they are certainly visually appealing.
A single cold dish of shredded vegetables features four or five colors, and the cold preserved egg dish is equally impressive. The preserved eggs are arranged in a circle, with crushed red and green chili peppers in the center, making one's mouth water.
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