Cen Xi raised her hand to wipe her mouth, but there was nothing. "Humph! Don't you have something to do? Let's go!"
Yan Ning smiled and said, "I put the extra things in the basket at the back for you to take home for Grandpa Cen, Grandma Cen, and your uncles and aunts.
Remember to take it back when you get off work. The other one is for Wang Qi, so remember to tell her."
Cen Xi asked her, "What about Grandpa Yan and Grandma Yan? Do you need me to take them there?"
Yan Ning: "I left them in my warehouse. I'll take them back tomorrow when I have time to visit them."
After she finished speaking, she stood up and said goodbye to the two of them, "Then I'll be leaving first. You guys take your time with your work."
Yan Ning first sent the truck back to her warehouse.
Then entered the space.
We caught 20 hairy crabs, 20 kilograms of crayfish, and two black carps.
I slaughtered a local chicken that I had bought at the Xidan Vegetable Market in Beijing.
I picked some like vegetables.
I picked some apples, bananas and tangerines, two kilograms of each.
Yan Ning went to the mountain to pick some chicken mushrooms, about two kilograms.
I went to the kitchen and packed some liqueur-filled chocolates and Ferrero chocolates from the 21st Century.
There are also White Rabbit milk candies and fruit hard candies bought from Beijing Department Store.
All the things were packed in cloth bags and net bags and carried out of the space.
It appeared in the grove on the outskirts of Qinghe County where the wild boar was sold last time.
Yan Ning took out the bicycle that had been placed in the space and hung the cloth bag and net bag on both sides of the bicycle handlebars.
She rode her bicycle out of the grove and returned to the Daliushu Brigade.
When I got home, it was already four o'clock.
Yan Ning pushed open the gate and found no one in the yard.
She pushed her bicycle into the yard.
Old Mrs. Yan was cleaning the dust in the two rooms on the right. When she heard the noise, she looked out.
"Ning girl, you're back?"
Yan Ning took the things off his bicycle and walked over. "Yes, grandma, I bought some vegetables from Tong City. I'll go prepare the ingredients first."
"Then you go ahead and do your work. Grandma will come over to help after she finishes cleaning the room."
After saying that, Mrs. Yan continued to clean the room.
Yan Ning carried the things into the main room and put them down.
Put the fruits and candies on the kang table so that everyone can take them and eat them.
She went to the kitchen to get a few basins, and took the fish, shrimps and crabs to the well to fetch water for washing.
Wash the hairy crabs, tie them up with straw ropes, and steam them.
Kill two herrings, clean them and set aside, one for braising and the other for steaming.
Wash the crayfish, remove the head, shell and shrimp thread.
Yan Ning is peeling crayfish.
Mrs. Yan came to help after cleaning the room and was surprised to see the red stuff in the basin.
"Ning girl, what is this red thing? Why is there a clip on it?"
Yan Ning explained to her: "This is called crayfish. After peeling the shell, only the meat inside is needed. It is very delicious when cooked.
The ones in that basin are hairy crabs, and you can only eat the meat. I’ll make some tonight for grandma to try.”
Old Mrs. Yan found it novel. "It's all thanks to my eldest granddaughter that I can eat something so fresh."
Old Madam Yan reached out to touch it, then immediately retracted her hand. "Ning girl, I don't dare touch it. Will it pinch my hand?"
Yan Ning smiled and said, "You'll get caught if you're not careful. Grandma, go wash the vegetables. I'll take care of these."
Old Mrs. Yan went to the kitchen to take out the vegetables, and washed them one by one in a basin.
"Oh, this cucumber is not the kind we have here, it's so juicy and fragrant.
And these tomatoes are big and red, and they smell sweet.
The lettuce and spinach are also good, green and tender.
Oh my god, this chicken mushroom is so big. I have never seen such a big chicken mushroom before.
Ning girl, where did you buy these vegetables? "
Yan Ning lowered his voice and spoke mysteriously, "Grandma, these things are not sold on the market. I bought them on the black market."
It was impossible for Old Lady Yan to tell her family loudly that she went to the black market to buy things.
That way, if she brings back any strange things in the future, Old Lady Yan will just think that she bought them from the black market.
As for her younger uncle and her elder brother, they said that they asked their friend in Beijing to send it to her.
Old Madam Yan was startled for a moment, but quickly regained her composure. "Grandma knows, but I won't tell you anything. I'll keep it a secret for you."
Yan Ning smiled and said nothing.
What a lovely old lady.
"Grandma, sister, I'm back..."
Yan Yuqi walked into the yard and shouted to the two people by the well.
Yan Ning turned around and said, "Brother, you came back early today."
"Of course I have to come back early for Grandpa's birthday..."
Yan Yuqi came over with bags of things in his hands, "Hey, sister, where did you get these crayfish and hairy crabs?"
Yan Ning didn't say anything, just looked at him and blinked.
Old Madam Yan glanced at him and said, "Why are you talking so much? Put the things in quickly and come out to help your sister wash the things."
Yan Yuqi: ...
It seems that there is no place for him in this family anymore.
Yan Yuqi delivered the things to the main room and then took his things back to his room.
He came to the well and cleaned the crayfish with Yan Ning.
After washing for half an hour, all the vegetables were washed.
The three of them carried all the basins into the kitchen.
After asking Yan Ning, Old Lady Yan divided the pork that Yan Yuqi brought back into two portions, one portion of pork belly cut into cubes, and the other portion cut into thin slices.
Yan Ning prepared the side dishes and seasonings to be used in cooking.
Yan Yuqi was ordered to light two stoves and a furnace.
The fire is lit, and a large pot of white rice is steamed in one pot.
Boil some hot water in another pot.
After cutting the meat, Mrs. Yan chopped the chicken into pieces.
Yan Ning blanched the chopped chicken in a pot of hot water, then transferred it to a casserole, added boiling water and some ginger slices.
Put the casserole on the stove and simmer over high heat. Add the chicken mushrooms when the chicken is half cooked.
At six o'clock, Mrs. Song came back first to cook together.
Yan Ning instructed Yan Yuqi to scoop half of the hot water in the pot into the wooden basin.
Yan Ning used that pot to steam hairy crabs. Fortunately, the pot was quite big, so he could steam twenty hairy crabs in one pot.
The rice on the other stove was already cooked, so the steamer was moved to the basin of hot water to keep it warm.
The empty pot is used to steam fish.
It took more than ten minutes for Old Master Yan and Yan Guoshu to come back.
The two sat in the yard and talked.
Yan Yuqi stayed in the kitchen watching the fire.
Old Mrs. Yan and Yan Ning are the chefs. Yan Ning is responsible for making braised pork, braised fish and crayfish, while Old Mrs. Yan is responsible for the other dishes.
Song made a cucumber salad and lent a hand to pass things around.
The herring is steamed and placed in the rice steamer to keep warm.
Yan Ning cooked crayfish on the empty stove.
She planned to make half spicy crayfish and half garlic crayfish.
After a few minutes, the hairy crabs were steamed.
Old Mrs. Yan is cooking stir-fried meat on this stove.
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