After reading a few pages, Chen Ye realized that this was more like a chef's notebook than a cookbook.
There are extremely gorgeous main dishes and various pickled side dishes on it. It should be written whatever comes to mind, which is quite suitable for her to read.
If she wanted to make dishes for the state banquet directly, she would have to be able to get the ingredients. It would be good for her to learn some home cooking.
After taking a quick look at the first few dishes, Chen Ye muttered to herself that she had only heard of some of these seasonings and seen pictures, but had never seen the real thing. She also didn't know if the supply and marketing cooperative sold them.
"How is it? Do you understand it?" If Ye Zi learned it, he could ask Ye Zi to cook it when he got good ingredients. At worst, he could give Ye Zi half of it.
Who doesn’t want to eat something delicious? When he was young, he ate a lot of delicious food. Now when he thinks about it, he feels that it was so delicious. He hasn’t eaten real delicious food for many years.
"I can understand it, but I don't know if it will work after I put it into practice. You know I've never cooked properly. I just boil it in a pot of water and eat it."
"Give it a try. What if you have a talent for it? Once you've mastered the craft, I'll get some good ingredients for us to enjoy."
As I said, you have to know how to eat and how to cook. What a pity, he has almost read this book to pieces, but he has only learned how to make simple scrambled eggs, and the taste is just average. He is one of those people who is smart enough but has no talent.
"Then let's try it. However, the seasonings here may not be available. I guess we'll have to go to the county town to check."
"Don't worry, take your time. Clean up the house first. Someone needs to move in before we can talk about other things. I saw your one-eyed grandfather tinkering with furniture at home. He said he made it for you. Did you go take a look when you came back?"
"Ah! No, I'm busy this time. I'm thinking of going to see Grandpa Luo and One-Eyed Grandpa tomorrow."
"Why did Grandpa One-Eyed make furniture for me? I can do it myself."
"It's not a big deal. The one-eyed guy is just sitting around doing nothing. Don't start working on anything you need in your room yet. Go look for something you think you can use at your one-eyed grandfather's place. If not, you can sort it out yourself."
"That's fine. Wait until I get back from the commune."
No matter how slow the ox cart is, it will eventually reach its destination. It was almost ten o'clock when it arrived at the commune. Chen Ye did not delay at all and went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.
The commune supply and marketing cooperative is not as good as the one in the county. There are fewer things here, but it still has everything needed for daily life. Chen Ye brought all the tickets he had with him today, for fear that the kitchen would not be fully stocked.
She happened to have an ox cart, so she also bought two water tanks of the same size, and four or five jars. These were definitely not enough, but she wanted to try if she could make the jars herself, and it felt a bit wasteful to spend money on them.
She has some money now, but she doesn't earn any money from spending it. Chen Ye is still a little worried and thinks she should save as much as possible.
There are so many things needed to buy a new home, from small things like needles and thread to big things like furniture, cabinets, pots, pans, and bowls. Nothing can be missing. They only decided to go back when the ox cart was almost full.
It was noon now: "Grandpa Feng, let's go to the state-owned restaurant to eat before going back?" He couldn't let Grandpa Feng go through all the hard work and then go back with an empty stomach.
Old Man Feng glanced at the things on the ox cart and said, "No, we can't just leave all these things out here. I'll go in and buy some buns so we can have a bite."
He felt embarrassed to let a child treat him to a meal. It was not like he was poor, he just acted a little poor.
Chen Ye didn't care what Grandpa Feng thought. She found the large bowl she had just bought and said, "Tie it up and keep it with me."
Before Old Man Feng could park the ox cart, the brother and sister disappeared in a flash. Old Man Feng shook his head and thought, "Forget it." He decided to think of doing something else, which would serve as a greenhouse for Ye Zi.
Chen Ye walked into the state-owned restaurant. He didn't know whether it was past lunchtime or not yet, and there were not many people inside.
Chen Ye grinned and called out to the woman behind the counter, "Sister, I just bought this bowl. Can you wash it here so I can buy two bowls of noodles with it?"
How could a woman in her forties not be happy when someone called her "big sister"? And it was a little kid calling her "big sister" that made her look so young, and the impatience that usually appeared on her face was all gone.
"It's no big deal. Just give me that bowl and I'll have the people behind you wash it. How many bowls of noodles do you want? Clear soup noodles or shredded pork noodles?"
"Thank you so much, sister," Chen Ye quickly handed the four large bowls in his hand to the woman.
"Three bowls of shredded pork noodles and twelve meat buns. Put six in the bowls and wrap the rest in oil paper to take home for my family."
"Okay, why not? We also have Kaijiang cucumber fragrant (small silvery-white Kaijiang fish the size of your index finger), fried until crispy. Do you want some?"
Chen Ye's eyes lit up. The fried food must have smelled delicious. "Yes, just give me a plate and wrap it in oil paper. Calculate how much money you need and I'll give it to you."
After the woman received the money, she looked at Chen Ye and Shuanzhu carefully. The younger of the two children was dressed well, with only a few patches on his clothes, but the older one was not dressed very well. It really is true that you can't judge a person by his appearance.
Who would have thought that this guy dressed so shabbily could be a rich man?
There were not many people, so it didn't take long for the three bowls of noodles and buns to be ready. Chen Ye asked Shuanzhu to take the buns and fried fish, and she took care of the remaining three bowls of noodles by herself.
The bowls were particularly thick at this time. Chen Ye took a few quick steps and quickly put the three bowls of noodles on the ox cart. However, they were so hot that he kept touching his ears. Seeing the thick shredded meat on them, Chen Ye felt that it was worth it even if it was a little hot.
Old Man Feng didn't even have time to get out of the car to take it: "Kid, can't you take it out in two batches? Your hand didn't get burned, did it?"
"No, I have thick skin and flesh, so this little bit of heat is nothing. Hurry up and eat it. Let's eat it right here and leave after we finish eating."
He tied up his short legs and came over: "Sister, how are we going to eat without chopsticks?" It's not impossible to eat with hands, but the key is that it looks steaming, won't it burn my hands?
Chen Ye looked around and walked towards the nearest big tree. He jumped up and broke off a slightly thicker branch. He measured the length and broke it. He peeled off the outermost bark, and it became three pairs of clean chopsticks.
An old man and a young boy stuffed a pair of her homemade chopsticks into their hands and said, "What are you looking at? Eat quickly. Aren't you hungry?"
Old Man Feng glanced at the chopsticks in his hand and chuckled, "Ye Zi still has a trick. Tie it up and eat it quickly. After we finish eating, we can leave earlier and get home earlier."
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