After breakfast, Wen Guoer began to plan the dishes for today's dinner.
What can be taken out of the space are pork with preserved vegetables, hot and sour cabbage, and braised spareribs.
Others are either too good or out of season. Take beef and seafood, for example. In this day and age, showing them out is too conspicuous. Cows are now a hot commodity in every production team, being cared for more meticulously than humans, not to mention being slaughtered for meat.
It is also the lean season for growing fruits and vegetables, so there are no off-season vegetables yet.
I bought carp yesterday and made braised carp. I used the pork belly to make braised pork, and the rest was mixed with potatoes, cabbage, and vermicelli to make a big pot dish. Finally, I made an egg soup.
There were already six dishes and a soup. Wen Guoer was afraid that everyone had big appetites and it wouldn't be enough, so she poured out two bottles of spicy meat sauce from the space and cut a few green onions. In Old Tang's house, Old Man Tang and the three men in the family liked to eat this way, so Wen Guoer also learned to add an extra green onion to dip in the sauce.
The staple food is a mixture of white flour and corn flour, and two pots of steamed buns with half the flour are steamed.
Nowadays, families that can eat whole-grain bread for every meal are considered to be good families. She didn't dare to be too ostentatious and feed so many people with only white flour buns.
After planning these, Wen Guoer felt at ease. In fact, there was not much she needed to do personally, so she could start preparing in the afternoon.
When Tang Zhan came back at noon, he pushed some bricks from somewhere. After lunch, he started to work according to the bathroom she drew, mixing cement and laying bricks. Before going to work, the renovation of her ideal bathroom was completed. She just had to wait for the cement on the floor and walls to dry before she could use it.
Wen Guoer was deeply moved.
What man doesn't work? What man does less than this? But sometimes, attitude is more touching than the amount of work done.
In her previous life, she saw many couples break up due to trivial matters, but it all came down to attitude.
The right attitude makes people feel happy, while the wrong attitude makes people sad and depressed. The feelings are naturally very different. Just like when you need someone to accompany you when you are sick, the companionship at the time and the companionship after are a world of difference.
Wen Guoer considers herself a rational person, but that doesn’t mean she is not emotional, and the details are touching!
In the afternoon, Wen Guoer was about to prepare dinner when Mrs. Wei came.
"Guo'er, I'll come over and give you a hand."
"Sister-in-law, there's not much work to do. I've already cooked a few dishes, and I just need a few more. They'll be ready in a while." Wen Guoer replied as she put the freshly cleaned carp into the basin.
"What else hasn't been done?" Mrs. Wei rolled up her sleeves neatly and looked at the things prepared in the kitchen.
"Then please knead the flour and steam the buns, sister-in-law. The flour is in the basin." Wen Guoer pointed to the basin beside the kitchen.
"Oh!" Mrs. Wei was about to start eating when she saw the flour in the basin and said reluctantly, "How can we feed those men such expensive steamed buns! Guo'er, add some more coarse grains."
"Sister-in-law, I have prepared enough. It's a rare opportunity for everyone to have a meal, so let's do this." Wen Guoer looked at Sister-in-law Wei's distressed face and explained a few words casually.
"You are just a simple-minded person,"
As she spoke, Mrs. Wei raised an eyebrow at her and sighed, "Last time when Captain Cui had a dinner party, they didn't even serve any dry food to everyone. A bunch of grown men only drank water to their heart's content! When your brother Jiang came back, he couldn't handle it, so he asked me to heat up a pancake for him."
Mrs. Wei kept muttering to her while kneading the dough.
"Is Deputy Commander Tang's family at home?" At this time, a woman's voice was heard outside the yard.
When Mrs. Wei heard this, she responded cheerfully:
"The door is not closed, come in!"
Wen Guoer was not familiar with the people in the courtyard, so out of politeness, she hurried to the door to greet them.
Before she could reach the door, the gate was opened from the outside.
A middle-aged woman walked in, followed by two boys about six or seven years old.
"You are Deputy Regimental Officer Tang's wife, right? I am Captain Cui's wife, Sun Guihua. My husband told me that your family is having a dinner party tonight, so I came over to help you."
"No..." Wen Guoer was just about to say no need to bother!
Sun Guihua had already taken her two children and walked past her towards the kitchen.
Wen Guoer realized it later and followed in.
"Sister-in-law, there's nothing to do. Just take care of the child and have a rest." She moved a bench over to her and treated her as a guest.
When Mrs. Wei saw the person coming, her expression became a little worse than before, and she muttered:
"Speak of the devil and he'll show up! You really shouldn't talk about people behind their backs!"
"This yard is so clean. What dishes are you going to cook today? I'll help you prepare them." Sun Guihua looked around the yard, walked into the kitchen, and looked at the dishes on the chopping board.
Wen Guoer had never seen such a scene before and didn't know how to respond to her enthusiasm.
"Captain Cui's family, the work is almost done, you don't have to do anything anymore, just take care of the children!"
Seeing Wen Guoer standing there, stunned and not saying anything, Mrs. Wei answered for her.
"That won't do. I'm here to help, so I can't just sit there doing nothing. I'll go light the fire first." As he said that, he walked to the stove, added two buckets of water into the pot, and started to light the fire.
Wen Guoer could only let her do as she pleased.
The kitchen stove had two burners, one large and one small. Mrs. Wei was steaming buns in the large pot, while Wen Guoer was cooking in the small pot next to it.
She had just finished making the last dish of braised pork when two children came running in, gathered around the stove, and shouted to Sun Guihua who was lighting the fire:
"Mom, I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat."
"Dadan and Erdan, if you want to eat meat, tell your aunt Guoer and she will give it to you." Sun Guihua pushed the two children to Wen Guoer's legs.
The two children stumbled, wiped their noses, pointed at the pot with their black little hands and shouted at her:
"I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat!"
Wen Guoer felt her stomach churning. She covered her mouth, rushed out of the kitchen, and squatted beside the vegetable patch, retching.
"What's going on?" Mrs. Wei wiped her hands on her apron, ran out, and patted her back to help her calm down.
"This, this can't be pregnant?" Sun Guihua walked out slowly and muttered softly.
"Ah?" The two of them looked at her with wide eyes. Mrs. Wei reacted first and quickly brought a bench for her to sit on, then went into the house to pour her some water.
Wen Guoer also had a rough guess in her mind. Since she came to this era, her period has not come, so she has ignored this matter. It has been more than a month since the day she got the marriage certificate.
She touched her wrist inconspicuously, and her pulse was flowing smoothly, as round and round as a pearl rolling on a jade plate.
It seems that Tang Zhan is really going to be a father.
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