On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Shuying received another basket of vegetables from Niu Saozi's house. The one who brought the vegetables was Niu Saozi's eldest daughter, Niu Yulan. The little girl had two twisted braids and looked a bit like Niu Saozi. She was very shy and said that the hot pot base she sent wasted oil, so her mother felt bad and sent another basket of vegetables for her to accept.
Shuying sighed that people of this era were so simple and honest. Although hot pot base consumed a lot of ingredients and oil, she didn't give much to Sister Niu's family. On the contrary, Sister Niu gave a lot of vegetables. Her hot pot base was no match for the few baskets of vegetables from Sister Niu.
Seeing that the little girl Niu Yulan put down the vegetables in the basket and was about to run away, she hurriedly called for someone to stop her.
Seeing that the little girl didn't look well and her face was a little pale, Shuying took a bag of brown sugar from the counter and asked her to take it back.
A bag of brown sugar is a rare commodity in today's era of material scarcity, and it costs more than one yuan on the black market.
Niu Yulan didn't answer at first. Shuying asked her if she often had menstrual cramps. The girl blushed with embarrassment and lowered her head, not wanting to speak.
Shuying didn't say much, just told her to avoid cold water during menstruation, and to drink more brown sugar water on weekdays, which is good for the health of lesbians. She also said that she would not accept it and would not accept this basket of vegetables.
Only after the little girl Niu Yulan had collected them did Shuying accept the basket of vegetables.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.
After dinner, Shuying made black sesame dumplings and the family of three ate them at the main table.
The glutinous rice balls were too greasy, so she shared a bowl with her husband, and Chen Yi had a bowl alone. He had just eaten a bowl of glutinous rice balls at Gao Dasao's house. Shuying also served a bowl of homemade glutinous rice balls and prepared to send it to the Gao family. Chen Xi took it and sent it to the Gao family next door.
On the table, Chen Yi scooped up a white glutinous rice ball and bit through the skin.
The filling of the glutinous rice balls is specially prepared by Shuying. The filling is black sesame seeds and sugar crushed into powder, sprinkled with a little butter, stirred and rolled into balls, and then coated with glutinous rice flour.
The glutinous rice balls made in this way have thin skin and rich fillings. The sesame fillings have a strong black sesame flavor and are fragrant and sweet, but not too sweet, making them especially delicious.
Chen Yi, who tasted her own glutinous rice balls, suddenly widened her eyes, buried her head and ate several before looking up and saying excitedly: "Auntie, our glutinous rice balls are so delicious, there are so many fillings in them!"
He also ate Xiaoyuan's glutinous rice balls just now. The filling of Xiaoyuan's glutinous rice balls is white, and there is very little filling. It is not very sweet and not as delicious as his.
Chen Yi told him in a baby voice: "Auntie."
Shuying thought that sugar was a rare and expensive commodity nowadays. On weekdays, they would only give a cup of sugar water when there were distinguished guests at home. It was already good enough that Mrs. Gao was willing to make glutinous rice balls for the children.
As for her, she owns a shopping mall and is willing to spend money on ingredients, so it's normal that the child thinks the glutinous rice balls she makes are more delicious.
"If you like it, eat more!" Shuying smiled and waited for her man to come back to eat glutinous rice balls together.
After her husband came back, Shuying sat with him and ate glutinous rice balls.
Chen Xi also likes to eat glutinous rice balls with thin skin and rich fillings but not too greasy, and he eats a lot of them.
Mrs. Gao's family next door hadn't left the table yet, and were tasting the glutinous rice balls made by Shuying.
Just like that, when Gao Dasao and Chen Tuan tasted the black sesame glutinous rice balls made by Shuying, which had a thin skin and a lot of fillings but were not overly sweet, Chen Tuan's eyes lit up first: "The glutinous rice balls made by my sister-in-law are delicious. Why are they so delicious? Why is the filling black? What's in it?"
Mrs. Gao tasted the flavor of sesame and saw that a lot of sugar was added, so it was no wonder that it was so fragrant. Mrs. Gao felt that Miss Yang was really smart and could cook delicious food. She also felt that a lot of stuffing was added. She felt sorry for Miss Yang.
Chen Tuan originally didn't like sweet glutinous rice balls, but he ate a lot of the bowl of glutinous rice balls sent by the Chen family.
Chen Tuan likes to eat it so much, so the three brothers of the Gao family love it even more, especially the glutinous rice balls with thin skin and rich fillings. They are fragrant and sweet when you take a bite, and the three brothers enjoy eating them very much.
As far as the three Gao Zhi brothers remember eating glutinous rice balls, they had never eaten glutinous rice balls that were so delicious and fragrant.
Just now the three brothers thought that their own glutinous rice balls tasted pretty good, but after eating Aunt Yang's glutinous rice balls, they realized what was truly delicious. The father and sons scrambled to eat the bowl of glutinous rice balls, and their chopsticks started fighting.
After eating glutinous rice balls and celebrating the Lantern Festival, winter has gone and spring has arrived. In the blink of an eye, it is March and the weather is starting to get warmer.
School has started early, and Shuying has resumed her school classes just like last year. She goes back and forth between school and home every day, and her husband has also resumed his training of going out early and returning late every day.
Since her husband had to train every day and no longer had to use all his energy on her, she had taken the family meals to a higher level.
In the past, each meal consisted of one meat dish and two green vegetables, but now it is two meat dishes and one green vegetable. She wants to give her husband more nourishment, fearing that her husband will suffer from health problems while on missions.
Besides, her husband is often away on missions, so she has no choice but to take advantage of his time at home to nourish him and make more delicious food for him!
After school, Shuying took her children home and let them play while she cooked dinner.
While her man was on a mission, Shuying had already learned how to kill fish, so she didn't have to bother her man.
For dinner she cooked fish stewed with tofu, and the other two dishes were a plate of spicy and sour shredded potatoes and a dish of braised spareribs.
She had just bought the tofu at the market.
First make the spicy and sour potato shreds and braised spareribs. The fish stewed with tofu takes the most time and should be made last. Turn the fish over and fry both sides. Add soup when it is crispy and stew it with tofu. Then add the tofu and simmer the soup over low heat. The soup is milky white, fresh and fragrant.
Shuying's cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds. When she devotes her heart and soul to cooking a few dishes, the aroma of the dishes wafts to the two neighboring houses, which makes Gao Dasao and Fang's mother, who are cooking, very worried.
Fang's mother had been in the military area for a long time, and she knew that the daughter-in-law of her neighbor Chen's family was really good at sewing and her cooking was really delicious. She cooked almost every day in the past month, and sometimes she couldn't stand the smell of the food. But the young daughter-in-law of the Chen family was really good to men and children.
Sister Yang occasionally cooked well, and Sister Gao's family could still tolerate it. But if she cooked every day, and Sister Gao had smelled the aroma of Chen's food for nearly a month, she really couldn't stand it.
Ever since the aroma of Yang Meizi's food always wafted over, every time they had lunch or dinner at her house, her husband and a few brats would sigh and have no appetite.
If she hadn't kept a close eye on her third child, he would have wanted to run to Yang Meizi's house to eat for free every day.
Mrs. Gao came out of the kitchen and waved to Chen Yi to come over. She asked him what delicious food he had eaten recently. Why did it smell so good every day? It smelled so good that even her family couldn't stand it.
When Chen Yi counted on his fingers and talked about what delicious dishes they ate every day, and said that there were two meat dishes and one other dish at home recently, and asked what dishes they would have today, Gao Dasao was stunned.
She knew that Yang Meizi had big hands, but she didn't know they were this big. She thought that even if Yang Meizi had big hands, she would only eat meat every few days. Gao Dasao asked, "Why do you eat like this?"
The three Gao brothers who were playing in the yard were particularly jealous of Chen Yi. The little foodie Gao Yuan started drooling when he heard his eldest brother talk about what he had eaten.
It would take ten days or half a month for their mother to buy them half a pound of meat to taste.
"Chen Yi, has your aunt encountered any good things recently? Why does she cook meat dishes every day? How expensive is it?" asked Mrs. Gao. Before, no matter how skilled Yang was, she could control herself. What happened now?
Chen Yi replied: "I don't know either. It doesn't seem like anything good. But my aunt said that my uncle has lost some weight since returning from the New Year and needs to eat more! She also said that my uncle is very tired from training every day!"
Mrs. Gao: “…” No wonder she felt that Chen Tuan looked very good recently!
Chen Yi has been a little troubled lately, and sighed, "Recently, my aunt treats my uncle better than me, and makes my uncle drink more meat soup and eat more fish every day. In the past, my aunt treated me the best and only picked up vegetables for me! Now she picks up vegetables for my uncle every day!"
Mrs. Gao: “…”
"Boss, can I go to your house for dinner?" Gao Yuan looked at Chen Yi eagerly.
Chen Yi agreed without hesitation, but was finally stopped by Mrs. Gao.
Shuying had finished dinner, and the two children, one big and one small, came back at this time.
Chen Xi took Chen Yi to wash their hands.
A family of three sat down to eat.
"Drink some hot fish soup before eating!" Shuying first served a bowl of fish and tofu soup to her husband and child. The soup was made milky white by her and was especially nutritious.
Chen Yi had been hungry for a long time. When he saw the dishes on his own table, he started drooling and buried his head in drinking the fish soup and eating the fish. The fish stewed with tofu soup was particularly fragrant and delicious. Chen Yi ate it with relish!
Chen Xi is not picky about food. He eats whatever his wife serves him. Shuying also serves herself some hot soup. After drinking it, she feels warm and comfortable.
Chen Xi served the meal to his wife and Chen Yi. Shuying was not very hungry, so she chewed slowly to let her husband and child eat more.
While she was picking up ribs for the man, she also picked out the bones from the fish for Chen Yi and put the fish into his bowl.
"Thank you, auntie!" Chen Yi's chubby face was full of smiles, but Chen Xi couldn't bear to see it and let him help himself, while he put a lot of ribs and fish into his wife's bowl, picking out the bones from the fish.
Before Shuying had time to eat, the food in his bowl piled up like a small mountain. Chen Yi also diligently helped his aunt pick up some food for him while he ate some rice and ate some pork ribs. Shuying pursed her lips and smiled, telling the two uncle and nephew to eat by themselves without paying any attention to her, while she picked up the food in the bowl.
After the child was full, Shuying touched her child's bulging belly and realized that the child couldn't eat any more, so she asked her husband to drink all the ribs and fish soup, especially the fish soup, which was particularly good for the body.
Chen Yi pouted and felt a little jealous when he heard his aunt care about his uncle, but Chen Xi really enjoyed his wife's care.
After her husband had eaten the fish soup and pork ribs, Shuying looked at him.
He didn't seem to be fat, and there wasn't much change in his face and body. But if you looked closely you could see that his cheeks had gained some flesh, and his complexion was particularly good. Shuying felt a little satisfied.
"What do you want to eat tomorrow? I'll cook it for you!" Shuying said in a gentle voice.
Chen Xi's stern face softened exceptionally, and he looked at her lovingly, indicating that he would eat any dish and was not picky.
This man is so easy to take care of, she likes him!
"Auntie, I still want to eat this spare rib!" At this time, Chen Yi, who had been ignored, couldn't help but interrupt.
After getting Shuying's consent, Chen Yi quickly said with a smile: "Auntie, Xiaoyuan's mother just asked me if there is anything good going on in our family. Why do you cook every day recently? Xiaoyuan's family can't eat because they smell the delicious food in our house every day."
When he came back just now, he saw the dinner that Xiaoyuan's mother prepared for them. It was all carrots and cabbage, but no meat.
Chen Yi felt that Xiaozhi, Xiaoxiang and Xiaoyuan were really pitiful.
Chen Xi: “…”
Tree Shadow: “…”