Chapter 64 Potato Pancakes
Before it got dark, Ye Yunrong came home from buying groceries. Thinking of the mess outside, a trace of worry flashed in her eyes. She was even more glad that Gu Yu took her daughter home at noon.
Seeing her daughter coming downstairs in a daze after just waking up, she anxiously warned, "Xiuzhu, it's too chaotic outside. Don't go out without Gu Yu by your side."
"Oh, I know." Xiuzhu responded listlessly and came over to help her mother prepare the dishes to be cooked tonight.
Seeing the same dishes that she was tired of eating every day, she instantly lost her expectations for dinner. She said with a look of dismay, "Mom, why did you buy so many potatoes and cabbages again? Will I have to eat these for the next few days?"
"I can't help it. There are only these two items in the vegetable market, and many people are rushing to buy them today, so I just bought some more. I won't go out tomorrow."
"We have oil at home. Mom will make potato pancakes for you." Ye Yunrong coaxed her daughter. Her daughter Xiuzhu's life was much harder than hers when she was a girl.
When she was as old as Xiuzhu, she had never had to do housework, and the chef at home prepared nutritious meals for her. It's nothing like now. It is only thanks to her husband that she and Xiuzhu can eat fine grains for every meal.
Nowadays, no family can eat fine grains for every meal. Her husband has a higher position and receives 60 kilograms of grain every month. She has no job, so she only receives 30 kilograms of grain subsidy every month. Xiuzhu receives even less if she is a student, at only 20 kilograms of grain per month.
If we cut these in half and replace them all with fine grains, there would only be about 50 kilograms per month.
This is barely enough because she and Xiuzhu have small appetites, and her husband has to eat out when he is on long missions, and they receive extra subsidies from the government.
It was too luxurious for others, so she didn't even dare to tell others about it.
Ye Yunrong looked at the dishes in the basket with some worry. She felt sorry for her daughter and cooked different dishes for her every day, hoping that she would eat more.
Grate the washed potatoes into shreds, then add salt, flour, pepper, and chopped green onions. Thinking that Gu Yu would also be at home for dinner today, she carefully beat an egg and put it in, then stirred it thoroughly.
Take out the almost empty oil bottle, brush a thin layer of oil in the pan, wait for the oil to heat up, put in the blended potato shreds, shape them into round cakes, fry until both sides are golden brown and then serve.
Xiuzhu came over to smell the scent and sniffed hard, "Ah, it smells so good."
"You little greedy cat, go wash your hands. Your dad won't be home for dinner tonight, so we can eat directly after Gu Yu gets off work." Ye Yunrong said lovingly.
Xiuzhu smelled the aroma of potato pancakes and felt extremely hungry. She complained, "Humph, it's almost dark, why hasn't Gu Yu come back yet?"
When the door opened, Ye Yunrong said with a smile: "Look at you, he knows you miss him, so you come back now!"
Xiuzhu was about to open her mouth to explain, but when she saw Gu Yu coming over, she stopped talking.
"Aunt, I'm sorry, I'm back. Please put the food away," Gu Yu said gently.
"Oh, where did you buy so many good things?"
Ye Yunrong was a little surprised when she saw the contents of the two large bags. There were a lot of good things in them. One bag contained about 5 kilograms of pork and two fishes, and the other bag contained two bags of adult milk powder and about 3 eggs.
Xiuzhu also leaned over to take a look curiously, a look of joy flashing in her eyes. She swallowed her saliva. During the month that Gu Yu was in Beijing, she had not had much food in her stomach, and meat was really hard to buy now.
"Mom, let's make some braised pork tonight."
Gu Yu felt a little distressed when he saw her greedy look. His baby would be miserable without him, so he also said, "Aunt, make it for Xiuzhu. I'll make more when the meat is gone."
"Hahaha, okay, I'll do it right away." Ye Yunrong was in a good mood and went to prepare some food for her daughter and son-in-law.
She was not polite to Gu Yu and had already regarded him as her son-in-law in her heart. Her son-in-law is capable and has plans in mind. He will not do anything without confidence. Seeing that he is unwilling to say more about the origin of the things, she did not ask any more questions.
Moreover, she has experienced everything and seen all kinds of good things over the years.
Xiuzhu was in a good mood because she could eat her favorite dishes. She was also very good at acting like a spoiled child. When she saw her mother busy in the kitchen, she took Gu Yu's hand and said in a sweet voice, "Brother Yu is really great. I like you so much!"
Gu Yu looked at the girl who was acting coquettishly with him, his eyes filled with dark colors, and said in a low and gentle voice: "Eat more, eat enough!"
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