Before she transmigrated, she was a pastry chef. The kitchen was her workplace. She had a natural talent for cooking since she was a child, and any ingredient she touched would become delicious. The original owner of this body was also a pig butcher. Just as there was the legendary butcher Ding who dissected oxen, Qin Xiaozhou was capable of dissecting pigs, perfectly removing every bone.
However, Qin Xiaozhou's face quickly fell because the fish in the pot smelled really fishy! She felt like she was going to throw up from the smell, so she quickly opened the lid and the fishy smell hit her face.
Who the hell taught me to boil fish like this? Who could eat that? I grabbed a handful of scallions from the edge of the fence and threw them in, along with a few slices of ginger to remove the fishy smell. "Xiao Yan, go get some pickled vegetables."
I heard that the pickled vegetables from the Lu family were made by Wang Lan, and they really suited Qin Xiaozhou's taste. This fish is grass carp, not really suitable for soup, so let's make a sauerkraut fish instead.
Wang Lan watched as Qin Xiaozhou's lips trembled slightly, but ultimately she neither spoke nor stopped him.
"Okay." Xiao Yan was very efficient. She took the pickled vegetables out of the earthenware jar in the corner of the kitchen, put them in a bowl, and brought it over. Then she stuffed two pieces of firewood into the stove. "Then I will use a knife to cut vegetables more often in the future, and I will be as good as my sister-in-law."
"That won't do," Qin Xiaozhou strongly objected. "You're still too young. You can use a kitchen knife when you're older."
In fact, children from poor families in the village don't have so many rules. As soon as they can walk, they help with the work in the fields, especially during the spring and autumn harvest seasons. They have to help the adults harvest wheat and rice. It's considered good if any child doesn't have a few scars on their hands and grow up with all their fingers intact.
Lu Yan pursed her lips, feeling a little like crying. Ever since her grandfather and father passed away, she had been doing chores like cutting grass and cooking. But now her sister-in-law was saying that she was still young. She had grown to like her sister-in-law more than she liked her aunt.
My aunt now prefers to stay indoors rather than go out, and she no longer cares about her.
Qin Xiaozhou reheated the fish and kneaded the dough in the meantime. The dark dough was hard and stiff, and he wasn't sure if it would ferment. He put it in a wooden basin and let it sit for half an hour.
Less oil and less salt, tonight's meal is just a pot of pickled fish and a plate of stir-fried bamboo shoots, and the staple food is just a few hard, black dough balls, which won't help even if fermented.
Shen Xiaosi nestled in his mother's arms, obediently eating fish. His fish meat was torn apart piece by piece, the fish bones were removed, and he had to rinse it with clean water to remove the spiciness. Every time he saw Qin Xiaozhou, he would turn his head away in grievance and fear, looking like he was about to cry again.
Lu Yu remained silent, only lowering her head to drink soup and eat dark-colored steamed buns.
The fish was huge today, a big bowl of fish soup. This fish is delicious! Wang Lan licked her chopsticks and quickly picked out pieces of fish for her grandchildren. Zhao Fen also had several pieces. She was asked to pick some for Xiao Si. Lu Yu, of course, had a full bowl of fish for everyone. Only she herself didn't eat a single piece, nor did she pick out a single piece for Qin Xiaozhou.
Qin Xiaozhou paused, her chopsticks still in her hand. What was going on? Was she really going to fight over food at home? Her tone was unfriendly. "What are you doing? Can't you eat in peace? What are you fighting over!"
She wasn't one to tolerate things. "From now on, you're not allowed to lick your chopsticks while eating! Otherwise, how will others eat?"
Lu Yunfeng looked at the fish in the bowl and said, "Grandma, let's pick as much as we want to eat."
Wang Lan was a little afraid of Qin Xiaozhou, and now that her grandson wasn't on her side, she felt very wronged and almost cried. "I just wanted you to eat more. What's wrong with licking your chopsticks? When you were little, I even chewed the food and fed it to you..."
"There are so many fish, you can eat as many as you want!" Qin Xiaozhou didn't hold back. "Stop crying, what kind of behavior is this? Just eat, we'll throw it away if we don't finish this meal."
"You can't chew food and feed it to a child; it will make the child sick."
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