Following the direction of Master Chen's finger, everyone looked towards the pile of fruits. Only then did I realize that all the fruits were not complete.
Several bananas were torn in half, and then thrown away because they were probably found to be too raw and inedible. Others were broken when thrown down from the tree, and the broken fruits were also thrown away.
It seemed that many of them were trampled in the mud and were dug out one by one by Master Chen.
In addition to bananas, there are also mangoes and lemons, but I probably won’t eat them because I just picked them into pieces.
Yin Xiaoman even saw a row of teeth marks on the skin of a mango.
If there were only one or two of these things and they were discarded in the mountains where there were many fruit trees, they might not attract much attention.
But Master Chen picked them up and put them all in such a big basket, which looked very eye-catching.
"Who did it?" Qi Feng was the first one to frown.
After all, he had just lost his temper in front of everyone on the island about the steamed buns last night, and seeing a pile of wasted fruit early in the morning was almost the same feeling as being slapped in the face.
As if he suddenly remembered something, he turned around and shouted into the room, "Qiangzi! Huzi! Both of you get out here!"
The voice was filled with anger, and Cui Yan, who was standing next to him, immediately turned pale.
She also thought about it. Didn’t her two sons run out with a group of little kids yesterday and play for a long time? I also picked a lot of fruits.
If you ask her who would be the first person she thought of when seeing these ruined fruits, let alone men, even she would think of those little kids first.
Seeing that the man was about to lose his temper, Cui Yan was anxious and angry but there was nothing she could do. Master Chen was standing here obviously wanting an explanation, and she couldn't even try to persuade him.
It seemed that Qiangzi and Huzi had not gotten up yet. When they heard their father calling them, they answered. The room was filled with the sound of bells and bangs, but no one came out for a long time.
On the contrary, Da Mi, Da Bao and the other two who had just woken up were so scared by Uncle Qi's shout that they all ran over.
"This wasn't done by us!" This time it was Dabao who spoke first.
This child has always been very discerning. He just came out to take a look, and immediately realized something was wrong without the adults telling him anything.
Anyway, it wasn't his father who was angry, so the little guy had nothing to be afraid of.
He even squeezed past Yin Xiaoman, squatted in front of the pile of fruits, and started looking for evidence.
"Uncle Qi, we really didn't do this. I was the leader of the team that went to look for fruit. I led them all. I know everything we took.
If you don’t believe me, just ask anyone. We didn’t pick lemons at all! Also, uncle, look at this mango, there are teeth marks here! ”
He picked up a mango and stood on tiptoe, wishing he could poke it into Qi Feng's face.
"My mother once said that if you want others to work for you wholeheartedly, you must first tell them what benefits they can get from helping you, so that they will be willing to work hard.
So before going to pick the fruit, I distributed the bananas and mangoes in my home to my men. They all know how to eat it, so why would they chew the skin? ”
Qi Feng turned his face to the side to avoid the mango that was about to poke his eyes, and then subconsciously glanced at Shen Qingyun.
That look was quite complicated.
He was a little confused. Xiao Yin looked like a quiet woman who didn't talk much. What was she instilling in the children every day?
He also said, "If you want others to help you wholeheartedly, you have to give them benefits." He also kept saying "my subordinates"
...This little bastard, how old is he?
Is this a plan to become the boss? !
Shen Qingyun's veins on his forehead twitched a few times because of his son's words.
But what can he do at this time?
He must support his wife!
So he completely ignored Qi Feng's gaze, put on a stern face, took the mango from Dabao's hand, and shook it in his hand.
Then he asked, "After all that nonsense, you still didn't tell me whether you saw who picked them. There's no one else on this mountain who runs as hard as you guys. Didn't you see who picked them when you went there to play?"
Hearing his father's question, Dabao hesitated a little and turned to look at his mother.
Yin Xiaoman was also very depressed by what his son said.
How many words did she say to them every day, but how come she only remembered this one sentence clearly? She also talked about it in front of the men.
But Dabao just looked at her, obviously waiting for her to make a decision. What could she do?
Yin Xiaoman could only sigh again and warned: "Think it over carefully before you speak. If you saw it, you saw it. If you didn't see it, don't talk nonsense."
We are not at home now and can say whatever we want. Although the child is still young, it is time for him to be responsible for what he says.
But this time, Dabao didn’t need to say anything.
"They were picked by the newcomers." Qiangzi and Huzi finally put on their clothes and ran out.
They had roughly heard what was said outside in the house, and knew that their father was holding them accountable, so they didn't dare to take the blame on themselves.
Before Qiangzi came up to them, he shouted, "Huzi and I were responsible for taking those kids to the beach to pick up shells. We didn't go up the mountain. This has nothing to do with us."
But Qi Feng didn't care about his disclaimer at all. He kept picking at his son's words and asked, "Who did you mean by the newcomer who picked it?"
Qiangzi rubbed his eyes and looked at his brother beside him in confusion: "Huzi said so."
Hu Zi didn't shirk the responsibility and admitted it quickly: "I don't know who it was, but it must be them. When we were having a barbecue, a kid's parents came over and asked us where we picked the fruit. We said we picked it in the mountains, so they must have heard it and went back up the mountain."
After he said this, the other children also remembered it.
Erniu immediately echoed loudly: "Yes, an aunt saw me sorting mangoes and ran over to ask what they were and what they looked like. She also specifically asked where the mangoes were grown!"
The children's words made all the adults speechless for a moment.
Master Chen looked at them and couldn't help asking, "Captain, instructor, what should we do? We can't just ignore it and let them destroy things like this, right?"
"That won't happen." Shen Qingyun replied immediately.
After saying that, he personally squatted down and put the fruits back into the bamboo basket one by one, and handed the basket to Da Mi: "Send this to Squad Leader Ren, and ask him to come to the battalion headquarters to find me after work."
Then he looked at Master Chen again: "Uncle Chen, thank you, if you hadn't reminded us, we might not have realized so quickly that there are so many loopholes in our work.
Don't worry, this matter will not be let go. We will definitely find a way to resolve it as soon as possible. You go back to work first, and we will let everyone see the results as soon as possible. ”
After Shen Qingyun said this, Master Chen didn't say anything more.
He took on the beekeeping job last night and rushed to the mountain to check the beehives early in the morning. Then he saw the discarded fruits and got so angry that he carried them down the mountain.
I haven't done any work at the moment.
So, after saying goodbye to everyone, he hurried back to the mountain.
However, his action made the two highest commanders of the guard battalion, who were already under a lot of pressure, feel that the burden on their shoulders was even heavier.
Shen Qingyun had breakfast at Qi's house. No one knew what the two brothers discussed. Not long after they started working, a young soldier from the kitchen team came and ran to the house to call Da Mi and Da Bao to help.
He also specifically asked them to bring a few older boys who were capable of working with them.
So, Yin Xiaoman saw his two children, the two from the Qi family, Chen Mingshi, and three or four other little kids aged five or six, or seven or eight, all running after him, shouting.
This run took the whole morning, and even Cui Yan came to help prepare lunch.
"Do you know what they are doing?" Yin Xiaoman was a little surprised. She wondered what the kitchen staff could do that required these boys' help?
"I went up the mountain to pick fruit."
Cui Yan apparently saw the group of boys when she was planting vegetables in the vegetable garden.
"They said they wouldn't come back for lunch, so we shouldn't do anything about it. They want to eat in the cafeteria. They said squad leader Ren said he would treat them to lunch today."
She couldn't help laughing as she spoke: "These kids are really interesting. They seem to be very smart, but they are so easy to fool when adults fool them. What can Ren Ping'an treat them to? Isn't it just what the cafeteria has? It's like they won't have lunch if they don't go to pick fruit."
Yin Xiaoman couldn't help but laugh as well.
Apart from their two families and the expert group, everyone else on the island goes to the cafeteria to eat.
Even if those little guys don't go to pick fruit, doesn't Ren Ping'an still have to take care of their lunch?
Weren’t you fooled by the adults with just a few words?
But they didn't know at that time that Ren Ping'an really didn't fool the children, and this lunch was indeed his treat. It’s just that the bills for the two children were charged to their respective fathers.
After lunch, the children came back satisfied. After coming back, he didn't take a nap, but chattered endlessly with his two mothers.
Erniu, who had been ruthlessly abandoned by her brothers in the morning, had been feeling resentful and wanted to vent, but within a few minutes she was attracted by the scenes described by her four brothers. She listened with such delight that she even forgot about getting angry.
It turned out that Shen Qingyun and Qi Feng had been discussing this for the entire morning, and the more they discussed, the more they felt that the island could no longer operate according to the previous model where everyone ate from the same big pot.
In the past, it was because the staff were simple. The soldiers' food is subsidized by the state, so they definitely eat in the canteen, that goes without saying. The experts have their own small canteen, which has nothing to do with the outside world.
The only two families had been in the army before and had long been accustomed to the army's living rules. They usually did not go to the canteen to eat. Even if you occasionally take some fish and shrimp, pick some fruits or something, there are only a few mouths to feed, how much can you take?
So everyone eats from the same pot and doesn't feel there is anything wrong.
But now there are more and more people, and the levels are becoming more and more complicated.
For example, the earliest skilled workers were all grown men who worked very hard and were tired. As long as they were well fed and well-dressed, they were not picky about what they ate and there was no such thing as them going up the mountain to pick fruits by themselves. They would rather sleep in that little time.
Most of the people who went to the island this time brought their families with them. Although the group had tried their best to arrange jobs for them according to their abilities before they arrived on the island, there were still too many people and too many opinions.
Especially in the past few days, because we have just arrived on the island, many tasks have not yet been fully put on track, such as where to open up new land and what to plant in the middle? These have not been finalized yet, so some people are idle.
When you have nothing to do, you naturally want to find something to do, so you run to the mountains to pick fruits.
Actually, picking a few fruits is not a big deal, especially on Zhongshan Island, where there are so many fruit trees. Even if there are these people, they can't finish eating them.
But this gap cannot be opened.
The two of them thought of the steamed buns they had last night from the fruits, and they felt more and more that it was too much of a burden and unrealistic for everyone to eat in the cafeteria.
There are already few soldiers in the kitchen team, and they are almost unable to eat the meals of the current soldiers and technical workers. If there are dozens more mouths to eat... there will be more in the future.
This is beyond their supply capacity.
The situations of these new families on the island are different. Some people like Li Fang and Qiao Mai come alone, and if one person eats well, the whole family will not be hungry.
There are also people like Master Li, who works alone but brings two children with him. There are even families where one employee brings the elderly and children with him.
The food ration standards for unemployed elderly people and children are definitely different from those for front-line workers.
Eating the same meal, it is obviously a bit difficult for Master Li to support two children alone, let alone supporting the whole family alone.
The meals for the expert group were separate, and their rations were not put together with those in the canteen. It was not allowed to expect them to subsidize the children of employees.
The country treats them well so that they can maintain good health and have more physical strength and energy to serve the country. If the family members are not getting enough nutrition because the food is used to supplement their nutrition, the entire garrison camp will be held responsible.
In this case, needless to say, it has become an unspoken fact that there are more single people being subsidized.
But this is very unfair to individual employees.
Over time, conflicts are bound to arise.
So, after discussing it, the two decided to do it the same way as before in the Pioneer Camp, only providing meals for the soldiers, while employees and their families would all have to buy meal tickets for meals.
Everyone can freely choose whether to hand in the rations to the canteen, receive meal tickets according to the rations handed in, and eat in the canteen with the meal tickets; or choose to take the rations back to the dormitory and cook for themselves in the dormitory.
This is actually good for everyone.
After all, technical workers like them are basically single, and they usually do heavy physical work like digging caves and repairing warehouses. I’m sure few of them would like to go home covered in mud and water to cook after get off work.
As for those families with many people and limited food rations, I believe they would prefer to cook at home rather than eat from a big pot in the canteen, which can save a little.
Actually, the treatment of people on the island is much better than on land.
The treatment of military workers was already good, and before other personnel came, the supply books were changed to those of the county town in Province B. Regardless of whether they had rural or urban household registration before, they all had food supplies now.
Even though the food standards are not as high as those for soldiers and military workers, there is no problem in having enough to eat.
So if there are many people in your family, it won’t be bad if you cook for yourself.
As for the seafood and fruits caught by the camp, they plan to adopt a combination of payment according to work and distribution according to households.
According to Rice,
Uncle Ren said that from now on, individuals are not allowed to go up the mountain to pick fruits at will. Every day at noon, the kitchen staff would choose a special time before lunch to distribute fruits according to the number of people, and then each family would send someone to pick them up.
As for the picking of fruits, it is the responsibility of their Zhongshan team.
How the personnel divide the work and cooperate with each other is decided by Dami.
All they had to do was go up the mountain in the morning to pick the fruits, put them in a fixed place, and then help the young soldiers sent by the camp every day to transport them back on wheelbarrows, and they would have completed their mission.
For this they can get the right to choose fruits and seafood first than others.
"I'm going too! I want to go too!" When Erniu heard that her brothers were going to take a collective action, her eyes turned red and she jumped anxiously.
"Can you get up in the morning?" Dabao glanced at her with disdain.
"If you can get up, call me!" Erniu was very anxious.
He ran over and threw himself on Da Mi: "Brother Da Mi, you called me."
"I'll bring you some food. You can sleep at home in the morning."
"I won't! I will..."
"obedient!"
Before Erniu could finish her words, Dami's hand had already been on the top of her head, pressing down hard, immediately suppressing the words she had not yet said.
Erniu was so aggrieved that she cried, but she dared not say another word.
Cui Yan, who was standing nearby, was extremely surprised. She reached out and touched Yin Xiaoman's arm: "Oh, is there anyone who can subdue her?"
Yin Xiaoman smiled and said nothing.
Erniu, that girl, is sometimes really spoiled to the point of being a little unruly.
For so many years, she was the youngest and the only girl, both in the pioneer camp and on the island. Not to mention walking sideways every day, but that’s almost the same.
Before Rice came, she started to hum, and except for Yin Xiaoman, even Shen Qingyun couldn't catch her.
But this girl just listens to Dami. She didn't dare to make any more noise. Just a look from Da Mi or a press of her hand on the head could suppress her unreasonable behavior. It was magical.
For example, today, she wanted to go up the mountain with her brothers. Not only did her brothers not want to take her, Yin Xiaoman would not agree to let her go either.
If it weren't for Dami's special experience, the adults wouldn't have felt comfortable letting this group of young boys go up the mountain with him leading them.
Are those bananas and coconuts so easy to pick? Without some skills, let alone climbing a tree, even if you cut the trunk crookedly, it could easily fall and hit someone.
They are all dangerous.
In other words, having rice with you can make people feel more at ease.
Speaking of rice and picking fruits, Yin Xiaoman thought about the problem of cooking.
"Da Mi, you don't have to worry about cooking from now on. I can do it myself. Just take good care of my brothers."
"No, I can get back in time."
"Why are you rushing? If you come back, there will be no one to watch over those guys. What if something dangerous happens?"
Yin Xiaoman glared and said, "I told you I don't need you. I can do it myself."
"But," Da Mi's eyes were full of struggle, "There are so many, Auntie, you can't carry them all."
"If your aunt can't carry it, I'm still there."
Cui Yan immediately chimed in: "I'm only in charge of a vegetable garden now, how much work does it have to do every day? If my subordinates hurry up a little, it will be done soon. You just take good care of those bald boys and don't let anything happen. This will be a great help to your aunt and me. You don't have to worry about delivering meals. With Aunt Cui here, it won't be your turn to worry about it."
After this regulation came out, people on the island quickly accepted it and basically no conflicts arose.
After all, the meal ticket system is actually aimed more at new employees arriving on the island, and there is not much change for the existing elderly people.
For those new arrivals on the island, everything is new to them. It is easy for everyone to accept the rules if the rules are established in advance.
On the contrary, they heard that the soldiers could help them with cooking in their spare time, and the camp also promised that after the supply ship arrived, the camp would go out and help everyone solve the problem of coal stoves, and guarantee to provide a quota for each family. These words made everyone burst into tears of gratitude.
Nowadays, people outside, especially in cities, have already switched to burning coal cakes. Many of the people on the island don't even know how to cook with fire.
However, the small coal stove that can be carried around has always been in short supply, and it was not easy to buy it in the past.
Now the camp is willing to purchase coal for everyone and has promised to provide it on a monthly basis. Now, the young people who previously decided whether to eat in the cafeteria or cook by themselves have immediately made up their minds to cook their own meals.
Having a stove at home makes it much more convenient to cook anything.
Because of this incident, everyone was very grateful to the camp cadres and was more willing to cooperate. Soon, order on the island returned to normal operation.
But such regulations make Yin Xiaoman somewhat embarrassed.
She had nothing more to exchange for food with Lichun.
In the past, there were few people on the island, and the patrol team could not eat all the seafood they caught.
In addition, it was difficult to store the remaining food due to the hot weather, so as long as Yin Xiaoman asked for the remaining food, Ren Ping'an would be eager to bring it all to her. There was no mention of how much you get or whether you want money.
Now, with more people, seafood and fruits are distributed per household or even per person.
In addition, the kitchen team now has its own cold storage, so as long as the food is not something that will spoil as soon as it dies like crabs, the rest can be kept for a while and eaten slowly without having to rush to give it to people.
So now she has no chance of getting a large portion of seafood.
Those distributed to the family are usually taken by the children, and the little ones know what they have received.
If he did it once or twice, no one would say anything, but if it happened too often, even if the children didn't say anything, Yin Xiaoman was afraid of arousing his family's suspicion.
This suddenly put her in a very awkward position.
In theory, she could also go out to catch seafood like she did in the Pioneer Camp before. The seafood on Zhongshan Island is even richer than that over there. But now she has no time.
Even with Cui Yan's help, she was tied up tightly with three meals a day, and it was impossible for her to spare a few hours to do this.
And she didn't even have a reason.
In the past, we could say that we could eat at home, but what about now? The seafood distributed on the island every day is more than enough for both the family and the experts.
Yin Xiaoman couldn't help staring at the dozen or so abalones in the basin in front of him.
This was brought over by Ren Ping'an this morning. He said it was brought back by the patrol boat. Because there was really too little to distribute, they simply sent it to her and let her decide whether to give it to the experts or eat it herself.
It does not count towards the lunch allotment.
If it were in the past, Yin Xiaoman might have been polite to him, but today, she accepted it almost immediately. She hadn't sent anything to Lichun for a week, and she didn't know if he was waiting anxiously there.
However, when she really got them back, she was still worried when looking at these abalones. How much food could she get from them?
Whether in her past or on Zhongshan Island, shellfish were always perceived as much cheaper than fish and shrimp.
If these were a dozen or twenty large prawns, Ren Ping'an would not have given them to her so easily.
Looking at the dozen or so black and completely unappetizing abalones in the basin, Yin Xiaoman was very skeptical. He thought that this stuff probably couldn't even be exchanged for 20 kilograms of brown rice?
After thinking about it, she decided to try a different approach. Also "package" them.
While Da Mi and Da Bao went to the mountain to pick fruits, Er Niu asked Cui Yanfei to follow her to the vegetable garden. When she was the only one left at home, she took out the pork belly that she had exchanged from Li Chun a long time ago from the space.
Speaking of which, the meat was replaced too early, probably when we just arrived on the island.
At that time she didn't know it would be so difficult to eat meat on the island.
As a result, after it was exchanged, a year had passed and the supply ship had not delivered any fresh meat at all. This piece of meat had been kept for such a long time without any chance to be taken out.
Now we might as well take it out and exchange it for food.
Yin Xiaoman washed the meat and cut it into small pieces, then put it into a pot of cold water and boiled it. After skimming off the foam, he took it out and rinsed off the impurities on the meat with hot water. He then drained the water and put it aside for later use.
Then she picked out four of the fattest abalones from the basin, peeled them, cleaned them, and put them away. And cut some patterns on the surface of the abalone.
Speaking of abalone, Yin Xiaoman had never eaten it before.
When she went fishing with her grandmother in her hometown, she had never caught anything like this.
The reason why she made it was that when Ren Ping'an was chatting with her before, he mentioned that he had once attended a chef training class in the group, and then showed off what dishes the teacher there taught him, and she took it into consideration.
Under her repeated questioning and "inducement", Ren Ping'an could no longer explain in more detail.
According to him, the teacher who taught them, although now he was just an ordinary cook in the troupe, his ancestors once opened a restaurant in the capital, and his cooking skills were passed down from generation to generation.
Given his background, it is actually a bit difficult for him to stay in the army. But his skills were so good that no one, from the leaders to the soldiers, was willing to let him go.
In times of material scarcity, if one person uses the same ingredients and seasonings to make something much more delicious than others, who would be willing to let him go?
It was because of this ability that he was able to stay in the army. Although it is almost impossible to get promoted, it is already very impressive that he has been able to stay in the regiment's kitchen for so many years.
Ren Pingan specifically gave Yin Xiaoman an example and said:
Just like this seafood, in other camps, generally speaking, the cooks would just add a little salt and boil it in water, then steam it in a pot and serve it to everyone. If you meet a caring cook who can stir-fry with a little oil, everyone will be delicious!
But the teacher actually showed them how to make braised abalone!
Ren Ping'an was so excited when he said that!
Because there was no real thing, he even broke off a branch and drew for Yin Xiaoman on the ground what the teacher taught him, including how to handle abalone, how to cut it into flower-like shapes, how to remove the fishy smell, and even what side dishes to add to make it more delicious.
This was not enough, so he told her in detail what seasonings the teacher used to cook the abalone.
From Ren Ping'an's words, she understood that the reason why the teacher told them these things in the first class was actually to gain a foothold in front of this group of cooks and to intimidate them at once so as not to be looked down upon.
But he was still restricted by the limited ingredients, and the abalone he made was not likely to taste very good.
But even so, his method did open up new ideas for Yin Xiaoman.
When it comes to cooking, once you learn one thing, you can learn many other things. With a little guidance, it’s easy to apply what you’ve learned to other situations.
Braised abalone, braised conch, braised scallops... Yin Xiaoman made these dishes many times later. All the seasonings used are also available on the island.
Although it was a bit rough, it still received a lot of praise. Not only did the experts like her, but the children also gave her a lot of starry eyes.
Today, she wanted to expand on this idea and make braised pork with abalone to give to Lichun. It was made delicately using the seasonings exchanged from the palace, to let her know that this little shell is not a cheap item.
If she likes it, maybe a few abalones can be exchanged for more food?
Thinking of this, Yin Xiaoman couldn't help feeling depressed. She felt that she had been worrying too much about that rainy day preparation.
But what can we do?
Although she knew that this was not something she should worry about, she thought of what Elder Hua said, what if one day Zhongshan Island became an isolated island, all ships could not approach, and food could not be delivered -
Yin Xiaoman felt her heart was so palpitating that she couldn't breathe.
Given her personality, she really couldn't just sit back and watch this happen.
Once the braised pork starts to cook, the smell is really aggressive.
Even though she knew that there were few people in the dormitory area at the moment and everyone was busy with their own things, she still closed the doors and windows of the kitchen tightly, and even blocked the gaps with canvas that she had specially found.
I was afraid that the smell would spread out accidentally.
The people on the island haven't eaten fresh meat for more than a year. If the smell of braised pork gets out, it will be a big disaster!
There was a fire burning in the stuffy, completely enclosed room, and the food on the fire was still bubbling and emitting this alluring aroma.
Yin Xiaoman stayed in the kitchen and could no longer tell whether she was in heaven or hell.
Sweat was pouring down my body, my heart was beating fast, and every pore in my body was full of vigilance, afraid that someone would suddenly show up at this moment.
But the saliva in the mouth was secreted uncontrollably, even to the point where there was too much to swallow in time.
If she didn't still have a bit of rationality left, knowing that the meat in the pot was really not cooked yet, she would have wanted to open the lid of the pot immediately and eat a piece to satisfy her craving.
In this painful and joyful tangle, the abalone braised pork was finally ready.
The moment he lifted the lid of the pot, Yin Xiaoman's body shook uncontrollably. For the first time, he was almost fainted by the delicious food he had made.
Without hesitation, she picked up a piece of braised pork and put it into her mouth. She couldn't help but hum and squinted her eyes happily.
Because people in the palace are particular about food and don't like greasy food, she first dry-fries the pork belly in a pan to force out the oil, and then adds seasonings and starts cooking after it turns browned.
So it tastes really soft and not greasy, and has a salty and slightly sweet taste with a slight burnt aroma, making her feel that she can finish the whole bowl in one breath without stopping!
She picked up another piece of abalone.
She was reluctant to touch the ones that had been cut into beautiful patterns, so she just picked up a small piece of the remaining scraps. But when she put this piece in her mouth, she wanted to swallow her tongue along with it.
So delicious!
It is firm and chewy. Even with such a small piece, you can taste several different flavors as you chew it.
It has its own fresh flavor of seafood, and at the same time, because it absorbs the fat of the braised pork, it adds a unique rich aroma after frying in animal fat.
Add to that the sauce wrapped around the outside, which has the sweetness of rock sugar, the salty aroma of soy sauce, and the mellow taste of the top-grade rice wine...
Yin Xiaoman stared at the small bowl in his hand, experiencing an unprecedented struggle in his mind. He just wished he could hide it and savor it slowly.
Fortunately, reason finally prevailed, and most importantly, she didn't have any more time to struggle.
After quickly putting the prepared dishes and the remaining live abalone into the space, Yin Xiaoman took out the tofu and kelp that had been prepared earlier as quickly as possible.
Now there are people specially responsible for grinding tofu on the island.
Whether you want to drink soy milk or tofu, it is much more convenient than before. As long as you send the prepared soybeans to the mill according to the exchange ratio the day before, you can pick up the freshly ground soybeans the next morning.
Yesterday, Yin Xiaoman had already decided to make tofu stewed with seaweed for the experts at noon today. Now that they have the broth from the braised abalone and pork, they think the stewed tofu will taste much better than before.
After putting the tofu and kelp together and stewing them in the pot used to roast the meat, Yin Xiaoman finally tore off the canvas blocking the doors and windows and opened them all.
A breeze blew in, making her feel a coolness that she hadn't felt for a long time. Only then did she realize that her clothes were soaked with sweat inside and out.
Turning down the fire, Yin Xiaoman quickly went back to the house and changed her clothes. After coming back, I took out some dried chilies and shrimp paste and started stir-frying the water spinach.
This was something she had thought of before.
Stinky fish and rotten shrimp.
The shrimp sauce has its own unique flavor.
People who like it will find it very exciting, while people who don’t like it will find it stinky and so pungent that it makes their brains hurt.
But whether you like it or not, you have to admit that stir-fried seasonal vegetables with shrimp paste does have its own unique charm.
Anyone who can accept this will never forget it.
After staying on the island for a long time, no one can accept the taste anymore. On the contrary, everyone thinks it goes well with rice. Especially when eaten with coarse grains that are not very tasty, its advantages become apparent and it really tastes much better.
Therefore, stir-fried spinach with shrimp paste, stir-fried tofu with shrimp paste, stir-fried beans with shrimp paste... have now become the signature dishes of almost every household on the island.
The most important reason why Yin Xiaoman wanted to do this today was, of course, to cover up the smell.
This afternoon, the kids all went crazy!
The first one to go crazy was Erniu. Ever since she came back with Cui Yan, she has been sniffing around the house like a puppy. She insisted that her mother had secretly eaten something delicious, and she even whined and moaned for Yin Xiaoman to hand it over.
No matter how she explained, even opening the lid of the pot containing tofu and kelp to show her, the little thing just didn't believe it.
As a result, while she was still making a fuss at home, Dabao and Qiangzi came back at lightning speed. The speed was so fast that Yin Xiaoman was afraid that they would not be able to stop and would crash directly into the wall!
After leaning over the pot and smelling the tofu and kelp inside for a long time, the bald boys reluctantly accepted her explanation.
But the clever Dabao immediately asked that he would deliver lunch to the uncles and grandfathers in the expert group at noon today.
When he said this, the remaining little guys' eyes rolled.
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