The next night, Gu Guizhi came back early to clean the fish, and Qi Mengmeng helped pass the basin and rinse them.
Gu Guizhi asked her, "How do you eat so many fish?"
Qi Mengmeng had already thought it through: "Cut the three fish into pieces and stew them, stir-fry the fish offal, stew the fish head with tofu as a soup, and make four fish into crispy fish. Send two to my dad and save the rest for later."
Of course, when stewing fish, you can't just put fish in it. You must put some vegetables in it. The quantity is significantly larger and the taste is good.
This time when making crispy fish, Qi Mengmeng plans to put some radish slices underneath, which will definitely make it taste better.
Gu Guizhi listened to Qi Mengmeng's arrangements and silently speeded up his hands.
The two of them worked in perfect harmony and cleaned up all the fish in just one hour.
Qi Mengmeng asked Gu Guizhi to cut the fish into pieces while she went to fry the fish.
Gu Guizhi watched her pour half the pot of fish into the pot without blinking. His eyelids twitched and he turned away. Out of sight, out of mind, he did not express any opinion.
Qi Mengmeng looked at his actions and couldn't help but smile.
After frying the fish, Qi Mengmeng kneaded another bowl of dough. There would be a lot of people coming tomorrow, and rice might not be enough for all of them, so she steamed some buns so that everyone would have another option.
Before going to bed, Qi Mengmeng had already made the crispy fish, which would be flavorful enough to be absorbed overnight.
Qi Mengmeng pulled Gu Guizhi aside and talked about tomorrow's menu again.
There were ten dishes in total, including stewed fish, fried fish, fish head and tofu soup, crispy fish, braised spareribs, pork with mashed garlic, chicken stewed with mushrooms, cold cucumber salad, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and eggplant with beans. The staple food was multi-grain rice and steamed buns made from two-grain flour.
Among the ten dishes, more than half are meat dishes. This standard of banquet is considered quite good in the military region.
In addition to fish and vegetables, most of the meat came from Qi Mengmeng's space, but Gu Guizhi didn't know. He just felt that Qi Mengmeng had put a lot of thought into this treat.
The dinner party will be in the evening tomorrow, so Qi Mengmeng has to prepare all the dishes in the morning and start cooking in the afternoon.
After listening to Qi Mengmeng's words, Gu Guizhi remembered Xu Daming's visit to him and said, "Daming said he would ask his wife to come over early to help, so you won't be so tired."
Qi Mengmeng has a good relationship with Li Laidie, so she is not opposed to this and nodded.
The next morning, when Li Lai Di came over, Qi Mengmeng was about to go out to buy some vegetables.
Li Lai Di directly handed him the basket in her hand: "I told you, I have vegetables at home, why don't you go buy some."
Qi Mengmeng took the basket with a smile and explained, "I saw that there weren't many vegetables left in your yard, and it was time to prepare them for drying, so I thought of going outside to buy some. Since sister-in-law said so, I won't be polite."
"You're welcome." Li Lai Di breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Qi Mengmeng taking the dish, and was about to follow Qi Mengmeng to help.
The two entered the house. After listening to Qi Mengmeng's menu, Li Lai Di had a complicated look in her eyes.
Qi Mengmeng quickly asked: "Sister-in-law, is there anything wrong with the dish I prepared?"
Li Lai Di quickly shook her head: "No, I just didn't expect you to be so well prepared."
Qi Mengmeng smiled and said, "It's all thanks to my sister-in-law. If she hadn't taken me to the village, I wouldn't have been able to prepare so many things."
She pointed in the direction of the kitchen and said, "Sister-in-law, I have some fish offal here. I guess we can't eat them after we fry them. If you don't mind, you can take some with you when you leave later."
There was a lot of offal from more than a dozen fish put together, and Qi Mengmeng didn't prepare to fry them all. She originally planned to give some to Li Lai Di, and now that Li Lai Di was here, it was a good opportunity to take some back.
Li Lai Di was about to refuse, but Qi Meng Meng said, "Sister-in-law, I didn't refuse when you gave me the food just now."
"Okay," Li Lai Di paused and said, "Then I won't be polite with you. I'll take it later."
"That's right. Sister-in-law, go home and get a basin later and I'll give you half. Get a bigger one, otherwise it won't hold all the fish." Qi Mengmeng asked Li Lai Di to take a look at the basin of fish offal.
There was more complexity in Li Lai Di's eyes. She knew that Qi Mengmeng was well-off, but Qi Mengmeng was too generous. This fish offal was a meat dish.
"Sister-in-law?" Qi Mengmeng called Li Laidie when she saw her in a daze.
"Hey." Li Lai Di came back to her senses, "I'll go get it now."
Qi Mengmeng watched Li Laidi leave and put away the dishes she brought according to their types. They were some home-cooked dishes. If they could not be finished tomorrow, they could be kept and eaten slowly.
Li Lai Di quickly brought a basin over, and Qi Meng Meng poured half of it for her. She quickly said, "Too much, too much."
There is a lot of fish oil in these fish offal, which can be refined into fish oil and used in cooking. Li Laidie felt sorry for Qi Mengmeng.
Qi Mengmeng didn't know what Li Lai Di was thinking. She put the basin away and said, "Okay, sister-in-law, you can take these back."
Although I don’t know if anyone will come in a while, it would definitely be better to take the things back.
Li Lai Di also knew this. She took the basin back home and then came back to help Qi Mengmeng with the work.
With Li Laidi's help, Qi Mengmeng worked much faster. She had cut all the vegetables that needed to be cut and steamed the buns before lunch.
Gu Guizhi asked someone to tell him that he would not be back for lunch, so Qi Mengmeng only made a pot of egg soup and ate some meat sauce with steamed buns.
After helping Qi Mengmeng, Li Lai Di was about to go home, but Qi Mengmeng stopped her. Li Lai Di smiled and shook her head: "Mengmeng, I'll come over for dinner tonight."
Qi Mengmeng also knew that it was not the case to always eat at someone else's house these days, so she smiled and didn't pull Li Lai Di along anymore.
While no one was at home, Qi Mengmeng put the two crispy fish into a lunch box, and when Gu Guizhi came back in the evening, she asked him to deliver it to Qi Zhijun.
At noon, Qi Mengmeng only rested for an hour before quickly getting up to prepare the meal.
Fortunately, after a while, Li Laidi and Li Pandi came to help, and Su Meng also came at 4:30.
Su Meng thanked the soldier who led her and came over to greet Qi Mengmeng: "Sister-in-law, I'm here. I brought you some crispy candies. Don't think I'm a freeloader."
Qi Mengmeng took the candy from her hand with a smile: "You brought it to me as a gift, how can I dislike you? Didn't you go to work today?"
"I got off work early today, so I came here early..." Su Meng rolled up her sleeves and wanted to help, but Qi Mengmeng reached out to stop her.
Su Meng was wearing a sky blue blouse today. It would be difficult to deal with if it got greasy.
Qi Mengmeng handed her two cloves of garlic: "Help me peel the garlic. I'll need it for the mashed pork later."
Li Lai Di looked at Su Meng, who was dressed elegantly, and asked Qi Meng Meng in a low voice: "Meng Meng, who is this?"
Qi Mengmeng introduced each other to each other. Su Meng smiled and called her sister-in-law, and then greeted Li Panddy.
Li Laidie was fine, but Li Pandie was a little inferior. She kept her head down while working and never looked up again.
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