"Meng Meng, we're just eating noodles, why are you carrying so many things?"
Qi Mengmeng smiled and said, "It's the first time Auntie Ling comes to my place, I'm embarrassed to ask you to eat noodles, at least you should have meat noodles."
"I have a variety of meat sauces here, which one do you like, Aunt Ling?"
Chicken sauce, pork sauce, and beef sauce, three kinds of sauce were placed in front of Zhang Meiling, waiting for her to choose.
Zhang Meiling felt that she should have a new understanding of Qi Mengmeng's family background.
If you want to buy so much meat, you can't just have money.
Zhang Meiling was confused but didn't say it out loud.
With so much meat, Zhang Meiling did not skimp on it. She added a large spoonful of lard, and added shredded cabbage and tomatoes. After frying them until fragrant, she poured in hot water. When the water boiled, she added the noodles and the braised and sliced meat.
"Mengmeng, how do you make this can of tomatoes?" Zhang Meiling asked, holding the half-empty can of tomatoes.
During this season, everyone eats potatoes, cabbages and radishes, and few people can eat tomatoes.
Qi Mengmeng smiled and said, "I made this by myself in the summer. It's actually very simple. After washing the cans, put the cans and lids in a pot and steam them for ten minutes. Take them out to dry, cut the tomatoes into pieces, put them in the cans, lightly cover them with lids, and steam them all over the fire for half an hour."
"Wait until the tomatoes are steamed, screw the cap tightly on, and then put it inside out. It can be kept for several months. I made a lot of it in the summer. If Aunt Ling likes it, she can take a few bottles with her when she leaves."
Zhang Meiling really liked the canned tomatoes, which were much more useful than canned fruits. But thinking that Qi Mengmeng was pregnant and needed to eat more good things, she shook her head and said, "No, I'll make them myself next year."
Qi Mengmeng knew from her hesitation that she liked the canned tomatoes, so she smiled and said, "Auntie Ling, I'm tired of eating this kind of canned food these days. Please be kind and take some away, just consider it a favor to me."
Zhang Meiling didn't believe it at first, but Qi Mengmeng acted coquettishly and made her believe that she really didn't like eating this kind of canned food, so she agreed to take two away. She wouldn't be willing to take any more.
Moreover, she decided that when the weather got better, she would go out and buy nutritional supplements for Qi Mengmeng. She must not let Qi Mengmeng lack nutrition.
While the two were talking, Zhang Meiling did not forget the noodles in the pot. She stirred it, and Qi Mengmeng beat three eggs into the pot.
Zhang Meiling looked at the meat next to her and thought that since there were eggs, she might not need to put meat in the pot. Qi Mengmeng noticed her thoughts and put the meat slices directly into the pot.
"Auntie Ling, the noodles are cooked. Let's serve them." Qi Mengmeng smiled at Zhang Meiling.
Zhang Meiling looked at the pot full of noodles and couldn't help but say, "Mengmeng, we are going to stay here for several days. If you keep eating like this, you will have to starve to death when we leave."
This is of course an exaggeration, but Zhang Meiling came to see Qi Mengmeng, so how could she bear to eat all the meat here?
"Auntie Ling, look at what you said, you are not drinking wind at all. Not to mention that Gu Guizhi's salary is not low, I am also a salaried person, and my parents often send me money and things, and you also send me delicious food, but it's just some meat, I can afford it, I can afford it."
Qi Mengmeng said this and prepared to pick up the bowl.
Zhang Meiling quickly took the bowl from her hand and said, "I'll take the bowl to the house first. You can't take the bowl. What if you get burned?"
Qi Mengmeng was a little helpless. How could she get burned so easily? She was just pregnant, not paralyzed.
But Zhang Meiling was still worried, so she loudly called Grandpa Jiang over and asked him to bring the bowl, while she helped Qi Mengmeng back into the house.
Mr. Jiang looked at the noodles in the bowl and glanced at his wife first: "Meiling, why did you put eggs and meat in it? If you want to eat it like this, let's go. Mengmeng must drink the wind."
Qi Mengmeng burst out laughing: "Uncle, what you said is exactly the same as what Aunt Ling said."
Zhang Meiling felt a little embarrassed and glared at Mr. Jiang in a reproachful manner: "Old man, we've prepared everything for you, just eat it. Why are you making sarcastic remarks and worrying that Meng Meng won't have anything to eat? Why don't you just buy some more food when we leave?"
She just said it casually, but she didn't know that the old man would say the same thing.
Qi Mengmeng laughed in her heart and lowered her head to hide the smile on her face by eating noodles, but her smile was still so obvious that Zhang Meiling was already very embarrassed.
When serving the noodles just now, Qi Mengmeng only asked Zhang Meiling to put a few slices of meat with her, but she put a large spoonful of chicken sauce with chili in it, which tasted fragrant and spicy. Then she poured a spoonful of vinegar into the bowl, and the taste was very fragrant.
Zhang Meiling smelled the sour and spicy taste coming from Qi Mengmeng's bowl and couldn't help but ask, "Mengmeng, is it okay for you to eat like this?"
Qi Mengmeng pushed the bottle towards Zhang Meiling: "Auntie Ling, try it. This is made by a friend of mine. It tastes very good. The chicken one is spicy, but the beef and pork ones are not spicy."
"No, this big bowl of noodles for each of us is enough. No need for meat sauce." Zhang Meiling really felt that there was a lot of meat in the bowl.
Mr. Jiang smelled the spicy aroma and felt a little greedy. He picked up the spoon and scooped a spoonful for himself: "Let me try it."
Zhang Meiling watched Grandpa Jiang scoop a large spoonful of meat sauce and didn't want to talk anymore. This old man, who just thought she put too much meat in it, now ate just that large spoonful himself.
Qi Mengmeng watched the old couple's actions and found it very interesting. After going through so many things, the old couple still had their current mentality, which was pretty good.
After dinner, Qi Mengmeng yawned, and it was time for her to take a nap.
Zhang Meiling pushed her into the house: "Mengmeng, go and have a rest. I'll wash these two dishes."
Qi Mengmeng resisted the urge to sleep and took Zhang Meiling and Grandpa Jiang to the next room, where she brought out clean bedding so that the old couple could have a good rest.
Zhang Meiling pushed Qi Mengmeng into the house.
"We will both take care of ourselves. You can go to bed if you are tired."
Qi Mengmeng was almost forcing herself to talk to Zhang Meiling. Zhang Meiling couldn't bear to see her like this and urged her to go to bed.
Qi Mengmeng, who had walked such a long way today and had eaten and drunk her fill, could hardly control her yawning. She was really tired.
"Auntie Ling, I won't be polite with you. I'm going to go to sleep for a while."
Qi Mengmeng slept very deeply this time and didn't wake up until the sky was filled with sunset.
The room was warm, and there seemed to be a few people talking outside. She also heard Zhang Meiling's voice in a low voice: "Mengmeng must be tired and slept for the whole afternoon."
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