[Chapter 96 Chapter 96 Treat (major revision, please re-read)]
Seeing Shen Yuyao looking very serious, Jiang Aiying smiled.
She said, "Don't be so nervous. Your Uncle Ye is going to have a dinner party at home tomorrow night. I was thinking if you are free, could you come and help me?"
She smiled a little ashamed when she said this: "Li Yan knows that my cooking is just average. If it's for my family, it doesn't matter. They can just eat whatever I cook. But if it's for a dinner party, it's not good enough."
Hearing her say this, Cheng Liyan interrupted, "Aunt Jiang, who is my uncle Ye going to invite to dinner at home? And it's so grand."
"It's Engineer Qi. Engineer Qi has been here for quite some time. Tomorrow is his 60th birthday. Uncle Ye thought he had to show some appreciation.
Qi Gaogong is a low-key person, and he would definitely not be happy if the wedding was held outside. Your uncle thought of inviting a few family members to celebrate his birthday at home, and get closer to him at the same time.
There’s no one else here, just the two of us, your uncle Liu and his wife, you two young couple, and, oh, Bingbing and Xiuxiu.
I don’t know if Qi Gao will bring his assistant with him, but even if he does, there won’t be more than ten people.”
Jiang Aiying then looked at Shen Yuyao and said, "Xiao Shen, the birthday peaches you made that day were so beautiful! Can you make a few more tomorrow? Tell me what ingredients you need, and I'll prepare them tomorrow morning."
Hearing that her family would also participate in the dinner party, Shen Yuyao naturally could not refuse.
She shook her head and said, "No, these are all ready-made materials. I can prepare them myself."
Hearing her say this, Jiang Aiying did not refuse: "Things prepared by yourself will definitely be handy, you can prepare them yourself. If there is anything you need me to prepare, just let me know."
They said a few more words and then parted ways.
On the way back, Shen Yuyao asked about Engineer Qi Gao's situation.
Of course Shen Yuyao knew Qi Gaogong, and not only did she know him, she also had a deep impression of him.
After all, she had made his assistant, Wei Chengshan, very unhappy before!
Cheng Liyan naturally wouldn't say anything about matters involving confidential information.
He just told his wife that Qi Gaogong was a very important guest in the school and also a very respectable scientist.
If you have the opportunity to do something for him, you must take it seriously.
The next day Shen Yuyao woke up very early.
Because she didn't want to eat the bland food in the cafeteria, she made an agreement with Cheng Liyan last night that she would prepare breakfast for everyone from today on.
Cheng Liyan persuaded her a few times, and seeing that she had made up her mind, he did not refuse.
Shen Yuyao knew that her husband felt sorry for her and wanted her to sleep a little longer.
But she would rather get up early than eat food she doesn't like.
What's more, preparing meals is not a troublesome thing for her, after all, most of it can be done by her family members.
When Cheng Liyan came back, he found that the food was already on the table.
He went over to take a look and couldn't help but click his tongue twice.
No wonder my wife doesn’t want to eat breakfast in the cafeteria, the breakfast she cooked is too sumptuous!
In the middle of the table was a white porcelain soup bowl filled with red dates and millet porridge.
There are four boiled eggs in the millet porridge.
There were four plates placed around the millet porridge, two large plates of which were filled with vegetable cakes stacked high.
This vegetable pancake looks like it’s made by chopping the vegetables into small pieces, adding eggs, flour, and water, and then frying it in a pan.
It is fried until golden, fragrant and soft, with a little crispy on the edges, which looks very appetizing.
In addition to the vegetable pancake, there were two other dishes.
A plate of stir-fried black fungus and shredded carrots, and a plate of cold-mixed celery and peanuts, the colors are very nicely matched.
"No wonder you don't want to eat the food prepared in the cafeteria. No cafeteria would be willing to spend this much effort in the morning!"
Although Cheng Liyan was still saying strange things, his mouth, which was almost stretched to his cheeks in a smile, had already betrayed his mood.
Anyone with eyes could see how happy he was at that moment.
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After sending Cheng Liyan off and sending the two children to kindergarten, Shen Yuyao went to the nearby vegetable market.
Last night, Qi Gaogong's husband finally opened up and talked to her a lot.
From her husband's words, Shen Yuyao felt his respect for the old man.
In that case, she would have to be more careful today.
Shen Yuyao decided to make a bowl of longevity noodles for the old man in addition to the longevity peaches.
To make good longevity noodles, besides kneading the noodles until they are chewy and making the sauce tasty, the most important thing is to have a good pot of soup.
Since it represents their family's wishes, Shen Yuyao doesn't want to trouble Aunt Jiang in this regard.
She planned to go to the vegetable market first to see if there were any vegetables.
As for why not let A Niang prepare?
This is to be taken out for everyone to eat, and they live in the same yard, she can't just conjure food out of thin air, otherwise how can she explain it?
Shen Yuyao thought she went to the vegetable market early enough, as it was just seven o'clock when she arrived.
But unexpectedly, there was no meat left in the butcher shop, only some animal offal.
Shen Yuyao would never clean up the thing herself, so she didn't even look at it.
However, she still had some luck today.
Although she didn't buy any meat, Shen Yuyao bought a bunch of lamb leg bones.
In this era, ordinary people still prefer to eat meat. No one is willing to do a job like making soup, which is labor-intensive, wastes coal, and does not bring any profit.
So she only spent one dollar and fifty cents to buy the whole bag of leg bones.
Moreover, her master happened to be in a good mood that day. After hearing her request, he immediately helped her to break all the leg bones without saying a word, saving her a lot of effort.
After buying a bunch of leg bones, Shen Yuyao's mood became very good.
Now that she had the leg bones and the ingredients for the soup were almost ready, Shen Yuyao began looking for something suitable for making the marinade.
She bought two carrots, a handful of green onions, a piece of ginger, a handful of long beans, and added the black fungus and day lily she had at home, so she had all the ingredients for the stew.
After returning home, Shen Yuyao didn't rest, but went into the kitchen and started busying herself.
Wash the sheep bones, then put them into the pot to blanch, then take them out, wash the pot again and put them back into the pot to simmer.
In order to increase the flavor, Shen Yuyao entered the cabin and took out all the dried goods that her mother had sent her before.
She picked out several kinds of dried mushrooms, and also found a small bag of dried scallops that Jiang Xiaoyan had given her as a treasure some time ago.
Jiang Xiaoyan said that this thing is particularly delicious when stewed into soup, so I can try putting some in today.
Soak the ingredients, then put them into the pot and stew them with the mutton bone soup.
Making soup is a slow process, so don't be impatient.
After putting the ingredients in, Shen Yuyao half-closed the coal stove, leaving it on low heat to cook slowly, while she started kneading the dough on the side.
Just when Shen Yuyao had just added water to the dry noodles and mixed it all over her hands, there was a knock on the door.
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