Because there was something else in his heart, Li Yuqing got up early the next morning before dawn, simply brushed his teeth with willow branches dipped in salt, poured some water and washed his face.

began to be busy with breakfast, and since they came over recently, the trivial things at home have basically been covered by grandma Cai and aunt He. Except for the occasional free time when Li Yuqing cooks, they cook the rest of the time.

Li Yuqing did the least digging potatoes yesterday, and they were all digging her in the back. When she came back, Old Man Chen and others felt sorry for her and didn't let her carry more, she only carried half a basket when others carried a basket, and when she got home, she finished eating and taking a bath and went to bed early, and she didn't ask about cleaning up the tableware.

Taking advantage of the fact that Aunt He hadn't gotten up early in the morning, Li Yuqing hurried up to wash rice and cook. The kitchen was well organized and everything was clear at a glance. Now that there are more people, if you just cook some porridge and stir-fry some vegetables, your own pot can't make porridge for so many people.

roughly calculated the size of the crockpot, and estimated that one person almost had more than a bowl of rice. Lighting the stove and putting a wooden stick on it, Li Yuqing cleaned the crockpot again, put the washed rice in it, added water and put it on the stove to make porridge.

He's cooking in the morning is done in the pot, the advantage is that everyone can drink enough, and the disadvantage is that the pot can't be used to stir-fry, so in recent days, the mountain has been empty porridge and steamed buns. I also know that there is no food to eat, not only Li Yuqing, but even Li Yuxin will not eat a bowl of porridge.

The porridge was boiling in the crockpot for a while and wouldn't boil, Li Yuqing took advantage of this time to pick up a basket and walked to the old house with a quick pace. Now the old house is just piled up with some sundries, and the outside yard took advantage of the fact that there was nothing to do some time ago and turned over the ground again, planted some chives and seasonal vegetables, and kept them for their own use.

Li Yuqing pushed open the school gate and walked in, picking some fresh side dishes on the noodles. I picked some chives by the wall and went back to make scallion pancakes so that I wouldn't have to worry about running out of food in the morning.

When I returned to the new house, I heard a noise from inside before I entered the kitchen. Li Yuqing quickened her pace and walked in, only to see that He had already washed up and stood by the stove stirring rice porridge.

"Aunt," Li Yuqing called.

He Shi turned around and saw Li Yuqing standing at the door, and immediately smiled on his face: "Yuqing, it's you, I'm still thinking about who cooked the food, and I didn't find that anyone was wondering after watching it for a long time." After a pause, he asked, "Why did you get up so early, you were tired yesterday?" ”

Li Yuqing was very helpful when she saw He's concerned look, "No, my grandfather and you all feel sorry for me, so you are tired." I just came here and asked you to help every day."

He hurriedly interrupted Li Yuqing's words and waved his hand again and again, "No, no, we are very grateful to you, this is not tiring." You still let us live in such a nice place, and the food is good, don't say anything extraordinary. I don't have a face anymore."

Li Yuqing saw the excitement He said and hurriedly promised, "Okay, aunt, I won't talk about it in the future, and our family doesn't need to be polite, right?" ”

"Yes, yes"

He Shi saw the vegetables in the basket that Li Yuqing was carrying, and asked, "Yuqing, why are you picking these in the morning, you want to eat them, you picked them at noon, and they were burned and eaten directly, and now they are not fresh at noon." ”

"I didn't eat it at noon, I ate it now"

"Now, why eat it now, let's just get something to eat, and then I have to dig potatoes to save time. ”

Li Yuqing remembered as soon as she heard He Shi say potatoes, she carried back so many potatoes yesterday, and she hadn't eaten potatoes for a long time, and she immediately wanted to eat them when she said it. looked left and right and found a pickled pork hanging on the board, Li Yuqing immediately left saliva.

"Auntie. We don't fry greens in the morning."

Seeing that Li Yuqing agreed, He just replied "Okay" and didn't say the rest of the words, Li Yuqing spoke again: "Let's make potato stew and eat it, and then fry a sour and hot shredded potato." ”

After listening to what he was going to say, He held back in his mouth and couldn't say anything. Li Yuqing didn't wait for He's reaction to have any more reactions, and threw a sentence of "Aunt help me look at the pot" and ran away, leaving He stunned on the spot.

Li Yuqing ran to the cellar and went down to look at the piles of potatoes, and her smiling eyes narrowed into a line. The depression on the mountain gathers all kinds of humus leaves all year round, and the loose soil is very suitable for the growth of potatoes, so the potatoes are all big, and the big ones are ready to be planted, Li Yuqing is reluctant to eat, and he pulls and finds some relatively small tooth sacrifices.

Li Yuqing returned to the kitchen, He had already brought down the prepared porridge and was mixing noodles on the board, Li Yuqing thought that she might want to steam steamed buns again, and reminded her, "Auntie, I want to make scallion pancakes, you can help me make noodles, and I will make the rest myself." ”

He Shi said "um".

Li Yuqing peeled the potatoes and cut them into pieces, and cut the other half into shreds, He was very surprised when he saw Li Yuqing's movements cut them well, and looked at Li Yuqing in a daze.

To prevent discoloration, put it in water for later use. I took down the hanging pork, cut it down and slice it into slices, washed the shallots, thought that there was still something missing, and called He Shi to come over to help, "My aunt came over to help me cut spicy peppers and shallots, and I went to the old house to pick some peppercorns" After speaking, he ran out.

He hurriedly put down the noodles in his hand, washed his hands in the basin, walked over and picked up a knife to help Li Yuqing cut it, Li Yuqing ran back and He continued to make noodles.

After boiling the pot and lighting the fire on the stove with a fire fold, He also reconciled at this time, and consciously came over to help Li Yuqing light the fire.

The water in the pot was steamed dry, Li Yuqing dug up some plate oil and melted it in the pot, and when the oil temperature rose, the cut peppers, shallots and peppercorns were poured into the pot, and stir-fried back and forth to burst fragrant. Add the pork and stir-fry it back and forth twice. Scoop a spoonful of soy sauce to color the meat, take out the potato pieces from the water and pour them into it and add water to stew. When the pot is boiling, put them in a crockpot and simmer on the stove, leave it alone, and wait for the water to boil dry.

Brush the pot again, do the previous actions over and over again, just put more chili peppers, shredded potatoes in it, put some vinegar and stir-fry a few times, put some salt and put it out of the pot.

He didn't expect shredded potatoes to be so easy to get, Li Yuqing put the shredded potatoes on the board and handed a pair of chopsticks to He's, "Auntie, try the sour and spicy shredded potatoes I made." ”

He Shi took the chopsticks in Li Yuqing's hand according to his words, added a few and put them in his mouth, chewed them, and his eyes lit up.

Li Yuqing was very excited, and before He finished eating, she couldn't wait to ask, "How is my aunt, is it delicious?" ”

He hurriedly swallowed it and nodded again and again, "It's delicious, it's delicious."

"Great," he said, picking up his chopsticks and tasting them. Sure enough, it's okay, although it's not as good as the modern taste, but it's better than the potatoes that are pollution-free and have a lingering fragrance in the mouth.

After seeing that it was not early, and the meal was almost complete, He asked people to get up to eat. I brushed the pot myself, added wood and brought the reconciled noodles to the cutting board, and kneaded them into small dough. Pour some oil into a bowl and pour the washed and chopped chives into it, add some salt and stir it with chopsticks.

Knead the dough into small cakes with your hands on the prepared ingredients, put some oil in the pan and dip the surrounding areas evenly, and put the dry cakes into it.

Everyone over there got up to wash, and He came over to help bring the porridge first, and served the dishes, chopsticks, and shredded potatoes in batches. In the end, Chen Dazhuang washed it and came over to take a look, and the potato stew was also broken. Fortunately, the pot is much larger, and the scallion pancakes are made during this time.

When Li Yuqing brought the finished cake over, everyone had already prepared porridge and waited there, seeing Li Yuqing coming over, He took the cake in her hand and put it in the middle of the table, and asked Li Yuqing to sit down. Chen Jiali and Li Minghao smelled the aroma coming from the table, if Li Yuqing hadn't come before, they would have eaten it a long time ago.

Seeing Li Yuqing sit down, after all, the grade was young, and he couldn't wait any longer, so he looked left and right, and curiously sandwiched a piece of stewed potatoes and ate it first. The potatoes were stewed softly, and Li Minghao inhaled hotly, but he was still reluctant to spit it out. Everyone laughed.

Chen Jiali is much better, although she is also in a hurry, but at least she bites and eats it not as hot. Old man Chen was also very curious to see that the children were eating happily, so he put a piece in his mouth, but after all, he was older than Li Minghao and only sandwiched a small piece.

Put it in your mouth, and it will be soft and open automatically without chewing with your teeth. Old man Chen's eyes lit up, and he took another big piece and put it in his mouth. Of course, he didn't just care about eating it himself, and he also sandwiched a piece for Cai's family, and said vaguely, "Okay ~ make it, Li ~ yes ~ Si"

Cai glanced at his wife, "Look at you, eat slowly, no one is as strong as you." After saying that, he also began to eat.

This meal was very satisfying, not only the porridge cooked, but also the cakes, not to mention the fried potatoes. Except for Li Yuqing, they all had big bellies and sat on the stool to eat. Li Daniu came over and was very puzzled when he saw them, and looked at Li Yuqing inquiringly, Li Yuqing quietly looked at his group of "family members" and smiled and didn't speak.