Chapter 84
Huang Guihua started washing the pot and cooking so early, so she knew that this was to leave Zhao Yuanchao for dinner. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Li Mei looked at the pig trough that had not been washed, and when she saw Li Qianghua coming out of the house, she said, "Dad, you come to help me wash the pig trough, and I'll help my mother cook." ”
Li Qianghua originally planned to let the two of them get along well, so he let Huang Guihua cook. However, since Li Meidu said so, he naturally wanted to help.
"It's still early, isn't it a little early to cook? Zhao Yuanchao is not stupid, knowing that they are basically cooking so early for him, "Meimei, you go and tell your mother to stop cooking, and I'll go back and eat later." ”
"It's not for you to eat alone, we're going to have dinner too. Li Mei was afraid that Zhao Yuanchao would always be polite, so she told Zhao Yuanchao very directly that this meal was not specially made for him to eat, and they also wanted to eat.
Zhao Yuanchao heard Li Mei's words, and he was a little embarrassed to say anything more. He can stop Li Mei and the others from cooking for him, but he can't stop them from cooking for themselves.
Li Mei saw that Zhao Yuanchao didn't say anything else, so she asked Li Qianghua to wash the pig trough with him, and she took the washed crabs to the stove room.
At this time, Huang Guihua had already washed the pot and was scooping water into the pot to prepare for cooking.
"Mom, what are you going to cook?" Li Mei asked when she saw that Huang Guihua kept scooping water into the pot.
"Cook some red porridge. ”
"What's the stir-fry?"
"Just stir-fry some winter melon and boil some old pumpkin. Huang Guihua replied casually, and then thought that these dishes were too simple to entertain guests, and then added, "I don't buy meat at home, so I can only make these." ”
Listening to the dishes to entertain Zhao Yuanchao, Li Mei sighed silently. "Mom, if you don't help you, I'll cook this meal. ”
Huang Guihua looked at Li Mei with some doubts, "Have you made this dinner?"
"My sister-in-law and I have been studying for so long, and we have already left school. "How the original Li Mei is, she can't guarantee it, but with the current Li Mei, let alone these meals, even if one person cooks several tables of people's meals, she dares to pat her chest to ensure that she can make it.
Huang Guihua also wanted to be busy with other things, but after thinking about it, she finally decided to help Li Mei make dinner before going to other things. "Forget it, I'd better stay here and cook dinner with you. Two people are also faster. ”
Huang Guihua has decided to stay and help, and Li Mei is not easy to get people out.
"I don't think the old pumpkin needs to be cooked separately, let's just cook the old pumpkin rice, which can also save some time. ”
"You want to make pumpkin rice. Huang Guihua said with a frown. Make porridge for a large family, and add some red lotus in it, at most a pound of rice can be eaten full. However, if you cook dry rice, you basically have to waste twice as much rice.
Li Mei nodded, "Yes, Zhao Yuanchao has also done us a great favor no matter what he said, and there is no meat at home, so we can't just cook some red porridge to entertain him." "You can't afford meat, so it's okay to cook here.
Hearing Li Mei's words, Huang Guihua's old face couldn't help but turn red. She just wanted to entertain Zhao Yuanchao with porridge.
Li Mei pretended not to see the look on her face, so as not to make her too faceless. Li Mei went to pick up an old pumpkin and came out.
For Huang Guihua, Li Mei's requirements are really not very high. In her previous life, when she was Li Qing, she was the child who was often ignored. has become Li Mei in this life, and Huang Guihua is still very good to Li Mei.
Although this is good, it is relative. As long as Huang Guihua doesn't overdo it, Li Mei is still quite self-sufficient. After all, compared with Li Qing, she is relatively favored as a daughter.
Huang Guihua saw that Li Mei was already peeling the old pumpkin, so she had to go to wash rice and prepare to cook dry rice.
In fact, the skin of this old pumpkin is also edible, and in order not to waste it, or do not want to spend this effort, sometimes they do not peel the old pumpkin. And Li Mei has to peel it for the taste of the old pumpkin.
When the skin is removed, it is not in vain, and the skin can be cooked and fed to the chickens. So, it's not a waste.
However, directly taking a knife and peeling it is still quite a test of a person's craftsmanship. At this time, there is no convenient tool for peeling all kinds of vegetables, and you generally rely on yourself. Those who are not good at the craft will go out with a lot of pumpkin flesh when they peel it.
Li Mei's craftsmanship thinks that it is okay, and the pumpkin skin she goes to will not carry a lot of pumpkin flesh.
After removing the skin of the old pumpkin, Li Mei rinsed it with clean water, and then used a knife to break the pumpkin directly through the middle. After breaking it, take out all the contents of the pumpkin and put it aside. At this time, rinse it with water again, and use a knife to cut the pumpkin into small pieces.
After Li Mei finished the pumpkin, the yellow osmanthus over there had already filtered out the rice. Just wait for the pumpkin in her hand to go into the pot.
Huang Guihua strained the half-cooked rice and washed the pot. When the water in the pot is dry, put two pieces of lard in the pot. Then use a spatula to squeeze out the lard, and then use a spatula to squeeze the oil residue of the dried lard into a bowl.
When Li Mei saw it, she hurriedly poured the finished pumpkin directly into the pot. Huang Guihua stir-fry quickly with a spatula, then put the appropriate salt, and scoop the pumpkin in the pot to the small pot at the back.
After scooping the pumpkin into a small pot, pour the half-cooked rice into it and cover the pot.
After pouring it in, Huang Guihua took the bowl that contained the oil residue just now to Li Mei. She meant it very clearly, that is, to give this oil residue to Li Mei to eat.
If Li Mei changed to the previous one, she would definitely eat it happily. This oil residue is a good thing for people nowadays. Although it is not as good as eating meat, it is also very salty. Even so, this is better than pickles, after all, this is also meat, although the oil is squeezed out, but it is not squeezed dry. For many people, this is considered a good dish.
"This oil residue should be left to Qingqing and Xiaomei. Although Li Qing and the others are her sisters now, Li Mei now treats them as daughters. Besides, she doesn't have the habit of eating alone. Even if it's just a little oil pressing.
"When they come back, the oil residue will be cold. "Huang Guihua still let Li Mei eat it. It can be seen that Li Mei shook her head, she really didn't want to eat, so she didn't say much, and directly grabbed the oil residue in the bowl with her hand and threw it into her mouth.
"It's not good to hold on and wait. Huang Guihua licked her fingers with her tongue after eating.
This oil residue of the Li family, except for the men for a long time, Li Mei is the one who has eaten the least. Because she didn't cook before. When stir-frying, the oil residue is basically eaten by the cooking one. People like Li Mei who don't go into the stove room naturally don't have her share. can eat the oil residue, that is basically when the yellow osmanthus is cooking.
A small oil residue can become a sought-after commodity for a family, and you can think about how poor and hard life is for everyone at this time.