Chapter 8 It's useless to just know how to cook

Dried chili, ginger, garlic, star anise, peppercorns and other sauces, there are some at home, but there is no rock sugar at home, before going upstairs, Zhao Qingyu bought a can of canned beer and a bag of yellow rock sugar in the store downstairs.

When she got home, she dug through the small drawer in the middle of the cupboard and found the spices that she had barely used to cook when she was in school, but in fact she didn't use them because they were too simple to cook.

Usually, when parents buy them, these seasonings can basically last for more than half a year.

But now it's different, Zhao Qingyu, who has been cooking for more than ten years, has basic requirements for his cooking skills.

The braised hooves have to be made in a pressure cooker, otherwise they will definitely not stew if they don't simmer in the pot for two hours.

Zhao Qingyu first washed the seasonings and side dishes, cut them aside, put the cleaned hooves in a hot pot and slowly fried them, turned them back and forth, and fried the skin and meat on the outside until golden brown and then put them out.

Put the oil in the pan into a clean bowl, and use the base oil to fry the ginger and garlic ingredients, and soon, the fragrance fills the whole kitchen.

Originally, only Zhao's mother was helping in the kitchen, but the fragrance attracted Zhao's father in the living room.

The two stood beside Zhao Qingyu one left and one right, watching their daughter swing the spatula skillfully with surprise and joy.

She poured the hoof next to it back into the pot, stir-fried it with the spice for a few minutes, then filled it with a large half-worn aluminum scoop and poured it into the pot.

The heat rose into the air, making the fragrance in the kitchen even stronger, and without waiting for the water to be grilled, Zhao Qingyu turned his head and said to Zhao's mother: "Mom, help me bring the pressure cooker." ”

"Oh, okay."

The pressure cooker had been cleaned, Zhao Qingyu put a rag on both sides of the wok, and when he was about to serve it, he was stopped by Zhao's father, "I'll do this." ”

He gently pushed Zhao Qingyu away without saying anything, then picked up the wok, and carefully poured the soup and hooves into the pressure cooker.

"Alright, I'll take care of the rest." Zhao Qingyu said, picked up the beer and opened it, poured some into it, and put a few rock sugars.

Zhao's father and Zhao's mother looked at it with some surprise.

"Xiaoyu, where did you learn this?" Mother Zhao asked curiously.

Zhao Qingyu was stunned for a moment, rolled his eyes, lowered his eyes and said, "I'm watching TV." ”

"Isn't that {fat sister-in-law loves the kitchen}?" Father Zhao suddenly realized and hurriedly spoke.

"Yes, yes, that's it."

Zhao Qingyu echoed and said, she was actually talking nonsense casually, but when her father mentioned it, she remembered that it seemed that there were indeed many programs on TV to teach cooking before.

"Hahaha...... My daughter is so smart, she can look at it, and your stuff is delicious when you look at it. Father Zhao said happily.

Zhao's mother had mixed feelings on her face: "Xiaoyu, when I go to high school in the future, the task of studying will be heavy, watch less TV in the future, and don't think about cooking all day long." ”

Before Zhao Qingyu could speak, Zhao's father was unhappy, "What's wrong with cooking?" The girl's cooking is delicious, and she can tie her husband's stomach in the future......"

"Bolt a fart, will the scumbag not go out to mess with flowers and grass because you cook deliciously?" Mother Zhao glanced at her husband and said to her daughter in a serious tone, "Listen to Mom, study hard, and find a good job in the future, so that you will have enough confidence to find a man in the future." ”

"Listen, what are you talking about, how old is your daughter, what are you looking for a man......" Zhao's father's face was ugly.

Seeing that a quarrel was about to break out, Zhao Qingyu hurriedly said: "Oh, I will study hard, there is no shadow here, Dad hurry up and go out to rest and rest, I will call you when the meal is ready." ”

As she spoke, she drove her father out of the kitchen, Zhao's father muttered and left, and Zhao's mother gave him a blank look where her husband couldn't see.

As soon as Zhao's father left, she leaned into Zhao Qingyu's ear and whispered: "Xiaoyu, don't listen to your father, remember your father's friend Uncle Li, his wife is at home with the children to do laundry and cooking, but your Uncle Li is messing around outside, and now he is getting a divorce, tsk......t"

Of course Zhao Qingyu knew about this matter, because the impact of that incident on her at that time was really not small.

Uncle Li's junior was very upset, but Uncle Li kept avoiding it.

Later, I don't know what happened, Xiao San got the phone numbers of the friends around Uncle Li, and called and cried every day, and what was even stranger was that she even got Zhao Qingyu's PHS number, harassing her from time to time.

It was just annoying to her.

Later, she told her father, who was furious, made a phone call and scolded her, and let go of cruel words, so that the other party did not dare to harass her again.

"Mom, let's leave this other person's business alone." Zhao Qingyu came back to his senses and said.

"Well, it's just that I pity your Aunt Li and her young child...... Mother Zhao nodded, then thought of something, and said, "Okay, I'm just talking about this, you don't have to take it to heart, school will start right away, study hard, you know?" ”

"Hmm."

……

After the meal was ready, Zhao's mother took the initiative to serve the meal, and Zhao Qingyu called his father and younger brother to eat.

At the dinner table, except for Zhao Qingyu, everyone else looked at the colorful and fragrant dishes on the table, and their eyes were about to light up.

"I think my daughter's skills are better than both of us." Zhao's father picked up a thin piece of fish fillet, put it in his mouth, and praised it greatly.

Mother Zhao was also very smiling at first, but then she seemed to think of something, and her smile faded a little, "Alas, this shows that our children are making a business." ”

Indeed, Zhao Qingyu has been helping to cook since elementary school, and later when his parents went to the neighboring city in junior high school, he became a cook by himself.

In fact, she is not bad, since elementary school, her school has been lived, and she only goes home once a week.

Compared with those people, Zhao Qingyu felt that he was lucky.

"Mom, a lot of people in our class cook their own meals." She deliberately said this, but in fact, no, those who live on campus are all bought and eaten at school.

But Zhao's father and Zhao's mother believed it, and their furrowed eyebrows slowly relaxed, and their mood seemed to be a little lighter.

Zhao Qingyu chatted with his parents about work in a cheerful tone, and then talked about Zhao Qingfeng's summer vacation homework that was finally completed ahead of schedule this time, causing the latter's face to turn white and red.

In this way, the family wiped out the food in the midst of talking and laughing.

……

The next day is the registration day for each school.

In the morning, the family planned to go to the town primary school first to register the younger brother.

After having breakfast outside, the family came to the town primary school.

The entrance to the school was wide open, and people came and went side by side.

This is the only primary school in the town, and the primary school in the surrounding township has only grades 1 to 4, but the primary school in the town has six grades.

Therefore, at this time of year, there will be many adults with luggage in and out of the elementary school with children, and at a glance, you can tell that they are coming from the neighboring township to send their children to the fifth or sixth grade.

More recently, many children came to sign up by themselves, and the whole family like Zhao Qingfeng came together, which can be said to be a minority.