Chapter 70: Cooking
After a while, a tall figure came in from outside the door.
"When did you have a problem eavesdropping on other people's conversations," Yan Muqing didn't forget to tease him.
"You two have such loud voices, it's hard to listen to them." Yan Yisheng didn't care about Yan Muqing's provocation.
"By the way, haven't the third uncle and aunt come back yet?" Yan Yisheng asked when he saw that the third uncle and third aunt were not at home.
"Watering the sweet potatoes, I should be back soon, I just called and said I've gone back"
"Then go to greet you," Yan Yisheng finished speaking, and went out again.
"Yan Aiqing, you can pick it up too," mentioned Yan Aiqing, who was squatting next to him to wash vegetables.
"Just go, what are you going to do with me" Yan Aiqing stood up and rubbed her kicked buttocks.
"Your appearance really doesn't match your temper," the sister-in-law said as she took the food from Yan Aiqing's hand.
"I'm obviously a naïve cutie"
"I'd better choose the dishes carefully, just because I didn't say that "this narcissism is no one."
The sister-in-law was busy in the kitchen for a while, and after a while, Yan's father, Yan's mother, Yan Yisheng and Yan Aiqing came back from outside, packed up the farm tools, and Yan's mother came to the kitchen.
"It's so fragrant, what delicious food did my eldest daughter make for me?"
"The third aunt saw your eldest daughter, and I also have my share in cooking," the sister-in-law quipped.
"Seeing you, you come to my house for dinner, my daughter will definitely not let you cook, you still talk about it, look at your unforgiving energy." Mother Yan scolded with a smile.
Yan's mother and sister-in-law communicate freely, and it seems that they usually come and go very frequently.
"How can there be, third aunt, if you want to say that others I have to be unforgiving, I don't dare to treat you"
"You two are okay, I'm jealous, this is my own mother, okay!" Yan Muqing grinned, he must be joking when he said this.
"Have you ever heard a sentence from your sister, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, I see the third aunt and I every day, if you don't come back, your status in the third aunt's heart will not be as good as mine! Is it a third aunt. ”
My sister-in-law will bring disaster to the east.
"Okay, hurry up and cook, it's not too early, I'll fry Qingqing!" Mother Yan said that she was going to take the spatula in Yan Muqing's hand.
"Okay, you and your sister-in-law will come into the house, I'll cook it, the dishes are all picked, just fry it", Yan Muqing said and pushed Yan's mother and sister-in-law out of the kitchen.
"Then I'm welcome, make something to eat, I'm picky." The sister-in-law walked out and turned back to talk to Yan Muqing.
"I know that your mouth is tricky, and Brother Ah Sheng is used to it, although our craftsmanship is not as good as Brother Ah Sheng, but I can't find out where to go, you see!" As he spoke, he slipped out of the imperial capital accent.
"Let's go, auntie, let's go rest for a while" After speaking, the sister-in-law took Yan's mother to the living room.
In the kitchen, Yan Muqing was "crackling" for a while, and after a while, the stronger fragrance wafted throughout the courtyard.
Xiao Hei, who had been playing outside for a day, went home with the fragrance, and turned around the kitchen door several times, Yan Muqing looked at its drooling gluttony through the window, and couldn't help but laugh.
"You're so greedy, I don't know when you were hooked up and ran away by stealing a piece of meat from a dog" said, took a piece of pork bone and gave it to Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei, immediately shook his head and swung his tail around Yan Muqing several times, and rubbed Yan Muqing's trouser leg with the dog's head.
"Okay, let's go out, remember, only the family can ask for food, and strangers must not ask for food, otherwise I will beat you" I don't know if Xiao Hei understood, holding a bone and sweeping his tail and running into the kennel.
In recent years, dog stealing is too rampant, I heard my father say, a few days ago in the village at noon for an hour, lost more than a dozen dogs, some are running outside to play, some are no one at home, the dog is locked in the yard but still lost, which constitutes burglary.
No one called the police, the people in the village have weak laws, and the loss of the dog may not be taken seriously.
It's so rampant, if you get caught, your legs can be discounted!
Xiao Heizhi is no longer a pet for the Yan family, not to mention the care of the family, but also as a member of the family, for Yan Muqing and Yan Aiqing gave Yan's father and Yan's mother a lot of company.
Yan Muqing washed his hands, the fish came out of the pot, and it was served on a large plate, decorated with a few corianders, and the smell of fish on his face made people salivate a little.
"I really want to" Yan Aiqing came in when she smelled the smell, and when she saw the fish on the table, she reached out to get it, but Yan Muqing patted the back of his hand quickly
"Wash your hands, it's like a child when you're such an adult," he said, pushing Yan Aiqing to the edge of the sink.
"Don't mention the size to me, I'm the youngest in our family, even Xiao Hei is counted, it's equivalent to the 30s of human beings, if you rank the seniority, I still have to call him the eldest brother" It seems that the fallacy of the style of speech is also well-founded, and I don't know who is like this, father and mother.
"What about the festival? Fell to the ground in order to eat? Yan Muqing felt that if his brother was born and was definitely a big traitor during the war years, let alone the temptation of money, power and beautiful women, he would be arranged clearly in a big meal.
"I don't care if I'm full, besides, I'm not in a hurry to eat, which proves that the dishes you cook are at least passing in terms of color and fragrance."
Yan Muqing couldn't laugh or cry a little when she said this, she was actually speechless by this stupid boy who hadn't left school yet.
"Yes, you have a reason, you eat, you eat slowly!"
Yan Muqing no longer paid attention to the glutton, and brought the rest of the dishes to the table.
The yellow and clear sweet potatoes are just right, and if they are too full, they will lose. There is also a bowl of cold water next to it.
The yellow and green are the improved version of the fried vegetables, the mung bean sprouts are blanched with hot water first, the flavor of the beans is filtered out, the vermicelli is also scalded, put in cold water for later use, the leeks are cut into segments, and the oil and wheat vegetables are also cut into segments, and the leeks are put together. The oil is still eight minutes hot, the green onion, ginger and garlic are fragrant, put in the oil and wheat cabbage and leeks, stir-fry until they are stained with the fragrance of green onions, ginger and garlic, then put in the blanched bean sprouts and vermicelli in turn, then put in salt, dark soy sauce, oil consumption and chicken essence and other seasonings, stir-fry until flavorful, pour in sesame oil, turn off the heat, simmer for one minute, and then remove from the pot. Then buckle the spread eggs onto the plate. If you have a pancake and roll it up, it won't taste great.
Yan Aiqing was dumbfounded, the old lady's craftsmanship is really not covered. Before he could speak, he heard a "sting" sound from the outhouse, and then he smelled the fragrance of peppercorns and chili peppers
"It smells so good."
Saying that, Yan Aiqing turned around and walked towards the outhouse, "What is this, it must be very spicy" The air is full of the smell of chili peppers, which makes people want to sneeze for a while, but they are still reluctant to go out of the house, because the taste of this chili pepper plus the aroma of meat and various dishes makes people can't help but want to eat delicious food quickly and relieve their appetite.
"Boiled pork slices, this one is indeed a little spicy" Yan Muqing came in with a large bowl of boiled pork slices wearing thick gloves, and Yan Aiqing hurriedly got out of the way.
The fragrant boiled meat is placed on the table, and a layer of red peppers floats on it, as well as well-grained peppercorns. In the middle is minced garlic and chili peppers. There are also some seasonings, a few pieces of meat floating are also tender and delicious, and the bottom of the bowl is made of small rape, bean sprouts and onions, and the taste of several dishes is mixed with the aroma of the meat, and after being poured with chili oil, the taste is brought to the extreme.
Yan Muqing turned around and was startled by Yan Aiqing, who was standing behind him in a daze
"What are you doing? Surprise me! Yan Muqing crossed him and walked to the door, seeing that he still didn't react, he took a few steps back and looked at his brother with straight eyes. Pushed him, "Hey, wipe your saliva, I'll give you a chance to worship me when I'm full"
Yan Aiqing listened to the old lady's words, then came back to her senses, wiped the non-existent saliva, and shouted for a while, "Yan Muqing, you lied to me", how can there be any saliva.
"Okay, okay, go and call your parents and Brother Ah Sheng to dinner" Yan Muqing still has two hot dishes and a cold dish in his hand.
One is a big mixed dish, which has been mixed and placed in a glass bowl, which can be regarded as Yan Muqing's own foolishness, and the raw materials are all picked from Yan's mother's small vegetable garden, which is green and pollution-free, and you can eat at ease.
The two hot dishes are boiled shrimp and steamed tofu, which are also Yan Muqing's favorites. However, what she made was average, and she didn't say that her mother's cooking was delicious.
Everything here is ready, and Yan's father, Yan's mother and Brother Asheng have also come over.
"Wow! It's so fragrant, it's almost time to catch up with the craftsmanship in the hotel" The loud sister-in-law spoke first.
"Then you can eat some!" Yan Muqing blinked mischievously.
"Come on, come on, sit down, son go get the cup" Yan's father arranged for everyone to sit down.
"Qingqing, hurry up and eat," Yan's mother said and pulled Yan Muqing to sit down.
"Mom, you eat first, there is also a soup" After speaking, he said to Yan Yisheng and his sister-in-law, "Brother, sister-in-law, you eat first, the soup will be good immediately"
"Okay, I'm not polite to you, I'm waiting for you to drink," Yan Yisheng said, his chopsticks heading towards the fish clip that he was eyeing when he entered the door. My daughter-in-law loves to eat fish the most, Qingqing makes this one looks very delicious, taste it first, if it's delicious, go back and secretly learn from her, and make it for her daughter-in-law to eat later.
"Okay, sister-in-law, don't worry about Brother Asheng, let's drink a little bit, not much" Yan Muqing didn't forget to say hello to Brother Asheng and his sister-in-law.
"Okay, look at your face, I won't talk about him today" Sister-in-law is not at this time
I didn't care about how much I drank, and I was completely attracted by the fish. Hey, it's really not like a family doesn't enter the door, two foodies.
After speaking, Yan Muqing turned around and went out, leaving behind him a piece of praise.
The soup is taro and tofu soup, and when killing the fish, Yan Muqing asked Brother Ah Sheng to chop off the fish head in advance and cut it in half from the middle. Onions, ginger, garlic, star anise and other accessories are prepared in advance and placed in a small bowl, a little oil is put into the pot, after the oil is hot, put the accessories in the bowl, fry until fragrant, and then put the two halves of the fish head into the pot, fry it slightly, then put in cooking wine, fry until it is slightly golden, and then put in an appropriate amount of water, which is not past the fish head, and then boil the water over high heat, turn to low heat, until the soup is milky white, Yan Muqing poured a bag of pure milk in it, she felt that the soup would be more delicate to drink. Then put in the cut tofu, bring it to a boil and simmer it, add a small amount of salt and chicken essence, stir well, and the delicious fish head tofu soup is freshly baked!
In fact, Yan Muqing had already started to stew the soup when he was making boiled pork slices, but now he just put a little tofu and salt, so it didn't take a few minutes.
By the time the soup was brought in, the four people in the room were already eating hotly, especially Yan Aiqing, with her cheeks puffed out, and with the action of chewing, the meat on her face moved one after another, like a goldfish spitting bubbles in the water.
"Soup," he said, putting the soup on the table.
The eyes of the four of them were immediately attracted by the soup in the basin, the milky white soup was steaming, there were a few coriander floating on the soup, the tofu cubes that appeared from time to time, and the aroma wafting over, even the soup was made so particular about the color matching, the color and flavor were complete! Well, seducing everyone's appetite.
"Qingqing, one day you won't mix with the imperial capital, let's open a restaurant together" Yan Yisheng had this idea in his mind, and said it without thinking.
"Pull it down, I'm just interested in doing it, let me do it every day, but it's going to cost me my life, besides, I'm not up to the level of a chef, you can spare me"
Yan Muqing took off her apron, washed her hands, and sat down next to her mother.
"Your fish is really good, the meat is fresh and tender, the stew is just right, the fish is tender but not firewood, it's delicious, it's delicious" Brother A Sheng said two good in a row, it seems that the taste is really good.
Yan Muqing relaxed a little, everyone likes to eat.
"I didn't expect you to have this craft, I'll look for you when I eat fish in the future" My sister-in-law was also very happy to eat.
"If anyone marries you in the future, they will make a lot of money, they can make money, and the cooking is so delicious, but their temper stinks"
"Sister-in-law, if I didn't have this, I would prefer to listen to you."
As he spoke, he put a chopstick cold dish into the plate in front of his sister-in-law, well, obviously, gag.
"By the way, what's going on with your object" Hey, it's time to have trouble when you're full, but fortunately, you have a partner.
"I'll bring it back to you another day," Yan Muqing said naturally.
"I said you're all running for three, don't look for it again.... What, you have a partner, that's good, it's good" Halfway through my sister-in-law's words, I realized that I already had an object, so I put away the previous set of rhetoric, but I was really happy for Yan Muqing, I was alone in the imperial capital, and there was finally someone who knew the cold and the hot and the cold who cared about her and took care of her.
"Yo. It's not easy, then we have to drink one" Brother Ah Sheng picked up the wine glass, in fact, he had wanted to drink it for a long time, this Mongolian wine was brought back by the third uncle, it was Mu Qing who brought it back from Inner Mongolia, and it was the first time he drank it, if it wasn't for his daughter-in-law's close attention, he would have drunk several glasses.
"Okay" Yan Muqing also took a cup from the cabinet, poured it full, raised it with both hands, and said to Yan Yisheng
"Brother Asheng, sister-in-law, my brother and I are away all the year round, my parents thank you for soothing, this glass of wine, I respect you, thank you" After speaking, he drank it all very proudly.
"You girl, the family doesn't talk about two families, your sister-in-law and your eldest nephew and niece are not thanks to your mother, so that I have the children I have now, let me have a home, otherwise how can I have now, let's not talk about this" After speaking, he drank it all, I don't know if it was because of excitement or because of the heat, and his eyes were a little red.
"Hey, let's not mention these anymore, it's all good, keep eating, and eat more shadows."
The shadow is Yan Yisheng's daughter-in-law, Yan Muqing's sister-in-law, Shi Xiaoying.
"Yes, it's right to say to the third aunt, don't mention it, don't mention it, let's eat" The sister-in-law also interrupted the sensationalism of the two in a timely manner, she really didn't want to mention the matter of giving birth, not to say that she didn't stick to Yan's mother's life-saving grace, giving birth to a child was too painful, and that experience was like a nightmare for her. When a woman is the most vulnerable, she is alone, her husband and in-laws are not around, if it weren't for the three aunts, she really can't imagine whether she can sit with everyone and talk and laugh like she is now.