Su Cui Ping held the baby. Lin Rong Rong started a fire to cook porridge. Su Mu Qing cut the washed meat into thin shreds and peeled two potatoes.
Unfortunately, there were very few seasonings available here, only salt. Chili was considered poisonous by the people here. She had seen garlic at Mrs. Wang’s earlier, which was intended for planting. Now, it was almost dried out from the heat of the stove. Forget about green onions; ginger was also shriveled, with only the skin remaining.
“You silly girl! You cut the meat so small, are you making meat soup paste? How will you scoop it out? You should have cut it into larger pieces.” Mrs. Wang couldn’t help but think when she saw Su Mu Qing’s cut meat. It was just like playing house! wap.kanshuwu.net
“Auntie, this is a new way of eating. You can try it when I’m done!” Su Mu Qing replied with a confident smile.
Fortunately, they arrived early, and there were still many simple stoves set up. Most people had already eaten once after receiving their meat in the morning.
If the food were prepared too early and then cooled, wouldn’t they eat more? They wanted piping hot porridge, to be sipped slowly. The longer they drank, the slower they would get hungry, making it more filling!
Su Mu Qing cut the two small pieces of meat she received, filling a small bowl. She peeled and shredded the potatoes. Then, she broke off two cloves of garlic and a piece of old ginger from Mrs. Wang’s, chopping them into fine mince. kan shu la
After the pot heated up, she poured a small amount of oil into the wok along the edge. The pot was too large, and the oil was poured in sparingly. By the time the oil slid to the bottom of the pot, there was only a little left.
She first stir-fried the minced ginger and garlic. Immediately, she added the beef and stir-fried it over high heat. Because the meat was cut thinly, Su Mu Qing didn’t stir-fry it for long, fearing it would become tough and affect the taste. She added the appropriate amount of salt, and as soon as the aroma came out, she immediately served it.
Mrs. Wang and the others smelled the aroma coming from Su Mu Qing’s side and looked at the pale boiled beef in their own pots… Was it too late to retrieve and chop it now?
After serving the meat, she used the oil stuck to the pot to add the shredded potatoes. Then she added some salt, otherwise, the shredded potatoes, not soaked in water, would have too much starch and stick together after a few stir-fries. Adding salt early would prevent uneven flavor at the end.
When the shredded potatoes were out of the pot, Su Mu Qing tasted one. Although the stir-fried appearance was not very attractive, the taste was quite good!
“Oh my! Our Qing丫头’s cooking skills are truly amazing! We’re already salivating just smelling it.” Mrs. Wang teased with a smile.
When she saw Su Mu Qing shredding the potatoes, she couldn’t help but want to advise her. With potatoes cut like this, how could they be roasted in a fire pit? Even if they were boiled in a pot, they would melt. Who knew this girl could think of eating them this way!
So, Mrs. Wang and the others also peeled and shredded their potatoes that they hadn’t had time to cook, and stir-fried a large basin with Su Mu Qing’s pot.
Even the potato paste and burnt bits stuck to the pot were scraped clean by them, basically not needing to wash the pot!
It was already noon (past eleven o’clock) after the two families finished their meal. In the meantime, some people had successively come to cook.
Among them were the female family members from the old Su family residence, and Mrs. Qian, who was now Er Gouzi’s wife, along with her three daughters. They naturally smelled the aroma of the meat.
Qian Shi’s three daughters saw Lin Rong Rong eating meat with Su Mu Qing, while they still had to work for that family, feeling extremely unbalanced! Not to mention Qian Shi, who already hated Su Mu Qing and Lin Rong Rong.
As for the people from the old Su family residence, they now wished they could step forward and snatch the things from Su Mu Qing’s hands. But they dared not do so, as people from the village chief’s family were present.
Especially Su Cui Xia, who had been chewing on husks and bran for a long time, desperately wanting a hot meal, and there was meat today. But no matter how greedy she was, it wasn’t her share.
Yesterday, she had provoked Su Mu Qing and lost the argument, causing her grandmother and the others to be upset. Upon returning home, she was slapped several times. If her mother hadn’t stepped forward to protect her, she might have been beaten even harder.
However, the look in her grandmother’s eyes made her feel very scared. She could only be more cautious, eat less, and do more work, hoping her grandmother would calm down soon.