A 1970s mom raises a cute baby, and a crazy boss spoils her

Gu Qinghuan noticed Zhong Luoning's loneliness and gave Zhong Zijun and Cheng Shuying a look, and they immediately reacted.

"Look at me, why are you talking like that! There are so many fish, which one should we cook this morning or evening?" Cheng Shuying squatted down and pointed at a mandarin fish: "Let's cook this one? Make a squirrel mandarin fish, the kids like it."

Gu Qinghuan nodded: "No problem, let's make squirrel mandarin fish."

Zhong Zijun sighed. There were some things that no one else could help her with, and she had to figure them out on her own.

Zhong Luoning's character is not strong enough. As she is an only child, she has been spoiled since childhood and has never suffered any setbacks in her life. This time she fell into Xu Jianguo's hands. I hope she can stand on her own feet in the future!

Gu Lanting walked out of the kitchen with freshly steamed tofu in one hand and buns in the other.

"Yeah, the stuffing my sister prepares is delicious."

Zhong Zijun laughed: "You are such a picky person. Your sister is willing to put meat, oil and seasoning in it. It would be strange if it doesn't taste good."

"That's true. We have a great harvest today. What delicious food should we make tonight?" Gu Lanting asked happily as he had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Do you want to chew the stinky soles? Have you forgotten something? Didn't we make a bet?

"I'll admit defeat. Today, all these fish are yours!" Gu Qinghuan pointed at the fish on the ground.

Gu Lanting was struck by lightning!

He forgot about the bet!

If he had known that he could catch so many fish, why would he have gone through so much trouble?

"Sister? Are you my sister?" He looked at Gu Qinghuan pitifully.

"Don't! I'm not your sister for the time being, hurry up, finish what you have and start working!

Mom, find him a sack to wear as an apron, don't let his clothes get dirty, and I have to help him wash his clothes." Gu Qinghuan gave him a look of disdain.

Gu Lanting looked at Zhong Zijun and Zhong Weiqian for help.

Cheng Shuying said with a smile: "Grandma wanted to help you, but I haven't finished the work on my hands yet!

You, don't count on it!"

Zhong Zijun also spread his hands, helpless.

Gu Lanting could only accept his fate.

Zhong Zijun continued to be responsible for making noodles, fried pork and the like.

Gu Qinghuan began to pack up and prepare dinner.

It was a rare reunion, and with two guests from the Ji family, she had to make every effort to prepare something delicious.

The two flying dragons processed in the morning can be simmered with hazel mushroom soup, which needs to be simmered for at least two hours. This can be made first.

She originally wanted to make shredded pheasant, but considering that it would be warm to eat something hot in the winter, she changed it to stewed chicken with mushrooms, which is a famous dish in Northeast China and is very suitable for entertaining guests.

As for the wild rabbit, it is cooked in the style of Jianghu cuisine. After frying it, it is stir-fried with chili peppers. It goes well with rice.

Then it’s the fish. Follow grandma’s instructions and make a squirrel mandarin fish dish that the kids will love.

Of course, we have to make a dish that suits adults' taste, so let's make pickled fish. Everyone likes it, suitable for both young and old, and this is also a dish that appears frequently at home.

There is also the crispy pork that grandma will fry later, which can be considered a meat dish, and the meat buns can also be placed on a plate.

These are basically the meat dishes.

For vegetarian dishes, you can prepare pickled cabbage, spicy and sour potato shreds, braised radish, and cold-mixed black fungus.

These should be enough.

Once you have drawn up your menu, you can start preparing the food.

The ingredients are all prepared in the morning, so all you have to do is wash and cut them.

Zhong Luo Ning helped her and the two of them got busy.

Unknown to everyone, Xu Huaian had already quietly arrived in the Northeast and was heading home.

Ji Linhai went to the river to catch fish. Old Man Ji came over after he had packed up. Gu Qinghuan made a pot of good tea for them. He and Zhong Weiqian played chess while sipping tea, feeling very comfortable.

Zhong Zijun and Cheng Shuying spread a clean mat on the snow, put the steamed tofu and dumplings on it, and let them freeze firmly so that they would not go bad. It was like a natural refrigerator.

When the snow froze, the two began to make dumplings. The dumplings did not need to be cooked, they could just be made while putting them into the snow and let them freeze.

In the large iron pan, Zhong Luoning began to fry the crispy pork according to Gu Qinghuan's instructions. The pork was golden and crispy, and tender on the inside.

A few children who came back from playing were secretly lying at the kitchen door and looking out.

Discovered by Zhong Luo Ning.

"Come on, come in!"

Dabao gave an awkward smile and took his sisters and Erdan into the kitchen.

"Cousin."

Zhong Luo Ning gave them a basin of water to wash their hands. After washing their hands, each of them was given a long piece of crispy meat to chew on.

The few of them had been running around happily all day and were already hungry. They sat in a row at the kitchen door and ate the crispy meat. After they finished the food in their hands, they didn't ask for more, but everyone licked their hands, which was very funny.

Gu Qinghuan smiled secretly, but did not give them any more. It was okay to try one, but it was not okay to eat as much as you could in the kitchen. There still had to be some rules.

Ming Ruxue has a special liking for bean buns, but she doesn't dare to eat too much because she has a big dinner in the evening, and bean buns are a very filling dry food.

All the crispy meat was taken out of the pot, and Gu Qinghuan also prepared all the necessary dishes.

We can start preparing dinner now. We have a lot of big dishes to cook today, so we have to put them in the pot early.

It sounded like Ji Linhai was coming over outside, chatting and laughing.

"Hello, auntie. I'm Ji Linhai. I haven't thanked you for the cotton-padded jackets you made for my father and me last time. They are well-fitting and warm." It was the first time that Ji Linhai met Cheng Shuying, and he greeted her politely.

"Hey, what's the big deal? We should be the ones thanking you for sending us so many game and furs." Cheng Shuying looked at the sturdy man. He was almost like what Lao Zhong said, quite strong.

Different from Gu Yunchuan's frail appearance, he looks strong and powerful, and his eyes are determined, showing that he is a man with a story.

"Don't be so polite, Old Ji, please come in and sit down! By the way, did you go to get the fish? How many did you get?" Zhong Zijun was already very familiar with Ji Linhai, so she spoke without being polite.

“When I went there, they had just started to distribute the fish. They said that there were more than 200 fish in the fish hole, and each family in the village could get about four fish.

The captain is very fair. He gave four fish to each family, all of which are about the same size. My family also received four fish. I brought one here to add a dish to everyone in the evening. I also dried a pheasant and a rabbit before. You decide how to deal with it." Ji Linhai raised his hand to indicate.

Only then did Zhong Zijun notice that he was holding something in his hand.

"You were invited to come over for dinner, why did you bring these things?"

"A man should be grateful to his guest for his kindness. Your family's cooking is delicious, so I want to eat a few more meals with you!" Ji Linhai said with a smile.

Zhong Zijun knew that he was a man who paid attention to etiquette, so she had to accept it. After all, the two families should reciprocate courtesies.

Ji Linhai was a diligent man, and after the greetings he prepared to find some work for himself.

His eyes then fell on the young man struggling to kill a fish in the corner.

I was so focused on Zhong Zijun just now that I didn’t notice when a young man appeared in the house.

Zhong Zijun followed his gaze and immediately introduced: "This is my youngest son, Lanting, who came to Xujiatun with his sister to celebrate the New Year.

Lanting, this is your uncle Ji, hurry up and call someone!" After saying that, she yelled in the direction of Gu Lanting.

Zhong Zijun was obviously very happy, and seemed more genuine and familiar than usual, making it impossible to take your eyes off her.

"Hello, Uncle Ji!" Gu Lanting did not realize at the moment that the man in front of him was secretly coveting his mother. He looked up and greeted him seriously.

Ji Linhai tried hard to take his gaze away from Zhong Zijun.

"Hello, welcome, welcome. You are a good boy. You know how to help with housework!"

But he just didn't know how to do it and was a bit clumsy. It would probably take him until late at night to kill so many fish.

Gu Lanting wanted to scratch his head in embarrassment, but suddenly remembered that his hands were dirty. He was afraid of dirtying the leather hat his mother made, so he put it down again.

This morning when Zhong Zijun and I went to pick up the two elderly people, I had already brought the hats, gloves and other things she had made for them.

Everyone was satisfied after trying it and put it on immediately.

Zhong Zijun said to her son, "He is not diligent at all. He lost a bet with his sister and has to work."

Gu Lanting smiled awkwardly.

"Uncle Ji, please come in and sit down! It's cold outside."

Ji Linhai immediately rolled up his sleeves and said, "Please find me a knife so I can help him." Otherwise, he might not be able to finish the work today.

"This is not a good idea, Old Ji. You should go in and sit down first and let him do it himself. Young people can do it if they throw things around." Zhong Zijun was embarrassed to let the guest do the work.

Old Master Ji just stood up and walked to the door when he saw this scene.

"Xiao Zhong, just let him help! He will feel uncomfortable if you let him go into the house to rest."

Ji Linhai nodded in agreement.

Zhong Zijun then took a knife from the kitchen and found a sack to tie it up to cover the dirt.

Gu Lanting thought he did a good job, but he didn't expect that after the comparison, he was embarrassed to say that he was killing fish, it was just like playing.

See what professionalism is.

Ji Linhai was seen holding the fish head steady with one hand and moving the other hand up and down. His speed was so fast that only the afterimage could be seen. In a few strokes, all the scales on one side of the fish were knocked off.

With a flip of the hand, the fish turned over to the other side, and the same action was repeated, and the fight on the other side ended as well.

Then he raised his knife and stabbed open the fish's belly, accurately took out all the internal organs and threw them into the basket next to him.

Finally, remove the gills, scoop a ladle of water from the bucket and rinse the fish from head to toe, and the fish is clean.

Such neat and quick movements, such hand speed and such control ability cannot be achieved without killing thousands of fish.

Moreover, the whole operation took less than one or two minutes. In his hands, such a big fish was as obedient as a chick and not slippery at all.

Why is it that it is so slippery in his hands and I just can't play with it no matter what?

Gu Lanting was somewhat doubting his life at this moment. It was another embarrassing day. The older ones were not as good as the superiors, and the younger ones were not as good as the subordinates.

Seeing her son being embarrassed, Zhong Zijun snickered and said, "Lanting, learn more from your uncle Ji!"

Gu Lanting gritted his teeth and leaned over like a lackey: "Uncle Ji, please teach me!"

There was a smile in Ji Linhai's eyes.

He taught him carefully step by step how to process fish. Sure enough, after his guidance, Gu Lanting's skills improved by leaps and bounds.

As the saying goes, every profession has its specialties. No matter what you do, you have to be familiar with the skills in order to succeed.

The women in the house were busy cooking, and the men outside were killing fish. It was a harmonious scene.

Chen Fengqin and Xu Huainian had just finished dividing the fish and brought home a few buckets of fish when they discovered that their youngest son was missing. They thought that he must be at Gu Qinghuan's house.

The children in the village are used to playing around, so it is normal for them to run around from one house to another. It's just that it's getting late, and people at home must be preparing dinner.

She has to call the child back, otherwise others will think that her family has no rules and let the child eat at other people's homes.

So Chen Fengqin rushed over to look for someone, holding a jar of pickled cabbage in her hand.

"Big sister, are you home? Is my naughty boy at your house?"

It was just a coincidence that when Zhong Zijun opened the door for Ji Linhai, she forgot to lock it.

So when Chen Fengqin pushed the door open, she saw the man in the cowshed helping to kill fish, and a strange woman making dumplings in the yard.

Chen Fengqin guessed that it must be Gu Qinghuan's mother who came from the cowshed next door.

My goodness, all the people from the bullpens on both sides are gathered together. Is this something she can watch?

It's not her fault that she is impolite. It's mainly because everyone in the countryside is like this. When they see your door is open, they assume that you can come in and they can come in just by shouting.

It was really awkward now, and Chen Fengqin didn't know how to react. Fortunately, Gu Qinghuan heard the voice and came out quickly.

"Sister Fengqin, Erdan is at my house, watching the rabbits with some kids!"

Just then, Erdan heard his mother's voice and poked his head out of the window: "Mom, I'm here! Dabao has little rabbits at home, they are so fun, I want to have one too."