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Xiao Lan frowned as she looked at the spicy strips she had just made. The fire was too high when she was frying the seasonings, so along with the fragrant smell, there was also a burnt smell. She wanted to throw it away and make it again, but she was reluctant to waste food.

But that's how it is during the experimental phase. The food she makes won't be successful the first time, so she has to bear the loss of waste.

After cleaning the pot, she dried it and poured the oil back in. This time she learned her lesson and reduced the number of firewood in the stove by three and also increased the speed of frying the seasonings in the pot. This time the food did not get burnt. After the aroma came out, she took out the scallions, ginger, aniseed and coriander. This time she did not fry the bean curd skin separately, but directly put it in the pot and stir-fried it. After the bean curd skin became soft, she added chili pepper, salt and sugar.

Xiao Lan smelled the fragrance and swallowed her saliva. She was really craving for it and hoped that she would be successful this time.

After the spicy strips were taken out of the pot, Xiao Lan couldn't wait to try them with chopsticks. The spicy strips just taken out of the oil pan were very hot, and she felt that her tongue was going to be numb from the heat.

After tasting it, she regretted her impatience. The spicy strips didn't taste burnt, but there was too much salt. Xiao Lan felt that the spicy strips were salty and spicy and not tasty.

Fortunately, she did not get discouraged, because she did not think that she could succeed after just making two pots. After all, she was not good at cooking in modern times. The reason why she knew how to make spicy strips was because her mother disliked the spicy strips bought outside were not clean, so she made them for her. She learned from her mother and knew how to make them.

This time she reduced the salt by half, and after thinking about it, she added more chili peppers. This time, probably because she put less salt, the spiciness was particularly obvious. Although she liked the taste very much, she thought of Xiaowen, Xiaohu, Xiaocheng, and Xiaoqiang, and they probably couldn't eat it. After all, children have weak stomachs and are easily stimulated by spicy food and have diarrhea.

Xiao Lan tasted it twice and felt that it was not good enough. Then she finally remembered what was missing. It turned out that she forgot to add sugar in her haste. Sugar is used to enhance the flavor. This flavor cannot be omitted.

Then she wrote down the proportions for this pot, although it was not perfect yet, a little bland and a little too spicy. She would adjust it a little more and it should be about right. This time she added some water to the pot to make the spicy strips softer.

By the time she had finished all her work, it was almost noon. Because it was raining today, the work of digging the pond was temporarily stopped. In the morning, Sheng Xuan took Ding Yi and Wang Er to walk around the village wearing straw raincoats. At this time, they had already returned.

When Xiaolan opened the kitchen door with the basin in her hand, Zhang and Xiaoting were about to knock on the door and call her. It was time to cook at noon, and the mother and daughter were going to cook. Zhang and Xiaoting sneezed because of the spicy smell coming from the kitchen.

"I smelled something spicy in the yard just now. Why does the food you prepared this time smell so strong?" Zhang asked Xiao Lan while coughing.

"Xiao Lan, what are you cooking?" Xiao Ting also asked.

"I made something delicious." Xiao Lan said as she picked up a piece of spicy strips and put them into Zhang and Xiao Ting's mouths. After chewing them for a few times, they were conquered by the rich spicy taste that filled their mouths.

Zhang could still hold back, but Xiaoting couldn't hold back anymore and urged Xiaolan, "Give me another one quickly."

"What is this? Why is it so delicious?" Zhang also loved the taste and quickly expressed her opinion.

The mother and daughter's reaction to the spicy strips was the best feedback. Xiao Lan quickly picked another spicy strip and fed it to the two of them. Seeing that they were still not satisfied with the food, she asked with a smile, "Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious. The taste is so strong. One bite and your mouth is full of oil." Zhang carefully recalled the feeling of eating the spicy strips just now and replied quickly.

"Yeah, mom is right, I feel the same way. This food is full of juice even at the root, making people unable to stop. After eating this bite, they still want to eat the next bite." Xiaoting said.

Xiao Lan held the basin and pondered for a while. You know, there were no preservatives in ancient times. The spicy strips she made contained juice, and the weather was hot, so they probably couldn't be stored for too long.

Zhang and Xiaoting were going to cook lunch, so they went to the kitchen to get busy. Xiaolan came back with a basin.

Because it was noon, Xiaowen, Xiaohu and the others had also finished school. Xiaolan handed the large bowl to them and said, "Try it and see if you can get used to it. Each of you must say what is good about it and what is not good about it, but you must tell the truth."

The children were choked by the strong aroma and sneezed several times. Then they looked down at the spicy strips in the bowl and took one each to eat.

They were immediately brought back to their senses by the spicy taste, and all the thoughts that had been filling their minds for the whole morning were swept away by the spicy taste.

Xiao Wen ate two in a row. When he finished the second one, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Second sister, what is this? Why is it so delicious?"

"Yes, Sister Xiaolan, this is so delicious. After eating this one, I want another one and I can't stop at all." Xiaohu said.

Xiao Lan was naturally very happy to hear that the four children loved the spicy noodles she made. "This is called spicy noodles. It's a new food I just developed."

Xin, Zhang Shanfeng, Zhang Qingnian, Liu and Xiaoyan heard Xiaolan and Xiaowen saying that the food was delicious, so they hurried over.

After several people tried it, they all thought it was delicious.

At this time, Sheng Xuan also came over, "I want to try the new food my daughter made." Sheng Xuan picked up the chili in the basin and took a bite, "Why is it so spicy? I took a bite and I wanted to eat some soil to relieve the spiciness."

When Xiao Lan wanted to stop her father from eating chili peppers, it was too late. She said with a smile, "Dad, this is used as a seasoning. You can't eat it with nothing. Drink some water to reduce the spiciness." Xiao Lan quickly poured a bowl of boiled water and handed it to Sheng Xuan to help him relieve the spiciness.

Before lunch, Zhang Qingfeng and Fu came back from the tofu workshop. After returning home, they also tasted the spicy noodles made by Xiaolan. Combining the opinions of the whole family, everyone agreed that although the spicy noodles were a bit spicy, they were fragrant and spicy, and they wanted to eat more. If it wasn't so spicy, it wouldn't taste good. In summary, the spicy noodles were very successful and delicious.

At noon, Zhang and Xiaoting only fried two vegetarian dishes, and together with the several pots of spicy noodles that Xiaolan had made all morning, it was enough to eat.