The little ancestor of the family

Ye Xinran couldn't help feeling distressed when she saw the little kid's longing look.

It's just a dragonfly! How can it be meaty?

Isn't Xiao Huaian a hunter? Don't they usually have no meat to eat?

"Where is the kitchen? I'll cook for you tonight." Ye Xinran said.

"Can you cook?" Changping did not hide his doubt.

"Of course, not only can I cook, but I can also cook delicious food."

Ye Xinran is not bragging.

Although she is usually busy with work, Ye Xinran will collect recipes and cook to reward herself in her free time, so her cooking skills are pretty good.

"over there!"

Changping pointed with his finger.

Ye Xinran looked in the direction of the finger and saw a "semi-open" kitchen.

The shabby kitchen had no door or window.

When I got closer, I saw only two broken pots and a few messy pots in the kitchen.

Ye Xinran took a breath of cold air.

She can indeed cook.

But a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice.

What's more, she didn't know how to light a fire on such a stove.

Seeing Ye Xinran's hesitation, Changping's hopeful eyes dimmed again.

He shouldn't have believed what this woman said.

Grandma Zhang was right: she was the eldest daughter of a wealthy family and usually had to be served even for meals, so how could she possibly cook?

"It doesn't matter if you can't cook. Anyway, your brother has food to eat. Just don't let him starve."

After he said this, his stomach growled at an inopportune moment.

"Gulu!"

The boy blushed immediately.

"I'm not hungry, it's my stomach that's hungry!"

"Yeah, that's right! The stomach has a mind of its own."

Ye Xinran burst out laughing:

"I'm going to see if there's anything to eat in the kitchen. Can you light a fire?"

Chang Ping immediately perked up when he heard this, "Yes, I'm the best at making fire!"

"Chang'an can do it too. Chang'an can carry firewood!" Little Chang'an also said.

Seeing how well behaved they were, Ye Xinran smiled and said, "Okay, you two will be responsible for making the fire, and I'll be responsible for cooking. Come on, we'll have to prepare dinner today!"

The children are young, and they immediately became excited when they heard that they were going to cook together.

Changping went to the corner and picked up a bundle of firewood. Changan followed behind and picked up two branches in a proper manner.

When they came back, Ye Xinran had already checked everything in the kitchen.

There was only a little brown rice in the rice jar outside the kitchen, and seven or eight sprouted sweet potatoes were placed on the ground.

But the broken jar actually contained half a bag of rice, half a bag of noodles, and a piece of pork weighing more than two pounds, which was mostly fat and less lean!

This is not food!

Why do the two children look like they haven’t had a full meal for a long time?

Ye Xinran put the noodles and pork on the table, preparing to make shredded pork noodles in the evening.

When the two little guys came into the kitchen and saw what was on the table, they were dumbfounded.

"Fatty!"

Changan pointed at the pork with shining eyes.

Changping couldn't help swallowing.

"How can there be such a big piece of meat?"

Ye Xinran was also surprised: "Don't you know? I found it in the tank!"

"It must have been brought back by my second uncle! He bought meat for us!" Changping suddenly realized.

"Second uncle, second uncle!" Chang'an was so anxious that he couldn't organize his words and could only shout excitedly.

"Since we have meat and noodles, how about we make shredded pork noodles for dinner?" Ye Xinran discussed with the two children.

"Uh-huh!"

This time, both children had no objection and nodded in unison, their big eyes filled with smiles.

Ye Xinran found a wooden basin, poured some flour into it, added an appropriate amount of water, and began to stir it.

The flour is not that white, and black impurities can be seen, but it is very chewy when kneaded.

Changping was not bragging after all.

He lit a fire quickly, and soon the flames under the stove were crackling.

After kneading the dough, she picked up a lid and covered the basin to let it rise.

Then he asked the two children: "Do you have any vegetables at home? These noodles should be added with some vegetables to make them taste better."

"Have!"

Chang Ping replied: "There are vegetables grown by my second uncle in the garden, but now there are only cabbages and onions.

But, can you really cook?

"Then I'll go pick some cabbage."

Ye Xinran did not answer his question. He would know whether it would work or not when the noodles were made.

The vegetable garden is next to the kitchen.

The entire courtyard is not large, so not many vegetables are planted, just four bunches of cabbage and a small piece of chives.

The cabbages were still small, so Ye Xinran picked a few.

By the way, I observed the terrain of the courtyard.

There are two courtyards here, front and back, with a total of four rooms.

Two bedrooms and a shabby kitchen.

There is another one, which is a thatched hut made of a few wooden boards at the corner of the northernmost side of the yard.

You can imagine that the toilet was just a hole dug in the ground with two wooden boards on top, the kind that you could fall into if you accidentally stepped on it.

Well, it's quite dangerous.

Ye Xinran sighed.

She took the cabbage to the kitchen and washed it.

The pot was just heating up.

She cut a piece of pork into thin strips, cleaned the pan, scooped a little oil, and fried the shredded pork into the pan.

The moment the shredded pork is put into the pot, the unique aroma of the fat is immediately released.

Changping and Changan had already gone out after making the fire, but when they smelled the fragrance, they immediately poked their little heads in again.

"It smells so good!" Chang'an swallowed.

Ye Xinran smiled and turned back: "You guys play outside for a while, I'll call you to eat when the noodles are cooked."

"Yeah!" Let's play here.

Changping did not let the three Hexi go.

While adding firewood, he pierced He Xi on a wooden stick, roasted it over the fire, and shared it with Chang'an.

Chang'an also took out a piece of candy from his small purse and shared it with his brother.

Ye Xinran added water into the pot, took the noodles out of the basin, kneaded them evenly, rolled them into a thin pancake, then rolled them up and cut them into thin noodles.

After the water boils, put the noodles into the pot.

Halfway through, Ye Xinran remembered that there was a child and an adult at home who had not returned yet, so she left some noodles aside.

After a while, the noodles in the pot floated up. I added water twice, put in cabbage and salt, and a pot of chewy and smooth noodles was ready.

Ye Xinran shouted outside: "Changping, Changan, the two of you go wash your hands and get ready for dinner!"