A Farm Girl Traveling Through Time: Raising a Stunning Husband

When Gu Zhou came back from picking peppercorns, he saw Jiang Yu pickling something in the kitchen.

“What are you doing?”

Shen Wu didn't even raise his head, concentrating on the work in his hands.

"Marinate the pork to make it more flavorful, then use the fat to squeeze out the oil and stir-fry it with bamboo shoots to make it delicious."

As she spoke, she put some chopped scallions and ginger into the bowl to remove the fishy smell, and added a little salt to adjust the base flavor.

"Can you help me wash it with water?"

Gu Zhou didn't know what was going on, and he actually listened to her and washed the peppercorns. He only realized it belatedly when he turned around.

"Thanks".

Shen Wu took the washed peppercorns, slapped them a few times with the blade of a knife on the wooden chopping board, put them into the pickling basin and stirred them evenly, then turned to knead the dough.

Shen Wu moved quickly. She scooped a few bowls of flour, added a spoonful of salt, and started kneading the dough with warm water. She had made hand-rolled noodles countless times, and in just a few strokes she made a smooth dough for later use.

Fortunately, we have a rolling pin at home, otherwise I don’t know what to do.

After washing and drying the rolling pin, Shen Wu cut off a small piece of lean meat from the meat and blanched it in water. After taking it out, he used a clean knife to cut it into small pieces and put it in a porcelain bowl for later use.

Cut the bamboo shoots into thin slanting shapes and blanch them in hot water. After one minute, take them out, cool them down and dry them for later use.

Fearing that he would get impatient waiting, Shen Wu hurriedly called Gu Zhou to help light the fire: "Gu Zhou! Could you please come and light a fire!"

Gu Zhou was originally coaxing his younger brother, but after hearing the noise, he handed his younger brother to his sister and rushed to the kitchen to help.

"Please help me light the fire, otherwise I will be too busy," Shen Wu looked at Gu Zhou with a smile, his tone polite and gentle.

With more contact, Gu Zhou's doubts grew bigger and bigger, but now he could only suppress them and start to worry.

The shaved lard is first skillfully rinsed with water to wash away the impurities and blood remaining on it, and then placed on the chopping board and cut into fine cubes.

Gu Zhou had already boiled the water on one stove. Shen Wu scooped a ladle or two of water into another pot, then added lard to blanch it. The water was already boiling, so it soon boiled.

Within a few minutes, layers of grayish-white foam floated up. Shen Wu skimmed it off bit by bit with a wooden spatula, then fished out the pork and drained out the waste water from the pot. After the pot was dry, he added new hot water, then put in lard, peppercorns, and ginger slices to boil.

"I'm fine here, you go out and take a rest first, the smell of boiling oil is strong and there's a lot of fumes."

Gu Zhou stared closely at the lard in the pot, not daring to be distracted for a moment.

Gu Zhou didn't want to go out. He wanted to see how different Jiang Yu would be after waking up: "It's okay, I'll help you. It will be faster if two people do it."

Shen Wu didn't refuse anymore and began to use a spatula to stir the oil residue in the pot seriously.

I don’t know if it’s because of the firewood or something else, but boiling the oil residue is much faster than Shen Wu did in modern times. After a while, the water turned into oil, and the white fat began to turn golden.

After waiting for a while, Shen Wu tried the already crispy oil residue. When he felt it was ready to be removed from the pan, he asked Gu Zhou to turn off the heat and let the temperature of the oil drop first.

Gu Zhou watched Jiang Yu working skillfully and efficiently, and he began to feel an indescribable feeling in his heart.

She is indeed different from before. She never cooked before, she only knew how to eat. She would feel sick when she smelled the kitchen fumes and would definitely stay away from them.

While the oil was cooling down, Shen Wu divided the dough into three parts, took out one of them, rolled it thinly with a rolling pin, sprinkled a layer of flour on it to prevent it from sticking, folded it evenly into several parts, and then cut it into two-centimeter-wide strips.

Repeat the same process with the remaining two portions, cut them and place them in a basket aside.

The oil was almost cool, and Shen Wu used a wooden spatula to scoop out the waste materials and put them in a bowl, scooped out the oil residue and put it in a clean jar, and used a spoon to scoop out the remaining lard. Now it was done.

There was some oil left in the pot, and Shen Wu put some green onions and ginger in and stir-fried them over high heat. While the aroma was still coming out, he put in the meat that had been marinated in advance.

After just a few stir-frys over high heat, the meat slices changed color and the whole kitchen was filled with the rich aroma of meat.

Shen Wu, who was extremely busy, asked Gu Zhou to leave first as he was a bit of a hindrance here.

In fact, Shen Wu was a little uncomfortable with Gu Zhou's fixed gaze on her, which made her feel uncomfortable all over.

Gu Wei, who was coaxing her younger brother in the main room, felt her stomach growl at the smell coming from the kitchen. Looking at her brother who was busy repairing farm tools in the yard, she hugged her brother and said greedily, "Brother, the food Jiang Yu cooked smells so good!"

Gu Zhou was worried about repairing the farm tools and tried to use his busy work to cover up the annoyance caused by Jiang Yu's change.

Hearing his sister's words, Gu Zhou lowered his head with a blank look in his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. He replied stiffly, "Well, it smells good."

The little brother in Gu Wei's arms was also seduced by the smell and started crying. He seemed to be hungry and started sucking his hands.

Gu Wei sat next to her brother, staring towards the kitchen, drooling as she waited for Jiang Yu to finish cooking.

Shen Wu then put in the thin bamboo shoots and stir-fried them together. The underground fire is just so good, and the rice tastes much better than that cooked with gas.

After a few flips, the freshness of the bamboo shoots and the aroma of the meat were brought out. When they were about to be fried dry, half a bowl of hot water and a pinch of salt were added and simmered.

On this side, she stewed the pork and bamboo shoots first. She then cut off some tender meat, chopped it quickly into puree with a knife, and put it into the pot to cook it into small pieces.

Then he took out a small handful of the hand-rolled noodles, chopped them up with a knife, and put them into his soup to cook with the meat.

After doing all this, the braised meat and bamboo shoots were ready. Before serving, Shen Wu scooped a little bit of lard into the pot to polish it and stimulate the aroma again.

Just stir-fry a few times and it’s ready to serve.

Take the meat out of the pot without cleaning it, add clean water and boil it again, then add the hand-rolled noodles that you cut earlier and wait for it to boil.

In another pot, the supplementary food for the baby was ready. Shen Wu put it in a clean bowl and set it aside for later use.

The noodles here had already boiled once, so Shen Wu added cold water into the pot to boil it again, and scooped out another noodle to taste whether it was cooked.

The noodles were cooked, and Shen Wu said, "Gu Zhou, can you come and help serve the rice?"

Gu Zhou had been repairing the sickle for a long time but hadn't finished it. Just then he heard Jiang Yu's voice, so he put down his farm tools and went to the kitchen to help.

As soon as I entered, I smelled the aroma of rice, which was even more fragrant than in the yard.

Jiang Yu placed three large bowls on the stove, added some salt and chopped green onions to the bottom of the bowls, skimmed a quarter of lard from each bowl with a spoon, rinsed it with the water used to cook noodles, fished out the noodles and put them away, and a bowl of noodles was ready.

Seeing the person coming, Shen Wu asked him to wash his hands first before serving the meal.

Gu Zhou obediently went to wash his hands and then came back to serve the meal.

"Be careful, the bowl is hot, use a cloth to pad the edge of the bowl."

Shen Wu handed Gu Zhou an old cloth that he had found from somewhere. Although it had been washed clean, it still looked dirty. But this was the only thing he could use at the moment.

Gu Zhou placed a wet cloth on the bowl and brought a bowl of soup and a large bowl of fried pork into the main room.

When Gu Wei saw her brother coming, she hurriedly hugged her brother who was sucking her hand and went to greet him, her eyes full of stars: "Wow! It smells so good!".

Shen Wu cleaned the stove head, then filled the two stoves halfway with water and waited for the residual heat to warm them up before taking the bowl to the main room.

There was a large basin at home. Shen Wu had washed and blanched it in advance. Now it was filled with the remaining noodles and placed in the middle of the main room.