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As it was almost noon, Su Zhuzhu started preparing lunch.

I secretly took out half a pound of pork belly and sliced ​​it, preparing to make a pork belly braised with snail meat and a braised pig's trotter. Both of these dishes are a bit spicy, so I prepared to stir-fry some Chinese cabbage and add an egg and tomato soup. There were four dishes for four people, and the portions were more than enough.

First, simmer the white rice. Lin Wu is a big man and has a big appetite, especially when Su Zhuzhu cooks, his appetite increases sharply.

Heat oil in a pan, stir-fry the pork belly until oil comes out, then add two spoons of chopped ginger, garlic, chili and bean paste. When the aroma comes out, add the chopped snail meat, stir-fry for a while, add boiling water, season and simmer. When the soup is thick, sprinkle with garlic sprouts and serve.

The sight of this dish made He's mother drool. She couldn't wait for Lin Wu and the others to eat it, so she took chopsticks and tasted several pieces before stopping. She kept giving Su Zhuzhu a thumbs up. If she hadn't come to H Province, she wouldn't be able to eat this delicious snail meat.

"Auntie, you can eat spicy food so well. I'll make a spicy iron snail in a few days. You'll like it more. It tastes better when you suck it up. Xiao Wu will definitely like it too."

Su Zhuzhu was happier seeing He's mother enjoying her meal.

The braised pig's trotters have been braised long ago, and it is easy to make. First, sauté the minced ginger, garlic, green and red pepper rings with oil until fragrant, then pour in the cut braised pig's trotters, stir-fry, add half a bowl of marinade, sprinkle in a handful of chopped green onions when the sauce is reduced, and serve.

When the cabbage was put into the pot, Lin Wu and Liu Yuanyuan had already returned from work. After they finished washing and sat down, the food was on the table.

The stewed snails with pork belly was very much to Lin Wu's liking. He scooped up the soup and mixed it with the rice, then drank two bowls of rice. His stomach felt so good that he continued to get more rice after finishing the two bowls, and then ate the pig's trotters and other dishes. The braised pig's trotters were fragrant, and he was very satisfied with the meal. After the meal, he even asked about the snails, and then looked at the iron snails kept in the basin.

Seeing that He's mother and Lin Wu liked eating these seafood from the countryside so much, Su Zhuzhu went to Ping'an's house after finishing her lunch and told Ping'an to catch more crayfish, eels, loaches, snails, frogs, fish, etc. in the next few days. If he could dig up lotus roots or pick old lotus pods, he could send them over and she would buy them with money or exchange them for food.

She also told Ping'an and Ping'an's grandmother that she could send some of these things to her from time to time in the future, and asked Ping'an's grandmother to grow the vegetables for her and Liu Yuanyuan to eat, so that the two of them could earn some money to supplement the family expenses. Su Zhuzhu and Liu Yuanyuan were not stingy, and at least the two of them would not have to go hungry.

Su Zhuzhu decided that she must cook some delicious meals for He's mother and Lin Wu in the next few days. She would buy some pig intestines and pig's trotters before they left and cook more to bring back to Beijing. However, she didn't know if the weather would be bad, so she had to think of a solution.

Having nothing to do after lunch break, Su Zhuzhu started to look at her high school textbooks. Although she had accumulated knowledge from two lifetimes of study, there were still two years before the college entrance examination. Even if she couldn't deepen her studies, at least she couldn't get rusty and had to pick them up and review them frequently.

Seeing that Su Zhuzhu was studying hard, He's mother said hello and prepared to go out for a walk. She also planned to visit the place where she worked and experience the rural landscape.

After reviewing for two hours, Su Zhuzhu picked up a basket, went to the team to call He's mother, and took her to the mountain to pick wild grapes.

These wild things are the only interesting things in the countryside, and they can be used to kill time with He's mother.

The two of them walked and stopped in the mountains to look around. He's mother had a lot of fun. Many of the things she had never seen before, and she even picked up a nest of pheasant eggs. She was so happy that she didn't return to the educated youth institute until almost five o'clock.

He's mother was very active and lit the stove first. It was getting late, so she had to cook early. Then she was busy washing the wild grapes she picked and waiting for Lin Wu to come back and give them to him to taste.

Su Zhuzhu first stewed the rice, and then killed the eel and crucian carp with quick movements. This was too easy for her.

Cut the meaty eel into sections, heat oil in a pan, put the eel in and fry until browned, push it aside, add garlic, ginger, chili, and bean paste and stir-fry until fragrant, add a little white wine to remove the fishy smell, and the aroma will fill the air instantly. Add boiling water to cover the eel, add soy sauce and salt to season, sprinkle a handful of garlic sprouts when half of the soup is reduced, stir, and serve in two steps. It will be another full pot.

Fry the crucian carp in oil, add shredded ginger and minced garlic, add boiling water and stew for ten minutes until the soup is thick and milky white. Su Zhuzhu didn't buy tofu, and didn't dare to take it out of the space, so she took two loofahs, cut them into strips, stewed them in the crucian carp soup, sprinkled salt and chopped green onions, and the delicious fish soup was ready.

I also fried a plate of spicy and sour potato shreds and braised a plate of eggplant.

Before Lin Wu and his colleagues came back from work, Su Zhuzhu had already put the dishes on the stove to keep them warm.

Just as I was about to go to the fields to see what was going on, the educated youth rushed into the yard.

Su Zhuzhu didn't ask any questions and asked Lin Wu and Liu Yuanyuan to wash up and have dinner.

After a whole afternoon of hard work, Lin Wu worked so hard that he was so hungry.

Su Zhuzhu's favorability towards Lin Wu has been rising. These days, Lin Wu has been considering her in all aspects. Although in Lin Wu's heart, she is still a little girl and he feels sorry for her going to the countryside to suffer, Su Zhuzhu's mental age is older than Lin Wu. Lin Wu treats her wholeheartedly, just like a brother who loves his sister.

First, each person was served a bowl of crucian carp soup, which Lin Wu gulped down in a few mouthfuls. The fresh fish soup was so delicious that it made his tongue fall off. His internal organs instantly felt relaxed, and he even tilted his head back and closed his eyes.

Su Zhuzhu found it very funny, so she served him another bowl and put the biggest crucian carp in it. She knew that she had to take good care of her own brother. Although she had no contact with her biological brother, she had decided that this was her brother for life. Of course, he was her brother in her mind, and she still had to call him Brother Xiaowu.

After finishing two bowls of fish soup, Lin Wu reached out his chopsticks for the yellow eel. The spicy yellow eel that went well with rice was welcomed by everyone. The full bowl of yellow eel was quickly eaten up, and even He's mother ate an extra bowl of rice.

Liu Yuanyuan lay on the chair and rubbed her belly. Although she really wanted to help wash the dishes, she couldn't get up because she was too full. Although farm work was tiring, the food was better than at home. She had to pay more food expenses to Su Zhuzhu. Moreover, Su Zhuzhu had been cooking for the past few days. After Aunt He and the others left, she would have to be more diligent and cook more meals. She couldn't eat ready-made meals every day.

Lin Wu wanted to wash the dishes, but Su Zhuzhu drove him out to walk around the yard. Although Lin Wu was a man and a soldier, he had always been a serviceman and had never done farm work, so it was not easy to do the physical work with a bent back.

He's mother and Su Zhuzhu cleaned up the dishes, put hot water into the bucket, and called Lin Wuti to the bathroom, so that the two who had worked all day could take a shower first. He boiled another pot of water before washing up with He's mother.