Shi Qingqian walked to the place where she had agreed to meet Wang Jianguo. It was exactly four o'clock in the afternoon.

Wang Jianguo's car was already parked there. He was leaning against the car smoking. When he saw Shi Qingqian coming over, he put out his cigarette and walked over to greet her.

"Sister-in-law, how was your shopping today?" Wang Jianguo asked with a smile.

Shi Qingqian smiled and said, "Not bad, I bought a lot of things."

She did not tell Wang Jianguo about her trip to the black market.

Wang Jianguo didn't ask any more questions. He opened the car door and asked Shi Qingqian to get in. The car started.

The car slowly drove into the family compound. Shi Qingqian got out of the car and took out a pomegranate and an apple from the backpack and stuffed them into his hand.

Wang Jianguo was a little surprised and waved his hands quickly, "Sister-in-law, how can this be so embarrassing? Just keep it for yourself."

Shi Qingqian smiled and said, "Comrade Wang, thank you for sending me to the county town today. This is just a small token of my appreciation. Please don't refuse it."

Seeing Shi Qingqian's insistence, Wang Jianguo took it with a smile and said, "Then I won't be polite. Thank you, sister-in-law."

Shi Qingqian turned and walked towards her house. After entering the house, she put the backpack aside and took out all the persimmons in the space.

She plans to make them all into dried persimmon cakes.

She doesn't like eating persimmons, but she likes persimmon cakes. Before, the aunt at home made them for her, but now she has to do it herself to have enough food and clothing.

Fortunately, she had seen the whole process before, and it was not very difficult. Turning it over did not require any fire, so there was no need to worry about exploding the kitchen.

She first fetched a basin of clean water and gently placed the persimmons into the water one by one.

Persimmons were like naughty little dolls, rolling in the water. Shi Qingqian rolled up her sleeves and carefully scrubbed the persimmons with her hands, not missing any corner, making sure to clean all the dust and impurities that might exist on the surface of the persimmons.

After washing the persimmons, she found a bamboo basket, put a clean cloth in the basket, and then placed the washed persimmons on it one by one.

Now just wait for the persimmons to dry.

By the time she finished all this, Xu Huaian had already returned from get off work.

As soon as Xu Huaian entered the house, he saw Shi Qingqian fiddling with persimmons in the yard. He walked over curiously and asked, "Wife, what are you doing?"

"I went to town today and bought some persimmons. I plan to make persimmon cakes."

"Persimmon cake?" Xu Huaian looked at her worriedly. There was nothing he could do. It wasn't that he didn't trust her, but he really didn't want to go through the same experience of being sent to the hospital last time.

When Shi Qingqian saw Xu Huaian's expression, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"What's with that expression on your face? Don't you believe in my strength?!"

Xu Huaian scratched his head and said fearfully, "Wife, it's not that I don't trust you, but when I think about what happened last time, I feel a little scared."

"Don't worry, this is easy to do. Just dry the persimmons, peel them, and hang them up. There won't be anything weird that'll land you in the hospital."

Seeing Shi Qingqian's confident look, Xu Huaian didn't dare to disturb her interest and nodded, "Okay, then I'll wait for the persimmon cake."

"Just please."

Xu Huaian went into the house to change his clothes and came out. He saw Shi Qingqian still looking at the persimmons intently in the yard. He smiled and turned to walk towards the kitchen.

"How about we have noodles tonight?"

"Okay," Shi Qingqian nodded, "Can you roll noodles?"

"A little bit, no problem."

Xu Huaian walked into the kitchen, washed his hands first, and then began to prepare the ingredients and tools needed to make noodles.

He scooped out an appropriate amount of flour from the flour jar and poured it onto the chopping board, and the flour piled up into a small "snow mountain".

Then, he took another small bowl, put a small spoonful of salt in the bowl, added some water, stirred it evenly with chopsticks, and prepared to use it to knead the dough.

He dug a small well in the middle of the flour, slowly poured the salt water into the well, and then began to stir the flour with his hands.

The flour gradually absorbed water and turned into flocs. Xu Huaian began to knead the dough. His movements were very powerful and the dough kept changing shape under his hands.

The dough was a little rough at first, but as he continued to knead it, it became smoother and smoother.

After kneading the dough, Xu Huaian put the dough on the chopping board, covered it with a clean cloth, and let the dough rise for a while.

After Shi Qingqian put the persimmons away, she entered the kitchen and saw Xu Huaian's fluent technique.

"It seems like you really can do it. Did you learn it from mom?"

Xu Huaian nodded when he heard Shi Qingqian's words and said, "Yeah, I saw my mother cook it many times before, so I learned a little bit. Sometimes I have to cook for myself when I go on missions, otherwise I can only eat dry food."

As he spoke, his hands kept moving, and he took this time to start preparing the side dishes for the noodles.

He took out two green onions and some green vegetables from the basket, and the green onions were chopped into thin pieces.

Shi Qingqian took the vegetables and washed each piece carefully and set them aside.

After the dough had risen, Xu Huaian kneaded it again and rolled it into a large thin sheet.

He rolled the dough very carefully, trying to make the thickness of the dough even.

After rolling out, sprinkle dry flour on the dough, then fold the dough like a fan and cut it into even thin strips with a knife.

The cut noodles were thin and evenly cut. Xu Huaian carefully shook the noodles to prevent them from sticking together.

Next, I started boiling water in a pot and put the noodles in after the water boiled.

After the noodles are put into the water, they roll up quickly and are gently stirred with chopsticks to prevent them from sticking to the pot. When the noodles are almost cooked, put the vegetables into the pot and blanch them in boiling water.

Shi Qingqian took out two bowls, put a small lump of lard in each bowl, then added an appropriate amount of salt, a little light soy sauce and a little noodle soup, stirred well to make the soup base.

At this time, the noodles and vegetables are also cooked.

Xu Huaian took out the noodles and vegetables and put them in a bowl. A bowl of steaming hand-rolled vegetable noodles was ready.

Xu Huaian brought two bowls of steaming hot hand-rolled vegetable noodles to the small table in the yard, "Wife, the noodles are ready, come and eat."

Shi Qingqian responded and walked to the small table and sat down.

She looked at the noodles in the bowl. The emerald green vegetables paired with the slender and even noodles exuded an enticing aroma. She couldn't help but say, "These noodles look very appetizing."

Xu Huaian smiled, picked up the chopsticks and said, "Come and try it to see how it tastes."

Shi Qingqian also picked up the chopsticks, picked up the noodles, put them into her mouth and chewed slowly.

The noodles are chewy and firm, the vegetables are fresh and refreshing, and the simple soup base makes them taste very delicious.

"Mmm, it's delicious."

Xu Huaian said with some pride: "That's right, don't you see who did it?"

The two of them ate and talked, and the topic unknowingly turned to the grandparents and grandchildren next door.

Tell him that you spent two thousand yuan to buy a stone.

"Emerald stone?"

Shi Qingqian nodded: "Yes, and the quality is extremely high. It will be worth a lot of money in the future."

Xu Huaian's eyes widened slightly and he looked at her in surprise.

"What's with that look in your eyes? Are you blaming me for not buying it?"

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like