Eating melons

Thinking of the ginseng I bought today, I also bought the angelica, lotus seeds and wolfberries that Jiang Qi mentioned. Remembering that my mother used to put cordyceps flowers, codonopsis and red dates in the old duck soup, I bought a lot of cordyceps flowers, codonopsis and red dates.

I didn't buy much of these things, just one pound of lotus seeds, half a pound of angelica, half a pound of codonopsis and one hundred grams of cordyceps flowers.

There weren't many things, but it cost Wei Wei several hundred dollars.

But when she took the things out, Wei Wei looked at the pile of things on the kang and thought, okay! It was her fault for not knowing the value of the things. The few hundred yuan she spent was well worth it.

Not to mention the huge amount of things, as soon as they were taken out, Wei Wei smelled a strong medicinal fragrance, and it was a pretty pleasant smell.

Thinking about having stir-fried rabbit meat in the evening, Wei Wei bought a lot of dried chili segments, Sichuan peppercorns and other seasonings. As for the spices, she had given a big bag to Jiang Qi before, but she hasn't used much of it yet.

Seeing that rice was on sale for only one yuan per pound, Wei Wei bought two thousand pounds without thinking.

You have to know that they will have to live here for several years. She and Jiang Qi need to eat every day, and Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin will occasionally come to eat. They have to buy things anyway, so they might as well buy more while the price is low.

Because this kind of rice is good rice, Wei Wei also bought a lot of broken rice for feeding pigs and chickens, and mixed it with the rice if there were people.

Wei Wei was speechless when she thought of this. She had fallen to the point where she had to compete with pigs for food. The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt.

Wei Wei was so busy shopping that she didn't notice the passage of time at all. She only realized it when she accidentally saw that it was already past four o'clock.

"Hey! It's so late, Jiang Qi hasn't gotten up yet?"

However, Wei Wei did not call her, but got up and steamed rice first.

They all use pots to steam rice instead of cooking it in a big pot. One reason is that both Wei Wei and Jiang Qi are not good at controlling the fire.

Another reason, which is also the main reason, is that they both like to eat this kind of rice crust. It’s okay to eat a little occasionally, but they really don’t like it if they eat too much.

If you don’t like the food, it would be a waste of rice to cook it every day.

Wei Wei was steaming rice when she finally heard some movement from Jiang Qi's side. Hearing the noise inside, she hurried over and knocked on the door.

Wei Wei: "Jiang Qi, are you awake?"

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Qi's voice came from inside, "Here I come."

As soon as Wei Wei entered the room, she smelled the fragrance inside and quickly closed the door.

Wei Wei: "You must have been cooking for quite a while like this. You didn't sleep at noon! I thought you just woke up!"

Jiang Qi: "I did just get up not long ago. I steamed this at noon. It's been steaming for several hours. I just transferred it to the small pot to warm it up. They should be back soon! I can cook it now!"

Wei Wei: "Let's stir-fry! It's not dinner time yet, and there aren't that many people outside. We can't close the door for stir-frying, otherwise it'll be too choking."

Jiang Qi thought about it and said, "Okay, then you can help me light the fire!"

Wei Wei nodded and went outside to grab a handful of firewood. "Aunt Liu and the others should be bringing us firewood for the winter!"

Jiang Qi: "If nothing unexpected happens, the food will be distributed in the next few days. At that time, we will also give out some of the corn stalks and soybean seedlings. We can use them as firewood to start the fire, and we can also put them on top of the firewood to prevent rain and water."

Wei Wei: "It's time to distribute food. The captain must have been very busy these past few days! No wonder he was so irritable yesterday. It was like my period was coming. No, it was like my uncle was coming."

Hearing Wei Wei's words, Jiang Qi burst out laughing. "The captain did look quite grumpy yesterday, but it would be strange for him to look better after something like that happened, not to mention that he's so busy right now."

Jiang Qi shook the things in his hand and said, "Step aside, I'm adding the ingredients. It will explode in a moment. I soaked the ingredients in water."

When Wei Wei heard this, she immediately stepped back. The last time Jiang Qi was frying sesame oil, she was lighting the fire and the oil splashed all over her body, which hurt her terribly. Fortunately, it didn't leave a scar.

And it happened more than once. One time, when Jiang Qi was frying fish, she was lighting the fire and the oil splashed out. Her hands were burned red and several drops of oil splashed on her face. She screamed in pain and almost scared both her and Jiang Qi to death.

"Cough cough cough, cough cough, this is too choking!"

Jiang Qi: "That's right, that's why I seldom stir-fry. One reason is that the smoke is too strong, and the other is that the smell is too strong and can't be concealed at all.

For example, when we make soup, we use a clay pot, and we usually do it late at night, with the door tightly closed, so it’s basically unnoticed.”

Wei Wei: "It's okay, Xiao Xuemu has a clear way out of this thing anyway."

Xiao Xuemu: "I have passed the clear path of what is this."

"Fuck."

Wei Wei, who was busy making a fire, was startled when she heard Xiao Xuemu's words.

At this time, Li Zhibin also rushed out from behind, "Wei Wei, you are so depressed that you are planning to get into trouble."

Wei Wei: "Are you blind? Can't you see I was so scared that I lost my balance? This stool is so low, and my legs are so long. How could I not fall down after being startled?"

Li Zhibin: "What kind of evil thing have you done? You're frightened by two of us standing here. As for the length of your legs~"

Li Zhibin smiled and glanced at her meaningfully. To Wei Wei, the smile on Li Zhibin's face was endless mockery.

When Wei Wei heard his words, her face turned dark. This was a clear personal attack. When Jiang Qi saw Wei Wei's eyes, he immediately mourned for Li Zhibin.

Wei Wei smiled gently at Jiang Qi, "I want this rabbit meat to be spicy."

Jiang Qi smiled and said, "Okay."

After saying that, he grabbed a handful of pickled peppers from the jar. Considering that Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin couldn't eat spicy food, Jiang Qi added some dried chili segments to make the dish only slightly spicy.

Li Zhibin looked at the amount of chili peppers that would be lethal to him and quickly protested, "I refuse, I resist."

Wei Wei: "Resistance is futile. She eats whatever Jiang Qi cooks."

Li Zhibin: "She obviously didn't make enough chilies. You were the one who asked for it first."

Wei Wei smiled at him proudly, "But Jiang Qi also likes spicy food!"

Seeing Jiang Qi chopping the peppers, and then looking at Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin standing in the wind, Wei Wei smiled maliciously, secretly added a handful of broken branches, and added a big fire.

As the fire got stronger, Jiang Qi added some peppers, and Wei Wei immediately buried her face in her arms.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin thought that there was something on her face and she wiped it off, but they realized they were wrong in a few seconds.

"Cough cough cough, cough cough cough."

"Cough cough cough, cough cough cough."

The two of them hurried out and left the vent.

Li Zhibin, "Oh my god, I choked to death, tears came out."

Both of them thought of Wei Wei's actions just now, and knew that this was Wei Wei's revenge on Li Zhibin, and Xiao Xuemu was purely an unprovoked disaster and was implicated.

The two of them dared to go in only after the pungent smell inside had dissipated.

Li Zhibin: "Wei Wei, you definitely did it on purpose."

Wei Wei pretended not to understand, "What are you talking about? Can you please stop accusing people wrongly?"

Li Zhibin: "You dare to say that you didn't deliberately increase the fire just now?"

Wei Wei looked at Jiang Qi with an innocent look on her face and said, "Is there anything wrong with using high heat to reduce the sauce?"

Jiang Qi shook his head. "No, okay, just another cabbage and we can eat."

Wei Wei immediately stood up and said, "I'll go see if the meal is ready."

Xiao Xuemu thought of the bucket Wei Wei used to steam rice, "Let me take it!"

After saying that, he followed him out the door.

Li Zhibin looked at himself now that he was free, and asked, "What else should I do?"

"Take the chicken out of the small pot."

Everyone was very familiar with each other, so Jiang Qi was not polite at all when giving orders, and he didn't even raise his head when speaking.

Li Zhibin: "Okay."

After saying that, he quickly brought the dishes to the table and set the table.

The dishes here were cooked, but the rice over there was not yet cooked, so Wei Wei and Xiao Xuemu returned empty-handed.

Wei Wei: "The meal will be ready in a while."

Jiang Qi: "It's okay, eat the food first. There's so much food, eat as much as you can, it's best not to leave any."