The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

The next day,

sunny,

The rooster crows and the dog barks.

Shen Cao slept until she naturally woke up.

Stretched.

By noon,

Shen Cao first packed ten different flavors of qingtuan that she had made yesterday.

Then, I picked out a large bunch of greens that I had asked Xiaoyu to buy that morning, neatly picked them out, and washed them clean.

She went to the warehouse and took out a small piece of salted meat, as well as Cantonese sausages made for the Lunar New Year.

Wash the dust off the salted meat and sausage with hot water.

Dice the salted pork and slice the sausage.

She then took a clean scallion, a few cloves of garlic, and a few slices of ginger from Xiaoyu.

She first poured some rapeseed oil into the pot and heated it up.

She poured in the ginger slices and cooked them until they turned golden brown. Then she added the diced salted pork and sausage to the pot.

Then I added chopped green onions and minced garlic.

After thinking for a moment, she took the shiitake mushrooms that Xiaoyu had soaked, chopped them into small pieces, and poured them in.

After stir-frying for a few seconds, the fat of the sausage and salted pork turned translucent, and the aroma was brought out by the high temperature.

She scooped out the stir-fried ingredients and poured them into the rice cooker that already contained raw rice.

Spread the stir-fried ingredients out evenly, cover the pot, and start steaming the rice.

About 15 minutes later, the rice was cooked.

Unlike steamed rice in the past, this time the steamed rice not only has the aroma of rice, but also a rich pork aroma and a sweet sausage flavor.

"It smells so good, Sister Cao'er! What kind of food is this? It smells so good!" Xiaoyu and Wanyue sniffed hard.

"It's not ready yet. You can try it when it's done. I guarantee it will be delicious."

Shen Cao spoke mysteriously.

The most important element of a good rice dish is its vibrant green vegetables.

She chopped the greens into small pieces, filling a whole large bowl.

"So many green vegetables?" Wanyue pouted; she disliked green vegetables the most.

Shen Cao smiled and said, "I knew you guys didn't like vegetables, that's why I made rice and vegetables for you."

Actually, she suddenly thought of Grandma Zhou yesterday—no, she should be called Grandmother now.

Her digestive system has only just recovered, so she shouldn't eat too many qingtuan (glutinous rice dumplings). Qingtuan are made of glutinous rice, which is not easy to digest.

She also thought that the elderly should eat more vegetables, and this vegetable dish was also a kind of hometown food for her grandmother.

When she was little and didn't like eating vegetables, her grandfather would always cook vegetables and rice for her. His cooking always had lots of greens and meat, with very little rice.

It tastes amazing, and she can eat two bowls every time.

She poured some lard into the pot, and after the lard melted, she added the greens and quickly stir-fried them over high heat until the moisture evaporated.

Then add a little salt to taste.

The vegetables were stir-fried until they were a vibrant, bright green.

She scooped the stir-fried vegetables into the rice cooker.

Then use a spatula to mix the rice, salted meat, sausage, and mushrooms in the rice bucket evenly.

I took a bite and then added some soy sauce for seasoning.

The rice, a mix of dark brown and green, is wrapped in various ingredients, including meat and vegetables.

The rice, glistening with oil, looked incredibly appetizing.

Shen Cao served a small bowl to Wan Yue and Xiao Yu who were waiting on the side, and then served herself a small bowl.

I scooped up a spoonful and put it in my mouth. The vegetables had a light, fresh aroma, but most of the flavor was overpowered by the savory sauce, meat, and mushrooms.

The vegetables are barely noticeable, but you can still taste their texture and flavor.

The rice, infused with oil, has a wonderfully chewy texture, and the various ingredients burst forth in your mouth.

Even though she had tasted it before, she still quickly finished a bowl.

After finishing his meal, he licked his lips as if he still wanted more.

The other two were so engrossed in their food that they forgot to talk.

But like Shen Cao, their bowls were spotless after they finished eating, except for being a little oily.

Shen Cao filled a porcelain basin with water and put it into the lunchbox.

She was just about to leave the kitchen when she saw Ji Lingfeng in the yard.

This guy always arrives at the perfect time.

He came neither early nor late, but the food was ready.

"Brother Ji, I've made some rice and vegetables, would you like to try some?"

It's already time, he probably won't eat it.

I made an appointment with him yesterday to visit Grandma Zhou together today.

"Rice with vegetables?" This was the first time he had ever heard of it.

Just as I was about to ask what the dish was, I heard a sound coming from the kitchen.

"delicious."

"Xiaoyu, give me another bowl."

Shen Cao, ...

Ji Lingfeng, ...

"Then why don't you give me a bowl to try too?" After all, everyone inside was eating with their mouths full of oil.

Upon arriving at the Zhou residence, Ji Lingfeng first went to Zhou Zhengxiong's study.

Shen Cao then went to Old Madam Zhou's room with practiced ease.

Grandma Zhou had been waiting in her room for a long time.

During this period, her happiest moment each day was waiting for Shen Cao to come.

Because she always brings delicious food when she comes.

"Why didn't you go out today?" She glanced at her grandson, Zhou Qingzhu, who was sitting next to her.

This grandson would greet her and then leave.

But ever since he ate the pastries made by Shen Cao from my place two days ago.

He didn't mention that he had things to do outside, and unusually even played chess with the old lady.

However, his eyes kept glancing towards the door.

This guy is also a good eater.

"Grandma, I brought you some new delicious food today."

Shen Caoren's voice arrived before he did.

Grandma Zhou smiled and told Granny Zhang to quickly help her sit up.

She saw Zhou Qingzhu, who had just been sitting obediently opposite her, carefully thinking about her next move.

They had all run to the door at some point, lifted the curtain, and were waiting for Shen Cao.

Shen Cao never expected to see Zhou Qingzhu at the old lady's place.

She nodded, "Brother Qingzhu." She was now considered Grandma Zhou's granddaughter.

Zhou Qingzhu smiled and nodded, taking the food box from her hand.

"Thank you for your hard work, sister."

Wow, this food box is quite heavy. Sister Cao must have made a lot of delicious food today.

Thankfully, I canceled my plans to meet up with my friend today.

In the private room of Zuixianlou Restaurant, Zhou Qingzhu's friend looked at the table full of dishes and suddenly sneezed.

"If he doesn't come, he'll miss out on the delicious food."

"Grandma, didn't you say you wanted something sweet the other day? I made you something nice today."

As Shen Cao spoke to Old Mrs. Zhou, who was walking towards the table, she took the contents out of the food box.

Before she could even begin to introduce herself...

Grandma Zhou exclaimed with delight, "Green rice dumplings and vegetable rice!!!"

Two days ago, she saw mugwort in the garden and it reminded her of the green rice dumplings she often ate in spring.

Unexpectedly, Shen Cao prepared it and delivered it to her today.

She really liked this child more and more the more she looked at him.

She'll have to go to the warehouse later to check if there's any jewelry in her dowry that's suitable for her age.

Give it to her, give it all to her.

Zhou Qingzhu was already five years old when she lived in Hangzhou.

But even though he had eaten qingtuan before, he had long forgotten about it.

Judging from his grandmother's expression, he felt that staying today was the right thing to do.

He likes this younger sister.

These green glutinous rice balls are the same color as the bracelet he saw in the jewelry shop a couple of days ago.

He would go buy more after he finished eating.