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

"Today, my sister is making wolf tooth potatoes and candied sweet potatoes."

"Wolf tooth potatoes? Candied sweet potatoes?" Li Xiaoyu had never even seen them before, let alone eaten them.

"Never heard of it, huh? You'll find out in a bit."

“My older sister always makes us a bunch of dishes we’ve never heard of before. You’ll see them more often and you’ll understand.” Shen Wan appeared in the kitchen at some point.

"Sister, how much longer until it gets better? We can't wait any longer."

"Almost done, go wash your hands, it'll be ready soon."

Hearing her sister's words, Shen Wan happily skipped to the backyard. She was going to call her friends to go to the main room to wash their hands and prepare to eat the food her sister had made.

Li Xiaoyu looked at Shen Cao in disbelief after hearing her words. She had only fried potatoes and sweet potatoes, so how could they be ready so quickly?

Just as she was in shock, she heard Shen Cao's voice.

"Xiaoyu, pound the garlic with a mortar and pestle."

Li Xiaoyu composed herself, took the mortar and pestle, and began pounding the garlic.

She saw Shen Cao pick up the washed cilantro and scallions and chop them into small pieces.

Then she took out a bowl and put some sesame seeds, salt, sugar, and several other seasonings that she didn't recognize, one of which looked very sticky.

"This is oyster sauce, a seasoning my sister made herself. This is MSG, also made by my sister." To avoid misunderstanding, she could only say that she made the oyster sauce and MSG herself. Anyway, the seasonings she poured out of her storage space would automatically replenish themselves, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she made them herself.

Anyway, no one can expose her.

Li Xiaoyu nodded and handed over the pounded garlic.

Shen Cao poured all the garlic into the bowl, then took a large spoon and scooped a spoonful of hot oil from the pan into it.

Almost the instant the oil was poured into the basin, it sizzled.

Shen Cao quickly stirred the seasonings in the bowl with chopsticks, and Li Xiaoyu smelled a fragrant aroma mixed with garlic and seasonings.

It smells wonderful.

That wasn't all. Shen Cao then poured in soy sauce and a little vinegar, along with chopped cilantro and scallions.

After mixing well, she poured the freshly fried potato chunks into the seasoning bowl and mixed them well.

"The wolf tooth potatoes are ready, have a taste." Shen Cao picked up a piece of wolf tooth potato and held it to Li Xiaoyu's mouth.

Li Xiaoyu was worried about burning herself, so she carefully blew on the potatoes. Looking at the potato chunks in front of her, which were covered with seasoning and had a few pieces of chopped cilantro and scallions stuck to the surface, she finally understood what Shen Cao meant when he said that the shape of the potatoes was to allow them to absorb more seasoning.

She put the potato in her mouth; the temperature was just right.

The first thing you smell upon tasting it is the aroma of garlic, which you simultaneously detect in your nose. After taking a bite, you find crispy potatoes with a surprisingly soft and fluffy interior.

The seasoning on the surface is just right, not salty at all, with a hint of sourness in its umami flavor. You can't taste the sourness at all unless you taste it carefully. The cilantro and scallions add a unique fragrance.

"Ouch!" Li Xiaoyu bit her tongue.

"Xiaoyu wants to eat meat."

Li Xiaoyu was too embarrassed to say that it was so delicious that she bit her tongue, so she could only nod in agreement with Shen Cao's statement.

I'll cook you a bowl of wontons in a bit.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Cao started making candied sweet potatoes.

She took another wok, scooped in a small spoonful of oil, and then added a spoonful of white sugar.

Li Xiaoyu was shocked when she saw that big spoonful of white sugar.

How much would a spoonful of sugar cost?

Shen Cao beckoned Li Xiaoyu over and asked her to look at her.

"Once the sugar is put into the pot, you need to start stirring with a spoon."

"Keep stirring until the sugar dissolves, and continue stirring."

"Wait until the sugar changes color and starts to bubble, then count to ten, and then pour in the sweet potato."

"At this time, take the firewood out of the stove."

"Just mix the sugar and sweet potato evenly."

Li Xiaoyu saw that the fried sweet potato chunks were now covered with a caramelized syrup.

The sweet potato chunks were all wrapped up into a big lump, and they didn't look very appetizing.

Shen Cao poured in some more sesame seeds, and immediately the sweet potato looked much better and more appetizing.

After Shen Cao served the candied sweet potatoes, he picked up a piece with his chopsticks. The sweet potato piece, which was originally covered, was difficult to pick out, and the syrup miraculously stretched into long sugar threads.

After finally stretching the sugar strands, a magical scene unfolded: the originally soft sugar strands suddenly became brittle and broke at the slightest touch.

Li Xiaoyu put the candied sweet potato into her mouth, and it was completely different from the softness she had imagined; the surface was very hard.

She took a big bite; the crisp sugar coating wrapped around the soft, sweet sweet potato, making it very delicious, with a milky aftertaste.

"It's delicious." Li Xiaoyu now completely believed Shen Wan and Shen Qing's words; her older sister's cooking really was delicious.

Just after she swallowed the candied sweet potato, Shen Wan and Shen Qing walked in.

"Sister, we've come to serve the dishes."

Shen Wan handed over the wolf-tooth potatoes and candied sweet potatoes.

The candied sweet potatoes are served in a small bowl, while the wolf-tooth potatoes are served in a large bowl.

Shen Cao thought that there were many of them, so she made more.

Upon entering the main room, everyone else had already washed their hands and were sitting obediently at the table waiting.

Shen Cao left some for his parents, and his eldest brother went out early this morning to find Grand Tutor Zhou.

The aroma of the wolf-tooth potatoes and candied sweet potatoes was already enticing when they were served. The garlicky and savory flavor of the wolf-tooth potatoes, along with the cilantro, and the sweetness of the candied sweet potatoes, made their mouths water.

Shen Cao was still introducing things to the group, but they had long since drifted off into their own thoughts.

He just kept nodding.

Shen Cao looked at them with amusement, "Alright, I won't keep you from eating any longer, you can take your time."

Shen Cao took the food that had been left for her parents in the kitchen to the front.

"Father, Mother, I just made some wolf tooth potatoes and candied sweet potatoes. Please try them."

She took the spoon from her mother and continued wrapping wontons.

Mr. and Mrs. Shen went to the back to wash their hands and then started eating.

"Cao'er, is this a new dish you made today?" Father Shen felt that although the wolf tooth potatoes and candied sweet potatoes were delicious, they weren't very appetizing.

Shen Cao then told her about what had happened to her younger brother and sister that day.

"You spoil your younger brother and sister too much. They'll be ruined sooner or later," Shen's mother advised her.

“Mother, if I don’t spoil my younger brother and sister, who will? Don’t worry, they are very sensible.”

"You!" Knowing she couldn't persuade her, Shen's mother gave up.

Alright, she'll be the strict mother from now on.

"Excuse me, do you have any food left in the store?" a voice suddenly rang out.

Shen Cao had her back to the door and didn't see the person coming in. "Please come in, sir. We have everything except boxed meals."

"Master, let's go with this place. I've heard that the food here is delicious."

"alright."

Shen Cao felt that one of the voices sounded familiar.

Just as she was about to turn around to greet the guests, her father stepped forward first and beckoned to the two of them.

"Then give us two bowls of chicken soup wontons!"

Hearing the increasingly familiar voice, Shen Cao quietly turned around.

Holy crap, no way! It was him!