A man travels through time and becomes a widow, only wanting to pursue a career

There were many people standing in the courtyard of Chen Changsheng's house.

Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Cui were responsible for frying three vegetarian dishes, using the stove in the kitchen.

The old lady scooped out two tablespoons of lard from the jar, put it in the pot and slowly melted it, and was about to start frying wild vegetables.

Mrs. Cui was making preparations on the side and couldn't help but ask, "Does it take so much lard to stir-fry wild vegetables?"

Usually when they fry wild vegetables at home, they only put half a spoonful of oil in at most. A little oil and starch is enough. Sometimes they even boil them directly in water and just cook them thoroughly.

"Today is different from the past. You must not pick at the ropes at today's feast." The old lady put the onions, ginger and garlic into the pot and stir-fried, and then asked Cui to pour in the wild vegetables, "You can bargain as much as you want before building the house, but once Once the price is finalized, wages cannot be deducted.

Today is a big day for your sister-in-law's house to build the beams. You want the masters to eat and drink well, especially the craftsmen who are mounting the beams, and not to offend them. Otherwise, people will secretly do some tricks inside, and the house will be uneasy by then. Suffer. "

Mrs. Cui nodded, not expecting that there were so many details and explanations about Shang Liang.

Here they were frying vegetables, and over there Aunt Ma got a coal stove from somewhere and put a big pot on it, which turned into a temporary stove.

She and her second aunt worked together to cook fried beans, fried meat and scrambled eggs with fungus.

Half a fan of pork had long been washed and cut into small pieces, filling a wooden basin. There was also a whole basket of eggs. There were enough meat, eggs, vegetables and ingredients. On such a festive day, it must be filled.

Chen Changsheng is responsible for preparing the pork with dried plums and vegetables.

This dish is one of the must-haves for any banquet.

Put the washed pork belly into a pot of cold water, then add green onions, ginger and other aniseed ingredients. After the water boils, continue to cook for a few minutes, turn over and continue cooking.

After cooking, take it out while it's hot and rub the meat evenly with soy sauce.

There were still a few bamboo sticks left from the snails last time, so Chen Changsheng asked Sanshou to go into the house and take out two.

"Use a bamboo skewer to poke holes in the skin of the meat." She demonstrated again.

Sanshou grabbed a bamboo stick and pricked the flesh directly.

After pricking the holes, smear all the meat pieces with soy sauce, and finally soak them in soy sauce to marinate them for flavor.

While waiting, she started simmering radish and pork ribs soup on the makeshift earthen stove.

This soup is relatively simple to make. Before cooking, fry the ribs in a pot for a while. After the surface turns slightly brown and the aroma of meat comes out, transfer it to the iron pot and simmer slowly.

The pork belly pieces are marinated, and the next step is to slowly fry them over low heat. After frying, let them cool before slicing them. Carefully place the sliced ​​meat into the bowl without messing it up, and then smear each slice with the sauce.

Mrs. Chen brought the prunes over.

At the beginning of summer, the old lady dried and stored fresh wild vegetables. They could be eaten in autumn and winter, and they could also be prepared when there were droughts, floods, and locust plagues.

The fried prunes are spread on the meat slices, and then steaming begins. This step takes half an hour.

The pork ribs were simmering in the iron pot on the side.

Chen Changsheng took a chopstick and poked the ribs. The chopstick could penetrate the surface. She gently put a large basket of white radish in and cooked it.

White radish can absorb excess fat from the ribs, making the soup less greasy and adding sweetness to the soup.

The adults are preparing meals, and the children are not idle either.

The pancakes were bought directly from the city, and the steamed buns were steamed yesterday. The brown flour was mixed with white flour, and a total of 200 buns were steamed.

There were no edible dyes in this era, so Chen Changsheng had no choice but to buy a small bottle from the bracelet store and pour it into a bowl.

She shouted loudly, "Three birthdays and four blessings, you two come here. Call Brother Zhao to put red dots on our steamed buns."

Sanshou took the chopsticks, and Sixi carefully held the paint bowl.

Each of the three children took a chopstick and dipped it in the paint bowl. After the chopsticks were colored, they carefully placed it on the white and plump steamed buns. A happy steamed bun was ordered.

The white and big steamed buns, with a red dot on top, are so beautiful that people can't help but smile just by looking at them.

Chen's yard was filled with the aroma of vegetables, meat, eggs and steamed buns. For a moment, everyone's noses didn't know which one to smell, so they could only sniff and swallow.

"Dafu Niang, your skills are so amazing! I don't think the chefs in the city's restaurants can compare to your skills." Aunt Ma was frying fungus scrambled eggs while raising her head to praise, "I just saw you making that braised pork with dried plums and vegetables." , it’s really calm and comfortable.”

Chen Changsheng was also extremely confident in his craftsmanship. He smiled without humility and said, "It's not bad, it's not bad. There are many children at home and they are tricky, so I don't dare to be bad at my craftsmanship. It should be good if you practice more."

Aunt Ma was very self-aware and shook her head and said, "I'd better forget it, my craftsmanship is just average. When the two new kilns are built, I don't know if I will be able to make a living in cooking. At that time, I can only cook outside the home. Rely on my family’s mouth.”

Ever since Chen Changsheng told her last time that she had full authority to manage the kiln factory, Aunt Ma has been really busy and sometimes she can't even take care of her children. Fortunately, Tiedan and Dongmei's children are quite well-behaved and sensible, so they don't have to worry so much.

Ma Daqiang's father and mother left early, and he was the only young couple in the family. They had to do farm work in the fields, and Tiedan and Dongmei had to take care of their children.

Aunt Ma first took charge of the kiln factory. After earning 800 yuan a month, her husband went to the city to work part-time less often.

Basically all the farm work in the fields is left to her husband, and he takes care of the two children. The most Aunt Ma can do is cook a mid-day meal and wash the clothes at home.

Later, after the monthly income increased to one and a half silver, Aunt Ma had even less time to spare.

At night, the couple were lying on the bed chatting. She also asked her husband if he felt resentful about doing these farm chores and taking care of the children every day. Aren't you afraid that people in the village will say that he is a softie and useless?

Ma Daqiang didn't care, saying that taking good care of his wife and children was a big deal, so how could it be regarded as nothing but trivial matters.

The daughter-in-law is working hard to earn money outside, and it is most useless for a man to act like a boss. I'm just worried that my daughter-in-law is working too hard, and I hate that I can't help share some of the work in the kiln.

"Daqiang is very good. I will listen to you in everything."

Aunt Ma nodded, "Indeed."

The two of them chatted, and the pork with dried plums and vegetables was finally steamed. All that was left was to put the pork upside down on a plate and sprinkle with chopped green onion.

All the dishes are almost ready.

Dafu's voice came from outside the yard.

"Mother, mother, Mr. Li Zheng called you over. He said the auspicious time was coming soon, and he was just waiting for you to come over and start."

"Just come!"

Chen Changsheng wiped his hands, told Mrs. Chen the rest, and went to the new house.