In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

Chicken soup was stewing in the pot, and Grandma He started cooking fish in another pot.

The He family had a teaching official, so they were still wealthier than other families in Shiliu Village.

The kitchen alone is quite large, with two pots for cooking, a pot for cooking pig feed, a separate stove for cooking rice, and a large iron pot and stove for cooking wine.

Two stoves are not used for normal cooking. They are only used during festivals, weddings and when guests come to the house to prepare big dishes.

The method of making sour soup fish is not difficult.

Old Mrs. He picked up a whole fish, cut open the head, and took out the gills and teeth.

She said, "You must clean the teeth and gills, so that the fish won't smell so fishy. Do you remember that?"

"Yeah, remember."

Old Mrs. He cut the fish into pieces. He Qiudi couldn't help but admire her knife skills.

She managed to cut a fish weighing more than four pounds into pieces of similar size.

Heat the pan dry, add oil, bring to a boil, add wild ginger, garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, add fish pieces and fry until both sides are browned, then add water, a little salt, dried cornel, pepper and star anise, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and add salt again.

The chicken soup was particularly fragrant at this moment. Grandma He scrubbed and washed the soaked mushrooms again, squeezed out the water, and put the mushrooms into the chicken soup pot.

The soup had already turned light yellow and was bubbling in the pot. He Qiudi swallowed his saliva again in frustration.

smell good.

As far as she could remember, she seemed to have never smelled such delicious chicken soup.

It may be that the original owner's body was too malnourished.

Before serving the chicken soup or fish soup, sprinkle some chopped wild onions on it to make the aroma more intense.

She was so greedy that her mouth was watering. She couldn't hear what Old Lady He was saying about how to make chicken soup and fish soup. She just wanted to eat.

Going hunting again tomorrow!

Eat game!

Pah. Eat country food~

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Grandma He taught the two simple home-cooked dishes we made tonight very carefully.

After these two meat dishes were finished, the remaining three vegetarian dishes were given to Xu. One was fried eggs with chicken oil and dried radish, one was stir-fried green vegetables with chicken soup, and the last one was egg and dried mustard greens soup.

After much persuasion, at He Qiudi's strong request, the "pot washing water" was not used to continue cooking tonight, but was poured out and used to stew pigs.

In addition to the chicken soup and fish soup, He Qiudi also ate these three vegetarian dishes. There was less oil, so the taste was not very good, but it tasted very fragrant after chewing for a long time, and it could barely be considered a good specialty.

The main course tonight was the mixed flour steamed buns and white flour steamed buns made by Old Lady He. He Qiudi ate two white flour steamed buns and felt a little full.

After dinner, He Qiudi took advantage of everyone's inattention and went to the village entrance in the dark, put a lot of water into the old well and pond, and then turned back.

Old Mrs. He was looking for her all over the room: "Where have you been at this late hour?"

"I'll just walk around the village to help digest the food."

Pomegranate Village is a village where residents gather.

There is a wall around it, and there is generally no danger as long as you don't go to remote places at night.

Many years ago, Ningyuan County suffered from wars and wolf attacks all year round. Everyone united together and built a concentrated village. They also built adobe walls on the outside. Starting yesterday, the head of the village and the elders arranged young and strong people to patrol. Now every household has not slept much, and it is relatively safe to walk in the village.

"Don't go out at night in the future. If you scare people, I'll see what you can do." Old Lady He looked up at the moonlit sky and urged. "Go to bed early."

"Mother, I understand."

He Qiudi agreed verbally, and after Old Lady He entered the room, she looked for He Qingya all over the yard again. She didn't find He Qingya, but she saw He Qinglu going to the toilet.

"Qinglu."

"Aunt, you called me?"

"Yeah. Where's your sister? Ask her to come to my room for a minute."

He Qiudi entered his room and just lit the tung oil lamp when He Qingya knocked on the door and came in.

"Aunt, you're looking for me?"

"Ah."

He Qiudi rummaged through her small bag, took out a penny and handed it to her: "Shoe washer."

"Thank you, Auntie."

He Qingya took the money without any emotion, "Anything else?"

He Qiudi thought about it and shook his head, "No more. I'll find you when I think of it."

"Then I'll go back to the house and rest."

The second branch of the He family lived in the west wing of the He family.

The west wing has two bedrooms and a kitchen facing the vegetable garden.

As soon as He Qingya entered the room, Xu came in.

"Er Ya, what is your aunt looking for you for?"

He Qingya clenched the penny in her hand and said expressionlessly, "My aunt asked me to help water the sweet potatoes she planted tomorrow."

"Ah." Mrs. Xu said in a dull tone, "Mother is sorry for you. You are three months older than her, but you can only be her maid and serve her."

Having said this, Xu felt even more depressed.

They are all girls from the He family, but they have different fates.

Xu reached out and pulled He Qingya's arm, and warned her, "Qingya, you have to remember the dishes your grandma taught you to cook, okay?"

"Don't worry, mother. I will remember it well."

Xu said with a bitter face: "You must remember to coax your grandma and let her pass on all her skills to you. Your grandma is the legitimate daughter of the imperial chef. Back then, the Meng family was implicated and the whole family was exiled to Ningyuan County. Fortunately, not long after, the late emperor issued a general amnesty and she was restored to civilian status."

"But she didn't have the money to go back to the capital at that time. After marrying your grandfather, she relied on cooking for others to host banquets for people in the surrounding area and set up the He family's business. Otherwise, how could the family have the money to buy land and support your uncle and two younger uncles to study. You have to work hard to support our second branch, understand? Mother will rely on you in the future."

Relying on her cooking skills, Grandma He and Grandpa He built a big house in Shiliu Village and established a business.

There are five rooms in the main house, and two and a half side rooms on the left and right, which are used as bathrooms for men and women.

There are three rooms in the east and west wing.

But there is no hall.

Of the three rooms in the west wing, one was used as a kitchen, and the other two were for the second family to live in, one for the second brother and his wife, and one for He Qingya and her sister.

Of the three rooms in the east wing, one was used as a storage room, the other two were for the third family, one was for the third brother and his wife, and the other was for the two brothers Dalang and Sanlang.

Not far behind the east wing, two rooms were built, one for He Huaijin and He Huaibi to live in, and the other for them to study.

There are yards in front and back, with adobe walls, vegetable gardens in the front and back yards, a chicken coop and firewood pile in the front yard, and pig and sheep pens and cattle pens in the back yard, with pomegranate trees, jujube trees, persimmon trees, etc. planted.

The He family is the only one with such a huge fortune in Shiliu Village.

In Xu's eyes, it was Old Lady He who made great contributions to the He family's success.

And this credit is all earned by this cooking skill.

In the past two years, as He Huaizhang has become an official, it is inconvenient for Old Lady He to go out and host banquets because of her status.

But in this surrounding area, someone has to prepare the wedding, funeral and birthday banquets.

Seeing that Old Lady He was willing to teach He Qingya how to cook, Xu wanted her to learn how to prepare banquets so that she could use the connections that Old Lady He had accumulated when she prepared banquets for others in the past and make some money.

Xu hesitated for a moment and added, "Mother is planning to keep you at home and marry you in. Mother believes in you, you are no worse than Dalang and the others."

He Qingya nodded heavily: "Mother, I will study hard."

She always felt that her mother took it too easy.

Grandma only taught her how to cook, but she didn't say she would teach her all the skills.

and.

The person grandma wants to teach is my aunt.

My aunt is more talented than her and learns much faster than her.

In the future, the person who will take over Grandma's legacy will definitely be the old aunt, not her.

But looking at A Niang's expectant eyes, He Qingya had to swallow the words in her mouth.

Xu reached out and touched He Qingya's head, smiling with satisfaction, "Qingya, your grandma favors boys over girls, so you have to work harder to gain your grandma's appreciation. The only people that grandma can rely on are you and Qinglu, so you two must strive to do well."

"Mother." He Qingya repeated, "I will study hard."

Do your best, listen to destiny.

She didn't know how well she could learn. But she could only try her best to learn. Even if she couldn't be as good as her grandmother and get invited to banquets in the city, she could still earn a living with her skills and support their family.