Reborn in 1977

Chapter 23: The Importance of Nutrition

When Chen Fan was a child, he lived in the countryside with his maternal grandparents until he was six or seven years old and returned to the city to attend elementary school. At that time, he often listened to the elders telling stories, so he knew something about the rural areas here in the past. He had a particularly deep impression of a few things, one of which was drinking.

He was sure that the liquor in Captain Yang's house was definitely not bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, but was homemade liquor brewed in the countryside.

In this era, there were no private wineries, and all liquor was sold uniformly by the supply and marketing cooperative.

However, the more people who do heavy physical labor, the more they love to smoke and drink.

The workers in the city can still buy the cheapest "Economic" brand cigarettes for 8 cents a pack (5 cents in some places), and buy "bulk white liquor" for 50 cents a pound.

However, the commune members in the countryside couldn't afford even these few cents or dimes, and they didn't have the means to travel far to buy them, so they tried to "produce and use" themselves.

They grow their own tobacco leaves, bake them themselves, and smoke them themselves. Some even smoke dry tree leaves just to get their fix. Finding their own grain and brewing liquor to drink is a small operation.

Of course, not everyone knows how to brew liquor. People who can't brew but want to drink have to find villagers nearby who know how to brew liquor to buy liquor from them.

This kind of homemade liquor is much cheaper than the supply and marketing cooperative, only two or three cents a pound.

Farmers' homes cannot have testing equipment. Whether the liquor is brewed well depends entirely on experience, and the quality is naturally uneven. If it is brewed well, the taste is better than the liquor sold by the supply and marketing cooperative for one or two yuan a pound. If it is not brewed well, learn about methanol poisoning!

So, how dare Chen Fan drink Captain Yang's liquor? What if he drinks himself to death and then transmigrates back?

If it were really possible, he would like to, but he wouldn't dare to gamble.

Before Captain Yang could speak, Chen Fan picked up the basket and said sternly, "Captain, there are still two bowls here, prepared for Accountant Liu and Storekeeper Huang. Where are their homes? I'll take them over."

Captain Yang waved his hand, "Xiaomei and Xiaolan, you go and deliver them."

The two girls immediately picked up one each and ran out carefully.

Chen Fan saw that this was a rhythm of being held back and not allowed to leave?

There was no way, he could only not even bother to take the two bowls, and left a sentence, "Captain, you guys eat, I'm going back."

Saying that, he turned around and ran out. Captain Yang couldn't stop him in time, so he successfully escaped.

At this time, the sky was already dark. He walked forward in large strides wrapped in a cotton-padded coat, and returned to the educated youth compound in a few minutes.

The courtyard door is not closed during the day, but it still has to be closed at night, right?

Chen Fan closed the door and inserted the bolt, walked to the kitchen and took a look, and couldn't help but his face collapsed, "I told you not to wait, why didn't you listen to the advice, aren't you afraid that Captain Yang will keep me at his place to eat? The dishes are probably cold."

Jiang Lili was sitting at the table, supporting her chin with both hands, not knowing what she was thinking. When she saw him come back, she immediately stood up, reached out and touched the casserole, and lowered her head embarrassedly, "I'll heat it up."

The temperature is low in winter, and the turtle pot that was steaming just now only has a little temperature left at this time. Although it is not completely cold, the fishy smell in the dishes is much stronger.

Chen Fan was not polite, "Add some water to the pot, and steam it the same way as before. By the way, is there any water in the jar?"

Saying that, he put down the basket, walked over and uncovered the jar lid. It was full of water, but it was cold.

One of them lit the fire and the other scooped water into the steamer.

Although today was the first day they met, their cooperation was like they had been living together for several years.

After covering the pot lid, the fire in the stove also burned up. Jiang Lili then asked, "Why not just boil it directly?"

Boiling directly is much faster than steaming over water.

Chen Fan shook his head with a smile, "If there is no casserole, it's okay, but since there is a casserole, don't use a big pot. The big pot is for cooking rice. When you turn around, even the rice will have the turtle taste, which is not very delicious."

"Oh."

Jiang Lili nodded suddenly, and then didn't know what to say.

She looked at the fire in the stove shining on Chen Fan's face, making his handsome face red, like the sunset glow in the evening, illuminating the evening sky.

For a while, she couldn't help but be a little dazed.

Chen Fan stuffed a straw bundle into the stove. The raging fire pounced on his face, stimulating his skin to be hot and painful. He quickly took the fire poker and poked it inside, then got up and walked aside.

Jiang Lili then came back to her senses, quickly lowered her head, and then saw the empty basket, and suddenly thought of the bowls, "Didn't you bring the bowls back?"

Bowls are important assets. Delivering food is okay, but delivering bowls is not!

Chen Fan turned his head and smiled, "Oh, Captain Yang insisted on pulling me to drink. I didn't want to drink, so I simply didn't take the bowls and ran back first. Captain Yang's two daughters helped deliver Accountant Liu's and Storekeeper Huang's. It's okay, I'll go get them again tomorrow."

After saying that, he suddenly realized that Jiang Lili seemed a little awkward.

Has she been lonely for too long and doesn't know how to get along with people?

But it doesn't matter, chatting is my strength. Working in a small company, especially as a supervisor, you must be an all-rounder, able to handle technology, talk about business, report upwards, and manage downwards. How can you do things without a bit of eloquence?

Chen Fan then sat on the chair and chatted hard about everything.

What is life like here usually? Besides farming, is there anything else? Do you educated youths only work usually, or are there any other programs?

After chatting for a while, the small kitchen was already steaming. Seeing that it was almost ready, Chen Fan added another cotton stalk, sealed the stove door, and used the remaining fire to boil the water in the jar.

Jiang Lili was busy putting the food back on the table, and then, let's eat!

"Wow, it smells so good, it's delicious."

After only eating the first bite, Jiang Lili's eyes lit up, "I didn't expect turtle to be so delicious."

Chen Fan took two small bowls, filled two bowls of soup, and handed one over, "Try it."

Jiang Lili carefully supported the edge of the bowl, leaned over, blew on it first, and then took a small sip. Her two eyes quickly bent into crescent shapes, "Delicious!"

"If it's delicious, eat more."

Chen Fan was also hungry at this time, picked up the bowl and started eating.

Don't talk while eating, don't talk while sleeping. Don't talk when eating.

The two people devoured the food, trying hard to eat, and finally only ate a little more than half of the meat.

In fact, it was already a lot. The meat yield of turtle is about 60%. This big turtle can be almost 15 or 16 pounds, and the meat yield is about 10 pounds. Without adding any side dishes, such a big pot was stewed. Even if half of it was sent to Captain Yang and the others, there would still be about 5 or 6 pounds left.

It is equal to two people eating more than three pounds. Even if the meat is not very oily, it is enough. What's more, there are two big bowls of rice and two bowls of soup.

After eating and drinking enough, what's next?

Of course, it's washing dishes!

Jiang Lili resolutely refused to let Chen Fan do it, and Chen Fan could only lose 1 point of housework experience value.

Sitting on the chair, watching her neatly clean up the bowls and chopsticks, and put the casserole into the cupboard, he was about to speak when he suddenly heard a "ding" in his brain. In the next second, a new prompt sounded.

"You ate a nutritious dinner, your physique has been improved, reward physique +1, current physique 8/10."

An unprecedented warm current quickly flowed throughout his body, and all the fatigue and exhaustion were swept away.

Chen Fan was stunned. I worked so hard to carry water, and only increased one point of physique. Now I ate a turtle meat meal, and I increased one point?

So nutrition is more important than exercise?