Li Long didn't go to the bridal chamber to make trouble in the evening. He mainly returned home after the banquet. Thinking that he would have nothing to do in the afternoon, he hitched a carriage from his eldest brother's house and loaded it up with Li Junshan. Then he took a trip to the county to transport fish alone.
When they arrived at the compound, Gu Xiaoxia had not yet gotten off work. Li Long finished unloading the fish and was about to take a break in the house to drink water when he found that the stove in the house had gone out.
He went to the kitchen again and found that there was no boiling water. The pancakes and pickles he had eaten in the morning were placed on the table without even having time to put them away.
Looks like I’m really busy at work.
I have to work overtime on weekends.
Li Long sighed, first went to light the stove in the house, then went to the kitchen to boil water, then prepared ingredients and cooked.
Soak the spicy skin, open the persimmon sauce, wash and cut the potatoes, peel the onions and peel the garlic.
Make noodles.
He was going to make a meal of slivers for Gu Xiaoxia, the kind with spicy skin. It's cold outside now, so eating this will make you feel warmer.
The fire was roaring and the room was getting warm. It took Li Long less than an hour to fry two dishes.
The dish wouldn't get cold even if it was placed in the hot house for a while, so he went to make noodles again.
The door rang, and Li Long looked out through the window. Gu Xiaoxia pushed her car in. The bag hanging on the front handle of the car contained thick paper information.
She put down her bicycle, carried her bag and walked to the kitchen. As she walked, she smiled and said:
"You are here? Hehe, I knew that as soon as you came, I would be able to eat Food is ready. Hey, you don’t know, I’ve been too busy these days, and I was originally thinking about today. You can go back and have a meal.”
“It’s a good thing you didn’t go back.” Li Long joked, “I had a meal outside and I had a mouthful of ice shavings. It felt like... you guys are working too hard. Are you going to work overtime at the end of the year? Do you have to work overtime on weekends?”
"There is no way. The village primary schools were merged this year, and there are a lot of problems left behind. We have to sort them out during the summary at the end of the year." Gu Xiaoxia washed her hands, sat at the table, looked at the two plates of food, and almost drooled. When I was explaining, I didn’t get too distracted. “The cadres we are recruiting are all busy. Do you think those of us on secondment dare not work overtime? Fortunately, it’s almost finished... Well, it smells so good!”
She took advantage of Li Long not paying attention I couldn't help but pick up a small piece of meat with chopsticks and put it into my mouth. At first I felt it was really fragrant, and then I felt the spiciness rushing over me:
"Water, water... sizzling... so spicy!" It smells so good...hiss..."< br>
Li Long was holding noodles in his hand and turned to her and said:
"There is boiling water that has been left to cool down in the teapot over there. You can pour a bowl of it and drink it. This noodle is almost ready. Don't." Urgent.”
"I'm hungry..." Gu Xiaoxia rarely acted coquettishly, and Li Long felt itchy in his heart.
"Then wait a while. If you eat this noodles without cooking it, you will feel uncomfortable and get stomach problems."
"Hee hee," I feel better after drinking cold water. Gu Xiaoxia, who was holding the bowl, looked at Li Long stirring the noodles and said, "Li Long, why do I feel like I'm not good enough for you? Look at you, you can make money, you can cook, you have a job, and you understand this There are so many things..."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Long saw that the water in the pot was boiling and the noodles were stirring. He took the bowl next to him and poured some water into the pot, and then said:
“This time when a strong member of the team got married, some people said that I am not good enough for you. They said that since you have a formal job and are so beautiful, you should find someone in the city.”
"Then what did you say?"
"I spit on him!" Li Long said deliberately and seriously, "I say no matter how unworthy he is, I am still better than him!"
"Hehe, I feel relieved if you say that." Gu Xiaoxia stood up , smiled and took the noodles that Li Long picked up, "Your noodles are pulled so thin, why can't I pull them so thin?"
"How can you have time to think about this? Wait a few more times. That's good." Li Long went to the chopping board to make noodles again, "I have more. Pull some, you can get some vegetables to stir-fry when you're hungry... Forget it, I'll stay here for two days. I'll go to the mountains to deliver some food tomorrow morning, and I'll come back to cook at noon, so you really don't have time. Don't fool your stomach, go to the big meat restaurant to eat ready-made "
"Isn't it expensive there?" Gu Xiaoxia said while putting food in the noodles, "I feel like one day's salary is enough to have a meal there. There is meat and vegetables at home, but when I come back, Too lazy to move.”
She mixed the noodles and took a delicious bite. While eating, she said vaguely:
"It's better to have someone at home who can cook..."
"Then go to Yang I’ll eat at my eldest sister’s place. She should be good at cooking, and it’s also cheap. I’ll tell him that I can save her the money to rent a house and provide you with the food. This will save you some trouble and save some money for her.”
"Is this... okay?" Gu Xiaoxia hesitated. "What's wrong? She must be happy." Li Long took out the pot of noodles and put it aside, then continued, "I didn't even go over to see her and Han Fang. She must be grateful to us, but we also I don’t lack this, it’s just a casual thing. Now I give her a chance to repay, I think she will agree.”
“This is the meal...”
"She mainly makes pasta. If you want to eat noodles, you can occasionally go to the big meat restaurant to improve it. If you have to go home every weekend, you can also improve it. You don't eat it every day. This winter, I may eat most of it. Time will be here, let’s eat together then.”
< br>"Okay, I'll go tell Sister Yang."
"Let me go and tell you." Li Long slowly stirred up the noodles at the bottom of the pot with chopsticks. This was also a technical job, and the movements couldn't be precise. If it is too big, the noodles will break easily when they are just put into the pot, but you have to be quick, otherwise it will stick to the bottom of the pot.
"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia's mind is now focused on her face. I haven’t had spicy skin noodles for several days. This kind of rice can only be eaten at home. There are only two kinds in the big meat cafeteria, oily pork noodles and minced meat noodles. If you want to eat this kind of home-cooked food, you can only wait for more than ten or twenty years.
At that time, there would be some home-style noodle restaurants in the county. If one person eats, he can choose one kind of noodle, two people can choose three noodle dishes, four people can choose five noodle dishes, and so on.
Some people will take advantage of the situation and have four people go to eat noodles at two tables. In this way, four people will have six dishes, which is one more than the normal five dishes for four people. Of course, such people are only a minority.
Later there will be a self-service vegetarian noodles, with more than a dozen kinds of dishes, you can choose and eat them by yourself, it costs thirteen yuan a portion, and those over-greasy meats that are always eighteen or twenty The minced meat noodles are relatively cheap, and although there is no meat, they are quite enjoyable to eat.
There are not many noodle restaurants like this.
"Why do I feel that the spicy noodles you make are more delicious than those made by my dad?" When Gu Xiaoxia watched Li Long finish the noodles, put down two bowls of noodle soup, and then brought the bowls over, Couldn't help but ask.
By this time, half of the noodles in the rice bowl in front of her had been eaten. The hunger had passed and she could taste it slowly.
“I use a lot of oil and meat.” Li Long said matter-of-factly, “Your dad, my eldest brother, my sister-in-law, who came from the hard times, how can I put more oil in cooking? There is not enough oil. Some dishes feel very sparse and definitely not fragrant. "
"That's right." Gu Xiaoxia thought for a moment and said, "That's the truth."
Li Long mixed the dishes for himself and poured some vinegar in beforehand. Crush the peeled garlic, put it in a bowl, and eat it.
As soon as the noodles entered his mouth, he felt that the meal he had eaten in the morning was really not as good as this bowl of noodles.
It seems like twenty years later, I have forgotten the exact time. Which son in the team got married at a hotel in the county. The food looked beautiful, but there was not much food at the table, so Li Long left the table early and went out to eat. Ordered a noodle dish.
I won’t say whether this looks good or not, it’s true.
Although Li Long ate later than Gu Xiaoxia, the two of them finished almost at the same time. Gu Xiaoxia still wanted to clean up the dishes, but Li Long waved his hand and said:
"You drink the soup to melt the food, and then go to work overtime. You don't care here. If you have something to do, just do it."
"Hey "Okay." Gu Xiaoxia smiled, "Why do I feel so happy? You will spoil me!"
"It's okay if you get used to your own woman." Li Long drank the soup and said without changing his expression, "Then there will be problems if you let others get used to you."
"Hahahaha..." Li Long's words Gu Xiaoxia made Gu Xiaoxia laugh, "I won't say anything anymore, I'll hurry up and get busy. I feel that the stress of this week will disappear if I tell you a few words!"
After drinking the soup, Gu Xiaoxia went to work overtime. Li Long finished cleaning up here and saw that the sun had set. I'm going to buy food. It's too late now. Let's do it tomorrow.
Li Long went outside the yard and unloaded the carriage. No. 76 was pulled behind and tied up. Fortunately, there was some fodder and feed here, so he didn't worry about it being hungry.
Back in the kitchen, Li Long served the noodles again and took the basin into the bedroom. There was a stove wall here, so the noodles could be cooked.
Gu Xiaoxia was busy, and Li Long didn't bother her. He went to another room, took out a book and started reading.
Because we pulled out enough charcoal, we didn’t make any more kangs in the Li family’s yard this year, mainly because it was too troublesome. And Qiu Hou was too busy to do this, so he simply stopped doing it. In fact, even if Li Long was not reborn, the kang would not last for several years. After every household's life improved, no one would play the kang anymore.
It was late at night, and Li Long saw that Gu Xiaoxia was still busy, so he went to wash himself and fell asleep quietly.
The next day he got up early, cooked rice porridge, steamed steamed buns, cut pickles, and fried a hot dish.
By the time Gu Xiaoxia started to yawn, Li Long had already taken the steamed buns off the pot.
"You got up so early?" she asked as she went to wash her hands.
"There is hot water in the thermos next to the washbasin. Don't use water that is too cold to wash." Li Long reminded, "Your face will be dry."
Gu Xiaoxia poured some into the washbasin. Boil water, test it with your fingers, and then start washing your face.
I also hurriedly washed, combed my hair, and applied stick oil. While applying it, I asked:
"Are you going to the mountains in the morning? With such heavy snow, you have to be careful. Yes. Come on, bring the gun, right?”
"Well, you must bring a gun." Li Long put the food on the table and said, "Come and eat. I'll buy rice and noodles first. After I finish buying, I'll go talk to Sister Yang. I won't come back later. , you can just eat at her place."
"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia sat at the dining table, touched the newly steamed buns, and hurriedly retracted her fingers and blew air. "Hee hee, your steamed buns are better than mine."
"Eat it, everything I cook is delicious." Li Long also boasted, "I won't have time to cook it for you when I get busy later. It’s time to eat.”
“Then I have to cherish it.” Gu Xiaoxia picked up the steamed bun again, holding it with her left and right hands. After it was almost cold, she took a big bite and started eating with a smile.
After dinner, Gu Xiaoxia hurried to work, and Li Long tied up the carriage and went out.
The gun was placed in the holster on the carriage. He went to the market first to see if there was anyone selling food in the market.
Then I saw Yang Xiulan and Han Fang. (End of this chapter)