Chapter 520 The Charm of Hot and Sour Potato Shreds
Han Xiaojing learned many excellent qualities from her sister Han Xiaorui.
For example, Han Xiaojing has no stage fright. She expresses her opinions calmly and generously. She also had a lot of internship experience during her undergraduate period. She was praised by teachers in school.
Busy studies make Han Xiaojing's life busy and fulfilling.
Neighbors on the left and right, whom I usually see, just say hello.
Han Xiaojing found out about the local climate and decided to plant vegetables in the large open space in the backyard during her free weekends.
Every time she sees an open space, the first thing that comes to Han Xiaojing’s mind is planting vegetables.
Otherwise, she would feel it was a waste if it was left empty.
Usually when she and Chen Wenxuan eat, they always buy food from outside.
Although there are everything in supermarkets, vegetables are not cheap.
"Wenxuan, we also have time on weekends. We've seen the scenery here. It's okay! Let's clean up the open space behind and plant vegetables!"
Chen Wenxuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and the farming gene hidden in the Chinese body suddenly awakened at this moment.
Chen Wenxuan touched his chin and looked at the open space, "No wonder I always feel that there is something weird in the back. There is so much open space, it would be a waste not to grow vegetables!"
"The fruits produced by those fruit trees are just fake and very unpalatable! Cut them down and we will re-plan the backyard! Not only do we need to grow vegetables, I think it is also necessary to build a greenhouse!"
Han Xiaojing saw that Chen Wenxuan also agreed very much, so the two hit it off and drove to buy tools.
The mechanics are very skillful, so they did not go to the store to buy, but chose the second-hand market.
Since they will stay here for at most three years, there is absolutely no need to buy new tools.
Second-hand is totally fine as long as it works.
Even if it breaks, it doesn't matter. Chen Wenxuan studied mechanics and has very strong hands-on skills. If anything in the house breaks, he can fix it himself.
I bought a small tiller for only 200 marks, which was very cheap.
I also bought a shovel, a shovel, and a rake. Although the shapes are a little different from those in China, they are barely usable.
They specially bought some seeds, but the quantity was a bit small.
They asked the Chinese about a large Asian supermarket.
There were a lot of Asian vegetable seeds inside, so they drove there early in the morning and bought a lot of seeds.
It’s not easy to come here. If you buy more, you can use it this year and next year.
In this way, Chen Wenxuan used a saw to cut off all the obstructive fruit trees in the backyard.
The wood was not wasted. The wood was cut into small pieces and placed in the shed. In winter, the wood was burned in the fireplace.
Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, radish, leek, etc.
They also bought a lot of wire supports and transparent plastic films.
If the weather gets cold, you can set this up to make a greenhouse.
Most of my neighbors’ backyards abroad are made up of a one-meter lower wall and a fence on top.
Neighbors can see the situation in the nursing home next door, ever since Chen Wenxuan and Han Xiaorui started to cultivate land in the backyard. The adults and children of the neighbors on both sides often gather next to the fence and look over here.
If you keep staring at other people's backyards, you are suspected of prying into privacy, so they always look at it for a few times, then look away, and then peek again after a while.
But Han Xiaojing and Chen Wenxuan didn't care about this, they happily opened up wasteland and cultivated land.
Bought high-efficiency organic fertilizer from outside and mixed it into the soil.
They, the neighbors, looked at the green vegetables growing on the land, growing bigger and better.
Originally they were just peeking, but they saw that Chen Wenxuan and Han Xiaojing didn't care, so whenever they saw them working in the vegetable field, they would run to the backyard and watch openly.
At this time, a new neighbor had recently arrived next door, and an old man finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Hello, my dear neighbor, I am Hans. Are these vegetables you grow edible? I don't know many of them! What are those two rows of grass-like things on the edge?"< br>
Following the direction pointed by Dean Hans, Han Xiaojing looked over, "That's a leek! It's a very delicious food!"
Chen Wenxuan was slightly startled when he saw the old man, "Are you Dean Hans?"
Dean Hans nodded, "Yes, do you know me?"
Chen Wenxuan nodded, "Of course I know you! I am a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, and I am working with Professor Troy. You can call me Chen!"
Hans was surprised, "So you are Chen, the old man from Troy, whom you often praise! I am very honored that we can be neighbors! But compared to your academic achievements, I am more curious about the vegetables in your yard!"
Han Xiaojing smiled and said, "Since Mr. Hans is so interested, I can invite you to come to our home! If you can get used to Chinese food, I can also treat you to lunch."
Dean Hans's eyes lit up, "Of course I do. I remember Troy once showed off in front of me that his students often cooked Chinese food for him. He said he had never eaten potatoes before, and it turned out that they could be made into something sour and spicy! Would I be honored to try this potato? ”
Han Xiaojing looked at Chen Wenxuan, "Have you made hot and sour potato shreds for your teacher?"
Chen Wenxuan smiled and nodded, "You know I can cook some Chinese food. Hot and sour potato shreds are my specialty! I've had enough of the dry white rice in school, and I don't want to eat those big sausages, so I will buy some vegetables. Or make your own meat.”
"One time I brought myself some spicy and sour potato shreds, sandwiched between slices of bread, and it tasted pretty good! After Professor Troy tasted it, he also thought it was very delicious."
"So every time he saw me bringing hot and sour potato shreds, he would look at me eagerly. He is my teacher, so of course he couldn't watch me eat it, so I made more and invited him to eat it together! He said that he fell in love with the taste of spicy and sour potato shreds and asked me to make it.”
"I told him the preparation method, and he actually said that I didn't want to tell him the secret recipe of the dish because when I wrote about the seasonings, I used a little bit, a little vocabulary. Later, I accurate the seasonings to grams, and he Only then can I make this spicy and sour potato shreds.”
Han Xiaojing laughed loudly when she heard this, "Of course, if Dean Hans is willing to help me, I can make you food that tastes better than spicy and sour potato shreds."
Originally, this old man was envious of this vegetable patch and wanted to come over and give it a try.
At this time, after hearing the invitation from Han Xiaojing and Chen Wenxuan, they came over with a bottle of wine.
Chen Wenxuan and Dean Hans were in the backyard vegetable patch, discussing the taste of these vegetables and how to grow them.
Looking at the neat rows of vegetable beds, Dean Hans touched his chin and looked up at his backyard. The seemingly empty place should be planted with something.
Han Xiaojing returned to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator.
She was thinking about what to cook for Dean Hans.
There is fresh beef in it, which is minced with a small meat grinder and made into small beef meatballs. Paired with the cabbage just pulled from the ground, it makes a cabbage beef ball soup.