"Haha, brother Li Wen is better. I'll drink another bottle. I rode a bicycle for more than an hour from the county seat for dozens of miles. I'm tired, hot, and thirsty to death." Wang Feng drank another bottle in one breath.

Li Wen also opened a bottle for himself and took a big sip. This soda still had to be drank in large gulps to satisfy him.

The girls were more polite and drank sips through the straws given by Li Wen, but the speed was also very fast, and it seemed that several of them were exhausted from the heat.

"Awen, you're back," the old lady went out to pick wild vegetables again. Now that she knows that the pigs are fine eating raw food, the old lady no longer cooks pig food. She feeds several pigs Li Wencun's silage on time, and the old lady feels a lot more relaxed.

"Po, some friends from the county are here to visit," Li Wen took the old lady's basket and said with a smile.

"Hello grandma," several people in the yard also stood up in a hurry to say hello.

"Well, hello everyone, the girls are really pretty, and the guys are pretty handsome too," the old lady said with a smile as she looked at Chen Shuyao and the others.

Haha, several people also laughed when they heard the old lady praising them.

"Awen, you kid, you can't quench your thirst by drinking this drink on a hot day. Kids, just wait while the old lady makes you some honey water."

Several people quickly refused, but the old lady went back to the room directly.

"Here, let's make honey with cold white wine. Drink some on a hot day. It's sweet and quenches your thirst." The old lady came out with a jar of cold white wine and said with a smile.

Li Wen took out a small pottery bowl and poured a bowl for each person. The soda drinks they drank were not chilled, so they drank them in their mouths. Their throats were sticky. A bowl of cool honey boiled water was consumed. The honey water was not very sweet.

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It had a hint of sweetness, and the throat instantly felt better. The two young men drank another bowl and that was it.

"Awen, you guys talk first, grandma will cook for you, and ask your friends if they want anything to eat!"

"I'll ask my grandma to cook whatever you want for lunch, but there's no big fish or meat, and there are plenty of country delicacies," Li Wen said with a chuckle.

"It's okay. You can eat whatever you want. I'm really hungry after riding a bicycle all the way. Just eat." Wang Feng said with a smile, "The others also nodded.

"Haha, it's absolutely no problem to have enough. Let me get you some of my humble works. They are all sent back by newspapers and periodicals. The distribution of newspapers and periodicals here may not be complete at ordinary times. You guys sit down and read them first. I'll go

Make some side dishes," Li Wen said with a smile.

Okay, okay, I just wanted to take a good look at your work. Our county and provincial newspapers are lucky. In many cases, the number of national newspapers is relatively small, so it is not our turn to read it," Chen Shuyao raised her body slightly and said with a smile.

"Li Wen, you actually know how to cook," Zhang Tao on the side opened his eyes and said obviously paying attention to Li Wen's other words!

Haha, as the ancients said, in life, "you can only live up to food, beauty and beautiful scenery"! I also like food, so I also like to do it, so as to bring myself happiness," Li Wen said with a laugh.

In his previous life, Li Wen loved cooking. Although he was not a chef, he loved food and the sense of accomplishment when turning ingredients into delicious food.

Nowadays, although the general environment is not good, Li Wen still cooks a table of dishes in the space every few days to reward himself, or cooks a few hard dishes at home to share with everyone.

After taking out a stack of Qi Xuan with his own works and handing it to several people, Li Wen turned around and came to the kitchen.

"Mom, today we are all children from wealthy families in the city. Let's make pure white noodles and make dipping noodles for lunch," Li Wen said with a smile.

"What do you mean by dipping noodles in water? I've been making pasta all my life, but I haven't made this noodle dish yet," grandma Guo Xiuyun said with a smile.

It's just thin noodles, but not seasoned. Everyone takes a small bowl out of the basin and eats it with the juice in the bowl.

I'm not good at making noodles. You always make noodles. I'll make this sauce and make a few more dishes. Li Wen said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, I will help you today. My Awen will not farm anymore, so he can be a chef," the old lady said with a smile.

"Haha, I used to be very hungry in school, so I prefer to study food. I have learned a lot from various books. Mom, if I have the materials in the future, I will make them for you," Li Wen looked at the old lady with a smile and said

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The grandfather and grandson, one making noodles and the other cooking, were busy in the kitchen.

Li Wen went to the private plot in the backyard and picked some beans, tomatoes and some late cucumbers. He also picked two eggplants, fished a fish from the small pond in the cellar, and picked up the three kilograms of pork that Zheng Kai and the others carried today.

Looking at the vegetables picked back, Li Wen had a recipe in his mind. Today he is going to make stir-fried pork slices with green beans, mashed eggplant with garlic, cucumber as a cold dish, crucian carp soup and boiled pork slices. It's perfect.

First make the sauce for dipping the water in the water, take out a long-handled oil spoon, pour half a spoonful of oil, and put it into the stove fire to heat the oil (many friends born in the 90s have done this job. After the 90s, there are tools such as frying spoons.

The oil ladle withdrew from history).

Li Wen picked up a long-handled oil spoon and poured in the garlic and red oil with a sizzling sound. Then he began to fry the tomatoes. After frying, he poured the garlic and red oil together, and then added salt and soy sauce.

Season with MSG, seasoning powder and vinegar, finally add the fried tomatoes, and the dipping sauce is ready.

"Awen, the juice you made is so delicious, but it uses a little oil," the old lady said with distress after smelling it.

"Po, this is because we don't have sesame oil at home. If we want to eat well, we must do it well so as not to waste things. Otherwise, we will be a different person and waste good things. I am not afraid of oil. I still have more than ten kilograms of oil coupons in my room.

, it was given to me by a reader, I was afraid that Zhang Yang wouldn’t take it out, Li Wenqiao said with a smile.

After hearing this, the old lady narrowed her eyes and happily continued to light the fire.

What a few people mentioned today was pork butt meat, which is relatively fat and lean. Li Wen separated the fat and lean meat, making boiled pork slices from the lean meat, and stir-fried the fat with a little lean meat.

"Brother, what are you cooking for something delicious?" I can smell the fragrance at the door now. The little kid Li Xiaojuan is only five years old. Because there is no kindergarten in the countryside, he doesn't go to school. Recently, he doesn't have to fight pigweed anymore. He spends all day with the village.

Children are having fun.

Seeing the little one standing on tiptoes trying to get a look from the table, Li Wen smiled and said: "You are playing like a big poodle. Look at your hair. Be careful that our mother will come back and spank you. Go and wash it in the yard."

"For a moment," Li Wen gave the little guy a bite of cold cucumber and then rushed out.

The things that Chen Shuyao and several people brought today were of great value. It seemed that they were officials or had children from several workers' families, so Li Wen couldn't treat them badly and entertained them with hard dishes that were rarely available in restaurants in the town, and he also had something in his heart.

I just don’t want to say my own thoughts for the time being.

Several dishes were already out of the pot, and Li Wen soaked the wild vegetables picked today in boiling water and made a side dish, cold wild vegetables.

There are four dishes, one soup, and a small wild vegetable. Because there are many people in the family, Li Wen cooks a large amount of dishes, which are all served in basins. The final staple food is dipping in water, which is enough.

"Ah Wen, this is a banquet today, two meat and two vegetables, and a broth. It may not be as good as the Chinese New Year," the old lady exclaimed as she looked at the dishes on the table.

"How can you eat this during the Chinese New Year? This Chinese New Year, I will show you my skills. It will be perfect. It will definitely be many times stronger than this dish," Li Wen said with a smile and shook his head.

"Okay, my old lady, I'll wait, but it's a bit wasteful. Last year, our family ate ten meat and egg dumplings during the Chinese New Year, and everyone was very satisfied. I didn't expect that our family would turn around this year. It's not easy,"

The old lady suddenly wiped her tears emotionally as she spoke.

"Mom, the bad years will definitely pass, and our family's life will definitely get better and better in the future," Li Wen said with a smile, hugging the old lady.

"Okay, just live a good life. I don't ask for anything. I just hope that you will have enough food and clothing," the old lady said, stroking Li Wen's hand.

Mom, we're off work! Before anyone could come in, Uncle Er's loud voice could be heard.

The old lady immediately laughed and said, "Your second uncle, you are so grown up, and you are just like a child after working all day to support your mother."

"No matter how old I am, I am still a child in front of you. This proves that my second uncle respects you," Li Wen said with a smile.

Li Wen walked out of the kitchen and saw his father and his second uncle walking in carrying hoes and shovels. They introduced the people in the yard to everyone in the family, and there was inevitably some pleasantries.

"Dad, would you like to invite Fourth Master and the production team leader to come home for dinner at noon? Oh, and Uncle Eighth by the way. It was Aunt Eight who called me for my friends to come today," Li Wen asked.

"This needs to be called. I'll go to your fourth grandfather's house. Ah Wu and Ah Quan, you go call your Uncle Junli and Uncle Accountant respectively," the father arranged.

Ten minutes later, Grandpa Fourth and the production team leader were invited over. Li Junli was more particular and took a small bottle of Xifeng wine, which was not cheap. This small bottle cost one dollar and a half.

Li Wen nodded. No wonder he was still in his early thirties, and with a young man from Li Junli's family, he could still become the production captain. It seemed to be for a reason. After the fourth master retired, his position as branch secretary seemed to be no longer in doubt.

There used to be a school in Sanxing Village, but the old principal passed away and it collapsed, so now there is no school in the village. Several other children had lunch at the town school and did not go home.

Li Wen poured some of the food in the basin to keep for the little guys who were going to school, and then divided the rest into two portions to serve on two tables. One table would definitely not be able to accommodate nearly twenty people.

"Mom, you take the noodles and the noodle soup into the basin and take them out directly. When the time comes to eat the noodles, take them out of the basin and dip them in the juice to eat," Li Wen pointed to a row of small bowls with the juice already poured on the table.

"Okay, let's try this way of eating today and see how it goes," Wang Chunmei said with a smile.

"Hey, Lao Wu is having a banquet today, five dishes and one soup," Li Junli said in shock as he looked at the plates on the table.

"Awen made this on the stove today. If it's not rich, I can't invite you here. Otherwise, I'll be sorry for Junli and your Xifeng wine," Li Deyou said jokingly.

"It's worth it. I haven't had such an exquisite meal in several years. Last year, the commune held a meeting and invited village cadres to have a meal. It was just two vegetarian dishes, one meat dish, and a bowl of shredded pork noodles per person," Li Junli recalled.

There were two tables for lunch, and the three girls didn't want to eat with Li Wen and the others, so it didn't matter that there was one table for women and one table for men, so that everyone could relax.

At the women's table, the second aunt was already laughing and joking with several girls.

"Awen's cucumber makes your cold dish even more fragrant than meat dishes. It's so delicious when the peanut skin and beans are mixed with cucumber and spicy oil," the accountant's eighth uncle said after frying a mouthful of cucumber.

"The sesame seeds haven't fallen yet, and we don't have sesame oil at home. Otherwise, add a few drops of sesame oil and mix it with the cooked cold pork head, and the taste will be even better," Li Wen said with a smile.

"My mouth is watering when you say that," Zheng Kai put a piece of boiled meat into his mouth and said with a smile.

"Haha, next time you come to my house, say hello in advance. I'll prepare things that will definitely satisfy you," Li Wen said with a smile.

"I'm very satisfied with today's dish, especially the boiled pork slices. Although it's made with lean meat, it's very tender, very oily, and delicious. It's better than the dishes cooked in state-owned restaurants in the county.

It’s delicious,” Wang Feng praised.

"Yes, this is the first time I've seen Ah Wen's boiled pork, let alone eaten it. It tasted so spicy that I drank a glass of wine and drank it. Grandpa Fourth took a sip of white wine," he said with a squinting smile.

This type of boiled pork slices was not invented until the 1980s, Li Wen said to himself.

Li Wen smiled and said: "I invented this boiled pork slice based on Sichuan boiled fish. It is marinated in eggs, wrapped in eggs and flour, and then boiled in water, so it tastes extremely smooth and tender."

"It's very particular. The meat is not enough, and the outside is wrapped in eggs. In ancient times, only rich families could afford this. I didn't expect that we can enjoy it today," Li Junli sighed after taking a sip of wine and smashing the bar.

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Li Wen was afraid that the conversation would go astray after a few drinks, so he quickly changed the subject and said: "Now the people are in charge, let alone the food for the rich family, the emperor's residence, the Forbidden City, can be visited by everyone, so let us all pay homage to our great
Chapter completed!