When lunch was approaching, Ye Qiu remembered that he hadn't eaten yet, so he ran to the mountain to see what was delicious.
After Ye Qiu reached the mountain, he picked up a few stones, ran to a high place and stared down at the grass. After a while, he found his lunch target, and then raised his hand.
call out!
A wild rabbit hiding under the grass was hit in the head by the pebble.
If someone could see this scene, their jaw would drop with shock. How strong would that be?
"Lunch is ready."
Ye Qiu smiled, ran over and picked up the rabbit, and then walked deeper into the forest.
In addition to rabbits and other animals, there are also wild vegetables such as mushrooms, fungus, and deer antlers in the mountains.
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At noon, Xu Xiuying finished her business and was preparing her own lunch.
Although Aunt Wang helped with breakfast, she, as a girl, couldn't always trouble Aunt Wang.
So she prepared lunch herself.
Xu Xiuying's lunch is quick to prepare, only five minutes is enough.
The tools are very simple, a pot, a gas stove, and a pair of chopsticks.
Pour a bowl of water into the pot and bring it to a boil, then pull out a box of instant noodles from under the bed in the house, take out a pack and open the packaging bag, put the noodles into the water, then add the seasoning packet, stir evenly, and it will be steaming hot after half a minute.
The instant noodles are out of the oven.
In the past few months, her lunch had been arranged in this way.
Sometimes it would be a little richer, and that would be to add an extra hard-boiled egg.
Xu Xiuying was already very satisfied with this kind of lunch. A bowl of instant noodles was not that good at all. After all, she couldn't cook.
"Xu Zhishu, can I borrow your kitchen utensils?"
Xu Xiuying was in the room, and Ye Qiu just opened the door and came in, not treating herself as an outsider at all.
"You...why didn't you knock on the door?"
Xu Xiuying hid her instant noodle bowl, but after realizing it was in vain, she gave up. She widened her eyes and looked at Ye Qiu angrily.
"Ah, I'm disturbing your meal."
Ye Qiu looked thoughtful when he saw Xu Xiuying's lunch.
"I was too hungry today, so I ate some instant noodles to cushion my stomach." Seeing Ye Qiu's eyes, Xu Xiuying turned red and hesitated, "You can use the pot if you want, but hurry up."
, I’ll have to cook something after you’re done.”
"Don't worry, it won't take long." Ye Qiu smiled, turned around and went out.
After a while, he came back with the killed rabbit and a green snakeskin bag.
"Did you catch this?"
Xu Xiuying looked at it curiously.
"No, it ran and hit the tree by itself."
Ye Qiu put down the snakeskin bag, and in addition to rabbits, he also picked some wild fruits and vegetables.
"This guy can cook?"
Xu Xiuying expressed doubts, but then she was surprised by Ye Qiu's cooking skills.
Ye Qiu threw the processed rabbit onto the chopping board and cut the rabbit into pieces with three strokes of the knife. Xu Xiuying's eyes widened as he saw it.
This guy's sword skills are so awesome!
Xu Xiuying couldn't help but feel curious about Ye Qiu's past.
After Ye Qiu cut the rabbit into pieces, he put the rabbit meat in a basin, added salt and cooking wine to remove the smell, and then started cooking other ingredients.
Ten minutes later, Ye Qiu cut the rabbit meat into diced pieces, put oil in a hot pan, then added garlic, ginger, chili pepper, and star anise and stir-fried until fragrant, then added the diced meat, stir-fried over high heat for a few minutes, and the rich flavor
The aroma of meat wafted out, making Xu Xiuying swallow her saliva.
"Be reserved, be reserved."
Xu Xiuying wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth and kept telling herself to be reserved. She was not a little girl who had never seen the world.
Soon after, several delicacies were placed on the table.
Stir-fried rabbit meat, shredded pork with mushrooms, cold malan, hot egg drop soup, and grilled mushrooms, each dish made Xu Xiuying salivate. She looked at the instant noodles in her hand, and then talked to Ye Qiu
Comparing the cooked dishes, I immediately lost my appetite.
Comparing people with others is so infuriating!
After she came to Yushan Village, she had either plain porridge or instant noodles every day, and her mouth almost turned pale, and now she was extremely greedy.
“We’ve made so much that one person can’t finish it all, so let’s eat it together.”
Ye Qiu smiled and served Xu Xiuying some rice. When the rice was steamed, some white vinegar was added to make it more fragrant.
"Then I won't be polite."
Xu Xiuying's eyes shone. When she heard what Ye Qiu said, she thought that this guy was pretty good. She couldn't wait to pick up a piece of golden and oily rabbit meat and put it in her mouth. The rich meat flavor filled her mouth, but it was oily but not greasy.
, so delicious.
There are several other dishes, each with its own characteristics. They are obviously just a few side dishes, but they make Xu Xiuying feel like she is in a five-star hotel.
Xu Xiuying felt that what she had eaten in the past few months was almost all pig food.
She almost ate all the food on the table at once, leaving some unfinished food at the end.
"How is the taste?"
Ye Qiu himself didn't use his chopsticks much, thinking that this girl had a really big appetite, and anyone who married her would definitely be bankrupted.
"It's okay."
Xu Xiuying rarely praised it, but she felt uneasy in her heart. It was not just delicious, it was simply a delicacy in the world.
She had eaten dishes made by national first-class chefs before, but she felt that the cooking skills of those chefs were not as good as Ye Qiu's.
"I think your cooking skills are pretty good and you can work in a hotel. If you don't want to be the village chief, I can recommend you to work in a hotel."
Xu Xiuying has a best friend who owns a five-star hotel. With Ye Qiu's cooking skills, he can definitely be the chef there.
"Crazy, why should I be a cook if I am the village chief?" Ye Qiu shook his head, "Besides, who can you, a village party secretary, know? Just by yourself, can you know the owner of a five-star hotel?"
"You..." Xu Xiuying raised her eyebrows and became unhappy, "I'm not willing to introduce you yet. Let me tell you, they are really a five-star hotel and they don't necessarily want you!"
"Don't be angry. If you are happy, how about leaving your lunch and dinner to me in the future? Just give me some money to buy groceries every month."
Ye Qiu was thinking about Xiao Jiujiu. Xu Xiuying looked a little funny, but she was pretty and had a good figure. If they fell in love over time, he would have a wife.
"Really? Okay then."
Xu Xiuying became happy again and agreed without much thought.
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"By the way, I'm going out in the afternoon and I might not be able to come back in the evening. You go to Aunt Wang's house to have something to eat. Don't make your body suffer. It's not good to eat instant noodles all the time."
Ye Qiu put away the dishes and said.
"I only eat occasionally."
Xu Xiuying curled her lips and denied it, "By the way, where are you going?"
"Go to the market to sell things."
Ye Qiu put down his bowls and chopsticks, ran to the wall of the house, took out his large snakeskin bag, opened it and saw that it was full of freshly picked wild mountain mushrooms.
"Hey, these are wild mountain mushrooms. Where did you pick them?"
Xu Xiuying ran over and took out a handful. The aroma was fragrant.
Ye Qiu said: "It was picked from the mountains."
"On the mountain?" Xu Xiuying's face suddenly changed, and she said nervously: "That forest in the back mountain? You can't go there. The folks said there is a white wolf over there. It would be bad if you encounter it."
"Don't worry, the white wolf is not here." Ye Qiu said with a smile, "I want to go to the market to sell some and see if I can get some money."
Ye Qiu actually still has retirement pay. In addition to donating most of it to the families of his comrades, he still has 10,000 left.
"Okay, go and sell them. The wild mountain mushrooms here are fat, big and delicious, but there is no market for them."
Xu Xiuying raised her slender eyebrows. If Ye Qiu could find a market, there would be so many wild mountain mushrooms to harvest, which would give the villagers of Yushan Village an extra income.
The mountains and forests are full of resources for development.
Xu Xiuying is still very concerned about the development of Yushan Village, but it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Only when there is a market can she sell the goods.