novelhk Chapter 153 Instant Noodles
Chapter 153 Instant Noodles
Seeing that Madam He looked serious, Guo Xin withdrew, always thinking about his grandfather who was far away in the frontier.
If you just spend a lot of money to buy food and send it to the border, most of the food you get is just steamed buns or porridge, which not only don't taste delicious but also can't be eaten well.
Even if the food and fodder sent over included meat and vegetables, they were only roughly processed before being put into the mouth, so how could they be delicious?
After a moment's thought, she recalled something that had given her endless satisfaction in her taste buds in both peacetime and the end of the world in her previous life - instant noodles.
As Guo Xin walked towards her courtyard, she instructed the maid who followed behind her: "Go to the kitchen and get some flour, vegetables, chicken or mutton and bring them to the courtyard. I want to make a meal. If this is done, it is very likely that our Great Zhao Dynasty will turn the tide of the war."
The maid was a little puzzled. She didn't know how food could turn a defeat into victory. Wasn't it the general's wisdom that determined the victory of the battle? And it was related to food. But although she was a little puzzled, she still agreed.
She met many refugees on her way back to Beijing, so she learned a lot while staying safe.
The reason for the successive defeats on the border was not only because Beidi had a rare general in a century, but also because for some unknown reason, Dazhao's soldiers fell ill one after another this year. Therefore, many doctors wanted to explore the reasons, but in the end they could only say "eat more good food."
But the conditions on the border were not so good, and last year was a famine year. In the end, they could only try their best to give more food to the soldiers who had not been in trouble. For the soldiers who were already starving, they could only let them do some light work.
Of course, some meat could be sent over, but the only city closest to the border that had food was Suining City, and that was still a long way off. If the pigs, cattle, and sheep were pulled over, most of them would die before they reached the destination. If they were killed and then sent over by fast horses, a lot of them would go bad again.
If instant noodles could be made, this big problem could be solved. He did it right away. He returned to the yard, picked up a pen, wrote a letter to Mrs. Hu, and handed it to the servant to deliver it. Then he plunged into the small kitchen in the yard.
Perhaps it was Madam He's special arrangement that the small kitchen was equipped with all the necessary tools, including a simple oven, cotton gloves, a stove that suited her height, and even the spices she often used in Suining City, as well as some extremely precious spices. It was really generous.
He Ningxin had been staying in the yard and had not left. Seeing Guo Xin go into the small kitchen, she followed her and said, "Sister Xin'er, what are you going to cook?"
I looked at the familiar configuration in the small kitchen, but it was a version from the Jokhang Dynasty.
"I want to make some new things. If I can make them, the soldiers on my grandfather's side will have enough to eat, and they can win the war sooner and return to Beijing to reunite with us sooner."
"What is that new thing?" He Ningxin was a little curious. The eldest sister was the only one who was good at cooking in their family. Therefore, they had been here for so long but had not made a fortune by eating the food they had in their previous life.
"When it's done, you'll know."
Guo Xin scooped several large bowls of slightly yellowish flour into a wooden basin, then beat in a few fresh eggs, stirred and kneaded vigorously.
He Ningxin watched Guo Xin kneading such a large dough by herself and wanted to go forward to help, but how could she do it? Even in her previous life, she was a little girl who had never done housework. All the meals in the house were prepared by the aunt who came to cook at regular times.
My eldest sister usually cooks out of interest, so she tries her best in everything.
She looked at the maid behind her, wanting her to come forward and help, but the maid shook her head and whispered that she didn't know how to do it either.
Guo Xin took all of this into her ears and said with a smile, "Sister Ning Xin, you don't have to feel so bad for me. I'm used to doing these things. If you insist on asking your little maid to help me, that would only cause more trouble."
As soon as she finished speaking, Guo Zhi and Guo Xi came in and said, "Second sister, I just heard from mom outside that you were making delicious food again. We came over to take a look after we finished our work to see if there is anything we can do to help."
Pu Ying behind Guo Zhi said, "Miss, let me help you. When I was at home kneading dough, my parents praised me for it."
After saying that, she snatched the dough from Guo Xin. Guo Xin had to give it up and stated her own requirements. At the same time, she instructed Guo Zhi and Guo Xi to cut the vegetables, blanch them and put them in the oven to dry, while she was preparing the sauce packet on the side.
The firewood makes the bottom of the pot hot, then put in thick lard. After it melts, add star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, cardamom, onion, ginger, garlic and dried dogwood. Finally, put in the chicken and stir-fry until dry. Mix all the spices together, and add fresh meat. The fragrance instantly fills the entire small kitchen.
He Ningxin recognized it as the instant noodle sauce packet at a glance, and couldn't help but stick to Guo Xin, saying coquettishly: "Sister, can I be the first to eat this?"
When Guo Xin heard this address, her hands paused and her heart skipped a beat. Why did this sound so familiar, as if it was the voice of her younger sister in her previous life? She made a bold guess and asked, "Sister?"
When He Ningxin heard this, her face instantly flushed. She said the wrong thing, but she thought about it and made amends, "Yes, sister! I thought that Guo Zhi and Guo Xi both called you second sister, and if I called you Sister Xin'er, it would always feel a little strange, so I put the two words sister together, wouldn't it make us seem closer?"
Guo Xin listened to the explanation and felt extremely disappointed. He said, "Of course it is possible, but I don't know if this thing can succeed."
He Ningxin heard the disappointment in Guo Xin's words, and instantly regretted her words of reparation. If she was still a little unsure before whether she was her elder sister, the disappointment in her words just now already showed that Guo Xin was her elder sister now.
Just as she was about to go over and hug Guo Xin, she whispered words in her ear to reveal her identity. She had already said those words many times in her heart.
"Second sister! These are done, is there anything else you need our help with?" Guo Zhi, who was not far away, shouted to Guo Xin.
Guo Xin walked over, took out various spices from the wooden cabinet, and at the same time took out a stone mortar from the corner and instructed them to grind them into powder. The three of them gathered together, looking very lively and close.
He Ningxin stood there, looking at the backs of Guo Xin and the other two, feeling a little at a loss, with some bitterness in her eyes. She felt as if she was just an intruder, and the words to reveal her identity stopped on her lips again.
I wondered to myself, would my elder sister really want to recognize them? She seemed to be living a colorful life now, did she really need them?