When Zhou Yang woke up, he found that his home was quiet.
When I got up and came out, I found that my parents, Li Youwei, and Bao'er were not there, and I don't know where they went.
Looking at the watch, it was already half past six. After washing his face, he immediately came to the kitchen, planning to prepare dinner while his family was away.
In this way, when parents come back, they can have a ready-made bite!
After searching in the kitchen for a while, Zhou Yang didn't find many ingredients, only a few wilted potatoes.
After thinking for a while, Zhou Yang decided to make a local delicacy in Saibei for dinner - braised noodles!
The ingredients required for braised noodles are very simple, just meat, potatoes, and noodles. If possible, you can add some beans, mushrooms, etc. This depends on your personal financial strength and preferences.
Zhou Yang then took out a few potatoes, peeled them and set them aside. He also grabbed some dried beans that Li Youwei had dried before and soaked them in warm water.
Then, he dug out two large bowls of white flour from the flour bag and added water to knead the flour.
The noodles for making braised noodles do not need to be rested. After mixing, you can roll them out.
Rolling out dough is a technical job. It seems simple, but in fact it tests your skills.
People who have never cooked think that they just need to use a rolling pin to roll out the dough on the dough board, but it is actually much more complicated than that.
First, roll the dough to ensure that the dough is evenly thin and thick. Otherwise, the rawness and cookedness will be out of control. Under the same heat, some may be cooked, but some may still be raw.
In addition, people who don't know how to roll dough are prone to find that the dough becomes irregular in shape and becomes extremely troublesome when cutting.
As for the one with good skills, the noodles rolled out are a complete circle, rolled up and cut with a knife, and the noodles are very good.
Soon, Zhou Yang rolled out the dough, and the next step was to cut the dough.
Unlike noodles, which are thin and long, the noodles used for braised noodles must be the thickness of chopsticks, so that the stewed noodles will have a fuller texture.
Then Zhou Yang dug out a spoonful of lard from the lard jar, and then dug out a few fist-sized pieces of marinated pork from underneath.
Heat the lard in a pot. After the lard melts, take out the meat and cut it into chopstick-thick slices. Add it to the pot and stir-fry.
The marinated pork itself has been deep-fried at high temperatures, so it cannot be cut too thin, otherwise it will become mushy and lose its chewy texture after a few times of stewing.
After the meat is lightly stir-fried, cut the potatoes into thumb-thick strips, stir-fry in the same manner, and add seasonings.
However, since we are using marinated pork, we can add less salt, otherwise it will most likely be very salty.
When it is almost stir-fried, you can add water and dried beans. The amount of water should be just equal to the potatoes.
After the pot boils, smooth out the noodles and spread them flat on top so as not to stick to the pot.
Then cover the pot and simmer. After the soup boils, turn to medium heat and continue to simmer for about 10 minutes. When you hear a sizzling sound like the juice is reduced, you can take it out of the pot.
Taking advantage of the simmering break, Zhou Yang moved the small dining table at home outside and arranged the bowls and chopsticks.
Now I'm just waiting for my parents to come back!
Coincidentally, Zhou Yang was almost ready when he heard Bao'er's chirping voice coming from outside.
Looking outside following the sound, Zhou Yang saw his parents coming back.
I saw Li Youwei holding something in her hand, while her father was holding Bao'er, and her mother was holding a military green kettle in her hand. They were walking and chatting, very happy.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Yang's nose couldn't help but feel a little sore.
He didn't know how many times he had been confused by this kind of scene in his previous life, but every time he woke up from the dream, he found that it was just a dream.
No wife, no daughter, just an empty house and a cold heart.
The biggest wish of his parents in his previous life was to see him get married and start a business, so that he could have a child to support his two elders.
But it is a pity that until the two elders passed away, he did not realize their wishes. He was really a son of man in vain.
In this life, through his own efforts, he finally made their wishes come true.
It’s great to see my parents, wife and children having so much fun, with smiles on everyone’s faces!
Suddenly, Zhou Yang felt that this was the greatest meaning of his life.
As soon as he returned to the yard, Bao'er said happily: "It smells so good. Dad must have cooked something delicious for us!"
Li Youwei also saw the small square table under the eaves and immediately said: "Bao'er is so smart!"
At this time, Zhou Yang's voice came from the kitchen: "Hurry up and wash your hands, dinner is ready!"
Li Youwei responded, and then walked into the room. She first handed a cloth bag in her hand to Zhou Yang, and then prepared to get the washbasin.
"What?" Zhou Yang asked immediately.
"Huang Qiuguo!"
Zhou Yang untied the cloth bag, and sure enough he saw that most of the bag was filled with small yellow-red fruits the size of table tennis balls.
Seeing this thing, Zhou Yang subconsciously felt that his teeth were sore.
"Who gave it to me?"
"Girl Shiqing gave it to me. Her grandma has some small fruit trees at home, so she picked some for us!"
After saying that, Li Youwei walked outside the house with the washbasin, and then asked Baoer and her parents-in-law to wash their hands.
Zhou Yang looked at the bag of Huang Qiu Guo again and couldn't help but shake his head. The taste of this thing is sweet and sour. People who like it will like it very much. People who don't like it will feel like they are being punished if they taste it.
And Zhou Yang is exactly the kind of person who doesn't like this kind of fruit, it's too sour.
Fortunately, both Li Youwei and Bao'er liked this little fruit, so he didn't say anything more.
Feeling that the stewed noodles in the pot were almost ready, Zhou Yang immediately opened the lid of the pot, then used chopsticks to stir the meat, potatoes, dried beans, noodles and soup evenly, then put it directly on a plate and served.
After taking it out of the pot, add the chopped green onions and it’s all done!
When the stewed noodles were served, the parents, Li Youwei, and Baoer also washed their hands, and the family immediately started eating around the small square table.
It was the first time for Zhou Yawen and Ye Lifang to eat this kind of Northwest-style noodle. At first, they saw that the stewed noodles did not look like soup noodles or fried noodles, and they were skeptical about the taste of the stewed noodles.
But after I tasted it, I immediately felt that the taste of this kind of food was simply amazing.
Especially when paired with some balsamic vinegar, the taste is incredible.
The family's meal was delicious, and after a while, a large pot of stewed noodles was completely empty.
This fighting power really shocked Zhou Yang.
He originally thought that he had done too much today, but he never thought that everyone had performed exceptionally well, and it was not enough.
After dinner, Zhou Yang planned to go to the brigade headquarters to see how Lin Yi was doing and whether he needed help.
As a result, his father Zhou Yawen called Zhou Yang out, saying that he had eaten too much, and asked him to take him out to eat.
Zhou Yang knew that his father might have something to say to him, so he immediately put on his shirt and went out with his father.
