The next day. Early morning!
Zhou Yang got up before five o'clock!
But today, he did not rush to the research institute after washing as he did before. Instead, he got busy in the kitchen.
Today, my brother, sister-in-law, and Li Youwei are leaving for the capital to celebrate the New Year. It is not far from Yunshan County to the capital, but it is still 356 kilometers.
And there were few places to eat along the way, so Zhou Yang planned to make them a hard breakfast early!
After a simple wash, Zhou Yang went to the cold room where the meat was kept, and then selected two large pieces of pork belly and took them back to the kitchen.
After burning the remaining fine hairs on the surface of the pig skin to remove the fishy smell from the pork, Zhou Yang began to braise the meat.
Blanch the pork and cut it into fist-sized pieces, then add various seasonings to the pot and simmer over low heat.
At the same time, Zhou Yang dug out half a basin of flour from his dough pocket, then started kneading the dough with warm water and cracked in a few eggs!
Of course, when making noodles, it is indispensable to add noodles, which are actually old noodles that act as yeast.
This thing is a must-have for every household in this era when there is no yeast powder.
In order to increase the fermentation speed and enhance the taste, Zhou Yang deliberately added a lot of sugar when making the noodles.
Then, he kneaded the flour in the basin into a smooth dough, covered it with the basin and waited for fermentation.
At 6:30 in the morning, Zhou Yang opened the buckle on the basin and found that the dough inside had expanded to twice its original size.
Zhou Yang poked a hole with his finger, and when he saw that the hole neither retracted nor collapsed, he knew that the dough had fermented.
Zhou Yang then took out the fermented dough and started kneading the pancakes.
Of course, what Zhou Yang makes is called cake locally, but if it comes to Qin Province, it will be called steamed bun.
That’s right, Zhou Yang makes Qin Province’s famous Roujiamo!
The reason for making such a time-consuming and laborious breakfast is that the roujiamo is enough to satisfy hunger, and two stomachs can last for most of the day.
Secondly, the Roujiamo is easy to carry!
Zhou Yang specially made more and planned to take them to eat on the road.
At seven o'clock, when Li Youwei got dressed and came out of the house, Zhou Yang had already baked a large basin full of pancakes.
These pancakes are medium in size, golden and crispy on the surface, and exude an attractive aroma.
"When did you get up? Why don't I know at all?" Li Youwei asked with a hint of surprise.
"Haha, it's about five o'clock!"
"Why don't you ask me to get up and help you? How hard is it for you alone?"
"Why is cooking a meal so hard? Besides, you packed your things so late last night and were tormented by two little guys until the early hours of the morning. You'd better sleep a little longer!" Zhou Yang said.
Hearing these heart-warming words from her man, Li Youwei felt a warm current in her heart.
"What can I do for you?"
Zhou Yang was not polite and said directly: "Put the small pot on the stove and cook some porridge. Wait for a while and the millet porridge and meat buns will be served!"
"OK!"
With that said, Li Youwei took out the small iron pot specially designed for the stove from the main room. After washing it, she took it to the stove in the house and started to cook porridge!
Half an hour later, the meat in the big iron pot was stewed, the buns were all baked, and the porridge in the small iron pot was ready.
At this time, everyone else in the family also got up!
After washing up, everyone gathered in the main room and started eating breakfast.
The soft and delicious braised pork is sandwiched between golden and crispy cake buns, and paired with the yellow millet porridge, the taste is simply amazing.
While everyone in the Zhou family was having breakfast, there was a sudden roar of cars outside the gate.
Immediately afterwards, two jeeps were seen parked outside the gate of Zhou's house.
Then, everyone saw Liu Yunlong walking in from outside with two young soldiers.
In addition, what made Zhou Yang a little confused was that this guy actually brought his newlywed wife with him.
After Liu Yunlong and others came in, Zhou Yang immediately asked: "Have you eaten? If not, hurry up and bring the bowl!"
"Already eaten!" Liu Yunlong said with a smile.
"Why did you bring Comrade Li Qian with you? Are you worried about her being alone in the village?" Zhou Yang said with a smile.
Yesterday, Zhou Yang had discussed with Liu Yunlong that he would escort his brother, sister-in-law, and Li Youwei back to the capital today.
"No, Qianqian said she wanted to go back to her parents' house to stay for a few days. It just so happened that our car was passing through the county town on our way to the capital. I planned to take her back later!" Liu Yunlong said.
Zhou Yang looked at Li Qian again, then asked with a smile: "Comrade Li Qian, are you still used to it in the village?"
Li Qian's face turned slightly red, and then she said: "It's okay, it's just that school is on holiday, so there's really nothing to do!"
"That's what teachers are like. They are free as soon as the holidays come. They won't be so boring when school starts!" Zhou Yang said with a smile.
"Um..."
After a brief chat, everyone started loading things into the car.
Since the whole family will be in the capital for the Chinese New Year this year, Li Youwei and Zhou Yang discussed it and decided to transport all the things at home that could not be stored for a long time back to the capital.
Anyway, two cars have plenty of space.
So, in addition to clothes and other luggage, the rice, flour, grains and oils at home, as well as the meat, eggs and so on, were all loaded into the car.
After struggling for more than an hour, I finally packed it up.
Then, with Zhou Yang's reluctant eyes, the two cars slowly left the Zhou family and Babaoliang Village...
After watching the car leave, Zhou Yang and Lao Zhangtou, who also came out to see people off, returned to the west wing.
"Uncle Zhang, I heard from my brother that you have revised the self-study series of mathematics, physics and chemistry?"
"done!"
Then Lao Zhangtou took out a pile of manuscripts from the simple desk and pushed them in front of Zhou Yang.
"You took away the math and geometry parts before. This is physics and chemistry. Be careful when taking them and don't mess up the order!"
"OK!"
Then, Lao Zhangtou pointed to another pile of manuscript papers next to him and said: "That is the mock paper your brother made. There are 30 copies of math, physics and chemistry, and only 12 copies of Chinese and foreign languages. Your brother said the rest will be returned to the capital. Do it later!”
"In addition, I am working on a self-study series of geography, history, and biology these days. It is expected to take half a month. If you include the simulation papers, it will take at least a month!"
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time, don't get tired!"
Lao Zhangtou coughed several times, and then said: "I am already at this age, and one more day of living is a day of gain, it's okay!"
"Don't talk nonsense, you still need to take care of yourself!" Zhou Yang said.
"OK!"
"By the way, my wife is gone, and the family may not be open during this period. From now on, I will have someone bring you meals at noon and evening!" Zhou Yang said.
"No, just take down the small iron pot in the main room and I can make it myself!" Lao Zhangtou said.
In the past few years, when they lived in the barn, they cooked their own meals. A few broken bricks and a small broken pot lasted seven or eight years, and they were still hungry!
"It's the hardest thing to cook for one person, so I'll bring it to you from the work canteen!"
After finishing speaking, before Lao Zhangtou could speak, Zhou Yang asked Chen Beixuan to take two large stacks of manuscripts and go straight to the research institute.
(Natural yeast: Mianfaizi)
(Family version of Roujiamo)
