The history of the struggle of the God of the Stove

Chapter 151 I teach you how to cook
In the early hours of the morning, before dawn, Qi Yuan woke up with a creaking sound.

With a sweep of his consciousness, he found the place where the sound came from.

It turned out that the pockmarked woman had woken up early and was pushing the stone mill hard, grinding the soaked soybean flakes into soybean milk.

It is obviously very difficult for her to push such a heavy stone mill. The only person in the family who can help her is the elderly father-in-law.

Of course, the old man can't push the stone mill, so he can only do some light work as much as he can, and is responsible for adding soybeans and water.

The sky gradually brightened, and a ray of morning sun shone into their mill along the window.

The little boy named Bao'er had also woken up. Seeing that his mother was struggling, he ran over to help.

The woman stopped to take a breath, wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hand, and said gently: "Bao'er, you are still young, you can't move this stone mill, go and help grandpa get something, don't let grandpa get tired .”

Unwilling to give up, Bao'er tried again, but she found that the stone mill was not moving at all, and she was immediately dejected.

But when he saw his mother working hard, he soon cheered up and said: "The child will grow up quickly, and then he will be able to help mother with things."

The woman smiled gratifiedly when she heard the words, touched her son's head, and said: "Bao'er is so good, go quickly."

Bao'er agreed, and ran to help grandpa get things.

The woman smiled slightly and continued to push the stone mill.

It was difficult for her to push this thing alone. At the beginning, she was so tired that her back hurt every day, but after more than a year, she has gotten used to this kind of work.

After the tofu is ready, the morning is over.

The woman went outside to open the shop door, and not long after, some neighbors from nearby came to exchange for tofu.

Although there are coins appearing at this time, for these ordinary people, bartering is more common.

Most of these neighbors take some food, or soybeans, or corn, and go to the store to exchange some tofu.

This small business is obviously not very profitable, but the woman is still very happy, after all relying on these things is enough for their family's rations.

In addition, customers who come to eat every day can still make some money.

It's just that I have to decoct medicine for my mother-in-law every day, and the money is always a bit beyond my means.

After being busy for a while, the woman made a meal for the family. She ate a few mouthfuls by herself, then took out all the money in the cabinet, and went to get the medicine according to the prescription given by the doctor yesterday.

Qi Yuan got up and went out of the room, and saw that the owner of the guest house was busy in the yard, so he asked him about the woman next door.

The owner of this inn is also quite talkative. Hearing that Qi Yuan asked about the pockmarked woman next door, he immediately gave a thumbs up and was full of praise: "You said Chen Zhang, that woman has nothing to say, the neighbor The neighbors don't know that she treats her parents-in-law with the utmost purity and filial piety.

Last year, her husband died on the battlefield, her mother-in-law was seriously ill, and her father-in-law was old. She basically relied on her to run the house alone. Without her, the family would have been in trouble for a long time. "

With the other party's introduction, Qi Yuan gradually understood some things about the woman.

Chen Zhang has a good reputation among the neighbors in the neighborhood.

The ancients valued filial piety, but Chen Zhang's reputation for being filial to his in-laws is not the same as someone who deliberately led people to portray themselves as a sage when he was in Chaoge. His reputation has been accumulated bit by bit over the years , there is no falsehood.

Especially after her husband died in battle and her mother-in-law became seriously ill, she never complained.

I do my best to serve my mother-in-law every day, even when my mother-in-law feels that she is a drag on the family and can't think about it, she even tries her best to enlighten her.

Qi Yuan sighed in his heart, thought for a while, and walked towards the tofu shop next door.

There was no one in the store, because Mrs. Chen made medicine for her mother-in-law in the backyard just now.

Chen Zhang's mother-in-law coughed and sighed: "How many times have I told you, don't spend this wronged money again. I will never get better from this disease. What medicine should I take? It will only drag the family down."

"My mother-in-law said this, of course you have to take medicine when you are sick, maybe you can get better in the future?"

Chen Zhang blew the decoction, gently brought it to her mother-in-law, and served her to drink it.

"Oh, but it's hard for you."

The mother-in-law sighed.

Although she is old and not confused, she naturally knows how much her daughter-in-law has suffered these days.

It's a pity that my body is useless, not only can't help, but also dragged down the whole family to suffer together.

Chen Zhang said with a smile: "My daughter-in-law is not suffering, you just need to take good care of her."

With that said, she packed up the medicine bowl and went out to get busy with the things ahead.

After all, when opening a shop and doing business every day, there are many things to do, and there is not much leisure time.

"Hey, sir, why are you here so early?"

When Chen Zhang saw Qi Yuan in the store, he couldn't help being taken aback, it's not time for dinner yet!

Ordinary people usually have two meals a day, except for the neighbors who exchange tofu, few people come to her shop to eat at this time.

"I'm not here to eat."

Qi Yuan organized his language, and then said: "You didn't master the heat when cooking, let me teach you how to cook a dish?"

In fact, when he said this, he was embarrassed in his heart, and he took the initiative to come to the door like this, and told a woman that he would teach her to cook. Such a thing is really unheard of.

"what?"

Chen Zhang was also a little surprised: "Sir, you want to teach me how to cook?"

"Why, you don't believe I can cook?"

"That's not it."

Mrs. Chen Zhang quickly shook her head: "Since the sage with white eyebrows taught cooking in Xiqi, most of the people who have learned cooking skills are men. Mister should also have learned cooking skills from sage with white eyebrows, right?"

"Uh...not bad."

Qi Yuan nodded fiercely, it seems that the previous name is more effective here.

Chen Zhang said with emotion: "At the beginning, my husband went to Xiqi to follow the sage to learn cooking skills for a period of time. If it weren't for the sage, our family would not be able to make a living even now.

It's a pity that the sage later traveled around the world, and I don't know where he went, otherwise I would have to thank him in person. "

Immediately, Chen Zhang asked strangely: "It's just, why did you teach me how to cook?"

Qi Yuan chuckled: "I teach you because I heard about your deeds of filial piety to your parents-in-law, so I want to help you, and I only intend to teach you a dish, so it won't take much effort.

Thinking about it, this dish I taught you is enough for you to support your family.”

"Can one dish support a family?"

Chen Zhang was a little puzzled.

Although her cooking skills are not very good, I have heard that those restaurants that are more profitable have a lot of dishes to support their appearance.

Qi Yuan laughed lightly: "You don't understand, the so-called one trick is delicious, and you can eat it all over the world. If you learn this dish, it will definitely benefit you endlessly in the future."

"Well, thank you sir."

Mrs. Chen Zhang saluted gratefully: "I don't know what kind of dishes the master intends to teach me?"

A strange look appeared on Qi Yuan's face: "The dish I want to teach you is called... Mapo Tofu!"

(End of this chapter)