Reborn 1990's Fat Wife Should Be Self-Reliant

Chapter 39 Winter Melon Pork Rib Soup

According to Lu Changqing's prescription, she went to the vegetable market to pick up half a winter melon and two catties of ribs to go home.

Soak the pork ribs in cold water first, and then process the wax gourd on the chopping board.

The winter melon skin does not need to be peeled, but it needs to be cut off from the round end to make a cover. The two pieces of winter melon flesh are cleaned out and washed inside and out. Then wash the pot and put a spoonful of lard in it. Golden clip out.

Then clean and dry the pot, put the flat side of the winter melon into the pot, cook for 2 minutes to make the winter melon and the pot tightly connected, then pour in two bowls of boiling water, throw in the onion, ginger and pork ribs, and add a spoonful Salt, cover with the two-inch winter melon that was cut off just now, and simmer for half an hour on low heat, the whole yard is fragrant.

The scent of wax gourd ribs from Zhou Huilan's side soon wafted out.

Zhou Huilan originally wanted to bring a bowl to the Lu's house, but after thinking about it, she seemed petty, so she went to the Lu's house and called Aunt Fengxia to come, and brought a pot, packed a pot and went back to eat with the whole family.

Seeing the whole winter melon in the pot, Lu Fengxia was also very surprised, "Steam whole, can this be cooked?"

Zhou Huilan put her hands on a handkerchief, and lifted the lid of the winter melon on it. The smell of pork ribs rushed to her face, and the smell of winter melon soup with a layer of oil was even stronger. The gluttonous aunt licked her mouth in embarrassment.

"Look at your cooking, it's thoughtful and delicious, I really can't learn it with my clumsy hands."

After so many days of contact, Zhou Huilan understood Lu Fengxia's temperament, so she told her what Lu Changqing had told her, and then told her aunt again, but after she finished speaking this time, before Lu Fengxia opened her mouth, suddenly a loud voice come over.

"Is this pot stewed with winter melon?"

Both Zhou Huilan and Lu Fengxia were taken aback, they looked around the yard and saw no one, Granny Duan was still lying in the room.

"Here it is here!"

Following the sound, there was a person lying on a ladder on the west wall of the yard, smiling and waving to Zhou Huilan, "I mean, I've always heard that someone's cooking smells so good recently, and it may be that Granny Duan's family moved in." Qiao Chef, your winter melon stew is really delicious, can you teach me?"

They are all neighbors, and Zhou Huilan will not refuse in an attitude of being kind to others, but this prescription was given by Lu Changqing, and she cannot pass it on without authorization.

"Auntie was joking, I just did it by myself, and I don't know how to teach others."

"Why not? Just tell me how to do it, or you can do it again and ask me to watch from the side. It's fine."

"Auntie Da Niu, the girl is thin-skinned, and you are too thick-skinned. Can't you see that she doesn't want to teach you? Your man is a master chef in a state-run restaurant, so you still need to learn how to cook from others?"

"I didn't ask you, why are you talking so much?" Auntie Niu curled her lips, gave Lu Fengxia a vicious look, and then smiled at Zhou Huilan.

"Hey, you are..."

Zhou Huilan gave Aunt Fengxia a hand, "Auntie Da Niu, right?"

"Oh!" The head lying on the wall became a little excited.

"I can't teach it, and I really don't want to. Although the wall you climb is shared by the two families, if you crush it and smash my things, will you lose money?"

"You..." Auntie Da Niu's face turned into a liver color.

"If you don't leave, I'll just poke it with a stick..." Zhou Huilan made a gesture to grab the stick, and then the head on the wall died out of anger.

"When you deal with this kind of person, you can't give her face. The better you talk, the more she will make progress, so you can't start!" Lu Fengxia pointed at the wall, "Pooh" angrily.

Although Zhou Huilan didn't like the person who climbed over the wall to peep, she could tell that Lu Fengxia didn't simply dislike that person.

"Auntie, you said her man is the master chef of the state-run hotel?"

"Yeah, it's called Niu Guangde," he said, glancing into the room before lowering his voice, "I also heard from Changqing's grandma that the old lady of the Niu family is very powerful and raised two sons. She is skilled in cooking and has become a favorite of the state-run restaurant. With this, she insisted on taking the two best yards of the Duan family. Too greedy for her!"

These days, cooking skills are just like welders and electricians. It is a skill that can be used as a job, and it is not passed on.

While talking about it, Lu Fengxia dragged Zhou Huilan out, talking about the wonderful neighbors on the street, insisting on keeping Zhou Huilan to eat together at Lu's house.

She couldn't refuse, but she also thought about asking Lu Changqing for a few more prescriptions, so Zhou Huilan agreed.

Lu Fengxia went to invite the old man, and Zhou Huilan was here to serve the meal. As soon as the bowl was set, the old man came over.

"That old lady, it's really rare to be able to ask you to come to my house!" As soon as Mr. Lu showed up, he became mean.

Before Zhou Huilan moved, Lu Changqing said first, "Grandpa, try this wax gourd cup, it smells really good."

Mr. Lu glanced at the winter melon soup, with a mediocre expression, looked up at Zhou Huilan, but suddenly stood up, "Wait a minute!"

Zhou Huilan had just scooped up a spoonful of soup when the old man's words scared her so much that she dropped the spoon into the bowl, and the winter melon soup splashed all over her hands. Before she could retract her hand, a handkerchief was already covering the back of her hand.

It was Lu Changqing's handkerchief.

The soup was brought over from Duan's house, it was not very hot anymore, it was just hot on my hand, and there was no blister.

Lu Changqing pulled Zhou Huilan and was about to flush, but Mr. Lu leaned on a cane and stretched out his hand to grab Zhou Huilan's wrist.

"Why is this bracelet in your hand!?"

"Grandpa, you hurt her!" Lu Changqing pulled the old man's hand away.

Zhou Huilan was also very surprised, what happened to the old man, "Grandma Duan gave it to me."

But the old man didn't move. It wasn't until Lu Changqing called him several times that the old man suddenly came back to his senses and muttered to himself as if in a daze, "The foundation of the Xu family for hundreds of years, the foundation of hundreds of years! ..."

Instead of sitting down, he opened the door and left.

Lu Fengxia hurriedly followed, Zhou Huilan couldn't help feeling a little worried, but Lu Changqing took her to the kitchen, turned on the faucet and rushed, seeing Zhou Huilan's absent-mindedness, he explained: "Grandpa is always a little dazed when he encounters Granny Xu. nothing."

"Grandma Xu?" Zhou Huilan was stunned for a moment, but suddenly remembered that Granny Duan had said at the beginning that her husband's family name was Duan and her maiden name was Xu. Then, what old master Lu just said about the Xu family's hundreds of years of foundation, could it be that he sent her with her mother-in-law? About this bracelet?
"Yes, my mother-in-law's surname is Xu."

After washing his hands, Lu Changqing went back to the table and took a big sip of the bowl of winter melon soup. He felt his stomach warmed all of a sudden.

"Doctor Lu, how about this soup?" Zhou Huilan also sat down.

Lu Changqing nodded, "It's delicious."

"Doctor Lu, why don't you give me a few more prescriptions, I'll go back and try them out, and I can send them to you when I'm done!"

"Okay, I'll write to you later."

Coming out of Lu's house, Zhou Huilan had three more recipes in her hand. Lu Changqing wrote all in classical Chinese, and the names were hard to pronounce. She shortened the ingredients according to the raw materials. They were spinach porridge, white fungus and wolfberry soup, and three kinds of mushroom soups. It's not complicated, but the method is mainly steamed and stewed, which is indeed much healthier.

(End of this chapter)