Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 89 Power outage

Qiao Mi turned back and turned on the induction cooker, poured hot water into the pot and brought it to a boil. When the water boiled, she took a large bowl and poured the duck pieces into it, added some cooking wine and sliced ​​ginger, and then poured water into the large bowl containing the duck meat. Wash it, wait until the duck meat in the pot turns white, and there is a layer of off-white foam floating on the water surface, she takes out a colander to pick up the duck meat pieces, drains the water, puts them in a large bowl, rinses the colander clean and puts them in the pan. On one side, pour out the water in the pot again, and brush the pot clean.

"Mom, I'm ready to start frying." Qiao Miwei turned around and said, adding oil to the pan, then adding shredded ginger, garlic slices, green onions, star anise and Chinese prickly ash to stir-fry. Pour the pieces in and continue frying until the pieces of meat came out of oil. She quickly poured cooking wine into the pot, and then added an appropriate amount of soy sauce for seasoning and coloring.

Then put the tree mushrooms in and stir fry. After the tree mushrooms are evenly fried, add a bowl of water to the pot, add an appropriate amount of salt, cover the pot and turn the heat to a high heat to simmer.

Over there, Qiao's mother's fried shrimp also started to go into the pot. Qiao Miwei took the loofah and peeled it, then cut it into hob pieces, and then chopped green onion and garlic slices.

After these preparations were finished and the duck meat was boiled, she lowered the heat and continued to simmer, and then began to wash the potatoes. Their potatoes are very sweet and waxy, but they are too small. The potatoes are just right. After the potatoes are washed, the duck in the pot should be crispy. She opened the pot and took a look, then turned the heat up and started to stir-fry to collect the juice. Finally, put the green peppers in and stir-fry until the green peppers were broken. After that, add the right amount of monosodium glutamate and turn off the heat to get out of the pot.

After finishing the most time-consuming duck, the rest is easy to do. She put the washed potatoes into the pressure cooker and cooked them, then turned around and took the loofah to prepare for stir-frying.

She cleaned the pot first, then added oil to the pot, and when the oil was hot, she added sliced ​​garlic, chopped green onion and chili sauce to stir-fry. This chili sauce was made by Mother Qiao, and it contained fried minced lean meat and crushed peanuts. And sesame, it tastes very fragrant. After the aroma is fried in the pan, pour the loofah into it and stir fry until the loofah becomes soft, then add an appropriate amount of salt and it will be out of the pan.

Qiao Mi turned slightly and asked, "Mom, should we serve the food first?"

Mother Qiao nodded, "Come on, I'll be right here soon."

Qiao Miwei entered the room with the duck meat. Seeing that the dishes were ready, Yu Yawen quickly followed her out and helped to set the table. Ten minutes later, the pressure cooker rang. She took out the potatoes and brought a small bowl of cold water to dip her hands in. Then began to peel the potatoes. When the skins were peeled off, Qiao Miwei took a kitchen knife and gently flattened the potatoes, then turned on the fire, poured oil in the pan, and when the oil was hot, put the potatoes in and fried them. Sprinkle salt, pepper and green onion on top while frying. When both sides of the potatoes are fried golden, they can be out of the pan. She put the last potato on the plate and looked back when Mother Qiao was done. She was washing rice and preparing to cook rice. .

Qiao Miwei went back to the house with the food, and Qiao's mother stopped her, "Wei Wei, see if the wine we brewed can be drunk."

Qiao Miwei turned around and asked, "It's only been a month, can it work?"

"Look, there's still wine in there anyway, so drink less if you can't." Mother Qiao put the rice on the boil, and then simply put the kitchen together.

"Oh." Qiao Miwei brought the dishes into the room, "The last dish, Xia Yao, eat more."

Xia Yao nodded, "Well, all the dishes you cook are delicious."

Qiao Mi smiled and said, "Then you should eat more."

Seeing that Qiao Miwei was about to go out, Qin Zhiyuan hurriedly greeted her, "Weiwei, these dishes are enough, don't prepare any more, and Auntie, let her come over too."

"Well, my mother will come right away. I'll see if I can drink wine. It's so cold, let's drink some wine to warm up." Qiao Miwei opened the door and went out.

Qin Zhiyuan was excited when he heard that there was wine to drink, "Okay, let's have a look."

This wine is not scientifically soaked. The real pure wine is made entirely from grapes without adding wine. The wine in their family is just soaked with a few catties of grapes and rock sugar. The wine here is the only one left in the house. Those bottles of 38-degree wine are estimated to be even lower when they are soaked with grapes, but this is just right. Qiao Mi has little tolerance for alcohol, but she still has some cravings for this kind of wine. If the degree is not high, she can also drink some.

Qiao Miwei went back to the room with the big bottle in her arms. Mother Qiao had already arrived at the table, and there was a seat for her beside her. Qiao Miwei handed the wine to Mother Qiao, and put her slippers on the kang, "Mom, look, I I think I should be able to drink it, and the color has changed."

Mother Qiao uncorked the bottle and sniffed it, "It should be fine, anyway, it's something that can be eaten directly, let's try it first." She poured a glass for everyone.

Xia Yao didn't know how to drink, but she was curious about the taste of this self-brewed wine, so Mother Qiao poured her a small glass for her to taste.

Qin Zhiyuan picked up the glass and clinked it with Qiao's father and Sun Ying and drank less than half of the glass in one gulp, "Well, it tastes good, Auntie, this wine tastes good, but the alcohol is a bit low."

Mother Qiao also clinked glasses with Xia Yao and Yu Yawen and took a sip. Xia Yao stuck out her tongue and licked a small sip, "Ah, it's so spicy."

Father Qiao laughed and said, "This wine is estimated to be less than [-] degrees now. You don't know how to drink alcohol, but we don't find it spicy at all."

Xia Yao's face was blushing, she quietly pushed the glass out, and never touched the glass of wine again until the end of the meal.

"Auntie, this duck meat is so delicious, and your craftsmanship is amazing." Qin Zhiyuan munched on the duck meat while not forgetting to flatter Qiao's mother.

Qiao's mother smiled and pointed at Qiao Miwei, "Weiwei made this dish, and it's not bad this time. It's cooked just right and has improved."

Xia Yao ate a potato cake and looked at Qiao Miwei in surprise, "Wow, sister Qiao is so good, I can't cook anything."

Qiao Miwei said, "That's good, such a blessing."

Qin Zhiyuan hurriedly said, "Most of the girls nowadays don't know how to cook, Wei Wei is great, uncle and aunt have such a daughter, you are blessed, I will definitely find a daughter-in-law with such a skill in the future."

Qin Zhiyuan's words were too blatant, and everyone present could hear it. For a moment, everyone's expressions were wonderful. Although Qiao's mother was happy in her heart, she could tell that the girl Xia Yao also had a crush on Qin Zhiyuan, and she was afraid of her. Feeling sad, he quickly changed the topic, and filled Xia Yao with some pine nut corn with a spoon, "Try this, the pine nuts are wild and just roasted."

Xia Yao nodded, "Thank you auntie, I never knew that freshly roasted pine nuts are so fragrant."

Yu Yawen said, "Yeah, I didn't know before I came here, I always thought it would be good to live in the city, but I didn't know that I would eat pure green vegetables after I came here, and after comparing it, I realized that the vegetables I ate before had no taste at all. , The pure green vegetables that are the main products in those big supermarkets are also deceptive."

Xia Yao nodded ignorantly, took a piece of loofah and ate it, "Really, the taste is indeed different, very delicious." In fact, with the status of the Xia family, how could she not be able to eat pure green food? It's just echoing Yawen's words.

Sure enough, Mother Qiao heard this, and hurriedly picked up another two chopsticks for her, "Eat more, if you stay here longer, you can come to my place to eat every day, and I will cook delicious food for you every day."

Xia Yao pursed her lips and smiled, "Thank you, Auntie, then I'll have the cheek to bother you."

Father Qiao also said cheerfully, "Why bother, I can't go out now, we old couple are bored at home, I wish I had a few more girls like you to accompany me to relieve my boredom."

Everyone ate and chatted, and drank some wine, and the atmosphere became more lively.

But when they were happily eating delicious food, the line on a utility pole not far from here broke with a click because it could not bear the weight of the ice skate, and the electricity of many people who were using electricity suddenly stopped. Because the indoor light was too dim, Qiao's family also turned on the lights. When the power went out suddenly, Qiao's family was also stunned. Qiao's mother reacted quickly, got up and lifted the iron plate on the stove, revealing the red flame inside. Immediately, the temperature in the room increased a lot, and it became brighter.

Father Qiao said worriedly, "I'm afraid there is a power outage at this time, which is not a good sign."

Qiao Miwei can't remember the scene in the dream at all, so he has no way of judging whether the power will come in the end. "The main reason is that the power outage happened."

Qin Zhiyuan's expression was also very serious, "Uncle Weiwei, don't worry, I'll contact the higher-ups after dinner and ask about the specific situation."

Father Qiao nodded, "Tell us if you have any news. Even if you really don't call, you should be mentally prepared."

"Don't worry, I will." Qin Zhiyuan agreed.

Xia Yao looked at Qin Zhiyuan adoringly with her big watery eyes. She only thought that her brother Zhiyuan was so handsome. She couldn't imagine what kind of impact it would have on people if there was a complete power outage.

In fact, it’s not my fault that Father Qiao was worried. After all, Qiao Miwei’s story about the end of the world was used as a foreshadowing. Every time something happened, Father Qiao had to think about the worst-case scenario. It was like the last big earthquake. They didn’t know the outside situation. But if there is an earthquake of this magnitude in the city, those buildings will most likely not be able to survive, and if this power outage is permanent, then the life of those city people will be even more difficult. After all, living in the city Homes are generally inseparable from electricity, and there must be many people who use electricity directly for heating.

The power transmission line was broken, and a large area of ​​Wujia Village was without electricity. Fortunately, Qiao Miwei’s family had coal and earthen pots, so life was not worrying, but Wu Hong couldn’t. There are many people who rely on electricity for most of their lives, but seeing that the electricity stopped and there was no sign of it coming back, he couldn't sit still, so he had to find Qin Zhiyuan again for help.

Qin Zhiyuan has already reported to the above, but he has not received a reply so far, and he has no choice. Now Wu Hong has no other choice. It is the best result to tell the outside of the situation here. The rest is for them. It can only be resigned to fate.

(End of this chapter)