Era: 1979 From mountain man to richest man

Chapter 41 Surprising cooking skills

Educated Youth Point is a separate residence built for educated youth in the village.

It's about ten minutes away from Song Chaoyang's house.

Walking along the dirt road in the village, you can see a piece of flat land in the field after turning a corner.

There are two rows of connected adobe houses built on it.

One row of houses even had a specially built courtyard wall.

This is where female educated youths live.

Along the way, Song Chaoyang could still see the tire tracks of the jeep on the dirt road.

When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard of the Educated Youth Point, Song Chaoyang found that the gate of the courtyard was open. Kong Yun was sitting at the door with a can of luncheon meat in his hand and was eating it with a spoon.

While eating, I looked towards another well.

Over there, Cao Wei was holding a kitchen knife by the well, worrying about a big fish.

Neither of them noticed Song Chaoyang at the door.

"Cough!" Song Chaoyang coughed softly.

This attracted the two people's attention to the door.

When Kong Yun saw that Song Chaoyang was coming, she quickly put down the can in her hand, grabbed the walking stick next to her and propped herself up.

She asked with some surprise:

"Song Chaoyang, why are you here?"

"Knowing that you came back to help our village solve the water problem, I happened to go to the commune today and bought some things, so I made some food and came to thank you." Song Chaoyang replied, while also putting the food in the basket Show it to her:

"Look, three dishes and one soup are all here."

"Enough for you and Cao Zhiqing."

Kong Yun limped for a few steps, then stretched her neck, glanced into Song Chaoyang's basket, and said in surprise:
"Ah, so many? Did you do all this?"

Song Chaoyang nodded:
"Well, I made the vegetables and rice."

Song Chaoyang's cooking skills were practiced in his previous life. These are home-cooked dishes, which are not difficult for him.

Kong Yun could already smell the aroma of the food. She sniffed and then said politely:

"That's great, we were just making dinner."

"I didn't expect you to bring it to us now. It looks delicious."

After saying that, he turned to look at Cao Wei and said with a smile:
"Xiao Wei, you don't have to kill the fish now."

Song Chaoyang glanced at Cao Wei by the well and said to her:
"Keep the fish in the bucket, and eat the vegetables I brought first today."

Cao Wei breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this and quickly threw the fish into the bucket. Then she glanced at Kong Yun and said to Song Chaoyang:
"I don't know how to cook fish. Someone gave this to her when she came back."

Kong Yun smiled and said:

"Hahaha... You said it yourself. After reading the recipe in the book, it should be no problem to make a fish."

"I originally planned that if you really couldn't do it, we would just eat canned food tonight."

"Anyway, I brought a lot of canned meat when I came back this time."

"The recipe doesn't say how to kill such a big live fish." Cao Wei said with a guilty conscience.

Song Chaoyang couldn't help but be dumbfounded. This educated youth had stayed in the countryside for so long, but he still didn't know how to kill fish?
As if seeing Song Chaoyang's doubts, Cao Wei explained:

"We usually rarely kill animals."

"When you eat meat, you go to the commune and buy it with meat stamps."

Song Chaoyang nodded after hearing this.

It turned out to be the case.

It’s understandable that it won’t kill fish.

Then Song Chaoyang looked around. He asked them:
"Where are you going to eat?"

"I'll put it away for you."

Kong Yun was so busy that she could only point to her room:
"Inside the house, we have a table in our room."

Song Chaoyang walked to the door of the room carrying the basket, then stopped and asked:

"Is it convenient for me to go in?"

These days are not as open as later generations. This is entering someone's boudoir. What if they don't like it?

Kong Yun smiled and waved her hands indifferently:
"What's the inconvenience of this? It's not like I have a silk hole inside, just go in."

Song Chaoyang nodded and then stepped into the room.

Then we entered Kong Yun's room.

The interior seems to be quite simple, with a bed and several wooden boxes, and a desk near the window with books, pens, ink, candles, and a flashlight with batteries on it.

It can be seen that Kong Yun has the habit of reading at night.

There was an unused enamel cup on top, which she used to hold candle oil. It looked like the candle had been used a lot.

These days, most people still use kerosene lamps or worse, tung oil lamps. Those who can use candles are definitely wealthy.

In the middle of the house is an Eight Immortals table with bowls and chopsticks.

It should be the place where they usually eat.

Song Chaoyang placed the food on the Eight Immortals table.

"Wow, it smells so good!" Kong Yun came over and looked at the three dishes and one soup. The appearance and smell alone made her feel her index finger moving.

Cao Wei also came over. She looked at the rolled twice-cooked pork and said:

“The stir-fried pork is so good this time!”

"I heard someone say before that the criterion for whether twice-cooked pork is good or not is whether it has been stir-fried to create a nest." "Every piece of meat on this whole plate has been stir-fried to create a nest. It's quite a skill!"

"Is this stir-fried liver and kidneys? Look at it, Xiaowei, these kidney flowers are so beautiful!" Kong Yun pointed to another plate of stir-fried liver and kidneys.

Cao Wei gave Song Chaoyang a thumbs up:

"Song Chaoyang, you are very powerful!"

Kong Yun followed closely behind and gave Song Chaoyang a thumbs up:

"The appearance and smell alone are extraordinary."

Seeing the two of them praising the dishes, Song Chaoyang felt a little bit dumbfounded. He had never interacted with them before, and he thought they were a little aloof, but now he felt that these two were too flattering.

It’s just a matter of praise and praise, and I started to praise it before I even ate it.

"Thank you for the compliment. Let's eat quickly. How does it taste first?" Song Chaoyang took two bowls, filled both of them with a bowl of rice, and then handed the chopsticks to their hands.

"Okay!" Kong Yun took the chopsticks and sat down.

Cao Wei invited Song Chaoyang:

"Why don't you get a bowl to eat with so many dishes?"

Kong Yun also reacted and said to Song Chaoyang:
"Yes, yes, let's eat together!"

Song Chaoyang waved his hand:

"You guys eat, this is specially made for you, I still have it at home!"

Just as she was about to move her chopsticks, Cao Wei stopped again and said:
"This is so much meat! You won't buy all the meat and cook it for us to eat, right?"

Song Chaoyang said:
"How is that possible? I'm not stupid."

But Cao Wei seemed a little unconvinced, she said:
"I know it's not easy to eat meat in the countryside. Don't cook all the meat for us."

Kong Yun quickly stopped the chopsticks in her hand and said to Song Chaoyang:

"Yep."

"It's not easy to eat meat in rural areas of Song Chaoyang. You prepare so many meat dishes..."

As she said that, she picked the plate of stir-fried liver and kidneys and said:
"We only need to eat one dish, and you can take the rest back!"

There is no reason to bring back the food that was sent out. Song Chaoyang shook his head, and then asked Kong Yun:

"Do you still remember the basket of Gastrodia elata when I rescued you last time?"

Kong Yun was stunned, then came back to her senses and asked:
"Did you sell the gastrodia elata you got last time?"

"Well, we sold it for a lot of money." Song Chaoyang nodded.

Kong Yun didn't know the price of Gastrodia elata, so she asked with some doubt:

"Really?"

Song Chaoyang said:
"Of course it's true, and you also asked for 15 yuan for my medical expenses, right?"

"Just 15 yuan is enough to get a lot of pork."

After hearing this, Kong Yun and Cao Wei believed that Song Chaoyang was not trying to make a fool of himself.

Kong Yun waved her hands and smiled:
"Hey, that's all a piece of cake."

Then he picked up the chopsticks and said:
"Then we're really welcome to eat it."

Song Chaoyang smiled and said:
"You're welcome, these are made for you, eat them quickly and see how they taste!"

"Okay!" Kong Yun rolled up her shirt sleeves and greeted Cao Wei:
"Move the chopsticks! Move the chopsticks!"

As she spoke, she first picked up a piece of waist flower and put it into her mouth.

After chewing a few times, she frowned:

"Uh-huh?!"

Then she chewed a few more times, and then nodded repeatedly:
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"

Looking at Kong Yun's performance, she couldn't even explain what she was saying.

Cao Wei stopped using her chopsticks to pick up vegetables and asked Kong Yun:

"Xiaoyun, what's wrong with you?"

Kong Yun swallowed the kidney flower in her mouth, pointed at the dish to Cao Wei and said:

"Xiaowei is delicious! Try it quickly!"

"This tastes great!"

"..." Cao Wei was speechless.

I couldn’t help but complain:

"Are you so exaggerated?"

After saying that, she also picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork. After chewing a few mouthfuls, she also had the same expression as Kong Yun just now.

The more he chewed, the brighter his eyes became, and then he nodded repeatedly:
"okokokok……"

"How is it?" Kong Yun asked Cao Wei.

Cao Wei gave a thumbs up:
“It’s delicious! It’s as good as a top chef!”

Then she turned to Song Chaoyang and said:
"Song Chaoyang, you are quite talented in cooking."

Kong Yun even said:

"Whenever we buy meat here from now on, please do it!"

After saying that, he immediately added:
"Don't worry, it won't be in vain. We'll eat it together when it's ready."

(End of this chapter)