inspire-indiana Chapter 212 Instant Noodles
Chapter 212 Instant Noodles
Everyone was busy for the whole afternoon. Cleaning the utility room and the warehouse was a physically demanding job. Fortunately, Hunter Xu came back from the rabbit house and joined the cleaning team, otherwise it would probably not be finished by the time the two brothers Xu Congwen and Xu Congan came back from school.
Xu's mother and Li Dahua washed their hands and prepared to cook, but Xu Congyi quickly stopped them.
"Grandma, Mom, don't cook tonight. I'll buy some instant noodles from the space and we can cook them. You guys should go take a bath!" Xu Congyi had already boiled the hot water in advance. Looking at the time, the two brothers would be back from school in about half an hour. It would take a while to cook for herself, so it would be better to eat ready-made food. Besides, she hadn't eaten instant noodles for a long time. With some braised beef, eggs and vegetables, it would be a delicious meal.
"Okay, then we'll listen to Yi Yi," Xu's mother made the decision immediately. "Da Hua, let's go take a shower, and then we'll eat what Yi Yi said tonight."
Li Dahua quickly responded and went to prepare a change of clothes, muttering, "Mom, I'll go get some clothes, and we'll wash them and get rid of the dust on our bodies."
At the same time, Old Man Xu and Hunter Xu continued to be busy in the backyard. They sorted out the useless debris one by one and chopped them into small pieces suitable for burning with a sharp axe, which made it convenient to put them into the stove.
Because Xu Congyi was mainly responsible for cleaning up dust and sand in the afternoon, even though she wore an apron, hat and mask, there was still a lot of dust stuck to Xu Congyi's body and hair. The water flowing over the tiles turned black. Xu Congyi washed her body several times with soap and shower gel, and washed her hair twice before coming out of the bathroom.
After Xu Congyi dried her hair and changed her clothes, she found that the two brothers had returned. Their schoolbags were thrown on the stone table, but they were nowhere to be seen. When Xu Congyi was wondering, she heard a noise in the backyard. She went to look and found that the two brothers were in the newly tidied utility room. The noise just now was made by Xu Cong'an.
"This rack is really nice and shiny. I've never seen such an iron rack before."
"Second brother, this is not an ordinary iron rack." Xu Congyi walked forward and patted Xu Cong'an's shoulder gently. "This is made of stainless steel. It is stronger and more durable than iron. The most important thing is that it will not rust after getting wet. It is very suitable for storing things in the utility room. It is both beautiful and practical." Xu Congyi explained with a smile.
"Then this must be something you took out from the treasure again," Xu Congwen hit the nail on the head.
"Of course!" Xu Congyi blinked. "I'm going to cook first. We worked all afternoon, so dinner will be simple!"
"Let's go help too!" The two brothers followed Xu Congyi out of the backyard and into the kitchen.
"Big brother, help me cut the beef into slices, second brother, help me pick the green vegetables and wash them," Xu Congyi was not polite and directly directed his two brothers. The braised beef was made by Xu Congyi during the busy farming season. There was a large piece left, which he could add to the instant noodles today, and it would become the real "braised beef noodles".
The instant noodles Xu Congyi bought from the space were large bags, but considering the appetite of her family, she still cooked ten bags. Xu Congyi liked to eat hard-boiled eggs, so she got used to beating the eggs into the water before boiling, two eggs per person, Xu Congyi beat a total of fourteen eggs into the water, the golden yolk and transparent egg white slowly solidified in the water, like a bunch of blooming lotus flowers.
After the eggs were shaped, Xu Congyi poured in the sauce packet and the powder packet. As for the vegetable packet, Xu Congyi didn't like to put it in when he was young, so he didn't put it here. Anyway, he would put the vegetables in later.
As soon as the powder and sauce packets were placed, the kitchen was filled with fragrance, which made the greedy Xu Cong'an speed up the speed of washing vegetables outside. Xu's mother and Li Dahua also came out of the bath. As soon as they stepped out of the door, the tempting fragrance led them to the kitchen door like an invisible traction.
"Yi Yi, the fragrance here can make people drool even from a distance." Mother Xu praised with a smile.
Seeing that grandma and mother had also finished bathing, Xu Congyi put all the noodles into the pot. When the pot boiled again, she quickly stirred the noodles with chopsticks, and finally gently put the washed vegetables into the pot. The green leaves rolled a few times in the hot soup and cooked for a while. After the instant noodles were served, the beef that Xu Congwen had just cut was placed in the bowl, and the braised beef noodles were ready.
After a busy afternoon, everyone was hungry. In addition, the taste of the instant noodles was so attractive that when all the Xu family members sat down, they couldn't wait to eat. For a while, the only sound in the main room was the sound of everyone slurping noodles. Xu Congyi hadn't eaten instant noodles for a long time, and she ate it very happily. When she was a child, she thought instant noodles were the most delicious thing in the world. When she had no appetite to eat, she would eat a bowl of instant noodles as soon as her grandmother cooked them. The other people in the Xu family were also conquered by the instant noodles. They had never tasted noodles with this texture before, and the noodles were golden, thin and curly, which they had never seen before.