Chapter 87: Rounding Up
Lady Jiang noticed that the pot was already hot, and if she didn’t pour the vegetables in soon, the oil would burn dry. She then poured in the beaten eggs with a sizzling sound as they quickly began to solidify in the pot.
Wang Yongzhu also didn’t dare to think too much and hurried to stir-fry, but Lady Jiang stopped her, asking Jinguan to pull some firewood back from the stove to lower the heat, and handed over a bowl of water, teaching her niece to stir-fry the eggs with water.
Wang Yongzhu, trembling with caution, dribbled water into the pot while stir-frying and succeeded in creating soft chunks of eggs.
On the other side, Lady Jiang quickly mixed shepherd’s purse into the eggs and helped add salt. After Wang Yongzhu turned the mixture over a couple of times just for the look of it, she signaled that it was ready to be taken out of the pot.
The stir-frying was done, and the chicken soup in the clay pot was also perfectly stewed, exuding a rich aroma.
With just these few dishes, Wang Yongzhu was sweating profusely, but looking at her achievements, she felt a great sense of accomplishment.
Although the steamed buns were not steamed by her, the porridge was not stewed by her, and the vegetables were not washed and cut by her, she did stir-fry them. Rounding up, it could be considered that she had made a meal, right?
The men of the Wang family had already been waiting at the table, eagerly swallowing their saliva as the dishes were served.
Chicken stewed with Chinese yam, stir-fried Chinese yam with black fungus, shepherd’s purse scrambled with eggs, a large steamer of double-mixed steamed buns, even the cornmeal porridge was so thick that a chopstick could stand in it without falling over.
After Old Granny Zhang divided the steamed buns, she took out chicken legs and without fail gave one to the eldest daughter and another to the head of the family.
Then she signaled the start of the meal.