However, even if she was so squandering, including three meals at home today and tomorrow, she only spent a handful of money.

Lin Yan didn't spend the remaining pennies and found a place to keep them.

By the time all this was done, the sky was getting dark.

Lin Yan didn't dare to linger any longer, so he entered the kitchen and started working.

Mr. Huang also arrived early and went in to help.

But Lin Yan didn't expect that Xiao Li also came over after a while. Seeing that the dishes had not yet been chosen, he started to help.

Lin Yan was polite to her and said he was embarrassed to ask her to help.

She just laughed and said, "What does one family say to two families?"

Lin Yan was still polite.

But Xiao Li became cautious: "At noon, you said you knew a lot of people and knew where to rent a house, but is it true?"

Lin Yan was stunned and nodded.

Little Li said: "I have discussed it carefully with your second uncle. Although your great-grandma said that we will not separate our families, your father-in-law bought this house. How can you really move it out for us to live in?"

Lin Yan had to say polite words again.

In the end, Mrs. Li didn't give her a chance. Mrs. Li stopped her and said, "Even if you let her out, we would be embarrassed to live there."

She said: "Your second uncle and I are both shameless. Just when our fourth uncle left, we drove you orphans and widowers to the countryside. If you lie down at night, how can you still sleep?"

This is so true!

Lin Yan looked at little Mrs. Li and kept saying, "Second Auntie, you are serious..." but her eyes lit up a little.

Little Li laughed and said, "It's not serious. Besides, Jing'an also wants to study. We can't really let Jing'an walk such a long way back and forth every day? Besides, his health is not good. Even if he wants to stay, he should go to Huai'an."

This makes so much sense!

Lin Yan continued to be polite, thinking secretly in his heart that Shen Jing'an, the second uncle, is quite a good lady.

With this thought in mind, he looked at Mr. Huang who was standing aside.

Mrs. Huang hasn't spoken much since Xiao Li mentioned this matter, but even after Xiao Li said so much, she didn't show any signs of surprise. She thought she already knew that Xiao Li would say this.

Lin Yan couldn't help but re-examine the relationship between Huang and her sisters-in-law.

Xiao Li was still waiting for Lin Yan's reply.

Lin Yan looked through the people he knew in his mind and smiled reassuringly at Mr. Li: "Second uncle, I'll help you look for them these days."

When Xiao Li heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

She and Shen Erping were both from the countryside. They were unfamiliar with the people in this town, and renting a house was a big deal. They were really afraid of being cheated.

If Mrs. Li didn't feel sorry for Shen Huaian and insisted on staying here no matter what, she and Shen Erping would be happy to let Shen Huaian live in the academy.

Living in the academy is much cheaper than living here.

Just as she was thinking about it, Mrs. Li smelled the aroma of oil. She looked up and saw another stove set up next to the stove. The bottom of the wok on the stove was greased with oil, and a few garlic cloves were placed on a thin layer of oil.

It was jumping up and down, and soon a smell of garlic came out.

After the garlic was fried and smelled, Lin Yan was holding a knife and gesticulating on a small pumpkin.

Little Li's eyes widened when she saw that Lin Yan didn't even peel the melon, but started digging a few fingers down from the base of the melon.

She couldn't hold it back anymore and stepped forward to get Lin Yan's kitchen knife: "That's not how this pumpkin is cut. You haven't even peeled the melon yet..."

Lin Yan did not give her the knife, but smiled and said, "Second uncle, I mean well. But for the dish I made today, the pumpkin does not need to be peeled."

After saying that, he asked Mrs. Li to watch from the side: "Let the second uncle have a try later."

As he spoke, he raised the knife and cut off the top of the pumpkin.

Lin Yan originally wanted to cut out a pattern, but unfortunately the kitchen knife in his hand was too wide and too big, so he couldn't take advantage of it.

Looking at the irregular top that she dug out, she couldn't help but sigh to herself: It looks like she has to go to the Iron Works to make some knives.

While thinking about it, I quickly hollowed out the seeds inside the pumpkin to form a cup shape.

Then he put the blanched and marinated chicken on the side piece by piece, then added a handful of green beans that had just been soaked, chopped garlic, minced ginger, and minced green onions, and put them into the pumpkin cup.

Inside.

Because salt and oil had already been added when marinating the chicken, Lin Yan did not add additional salt. She stuffed the chicken pieces, covered it with the lid she had just cut off, then put it in the steamer, controlled the heat, and put it in the pot.

Steam.

Then she told Mrs. Huang: "Mom, take out the pumpkin in two quarters of an hour."

Mrs. Huang was also watching with interest. When she heard what Lin Yan said, she hurriedly looked at the sun and nodded repeatedly.

Mr. Huang and Ms. Li thought Lin Yan's method was very novel, but Lin Yan thought they were magical.

She really didn't understand. How could she tell the time just by looking at the sun?

If it's morning, noon and evening, then maybe it's okay, but what about this half hour?

Anyway, without her mobile phone and watch, she couldn't even tell the time accurately. Fortunately, she has been followed by Huang in the past few days, and she can help control the time.

There are no Beibei pumpkins here. The pumpkin Lin Yan bought was a bit big, but luckily it looked quite waxy. The belly of the pumpkin was also very big, with a whole chicken stuffed inside.

So even though there were many people, Lin Yan only prepared one pumpkin.

But she bought a little too much eggplant.

Huang had already washed the eggplants. Since she didn't know what Lin Yan was going to do, she didn't cut them and put them in the bamboo basket next to them to dry.

Lin Yan took one, picked the angle, sliced ​​it vertically without cutting it, then cut the whole eggplant, then turned the eggplant around, cut it diagonally, but still didn't cut it. Then he put the eggplant on the pot,

Steam for ten minutes.

Then chop the pork into mince, mince the ginger and garlic.

Add an appropriate amount of oil to the pot, sauté the minced ginger and garlic, add the minced meat and stir-fry, add a little salt and stir-fry evenly.

Finally, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, add the steamed eggplant, and cook until the soup thickens.

Take it out of the pot and put it on a plate. The eggplant looks like a coiled dragon. The cut but uncut slices are like dragon scales, and the curves lie on the plate. The chopped green onions are sprinkled with purple eggplant. It looks beautiful and delicious.

Xiao Li and Huang were already shocked. They also often eat eggplant, so why didn't they know it could be like this?

Look at the rotten eggplants that they could only stew. In Lin Yan's hands, they could become so beautiful. It was simply amazing!

Little Li's eyes wanted to be glued to the plate. The eggplant like a coiled dragon lying on the plate was so beautiful.

Seeing that Lin Yan was well, she hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, took Lin Yan's plate, carefully took it out, and placed it on the dining table.

Mrs. Huang asked again: "Mother Yan, there are still two eggplants left."

She had only used two pieces of Panlong Eggplant just now, and now she still had two short and fat ones left.

Lin Yan looked at it and asked Huang to chop some more meat for her, then took another eggplant and started cutting it.
Chapter completed!