She muttered in her heart, and finally walked into the kitchen of the Gu family's small building.
It's bigger than expected, about 20 square meters, with bright tiles on top.
At noon, the warm sun shone down, making it very bright.
The floor was paved with tiles and mopped clean.
The stove has four or five stove holes of different sizes. On the stone table next to the stove hole, there are various clean pots and pans placed on it.
On the other table, there were four covered dishes, presumably today's lunch.
Aunt Liu saw her look and immediately explained: "This is a dish that has just come out of the pot. I will prepare it for you, Madam, when you come back to serve it."
Zuo Li nodded and thought for a while: "Yuan Zheng is at home. Let him come down to eat first. Don't be hungry."
Aunt Liu should be, but she did not leave immediately, but hesitated a little, "Madam, are you really prepared to make something for your husband to eat?"
Zuo Li gave her a reassuring smile and pointed to the firewood: "I can't do it alone. Aunt Liu, you have to find someone to help me light the fire."
"Okay, I'll do it." Aunt Liu thought to herself that if my wife didn't know how to do it, she would be there to help.
After the dishes were brought to the table, Aunt Liu immediately ran back and asked someone to call Gu Yuanzheng to come down for dinner.
"Madam, what are you going to cook?"
"Mr. Gu has gastrointestinal discomfort and poor appetite. I am going to make lotus seed porridge first and add some japonica rice to it. This can improve the loss of appetite caused by gastrointestinal deficiency."
As Zuo Li said, he had already soaked the dried lotus seeds he found in water.
At the same time, find rice and some japonica rice, mix them together, and start washing the rice.
The movements were very smooth, obviously something he was used to doing.
Zuo Li was a stay-at-home author in her previous life. Although she also ate takeout, she mostly cooked by herself.
In order not to wrong yourself, these are necessary skills.
Coupled with the fact that my stomach has been weak since childhood, I am best at stomach-nourishing recipes.
Aunt Liu listened to Zuo Li's eloquent explanation and even explained the effects, so she knew that Zuo Li wanted to cook for Gu Feichen himself and was not just talking casually.
At this time, seeing Zuo Li's quick hands and feet again, his mind couldn't help but wander for a while.
He thought to himself: "At first, I thought that my wife was young and got married because of her beauty. Later, I saw that she always gave money to her brother, so I became prejudiced.
But then my wife gradually changed, and she even got along very well with her husband and young masters. Then I changed my mind and started to treat her as my wife.
Seeing her move so quickly now, it is obvious that she was used to doing it at home. Alas, my wife is probably having a bad life at Zuo's house and has suffered a lot.
To be able to make the changes I made before, I must have made a lot of determination. My wife has suffered a lot."
Thinking of this, Aunt Liu looked at Zuo Li with even more affection, and asked warmly: "What else is there? What else is Madam going to do?"
Zuo Li had no idea what Aunt Liu was thinking.
If he knew it, he would definitely laugh dumbly.
The original owner's life in Zuo's family was indeed not very satisfactory, but it was not bad.
As for Zuo Li, who came through, he has been free for a long time and is very comfortable.
She put the rice in a cylindrical iron pot, added an appropriate amount of water, and closed the lid.
At this time, Aunt Liu was already sitting in front of the stove, lighting the fire quickly.
I saw her pick up a handful of cypress ya that made the fire, lit it and put it into the stove hole, then grabbed a handful of bamboo leaves and stuffed it in.
Next came the corn kernels and the pieces of wood chopped into pieces.
The fire was lit in the stove hole, and a little smoke filled the kitchen, but most of it floated out along the chimney.
While she was lighting the fire, Zuo Li already said, "I can't eat much in one meal, so I'm going to fry some yam, black fungus, and lean meat slices asparagus first."
As he said that, he started peeling yams with his hands wearing rubber gloves.
This yam will make most people’s hands itch if they don’t wear gloves.
As for the dried fungus, it has also been soaked in water in a nearby basin.
Zuoli uses warm water after cooking, which will make it swell faster.
Next, slice the yams, carrots, and bamboo shoots.
This slice does not require much knife skills, but Zuo Li's knife skills are better than ordinary people.
Aunt Liu took a glance and was surprised to find that Zuo Li's knife skills were no worse than her own, who had been cooking for almost thirty years.
Zuo Li was cutting vegetables while talking to Aunt Liu: "Green asparagus can provide probiotics, which can further stimulate the growth of probiotics that soothe the stomach. Probiotics are organisms that are beneficial to the gastrointestinal tract.
Yam and black fungus is a light and refreshing dish, paired with carrot slices, it looks good and delicious.
In addition to these two dishes, I also want to make another soup, tripe soup. Tripe replenishes qi and nourishes the spleen and stomach. Add peanuts and orange peels. Peanuts strengthen the intestines and stomach, and the latter promotes digestion."
Aunt Liu had been stunned for a long time, thinking that my wife knew a lot more than she thought.
After the vegetables and ingredients were prepared, Zuo Li did not stir-fry immediately in order to wait for the porridge to become thicker and easier to absorb.
Instead, I cut the tripe and some lean meat into small pieces, soaked them together, wiped them repeatedly with ginger slices and green onions, and then added some beer to achieve the effect of removing the smell.
Next, cooking becomes much smoother, and two stove holes are burned at the same time, which is a piece of cake for Aunt Liu.
It was just a stew pot for stewing lean beef tripe. It was under the eaves of the kitchen and was being watched by another servant.
When all the dishes were ready, Zuo Li found that even if he put enough food for two people into the food box, there was still some leftover.
Seeing Aunt Liu staring at the dish in a daze, with a look of longing in her eyes, she took a portion out of a small bowl and handed it to Aunt Liu.
"Aunt Liu, give it a try for me and see if there is anything that needs improvement."
Aunt Liu hesitated for a moment, then picked up the chopsticks politely.
The white yam is crispy and slightly pink in the mouth; the fungus is fragrant, crisp and tasty; the bamboo shoots are wrapped with a layer of meaty aroma, crisp and tender!
Aunt Liu was shocked and said blankly: "My wife's cooking is more delicious than mine!"
But obviously the steps are pretty much the same.
When Zuo Li heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that his cooking skills had not deteriorated.
"The difference should be the dosage of seasonings." Zuo Li was naturally quite familiar with the control of these seasonings.
Probably, it can be regarded as a talent in this area.
It's a pity that she never wanted to be a hard-working cook in her previous life, so her talent was just to satisfy her own appetite.
"I'm going to take a bath, and then I'll take the food box to my husband. You can help me carry it to the car first. Let the tripe soup stew over low heat for a while. I'll put some more in it after I take a bath. If it boils halfway, add more.
Three bowls of water are enough, and you don’t need to add more after that.”
She took another look at the remaining dishes and said, "Bring these to the young master."
Gu Yuanzheng looked at the excellent looking yam, black fungus and green bamboo shoot meat slices on the table without moving his chopsticks.
The yam is like white jade, without any flaws; the fungus has a light oily sheen, like the black pearl; the green bamboo shoots are as thin as cicada wings, and the slices are distinct; the meat slices are coated with a layer of starch and are white in appearance, making them look very special.
Fresh and tender.
"She did it?!"
Aunt Liu nodded, beaming: "Yes, it's made by my wife. From handling the ingredients to cooking the spoons, she did it all by herself. I was responsible for lighting the fire. Master, please try it, it tastes very good!"
Gu Yuanzheng's face, as white as glass, had a complicated expression, and he finally reached out and picked up a chopstick.
When the food entered his mouth, Gu Yuanzheng's eyes lit up slightly, and then he quickly picked up another chopstick.
It's really delicious.
His stepmother actually has cooking skills worthy of being a chef in a state-owned hotel!
It's really amazing!
…
Here Zuo Li arrived at the office building of the steel rolling mill, and she went all the way up to the second floor of Gu Feichen's office.
As a result, he saw a graceful and beautiful woman standing at the door of Gu Feichen's office.
The beautiful woman was also holding a food box in her hand, but the food box was not as delicate as the one in Zuo Li's hand.
Her skin is as white as jade, her face is like a silver plate, her lips are red and her teeth are white.
The facial features are extremely beautiful when separated, and when they are gathered together, they are even more beautiful.
He was wearing blue work clothes from the steel rolling mill workshop.
Such simple clothes have a unique taste when worn on her.
It made her waist slim and her legs long, and the curves of her chest were even more exaggerated.
Zuo Li's appearance was not as good as hers, but she had a feminine charm that Zuo Li didn't have.
However, Zuo Li's temperament is not comparable to that of the other party.
It is a feeling unique to women in the modern era when women's consciousness has completely awakened. It is completely different from others.
Zuo Li approached and saw a beautiful woman with a clear voice and a pair of fox eyes staring at Li Chunchang at the door, "Secretary Li, just let me in. I heard that the factory director had a stomachache and didn't eat at noon, so I came here specially for the factory director.
Just be accommodating~"
The voice is Wu Nong's special soft-spoken voice, which is soft in tone.
In addition, the beautiful woman's voice was so coquettish that she was deliberately coquettish.
It can make a man's body weak.
Even Zuo Li couldn't help but pause slightly at this time.
The original owner's voice is also soft and soft, and it sounds pleasant no matter what he says.
But she couldn't speak in such a soft tone anyway.
Secretary Li, however, was hard-hearted. He raised the glasses on his nose and said indifferently: "Comrade Tan, please leave quickly. The factory director will never eat your food. He will not take a penny from the people."
"But I just want to thank Director Gu..."
"Secretary Li." Zuo Li spoke at this moment, and the beautiful woman over there and Li Chunchang looked over at the sound.
The beautiful woman's face tightened and she took a step back slightly, "You are..."
Before Zuo Li could speak, Li Chunchang raised his voice and said in surprise: "Madam, you are here!"
Zuo Li nodded to him and handed him the food box: "Hurry up, sir, and eat it while it's hot."
Then he looked at the beautiful woman.
At this time, the beautiful woman's face turned slightly darker. She obviously knew Zuo Li's identity from Li Chunchang's words about "Mrs."
Her hand was tightly holding the handle of the food box in her hand, with a look of embarrassment on her face.
When he raised his eyes to look at Zuo Li, there was a well-covered jealousy deep in his eyes.
Zuo Li sighed secretly in his heart and said to the beautiful woman: "Comrade Tan Bei, I am Zuo Li, Mr. Gu's wife. Please take this food back. My husband doesn't like to eat food cooked by others."
And please understand that sitting in his position, he will never and cannot take anything away from the people. Comrade Tan Bei, you are kind-hearted, and I have thanked you on his behalf."
After saying that, regardless of Tan Bei's expression, she turned around and entered the office.
That's right.
This person was the widow Tan Beitan whom Zhao Leilei had mentioned when gossiping with her before. It was rumored that she had an affair with the fugitive Yang Laosan.
The original owner had no impression of this person in his memory, but he guessed her identity just from her stunning appearance.
Zuo Li didn't want to embarrass her. It was not easy for women in this era.
Especially after Tan Bei's husband died, she had two children and had to take care of her paralyzed mother-in-law. Life was very difficult.
Zuo Li is not the Holy Mother, but there is no need to pay too much attention to irrelevant people.
Zuo Li would not despise the matter between Tan Bei and Yang Laosan.
However, if Tan Bei wanted to set her sights on Gu Feichen, she would definitely not allow it.