latelenovela Chapter 222 Stir-fried Eggs with Toona Sinensis
Chapter 222 Stir-fried Eggs with Toona Sinensis
The village is bustling again on the weekend, with students returning to school and people coming back from work.
The Xia family is busy cleaning the vegetables they brought back.
Xia Shiyu received a call from the owner of the oil press.
"Hey, your oil is ready. You can come and pick it up now. Remember to call a car or bring a vehicle, otherwise you won't be able to carry so much."
"Ok"
After hanging up the phone, Xia Shiyu said to her father, who was busy feeding his child at home, "Dad, go to town and bring the oil back."
"Okay, I'll go get it right away."
Xia Lihua disregarded her work and got up to change her clothes before heading out.
Xia Shiyu added, "There should still be several hundred kilograms of oil, that's quite a lot, Dad, please be careful."
"Don't worry, I know all of this. You can rest assured. I'll go and bring it back now."
Xia Lihua rode away on his tricycle.
After watching him walk away, Xia Shiyu went to the chicken coop to check on the chickens and ducks. These chickens and ducks had been growing for two or three months and had grown quite a bit. If Xia Shiyu were raising fast-growing chickens, they would be ready for market by now.
Although they can't be sold now, placing orders is no problem, so they can collect quite a few chicken and duck eggs. Xia Shiyu even raised two more geese.
These two geese are clever; when they're let out, they bring the ducks back with them. They're also currently placing orders, and the cheapest eggs they lay here cost at least 5 yuan each, so naturally, their eggs are even more expensive.
Xia Shiyu packed up the eggs, planning to take some to the city to sell in the next day or two. Before leaving, she looked at the rabbits, which had grown quite big, and thought that they might be ready to be made into finished products later.
She came out and put the eggs in a large basket. Yu Juan glanced at them and said, "So many eggs are being laid now. We have to separate them and sell the ones at the bottom first, or they'll spoil if we leave them too long."
"Okay, we'll sell them in the next couple of days."
Xia Shiyu explained as she walked away. By the time she brought back the alfalfa she had cut from her home, Xia Lihua had already returned.
Upon seeing this, Xia Shiyu quickened his pace and stepped forward to see his family's bright yellow and translucent vegetable oil neatly packaged in bottles.
"Dad, you brought the cooking oil back."
Xia Lihua chuckled, "That's right, we brought it back. There are dozens of barrels of oil here, enough for our family to eat for several years."
"Great! We'll use this new oil to cook today."
Yu Juan looked at the oil in the truck bed with delight. "It just so happens that Yu Zhu brought some toon leaves here. I'll stir-fry some toon leaves with eggs for lunch. Yu Zhu can eat here too."
Chen Yuzhu nodded, "Okay, okay."
Since her mother wasn't home today, she decided to have dinner at the Xia family's house.
Xia Shiyu nodded, "Yes, yes, this toon is a rare wild vegetable. It goes perfectly with our eggs and fresh oil. It would be delicious with rice."
"Okay, let's move all this oil down here."
Xia Shiyu and her family carried the oil into the storage room and piled it up. When Xia Shiyu saw so much oil, she remembered that a customer had placed an order with her before.
She clicked on Ding Liu's Fetion profile picture and began composing a message.
[Xia Shiyu: We have freshly pressed rapeseed oil here. If you need it, you can buy it here, or I can bring it to the city when I go to sell vegetables sometime.]
[Ding Liu: ! That's great, Boss Xia! I've been waiting for this. Could you please haul it to the city? I'll pick it up directly there. Three buckets would be fine.]
Xia Shiyu glanced at the oil drum at his feet and agreed.
[Xia Shiyu: Sure, but it'll be 160 yuan a bucket.]
Normally, a barrel of oil costs at least fifty or sixty yuan, and good quality oil costs seventy or eighty yuan. It's not unreasonable for her to sell it for double the price. Although I haven't tried her oil yet, I can imagine how much more delicious it is.
[Ding Liu: Sure, sure.]
[Ding Liu transferred 480]
Ding Liu agreed to the price without saying anything and transferred the money directly.
After receiving the money, Xia Shiyu kept this matter in mind, and later he was able to deliver the oil.
After this matter was resolved, Xia Shiyu went to the kitchen to cook.
Yu Juan has now cleaned the stove and is preparing to add oil to stir-fry the vegetables.
Xia Shiyu leaned closer to watch, and saw Yu Juan carefully lift up the cooking oil and pour some of it into the iron pot.
The pale yellow rapeseed oil, once poured into the pot, ignited a burst of energy, boiling and swirling joyfully in the high heat below, crackling and popping as the aroma of rapeseed oil wafted out.
Domineering and captivating, the aroma of oil wafts into the air, penetrating straight into one's nostrils. Once the oil is hot, crack open a few eggs, and the yolks slide into the pan, quickly turning an enticing golden yellow at the edges. Under the gentle touch of the oil, they slowly solidify and fluff up, like a yellow carpet, which is soon torn apart.
The fresh aroma of scrambled eggs quickly blends with the fragrance of oil, making one's mouth water.
"It smells so good!" Xia Shiyu and Chen Yuzhu couldn't help but exclaim in unison.
After saying that, the two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh, then continued to focus on the dishes in front of them.
After scrambling the eggs, add the washed toon leaves. No need to add anything else, just oil and these ingredients. Mix well and add a pinch of salt. The toon and egg stir-fry is now ready.
Chen Yuzhu cheered from the sidelines, thinking it was incredibly delicious. She had eaten scrambled eggs with toon since she was a child and felt that this was the only way to make toon taste good. But now she had an enhanced version of eggs and toon, plus freshly pressed rapeseed oil. Just thinking about it made her wonder how delicious it would be.
"It smells so good, it must taste amazing."
Xia Lihua nodded, "It smells so good! This oil is so fragrant, it's never smelled this good before. It will definitely smell even better when we make wolf tooth potatoes later."
Grandma chuckled, "Yes, this dish has really whetted my appetite."
Grandpa said, "If there's no leftover rice, just put yesterday's leftover rice in this pot and let it soak up the oil and aroma. It will definitely smell amazing."
Xia Shiyu's mouth watered at the description. Luckily, she figured she could just scoop up a spoonful of scrambled eggs with toon leaves and mix it with rice; the taste would be similar, and it would definitely be extra sweet.
After Yu Juan used this oil to stir-fry scrambled eggs with toon leaves, she immediately stir-fried a plate of vegetables. Everyone says that vegetables should be stir-fried with lard so that they will have a meaty aroma.
However, vegetables stir-fried with rapeseed oil nowadays also have a unique flavor.
It smelled so good that the neighbors couldn't help but come over to take a look.
Liang Hui walked over with Aunt Wang. She had just come back this week with her child for a visit. She had some connection with Yu Juan before and had even tasted the vegetables grown by Xia Shiyu. She was already a bit curious, and now that she smelled the aroma, she couldn't resist it, so she came over to take a look.
Grandma saw them looking around outside and welcomed them in.
Grandma recognized Liang Hui. "Oh, Hui's back! You don't need to wait outside, come in and sit for a while."
"Oh dear, I'm so sorry, it's been years since I've been back. Here's some milk I bought, please take it inside."
Liang Hui handed in the milk. She hadn't been around for the past few years, not even for the Spring Festival. Instead, she had taken the elderly to live with them. It was only this year, when her child transferred back to school, that she came to the village.
Grandma quickly refused, saying, "This is not allowed. You should take it back for the child. We don't need it. How can we let you spend money on something you've only come back once in a while?"
"Oh, this isn't expensive, it's just a carton of milk, you can take it."
Liang Hui skillfully pushed the milk back, then pulled Aunt Wang inside.
"Come on, let me see what you're doing. It smells so good."
She walked into the kitchen and immediately saw a plate of scrambled eggs with toon leaves.
"Oh my god, stir-fried eggs with toon leaves! I haven't had this for so many years. It's so good to be back home, where I can still eat this wild game."
"That's right. We rarely eat this wild vegetable anymore, even when we're back in our hometown."
Upon hearing the unfamiliar voice, Xia Shiyu and the others turned to look. Xia Shiyu felt that the person looked somewhat familiar, but she still couldn't recognize who it was. Yu Juan, however, quickly realized who it was.
"Xiao Hui, you're back!"
Grandma also introduced Xia Shiyu, "This is your Aunt Liang Hui, from your Grandpa Chun's house next door."
Xia Shiyu greeted her upon hearing this, "Oh, hello Aunt Liang."
Liang Hui smiled and replied, "Okay, okay, it's been years since I've seen Xiao Yu so capable."
Yu Juan scooped up the vegetables with her hands and said, "Look at you, I'm busy cooking here. It's not good for a bunch of people to be gathered in the kitchen. Why don't you go sit outside?"
"No problem, Sister Wang and I came here because we smelled your fragrance."
Aunt Wang nodded, "That's right, your stir-fried dishes smell so good that we could smell them from outside and wanted to come and see what was going on."
"Oh my, isn't this our newly pressed rapeseed oil back? Yuzhu also brought some toon leaves, so we decided to stir-fry some toon leaves with eggs."
"Oh, this is Old Chen's child, right?" Liang Hui also glanced at Chen Yuzhu.
Chen Yuzhu also greeted her, "Aunt Chen."
"Mmm, this stir-fried eggs with toon leaves is so delicious! It tastes amazing no matter what."
A hint of satisfaction appeared in Liang Hui's eyes; this was exactly what she wanted.
Seeing her like this, her grandmother simply said, "Why don't you just stay here for dinner? Bring the child over so we can all eat together. Xiao Wang can join us too."
Liang Hui was somewhat tempted when she heard this, but she was also a little embarrassed. Although she had brought a box of milk, she had only bought it on the way back to visit her neighbors and had not yet thought about having a meal with them.
She said, "It's too much trouble, and it's already this late, so it's not convenient for you to cook. Just give me this toon sprouts and I'll cook a dish myself when I get home. It seems pretty good."
Xia Shiyu refused upon hearing this, saying, "Aunt Liang, if you want to eat our stir-fried eggs with toon leaves, just eat it here. Besides the toon leaves and eggs, the oil here is also from our own farm, and it will all be freshly pressed by us from now on."
"Oh, so you had someone press this oil yourselves? It definitely tastes different now."
Liang Hui was very surprised. Over the years, she had rarely seen anyone press their own rapeseed oil. In the city, everyone relied on buying it, and in the countryside, even if someone pressed oil, it was only to render lard when slaughtering pigs for the New Year.
So growing rapeseed and pressing it into oil is a distant dream for her now.
Now she really couldn't say no, since she genuinely wanted to eat there, and there was also the little rascal in the family, who was usually spoiled and now wanted to eat at a city restaurant or go home. She certainly couldn't let her have her way.
Fortunately, the noise from Xia Shiyu's family cooking next door attracted the children's attention. If they could take the food home, they would definitely be happy.
Yu Juan also said, "It's nothing, just an extra bowl of rice. Besides, you've always been very supportive of our business."
Xia Lihua nodded, "Come on, come on, let's call your aunt and the others over and have a meal together. We can cook a few more dishes, but we might not have time to make any fancy dishes. They'll just be home-style dishes, so please don't mind."
Aunt Wang chimed in, "Xiao Hui, don't be shy. I often come over for a free meal. The food is so delicious, of course I have to come and have some."
"Okay, thank you then. I'll go and call Xiaotao and my parents over myself."
When Liang Hui returned home, she first found some more gifts, then picked up her daughter and said to her parents, "Mom and Dad, let's go eat next door today."
"Why did you go to eat next door today?" Mr. and Mrs. Liang were still a little puzzled.
They usually had a decent relationship with their neighbors, but it was just about buying groceries together. They weren't as close as the Xiang family. But they never expected that their daughter would take them to eat at their neighbor's house as soon as she came back.
"You don't need to worry about Mom and Dad for now. We'll just focus on eating. Juan and I haven't seen each other for several years, so it'll be good for us to chat."
"This..." Liang's mother glanced at the things her daughter was carrying, but ultimately said nothing. Carrying things along meant it wouldn't be a problem to go out for a meal; it was much better than going empty-handed.
Xiao Tao didn't understand any of this. She was very happy when she heard her mother say that she would take her to eat the delicious food next door. She eagerly pushed her grandparents, saying, "Grandpa and Grandma, let's go quickly. I want to eat the delicious food."
Now the two elders couldn't say anything. If the child liked to eat, they had to give her plenty. "Alright, alright, let's go eat together with our Xiaotao."
The family walked over to the Xia family's house.
Xia Shiyu exclaimed when she saw them coming over with more things, "Aunt Liang, you're going to such a waste of money. We already had a carton of milk, why did you bring so much more?"
"Oh, it's alright, it's just a token of my appreciation, please accept it."
Xia Shiyu had no choice but to accept it, thinking that she might as well slip the person something to give her when they left.
"Since you're here, let's eat together first. There's no need to stand here."
"Okay, Xiaotao, let's go, let's go." Liang Hui took Xiaotao's hand and walked forward.
"Alright, time to eat."
Xiao Tao skipped and hopped to her seat and sat down.
Xia Shiyu watched as the person sat down and then went back to the kitchen to prepare some more dishes.