She Only Cares About Cultivation Chapter 855 - 795: Famine Era 36 (Second Update)

Sure enough, it didn’t take long before five military wives ca over; the remaining three stayed ho to watch the kids, not only because the kids can easily cause trouble, but they also always ask for food and drinks, which is too troubleso.

Ye Huan didn’t expect them to be so considerate, and she was quite moved.

Moreover, they were not only efficient but also ca wearing sleeves and aprons, clearly ready to work.

"Oh my, Ye Huan, you’ve prepared so much already? Why didn’t you wait for us to co over? Doing all this by yourself is too exhausting!"

Ye Huan was the youngest among these military wives and felt awkward being called sister-in-law, so she volunteered to have them just call her by her na.

Seeing this, everyone readily introduced themselves with their nas.

Among them, three were from rural areas and two were from the city. The remaining three, who didn’t co, were also from rural areas. Looking at it this way, the proportion of rural folks was indeed larger. As for the two from the city, one was from a cotton spinning factory, and the other was a teacher. So when they heard Ye Huan was a military doctor, they admired and envied her a lot.

"Ladies, I’ve already mixed the cold dishes. Let’s prepare the ingredients for the hot dishes, so we can start cooking as soon as they get back."

"Ye Huan, you’re really capable, preparing so much, including tofu and at. It’s really considerate of your family."

"It’s no trouble, it should be this way. We didn’t have a proper al with everyone at the wedding, so we’re making up for it now."

"What have you planned to make then?"

"We’ll start with frying atballs, tofu, and lotus first."

"Ah, I know atballs and tofu, but what is lotus?"

Ye Huan pointed to the one jin of ground at beside her and said, "Look, it’s this. When I make it later, you’ll understand in no ti."

Then they busied themselves cutting and chopping radishes; because red and white radishes have opposing properties, they used white radish with soaked soybeans and red radish with shredded potatoes to make two kinds of atballs. After salting the radishes, they release water, so there’s no need to add any more water.

Actually, white radish and soybean sprouts make the best extract, but as the soybeans hadn’t yet sprouted, adding a bit more was fine.

Besides these, she also soaked so glass noodles and chopped them up and added in, making the flavor more robust.

White radish is mixed with starch to make it more chewy since these atballs are to be simred in the Big Pot Dish; flour can’t be used.

Red radishes are fried with flour, making a savory snack for the kids.

Just this one dish made the military wives realize she was a talented young wife in cooking, not only considerate but also adept at pairing flavors.

The key was that the flavors she blended were exceptionally good.

After frying the atballs, she started frying the firm tofu she had prepared.

Ye Huan had cut roughly ten jin of firm tofu, frying them slice by slice, and putting them in the hall afterward. For this, she borrowed plenty of baskets and basins from the military wives’ houses.

"Eh? Ye Huan, why did you buy so much tofu? And besides, it’s packed in such a simple wooden fra?"

"I thought of stewing a big pot of dishes tonight. There’s fried tofu and white tofu in it. I only bought three jin of at as they wouldn’t sell more, so I prepared more tofu for everyone to enjoy. Plus, there will be no soup tonight, but I’ll make tofu pudding for you."

The military wives looked at each other in disbelief and then at her: "So, this tofu, you made it yourself?"

Since she can make tofu pudding, this tofu must surely be homade.

Ye Huan nodded, "My family used to make tofu. If there’s any leftover, everyone can take so back, don’t be shy."

"Wow, our brigade commander sure is lucky to have married not only a young wife but also a military doctor, and most importantly, soone so talented. Impressive, impressive!"

You could say Ye Huan, apart from her looks, had all the good qualities.

After frying the atballs and tofu, she also fried lotus, using quite a bit of oil. Pouring five jin of oil into the pan, at least two jin was consud.

Who wouldn’t feel the pinch for that?

Especially during these tis when oil wasn’t abundant, so people thought Ye Huan was imprudent, while others felt the couple was genuine, willing to splurge several months’ worth of oil on a single al for guests.

Regardless of what others thought, in Ye Huan’s mind, since she invited them, she couldn’t allow any room for dissatisfaction.

After all this frying, she still sliced a pumpkin, preparing to cook two dishes: one of stir-fried pumpkin and the other, the Big Pot Dish.

Along the edge of the Big Pot Dish was cornal cakes. Without these with stewed dishes, it always feels like sothing’s missing.

Around five or six o’clock, the n returned ho and praised the simple honesty of the brigade commander’s family upon seeing the spread the won prepared. Then, they started moving tables and chairs into the hall, guiding the children over, washing bowls and chopsticks in the courtyard, cooking in the stove room, bustling with activity.

The cooked Big Pot Dish was left warming on a small stove in the courtyard to keep it from getting cold.

After arranging the tables and chairs, they began plating the dishes, setting them one by one.

Ye Huan invited everyone inside while she stayed busy in the kitchen, filtering the soy milk, boiling it, adding a certain ratio of salt brine, and then withdrawing the fire. As the tofu pudding gently set, she prepared a stew sauce on the side stove, mainly made of minced at.

Then two tables for the n were joined together to form one table, and three tables for the won and children were joined together for another.

Each person got a bowl of Big Pot Dish mixed with pumpkin, with hot stead buns available to take and eat as desired, and cold dishes were laid on the table, allowing everyone to pick what they liked.

The children were enthusiastic about the lotus in the Big Pot Dish, the tofu, glass noodles, and especially the fried atballs made just for them, while the n favored Ye Huan’s dishes paired with alcohol.

No matter what they ate, due to the sincerity of the host, everyone was very happy, naturally showering all possible praises.

Once almost finished with the al, each person enjoyed a hot bowl of tofu pudding, truly making the happiness surpass even that of New Year’s.