Five-year-old little girl: Mom has thousands of acres of material space

Chapter 303 Sweet and Sour Fish

Jiang Xiaoxiao soon came back with a set of clean clothes.

When Jiang Xuelian saw the hibiscus-colored double-breasted skirt, her eyes widened. Is this for her to wear?
Jiang Xiaoxiao put down her skirt and left, "Sister Xuelian, I'm going to go out first. When you're dressed, come out for dinner."

The door is closed.

Jiang Xuelian was the only one left in the room.

She just stood there in a daze.

After a long while, she hesitated and touched the brand new hibiscus-colored double-breasted skirt. It was made of fine cotton and satin, and felt very soft and comfortable...

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When Jiang Xiaoxiao returned to the kitchen, Jiang Wei was cooking winter melon soup and the air was full of fragrance.

The big fat fish on the chopping board has been scaled, sprinkled with seasoning and marinated, and is ready to be put into the pot.

Jiang Xiaoxiao quickly came to the stove and threw a few pieces of dry firewood into the stove, saying, "Mom, is there anything wrong with our soap workshop?"

Jiang Wei said calmly, "I guess the Sun family wants to bribe the workers in the soap workshop to get the soap formula."

Jiang Xiaoxiao snorted: "They have quite a few tricks."

Since they couldn't buy it, they tried to get the recipe through these dirty means.

However, she didn't care whether the recipe would be stolen by the Sun family.

Anyway, the core of the soap formula is in the hands of these two people, mother and daughter. So what if they know the steps of making soap?
Without those few key ingredients, soap simply cannot be made.

Just ...

She was afraid that the Sun family would not be able to get the soap formula they wanted, and would get angry and do something to harm the soap workshop.

Well, after all, it was because her family was small and weak that those people had bad intentions. If only her family had a backer with a prominent family background, then the Sun family would not dare to attack her family at will.

"Don't worry, no matter what tricks the Sun family uses, I will find a way to deal with them."

The mother and daughter chatted casually, and after a while, Jiang Xuelian changed her clothes and returned to the kitchen.

As soon as she came in, Jiang Wei glanced at her and said, "This dress looks good on you."

Jiang Xuelian immediately lowered her head shyly and clasped her hands together nervously.

It was the first time for her to wear such fine material, and she didn’t know what she would look like in this dress, but if Madam Jiang said it looked good, then it really looked good…

Jiang Xiaoxiao also laughed and said, "Yes, mother, your hibiscus-colored skirt makes Sister Xuelian look much better when she wears it."

"What? This is Madam Jiang's dress?!"

Jiang Xuelian became anxious upon hearing this, and reached out to untie her belt, "How can I wear Madam Jiang's dress? I have to take it off quickly, otherwise it will be bad if it gets damaged..."

"Don't." Jiang Xiaoxiao quickly stopped her action, "Although this is my mother's dress, she has never worn it before. It's new and has been placed in the closet without anyone wearing it. Just wear it and don't worry about damaging it."

Jiang Xuelian paused and asked in confusion: "Why, why doesn't Madam Jiang wear it?"

Obviously the material is so good...

"Because I don't like it." Jiang Wei said lightly.

This hibiscus color is too tender and pink. As a person who has lived two lives and is mentally old, she cannot accept this color at all. At that time, Qiulian's mother made a lot of clothes for her family at one time. Originally, this piece of hibiscus color material was given to Qiulian's mother as a thank you gift. Qiulian's mother always liked these tender colors.

But in the end, Qiulian's mother was too embarrassed to accept it, so she made this skirt for Jiang Wei.

Now that it was done, Jiang Wei had no choice but to put it away, so she kept it in the closet.

"Anyway, just wear it well. My mother has a lot of clothes at home, so this one won't be a big deal." Jiang Xiaoxiao comforted her with a smile, "When you save enough money from your work, go to town and buy yourself a few new ones."

Jiang Xuelian, who was originally still struggling with the decision about this skirt, immediately realized when she heard the word "wages". She came to the Jiang family to be a servant, so how could she just sit there doing nothing?

She rushed to Jiang Wei, took the spatula from her hand and said, "Mrs. Jiang, let me help you. Do you want to fry this fish?"

Jiang Wei glanced at the nervous Jiang Xuelian, but did not stop her. Instead, he stood aside and gave instructions: "First, fry the fish in the pan until it turns golden brown, then take it out and drain the oil and water..."

Jiang Xuelian followed every word Jiang Wei said promptly, very seriously and diligently.

When the big fat fish was finally pulled out of the water, it had been blown up to a great size.

There was still oil at the bottom of the pot. Jiang Xuelian followed Jiang Wei's instructions and added onions, ginger and garlic to stir-fry. Then she put the big fat fish that had just been fried into the pot, and added salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings in turn... Finally, she reduced the heat and simmered until the sauce was reduced.

The delicious sweet and sour fish is ready.

When the sweet and sour fish was served on the table, Jiang Xuelian was still staring at the bottles and jars on the stove in a daze.

Just like when she was in the vegetable field before, some of the seasonings placed there were familiar to her, but most of them were new to her.

Those seasonings that I have never seen before smell very fragrant and have many uses. Just adding a little bit when stir-frying or cooking soup will create a lot of delicious food.

Especially the red sauce, Mrs. Jiang said it was chili sauce. When she stir-fried the eggplant just now, she added that chili sauce, which made the eggplant taste so delicious.

There is also the pepper and cumin powder. Mrs. Jiang said it is used when making barbecue. Sprinkling a little can make the food taste better...

Jiang Xuelian couldn't help but recall the roasted rabbit meat she had eaten on the road. It turned out that these seasonings were added to it.

She couldn't help but feel curious, and at the same time she secretly made up her mind. Mrs. Jiang's family really had a lot of treasures, and she must protect these things and never let outsiders take them away!
After such a long time of busy work, they were finally able to sit at the table and start enjoying their food.

Cabbage stewed with pork, stir-fried eggplant, sweet and sour fish, and Jiang Xiaoxiao's favorite winter melon soup...all filled the dining table.

Jiang Xiaoxiao took a few bites and squinted her eyes because of the delicious taste.

Home-cooked food is still delicious...

In Xuzhou, although the food is not bad and there are many expensive delicacies, the taste is always lacking.

The reason is that seasonings were scarce in that era.

If the seasonings of this era were richer, many foods would be even more delicious.

Her mother's space was not short of spices, so she could have whatever she wanted to eat. Maybe she could open a restaurant in the future...

Jiang Xiaoxiao was eating the delicious meal, and her thoughts drifted away again.

Jiang Xuelian, who was standing next to her, was also captivated by the delicious food on the table and couldn't stop eating because it was so delicious.

At first, she was still stubborn and refused to sit at the table, thinking that she was a servant of the Jiang family and how could she eat at the table with her master.

But in the end, he was frightened by Jiang Wei's light words and sat down at the table, not daring to say a word.