The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 80 Cooking for the First Time

While Jiang Cheng was dealing with the pheasants and birds, Zhu Lan came back from get off work. The salespersons in the supply and marketing cooperative were indeed popular, but they had to go to work more than an hour earlier than ordinary employees in the morning and leave work more than an hour later than others in the evening.

Zhu Lan passed by the front yard and saw Jiang Cheng, so she naturally greeted him.

"Jiang Cheng, what are you doing?" Zhu Lan asked.

"I don't know what this bird is called. I went back to my hometown and caught it myself. I caught quite a few. Sister Zhu, why don't you catch one and stew it at home? By the way, I also caught some eels, about ten pounds. Can you help me deal with them?" Jiang Cheng said while plucking the bird's feathers.

"Okay, leave the eel here. I'll go get some food and come back."

Zhu Lan responded, and then picked a bird from the pile and took it back. These days, when it comes to animals, no matter what they look like, whether they are pretty or not, whether they know them or not, the first thing that comes to mind when seeing them is whether they can be eaten.

Jiang Cheng didn't care about that. It was game meat whether he knew it or not. In the future, if he did that, he might have to go in, not only himself, but also the one Zhu Lan had picked.

At about six o'clock, the rice was cooked and a large cabbage was stir-fried. There was still some leftover sea bass from lunch, so Zhao Yuxia didn't know how to cook other dishes. She would stew a pheasant or a bird, but it was already late and it would be a waste of time.

Zhao Yuxia really didn't know how to cook loach. She was from the countryside, and there were no seasonings in the countryside, so she really didn't know how to cook loach. In the countryside, loach was used to feed chickens and ducks. Chickens had to chop it up, but ducks could eat one in one bite.

Even if Zhou Lingying was a city dweller, she wouldn't have known how to cook this. Without a few ounces of oil, or as many seasonings as in later times, it wouldn't taste good.

Finally, Jiang Cheng had to take action. He poured a lot of oil into the pan, and when the oil was hot, he put the loaches in and fried them until they turned yellow. In fact, you can simply fry them in oil and then stir-fry them. But the coal stove is not like the stove that burns wood, so the firepower is not strong enough to stir-fry over high heat.

The fried loach filled the whole yard with fragrance. Many people had already eaten at six o'clock, but they couldn't stand the smell. Some people even came directly to Jiang Cheng's house to see what he was doing.

When I arrived at Jiang Cheng's house, I found that it was Jiang Cheng who was cooking, and it smelled so good. Some women looked at their men and found that nothing could compare to them.

The only thing that can be compared is that I heard that Jiang Cheng is not good at sex. He has been with Zhou Lingying for more than a year, but they have only slept together a few times. Unlike the women in the courtyard, most of them have children after getting married.

After Jiang Cheng had fried all the loaches, he poured some of the oil out of the pot and put it in a bowl, and left some in the pot. Then he poured ginger, dried chili peppers, and chopped garlic into the pot. These were the only condiments, but he should have added some sauce.

Slightly fry the seasoning until fragrant, then pour the loach into the pot. Not all of it is poured in, there are a lot of loaches, and if all of it is poured in, the coal stove will not be able to keep up the heat and stir-fry.

Jiang Cheng followed the same process twice before all the loaches were fried.

Zhou Lingying stood beside Jiang Cheng and watched him cook. Last time when Jiang Cheng taught her how to cook clams, she felt that Jiang Cheng might be able to cook.

This time, Jiang Chenglu's skill made Zhou Lingying admire him so much.

"Bring this dish to the table, and call everyone to eat." Jiang Cheng said, he originally wanted to hide his ability. This way he could come home every day and wait for his wife to cook, but people in this era really don't know how to cook.

The main reason is that people are afraid to try cooking oil. In fact, it was later that people's living conditions gradually improved and cooking oil was not so expensive. Some people who cook at home tried to make some dishes or learn from others. Only then did a group of people who were not chefs but were good at making home-cooked dishes emerge.

Of course, there are also some people in later generations who have no talent for cooking and learn to cook from others. As they learn, they watch others cook and then look at what they cook, and they will have the urge to throw away the pot.

After cooking, Jiang Cheng also thought clearly that this was not his era. If Zhou Lingying dared to tell him that his food was delicious, she would leave the cooking to him in the future. Humph, I'll beat you behind closed doors at night.

Everyone enjoyed the meal in the evening. In fact, Jiang Cheng did not fry the loach thoroughly and crispy. If it was fried too thoroughly, the loach meat would not have the tender and smooth taste.

Logically, the inside of the loach is fresh and tender, so you should spit out the bones when eating it. But after the meal, only he had some bones on the table. Everyone else ate it cleanly, without any residue.

Because they had dinner late today, Master Li packed up and left after dinner. Jiang Cheng and his father sat outside the house to enjoy the cool air, while his father chatted with some older people in the yard. This damn weather, if it was hotter, I would sweat a lot if I slept in the house at night.

Before, I could go back to the house and sleep at 7 or 8 o'clock, but now it's still very hot in the house before 9 o'clock. The children need an adult to fan them with a palm leaf fan to fall asleep.

Zhou Lingying and Zhao Yuxia packed up everything and sat next to Jiang Cheng.

The light in the yard comes from the lights in each household, so it is rather dim.

The dim light made some people bolder. When Zhou Lingying sat next to Jiang Cheng, she took the initiative to pull Jiang Cheng's hand and play with it in her own hand. She compared the size of Jiang Cheng's hand with his to see how many calluses he had.

"Jiang Cheng, you know, after a woman gives birth, this part will become bigger." Zhou Lingying whispered in Jiang Cheng's ear.

"Ah, how did you know that?" Jiang Cheng asked pretending not to understand.

"Our neighbor next door is Wang Yuzhen. She has a three-month-old baby. I saw her breastfeeding last time. The baby was very big. She told me so." Zhou Lingying pointed in the direction of Wang Yuzhen's house and continued to whisper in Jiang Cheng's ear.

When Zhou Lingying pointed at him, Jiang Cheng had some impression of her. They had met and greeted each other before, but Jiang Cheng didn't know her name. She looked ordinary, otherwise Jiang Cheng might have fantasized about something if Zhou Lingying had described her like that.

"Lingying, you are so beautiful."

In the moonlight, in the dim light, Zhou Lingying talked to Jiang Cheng about this topic. She was so innocent that Jiang Cheng couldn't help but kiss her under the ear.

This time, Zhou Lingying simply looked around and then kissed Jiang Cheng on the face.

"Jiang Cheng, help me take a bath and rub my back later."

"I'm going to wash the front for you."

Jiang Cheng said shamelessly, but this time Zhou Lingying was not shy. Instead, she whispered two words in Jiang Cheng's ear.

After hearing what Zhou Lingying said, Jiang Cheng looked at her in disbelief. How could someone with such an innocent look say such words?

As the night deepened, the side room was already occupied. Zhou Lingying could only take a shower in the main room, so that she could lie down directly on the bed after taking a shower.

In the room, Jiang Cheng started to pick on Zhou Lingying for a long time. He could feel clearly where she was fat and where she was thin. Overall, she was still a little thin and needed to be taken care of slowly.

　Some intimate scenes are unavoidable, but they cannot be written too much, especially during holidays when the editors are on vacation and it would be really troublesome if the story was blocked.

　　I just hope I can avoid it when I can stop. Sometimes I can't stop when I can, and they will say I am misleading you. But I read other people's books and they can really drive fast and it's okay.

　　As you all know, I was blocked once one night a few days ago. The next morning the editor came and helped to unblock it.

　　But you can see that I have never described certain parts specifically. If I were allowed to write freely, it might not be that the 80th chapter is not yet on the shelves. I would definitely write 100 or 80 chapters for that aspect, and I would not stop until I emptied your Qidian coins.

　　Now I’m afraid even if it’s just a little bit.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)