The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 314: What the Heck is Dark Cuisine (6)_1

Chapter 314: Chapter 314: What the Heck is Dark Cuisine (6)_1

After that, Pei Qin suddenly developed a fondness for stir-frying things to eat: stir-fried dough slices, pancake strips, noodles, rice balls, meatballs, and wontons.

The former dishes Pei Yuan and the rest could accept, but stir-fried rice balls and wontons, what kind of sorcery was that!?

Seeing their faces full of protests, Pei Qin glanced at them dismissively, "You can’t handle this? I haven’t even made you spicy pepper stir-fried mooncakes, orange stewed chicken pieces, or watermelon fried with eggs!"

Their faces all turned a shade of green. Those foods... could... could they be edible? Wouldn’t they cause indigestion!?

Pei Qian hastily said, "Elder sister! Didn’t you say the soy sauce would be ready soon? Focus on the soy sauce these days! Leave the cooking to Second Sister and me!" If she really went off the rails, she might just make those dishes for them to try.

"Yeah! Elder sister! Qianqian still needs to practice cooking. You said practice makes perfect. If she never cooks, she won’t get any better!" Pei Yuan also quickly chimed in.

Chang Yonglin licked his lips, "I want to try!"

Pei Wendong immediately pinched him, "Elder sister! When the soy sauce is ready, what kinds of dishes can we make?"

"Once the soy sauce is ready, there will be so many delicious dishes to make! Braised pork, fish, chicken, duck ribs, pork intestines, pig’s trotters, and so on." Pei Qin had guarded it for months, carefully monitoring the temperature, and it was almost time to extract the soy sauce.

"I want to eat!" Chang Yonglin said.

"Little foodie! Just wait!" Pei Qin finally gave up cooking and handed the kitchen over to Pei Yuan and Pei Qian.

Watching them diligently cooking and cleaning the kitchen, Pei Qin nodded with a smile. That’s more like it! Hahaha!

Fearing Pei Qin’s sudden whims, Pei Yuan also took over the baking of sesame sauce pancakes to ensure nothing extra was added to them.

Pei Qin then focused solely on extracting the soy sauce at home, from the first, to the second, all the way to the fourth extraction. After several days of work, she finally made a large pot of soy sauce.

"This is soy sauce? Why is it so dark?"

"This doesn’t look like oil! It’s all boiled from water."

"It must be oil, otherwise why call it soy sauce!"

A few people gathered around the pot, each making a comment.

"Enough talk, go cut some meat! Let’s make a meat dish to feast on!" Pei Qin, holding some silver, led Pei Wendong and Chang Yonglin out the door, heading straight for the butcher’s shop.

They bought pork belly, intestines, pig’s trotters, and fish, and also brought back a bunch of large bones.

Returning home, Pei Qin dove into the kitchen, making a clatter as she got to work.

Braised Dongpo pork, braised intestines, braised pig’s trotters, braised fish, braised winter bamboo shoots. Apart from the bone soup which was milky white and sprinkled with chopped green onions and coriander, the entire table was filled with braised dishes, a sea of red at a glance.

Pei Qin felt somewhat unfulfilled, "Tomorrow, I’ll make braised chicken."

The others were hesitant to start, but it was Chang Yonglin who first grabbed some chopsticks and ate a piece of the braised Dongpo pork. Barely having tasted it, his eyes widened, and he nodded vigorously, "Delicious! Delicious! So fragrant and tasty!" He stuffed the whole piece into his mouth, cheeks puffing out.

Pei Wendong also picked up a piece. Even though the dishes his elder sister made were sometimes... a bit odd, they had eaten them for so long without any problems. He shoved the pork into his mouth. As the braised pork melted away, his expression changed too.

Pei Qian quickly took a bite, "Delicious! Is this what braised is? Indeed it’s red! It looks pleasing and tastes good too!" She then sampled each of the dishes in turn.

After finishing, Pei Yuan also wore a face of joy.

They had actually polished off the entire table of dishes, all of them clutching their bellies and slumping in their chairs, completely stuffed.

Chang Yonglin had his servants go buy some digestive tea.