Goldfield
Chapter 61: Wake Up

In the eyes of outsiders, ever since Yu Hai was injured, there seemed to be many ups and downs with the situation. Over the past few days, he had a low fever. Sometimes, the fever is so high that the heat can blister the hands. Except for the people from the second branch, the entire Yu Family felt that he would not be able to survive this hurdle! However, on the sixth day, Yu Hai finally woke up from his coma.

Within the Yu Family, Old Yu and the second branch were probably the only ones who were truly happy for him. Yu Caidie, who had a gentle temperament and had never interfered with the affairs of others, was probably also very happy for him.

“Grandfather, my father hasn't eaten anything for five days. I'll make him a bowl of noodles! ” Although his father survived with mystic stone water these past few days, eating food naturally was more beneficial for the recovery of his injuries.

Old Yu nodded and said, “Alright, cook two fried eggs for your father as well. Fortunately he woke up. Our ancestors have blessed and protected him.I will have Dashan go to the city tomorrow morning and ask Doctor Sun to come check if Dahai is out of danger now! ”

Madam Zhang glared at her and wanted to say something, but she held back her words with a thought, ‘For three hundred taels, I will tolerate it!’

“Good! Thank you, Grandpa! ” Yu Xiaocao loudly replied with a smile on his face. The raw grain pancakes and bean paste soup they were eating seriously for breakfast were not something humans should eat! Because his grandfather agreed, he mixed wheat flour with two handfuls of peanut flour and made a little more noodles so that his family could also eat something special.

“Mother, I want to eat fried eggs as well ..” The fat boy from the first branch, who is so fat that his eyes are almost fused, shouted while throwing pancakes in hand.

Madam Li was so angry that she slapped him, “Eat, eat, eat! Aren't you afraid of dying from overeating! ”

Yu Xiaocao held the pancakes he received in his arms and quickly finished off the disgusting bean paste soup with a pinched nose. After which, he pulled Xiaolian into the kitchen.

Little Shitou modeled it and quickly finished a bowl of peanut paste soup, which had a charred taste, and then exclaimed, “I'll help heat up the pot!”

After Yu Xiaocao looked through the kitchen, he realized that there was almost no food except for a few dried radishes, half a bag of peanut flour, and a large bag of sweet potato flour. He thought about it for a while, then asked Xiaolian, “Do we still have dried vegetables at home?”

Xiaolian pondered for a while and asked, “We have some sweet potato leaves and dried radish leaves, will they do it?”

“Let's use sweet potato leaves then!” Yu Xiaocao shrugged his shoulders, as if he did not expect much from the ingredients, “Xiaolian, let's make noodles with a mixture of wheat flour and peanut flour!”

“Second Sister makes the most delicious food! But, our family is usually reluctant to use wheat flour. If we use too much, Grandma will scold us again! ”

Little Shitou was very confident with her second sister's culinary skills. He also received Xiaocao's story about ‘ doing a tour in hell’ and promised to keep it a secret. While her second sister roamed the underworld, she had unexpectedly won the heart of the God of Fortune and was taught cooking and money-making skills. Is this considered a blessing?

Yu Xiaocao was very good at making peanut noodles. In his previous life, he and his siblings had long been in distress after his parents died in a car accident. So, he had already developed the ability to make good food with simple ingredients.

Yu Xiaocao smiled as he pinched Little Shitou's nose and said, “ Rest assured! Does not require a lot of flour. Besides, we'll get a little benefit from this! ”

As he spoke, he soaked the dried sweet potato leaves in water to soften them before putting them in a pot of noodles. After which, he skillfully took out less than half a spoonful of peanut flour, and then he took out a large bowl of wheat flour from the basket hanging on the beam. There wasn't much wheat flour in the basket, so almost half of it was gone after he took out this bowl of flour.

Xiaolian's eyes widened and exclaimed warily, “How can we use so much flour for a bowl of noodles? If Grandma sees this, she'll start scolding us again. ”.

“Let him alone! No matter how well we do, he will always find a way to annoy us. If he wants to scold us, let him. We can only pretend we didn't hear it! ” Xiaocao poured a little mystical stone water into the basin and mixed it with peanut flour and wheat flour.

Yu Xiaolian looked at her little sister skillfully kneading and rolling the dough. Her culinary skills were even better than their mother's. After a while, Xiaocao had rolled the dough into a large flat circle, sprinkled peanut flour on it to prevent it from sticking together, and said without raising his head, “Mie couldn't be too thin. If the noodles are too thin, they will easily mix and turn into pasta! ”

He cut the dough into a few pieces of noodles. Peanut noodles should not be cut into strands that are too wide, but should have a suitable thickness to eat. It would be better if the noodles are cooked to have a soft and chewy texture. The only thing that doesn't really matter is the length of the noodles.

“Second Sister, it looks very good!” Little Shitou excitedly looked at the noodles, all of which were about the same thickness and had a pale yellow color. He could not help but gulp his saliva as he looked at every single strand of peanut noodles.

Yu Xiaocao pinched the little boy's cheek, leaving a wheat flour stain on his face. He smiled lightly and lowered his head to cut the chives and dried vegetables that had been soaked.

Xiaocao put back the preserved meat, which looked unchanged, back into the basket and asked Xiaolian to hang it back on top of the beam. After that, he immediately sauteed chopped chives and dried vegetables, then added salt to them.

When chopped chives are cooked with lard, the fragrance is alluring. Little Shitou took a deep breath of her scent and slapped her lips, “The smell is so fragrant that I want to drool!”

Ever since the dumplings they ate during the New Year, the Yu Family's meal consisted only of coarse grains. Not only was his food unsatisfactory, but there was not even a hint of oil in it. For Little Shitou who was secretly refining her food from time to time before the New Year, she was already very happy to be able to eat noodles made from a mixture of peanut flour and wheat flour.

Madam Zhang, who was basking in the sun in the courtyard after breakfast, smelled the smell of lard and rushed into the kitchen. He quickly took down the basket, carefully inspected the palm-sized meat, and looked into the pot. When he did not find anything wrong, he deliberately shouted, “Do you need to make so many noodles for a bowl of noodles? You spenders will consume all of our family's resources! ”

Xiaocao pointed to the peanut noodles on the cutting board and said, “This is the first time I made noodles, so I don't really understand the amount. But I made noodles with half peanut flour and half wheat flour. So, I don't use a lot of wheat flour! ”

Madam Zhang took a small bag of flour and saw that there was still wheat flour in it. Moreover, her noodles were already yellow and smelled like peanuts, so she nagged while putting the basket back and leaving.

As the water in the pot boiled, Yu Xiaocao spread the noodles into the pot and broke the two eggs inside. He closed the pot with the lid and boiled it with a small fire for a while. It is ready to be served when the noodles are tender and sticky.

Yu Xiaolian and Little Shitou looked at each other. Little Shitou could not bear to look at the wet noodles and asked in a low voice, “Is this a bit overripe?”

Xiaocao fills the bowl for the little one, and then suggests with a smile, “Try. How's your sister's cooking? ”

Little Shitou blew the noodles and swallowed them. His black eyes instantly lit up as he chewed it on his mouth. Despite the heat, he quickly ate another mouthful. While eating, he also muttered words of praise, “Enak! So yummy! It's even tastier than the whole wheat noodles I ate in the past! ”

Xiaocao took another radish with a good level of moisture and cut it into thin slices to make a cold dish. Peanut noodles do not need to be served with a rich side dish. Cold grated radish or spicy cold cabbage is the best complement.

Xiaocao added another spoonful of peanut noodles to Little Shitou's bowl, then filled the bowl for herself and Xiaolian. They quickly started devouring noodles in the kitchen. The vermicelli and side dishes are made with simple and incomplete materials. However, with Xiaocao's cooking skills and the increase in the mystical stone water, the three children ate until they nearly swallowed their own tongues.

When Madam Li smelled the scent and came with her son, her siblings had already eaten most of the peanut noodles, leaving only a large bowl for their father. They even finished washing the bowls.

“You two brats, you must be eating in the kitchen secretly. Is there any more? Take it out and give Brother Heizi a bowl! ” Mistress Li opened the pot and stared at the bowl of peanut noodles with a greedy look.

“No, the amount of flour in the house is limited. Grandfather told us to make a bowl for our father, so we wouldn't dare to make it again. Wouldn't Grandma skin us, if we did? Look, there's only one bowl. Shitou was already salivating, but she still did not dare to bite him! ” Yu Xiaocao has an expression that says ‘if you don't believe me, then see for yourself’.

Madam Li did not believe her and looked everywhere in the kitchen. When he found nothing, he stared at the only bowl of peanut noodles, “Your father just woke up after sustaining a serious injury. He will not have too much appetite. Divide it in half and give it to Brother Heizi. ”As he spoke, he was about to take a bowl to split the noodles.

Yu Xiaocao quickly picked up the noodles and ran towards the kitchen door, shouting, “My father has not eaten anything for five days. Eating more can help him recover faster.Grandpa, Grandpa! Brother Heizi wants to steal the noodles we made for our father— ”

Seeing Heizi want to take the bowl in his hand, Yu Xiaocao ran over and shouted towards the courtyard. Heizi was not afraid of anyone, but she was most afraid of Grandpa's gaze. He was so scared that he hurriedly pulled his hand and let Xiaocao slip under his nose.

Old Yu usually fixed a fishing net in the current courtyard. Yu Xiaocao, who ran out of the kitchen, knew that Madam Li and her son did not dare to take noodles from her in the courtyard bravely. She stared back at him proudly, and then returned to her room with a bowl of noodles.

Inside the room, Madam Liu was feeding Xiaocao's father with a spoon. Yu Hai's face flushed red, and he was clearly still in a high fever. He approached Madam Liu's hand and slowly drank the water from the mystic stone. Madam Liu carefully wiped away the water seeping from the corner of her mouth. His thin and pale face was full of tenderness. The two sat face to face in silence and looked at each other from time to time, as if only they were left in the world …

For a moment, Xiaocao felt that bothering them was an unforgivable sin. Madam Liu was the first to notice her arrival. His eyes were filled with shock as he looked at the bowl of noodles in Xiaocao's hands. In the past, if anyone on their second branch missed a meal, they would have to starve until their next meal. There was never a time where they were allowed to cook again. This large bowl of greasy and savory noodles was definitely not something they ate for breakfast…

Xiaolian saw the doubt in her mother's eyes and laughed, “Grandfather heard that Dad was awake, so he allowed us to make this. Xiaocao deliberately made more. You can eat a little too! ”

Although some peanut flour is added to peanut noodles, most of it is still made from wheat flour. It also has a little oil in it. So, of course, Madam Liu was reluctant to eat it and wanted to give it to her children to eat.