Twenty dishes

  First, the bright purple color caught my eye, and I immediately thought of a dish - mashed eggplant. In fact, there are many ways to eat eggplant, but most cooking methods involve high temperatures and long times, resulting in greasiness and significant nutrient loss. Among all the ways to eat eggplant, mashed eggplant is the healthiest. Firstly, mashed eggplant requires the shortest heating time, only needing to be steamed over high heat, thus minimizing nutrient loss. Secondly, mashed eggplant uses the least amount of oil; after steaming the eggplant and mashing it into a pulp, only a small amount of seasoning sauce is needed. Lastly, the way of eating mashed eggplant allows for the most complete absorption of nutrients because it doesn't require peeling the eggplant, and the skin contains a large amount of bioactive substances. The best seasonings for mashed eggplant are olive oil, sesame paste, garlic paste, and a pinch of salt. However, due to the limited availability of ingredients at the moment, I simply added some salt and garlic paste on top of the mashed eggplant.

  After making a dish of mashed eggplant, then it's the turn of loofah. Last time I made a loofah soup, and saw that the Bai family ate it well, so today I used the same method as last time, and made a big bowl of loofah soup.

  Then it's the turn of green beans, An Yan made a sweet bean dish. First, wash the green beans clean, add clean water and soak them overnight. Add more sugar and more water in a large pot and simmer for half an hour. It tastes great whether eaten hot or cold or iced. As soon as this dish was done, An Yan took a small bowl and filled it with half a bowl of food for Pang Ya to eat as a snack.

  "Come here, fatty."

  After filling a small bowl with sweet beans, she smiled and beckoned to Pang Ya, then placed the small bowl in Pang Ya's little hand.

  Chubby secretly sucked a mouthful of saliva, carefully holding the small bowl, looking at An Yan with some uncertainty.

  Her heart ached slightly as she was looked at with such timid eyes, like those of a small deer. She gently stroked the chubby boy's head and said, "Eat up, Auntie will often make delicious food for you to eat from now on. So you must grow tall and fat quickly, and when that day comes, Auntie will be completely satisfied."

  Chubby looked at An Yan and then lowered her head to look at the sweet beans in the small bowl, suddenly bursting into tears.

  "Wah wah......"

  "What's wrong, fatty? Is something uncomfortable, tell Aunt quickly."

  An spoke softly and immediately squatted down, carefully examining Pang Ya, afraid that the little girl was uncomfortable somewhere.

  As soon as Xiu Niang heard the crying sound, she rushed into the kitchen in a tense manner. When she saw An Yan hugging and comforting Pang Ya, Xiu Niang's eyes flickered unnaturally for a moment. At first, when she heard the crying sound, Xiu Niang thought it was Tang Jin Xiu bullying Pang Ya again. That's why she rushed in without thinking. However, seeing An Yan's gentle and careful movements made her feel somewhat embarrassed.

  An Yan also saw the faint flash of Xiuniang's eyes, as well as the worry and embarrassment on her face. Her clear eyes also flashed unnaturally, after all, everything that had happened before was true and existed, an indelible fact. So she paused for a moment, then raised her head to say to Xiuniang: "Third Auntie, come quickly and take a look, I don't know what's wrong with Pangzi, but she suddenly started crying and it's driving me crazy."

  Xiu Niang heard this and a look of surprise flashed across her face, then she quickly walked to the side of Pang Ya with Qing Ge in her arms.

  "What's wrong with Fatou, is she uncomfortable somewhere?"

  After a brief change just now, Xiū Niáng had already realized that she had misunderstood ān Yán. So the tone of this conversation was also gentle, and the expression looking at ān Yán was natural too.

  Pang Ya heard Xiu Niang's words, and with her big, wet eyes, she looked at Xiu Niang, then turned back to look at An Yan. She sniffled and said: "Pang Ya is so happy, Auntie is so good to Pang Ya, making delicious sweet beans for Pang Ya. These sweet beans look really nice, Pang Ya has never seen them before. Not even the pear blossoms in Liu Xiucai's house at the village head have been seen by Pang Ya, but now she has so many. They must be very tasty since they look so good."

  As she spoke, the fat girl smiled happily, instantly her whole face was flushed with joy, but it was a soft and gentle smile.

  Upon hearing this reason, An Yan and Xiu Niang couldn't help but exchange a glance at each other, both of them crying and laughing at the same time.

  An Yan suddenly felt that her niece in front of her was a bit silly, but she was silly enough to make people love her.

  "Bad girl, but you've worried your aunt for a while."

  An softly wrapped her arms around Pang Ya, stretching out her hand to gently pinch Pang Ya's thin face twice. Although she was speaking words of blame, her face was filled with the warmest smile.

  One of the sisters, Xiū Niáng, seeing this result, suddenly looked at ān Yán with a somewhat different gaze. Nowadays, such a gentle temperament, combined with good culinary skills, made this cousin truly different.

  "Second Auntie, take Fatso to play in the courtyard, I still have to hurry up and cook dinner, Uncle and them will be back soon."

  An Yan took a look at the sky outside and felt that they needed to speed up.

  Xiu Niang glanced at An Yan and then took the chubby girl holding a small bowl to play in the front yard.

  An was still in the kitchen, thinking about what dishes to make for dinner.

  The sky gradually darkened, and the Bai family carried their farm tools back home as well.

  As soon as they entered the courtyard, everyone caught a whiff of an enticing aroma, and their spirits, which had been somewhat fatigued, were immediately lifted.

  "This fragrance is so familiar, isn't it the dinner made by my cousin Jinxiu?"

  Liu smelled the familiar fragrance and thought of Tang Jinxiu's exquisite dishes from last time.

  Upon hearing this, Bai Qi and Wang Shi's faces showed a strange expression, their eyes scanning the surroundings, but they did not see Xiu Niang, Pang Ya, and Tang Jinxiu.

  "Dad and Mom, you're back!"

  At this time, Xiūniáng lifted the curtain and carried Qīnggē out of the east room, with Pàngyā holding a small bowl following closely behind.

  Everyone saw Xiū Niáng here and immediately knew that Táng Jǐn Xiù was really cooking in the kitchen. Last time, because of the devaluation of Zhú Yè Qīng, although they were surprised, their minds weren't on it. But this time was different, everyone's mood had stabilized a lot, and at this moment, learning that Táng Jǐn Xiù, who had never touched water with her ten fingers, was actually cooking dinner for everyone, the astonished look on her face couldn't be hidden no matter what.

  Pang Ya was holding a small bowl in her hands, running to the side of Liu Shi, happily tilting her little head and saying: "Mother, look, this is sweet bean given by Auntie Jin Xiu for Pang Ya to eat, it's so delicious. Mother, you try some too."

  Liu looked down at the sweet beans in Pango's small bowl and a gentle smile spread across her face, "Pango eat it yourself, Mom doesn't like to eat this."

  When she heard this, Pang Ya first stared at Liu Shi in a daze, then lowered her head and looked at the sweet beans in the small bowl with confusion. She was very puzzled as to why her mother didn't like eating sweet beans, when they were obviously delicious. Thinking this way, Pang Ya reached out and grabbed a few more, putting them into her mouth, and then puffed out her cheeks and started chewing hard, trying to tell her mother that the sweet beans were really good to eat.

  Bai Ping and Liu saw this scene, both of them couldn't help but smile slightly.

  "Everyone is tired too, let's wash our hands and go to the main room to prepare for dinner."

  Bai Qi glanced in the direction of the kitchen, a look of relief appearing in his eyes, and then waved his hand to let everyone prepare for dinner.

  Digression

  Recommend a friend Nalan Xiaoxi's Tianwen "Fierce Farmer Girl"

  One morning, I crossed over into a farming family and became extremely poor. I received two warm-hearted brothers, one clever sister, and a kind-hearted foolish mother for free.

  She vowed to change her situation and become rich to live a good life.

  Who knew that there would be a bunch of extreme relatives, one stealing eggs today, another occupying the house tomorrow, and the next kicking people out...

  Lin Po Xue sneered, I'm a vicious woman, who am I afraid of? Transforming into Ultraman, fighting monsters every day.

  Eat mine and spit it out, take mine and give it back to me.

  The days have passed, but the reputation has been ruined, and it's enough to worry one's own mother to death.

  "Mother, don't worry, I'll find you a son-in-law who will come to our door..."

  This is a rebirth story of an evil woman, ruthless and cunning in fighting against her relatives, reborn to turn the tables and become the mistress!