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Chapter 324 - The Restless Fellow Villager
Wang Fan woke up at around four o'clock.

As soon as he went out, he saw Cheng Dong looking at him awkwardly from a distance, which gave Wang Fan a bad feeling in his heart.

Cheng Dong rubbed his hands and walked up, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Wang Fan took a deep breath and said, "Brother Cheng, just tell me what you want to say."

Cheng Dong sighed: "It's really hard to say."

Wang Fan also sighed: "Go ahead, I can handle it."

Cheng Dong said helplessly, "Because the disaster-stricken area is so large and the number of people affected is so great, after the higher-ups heard about what happened here, they temporarily transferred about 1000 more people affected. But there is also good news..."

Wang Fan felt overwhelmed when he heard this. Now there were 1000 more people, which was really a threat to his life.

"What good news?"

He just hoped that the good news would be good enough to make his heart stop shaking so violently.

"Our superiors have sent us a chef from another brigade..."

“How many?!”

"One..."

Well, it can indeed be considered good news. Looking at the rows of newly erected tents in the distance, Wang Fan couldn't help but rub his brows.

Breakfast is relatively simple, with ready-made bread and milk, and an egg per person, which doesn't seem shabby at all.

When Wang Fan started preparing lunch, he saw dozens of elderly people walking towards them.

Jia Fengyue walked up to Wang Fan and said, "Young comrade, do you think we can help you in any way?"

Wang Fan was a little confused. He didn't understand what was going on, so he turned to look at Cheng Dong.

Cheng Dong smiled and said, "Auntie, just go back and have a good rest. We can handle it."

Jia Fengyue shook her head. "We're all fine. We just got caught in the rain yesterday. It's nothing serious. We have so many people and only you guys are taking care of us. We feel bad about it. Please let us help you."

The aunties behind her also echoed: "Yes, we usually cook at home. If the food is not delicious, it's okay to help wash the vegetables or something."

"Yes, you guys were exhausted yesterday, and it made me feel bad, so let us help you."

"I feel sick all over when I don't work. Maybe if I help with some work, I'll get better faster."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade these ladies, Cheng Dong had no choice but to agree: "Okay, then why don't you ladies help with the ingredients? Mainly, wash the cabbage."

Jia Fengyue was delighted when she heard this: "Okay, okay, we can definitely do this job well and make sure it's clean."

The aunties at the back also smiled at this moment, and then began to help wash the vegetables under Cheng Dong's command.

Wang Fan was deeply touched. These people had just suffered a great disaster yesterday, and they were already helping out today. They were all hardworking and honest people. How could Heaven be so unkind? If you have so much rain and nowhere to use it, why don't you support Sailer and Ludong? The river over there is almost dried up!
With the addition of these aunties, Wang Fan was able to free himself from the work of preparing ingredients and start preparing to cook directly.

When Jia Fengyue saw Wang Fan cooking, she couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Did you, young man, cook yesterday's meal?" They didn't see anyone cooking yesterday and thought it was Cheng Dong, who looked older, who cooked.

Wang Fan smiled and nodded: "I made it, Auntie, are you used to it?"

Jia Fengyue immediately gave a thumbs up and praised: "It's so delicious. Auntie has never eaten such delicious ribs."

In addition, the aunties also praised Wang Fan while they started washing vegetables.

"I'm 70 years old, but I can eat those ribs effortlessly. The young people's skills are really amazing."

"It tasted really good too. I was really nervous yesterday, but after eating the ribs, I just thought about how delicious they were and forgot about my nervousness."

"Haha, me too, I was just thinking about how delicious the spare ribs were. As soon as I closed my eyes last night, I was thinking about what delicious food I could eat today. I completely forgot about the flood outside."

Cheng Dong, Wang Fan and others felt extremely comfortable and relieved after hearing this.

Wang Fan has a deeper understanding of what he is doing now.

It seems that the saying that food is the most important thing for people is not just empty talk.

As long as they have something to eat, people will feel more at ease, and delicious food really has the magic to make people forget their worries.

At this time, Zhuo Qianqian came from a distance carrying two large boxes of mineral water, followed by some middle-aged uncles and grandfathers who were in relatively strong physique. These people spontaneously began to help receive supplies, which also greatly improved the efficiency of this shelter.

Cheng Dong was deeply moved by what he saw. To be honest, he had participated in disaster relief efforts many times, but none of them was the same as this time.

The villagers had just experienced a natural disaster, and it was not easy for them to adjust their mentality. Usually they would take two or three days to think of taking the initiative to help find something to do. But this time, they started helping with the work on the second day, which undoubtedly reduced a lot of their burden, so that more manpower could be deployed to help those areas still affected by the disaster.

After taking a deep look at Wang Fan, Cheng Dong secretly vowed that he would learn a few tricks from this young man this time. When this food is delicious to a certain degree, it can actually have a soothing effect on people's hearts!

Pork, cabbage and vermicelli stew is a home-cooked dish in Northeast China. Although this dish may look simple, if it is cooked well, the taste will be absolutely amazing.

Moreover, eating this kind of dish can really give you a refreshing feeling and further relax your nerves. This is one of the reasons why Wang Fan chose this dish.

Cheng Dong was cutting the pork belly deftly. His sharp knife skills made the pork belly almost uniform in thickness. Wang Fan had already placed two huge pots on the fire.

The diameter of these two big pots is one and a half meters, which looks very domineering. The dishes stewed in one pot are enough for at least seven or eight hundred people.

Cheng Dong cut a large pot of meat, and Wang Fan poured the meat directly into the dry pot. The pork belly itself has fat, so there is no need to add oil.

"Brother Wang, can you tell me the secret to making this stew? I think if I could learn a few of your tricks, my cooking skills would be able to improve a little bit."

Cheng Dong asked Wang Fan curiously while continuing to cut the meat.

Wang Fan flipped the pork belly with a large shovel and said, "It's not as difficult as you say. It's just some small details. If you want to listen, I'll explain while I do it."

"For example, when stir-frying pork belly, the pork belly itself has a bit of a fishy smell. When it's stir-fried until both sides are golden brown and the Maillard reaction occurs, the fishy smell is transformed into a very penetrating aroma."

(End of this chapter)