Courtyard Houses: Starting as a Purchasing Agent

Liu Aiguo couldn't explain it either, because he didn't know Haitang very well.

Of course, Liu Aiguo didn't care to know. He just wanted to live his life slowly and peacefully with Yu Li. It would be better if no one bothered him. If someone bothered him, he would kill them.

Including the sister-in-law.

What happened to my sister-in-law?

Does being pretty give you the right to do whatever you want?

"Alright, alright, alright..." Yu Haitang realized she had gone too far and quickly stood up to comfort her sister, saying, "Sister, I was wrong, I apologize, okay? Don't be angry!"

"I am not angry!"

Yu Li took a deep breath and said she wasn't angry, but she was still resentful inside.

"Patriotism..." Li Chunlan said, "Lily said your cooking skills are excellent, so I won't stand on ceremony with you. How about you help me cook today?"

Li Chunlan pointed inside the room.

A pair of ingredients!

There was Chinese cabbage, potatoes, salted fish, and even a small pile of eggs and a small piece of pork belly.

It's clear that Liu Aiguo came today with some thoughtful preparations. Although they may not seem like much, in this day and age, they are the best things one can offer to a guest.

"Row……"

Liu Aiguo naturally had no reason not to.

He agreed with a smile.

Cooking is his specialty; there's no traditional dish on the entire planet Earth that he can't cook.

Don't underestimate these simple potatoes, onions, and cabbage; he can still make them into all sorts of dishes.

"Alright, it's getting late... let's cook together!"

Li Chunlan made the suggestion.

That's right!

Liu Aiguo got up early in the morning and went to help Wang Zhongchen pack watermelons, then went to rent a house, and finally came to Yu Li's house, which wasted a lot of time.

It was almost noon.

Liu Aiguo didn't stand on ceremony and went out with his future mother-in-law, Li Chunlan, to wash vegetables in the yard. ⑦

Three big potatoes! ⑨

Two onions! ⑨

A piece of pork belly. (5)

There was also a live fish that Liu Aiguo brought. (Wu)

Liu Aiguo is preparing four dishes. ⑤

A hot and sour shredded potato dish, a braised pork dish, a stir-fried egg with onions, and a boiled fish dish. ⑥

All the dishes are simple. ③

However, making something simple look fancy is not so simple. ⑦

"Wow..." The neighbors were incredibly envious when they saw this.

"The Yu family...are you entertaining distinguished guests today?"

“Of course we’re honored guests, my son-in-law is here... he’s getting married in a few months…” Li Chunlan replied with a smile.

"Your son-in-law can cook!"

"real or fake?"

"This is the first time I've ever heard of a grown man cooking!"

Everyone looked at Liu Aiguo with curiosity and envy.

Liu Aiguo chuckled, his honest and simple face was very pleasing.

Li Chunlan washed a potato and handed it to Liu Aiguo.

shhhhhh...

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Liu Aiguo picked up a kitchen knife and began peeling potatoes at an extremely fast speed.

Li Chunlan hadn't even finished washing her second potato, while Liu Aiguo had already peeled his.

This……

Everyone was stunned and speechless.

This is too fast.

"My goodness... this must be a master chef!"

One by one, people came forward to watch.

A woman knelt down and picked up the potato peel that Liu Aiguo had peeled off, exclaiming in shock, "My God... it's a whole potato peel, this..."

I've seen apples peeled into a single strip of skin, but potatoes?

This is too difficult.

"Young man, how did you do that...?"

"Hehehe..." Liu Aiguo maintained his simple and honest smile, saying, "I'm getting used to it, I'm getting used to it..."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

He took the second potato from Li Chunlan and did the same thing.

It was another clean cut to the very end.

This……

This time, not only the neighbors were shocked.

Even Li Chunlan and Yu Li, who were standing next to them, were shocked.

Yu Haitang, who was watching from inside the main room, was also speechless with amazement: "This knife skill is just too good!"

Back in the kitchen, Liu Aiguo once again demonstrated his knife skills to everyone.

clap clap clap...

As soon as the potato was placed on the cutting board, Liu Aiguo's hands began to move rapidly, and all that could be seen was the shadow of his knife.

When they turned around, they found that the two big potatoes had turned into potato shreds.

Each strand is shaped like a cube, exceptionally symmetrical, and all of the same thickness.

It's very thin, only slightly thicker than a toothpick.

"This is way too thin!" Li Chunlan said, "Aiguo... it would break in the pot in just a couple of seconds!"

Liu Aiguo smiled and said, "No...don't worry!"

"Clap clap clap..."

Next, Liu Aiguo continued chopping vegetables.

He chopped up the onions, scallions, ginger, and pork belly, washed them, and then started cooking.

The first thing to do, naturally, is braised pork.

Yu Li's family has two pots.

One was a coal stove, and the other was an earthen pot.

Braised pork is naturally cooked in an earthenware pot.

As for the other dishes, they were all cooked on the coal stove.

Boiled fish and braised pork were ready in just over ten minutes.

As for eggs and shredded potatoes, that's even faster.

Especially the shredded potatoes. Liu Aiguo poured oil, fried the chopped green onions and minced ginger, then quickly added the shredded potatoes, poured in white vinegar, tossed the pan a couple of times, and served them directly.

In the blink of an eye, four dishes were served on the small square table in the main room.

Everyone sat down.

I was already intoxicated before we even started eating.

"It smells so good, brother-in-law..." Yu Fazhan excitedly picked up his chopsticks, then poked at the fish slices in the boiled fish dish, and popped a mouthful into his mouth: "Hiss...so spicy...so numbing...so refreshing...delicious...hiss..."

Li Chunlan also picked up her chopsticks and said, "I'll try some too!"

She first picked up a piece of shredded potato with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth.

"Hiss..."

As soon as she took a bite, Li Chunlan gasped, "It's so delicious..."

Potato shreds, can they really be made like this?

Not too soft, not too hard, just right.