Food: Starting with Wonton Noodles

However, correspondingly, if the enclosure is cleared later, the enclosure will be maintained for one more day, and the costs of feed, labor, and natural seedling cultivation will all increase by one day.

If the acquisition price continues to decline, then it would indeed be better to clear the enclosure as soon as possible and get the money.

"Anyway, I don't understand these things, you two can discuss it yourselves. If you encounter any difficulties, just tell us," Cao Xuezhen said.

"Mom, I know."

After lunch, the two little ones begged the group to take them to the beach.

However, Zhou Yu still had to set up his stall that night, so after playing until after 2 a.m., everyone started packing up to return to the city.

However, unexpectedly, it started raining on the way back.

"Looks like I won't be able to set up my stall tonight," Zhou Yu thought, looking at the thick clouds in the sky and the increasingly dense rain.

Fortunately, he hadn't started cooking the broth yet, because he was out having fun and originally planned to start cooking it after he got back.

"Xiaoyu, with such heavy rain, are you still going to set up your stall tonight?" Cao Xuezhen asked with some concern.

"Hmm, let's see. If it's still raining heavily when we get back to the city, then we'll take a day off."

Originally, everyone thought that Zhou Yu would set up a stall in the evening, so they would go back early, but it seems that they are not in a hurry now.

Zhou Yu smiled and said to Linlin in the back seat of the car, "Linlin, how about your uncle cooks you some sand crab porridge tonight?"

Linlin, who was staring blankly at the rain outside the window, immediately perked up upon hearing Zhou Yu's words:

"Okay, okay! I'll tell Mom right away."

Today is Sunday, and Zhou Meiying's family is also going back to the city. It will be dinner time when they get back to the city, so they will have dinner with Zhou Yu and the others tonight.

On the way back, the two little ones both asked to ride in Zhou Yu's car.

However, due to limited seating, only Linlin ended up in Zhou Yu's car, and Huihui's phone watch was placed on Linlin's person.

Linlin immediately called her mother: "Mom, Uncle said he's not setting up his stall today. He said he's going to cook sand crabs. You have to keep an eye on them so they don't escape."

"I know, I won't lose your sand crabs," Zhou Meiying said helplessly.

When everyone returned to the Yujingwan residential area, before Zhou Yu could even put his things away, Huihui rushed over first.

She hugged Zhou Yu's leg and said, "Uncle, do you have a box? Please get me a box to raise my little crabs."

Linlin hugged the other leg and asked, "Uncle, when are we going to start cooking crabs?"

Zhou Yu first found an acrylic box that he used to keep fish in in the storage room.

Then he said to Linlin, "Uncle will cook later. It's still early, so let's help your sister set up the crab tank first."

Wu Hongyu and Zhou Weiqiang calmly drank tea on the side.

Whenever Zhou Yu is not seen for a few days, the two little ones like to stick to him, which Wu Hongyu is already used to.

If the two little ones stay with Cao Xuezhen at Zhou Yu's place for a few days, they will cling to their father again when they see Wu Hongyu.

Therefore, Wu Hongyu was naturally happy to have some peace and quiet now that they were all sticking to Zhou Yu.

Cao Xuezhen saw that the two little ones had brought back a bucket of sand sometime during the day, and were then pouring it into the fish tank with Zhou Yu. She couldn't help but scold Zhou Yu:

"The two little ones are so ignorant, why are you joining in their mischief? You'll make the whole house full of sand."

Huihui turned around and hugged Cao Xuezhen tightly: "Grandma, I will be good and won't spill the sand on the ground."

Cao Xuezhen tried to keep a straight face, but in the end she couldn't help but laugh and said, "Anyway, if you make a mess, I'll drag your uncle and you guys to clean the house. You're not allowed to go home until it's clean."

Unexpectedly, the two little ones' eyes lit up when they heard the words "no need to go home".

Zhou Meiying: "Don't think I don't know what you two are thinking. You have class tomorrow, and you haven't finished your homework yet. Don't think you can slack off at your grandma's place."

The two little ones immediately drooped their heads and obediently continued playing with the little crabs in the fish tank.

Zhou Yu silently mourned for the two little ones; he never imagined that kindergarten could be so demanding, with homework included.

He couldn't help but interject, "Why is there homework in kindergarten?"

Zhou Meiying complained, "These are some pre-learning courses. You have no idea how bad primary schools are these days. They talk about reducing the burden, but they don't teach anything. If you don't learn in advance in kindergarten, you won't be able to keep up with the pace when you enter primary school."

Zhou Yu: ......

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The rain continued to fall in a light drizzle.

Zhou Meiying didn't let the two little ones play with the crabs for too long before accompanying them to Cao Xuezhen's room to rest.

The two little ones were really tired after playing all day and fell asleep quickly.

Wu Hongyu accompanied Zhou Weiqiang to drink tea in the living room, while Cao Xuezhen began tidying up the kitchen to prepare dinner for the evening.

"Mom, let me do it later," Zhou Yu said to Cao Xuezhen as he walked into the kitchen.

"You rarely get a day off, and you've been driving all day. Go and rest first."

"It's okay, Mom, and I really do want to eat sambal porridge."

Cao Xuezhen had no choice but to give up her seat and let Zhou Yu in.

Crab porridge is a very popular dish in G City. Zhou Yu remembers that when he was a child, the clay pot porridge stalls on the streets and alleys would always serve crab porridge.

However, as seafood becomes increasingly scarce, sama (a type of seafood) appears less and less frequently in restaurants.

Aside from a few high-end restaurants that still acquire them, you can hardly find Shama in small restaurants anymore.

Despite the fact that Zhou Yu and Wu Hongyu seemed to have dug a lot in half a day, in reality, they didn't even have enough to make half a pound of porridge.

Most of them were too small, so we released them back into the wild, except for a few that we kept for the children to play with.

Among the seafood Wu Hongyu brought, Zhou Yu selected mud worms and some bamboo shrimp to cook into porridge.

The rest will be left for Cao Xuezhen to steam or blanch later.

There are many different styles of congee in Lingnan.

The most famous are Cantonese congee and Chaoshan clay pot congee.

The two schools of thought have completely different understandings and methods of making porridge.

For example, when making white congee, the base for Cantonese congee requires first simmering pork bone broth and soaking the rice in preserved eggs before cooking the congee.

The rice in the porridge should be cooked until there is no rice left, and it should be completely smooth and creamy, so that the porridge can absorb all the essence from the pork bones and soup.

Chaoshan porridge, on the other hand, requires boiling over high heat, ensuring the rice grains bloom without becoming mushy, and the rice broth is clear, sweet, and not cloudy. The rice should have no other off-flavors besides its natural rice taste.

Although G City and Chaoshan are located on the east and west sides of Lingnan respectively, their cultures are more inclined towards the Cantonese ethnic group.

Interestingly, the porridge popular in G City is more like the porridge from Chaoshan.

So Zhou Yu planned to make the same recipe he had received a couple of days ago: Chaoshan clay pot porridge.

Actually, it's best to use pork bone broth when cooking congee in a clay pot, but when you make it at home, you don't have to be so particular and just use whatever you have.