In the blink of an eye, it is September.
September in the north city is a bright and cool autumn day, and the leaves of the trees in the staff quarters have begun to turn yellow.
The temperature in the north city in autumn is very comfortable, with the highest temperature being around 20 degrees, so wearing two layers of clothing is just right.
Before, Wen Nuan disliked the hot summer in the north city, but when autumn came and there was nothing to do, Le Le began to miss the summer when she could eat watermelon and play in the water.
Of course, you can also eat popsicles.
When it was hot in the summer, Lele loved to hang out at the supply and marketing cooperative all day long. When she saw someone selling popsicles, she would stand in front of them and refuse to leave, staring at the person's popsicle box and insisting that Wen Nuan buy her some.
In addition to these, Wen Nuan also took Le Le to the mountains to pick wild fruits in the summer. A few days ago, Wen Nuan and Gu Qinghan also took the children to the mountains. Gu Qinghan went hunting, and Wen Nuan took Le Le to pick fruits.
On the mountain behind the north city, a wild fruit called blue indigo fruit matures in September. Although it is a little sour, Lele likes to eat it, so Wen Nuan took her to pick some and bring them home.
The children have not been lacking in fruits to eat recently.
*
That day, after Wen Nuan returned to the kitchen, she took out the pickled cabbage she had made earlier.
Because she had already thought about the ingredients for winter, Wen Nuan had pickled more than ten jars of sauerkraut in May and June, all of which were pickled with mustard greens.
Compared with sauerkraut made from Chinese cabbage, sauerkraut made from mustard greens is more refreshing.
In addition to pickling a lot of sauerkraut, Wen Nuan also made several large jars of kimchi with cabbage. The kimchi is sour, spicy and crispy, and is also a good dish to go with rice.
There is no shortage of vegetables in their army, especially in spring and summer, when they grow all kinds of vegetables. If all else fails, they go to the villages outside to collect some, and the villagers are willing to sell them.
Wen Nuan opened the jar of sauerkraut and immediately smelled the sour and rich aroma, which almost made her drool.
Old Zhong saw her open the jar of pickled cabbage and smelled the sour aroma in the air, so he walked towards her and asked curiously, "Comrade Wen Nuan, what delicious food are you planning to make today?"
There are a lot of fish in the north city at this time of year, so the troops arranged several teams to go to Chunhua River to catch fish. Then they distributed some of the fish to the family quarters in the morning, and sent the rest to the kitchen team.
Lao Zhong was still worried about what to do with so many fish. Now seeing Wen Nuan taking out the sauerkraut they had pickled before, he guessed that she was going to use it to make sauerkraut fish.
Wen Nuan took out a handful of pickled cabbage from the jar and put it on a plate beside her. She then said with a smile, "I plan to research some quick dishes."
Before, Wen Nuan felt that the frozen ground in the north city in winter was a bit uncomfortable, but now she thinks the weather is pretty good. At least she can refrigerate some of the food she wants to eat.
The supplies prepared for the institute last year were inadequate, and of course, there wasn't enough time either.
Now, taking advantage of the cool autumn weather, it was time to start preparing the quick dishes she had already planned.
This quick dish is a semi-finished dish. You can eat it directly by opening the package, heating it and stewing it. It is not difficult at all. Even people who can't cook can enjoy delicious food.
"Quick dish?" Old Zhong became even more curious when he heard Wen Nuan say that. He quickly came over and asked, "What is a quick dish? What kind do you plan to make?"
Lao Zhong is now truly in awe of Wen Nuan. As for the dried noodles produced by the factory, they had never thought of making them before, but they just made what they had.
Because there are many people in the army, the kitchen staff cooks in a big pot. Except for some holidays, most of the time they don't make noodles. It is convenient and quick to cook noodle dumplings directly.
Now that Wen Nuan said she wanted to cook quick dishes, Lao Zhong suddenly became interested and was particularly curious about what new tricks Wen Nuan would come up with this time.
Wen Nuan heard Lao Zhong's question and did not pretend to be mysterious. Instead, she patiently explained, "Quick dishes, as the name suggests, are dishes that can be cooked quickly. They can be eaten after just heating. This dish is specially prepared for the research institute."
Gu Qinghan said that there was no formal cafeteria at the institute, and everyone took turns to cook.
Some experts are often busy and make a lot of steamed buns or coarse-grain steamed buns, and eat a few steamed buns with some pickles for three meals a day.
So Wen Nuan planned to make some simpler dishes this time, and make them quick dishes, similar to the pre-prepared dishes in later generations.
When Lao Zhong heard this, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Can this work? How do we do it?"
Xiao Zhu, who was picking vegetables nearby, was also very curious after hearing this, and came over with the eggplant in his hand, "That sounds interesting, Sister Wen Nuan, what are you going to do?"
Wen Nuan resealed the jar of pickled cabbage and continued, "I plan to prepare all the dishes I want to make in advance. Some of them can be cooked directly and then sealed in plastic bags. However, this is very restricted by the weather. It has to be as cold as our North City, otherwise it will easily spoil."
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "The research institute is quite suitable."
These dishes must be kept in a cold chain, otherwise the food will spoil, so the temperature requirements are particularly high, but in this day and age we can only rely on the gifts of nature.
In their northern city, there would be snow in winter, and the meat and other things would be frozen directly in the yard. Although it was cold, it was very useful.
Such a cold place is like a natural freezer, which can easily preserve these quick dishes.
After hearing Wen Nuan's words, Lao Zhong touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Okay, I think this will work. What dish are you going to make now?"
"Is there anything I can do to help?"
After the conversation, the chief steward of the kitchen team who had just returned saw Wen Nuan and the comrades from the flight crew kitchen seemed to be discussing something, so he came over and asked curiously: "What's the matter? What's the matter? Is there any gossip we can hear?"
Old Zhong pushed the quartermaster's head away with one hand, glanced at him with disdain, and said, "You are a grown man, why do you love gossiping so much? You have something important to do, but you don't want to do it. Have you finished recruiting workers? You have to keep chattering here. Aren't you ashamed?"
The quartermaster looked at the plate of pickled cabbage in front of Wen Nuan and couldn't help drooling. He picked up a sour and crispy vegetable stem and put it in his mouth, saying, "Bullshit, what's so shameful about this? Gossip is human nature! What's wrong with me following human nature?"
Then, the quartermaster asked again, not giving up: "What on earth are you talking about?"
Old Zhong sneered, "What kind of bullshit logic is this? Get out of my way!"
Seeing that the two had started arguing again, Wen Nuan told the quartermaster about her plan to make a quick dish.
When the quartermaster heard this, he clenched his fist and hit his other palm, saying, "Not bad, not bad, this is a good idea. How about we make a few and try them out?"
Wen Nuan nodded: "That's exactly what I was planning. These pickles are prepared for this purpose."
Hearing this, Lao Zhong looked at Wen Nuan, who had changed his expression, and asked in a gentle voice: "What can we do to help you now?"
It’s not even close to lunch time yet, but the dishes for lunch have already been cut and washed, and we can just stir-fry them and eat them later.
Moreover, they are preparing meals for the thirty or so people in the flight team, so they will still have enough time to cook even if they come half an hour in advance.
Seeing everyone's eager expressions, Wen Nuan remembered the fish the fishing team had brought in that morning, so she said, "I'm going to make some pickled fish first. Please help me pick three fish with tender meat. Sea bass would be best."
"Then clean the fish and slice some for the pickled fish. It's best to remove the fish bones, so don't pick the ones with a lot of bones like crucian carp."
The fillets of sea bass are more tender than those of grass carp and do not have as many bones, making them perfect for making sauerkraut fish.
However, if there is no sea bass, grass carp can also be used.
Then Wen Nuan looked at the other comrades and said, "By the way, bring some dried chilies and various seasonings, cooking wine, cornmeal, and other things."
After hearing this, Lao Zhong and his comrades in the kitchen team immediately took action.
Wen Nuan planned to wash the sauerkraut, dry it, and mix it with some sauce. Then, she could pack it directly into bags and seal it.
The quartermaster saw that everyone was busy, but Wen Nuan had not assigned him any work, so he volunteered, "Comrade Wen Nuan, what should I do?"
Hearing this, Wen Nuan glanced at the quartermaster's expectant eyes and said, "Quartier, please clean our freezer first. I plan to leave it for a while before taking it out for tasting."
There is a freezer in the kitchen, but in order to save electricity, it is only turned on in the summer and is rarely used at other times.
After all, people don’t have enough food these days, let alone leftovers, so freezers are not very useful.
They also have a farm in their backyard, so they can just pick whatever vegetables they want and rarely hoard them.
When winter comes and we need to stock up on vegetables, the freezer won’t be of much use.
Now, in order to test these quick dishes, the freezer can be used.
When the quartermaster heard this, he immediately took action and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go right away!"
*
With everyone's help, Wen Nuan can do things with ease.
In addition to making sauerkraut fish, she also plans to make some mushroom meat patties, stir-fried pork with green peppers, preserved vegetable meat patties, mushroom chicken, lamb ribs, and some braised dishes, etc.
Because you have to cook more dishes before you can finally choose the two or three most suitable ones.
Of course, if possible, Wen Nuan also hopes that all of these can be used. After all, if the dishes are richer, it will be good for the comrades in the institute. Even if they are vegetarian dishes, they have to be made more lively in some way.
The quartermaster quickly cleaned the freezer, then ran back and asked, "How long will it take to clean these things?"
Wen Nuan was braising some pork offal, and without even looking up, he said, "These things can be prepared just like usual. Just put them in the freezer for a while after they are cooked to see if the taste changes. If they taste good, you can use them."
Wen Nuan doesn't want to cook too much cooked food, so it would be best if it had some, like sauerkraut, that wouldn't affect the taste even if it was frozen.
Moreover, some of them can be prepared with sauces directly, so it is convenient and quick to cook them directly, and the effect will not be affected even if they are stewed together.
Of course, these things can also be brought by the soldiers on their journey.
As long as braised food like this is packaged well, it can also be eaten as a snack like the packaged spicy fish, duck wings, and chicken feet in later generations.
Some of the dried vegetables they made before can be eaten directly by soaking in boiling water, and are also convenient to carry.
These are all good things that can ensure everyone's nutrition and replenish their physical strength.
The quartermaster saw that Wen Nuan had prepared several things, so he also started to get busy.
Wen Nuan didn't have the energy to care about other things because she planned to cook everything except the pickled fish.
Wen Nuan was busy until eleven o'clock.
After the delicious dishes were ready, Xiao Zhu couldn't help but pick up a piece of braised pork intestines from the plate of braised pork offal and secretly put it into his mouth.
The rich marinade filled up the mouth the moment he took a bite. Xiao Zhu felt that he could eat up a bowl of rice with just this one bite of marinade!
In the past, no one liked to cook pig offal, but since Wen Nuan came to the kitchen team, it has been turned into delicious pork offal porridge with a fragrant braised flavor.
But before Xiao Zhu could swallow it, the quartermaster beside him patted him on the shoulder and snorted, "Xiao Zhu, you actually ate it secretly. These are all for making quick dishes!"
Xiao Zhu quickly swallowed the braised pork intestines in his mouth, then stuck out his tongue and said, "I'm sorry, quartermaster, I'm so hungry, I couldn't help it!"
After hearing what Xiao Zhu said, everyone realized that it was almost lunch time. Usually, they would eat something to fill their stomachs before going to the flight crew kitchen to get food.
Now that I realize it, I feel a little hungry.
Seeing that everyone had been busy all morning, Wen Nuan said, "These dishes are still hot. They can't be packed until they cool down in the afternoon. Let's get some food for the flight team first. We'll eat later."
Then, when everyone was disappointed, the quartermaster said, "Alright, alright, you can try these dishes later, but only for a taste. We will have to do experiments later. You must not eat too much."
After he finished speaking, the comrades in the kitchen team jumped up excitedly, "Great, I love you, Chief Steward!"
These dishes made by Wen Nuan are so delicious that I would be satisfied even if I could just share some of the soup with them, let alone eat a little!
*
Perhaps it was because the dozen or so dishes were so eye-catching that the comrades from the flight team came over with smiles on their faces and asked them, "Is it a holiday today? Why are there so many delicious dishes?"
Wen Nuan smiled and joked, "Just enjoy your eyes. Those are not for you to eat."
However, some of the dishes served to the flight crew today are actually the same as the quick dishes they make.
The comrades in the flight team were stunned for a moment. There were actually people whose meals were better than theirs
Gu Qinghan happened to bring Lele over to eat the flight attendant meal. He saw so many people gathered at the queue window and asked them to line up.
When everyone saw that it was Gu Qinghan coming, no one dared to act rashly. They lined up in an orderly manner and did not dare to make any noise.
When Gu Qinghan lined up at the window, Lele beside him immediately stretched out his hands to hold the table on the windowsill, looked at Wen Nuan and called out: "Mom, I want to eat, give me food quickly!"
Wen Nuan saw Xiaotuanzi coming over, so she smiled and stretched out her hand to her, saying, "Where's your lunch box? Give it to me."
Gu Qinghan went back to the group today, so he brought the little guy to the office, so they came here to eat together.
In the past, Lele had gone to the office with Gu Qinghan. I heard that the child was quite well behaved. Since there was a sandpit in the regiment’s training ground, Lele would occasionally go there to play in the sand.
The little girl has now tied her hair into two pigtails, but there are a few grains of sand clearly visible on the parting line of her hair. It seems that she has gone to play in the sand.
When Lele heard Wen Nuan ask this, he quickly turned around and took the lunch box from Gu Qinghan's hand.
Then she raised her toes, handed the lunch box to Wen Nuan, and said, "Mom, take it quickly."
“I want to eat!”
Wen Nuan took her lunch box and said, "Okay, stop making so much noise. Look, the uncles and sisters are all looking at you!"
Then, Wen Nuan handed the lunch box to her colleague next to her. After all, they were her husband and children, and it would be inappropriate for her to feed them.
When the little guy heard Wen Nuan say this, he quickly covered his mouth, put his little finger to his mouth, made a gesture of silence, and said softly: "I won't make any noise, mommy will come and eat too."
Before Wen Nuan could say anything, Gu Qinghan, who was standing behind Lele, saw so many dishes in the kitchen and finally understood why those guys were so excited. So Gu Qinghan couldn't help but ask his wife, "So many dishes? Can the flight team finish them all?"
Wen Nuan looked up at the man and chuckled, "You wish. These are not for your flight team to eat."
Gu Qinghan frowned and asked jealously, "Who are they for?"
Wen Nuan didn't want to beat around the bush with her husband, so she said, "I was planning to give it to the research institute, but it hasn't been successful yet. Let's wait and see."
Gu Qinghan raised his eyebrows, full of questions: "How long do I have to wait?"
It’s still hard to say whether it will be warm or not. Anyway, we are not entering winter so soon yet. Maybe we can take a break for a month or so
"I don't know yet. I'll tell you when the time comes."
Then, Wen Nuan smiled and said, "When the time comes, you can also help me taste it and see if the taste has changed."
"Okay, I'll help you try it then." Then Gu Qinghan saw the warm and wet forehead and asked, "Are you busy this morning? Do you want to come out and have some food with us first?"
Wen Nuan smiled and nodded: "Alright, I'll finish this first, wash my hands and go."
Gu Qinghan looked at her and said gently, "Don't worry, we'll wait for you to come out and then eat together."
Although Gu Qinghan still wanted to say a few words to his wife, Liang Guoan was standing behind him, already muttering about the couple.
He said, "Deputy Captain Gu, please have mercy on the child. I haven't eaten for five hours. Can you two stop feeding me dog food? I still want to eat!"
Gu Qinghan turned his head and glanced at him, "Why are you in such a hurry? My meal is not ready yet."
As he said that, Xiao Zhu handed Gu Qinghan's lunch box back to him and said, "Deputy Captain Gu, your meal."
The quartermaster at the side jokingly said to Liang Guoan: "You are married yourself, isn't it normal for young couples to be close to each other?"
Liang Guoan clicked his tongue twice: "My wife and I are not so clingy outside. We are clingy at home. It's not good to be clingy in front of others."
Xiao Zhu, who is still unmarried, looked up at them and said, "Then Vice Captain Gu and Sister Wen Nuan are so loving outside, so they will probably be even more loving when they get home, right?"
Liang Guoan: "..."
The quartermaster: “…”
It’s hard to imagine how sticky Gu Qinghan, who usually looks like an ice cube, would be when he’s at home!
Gu Qinghan and Wen Nuan didn't want to pay any attention to them, and the family happily prepared to go out for dinner.
Lele held Wen Nuan with one hand and Gu Qinghan with the other, then chose a seat by the window and said, "Mom, let's sit here."
Wen Nuan also got herself some food, and took the small bowl and spoon that Lele had left in the cafeteria, intending to give her some later so she could eat by herself.
Wen Nuan nodded: "Okay, let's sit here."
Lele let go of Wen Nuan's hand, then walked over, dragged out the long bench, pointed, and said, "Dad, sit here."
As she spoke, she dragged out another long bench next to her, walked over, took Wen Nuan's hand, pulled her over, and said with a smile, "Mom, Le Le will sit here with you."
She smiled warmly: "Okay, thank you."
"You're welcome." Lele wanted to climb onto the long bench, but the bench was too narrow and had no backrest, so she couldn't exert any strength.
Wen Nuan saw this and immediately carried her up, then sat next to her and reminded her, "You can't lean back, understand?"
Last year, Lele almost fell to the ground while sitting on a long bench in the cafeteria. Fortunately, Gu Qinghan was quick to catch him.
Lele didn't want to listen to Wen Nuan. All he could see was the meat. He had already picked up the spoon and pointed at the meat in Wen Nuan's lunch box. He said, "Mom, I want some meat."
Wen Nuan knew that she was hungry, so she took the small bowl, gave her some rice, and then picked up a few pieces of meat for her.
Lele was finally able to eat, so he picked up his spoon and started eating.
Seeing this, Gu Qing at the side put the meat in his lunch box into the warm lunch box and said, "You should eat some meat too."
Wen Nuan tried several dishes while cooking just now, and now she is a little full. Gu Qinghan gave her some meat, and Wen Nuan felt that she could not finish it.
Then he said, "I just ate a little. But you, don't you have training in the afternoon? Why don't you eat some meat?"
Lele watched her parents picking up the food, so she picked up the small bowl and handed it to Gu Qinghan, saying, "Dad, give it to me!"
Gu Qinghan took a look at the child's half bowl of rice, then half bowl of meat, and then picked up some vegetables from his lunch box for the little guy.
Gu Qinghan chuckled: "Here, all for you, eat quickly, and then go back with your mother to take a nap."
Lele happily put away his bowl and smiled: "Thank you, Dad."
But when the bowl was put back in front of him, Lele was dumbfounded.
Why did dad give her so many vegetables
Then she pouted and snorted, "Dad, I don't want vegetables!"
Who knew that Wen Nuan and Gu Qinghan pretended not to hear and buried their heads in eating.
Lele wanted to pick out the vegetables, but was glanced at by Gu Qinghan.
Lele immediately became timid and ate the vegetables that Gu Qinghan had just given her.
Then she said aggrievedly: "I won't come to eat with Dad next time!"
Gu Qinghan snorted: "No, I'm your father, I have to eat with you, even when you grow up I still have to eat with you."
When the little guy heard this, he immediately pouted and looked at Wen Nuan, as if he wanted to hear a different answer from her.
Who knew Wen Nuan looked at her and said, "If you learn how to cook, you can eat by yourself."
After hearing this, Lele lowered his head and ate obediently.
*
After Wen Nuan had dinner with Gu Qinghan and Lele, she went back to the staff quarters with Lele to take a nap.
When she returned to the kitchen at two o'clock in the afternoon, everyone seemed to be waiting for her "order".
When I saw her come back, I immediately asked her what to do with the things she made in the morning.
Wen Nuan first washed her hands with soap, then touched the bowls containing the ingredients, feeling that they had cooled down, and said, "Now let's prepare to pack them in bags, seal the bags with a sealing machine, and put them in the freezer for storage."
Wen Nuan took out the menu label she had prepared at home, took out some tape, and stuck it on the bag, writing down the cooking time and the name of the dish.
Everyone followed Wen Nuan's instructions and after everything was packed in bags, they took them to the freezer and neatly stacked them.
The quartermaster saw that all the quick-cooking dishes were put in. He originally thought that the freezer in the kitchen was so big that it would waste electricity.
But Wen Nuan just said that now that the freezer is open and the kitchen staff has brought back hundreds of fish, they might as well make some fish balls in advance and give them to everyone as a snack from time to time.
Wen Nuan patted the dust off her hands, and seeing that everything had been put in, she said, "We'll find a few people to try these dishes. If the taste and texture are still similar to when they were just cooked, we can start preparing in winter."
In addition to the research institute, there is also Factory 112 and the Aviation School. Even places like North City that are covered with ice and snow can also be traded.
Wen Nuan thought for a moment, and then asked the quartermaster who was eagerly waiting, "Quartermaster, how is the recruitment of workers going?"
During this period, some people did come to work, but no one seemed to understand.
Wen Nuan had discussed with the quartermaster earlier and decided to divide the fifty people into several groups to work together.
The group making dried noodles and vermicelli and the one making meatballs can also form a team of strong men to help, while those making dried vegetables and seasoning packets can form a separate group.
By then, everyone will divide the work and cooperate with each other. It will definitely not be like before, where everyone finished their canteen work during the day and had to work overtime at night.
Although the salary has increased, everyone is starting to lack energy after being busy for a long time.
This batch of workers arrived just in time.
The quartermaster said, "We are just short of a few people. If we didn't recruit enough, we have enough now. It won't affect us."
Wen Nuan nodded: "Yes, then, Chief Steward, please do a statistics for everyone to see what everyone is good at. We need to divide them into groups as soon as possible."
"No problem, leave it to me."
*
The days passed quickly, and by the beginning of October, the North City had already felt the chill of early winter.
When the quartermaster saw Wen Nuan coming back to the kitchen, he asked her anxiously, "Comrade Wen Nuan, can we take those things out and thaw them now?"
The quartermaster had always been thinking about what was in the freezer. He had been curious about it several times and wanted to try it as soon as possible to see how it tasted.
In the summer before, Wen Nuan taught everyone how to make dried vegetables and it was very successful. When soaked in water, they were almost the same as fresh vegetables.
So this month, their small factory has packed up all the dried pumpkins, dried vegetables, and dried beans made in the summer, and the troops have also kept a lot of them, thinking that in the winter, they won't have to eat cabbage and radishes for every meal.
Although the troops may not be able to use the quick-cooking dishes this time, the quartermaster thought that there are still many troops stationed in the cold areas of Northeast Xinjiang, so it would be a pleasure to support the revolutionary comrades.
In those extremely cold areas, the temperature drops to dozens of degrees below zero in winter. Forget cabbage and radish. Almost every meal is pickled vegetables and steamed corn bread. It's cold, and if you don't eat well and get enough nutrition, your body will feel even colder, as if your back is attached to an iron pillar.
Now they not only have dried vegetables, but also these quick dishes. All they have to do is boil some snow water to heat these things up, and they can also eat something nutritious.
Life at the border is much harder than it is here.
Although the ground here is frozen, cabbage and radish are still available to everyone, so they can be considered green.
So the quartermaster has been looking forward to the production of the products as soon as possible.
Wen Nuan took off the scarf around her neck and said, "Okay, I was planning to let everyone try it together last week, but Commander Xu happened to be out for a meeting. I heard that he came back the night before, so we'll take it over then."
This warm month is very busy because we have to stock up on supplies for the winter.
Some time ago, I also contacted Yang Xiaomei's parents who were far away in Meng Province, hoping that they would contact some units to transport some sheep over.
Meng Province is only about ten hours' drive away from them. Although it sounds like a long journey, the price is cheap, much cheaper than the one in Beijing. Even if the transportation cost is included, it is not too expensive.
And if you buy more at one time, it will be cheaper.
But the communications in this era are too backward. It took Wen Nuan a lot of time to go to the telephone room. Fortunately, we finally reached an agreement last week and they will send a batch over first, so we can catch up in time for winter.
The quartermaster's eyes lit up, and he told Wen Nuan his idea with a smile, saying, "I plan to contact the border guards in East Xinjiang. It's too cold there in the winter, and the food is much worse than ours. If the quick dishes this time are okay, we can supply them with some."
Wen Nuan smiled: "That's great."
The quartermaster looked at Wen Nuan and suddenly became serious. He said to her, "Comrade Wen Nuan, all this is thanks to you. On behalf of all the border guards, I thank you."
Although Wen Nuan was apparently his subordinate, he always thought that Wen Nuan was more like his revolutionary comrade.
If it weren't for her, the kitchen team would not have been able to run this small factory, nor would they have been able to provide so many jobs for the family compound.
Now, it not only benefits their air force base, but also several border defense forces around the northern city after the warm and quick dishes are ready.
So the quartermaster is very excited now.
However, Wen Nuan looked calm and said, "Chief Steward, if it weren't for your support, I wouldn't be able to do these things."
Although Wen Nuan did not hold any position, the quartermaster never controlled her. He fully supported her ideas and never doubted or interfered with her.
So Wen Nuan feels that they all complement each other.
Wen Nuan added: "Besides, we are all for the troops and for the soldiers who fight side by side. This is what I should do as a military wife."
At the beginning, she was because of Liu Minghua and Shen Bairong in the research institute. Although they were not close friends, they were both the most critical parts of the country's take-off. She was just doing her small part and doing some small things.
The quartermaster smiled and said, "These are all your ideas. If it weren't for you, how would we have gotten these things?"
"So, I must say thank you to you."
Lao Zhong at the side suddenly smiled, without his usual carefree expression, and said, "Lao Luo, you finally said something human. I'll cook for you later and make your favorite dish, fried bamboo shoots with pork lard."
quartermaster:"???"
Is there such a good thing
Why didn’t you say it earlier
He wants to eat chicken stewed with mushrooms today. I wonder if it can be changed
Seeing that the two were getting frivolous again, Wen Nuan said, "Let's take the food out first, thaw it and cook it, and have someone help us try it."
After saying this, everyone started to get busy again and took out everything in the freezer.
After thawing, except for two that need to be fried, the rest can be eaten directly by steaming them.
There is also the sauerkraut fish dish. The fish fillets are still raw, but they are marinated with a warm secret seasoning. After the sauerkraut dumplings are boiled, the fish fillets are directly poured in, and the dish is actually ready.
Everyone came over and smelled the heated dishes carefully, saying, "The smell is the same, but I don't know if the taste is different."
"Shall we give it a try first?"
"Let's find someone to try it."
By noon, the quartermaster personally prepared several dishes and brought them to Commander Xu and the political commissar for them to taste.
Wen Nuan, Lao Zhong and others stayed in the kitchen, waiting for the flight team to arrive.
Because Gu Qinghan had a mission, the people who tasted the food for them at noon were Captain Liang and the leaders of the ground crew.
They quickly finished everything, wiped their mouths, and asked, "By the way, what do you want us to try?"
Lao Zhong stretched his neck, because Wen Nuan had just instructed them not to tell the leaders that these were dishes they had made before, because this would easily lead to preconceived ideas, so several leaders didn't know that these were the quick dishes they had made before.
Lao Zhong asked, "I just want to ask a few leaders, how is today's dish?"
Liang Guoan showed the soldiers' empty lunch boxes to the people in their kitchen team and said, "This is the answer. I ate it all."
Then several other people showed their empty lunch boxes and said, "Delicious!"
Someone asked, "Is this a new product? Why did they invite us to taste test it?"
"Then I hope you can hold more food tasting events like this. Haha, I want to come and try them again!"
"I want one too, it's delicious!"
Wen Nuan heaved a sigh of relief when she heard everyone say this, and then she understood what was going on.
It seems that there is no problem with meat, the only thing missing is a few vegetarian dishes, and I have to continue experimenting.
The quartermaster also brought good news. Commander Xu couldn't tell it was a quick dish and gave it a positive review.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the factory could start working.
At night, Wen Nuan fell asleep early after a busy day.
I didn't even know that Gu Qinghan had returned home. I woke up when he was taking a shower outside.
She originally wanted to say something about the man taking a cold shower in such a cold weather, but when Gu Qinghan came back from his shower and saw that she had woken up, he smiled.
Then he pulled his wife up from the kang, handed her a thick envelope, and said, "It's sent to you from Deputy Commander Shen's office."
When Wen Nuan heard this, she no longer wanted to sleep and quickly took the big envelope handed to her by the man.
Before Wen Nuan left Beijing, she wrote a booklet about the production process of down jackets.
Later, after returning to Beicheng, he used the duck and goose feathers slaughtered by the kitchen team during the New Year to make a down jacket sample and sent it to Deputy Commander Shen.
Later, she never received a reply from the other side, so Wen Nuan thought that Deputy Commander Shen did not intend to adopt the production of this down jacket.
I didn't expect to receive a letter now
Wen Nuan slowly opened it, and found not only a letter, but also a thick stack of money!