I have been farming since I crossed over.

Chapter 279 The First Meal Prepared by the Bride

The spacious kitchen was empty. This kitchen was usually not used. Only when the whole family was going to have a meal together would Mrs. Xie arrange for someone to come here to cook.

The Lu family usually cooks their own meals in their own yard. Vegetables are grown on the wasteland behind the yard, and food is collected from the warehouse.

Yang Mingxi looked at the kitchen in front of her. Because she had just cooked here at noon today, there were still a lot of ingredients, but it seemed that each one would not be enough to make a dish on its own.

Yang Mingxi checked the meat and vegetables. The quantity was about the same, but the amount was probably not enough.

Every time the Lu family has a meal, there are always 10 tables full. There are some relatives and friends these two days, and there were tables this morning. Yang Mingxi thought about it and thought that there must be at least dishes on each table. This is the first meal she cooked after getting married.

While Yang Mingxi was checking the ingredients, Lu Da came with five people to deliver the ingredients. Seeing Yang Mingxi already in the kitchen, he smiled and said, "Grandma Thirteen, are you short of ingredients? Take a look at the ingredients we sent over and we can get more if we need anything else."

When Yang Mingxi heard Lu Da's voice, she almost laughed out loud with joy. This was just like someone sending a pillow when you wanted to take a nap! She quickly said with a smile, "What ingredients did you send? Let me take a look."

"As for the meat, there is a pig, ten rabbits, twenty chickens, ten ducks, a large piece of beef, and some river shrimps. The vegetables are in the garden at the back. I'll get whatever you need. Sir, please call a few of us to help you cook." Lu Dadao.

"Okay, the ingredients are almost ready. One of you can help me light the fire." After saying that, he turned around and looked at the stove in the big kitchen and continued, "Let's light up all five stoves! Lu Da, help me go to Gu Hua and find a few people to come over."

The remaining four people were moving the ingredients. Yang Mingxi was thinking about how to cook these ingredients and what dishes to make!

At this moment, Lu Si and Lu Shi came in carrying a fan of beef. Yang Mingxi saw it and said with a smile, "Lu Si, put it here. There's so much beef. We'll have something delicious tonight."

When Lu Si heard Yang Mingxi's words, he and Lu Shi quickly carried the beef and placed it on the chopping board nearby. He smiled and said, "Is this bison meat delicious? It's even better than fish. Grandma Thirteen, the fish you cooked last time was so delicious!"

Yang Mingxi suddenly thought that the people here had little interest in fish. So, why not make some spicy fish tonight? It should be popular, too! He smiled and said, "Lu Si, do you still want that fish? If you do, go get it. And those hairy crabs are delicious, too!"

Lu Da, along with Gu Hua and three or four other young girls, came to the kitchen to help. He happened to hear Yang Mingxi's words and quickly said, "Thirteenth Grandma, those hairy crabs you mentioned? Duan Xiaofeng came to the wedding banquet yesterday and brought a lot of them. They've been soaked in river water for a day. Do you want to bring them over?"

"Okay, how much is there? Is it enough for tonight?"

"We have two big basins. Duan Xiaofeng said you like them, so I brought you some more!" Lu Da pointed to a large rice-washing basin in front of him.

"Wow, that's great. I'll let you guys try it tonight and see what it means to be so delicious that you'll want to swallow your tongue too! Go get it quickly!" Yang Mingxi said excitedly.

"Yes, then is Lu Si still going to catch fish?"

"Go ahead, and come back in an hour, otherwise there won't be time to do it. The quantity needs to be larger, otherwise there will definitely be no share for you." Yang Mingxi said with a smile.

"Lu Si, Lu Shi, you two go, with a minimum load of 400 kilograms. Go quickly and come back quickly." Lu Da made the arrangements directly.

Yang Mingxi looked at the two people walking away and said with a smile, "Fish is not only delicious, but also very healthy. Eating more fish will make you smarter!" After that, he looked at Lu Qi and Lu Ba and said, "Help with the chopping. Slice the beef, dice the rabbit, dice the chicken, cut the pork belly into pieces, and slice the rest. Okay, go chop the vegetables!"

After Yang Mingxi finished speaking, she looked at Gu Hua and said, "Two of you go to the vegetable garden and bring back some vegetables from the kitchen, as well as the seasonings from the garden. Take a bit of everything and wash them thoroughly." Then she turned to look at the potatoes in the corner of the kitchen and said, "Pick up some more potatoes, peel them, and shred them. One of you will be responsible for steaming the rice. That's all we have to do. I'll call you if anything else comes up."

After Yang Mingxi arranged for a few people to do their work, she also went out for a while. When she came back, she brought a basin of brine and poured it into a pot. She threw two chickens, all the ducks, a large piece of beef shank, and all the pig offal into the pot, covered it with a lid, and started stewing.

Yang Mingxi's plan was to have a platter of braised dishes, with braised duck as the main dish and other braised dishes as supporting dishes. They included braised pork, green pepper chicken, spicy diced rabbit, spicy fish, steamed hairy crab, stir-fried beef, and salted shrimp. The vegetarian dishes were shredded potatoes with green peppers, boiled cabbage, and mapo tofu. Finally, there was pork rib soup. Twelve dishes in total, perfect!

Everyone followed Yang Mingxi's instructions and got busy. When the pre-processing was almost done, Lu Si and Lu Shi returned with two bamboo baskets of processed fish.

As the sun was setting, the food in the braising pot was emitting a rich aroma. The pork rib soup was almost ready, the salted shrimps were being boiled, and the hairy crabs were already being steamed in the steamer. Yang Mingxi began to prepare to cook.

First boil the cabbage, then make the braised pork. These two take a long time. First put the cabbage into the pot and boil it. Yang Mingxi took out a lot of seasonings like a magic trick and stewed the braised pork.

At this moment, Lu Jintang hurried into the kitchen and asked, "Axi, how is dinner going? How long will it take before we can eat?"

Yang Mingxi was stirring the food in the pot. She turned to look at Lu Jintang and said, "It's time to eat. The rest of the dishes will be ready in an hour. Please invite Grandpa and the others over to prepare the meal!" After speaking with Lu Jintang, Yang Mingxi arranged for Lu Da and the others, saying, "Lu Da, you and Lu Qi will cut the braised food, just like I taught you before. Slice it out and put it directly on the plate. The rest of you should put the food in the pot into bowls and serve it. Gu Hua, take the girls and start serving the dishes to the table."

After Yang Mingxi finished speaking, she began to stir-fry green pepper chicken, spicy rabbit cubes, stir-fried beef, and spicy fish in the vacant wok. By the time Gu Hua and the others had finished serving all the dishes, Yang Mingxi's four dishes were ready. She left the wok for the spicy fish to continue cooking while she started cooking mapo tofu and shredded green peppers and potatoes in the remaining two woks.

When all the dishes were cooked, Lu Jintang came over and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Axi. How did you prepare so many dishes? I came to ask how to eat the river shrimp and hairy crabs. Grandpa and the others don't know how to eat them!"

Yang Mingxi had her hands free, so she smiled and said, "Watch me, I'll eat the lobster first. The shell has been removed. Just dip it in the sour soup, it will taste better." As she spoke, she demonstrated.

"It's the same with hairy crabs. We've already cut them open. Look, if you eat the legs like this, you only eat the meat inside. If you eat the belly like this, the crab roe is the most delicious." Yang Mingxi demonstrated as she spoke, letting Lu Jintang take two bites of the crab meat. Lu Jintang was so pleased that he stuck out his tongue.

After Lu Jintang learned it, he went to the dining table and taught everyone how to eat these two things.

Taking advantage of this time, Yang Mingxi quickly fried shredded potatoes with green peppers and mapo tofu, then explained the precautions in the kitchen before walking towards the dining room.