Chapter 150: Making Sauce

Choose pork belly that is thirty percent fat and seventy percent lean, remove the skin, cut it into chunks, and then mince it into meat paste to set aside.

Next is seasoning the meat filling; place the meat paste into a basin, add salt, pepper, an egg, minced ginger, and a suitable amount of sweet potato starch.

Stir in a clockwise direction.

When the oil temperature is fifty percent hot, use your hand to squeeze out meatballs and gently place them into the oil pot.

Use medium-low heat to fry until the meatballs float to the surface of the oil, scoop them out, and then switch to low heat to deep-fry for about three minutes.

Scoop them out and drain the oil; the meatballs are now fried.

Almost the moment they were scooped out, everyone's gaze never left this plate of meatballs.

Fragrant, it is truly too fragrant.

Who could have imagined that pork, which in memory was fishy and smelly, could be made to smell so good.

Just by smelling this scent, one could tell that these meatballs would not be bad.

Ruan Mian very fairly and impartially gave everyone a meatball.

After all, they had all worked hard and toiled today!

"You all try it first and see if what I made is delicious!"

Having sealed their mouths with the meatballs, Ruan Mian picked out a small piece of tenderloin.

She cut the meat into thin strips, added a bit of starch, and stirred it evenly.

After washing the green peppers, cut them into strips, and slice the garlic to set aside.

Heat the pot and add cold oil, sauté the garlic slices until fragrant, pour in the meat strips, stir them apart quickly, add salt and a little chili oil, and stir-fry evenly.

Add the green peppers and stir-fry until cooked, then it can be taken out of the pot.

A plate of very appetizing stir-fried shredded pork with green peppers is done.

One word: fragrant!

But after frying and stir-frying, that wave of oily smoke made her knit her brows.

"Xiao Hong, you come here!"

At her call, Xiao Hong walked quickly to her side.

"Master, is there anything you need Xiao Hong to do?"

"You make a cabbage soup, add a few meatballs, and just bring it to a boil."

Xiao Hong received her order, nodded, and immediately took the spatula and started moving.

She had already taught Xiao Hong how to make cabbage soup before.

Put lard into the pot, stir-fry the chopped cabbage, then ladle in a large bowl of water and add a suitable amount of salt.

After waiting for the water to boil, add a small bowl of fried meatballs, and finally, sprinkle a small handful of chopped green onions when taking it out of the pot.

A fresh fragrance assailed the nostrils.

Xiao Hong couldn't smell it, but she carried the large bowl and placed it steadily on the table.

"Master, it's done."

The few men had already ladled out their rice, and one by one they sat at the table, looking at Ruan Mian with eager eyes.

They were just waiting for her to pick up her chopsticks.

It was as if it were a signal; as soon as she picked up her chopsticks, they could start.

"You all eat, hurry and try what I made!"

Having received her words, the few of them dared to move their chopsticks.

Ruan Mian also picked up a meatball and put it into her mouth.

The crispy exterior crunched when bitten into—*crunch, crunch*—it was truly fragrant.

It had been a long time since she had eaten meat.

The meat of a pig raised on pure grain is just delicious; there is no porky smell at all, and the meat is firm.

A bite of meatball, a bite of stir-fried pork with green peppers, and then a bite of rice.

Finally, drinking a mouthful of vegetable soup is simply comfortable.

"Ruan, it's really delicious!"

With a large basin of fried meatballs left, Su Wan, who was already full, felt a bit nauseous again.

So pregnancy hormones really can affect a person's taste!

Now she didn't even dare to look at it for another second; she was truly afraid she would throw up.

"Um, this basin of fried meatballs, you all take it and divide it up; I can't look at it anymore."

Lu Yi was given an especially large amount of things, not just the fried meatballs, but also Lemonade and fruit from the Fruit Orchard.

Because he had to go back to school.

The leave he had requested was only for one day.

The studies at Interstellar University are very intense.

Lu Yi was very depressed and also very reluctant to leave; what kind of joke was this!

Ruan already had a child, and if he left, would the child's father's position still be his turn?

"How about I take a year off school!" His gaze fell on her abdomen, which had not yet begun to swell, "I want to guard the baby until it's born!"

Ruan Mian speechlessly glared at him.

She reached out and patted his arm, "You kid, what are you thinking about!"

"Didn't you agree to be my backer? If you don't study, then who will be the backer for me and my cub?"

It was this one sentence that made Lu Yi's thoughts change instantly.

The expression on his face suddenly became much more resolute.

There was no more reluctance left, and the gaze had become much firmer.

"Ruan, don't worry, I will definitely graduate as soon as possible and become your backing as soon as possible!"

Only then did he board the spaceship and leave.

Qin Xiulin also had to leave; the responsibilities he bore meant he was destined not to stay long.

But his gaze was still as if it were glued to Ruan Mian.

"Ruan, I will come to see you again tomorrow; if you feel any discomfort, remember to tell me."

He thought for a moment before speaking, "I have deployed two patrol satellites outside the planet; they will not disturb you, but they will stand guard outside!"

After he finished speaking, Ruan Mian was also surprised.

But before she could say any words of refusal, he had already boarded the spaceship a step ahead and left.

Perhaps he was afraid of being refused by her.

"Why did he run so fast?"

Huo Junze watched the spaceship he left in, his eyes narrowing slightly, his thoughts somewhat profound.

His hem was tugged, and looking down, he bumped into a slightly worried little face.

"What is it?"

Only then did he smile and shake his head.

He reached out and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"I was just thinking that I must treat Mianmian even better, and I won't give anyone else a single chance!"

Ruan Mian smiled, her expression full of smugness.

"That's for sure; if you don't treat me well, I can support myself, you know~"

She quietly leaned close to his ear.

"Do you want to learn how to make the sauce I make?"

She washed the picked apples and rice clean, chopped them up, mixed them with the rice-washing water, and added the yeast that had been prepared a few days ago.

The sealed items were placed into a box where the temperature and humidity were controlled.

Once it finished fermenting, it would be fruit vinegar.

As for soy sauce, it would be much more troublesome.

Soybeans, wheat, salt, water, and yeast.

Boil the soaked soybeans, mix them with wheat after they are cooked, add yeast, stir evenly, and make the starter.

Place the finished starter into a large fermentation vat, add an appropriate amount of water and salt, stir evenly, and then seal it for fermentation.

This process is relatively long.

It will likely take a month or two.

After making one jar, she handed the steps over to the Simulation Humans and had them make five or six more vats.

She didn't know if it would succeed, so she didn't dare to make too much.

Vinegar and soy sauce were both made, but as for oyster sauce, there were no oysters, so there was no way for now.

However, her gaze fell on the chicks in the pen over there.

She could make chicken essence!

"Come, Xiao Fang, go catch two chickens, let's slaughter them!"

When Xia Cheng saw this situation, he felt a bit reluctant.

Recently, he had been collecting eggs every day and had developed an attachment to this group of chicks.

It couldn't be helped, the eggs were truly delicious!

"Sister, what are you going to do?"

His gaze fell on Huo Junze behind her, wishing he could tear him apart!