The students lined up in groups and happily set off towards their destination.
Zhou Xiaoyun was carrying a lot of things, fortunately the weight wasn't too heavy, compared to Gu 'Spring' who had a big iron pot in his hand that was both clumsy and heavy, as well as Zhou Zhihai's long wooden stool tied with rope, hers were much easier to carry.
Li Tianyu stood behind and asked diligently: "Zhou Xiaoyun, are you tired of carrying so many things? Let me carry them for you!"
Zhou Xiaoyun turned her head back in surprise and glanced at Li Tianyu, this little guy is quite good at fawning. I'll indulge you, take it then, I'm happy to relax a bit.
Zhou Xiaoyun handed the large bag in her hand to Li Tianyu, and suddenly felt a lot lighter, with a kind of unspoken satisfaction in her heart.
Li Tianyu, you weren't so attentive and nice to me before. When we were dating, you were always careless and sloppy, but now you've actually learned to be careful and meticulous.
Zhou Xiaoyun has a kind of raised eyebrow and exhaled breath.
"Alas, I'm carrying this heavy big iron pot and no one even asks me if I'm tired."
Li Tianyu ignored his teasing.
Zhou Zhihai also chimed in: "Li Tianyu, I'm tired of holding this stool too, why don't you hold it for me instead!"
Li Tianyu didn't even turn his head.
If you don't have a thick skin, how can you make it? Today, they will be laughed at. A real man doesn't worry about being ridiculed.
Zhang Xiuzhu saw Li Tianyu taking good care of Zhou Xiaoyun and felt a little jealous, so she deliberately did something in front of Li Tianyu.
"Li Tianyu, this bag is full of bowls and chopsticks, it's really heavy, my hand is numb from holding it."
Everyone naturally knew what was being implied and perked up their ears to listen to Li Tianyu's response.
Li Tianyu said impatiently: "Can't you switch hands when your hand gets sore?"
Zhang Xiuzhu walked away with a pout on her face, feeling sorry for herself.
Several little friends all scrunched up their eyebrows and exchanged strange glances.
This little interlude made the half-hour journey a pleasure, and it seemed as if we would arrive at the riverside in no time.
This river runs through several nearby towns, and every time it's time to plant rice, it comes in handy. The water for the rice fields all comes from this river. The river water is not too deep now, and there are reeds along the riverbank. On the slope, there is a large forest, green grass, red, blue, and white wildflowers set against the blue sky and white clouds, wow, it's so beautiful!
The students were busy finding their places at the teacher's command.
Fortunately, the place is big enough, otherwise there would be no room for so many classes.
Zhou Xiaoyun thought with a sigh, from now on this place will become a factory, the factory will discharge wastewater into the river every day, making the river water turbid, and after a few years, there will be no such natural wild park.
A few people worked together, first setting up the cooking stove, which was just digging a pit and putting a large iron pot on it, barely usable.
Zheng Haoran and Zhou Zhihai went to pick up dry branches for firewood, Wang Jingjing busily laid out the cloth on the grass, Zhang Xiuzhu took out all the bowls and chopsticks and put them in order.
Zhou Xiaoyun became even busier, directing this rice washing and drying operation
Into the pot, directing that one to light the fire, and then still busy preparing to cook dishes, this time it's a real mess.
Fang Wenchao and Zheng Bing walked around, laughing and joking, watching the students rush about, knocking over bowls and bumping into pots, which was particularly amusing. The two of them couldn't help but burst out laughing from time to time.
The students were noisy and hadn't done much cooking, but they had argued a lot. Some groups didn't divide the work well and blamed each other.
After turning around, Fang Wenchao noticed that Zhou Xiaoyun's group was proceeding in the most efficient and orderly manner.
Especially the great chef Zhou Xiaoyun, who even brought his beloved apron and wore it on himself, holding a spatula to stir-fry dishes and directing the people below to control the size of the fire, looking quite like the real deal.
Zheng Bing watched with great interest as her son Zheng Haoran moved around under Zhou Xiaoyun's command, and smiled at Fang Wenchao, saying: "Haoran can't do anything at home, but today he's finally getting some exercise."
Fang Wenchao saw that the children's faces were all filled with smiles and felt especially happy: "Which of the children at home can cook, today's activity is still very meaningful."
Look how happy the kids are!
Zhou Xiaoyun brought out her hidden culinary skills, first making a pot of fragrant rice and placing it in a large bowl on one side, then starting to cook the braised pork.
The pork was cut into pieces at home, with skin and meat, fat and lean, about three catties. It was put in a pot with scallions and ginger to stir-fry until fragrant, then some soy sauce and sugar were added to stir-fry out the oil, after which some water was added to stew for an hour, and the pork was tenderized.
Watching the branches were almost not enough, Wu Mei and Wang Jingjing hopped away to pick up more branches.
Zhou Xiaoyun always felt like something was missing, and after thinking for half a day, she suddenly remembered that Li Tianyu and Gu Chun had disappeared without a trace.
Zhou Xiaoyun asked Zheng Haoran to bring over the vegetables in the bowl and start stir-frying. Just as they were almost done, Li Tianyu and Gu Chun came over with two carp in their hands, looking pleased with themselves.
Zhou Xiaoyun was startled: "Where did you two get the fish from?" A bad premonition flashed through her mind, hopefully they didn't catch it from the river!
Li Tianyu boasted: "I brought my 'spring' pole to go fishing, just caught some earthworms as bait and went fishing. Today is too noisy, not suitable for fishing, only caught two fish in half a day."
It wasn't until now that Zhou Xiaoyun noticed that both of them had a long fishing rod in their hands, which could be shortened to a short length and tucked into their pockets, no wonder she hadn't noticed it earlier.
It's pointless to blame the two people anymore, anyway, the fish has been caught, let's make a fish soup and drink it.
Li Tianyu took a knife to the riverbank and cleaned up the fish, then brought it back to Zhou Xiaoyun. Zhou Xiaoyun efficiently cooked up a fish soup.
Everything is ready, a few small stools are put together and the cloth is spread on it, and the dishes and rice are served. It's really fulfilling!
Next to several groups, Zhou Xiaoyun's group was the fastest and had already started eating. Those with greedy eyes came over to grab a few bites of food. Fang Wenchao and Zheng Bing were also invited to join in, and they sat down on the ground, holding their rice bowls, having a great time.
"Zhou Xiaoyun, your hands are really skilled!"
"The craftsmanship is quite good, especially this braised 'meat' smells very fragrant."
That's for sure, this is Zhou Xiaoyun's specialty dish, both Big Treasure and Little Treasure love to eat it.
Zheng Bing couldn't help but look at Zhou Xiaoyun with newfound respect. She was young, yet her culinary skills were quite impressive, truly rare.
As for the other kids, they all ate with gusto, making their classmates sitting next to them feel itchy, looking at the "color, fragrance and flavor" of others and then looking at their own side, some were half-cooked and some were full of burnt smell, can't compare!
After dinner, a big pot of fish soup came up. The white fish soup was fragrant and appetizing, and many delicious students also came to drink a bowl with thick faces.
Zhou Xiaoyun was busy ladling soup for everyone, while Fang Wenchao took out his camera and snapped a photo.
After finishing their meal and cleaning up in a flurry of activity, the students, who were full and tired from playing, finally began to head home.
In the afternoon, I had a good sleep at home, and the days are really comfortable!