Rebirth of a Village Girl

Seeing Ni Yang come back, both big and small ran over to her, “Sister Ni Yang!”

“Sister!” Little Ni Yun spread her arms wanting Ni Yang to hold her.

Goudan sensibly said, “Sister Ni Yang just got back from a bike ride and is tired. Little Yunyun, let me hold you, okay?”

“Sure!” Little Ni Yun nodded her head.

Ni Yang chuckled as she pinched Little Ni Yun’s face, “Little Yunyun, shall we say thank you to Brother Goudan?”

“Ye… Duoduo.” Eleven-month-old Little Ni Yun was still a bit indistinct with her words.

“It’s ‘brother’.” Ni Yang corrected.

“Duoduo!” Little Ni Yun’s serious face was too cute, making you want to squeeze her cheeks.

Goudan laughed, saying, “Sister Ni Yang, Little Yunyun is so silly!”

Ni Yang pinched Little Ni Yun’s nose, “I think she’s pretty silly too.”

Little Ni Yun, not even knowing the meaning of silly, started giggling happily.

“Sister Ni Yang!”

A shout came from outside the door.

Goudan’s eyes lit up, “It’s Dabao!” He grabbed Little Ni Yun and ran out the door.

“Dabao!”

“Goudan!”

The two ‘brothers’, separated by Little Ni Yun, warmly embraced.

“Guobao is here.” Ni Yang said as she came out of the door.

Yang Guobao raised his face and corrected, “Sister Ni Yang, how could you forget again, from now on you should call me Dabao.”

Ni Yang laughed, “Yes yes yes, Dabao Dabao. You guys come in and sit, I’ll get you something delicious to eat.”

Yang Guobao and Goudan followed Ni Yang into the house.

Ni Yang went to her room, opened her cabinet to find all the candy and dried fruit were finished, leaving only a handful of damp sunflower seeds.

No more food!

She’d been too busy with other things these past few days and had forgotten to stock up on snacks.

Ni Yang went out to the yard and saw Yang Guobao and Goudan playing. An idea suddenly popped into her head, she asked, “Dabao, Goudan, can you handle spicy food?”

“We can.” Yang Guobao and Goudan nodded.

Ni Yang went on, “You two keep Little Yunyun occupied in the yard, I’m going to make something delicious that you’ve never tasted before.”

A delicious treat they’ve never tasted before!

Upon hearing this, Yang Guobao and Goudan’s eyes lit up, they involuntarily swallowed hard.

Ni Yang turned and went into the kitchen to work on it.

First, she kneaded the flour into a dough and let it rise. Then she heated up a pot of rapeseed oil. When the oil was half hot, she added star anise, cassia bark, bay leaves, ginger, green onions, etc. and let it fry over low heat for about ten minutes.

Soon the air was filled with an enticing aroma.

After ten minutes, she added onions and cilantro and continued frying. Five minutes later, she turned off the heat, covered the pot, and let it sit for another five minutes. Then, she picked out all the spices, onions, and cilantro.

Next, she drizzled the well-prepared fragrant oil on chili powder, added cumin powder, thirteen spices, MSG, etc. and a bowl of spicy yet aromatic oil chili sauce was ready.

After the chili oil was prepared, Ni Yang began to roll the risen dough into a thin pancake shape, then cut it into strips with a knife, steamed them in a pot, then lightly fried the dough strips in the pan, finally soaking the strips in the chili oil for half an hour.

After half an hour, a spicy and delicious serving of spicy strips was ready.

Right.

The delicacy Ni Yang made was spicy strips.

Spicy strips were a snack that appeared in 1998 and completely swept the globe in 2000, with various brands competing to put it on the market.

The Weilong Spicy Strips were the most famous, and could be considered as the original spicy strips brand.

Tang Priest Meat was also a popular brand of spicy strips.

Ni Yang placed the prepared spicy strips onto the table, “Goudan, Dabao, come and try.”

“We’re coming.” Goudan and Dabao quickly ran over.

Goudan picked up a strip and took a bite.

The spicy strip was numbing, spicy, and even slightly sweet. It had a pleasant chewy texture, and every bite was filled with flavor. It was addictive, the more you ate, the more you wanted.

Delicious!

It was so delicious!

“Sister Ni Yang, what is this? Why is it so delicious?” Yang Guobao licked every bit of the red oil off his fingers, then licked each finger individually.

Goudan was so excited that he couldn’t even speak, eating with his mouth full of oil.

Ni Yang laughed, “This is called a spicy strip.”

“Spicy strip?” Yang Guobao continued, “Sister Ni Yang, how is this made? I’ve never tasted something so delicious in my life!”