After the young lady finished making cold noodles, she ripped apart two pan-made griddle cakes she'd purposely set aside and tossed in some vegetables and scallion flowers to make a soup—a true Sancha River-style soup, called "Griddle Cake Slice Soup." To finish, she would add a little sesame oil or something, which made it taste quite good.
Since oil was scarcely used for cooking back then and griddle cakes were inherently oily, this soup was quite popular.
Perhaps another reason was that not much oil or water was used in the pan. Generally, when making a griddle cake, the first one seldom comes out successful; so, to avoid wasting it, it was kept aside and later was turned into soup.
"After a while, let's go deliver the wine to Old He! We'll give him a jar and Senior Brother Wang a jar too. This is Longevity Wine, which is beneficial to anyone of any age. I've also brought an extra jar. Would you like to taste some?" Yan Fei asked Xiaoyan as they cleaned up after dinner.
