Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 122

Another person who was also very aggrieved snorted, took his words and said: "It's not because there are people in his family who work outside, and the people in the village are fawning on them. What's there to be proud of? God offended people, lost his job, and came back to farm like us, and then he might not be as good as me."

The other people didn't know what to say when they heard what the two of them said, but they still had some self-knowledge after all, knowing that what they did was not a good thing, some immoral, and they were smashed by others, and they couldn't hold back their face, so they asked There is a reason to leave, leaving two people to continue muttering there.

But Zhang Yu and the others didn't hear these words, because all their attention is now on yuqian, and they haven't eaten yuqian for a long time. It's rare to pick so much this time, so they have to eat enough.

When they got home, Mrs. Zhao was already waiting at home. She came to call Zhang Yu and the others to eat at home. When she saw Zhang Yu and the others came back, she quickly got up and said, "The children are all back, hurry to my house." Let's eat then, I'm ready."

Then he turned to Zhang Guifang and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be too busy, go and go to my house for dinner."

"That's all right, sister-in-law, I'm not polite." Zhang Guifang replied straightforwardly, they are all a family, so there is no need to be so polite, and they also brought food when they came back this time. Just give the food to the elder brother when we leave.

"That's it. Why are the family so polite? Let's go, and you all go with the aunt." Aunt Zhao is also a straightforward person. Seeing that she agreed, she pulled her away and was about to leave.

Before Zhang Yu and the others could speak, they were even dragged to Zhao's house with their backs on their backs.

After arriving at Zhao's house, Zhang Guifang asked curiously when she saw several people's backs full of pretense: "Why did you come back after being out for so long? What are you pretending? There are still a lot of things!" Carrying the fennel, he pulled it with his hands, and said in surprise: "Where did you pick so many elm coins? I remember that the current elm coins are already old and can't be eaten long ago."

"The ones we found in this valley are still very tender. There are still a lot of them in there. No one else found them except us. We will pick them tomorrow after we eat them." Zhao Xiaoping said proudly, as if all of them were due to him alone. .

"Hey, there are still a lot of wild vegetables. These wild vegetables are not bad, they look quite tender!" Zhang Guifang happily looked at a big bag of elm money, which is a good thing.

"Yeah, this is a good thing. It doesn't make your throat so loud and can be eaten as a meal. It can save a lot of food. I will go with you some other day and pick more." Aunt Zhao who was watching from the side also followed Said.

"That's right, mother, we want to eat elm money." Zhao Xiaoping said coquettishly.

"Hey, isn't it easy? I'll steam it for you." After hearing Zhao Xiaoping's coquettish words, Zhao Auntie immediately got to work. She has no daughter in her life, and she can't stand the little girl of her relative's family who is coquettish.

"Auntie, you are so kind!" Seeing that Aunt Zhao was going to cook for them, Zhao Xiaoping immediately stepped forward and took her arm to act like a baby.

"Sister-in-law, don't bother so much. You have already prepared the meals. They can cook for them at night if they want to eat." As he spoke, he gave Zhao Xiaoping a look: "Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat, and you will grow one to eat." Xinyaner, tell me about you, besides eating, what else do you know this day?"

"Brother and sister, what's the matter? Don't scold Xiaoping for the fire, and it's not a troublesome thing."

After hearing her words, seeing her daughter's smiling face, and seeing that Aunt Zhao was already busy, Zhang Guifang didn't know what to say, so she could only go up to help, "Sister-in-law, I'll do the washing. "

Zhao Xiaoping was also very obedient, knowing that she had offended her mother at this moment, she took the initiative to go forward to light the fire.

While washing the elm money, Mrs. Zhao sighed and said: "Elm money is a good thing. I remember that when I was a child, it was a life-saving tree for people in times of famine. At that time, not only elm money could replace food, but also elm bark and roots. save lives.

When I was young, there was a famine at that time. Those who were hungry would peel off the bark and roots, remove the outermost wood, and leave the tender skin inside, peel it off, cut it into pieces and dry it. The stone is ground and pressed into powder to make "elm noodles". Using its stickiness, wild vegetables are sticky into balls. After steaming, it is the best dry food at that time. Many people in the village survived by relying on it.

After the disaster year, there were not a single elm tree in the village. Now there are so many elm trees in the village. Some of them grow again because they have left roots, and some are planted again because people think that elm money is good. This year, there is no food, and many people Everyone is scrambling to pick the elm money, and the people who replanted the elm money at the beginning are also rejoicing. "

Aunt Zhao removed the branches and leaves of elm money, cleaned them, then mixed them with cornmeal, sprinkled with a little salt, mixed well, and steamed them in a pan. After a while, the fragrance overflowed.

Zhao Xiaoping smelled the fragrance, "Auntie, are you getting better soon?"

"Okay, okay, I'll make a bowl of chili sauce for you, and you can eat it with the chili sauce after a while. It's sweet and refreshing. That taste is good."

"it is good!"

After filling out the steamed elm money, Aunt Zhao asked them to eat first, and she and Zhang Guifang got busy in the kitchen again.

Zhang Yu and the others refused to eat, and wanted to wait for Aunt Zhao and the others to finish eating together. After all, the meals were all ready, and they were greedy for money, which made the host's family busy again.

After soaking the remaining part of yuqian in water for a while, scoop it up and mix it with flour mixed with most cornmeal and a little flour.Slowly add water to knead into a moderately soft and hard dough to make yuqianwowo.

I saw Mrs. Zhao dip her left hand in some cold water before pinching the cornbread, and rub it on the heart of her right hand to avoid sticking her hands when pinching.Use your hands to form a ball the size of a child's palm to make a steamed bun.Put cold water in the pot, spread the soaked corn husks or wet cage cloth on the grate, place the prepared steamed buns, and steam for 20 minutes on medium heat.

The aroma of the steamed cornbread was overflowing, and a group of people liked it very much. They also talked about picking some tomorrow, making a big pot of steamed buns, and saving them for eating.

Aunt Zhao put the unfinished Yuqian Wotou in a basin and wanted to take it back to Zhang Yu and the others.

Zhang Guifang quickly declined, "Sister-in-law can't even eat and take."

"What's the matter? Our place is close to the mountains, and there are many elm trees. We can eat them many times a year. Besides, the children said that there are still in the valley. After my three boys get married tomorrow, I will let the children pick them. It’s not easy for you to find these elm money in Beijing, take it quickly, take it quickly, if you don’t take it, I will be angry.” Then he put the basin in Zhang Guifang’s hands, a picture of Zhang Guifang not giving up until he took it away expression.

(End of this chapter)