I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 28
Then stir-fry the ginger, onion, garlic and pepper prepared in advance until fragrant, add the chicken feet with nails removed, add an appropriate amount of soju and water to cover the ingredients, simmer over low heat for a while, until the soup thickens, then add in crispy fried crab, and finally sprinkle with chopped green onion for garnish.

Cooked meat crab pot, and a loofah egg soup.

Peel off the hard skin on the strips of loofah, cut into small pieces, stir-fry with a little lard, add enough water, cook until rolling, pour in the stirred egg liquid, and take out the pan after the egg blossoms are formed.

The weather is hot and people's appetite is not as good as before, so they urgently need a bowl of soup to appetize.

Zhou Chenyu held the loofah and egg soup made by Li Xiuju and took a sip against the rim of the bowl. The eggs were smooth and tender, and the soup was refreshing. Finally, he chewed on the soft and sweet loofah meat, which whetted his appetite.

She had just finished a sip, and Baoyu had already added another bowl, "Mom, this soup is so delicious."

"As long as it tastes good." The children liked to eat. Li Xiuju laughed happily, not caring about eating herself. She first picked two fat and elastic chicken feet and fried crabs and put them into their bowls. "Don't patronize them." Let’s drink the soup, I haven’t made this meat and crab stew for a long time, please try it.”

When it comes to food, Zhou Chenyu will never let them down and grieve his stomach.

"Well, I'll eat it."

Zhou Chenyu picks up the crispy golden crab. There is not much meat, but the crab taste is different from chicken and duck meat. It tastes full of fragrance and has a crunchy texture.

As for the springy and tender chicken feet, she usually didn't like to chew them because they thought it was troublesome to eat. But today's chicken feet, after nearly an hour of simmering, the meat was already soft and rotten. With a light bite, the bones and flesh separated. .The soup soaked with chicken and crab meat is full of fragrance. Pour it over white rice or noodles, mix it together, and it can last two bowls.

The sun was setting. They put down their chopsticks after eating, and instead of washing dishes and going to sleep like rushing ducks to the shelves, they all sat there quietly, watching the fiery red setting sun slowly sinking into the mountains.

Li Xiuju was in a good mood and hummed a few lines of a song. Suddenly she thought: "The radishes and beans in the garden are almost ready. I only eat fresh ones. I'm afraid I won't be able to finish them all when they get old. Don't do anything tomorrow." Now, I went to the street to buy some coarse salt and came back. I salted them all and soaked them in a jar. I can eat them in ten days."

Summer is coming, and a bowl of white porridge with spicy and sour pickled beans and dried radish is an essential dish on the table.

How dare you!
After the Qingming Festival, Zhou Chenyu didn't go out on the streets. He just wandered around small villages and mountains every day. It was time to go to the city to have a look. "Okay, let's go tomorrow."

The sunset gave way to night, and a dazzling star rose from the hilltop opposite the house. After a while, the bright full moon rose through the shadows of the bamboo forest, hanging like a giant light bulb on the horizon, illuminating the night. .

After eating, some people in the village took cattail fans and sat on the big banyan tree next to the village well, blowing in the cool breeze and chatting. Li Xiuju thought the night was just right, so she moved a small bench over to join in the fun.

Zhou Chenyu was worried that at his age, he would easily become the target of public criticism, so he sat quietly in front of his house.

Baoyu also didn't like to be with those elderly people, so he stayed at home.

"It's there, go there quickly, quickly!"

There were children running and laughing in the distance. Zhou Chenyu looked over, as if he was chasing something, "Hey, hey, what are they doing?"

Zhou Baoyu lazily raised his eyes and looked at the children's toys, not interested, "Oh, they are catching fireflies. Children like these."

"What are night fire bugs?" Zhou Chenyu murmured. The child's voice was getting closer and closer. She looked towards the direction from which the sound came. Two fluorescent green bright spots suddenly floated in the dark narrow alley.

Zhou Chenyu suddenly realized, "It turns out to be a firefly."

Two flickering fireflies floated in front of her, and she spread her palms to catch them. The small bee-like fireflies were trapped in her palms, and green fluorescence came out from between her fingers.The children passing by stopped in front of Zhou Chenyu, and a few of them pushed him forward, not daring to ask for the fireflies.

Zhou Chenyu stared at one of the cute girls and said with a smile: "Little sister, do you want these two fireflies?"

The little girl stepped forward timidly, blinked her watery black eyes, and made a milky sound, "Well, sister, can you give it to me?"

Zhou Chenyu knelt down in front of the girl, hugged her with one hand, and asked with a smile, "Do you think my sister is pretty?"

The little girl blinked, then suddenly leaned her head over and kissed Zhou Chenyu on the cheek.

Zhou Chenyu's heart melted at the sudden kiss. She stroked the girl's head and said, "Oh, you are so good, how could I not give it to you? Give it to you, give it all to you."

"Thank you sister."

The little girl put two fireflies into a paper lantern and turned back to the children. A group of people went to other places to find other fireflies.

Zhou Chenyu watched the little girl walk away, turned around, met Baoyu's depressed eyes, and complained: "Sister, why are you so cruel to me alone?"

"What? You think I'm not treating you well?" Zhou Chenyu squinted at him, and Zhou Baoyu immediately put aside his resentment and replied with a playful smile: "Sister, when will you give me such a beautiful little niece? "

"Which of you wants to have a niece?" Li Xiuju came back from chatting and asked with a smile.

"It's me..." Zhou Baoyu was about to reply, but Zhou Chenyu glared and held it back.

At night, Zhou Chenyu lay on the bed in his pajamas, thinking about the ridiculous question Baoyu asked.

She put her hands behind her head, blinked and murmured: "Have a baby."

Although the child was born as her own flesh and blood and he called her mother, Zhou Chenyu really didn't know what kind of man was worthy of her stepping into hell and giving birth to a child.

Zhou Chenyu yawned, and after thinking about it, he could only find the most ridiculous reason to convince himself, "Maybe that man saved my life."

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The next day, Li Xiuju went to the vegetable garden to pick some beans and fry them. Zhou Chenyu and Baoyu had a good breakfast, dressed lightly, took dozens of copper coins and went out.

Zhoujiacun needs to go through a mountain road to get to the market. Along the way, people of all kinds are pushing carts, carrying baskets on their shoulders, or carrying poles, anxiously taking their goodies to the market to sell.

After entering the city, Zhou Chenyu did not go directly to the candy shop to buy anything, but wandered around aimlessly.

Baoyu was a little tired from walking and asked her, "Sister, what do you want to buy? Just tell me and I will take you there."

"Who said what I want to buy? If I don't buy it, I can't see it?" Zhou Chenyu grabbed the small purse on the stall, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it. There was still a woman's powder smell on it, "Sister, how much does this sachet cost?" ?”

(End of this chapter)