Back to the Red Age

Chapter 184 A brood of pheasants

These days are not like later generations, where there is no shortage of food. In this era of shortage of everything, whose children can't be greedy?

What's more, wild cherries are sour and sweet, making them a favorite among children.

Li Hongbing could already imagine the scenes of children from those families crying for their parents when they returned home.

"Uncle Hongbing, I picked these wild cherries from the mountains. Bring some back to my nieces and nephews to sweeten their mouths." Qin Ming grabbed two handfuls of wild cherries and gave them to Li Hongbing. Li Hongbing was stunned. Lost temper.

Two handfuls of wild cherries, this amount was really too much. The grandchildren at home were so happy to know about it, not to mention that Qin Ming was not too cruel about this, so he took it, "You kid, Okay, I’ll go back then, if you need anything, come to me.”

Qin Ming knew that Li Hongbing understood that if someone got angry and applied eye drops, he would help him solve it.

Although with his 8 contributions to the commune, Li Hongbing would help him even if he didn't show these two cherries.

But with these two handfuls of cherries, the effect is different.

"Let's go home." Qin Ming took the basket in Qin Ming's hand, not forgetting to grab a few wild cherries, "Hey, don't tell me, this fruit is really sweet, little brother, you are so lucky. Come on, wife, you have a taste."

Qin Sanniu caught a few for Wang Limei, which made Qin's mother gnash her teeth. Fortunately, Wang Limei didn't stuff it into her mouth, but turned to give it to Qin's mother, "Mom and dad, you two should try this fruit first." It looks red, it must be delicious."

While he was talking, he stuffed one for himself and Zhang Yinghong in his hand, "Sister-in-law, try it quickly. Oh, this is so sweet. I have never tasted such sweet wild cherries since I was a child."

"My Yaoyao picked the fruit, how could it not be sweet?" Qin's mother ate the fruit happily, "Don't mention that the wild cherries we picked before were sour and sour, but this wild cherry is not sour. It is so delicious."

"Mom, if you like you, eat more. There are some on the tree." Qin Ming whispered to Qin's mother in a low voice, and then winked at her. Qin's mother said cheerfully, "Okay, eat, everyone can eat." .”

"Mom, you guys are waiting here. There were so many people just now. I have something that I can't take out. I hid it in the grass. I'm going to take it out right away."

After Qin Ming said that, he turned around and walked back to the woods. Everyone looked at me and others, but they didn't understand what Qin Ming was going to do. Then they saw Qin Ming walking out carrying a sack.

"Come on, mother, we are in for a treat tonight."

"Brother, I'll do it!" Qin Dashan was just a step behind and was overtaken by his third brother. Now he wants to grab the sack no matter what. The younger brother is a scholar and wants to be a cadre, so he can't be exhausted.

"Why is it so heavy? What is this?" The sack sank as soon as he took it. Qin Dashan quickly picked it up and wanted to open the bag to check.

"Brother, let's go home and see!" Qin Ming stopped Qin Dashan and blocked him behind him. Qin's mother looked at the sack, thought about it, and walked over to surround Qin Dashan.

The group of people went home in a lively manner. Because the sack was completely blocked, no one noticed. When they got home, Qin Ming closed the courtyard door.

"Third sister-in-law, please go boil a pot of water. Yuanyuan, go get a big wooden basin. Tiepi, take out the maza. Pandi, go find a sharp knife."

After Qin Ming's arrangement, everyone was a little confused, "Brother, what are you..."

"I was lucky today. I caught a brood of pheasants. I brought them all back. Let's have a good meal tonight."

Qin Ming opened the bag and saw several pheasants in the bag, and his eyes lit up.

"I'm going to boil water right now."

"I'll prepare the bucket."

"This knife doesn't work, I have to sharpen it first."

Having meat to eat is better than anything else.

"Not in the front yard, let's go to the backyard."

The front yard is close to the road, so it is easy to attract odors, but the back yard does not exist. It is close to the river, and no one can come there at all.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, my goodness, uncle, you are so awesome. You caught six pheasants in one go."

"Uncle, there is so much blood, can we eat it?"

Cuicui blinked her big eyes, and her head almost reached the basin.

"Sister, is the blood delicious?" Zhaodi also came over. These two girls are the best at playing. Cuicui does whatever Zhaodi wants to do.

"It's delicious! My uncle made it, it's very, very, very delicious!" Cuicui emphasized three times. When Zhaodi heard this, her big eyes lit up, "Uncle, Zhaodi wants to eat it too!"

"Okay, let's make it for you!" Qin Ming waved his hand. If the niece wants to eat, then make it!

"Uncle, I don't want boiled Xuewang. It's too spicy. I want to eat pickled Xuewang." Tiepi protested, but his protest was ignored by Qin Ming.

How could a boy be as considerate as a girl, especially Cuicui and Zhaodi? They would always care about him if anything good happened, but Tiepi would only rub his dirty hands on himself. Such a nephew, I'm really disgusted with dogs, but I still want to order food?

I want to eat fart!

"These chickens add up to a lot of offal, so let's stir-fry them."

"How about some spicy chicken, and finally some chicken stewed with mushrooms?"

Qin Ming arranged the dishes for the evening, and Qin's mother felt a little distressed. Looking at her son's behavior, he must have wanted to eat so much meat, right?

Qin's mother couldn't bear to part with it. If she kept the meat in winter, she could eat it for a month.

Even if it's hot now, if you marinate it with salt, you can eat it for several days.

"So many good dishes? Why don't you have two drinks to celebrate?" Qin Sanniu was very happy when he heard this, "Mom, can I buy some wine?"

"What are you drinking? You don't have to pay for drinking? How many work points have you earned today? How much wine can you exchange for?" Qin's mother was worried about her son not being able to scold him, but Qin Sanniu bumped into him. She didn't know how to scold this guy. It hurts, and Qin Sanniu will be scolded all the time when he catches him.

Qin Sanniu lowered his head. He could only get two taels of wine for a day's work.

Hey!

It seemed that there was no hope of drinking. After all, there were so many people in the family, and the two ounces of wine passed down to him were gone before he could take a sip.

When Qin Ming saw the disappointment on Qin's father's face, he knew that the old man was also greedy for wine. He could ignore Qin Sanniu, but he had to take care of Qin's father. He smiled and put the knife aside. , "Mom, it's a good thing that I passed the exam and became a senior. How about a drink to celebrate today?"

"Celebrate?" Qin's mother made a twist, "Yaoyao is right, this is a great event, and we should indeed celebrate it. This wine is the essence of food. The more you drink, the younger you become, and the more you drink, the smarter you become. In this way, the steamed buns , I will give you money, you go to the commune to buy wine..."

Qin Sanniu: ... I get scolded when I drink, but the more I drink, the brighter I become?

This old lady is really good. Although he already knew that he would lose face in your old place, you don’t have to change so quickly, right?

"Mom, no, I still have wine. Third brother, you come and pluck the pheasants, and I'll get the wine." Qin Ming handed over the job of taking care of the chickens to Qin Sanniu, although Qin Sanniu didn't cook. There is no problem with things like plucking the hair, breaking the body, and cleaning the intestines.

"Okay, just go ahead and leave this place to me. I'll make sure I disembowel him cleanly for you." Qin Sanniu felt full of strength at the thought of having wine and meat to eat soon.

Qin Dashan finished his work at home and came over to help, "Third brother, I'll go with you, it'll be faster this way."

"Okay!" Qin Sanniu was not polite and handed a chicken over. Qin Dashan took it and put it into the boiling hot water brought by the steamed bun.

"That's it, you do it first. I'll cut the chicken later, and I'll get the blood out first." Qin Ming saw that Qin Dashan and Qin Sanniu were doing well, so he went with the wooden basin. kitchen.

The basin had been sprinkled with salt before, and now he directly added water into it. When it solidified, Wang Limei's water also boiled. He cut the solidified chicken blood into small pieces with a knife, and then poured it into the pot. It wasn't until the color turned darker that he scooped up the chicken blood.

The staple dish of boiled blood is ready like this. Most people will use duck blood to make this dish, but in the hands of a real chef, no matter what kind of blood it is, it can be turned into a dish.

After cleaning up here, Qin Sanniu's chickens were also dealt with down to the last two.

Qin Ming picked up the knife and started chopping it.

The spicy chicken needs to be cut into finger-sized pieces, while the stewed chicken needs to be in large pieces.

Qin Ming first chopped up the six chickens that he had prepared, and then carried the basin into the kitchen.

There is also a trick to stewing chicken. It does not start by just adding water.

First add oil to the pan, then pour the cleaned chicken pieces in, stir-fry over high heat, wait until the moisture in the chicken pieces is dried, then add onion, ginger, pepper and other spices and continue to stir-fry until the aroma is released. At this time, pour in boiling water Go in, add soaked dried mushrooms and simmer directly.

Next, he went to deal with the spicy chicken and chicken offal. When these were done, the stewed chicken was also ready. Qin Ming took the chicken out and put it in a basin and put it on the stove. After cleaning the pot, he started to cook the next dish. vegetable.

For the spicy chicken and chicken offal, Qin Ming did not choose oil, but fried them directly after processing.

The most important thing for cooking is the heat. The firewood stove at home does not have a bellows, so the firepower is naturally not very strong. However, Wang Limei has been cooking all year round and has great skills in how to make the fire burn brighter. With her cooperation, three large pots of meat were quickly cooked. Just made it.

It was at this time that Qin Erni, Qin Sihuo, and Qin Wuni all came back.

"It smells so good. Is my little brother back?"

As soon as they smelled the smell, they ran towards the kitchen. Except for Qin Ming, no one in the family had such good skills.

"Scare, little brother, are you rich? Where did you get so much meat?"

As soon as they entered the room, they saw the outstanding chicken stewed with mushrooms. Everyone was dumbfounded.

"I went into the woods today and found a nest of pheasants. No, they are all here." Qin Ming turned around with a smile, "Fourth brother, fifth sister, you came back just in time, and there is also a boiled blood soup, you guys Who will do it?”

Letting the two of them cook is Qin Ming's consideration of their cooking skills.

"Let fifth sister do it. Her skills are better than mine." Qin Sihuo really has no interest in cooking. If he didn't work as a chef and didn't have to work in the fields, he could earn more than thirty yuan a month and still be able to cook every day. When he packed a meal to take home, he didn't want to make a fuss in the kitchen.

"Okay, little brother, you are watching from the side. It just so happens that I still don't understand this dish." Qin Wuni did not refuse. Unlike Qin Sihuo, she has so many twists and turns that she can be a chef. For her, it is already very good, so she has been working hard to practice her skills and is planning to take the CET-6 test after a while.

Fortunately, although the martial arts school is a school, its administrative level is not low, otherwise she would not be able to take the Level 6 chef exam.

"Sure!" Qin Ming was not stingy and pointed at Qin Wuni. As soon as Qin Sihuo slipped out, he saw Qin's mother standing outside with a big broom and glaring at him. Qin Sihuo was immediately frightened. "Little brother, fourth brother should come back and learn together!"

Qin Ming glanced at Qin's mother outside the window and raised the corners of his mouth. Sure enough, it was like adding salt to the tofu, and everything was reduced. No matter how hard the men of the old Qin family tried, they had to obey Qin's mother's words.

It is precisely because of the old mother's words that everyone must take care of Qin Ming that this led to the tragedy of the whole family in the previous life. Fortunately, this tragedy will never happen again. I can lead the whole family to live a good life and let several nephews All nieces and nephews are promising. This is what Qin Ming wants to do now.

Although children may be a burden, in twenty years they will all be their wealth.

Soon, all four dishes were brought to the backyard, which had been cleaned up by Qin Dashan.

Eating meat and drinking wine while enjoying the cool river breeze, without having to worry about the smell spreading out, this little life was so beautiful that even Qin Ming couldn't help but drink too much, so he went back to the room and lay down directly.

In the next two days, the number of women hoeing in the commune suddenly decreased a lot. They all went to the mountains in groups to look for mustard greens and wild cherries. Qin Ming smiled and ignored them. There were wild vegetables and wild cherries in the mountains. There are still results, and if everyone goes together, the probability of encountering danger is small, but it is not certain whether there will be gains.

Qin Ming went for a walk in the mountains of the martial arts school next door in the morning. When he came back, he not only brought a bundle of grass for dairy goats, but also mustard greens, gray greens, etc. Zhang Yinghong didn't have to dig wild vegetables, which was the envy of all the members. Enough.

It's just that they are not Qin Ming, and they don't dare to go to the top of the mountain. The people in the martial arts school have real skills. If they catch someone, they will beat them to death and send them to the commune. Who can afford to throw that person away?

Not to mention that there is an iron fence blocking the mountain. The high iron fence makes it impossible to get in without any skill, so even if Qin Ming told them the place, they would not be able to get through.

Those who were so angry went to the martial arts school to complain. When they found out that Qin Ming was getting food on their hilltop, someone from the martial arts school immediately came and took Qin Ming away.

"Strange, why don't you tie up this kid?"

"I guess he's returning a favor. This guy has some connections with this school. He was already famous when the school was founded."

"That's not possible. Didn't you kick him out in the end?"

A few people were puzzled, but when they saw Qin Ming entering the martial arts school, they felt hopeful.

Now, is this guy going to get a beating?

A few of them didn't leave. They simply hid in the woods not far from the school gate and waited to watch Qin Ming's excitement.

(End of this chapter)