The beauty of the lady

Chapter 16

"Well, buy some and come back. I'll eat stewed chicken." How could it not be delicious, not only because of its high nutritional value, but also stir-fried vegetables or other dishes are delicious, and she likes green pepper and potato shreds, potato stewed chicken, and even It is stewed noodles and I like potatoes very much, or it is cooked and cut into pieces and mixed with garlic, it is very good.

"Row."

After finally tidying up the two chickens, Zhou Mei washed them with water several times. As for the internal organs, she doesn't know how to do them, so let Wednesday Zhuang clean them up. She grabbed a few heads of garlic and went to the kang room. , she couldn't see the internal organs, it was too dirty.

Thinking of this, she was even thinking about whether to use potatoes to stew the chicken, but the taste was really good.

As soon as he walked in, he saw Zhou Tang changing his diaper with his bare snow-white butt, and when he saw Zhou Mei coming in, the little guy danced happily, almost making Mrs. Zhao lose his grip.

"Tang'er, good boy, change the diaper and let you play with your sister." Zhao said softly, then threw the diaper into the bamboo basket in the corner of the kang, saw Zhou Mei and said, "Mei'er, wait to put your brother's Wash the diaper."

"I see." He pretended not to care, but in his heart he really didn't know what it was like, diapers, if only boys pee, it's okay, the key is...

Thinking of this, she felt nauseated, but if she was asked to wash diapers on the first day, she would definitely not be willing, but she could bear it to a certain extent facing the latrine at home these few days.

Put the garlic on the edge of the Kang, took the basket of diapers, opened the curtain and put it into the main room, then walked back.

Zhou Tang could already sit up, but because of the cold weather, Mrs. Zhao also prevented him from catching the cold and didn't want him to crawl outside.

"Mother, it's so warm in the room, so don't hold him, let him sit on the kang, he will walk next year, I'll just watch it then, so you won't be tired."

Because the room is very warm, Mrs. Zhao nodded and agreed when she saw her son's cheerful smile because he was not wrapped in a quilt, but he also added a small jacket on his body, which looked very old. , I don’t know if it was from Zhou Mei’s childhood.

This is Zhou Tang's first time climbing on the kang, he is very excited and full of energy, at least the frail Mrs. Zhao can't stand it. In the end it was Zhou Mei who handed the garlic to Ms. Zhao, and she was After getting on the kang, he picked Zhou Tang up and helped him learn to walk slowly.

Seeing her son's short legs, and the clear and crisp laughter in her ears, she couldn't help but be happy.

"I like walking so much now, maybe I will be more noisy next year."

"Don't be afraid, I will watch. When my mother recovers, I will teach Tang'er to write, and teach me by the way." Zhou Mei smiled, and then slowly let go of her hand. Who would have thought that Zhou Tang would not take two steps, and just let it go After sitting down, I might feel that I was walking well at first, but why can’t I go now? I looked around, and finally saw the eldest sister smiling at me, pouted her mouth, and immediately felt unhappy. After a few twitches, he burst into tears.

This voice made Zhou Mei sigh immediately, and then the appointed person picked him up again, clamped his armpits, and let him continue walking.

"How can a man shed tears so easily?" Zhou Mei sighed.

When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she immediately covered her lips and smiled: "Your younger brother is less than one year old, how can you understand what a man is, sister is really embarrassing, isn't it, Tang'er."

Zhou Tang was babbling, as if he was echoing what his mother said, and Zhou Mei's face turned down when she was so angry.

"You can't speak yet, and you're starting to torment people. You can't get used to it in the future, you know, mother."

Mrs. Zhao nodded with a smile, "That's the reason for poor children to be rich and daughters to be raised."

This tossing lasted for nearly an hour, until Zhou Tang was tired and sat down on the kang, Zhou Mei shook her sore arm, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and sat down tiredly.

"Drink a bowl of water, children are always so tiring."

"It's okay, didn't my mother raise me up like this?" Zhou Mei smiled, and then looked at Zhou Tang who was sitting there yawning, and after laying him down, covered him with a small quilt, then grabbed him and put him down. With the garlic cloves on the table, she said to Mrs. Zhao: "Mother, you should rest first, and I will wake you up when dinner is ready."

"Okay, don't be too tired. It's Chinese New Year and your father is at home."

"Do not worry."

When he came to the kitchen, Wednesday Zhuang had already gone out, probably to Aunt Hua's house. There were two clean chickens in the pot on the stove, both of which were very fat.

The pot was already steaming hot. After opening the pot, Zhou Mei took out the pig skin, put it in a basin and soaked it in cold water to cool down, and then scooped out all the gray oil and water with white foam in the pot. After brushing it clean, pour clean water, then put the cutting board on the ground, scrape off the layer of dirt on the pigskin with the back of a knife, and put it in another basin.

After everything was cleaned up, I found an awl and shaved off all the remaining hair follicles. It was already an hour after the work was done. The winter night came very early, and the sky outside was gradually getting dark.

With a knife in hand, the pork skin was cut into very thin strips, and then poured into the pot and started to boil.

When Wednesday Zhuang came over, Zhou Yuzhu and Zhou Dun were still behind him. After unloading the cabbage outside, Wednesday Zhuang invited him in.

As soon as he entered the room, he asked about the very fragrant meat smell, and couldn't help wrinkling his nose and said, "What kind of smell is this, it smells so good."

Zhou Mei came out of the kitchen when she heard the voice, and saw the two smilingly said: "Uncle, Brother Zhou Dun, you are here, I will pour water for you right now."

Zhou Yuzhu waved his hand and said: "Sister Mei, don't need to work anymore, it's getting dark, uncle will go back now, your Aunt Hua is already waiting for us to eat at home."

"I'm so busy, I have to drink some water." Zhuang Wan stayed on Wednesday, and Zhao's voice came from the kang.

Zhou Yuzhu turned to the inside and said: "Your brother and sister don't need to be busy, your sister-in-law is already cooking at home, so I won't delay you, let's get together and drink some wine during the Chinese New Year."

Hearing what Zhou Yuzhu said, Zhou Zhouzhuang no longer forced himself, he lifted the straw curtain and sent the father and son out.

When she came back, Zhou Mei had already scooped out the thick boiled pigskin and put it in a porcelain basin. Seasonings and the like had been added during the cooking process, and it would be ready tomorrow. alright.

There was no food at home in the evening, and at noon she also said to make noodles, so Zhou Mei started to get busy. She went outside and fetched two potatoes, peeled and diced them, and then prepared chopped green onions, and then began to boil them in the pot. After scooping water, she started to knead the dough, then found a rolling pin and started to make it.

(End of this chapter)