Road to Rebirth

Chapter 91 Thirty
Croquettes are tofu mixed with moderately fat and thin pork fillings, cooked white radish, and noodles. After seasoning, dip your hands in water and squeeze the fillings into round balls and put them on the Fry in the oil pan until golden brown floating on the oil surface.

Because Gu Xiaoqing always wants to be the best when it comes to eating, she also threw seven or eight eggs in the meatballs, squeezed the onion and ginger into the water, and mixed them together to make the meatball filling.

The meatballs made are crispy and soft, not falling apart, and the taste is so beautiful.

Gu Xiaojie just walked around the pot several times, and every time he turned around, there were a few more balls in his hands, and his mouth was bulging.

I guess I don't need to eat lunch today.

Because this year Li Xuemei deliberately wants to give the children a good and rich year, thinking about being rich, so the meatballs are fully prepared. After the pot is cooked, it is not fried until two or three o'clock. ball.

Followed by fried tofu.

The tofu was ready in the morning, and it was sliced ​​into slices and steamed thoroughly by Gu Xiaoqing on the steamer next to it.

Just put it in the oil pan and fry until golden, and both sides are slightly crispy before they come out of the pan.

I can't finish my work all day, so I can only wait until tomorrow to make roast meat.

The next day was a busy day.

It was finally over.

The custom in the countryside here is that the New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve is eaten at the parents' home when the parents are there.

The parents here refer to the husband's parents, that is, the parents-in-law's family.

The same is true on the first day of the new year. As long as the family is a son, they will bring their daughter-in-law and children back to their home for reunion dinner.

On the evening of her thirties, Li Xuemei didn't make meat stuffing or make dumplings. She just used a basket to put a bowl of meatballs, a bowl of roast pork, a bowl of tofu, and a bowl of fried fish nuggets.These are the four dishes that were brought over, and they are generally unnecessary, after all, the New Year's gift has already been given.

But Li Xuemei was mentally prepared. Just looking at the old lady Gu that day, with a stingy expression on her face, she went by herself, fearing that the children might not have much to eat, and Li Xuemei couldn't wrong her own children.

So I brought four dishes on my own initiative.

The bowls are all big bowls, and the ones that are full are all over the top.

Xin said, in this way, Mrs. Gu must not keep the children full.

In fact, Gu Xiaoqing was also afraid that he would not be able to eat enough for the New Year's Eve dinner, so he had already discussed it with his mother, and he had already prepared a hot pot.

Copper hot pots are too expensive, and Li Xuemei is not that extravagant. This year, the family bought a casserole hot pot. The middle is hollowed out, and charcoal can be placed on it. The outer pot is usually covered with a layer of cabbage on the bottom layer, and then It is soaked vermicelli, with various ingredients placed layer by layer on top.

There is a full layer of meatballs, which is a favorite of the whole family.

Then there is white tofu on top, which is the tofu that is usually eaten, and then there is a layer of fried tofu on top that is cut into thin slices by an oblique knife and placed on top of the white tofu.

On the top of the fried tofu is a layer of thinly sliced ​​roasted pork. These roasted pork are all made of fat and lean pork belly from the middle of the pork loin.

One layer of fat meat and one layer of lean meat looks very appetizing, not to mention cooking it with various seasonings until it can be pierced from the skin to the bottom with chopsticks, the meat is cooked.

Then take out the meat and let it cool, apply a layer of honey evenly on the skin of the meat, continue to cool, and then fry the skin in an oil pan until it turns reddish brown, and the skin is wrinkled. The fat is fried out, and it is golden and delicious.

The roasted pork like this was sliced ​​and placed on the top of the hot pot, covered tightly so that no one could see the real ingredients underneath, and then poured a bowl of seasoning sauce that had been mixed long ago.

It is a soup made with onion, ginger, garlic, meat broth and various seasonings, and a large spoonful of it is poured on top.

As long as you want to eat, you can burn the charcoal inside, and soon there will be a pot of steaming and fragrant festive delicacies.

Of course, this is something that their family did not expect in previous years.

Hot pot is not cheap, and it is only prepared by old people who have family heirlooms, or wealthy families.

Most people don't do this.

Gu Xiaoqing made it in advance, just in case, if you don't have enough to eat tonight, there will be something to fill up when you come back to sleep.

It's a big holiday, at least you can't go hungry at home.

It's mainly based on experience from previous years.

Li Xuemei was also satisfied.

If it weren't for this custom on New Year's Eve, you would have to spend the New Year in the elderly's home.

Otherwise, Li Xuemei would not want to go there.

My family can easily cook a few dishes, cook two plates of dumplings, put them in a pot, and eat comfortably.

Now that it's gone, it's not necessary to be looked down upon by others.

The family over there, Li Xuemei, did not count on it.

Carrying the basket, took the three children and Gu Ruhai, locked the door and went out.

It was almost dark.

The couplet has already been posted.

It was Gu Ruhai who did it in advance.

After starting a business this year, Gu Ruhai's vision has changed. This couplet was bought in Zhenshan a long time ago, implying that the family will be in good weather and the wealth will be abundant.

This is also the first in the village.

Other people's homes are full of good harvests, good weather, and the implication of home safety, but there is really no such thing in his home.

The whole family set off and walked into Mr. Gu's gate just after dark.

The couplets on the gate had already been pasted up, and the yard was bustling with activity. After all, the two children of Gu Ruhe's family had also returned.

Every year on the [-]th, Gu Ruhe's family will come back, and then they will go back in the morning of the second day of junior high school.

As soon as Gu Ruhai and the others arrived, the family first went inside to greet Mr. Gu.

In previous years, Li Xuemei and Gu Ruhai arrived first, because the annual New Year's Eve dinner had to be cooked by three sisters-in-law together, but Xiao Xue didn't even think about it, she was a noble person who always sat on the kang and didn't move.

Only Li Xuemei and Jiang Xiulan are busy.

Jiang Xiulan is just as clever as she is, she always waits until dark to come over, and by then, Li Xuemei has basically cooked up all the food.

The chickens and ducks are all killed, washed, and stewed.

Jiang Xiulan came out to help in the kitchen in a hypocritical manner. In name, it was done by two people, but in fact it was Li Xuemei who suffered alone.

This year Li Xuemei came here deliberately because she didn't want to be treated like a monkey, and no one is stupid.

As soon as he entered the room, the first thing that greeted him was Old Madam Gu's gloomy black face. Seeing Gu Ruhai, Li Xuemei and the three children beside him, Madam Gu didn't yell, but she also dropped a sentence : "Boss, it's really early for you guys. You don't come here until the rice is cooked."

(End of this chapter)