pastoral fragrance

Chapter 118 The Bully Uncle
Han's Village and Luoshui Village are far apart, and Qiulin and his uncle don't meet a few times throughout the year.Now that his family has opened a workshop, he is so busy that his feet don't touch the ground, and the days when he comes here are more and more sparse.Today, my uncle finally came to visit. The Qiulin sisters worked together, one was in charge of lighting the fire, and the other was responsible for cutting and cooking vegetables, and they wanted to cook a sumptuous meal for the uncle.

Qiu Song opened the small door of the stove house and went out. After a while, he heard a sound of "cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck";Not long after, I saw Qiu Song, who had just left the house, returned to the stove, holding a desperately struggling hen in his hand.

"Big sister, pass me the knife." Qiu Song skillfully grabbed the hen's wings, and grabbed its neck with the other hand.After Qiuyue handed over the kitchen knife, he skillfully wiped the hen's neck with the knife, and bright red blood flowed from the severed hen's neck.The hen was still alive and struggling desperately just now, but it didn't take long before her two paws kicked and she died.

Put the dead hen into a wooden barrel filled with half a bucket of hot water, and the steaming heat escapes.Qiu Song held the hen's feet and let the hen's whole body float up and down in the wooden barrel.After a while, when the hen is lifted up again, it can be plucked.

Qiu Song was sitting on a small bench concentrating on plucking the hen, while Qiuyue had already washed the rice and put it in the pot to cook.At this moment, I set up a stool and took a piece of cured ribs from the beam, chopped it with a knife and put it in the pot to remove the water.It is said to be cured pork ribs, but in fact, the salt has only been marinated for a few days. After removing the water with boiling water, the salty taste will almost disappear.

After removing the water, pour out the dirty water in the pot, then wash the pot with clean water, then put the ribs in the pot, put the ribs in, cover the pot, and start to stew the ribs.

"Sister, what are we cooking today?" Hearing the sound of skulls in the pot, a smell of meat slowly passed over, Qiulin held his breath and took a few mouthfuls, and the smell of cured pork ribs lingered in Qiulin's heart for a long time Not scattered.smell good!

Qiuyue chopped vegetables neatly and replied: "Uncle finally came here, so naturally he made something delicious to eat. The soup is made of cured pork ribs stewed potatoes and chicken stewed mushrooms, sauerkraut stewed meat, vegetables are Cut some meat and fry it, stir-fry pork with yam shreds, kung pao chicken, fried small dried fish, stir-fried cabbage, then make steamed pork with rice flour, pickled pork with salted vegetables, and houttuynia cordata in sauce, it’s almost the same.” Qiuyue After some calculation, there are several dishes, which should be about the same.Although their family has returned their fields to those who lost their families, they will have to wait until the Chinese New Year to plant food and crops. Now the vegetables such as yams and cabbage that they eat at home are still from Mei Xiang's family.

It would be great if it was spring and summer. There are a lot of wild vegetables in the village, and you can gather a few vegetables when you pick them up.

Qiulin smiled and nodded, it seems that this dinner is really rich.Especially the fried small dried fish. After soaking the small dried fish, spread the powder on it, put some pepper in the powder, and throw it into the oil pan for frying.Wait until the powder is fried to a golden color and then it can be served.This fried small dried fish tastes particularly crispy, because the fish is still small, and it doesn't sting too much when you eat it. It is very fragrant when you chew it like this.Thinking of this, Qiulin couldn't help drooling, clapped his hands quickly and said, "Okay, okay, big sister, fry up the small dried fish first."

Qiuyue didn't know what Qiulin was thinking, she was afraid that the fried small dried fish would not be enough for her to eat.So he immediately refused, "This thing is supposed to be eaten warm, if it is fried and left for a while, how can it be so crispy? Of course it was fried last. Well, you just need to burn the fire, just open it later." Just eat it on your belly, why worry so much?"

While talking to Qiulin, Qiuyue had already used a spatula to dig oil out of the earthen pot and put it in the iron pot. At the moment, she was throwing chopped garlic, ginger and prickly ash into the pot. .The pot boiled all at once.Qiuyue blended it a few times with a shovel, and then threw down the diced chicken.Her dish is Kung Pao Chicken, which must be big to be delicious.So there are more peppers and peppers.Then he took out a large handful of peanuts from a clay pot, washed them and threw them into the pot to stir fry.

It didn't take long before a seductive fragrance spread out, and it smelled particularly exciting.Poor Qiulin had secretly swallowed several times while sitting in front of the stove.Seeing a plate of warm Kung Pao Chicken freshly baked, Qiulin really wanted to go over and eat it!

After finally waiting until Qiuyue fried the small dried fish, Qiulin breathed a sigh of relief and was full of joy. After waiting for so long, it's finally time to eat!She hurriedly stood up, patted the pot ashes on the clothes on her head, and stared at the plate of freshly baked small dried fish.It seems that as long as Qiuyue gives an order, she can rush over desperately.

Seeing Qiulin's gluttonous appearance, Qiuyue didn't know what to do. She smiled helplessly and said, "Look at your little cat, why don't you go wash your hands, grab chopsticks and bowls, and get ready to eat!"

At this moment, Qiu Lin came to his senses, went to scoop up a ladle of water in the water tank, washed his hands and face clean, then took the chopsticks and rushed into the main room.

Han Dong in the main room grinned from ear to ear, "Hey, these nephews are really capable and hardworking. They do these housework well, and ordinary children can't compare." At this time, Han Dong thought of his family. The two children come, they go to school when they are young, and the heavy work at home is tiring and rarely done, so they only help with farming and harvesting crops during spring plowing and autumn harvest.Ask them to cook and these, but not.

Hearing the big brother's praise, Han also laughed, but there was a bitterness in the smile. If she and the head of the family were not incompetent, how could the children help with the heavy and tiring work?
"Uncle, eat small dried fish. We caught it in the river ourselves. It's delicious." Qiu Lin brought a large plate of fried small dried fish to Han Dong as if offering a treasure, and his beautiful eyes had already smiled. Squinting up, a pair of pear dimples swayed deeply on the fair face, which made people feel sincere and undeniable.

Han Dong agreed, "Okay, good!" Han Dong said while picking up a piece of small dried fish with the chopsticks on the side, and bit it lightly. The freshly baked small dried fish was crispy and fragrant, with a wonderful smell The taste hovered between the lips and teeth, this taste is really unstoppable.Han Dong quickly nodded and praised, "It's delicious, this small dried fish is delicious!"

At that time, Qiulin was even more smiling.

"Okay, let's eat quickly, the rice in winter tends to get cold. Everyone, come over and have dinner." Xu Nanshan hurriedly yelled, Qiu Song Qiuhe and the others quickly lifted the bench and moved to the table.

"By the way, why didn't I think of buying wine? There are good appetizers on display, but there is no wine. What a mistake!" Looking at the table full of delicious food, Xu Nanshan began to feel annoyed.This table is full of good food for drinking, why did you forget to ask the children to bring some wine back?Xu Nanshan patted his head.

Han Dong hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay. Drinking in winter is also a way to warm up. This bowl of sauerkraut stew is spicy and fragrant, but it's not the same as that wine. You don't have to drink this wine. This Sauerkraut stew, I think it looks good. The dishes on this table are all made by Qiuyue, not bad, your mother's cooking skills have been learned by you. In the future, your husband and mother-in-law will be good. There will be good luck!"

Listening to her uncle's ambiguous words, Qiuyue blushed to the point of her ears, unable to say a word for a while, she just nodded silently.Then he buried his head in silently eating his meal.

After a meal, everyone ate in full swing.Because it is winter, Qiuyue’s taste is a bit strong, especially the sauerkraut stew, which is full of spicy Seven Sisters dried chili peppers, the whole pot of soup has turned red, can it be less spicy?But when it is so spicy, the stomach warms up, and the sweat rolls down after eating.

Qiulin stretched her belly so roundly, but she still refused to roll off the table. Looking at the delicious food on the table, she bit the chopsticks in her mouth.Obviously, the stomach has been stretched round and round, as if it will explode if I eat any more, but my mouth is still greedy, and I want to put something in my mouth to chew.

"You foodie, your stomach is so round, you still eat!" Qiuyue saw Qiulin's expression of reluctance to leave home, she was really speechless towards this little girl .

After being scolded by Qiuyue like this, Qiulin reluctantly put down his chopsticks, slumped down from the table, and sat by the fire.As soon as he sat down, Qiulin hiccupped non-stop.Just when I wanted to talk, I hiccupped again. I couldn't speak in one go. It was really uncomfortable.Hey, it seems that it is better to be restrained next time, and not to eat like this.It's not good to break your stomach.

After eating, Qiuyue led Qiulin to pick up the bowls.It was still Qiuyue washing the dishes and Qiulin lighting the fire. Qiulin was so full that she didn't want to talk. She sat silently in front of the stove, adding firewood to the stove.Qiuyue didn't bother to talk to her, she was cleaning the dishes and chopsticks.

In the main room, Qiu Song moved the dining table aside, put some chairs along the wall, swept the floor, and then sat down next to the uncle, listening to the gossip of the parents.

"Big sister, the fish and lotus root that Qiu Song sent over last time are really delicious. I heard Qiu Song said that the harvest is quite a lot. It seems that this fish pond is also a master who can make money. It can earn a few dollars all year round. Ten taels of silver is no worse than those who grow crops!" Han Dong was also happy for the elder sister's family, the elder sister made a lot of money raising silkworms at home before, and now this fish pond adds income, the eldest sister The days at home will surely become more and more prosperous.

Han Dong had just finished speaking, but Qiu He, who was playing beside him, said abruptly, "What's the use of making money? Why don't you let that bully uncle snatch it away!"

(End of this chapter)