pastoral fragrance

Chapter 166 Catch the Rabbit and Catch the Chicken
Early the next morning, Xu Nanshan's family began to get busy.Today happened to be Muxiu, and Qiusong Qiuhe was also at home, just in time to help the Han family or something.

All the roosters in the house have been eaten up, the hens are used to lay eggs, and the chicks are still small.So Qiu Song caught the male duck early in the morning and killed it after dinner.Taking a piece of dried fish that had been dried in the sun and sprinkled with salt last year, soaked it in a wooden basin, Han took a kitchen knife and went to the vegetable garden to cut two cabbages and came back.Qiuyue sat on a small bench in the stove and scooped water into the wooden basin, picked out the cabbage leaves, and put them into the clear water one by one.

Han looked at the water in the tank, there wasn't a lot of it.Later, I will need a lot of water to wash rice, cook rice and wash vegetables. "After Qiusong kills the duck, you can chop it up, Qiuyue, and stew it after adding water to the pot." Seeing Qiuyue who was busy beside her, Han ordered.

"Hey." Qiuyue obediently responded, put the washed cabbage into a basket, drained the water, put it on the cutting board, and skillfully chopped it.Qiuyue was used to these tasks, the knife fell very quickly, and only the sound of cutting vegetables could be heard from inside the room. , After a while, Qiuyue had already cut the cabbage and put them in a vegetable basket.

"Mother said today, what kind of dishes will our family cook to greet them?" Qiulin sat in front of the stove, but did not start the fire.

Qiuyue glanced at the ingredients on the stove, and recalled for a while: "Mother said to make stewed duck with sour radish, scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, sweet and sour carp, fried lean meat with cabbage, stewed pork ribs with potatoes, and fried some small dishes." Dried fish, these children like to eat." Qiuyue thought for a while, but couldn't remember, so she counted with her fingers, and continued to add: "There is also Houttuynia cordata in sauce, steamed pickles and pork, and steamed pork. And As for the horse meat that our family shared that day, my mother just sprinkled it with salt when she got home, and we also cut some stir-fried vegetables, let’s fry a plate of horse meat with green peppers, it should be almost done now.”

However, there are not a small number of people here today, it seems that we need to prepare more ingredients!

Qiu Song carried the duck into the house that was already full of feathers and belly. The duck had been bred for a long time, and it was still a bit heavy to lift. It seemed not too small.Qiuyue scooped up water to wash the duck, then put the duck on the cutting board and skillfully cut it.Throw the duck into the pot to remove the water, and the dirty things in the duck will come out.At this time, put the duck and sour radish into the water, cover the pot and boil it on high heat, then slowly warm it on low heat.

When Han came back carrying water, Qiuyue had already cut out all the ingredients.At this moment, she put melted lard in the pot to fry the small dried fish, dried shrimps and dried potato chips first.These are all things that children like to eat. When the children come over later, I will give them these as snacks.

As soon as Xu Ming and Xu Yang entered the courtyard of Qiulin's house, they smelled a fragrant smell. Xu Ming hurriedly dragged his cousin Xu Yang, who was a little more cautious, into the house, "Wow, sister Qiuyue, what are you doing here? I really want to!" Xu Ming stared at the contents of the pot, and his saliva couldn't help but flow down.

Mei Xiang's family has a lot of children, so how could they have cooked something like this.Seeing the dried fish and dried shrimps fried in the pot now, it's no wonder I don't drool!

Seeing the greedy looks of these two boys, Qiuyue couldn't help laughing and said: "Wait a minute, the pot hasn't even started yet, you wash your hands and go to stay outside the stove, and when the pot is ready, I'll bring it to you The stove house is not big, and if two people walk around the pot, she will be hindered from doing things, so it's better to drive the two of them out of the stove house.

After hearing what Xu Ming and Xu Yang had said, they reluctantly went to the yard.The two children couldn't sit still, especially Xu Ming, seeing Qiu Hezao playing with the slingshot, the two quickly joined together. "Qiuhe, you are going to hunt birds, and the two of us will follow you, okay?"

Qiu He glanced at the two of them, "Who said I'm going to hunt birds? I'm going to hunt rabbits and pheasants. My little sister said that this bird can't be beaten casually. A dead bird is equivalent to killing a bird." I ruined half an acre of crops. Then, I would rather drink more rice and porridge. You two guys who have no common sense, you can’t just shoot this bird in the future. You have to fight me to hunt rabbits! "

Xu Ming and Xu Yang were dumbfounded. Who said that the death of a bird is equivalent to destroying half an acre of crops!The bird and the crops are simply incompatible things, right?It's really strange enough to say that they have no common sense!Xu Ming is not convinced anymore! "Qiuhe, you are talking nonsense. How come hunting birds is equivalent to destroying crops? You can tell the reason here. Besides, can you hit rabbits and pheasants with a broken stone?"

Qiu He heard Xu Ming's questioning voice, and his mouth was crooked in anger. "I... can't tell the reason for this, but what my little sister said must have some truth. You guys have also seen my little sister's power, and you still doubt her! I won't tell you , I'm going to hunt rabbits!" These two idiots are too lazy to talk to them!
Qiu He was furious, took his little slingshot and went into the grove.

Xu Ming and Xu Yang saw him angrily about to leave, stomped their feet and followed, they also wanted to go up to see if Qiuhe could hunt the rabbits and pheasants.The playful hearts of the two dolls have already been beating, and they have already forgotten about the delicious dried fish and dried shrimps in the stove.

"Qiu He, don't be angry, we just believe you, let's go to the woods together, there are evil gates in the woods, are you not afraid to go alone?" Xu Ming also heard about Fang's incident Yes, it is said that Fang's illness gradually improved after lying at home for a long time.The graves in the forest are not to be touched randomly.

Qiu He glanced at Xu Ming, who was flattering her right now, and stopped being angry with him, pouted and said, "It's not too bad. If we're lucky, we can really catch rabbits and pheasants." Jumping and jumping, he went into the woods.

In the days of March, there is no winter chill in the woods. Those unnamed trees slowly sprout new buds, and some of them are still blooming with unknown flowers. Small grasses emerge from the soil, green and green One piece, light green and light green color, looks extremely lovely.

I want to run a few laps on the ground and roll a few times, it must be very comfortable.A few children were jumping and jumping in the woods, feeling that it was very lively.

The apricot in the forest has just produced immature green fruit, only the size of a thumb.The tung tree is full of bright red flowers in white, and it smells a faint fragrance.Others have said that the tung fruit cannot be smelled closely, the nose will not be able to bear it.

Qiuhe and the others seemed to have discovered a new world, and felt that the scenery in front of them was extremely novel.In the past, because the forest was a place to bury ancestors, who would dare to go here except for floating graves during the Qingming Festival?Since there are many herbs in the forest of Qiulin, digging herbs can also be sold for money, gradually more people set foot in it.It's just that it was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn at that time, so there is no such beautiful scenery in front of me.The children were a little stunned.

"It's really comfortable here. If you can study here, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, you must be very comfortable." Xu Yang, who had been silent all this time, looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him, happily thinking that reading in this forest must have a special flavor.

Qiu He squinted his eyes at him, "Hey, don't just talk about studying or something, okay? It's been a long time, Muxiu, what a nerd!" book.

Xu Ming hasn't been to the school for a day, but he doesn't envy the school or anything.Seeing that this cousin has become an idiot in reading, he doesn't want to be like this! "That's right, cousin, you guys took the holiday so hard, so don't mention books or anything. Qiu He, let's hurry up and find rabbits and pheasants." But I have [-] points of interest.

"Well, good." So the children were busy wandering around in the woods, looking for rabbits and pheasants.

After Qiuyue fried the dried fish and small shrimps, drained the oil, put them in the Shau Kei, and when they were brought out to eat the children, how could there be any traces of them in the yard?Hey, where are these rogue dolls gone?
Qiuyue took the Shau Kei and put it on the small table in the main room, and went into the stove room and started to work again.Heyi Niang also came over now, and went into the stove room to see, and saw the people in the room lighting up the fire and cooking vegetables, she walked over with a smile, "Oh, Qiuyue is cooking, it smells really good. Where do I need auntie?" Help, Qiuyue, just tell me, I just can’t be idle, so come and help me out.” The mother of Heyi rolled up her sleeves, walked to Mrs. Han who was sitting on the threshold between the stove room and the main room, and saw that she was holding a The basket was peeling garlic, and she also walked over to peel it.

"Hey, why do you have to do this job? Come in and sit down. The garlic will be hot if you peel your hands. You can go into the house quickly. By the way, I like dad and the others, why haven't you come yet?" Han Shi was talking to Heyi Niang while peeling the garlic.Put the peeled white garlic into a porcelain bowl placed in the basket.

However, Heyi Niang refused to let go, "I'm still working, but it's coming soon, I'm coming here now."

Not long after, those neighbors from the village invited by Xu Nanshan's family also came one after another.Qiu Song went to Heyi's house to move two tables and a bench.There are quite a lot of people today, and the bench at home is definitely not enough to sit on, so I borrowed it from Heyi's family in the past.

Qiuyue's cooking was smooth, and it didn't take long for the food to be put on the table.The table is full, and it seems that the food is very rich.After Qiuyue finished her work, she glanced left and right, but she couldn't see Qiuhe. She wondered, "Where did these children go?"

(End of this chapter)