Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 11 Steamed Rice Noodles

Luo Baisu went to the town to do small work for more than half a month. It was agreed at the beginning that there would be no holidays in the first three months. It is logical that Luo Baisu would never come back at this time. Luo Tian was a little puzzled in his heart. He wanted to ask something, but the third uncle dragged Luo Baisu into the main room.

The old patriarch looked at Luo Baisu with a face full of hatred for iron and steel, and he didn't ask anything, but scolded at the beginning: "A dignified scholar, what's wrong with doing something, you have to fall into the status of a small worker, we Did the Luo family lose your food or your clothes? You are a scholar, how can you bend your waist for five buckets of rice? Didn’t you slap our entire Luo family village in the face by doing this?”

"Look for yourself, apart from our Luojia Village, where can one family produce two scholars at the same time?"

"Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your parents, your wife and children."

The more the old patriarch scolded, the more angry he became. He just felt that this child was really delusional. Just for more than 100 a month, he lost his integrity as a scholar and ruined his future.

"You are too old and foolish to be a father. Dalang is promising, and you are also decent. At this time, you don't let the child study at ease, and let him mess around outside. I am really angry!"

He has been a child student all his life, and has taken the scientific examinations all his life. He didn't even pass the examination as a scholar, so he put all his attention on the younger generation. When Luo Baisu and Luo Baihan were selected as scholars, he was the happiest Yes, the ancestors of the Luo family have accumulated virtue, and now Luo Baisu, a good seedling, is about to go astray, he is anxious!

No matter what, he will turn Luo Baisu back from the crooked path!

"My ugly words are up front. If you dare to pick up Dalang to do those despicable things in the future, I will beat you to death with a cane first, so that you will not harm my descendants!"

Li Zheng and the third uncle nodded repeatedly, saying that they would never dare again.

Only then did the old patriarch nod in satisfaction, and spoke to Luo Baisu in a more relaxed tone: "Don't think too much about it, it's serious to study with peace of mind, as long as you come back from the exam, what do you want in the future? You are a scholar, you should have How can the character of a scholar ruin his future for those few pennies?"

Luo Baisu remained silent, neither agreeing nor objecting.

The old patriarch lost his temper and even beat someone. Now he was a little out of energy, and after a few words of persuasion, he asked Lao Luotou's family to live in harmony, and then went home on crutches.

What the old patriarch meant was to let Luo Baisu go back and live a good life as a family like before the separation.

Regarding the old patriarch's decision, the members of the Luo family, except old man Luo, almost disagreed.Yao shi finally drove Luo Baisu out, and he didn't want Luo Baisu to come back to fight for the family property, which would hinder her eyes; The face did not speak.

Luo Baisu sent the old patriarch away, thinking that he would definitely not be able to go to the small job in the town, and couldn't think of any other ways to make money for a while, so he had to go back to the house with a gloomy expression on his face.

Luo Tiandu had been lighting a fire in the yard next to Fang's, and the house was not soundproof, so she could hear the voices in the main room clearly, so she also had a gloomy face at this time.

She knew that the old patriarch also had good intentions, but Yao and their family were at odds, to the point where even the superficial harmony could not be maintained, so Luo Baisu strongly demanded to separate the family, and they almost left the house now.The family of four had been waiting for Luo Baisu's job as a small job, but now they were interrupted by the old patriarch, and their livelihood was abruptly cut off, and according to the old patriarch's wishes, Luo Baisu must go to the town to find work again. Difficult, a family of four doesn't know what to eat this winter!
This time the old patriarch really did something bad with good intentions!
She sighed in her heart, it seemed that she still had to find a way to earn some money as soon as possible, so as to get through this winter first.

Luo Baisu handed over the wages he got to Fang Shi, and Fang Shi counted, and found eighty big money, sighed, thinking that this was Luo Baisu's first time away from home for so long after getting married, Then don't say anything.

Luo Baisu didn't want Mrs. Fang to be too worried. Seeing the white rice and pig bones in the house, he asked, "Where did this come from?"

He knew that the family didn't have any money, so he only said that Mrs. Fang borrowed money to buy the food, and he still complained in his heart that Mrs. Fang didn't know how to manage the house, and wasted money at this time.

"Mingdu saved it himself, and bought it to supplement Xiaodu's health."

Hearing that the money was saved by the child, the father fell silent.The two children followed the husband and wife, and they never tasted a good meal on weekdays. Then they thought that he had worked so hard all these years, and after the separation, he had no money at hand. He was not even as good as a child. .

Luo Tiandu is currently focused on making rice noodles, she guessed that the broken rice should be soaked for a long time, so she said to Fang: "Mother, go and wash the stone mill, let's wash the broken rice Grind the rice into powder and eat."

"Let's cook porridge today, and mother will buy you white noodles tomorrow, okay?" Fang now doesn't even want to say a word to Luo Tian, ​​she just feels that this child is so pitiful, he has never eaten white noodles when he grows up Several times, unexpectedly, I wanted to grind the broken rice into flour to eat.

Luo Tian didn't want these few catties of broken rice to be cooked into porridge by Fang Shi, so she had no choice but to resort to childlike tricks and pester Fang Shi to act coquettishly: "Mom, let's grind it into powder and eat it, it's delicious! "

As if to verify her words, she nodded her head heavily, which made Fang amused and bitter, so she didn't insist anymore, and she really went to fetch water to clean the smaller stone mill in the yard.

Anyway, broken rice can be cooked and eaten after being ground into noodles, and it is easy to cook and save firewood.

So Luo Mingdu went to light the fire, Fang took a small spoon and put the broken rice into the hole of the stone mill, and Luo Baisu went to grind the mill, and the soaked soft broken rice was stone-milled Grind it into a pulp and flow it into the basin, it is white and white.Three catties of broken rice are all ground into rice milk, which is not much, but more than half a pot.

Fang took the rice milk and put it in the pot to steam.When steaming rice noodles, Luo Tiandu once again ordered Luo Baisu to wash the big stone mill that Luo's family seldom used, and also told his father to wash it clean, without any dust.

Fang felt that the child was too troublesome, but Luo Baisu, who had been away for half a month, was happy to be instructed by the child to go around. He really picked up water and washed the stone mill from top to bottom, inside and out.

After the stone mill was cleaned and the rice milk was steamed, Luo Tian asked Fang to take out the steamed rice balls and put them under the stone mill to flatten them.

"Why is this child so troublesome? The food is not for you to play with!" After a busy morning, Fang was also a little impatient. She just felt that this child was too much trouble, and even a piece of broken rice had to be steamed and ground. of.

Luo Baisu felt ashamed of the child in his heart. Besides, it was just troublesome. Anyway, he would eat it in the end, so he asked Fang to rest. He flattened the rice ball with a stone, then took it out and cut it into pieces, and put it Return to the pot to steam again.

The handmade rice noodles are basically made by rolling stones. Luo Tian was afraid that the rice noodles made would not be tough enough, so he steamed them one more time, steaming them three times and grinding them three times before they were officially released.

At this time, the steamed rice balls were still steamed. Because there was no sliver machine, Luo Tian asked Fang to divide the rice balls into small balls, roll them into thin rice slices with a rolling pin, and then cut them into small finger-width lengths. At this time, Fang's craftsmanship is reflected. The rice skin she rolled out is thin and even, and Luo Tian is very satisfied even if he touches it with his hands.

The cut wide noodles are boiled for a while, then taken out and placed in a bamboo sieve to dry, and then they are ready to eat.

After a hard day, the family steamed three catties of broken rice into wide noodles.If it is made by machine, an average of three taels of white rice can steam a catty of rice noodles, because the current production method is relatively backward, and the flour yield is slightly lower, but there are still seven or eight catties.

In the evening, Fang made a big bowl of rice noodles for everyone with bone soup, mixed with Fang's fried shredded potatoes, and had a delicious meal.

After dinner, when the family finished packing and sat in the house to rest, Luo Tian even shared her little plan, but Fang's objected.

Fang thinks that rice noodles taste smooth and flexible, which is slightly different from noodles, but it is too troublesome to make, and white rice is expensive, so it is better to sell noodles to save trouble.Besides, the farmers are frugal. It is good to cook some porridge mixed with corn and sorghum on weekdays to fill their stomachs. Where there is spare money to eat white rice and noodles, even if they want to eat, they can buy a few catties of white noodles by themselves and cook noodles at home.

But Luo Tian is very thoughtful. This year's corvee is to build the Yongshui Dam, which is far away from the town, and there is not even a place to drink tea nearby. How can the dike pickers go home to eat when they have time?Take a few pickled vegetable pancakes at most, and it would be nice if you can have a mouthful of hot soup at that time, and someone should buy them to eat.

Fang didn't agree, she just felt that she was a child after all, and she was fond of whimsical ideas, but Luo Baisu took a second look at Luo Tiandu, thinking that this child was too smart, and she acted like an adult, so she was a little worried .

He didn't doubt Luo Tiandu's identity. After all, there was a 12-year-old No. [-] scholar in the previous dynasty. Such a comparison, Luo Tiandu's cleverness can understand. I'm afraid that the child is too smart and dies early.

24 The filial sister, Luo Ming, unconditionally supported the younger sister's decision, and followed her to persuade Fang.

In the end, Luo Baisu nodded and said, "That's fine, I've made up my mind, this year I'll pick the embankment for my father, I don't have anything to do with you, it doesn't matter if I try to sell it."

Fang thought about it and agreed.

She thinks more realistically, the family has no money and no food, Luo Baisu quit his job again, the family has no income, and the family has four mouths to eat every day, if they can sell the white rice they bought today, they will get more money in exchange It's also good to order whole grains.

After a few days, the gauze on Luo Tiandu's eyes was removed, his eyes were fine, but there was a white scar on the brow bone of his left eye, although it didn't grow, it was still disfigured.

Fang is worried that she is so young, it will be difficult to marry after her face is disfigured, and there is another worry in her heart.

(End of this chapter)