Farmer's Head: Busy farming

Chapter 5 This Grass Is Onion
Chapter 5

Although the taste wasn't good, Meng Xi'er drank half a bowl of broth and ate two corn tortillas after singing songs in Wu Zang Temple, and her stomach was satisfied.

The two sisters of the Meng family came out of the kitchen, and the women visiting the yard outside dispersed. Mrs. Liu was still sitting on the stool, embroidering flowers bit by bit. It was a veil made of white silk, bright and clean, Liu's dexterous hand shuttled the red silk thread back and forth, and saw a red lotus take shape.

Meng Xi'er also obediently sat beside Liu Shi. In her memory, this seemed to be an income for earning money, embroidering handkerchiefs earned some money, and this handkerchief only earned thirty cash, so it really cost Liu Shi two dollars. Three days of work.

"Yuan'er, tomorrow is the delivery time. Take Xi'er around the town and buy her something she likes." Liu lowered her head, staring at the embroidery work in her hand, and said softly road.

Meng Yuan'er was also embroidering with a handkerchief, but her embroidery was a bit stingy compared to Liu's. There were only seven or eight lavender daisies, although it looked a bit monotonous. But don't have a sense of beauty.

"Understood mother." Meng Yuan'er replied, looked up at Xi'er, and asked with a smile, "Xi'er, second sister will buy you your favorite candied cake tomorrow."

Meng Xier was taken aback for a moment, and realized that she was calling herself, so she hurriedly nodded and said, "Okay." Thinking of the simple ingredients in the kitchen and the broth with unknown flavors, she said hesitantly, "Mother, second sister , I want to go to our family's vegetable field to see, there is nothing to eat in this kitchen."

Hearing what Meng Xier said, Liu Shi also nodded, and then said, "You are right, then you two sisters go and have a look, the weather in June, many dishes are already cooked."

When Meng Xier heard this, she realized that it was already June, but why is the temperature not very high?He lowered his head to look at the clothes he was wearing, not to mention the long-sleeved trousers, there was a dusty skirt outside the trousers.

Meng Yuaner is only seventeen or eighteen years old. Compared with doing needlework at home, going to the vegetable bed is more free. She hurriedly put the handkerchief and needlework in the needlework basket, and then replied, " Alright, Xi'er, let's go to the vegetable field."

Meng Xi'er nodded, stood up and held Meng Yuan'er's hand, and was about to leave. When she reached the gate of the yard, she just remembered something, turned her head to look at Mrs. Liu and smiled sweetly, "Mother, we'll be back in a while!"

Liu raised her head and saw Xi'er's bright smile, she was in a daze for a while, then hurriedly nodded and waved to let them go. In fact, it wasn't just Meng Yuaner, Liu also found that Xi'er seemed to be different this time when she woke up. But I can't say it, could it be that this is the legendary enlightenment?The daughter is afraid that it was a blessing in disguise.

Meng Xier looked at it all the way. This was a world she had never seen before. The green vegetable beds were neatly distributed on the ridges like tofu cubes, and there were unknown wild flowers swaying in the wind. In the air was only the fragrance of grass and trees and The breath of soil, such clean air, can only be smelled when I was a child in my grandma's house in the countryside.

This vegetable field is not very far from home. It is just at the foot of the front mountain. There is a small river next to it.

"So many vegetables." Meng Xier couldn't help being a little surprised when she saw the vegetable field in front of her. The green cucumbers and vegetables, and the bright red peppers were already fruitful.

Meng Yuaner dragged Meng Xier along and said, "Xi'er, let's pick two cucumbers and eat them back."

"Well, pick some peppers too." Meng Xier nodded, with only the red peppers in her eyes, she said excitedly.

Meng Yuaner was taken aback for a moment, and asked a little puzzled, "What is chili?"

"." Meng Xier pointed at the red chili pepper, then turned to ask Meng Yuaner, "Second Sister, what is this called?"

Meng Yuan'er's eyes fell on the glowing red plant, and her eyelids twitched involuntarily. The girl said that the thing was poisonous, and after eating it, her face turned red and her mouth was numb, and she quickly waved her hands and said, "That thing is poisonous!"

poisonous?Poison pepper?I haven't heard of it yet. Thinking about it carefully, there seems to be no such thing as chili in this kitchen. Xi'er couldn't help asking curiously, "Why do you grow it if it's poisonous?"

"Where did you grow it yourself? It's useless to pull it out. It grows again in the second year. After a long time, I don't bother to pull it out. As long as I don't touch it, I think about it. The more I think about it, the more it grows." Meng Meng For the first time, Yuan'er had a helpless expression on her face.

When Meng Xi'er heard this, she kept complaining in her heart, you bunch of ignorant people!What a waste!Such a good pepper, you actually treat it as a poison, no wonder it doesn’t taste good when cooking, I’m afraid that many seasonings are not used.

Although Meng Xi'er was picky, she was good at cooking, so she took the matter of eating very seriously.

"Then pick the vegetables." Meng Xier could only nod silently, looking at the chili peppers, but she didn't dare to do it. She secretly made some for them to try some other day, so they would probably be able to accept it. Today, let's put the chili peppers to save her life.

The two picked three or four cucumbers and a few handfuls of green vegetables, and then they returned home. Meng Xier was very depressed, she couldn't eat this, and she couldn't eat that. " Acting like a baby, Meng Yuaner asked to pick it back, and kept muttering, "Is this grass edible?"

"Second sister, this is onion."

"What? Is this grass called onion?"

"It's not grass, it's green onions, you can eat it!"

Meng Yuan'er curled her lips, but still couldn't accept it, and said with disgust, "This smell is very offensive to the nose, how can it be delicious."

The two of them went back home just like this. Seeing the sunset, Meng Hai and Meng Changdong were about to come back after finishing their work. Mrs. Liu took the two sisters to work in the kitchen and put Fresh cucumbers are sliced ​​and sprinkled with salt, and this becomes a dish.

Meng Xi'er couldn't comment on her mother's clumsy culinary skills, so she could only silently wash off the dirt on the shallots, cut them into minced green onions, and prepared to sprinkle them into the pot.

"Hey, Xi'er, stop!" Meng Yuan'er had sharp eyes, and she saw that Xi'er was about to throw the green grass into the pot at a glance, so she hurriedly stopped her.

Xi'er had already stretched out her hand, but she could only retract it silently, stuck out her tongue and said, "Second sister, this is really delicious, why don't I put it in a bowl, and you can try some broth .”

Meng Yuan'er was taken aback, but looking at Xi'er's posture, she seemed to disagree, and she would throw this in the next moment, so she nodded with difficulty.

Meng Xier's goal was achieved, she put the diced green onion in the bottom of the bowl, poured hot soup on it, and the aroma permeated all at once, then handed the bowl in her hand to Meng Yuaner, and then said, "Second sister, Try it!"

(End of this chapter)