farmer's wife

Chapter 23
Xiao Lie led Xiao Jian to the door of the kitchen, before entering, he could already smell the tangy aroma of food.

The aroma of frying oil can be as delicious as meat and meat, and the sweet aroma of fried flour wafts out. Xiao Jian slightly raised his head to smell it, as if he had seen the soft and glutinous bread.

My sister-in-law is cooking delicious food again!
Xiao Jian couldn't help holding back the eldest brother who was still walking slowly, and ran forward quickly, "Sister-in-law! It smells so good!"

Xiao Lie found this little greedy cat amused, he had long legs, and he took big strides to keep up with Xiao Ran's short legs.

After a few steps into the kitchen, Xiao Jian grabbed the corner of the table and tiptoed to look at the table.

Sure enough, on the big plate was fried until golden omelets, which were wrapped in thin and long emerald green diced leeks, bright in color, and still steaming slowly from the oven.

Xiao Jian's round eyes are full of round pancakes.

Fu Yan was pinching the rice ball and teasing him: "Oh, that's too bad! My sister-in-law forgot whether there is any seasoning in the omelette, will it be bland and not delicious?"

How can such a beautiful omelet be unpalatable?Xiao Jian tilted her head, disbelieving and feeling lost.

He volunteered: "Me! I'll help my sister-in-law taste it." The food is precious and my sister-in-law made it hard. Even if it tastes bad, Xiao Jian secretly decides to finish eating it!

Xiao Lie smiled, and didn't expose Fu Yan's teasing, and also cooperated with Xiao Jian by sandwiching an omelette.

The pancakes were too big to hold, so Xiao Jian simply grabbed the slightly hot pancakes with both hands, folded them into a burrito shape, and took a small bite after mental preparation.Immediately, the sweetness of the food exploded in his mouth, the softness of the dough, the smoothness and tenderness of the egg, and the unique fragrance of leeks.

Xiao Jian opened her eyes wide in surprise, and took another big bite, big bite...

Seeing that he ate a third of the cake in the blink of an eye, it seems that the taste is not bad.Fu Yan couldn't laugh or cry, Xiao Lie quickly poured him a bowl of water: "Eat slowly!"

Xiao Jian nodded, and slowly finished chewing the food: "Sister-in-law, the omelette is delicious, and the seasoning you put in is just right!"

Silly boy!
Fu Yan: "Ah Jian, eat slowly. Brother Alie, go to the backyard and pick some lettuce leaves for me. I will make rice balls."

Xiao Lie nodded, went to pick some lettuce leaves, washed them and sent them to the kitchen.

If there is no seaweed, lettuce leaves can be used to wrap the rice balls. It is convenient to eat with your hands, and you can also taste the crispness of the vegetables at the same time.

After quickly eating a few omelets and rice balls, Xiao Lie took the food oil paper bag Fu Yan prepared for him, and went up the mountain to inspect the prey.

This meal was considered early lunch, and Fu Yan put the remaining omelets and rice balls in the pot to keep warm.

"Ah Jian, you are hungry in the afternoon and come to see sister-in-law, and I will bring you an omelet."

"Okay." It's not that Xiao Jian couldn't eat anymore, but he still wanted to eat delicious pancakes!

"Go to the living room and take the sand table to play in the yard. First, review the words my sister-in-law taught you yesterday, and I will teach you new ones later."

Hearing that the sand table was ready, Xiao Jian happily went to get a new toy to learn characters.

Fu Yan cleaned and soaked the pork and pork belly, and went back to the house to take an embroidery basket to do embroidery work.

In the quiet courtyard, tall and straight jujube trees stretch out their branches against the sun, casting green shade on the big and small under the trees.

Time passed unhurriedly, and the shifting sun was able to spy on the flow of time.

A purse embroidered with peonies in full bloom was slowly stitched into shape by Fu Yan's dexterous hands.Fu Yan looked back and forth for inspection, and put down the finished product with satisfaction.She stood up and stretched, moving her rigid body.

Ah Jian is smart and can concentrate for a long time. She is still learning the names of Fu Yan and her parents.

Fu Yan asked warmly, "Is Ah Jian hungry?"

Xiao Jian stopped the branch she was gesticulating in her hand, and touched her belly, which was flat.Nod, hungry.

Fu Yan stretched out her hand to him, "Let's go eat cakes! Pad your stomach first, and we'll have dumplings tonight."

Xiao Jian was still young, so she hadn't eaten dumplings a few times. Her impression was that every New Year's Eve, the aunt of the village head's family would give them two bowls of dumplings. The big white bread was topped with meat. It was delicious.

To fill Xiao Jian's stomach, Fu Yan sent him to continue playing in the yard, while she started to process the ingredients.

Pork belly and lungs are served with bamboo shoots and mushrooms in a soup, simmering slowly over low heat.

The pork is minced into minced meat, served with minced cabbage, eggs, and dried tofu, minced, seasoned, and stirred together.After the dumpling stuffing was adjusted and set aside, she cleaned the dining table, took out the rolling pin to roll out the dough, and kneaded it constantly to ensure the dough was firm. After cutting out a small piece of dough, she rotated the dough with one hand and finely twisted it into a round shape with the rolling pin in the other. dumpling wrappers.

Fu Yan wrapped the stuffing flexibly with her hands and feet, and the fat and white dumplings that looked like ingots were neatly arranged.

As the sky was getting dark, Xiao Jian packed up the things in the yard and went back to the house, "Du-doo-doo-" There was a knock on the courtyard door.

"Who is it?" Xiao Jian came to the door and asked.

Fu Yan's hand was full of flour and it was inconvenient to open the door, so she walked to the kitchen door and watched.

"It's me, Sun Changming." A deep male voice came from outside the door.

"Sister-in-law, it's Uncle Changming!" Xiao Jian was delighted, and opened the door bolt after seeing Fu Yan nodding.

Sun Changming came in with two baskets.

"Master." Fu Yan washed her hands and came out.

Sun Changming handed a small basket to Fu Yan, all of which were copper coins, "This is the money for selling pigs today. Ten catties of pig heads cost one hundred Wen; twenty one catties of pig feet cost eighty Wen; thirteen catties of pork cost 58 The folks bought 36 catties. The rest of the meat was ten cents a catty, and some bones, internal organs, pig blood and so on were worth thirty cents, and they were all taken away by Sun Shichun. Here is a total of 890 eight cents, you order."

The price was agreed between Xiao Lie and Butcher Sun, and Fu Yan also heard from Xiao Lie.Since they are friends, she naturally doesn't care about more or less, not to mention how the master has taken care of the two brothers for so many years, so how could they be ignorant of the money.

Fu Yan took the basket: "No need, Master has worked hard for us all day, come in and have a rest."

Xiao Jian took his Uncle Chang Ming to sit in the living room.

Fu Yan poured a cup of tea for Sun Changming, and Sun Changming took a sip and put it aside, "You don't need to take care of me, you can go and do your work. It's fine to have Xiao Jian with me."

He gestured to Fu Yan for another basket at his feet: "Xiao Lie put today's prey in my place, and he went back to the mountain to get the rest. These are the three pheasants and one pheasant he asked me to bring over first." I told you to keep the hare with fur for your own food."

"I see, then master, you can do it yourself." Fu Yan didn't pretend to be polite with the master, and carried the game basket to the warehouse, and sent the money to their east room for safekeeping.

Xiao Lie knew that Fu Yan didn't like to keep meat for a long time, but liked to eat fresh.It happened that the family was able to hunt, so he brought back fresh ones in a day or two, and the pheasants could be raised for another two days when he brought them back.

(End of this chapter)