Farmer's daughter is also self-improvement

Chapter 20
The old lady replied: "No wonder, I think it's not just the milk smell, but also other scents. It turns out to be almonds! Sure enough, there is no peculiar smell." After finishing speaking, she drank the goat milk in one gulp.

Mrs. Wang took the empty bowl and said to the old lady: "Mother-in-law, do you want to bask in the sun in the yard or go back to sleep again." The old lady said, "Let me lie on the bed with you for a while!" After the old lady went to bed, she walked into the stove and saw her grandson and granddaughter playing in the stove, so she smiled and started preparing lunch.

When Li Shasha saw grandma come out, she guessed that the old lady had already fallen asleep, so she asked Wang, "Grandma, where did auntie go?" Wang replied, "I guess she went to wash clothes by the stream." Li Shasha thought very much. After going to the stream to play, I said to Wang: "Grandma, can I go to the stream to find my aunt? See if she has finished washing her clothes."

Mrs. Wang was taken aback, and said worriedly: "Sister Sha, you can't go to that stream again. Last time you fell, you almost died. Grandma, I don't worry." Li Shasha smiled and pulled grandma The corner of his clothes said: "Grandma, I promise not to run around or provoke those bad guys this time. Besides, I will ask my brother to accompany me there."

Li Xianzhi hurriedly continued: "Grandma, I will go with Sister Sha, and I will not let her have any accidents." The two stepped forward together and began to shake Wang's arms from left to right, and Wang had no choice but to agree to them.

Li Shasha followed behind her brother, and the two walked out the door to the stream at the entrance of the village, talking and laughing.Walking to the edge of the stream, Li Shasha saw for the first time the creek that almost drowned her. Because of the drought and no rain, the water in the creek was much smaller, and it looked like it was almost a small ditch.Li Yulan was squatting among a group of chattering women, beating the clothes with a laundry mallet.Li Shasha had never seen this kind of laundry method, and stood there watching with relish.

Li Xianzhi was about to go down to the stream to talk to his aunt, but he saw his sister staring at her aunt washing clothes.Just reached out and tugged at her sleeve, Li Shasha came to her senses and let Li Xianzhi lead her hand down the slope.Someone on the shore who recognized the brothers and sisters joked: "Brother Zhi is really old, and he knows how to lead his younger sister." The brothers and sisters had to say hello to those who knew the seven aunts and eight aunts one by one.

Squatting next to Li Yulan was Li Qiaoer, the second daughter of Li Zhusheng's family who lives below her house. Seeing the two brothers and sisters approaching, she pouted at Li Yulan to let her look behind her.The two had already arrived behind Li Yulan and shouted in unison: "Auntie, we are here to pick you up." Li Yulan heard the shout, stopped the mallet in her hand, turned her head to see the two brothers and sisters, and smiled: "Just take the old lady here." , Auntie will wash it now, I will meet later, sister Sha can't come any closer, be careful to fall down again."

Li Shasha interjected: "Auntie, I'm very careful, I won't! Let me wait for you here." Seeing Li Yulan's persuasion, she had no choice but to say to Li Xianzhi: "Brother Zhi, you have to hold my sister's hand tightly." That's it, auntie, that's it." After finishing speaking, he turned around and went back to work, wrung out the washed clothes and put them into the back basket, rinsed the stick with the stream water and put them in the back basket, said goodbye to Li Qiaoer, and then put the back basket On the back, each hand took one to go home.

Along the way, Li Yulan asked about the situation of picking up the old lady. Knowing that Mrs. Wang had already started making lunch, she rushed a few feet, making Li Shasha unable to catch up.Li Shasha took her aunt's hand and shouted: "Auntie, don't worry, I still have something to tell you."

Li Yulan stopped for a while and asked: "Sister Sha, what else do you want to say, hurry up and say it. I'll go home and help grandma cook!" Li Shasha was moved, but Li Yulan really loved Mrs. Wang, It is true that the Wang family has not loved Li Yulan in vain these years.

She said to Li Yulan solemnly: "Auntie, do you still remember that there are two dishes that you can't cook? I have a recipe here. If you follow this recipe, it will definitely be delicious." After speaking, she blinked at Li Yulan with one eye.

Li Yulan understood that she couldn't say it in front of Li Xianzhi, so she said to Li Xianzhi: "Brother Zhi, take a few steps, go tell grandma that aunt will be back, let her rest first, and wait for aunt to come back to do any work. Sister Sha and I will arrive later, but Sister Sha has short legs and cannot run fast."

Li Xianzhi responded, and skipped forward.Li Yulan pinched Li Shasha's face, and said, "Little monster, hurry up and tell auntie, auntie will go home and cook something delicious for you." Li Shasha said how to cook tomatoes with scrambled eggs, cold tomatoes, and dry pot cauliflower I gave it to Li Yulan.Then he said to Li Yulan with some regret: "The cauliflower in the dry pot will taste better if there are some fatty meat slices in it."

After hearing this, Li Yulan said: "There are no fatty meat slices. If I use lard to make it, will it work?" Li Shasha asked in surprise: "Lard, does our family still have this?" Li Yulan smiled and said: "It's still during the Chinese New Year, your mother The pork I bought back has been refined, and I have been reluctant to eat it, so I put it away, and it will come in handy now."

After hearing this, Li Shasha said happily: "If there is lard, it will be delicious. Then let's go home and try it!" After speaking, she pulled Li Yulan to run.

When the two entered the house, Mrs. Wang was still busy by the stove.Li Yulan put down the basket, ran over and pulled Wang Shi away and said, "Mother, didn't I tell Brother Zhi to come back and tell you to do it after I come back. You are in better shape, so you can't be tired anymore." Wang Shi said disapprovingly: "They are all peasants, not so delicate. I feel uncomfortable seeing the work not done. There is no heavy work on the left and right, so you can ask me to help with it."

Li Yulan couldn't say no to Mrs. Wang, so she had to say: "Mom, how about this, you go to dry the clothes, and I will cook. Sister Sha told me a few cooking methods, and I just tried it, so don't be polite to me." " After finishing speaking, he put the basket on the open space behind the house, where a few hemp ropes had already been stretched, which were used for drying clothes.

Wang couldn't hold back Li Yulan, so she had to dry the clothes behind the house, and Li Yulan went back to the kitchen to make lunch.Li Shasha went into the house and disappeared. Li Xianzhi knew that he had to go out for a walk when he had the opportunity, so he didn't care.Sit directly in front of the stove and help Li Yulan light the fire.

After Wang finished drying all the clothes, she returned to the stove, only to smell the smell of meat, which was very strange.So I went over and asked Li Yulan, "What kind of dish are you doing? Why does it smell like meat?" Li Yulan covered her mouth and smiled, "Mother, where is the meat? This is a dry pot of cauliflower that I made with lard. .It smells good!"

Mrs. Wang nodded repeatedly, and saw Li Yulan put the cauliflower into a small pot, put the small pot on the charcoal stove, and brought it to the dining table together with the charcoal stove.Seeing Li Yulan cutting the bright red fruit called tomato into small pieces, breaking two eggs into a bowl and breaking them up, she wanted to step forward to help.

Li Yulan stopped her and said: "Mom, I'm enough here alone, you go and wake up our grandma, let grandma wake up and doze off, and it will be delicious after eating!" Li Shasha also chimed in: "That's right. Grandma, hurry up and wake the old lady up, lest she lose her appetite later. And my brother has gone crazy, you go outside and yell, tell him to go home for dinner. "

Mrs. Wang hung the basket on the wall and went into the back room.In fact, the old lady woke up a long time ago, but yesterday's exhaustion made her a little lazy, so she didn't want to get up.Seeing the third daughter-in-law coming, she sat up, leaned on the pillow and said, "Don't call me, I'll be a little lazy now, you go outside and call Brother Zhi for dinner."

Mrs. Wang nodded in agreement, went out of the room, stood on the ground and yelled loudly: "Brother Zhi, go home for dinner!" The answer is here. "Hey, I got it, I'll be back now!" Li Xianzhi's voice also echoed.

The mountains are empty, and there are echoes in these two voices, a little bit like answering elder brother.Li Shasha couldn't help laughing when she heard it. Although there were no telephones in ancient times, the effect of mobile phones can still be achieved with the help of nature!It's just that the vital capacity is higher.

Not long after, Li Xianzhi came back with a small basket on his back. Li Shasha saw that he wasn't out to play, and didn't know what he had picked outside.Li Shasha stepped forward to look at his basket, and he smiled and put down the basket and said, "I bought some grass for the rabbit outside, but I don't know whether to eat it or not? Let's go and feed the little rabbit with my brother!" Li Shasha went to his house to feed the little rabbit.

When everyone gathered at the dinner table, the dishes on the table immediately moved their index fingers.The old lady was even more surprised. There were two dishes on the table that even she, who was almost 70 years old, had never seen before.Put it in your mouth and taste it, it tastes good.Scrambled eggs with red fruits are sweet and sour, and when mixed with rice, it is simply too delicious.

And this rice is actually the sweetest and softest rice I have eaten in the past few years.The white flower tastes crisp and raw, and it smells like meat after being fried with lard.

The old lady nodded as she ate, and she ate a bowl after a while.Seeing that her mother-in-law had eaten up all the rice in her bowl, Mrs. Wang immediately stood up and helped to fill the second bowl.Seeing this, the old lady hurriedly said: "Today's dishes are so delicious. What kind of dishes are these? Why have I never seen some of them. Third daughter-in-law, please save some food for me. My stomach can barely hold anything."

Mrs. Wang didn't listen to the old lady's words, she filled a bowl full and handed it over, saying: "Grandma, eat slowly, if you can't finish it, just put it there, I'll just eat it. When I come here, I can still make you hungry." No." The old lady usually doesn't eat well at her third son's house, because she also knows that the third daughter-in-law is a good person, but she is not very good at working in the field, and she can't raise a thing well.It's strange to come back today, not only the delicious white rice, but also a few dishes that I haven't seen before.

The old lady asked a little strangely: "Third daughter-in-law, this rice tastes very good too. Is this rice grown in your field?" Mrs. Wang was startled, remembering what she had said to Li Yulan and Li Shasha, and replied: "Mother-in-law, these are all sent by my natal brothers. You have to eat well. I will ask them to send more next time. Let's eat this every day." The old lady nodded and said, "I didn't expect your natal family to grow If you produce such delicious food, in the future you will go back and ask how it was grown, and we will grow some of this kind of food in the future."

Wang could only keep his promise, and then looked at his grandson and granddaughter, but they didn't speak, just buried their heads in hard work.It was a little funny, and said: "Brother Zhi, sister Sha, eat slowly, isn't there more?" Li Xianzhi, who usually talks the most, said to Wang without raising his head: "Grandma, today's dishes are so delicious. I can't slow down." Hearing this, everyone almost spit out the food in their mouths.

(End of this chapter)