Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 2

When Su Zhian came back, Su Qinghe was blowing fire under the stove. She had only heard the name of this ancient torch and had never seen the real thing, so she groped for a long time before she could find sparks, and stuffed a handful of dried peanuts piled next to it. The seedlings were in the stove, and they were going to start a fire and cook.

However, she overestimated the burning ability of peanut seedlings. Before she could stuff the wood in, the peanut seedlings were burnt out, leaving only sparks, so she had to stuff another handful of peanut seedlings and lie on the ground. Blow hard and hope that little spark will turn into a big flame.

"Little sister?" Su Zhian yelled outside the door, came over and pulled Su Qinghe up: "You want to cook? Look at me, I'll make a fire for you."

As he spoke, he picked up the torch and blew it out in one breath with puffed cheeks, and then, the torch lit up.Su Zhian quickly grabbed a handful of peanut seedlings and ignited them, then stuffed them into the stove, and quickly set up the wood.

Not long after, the stove was lit up, and the fire was shining brightly.

Su Qinghe stepped on the small bench to wash the rice, Su Zhian looked sideways and was shocked: "How much rice did you catch, little sister?"

Su Qinghe was baffled, and answered softly with fingers: "A spoon."

"Hey, just half a spoonful is enough, you are too wasteful." Su Zhian criticized Su Qinghe very sadly: "Look, there is not much rice in the rice bag, we have to eat it until next month, when the sorghum is sold, we can buy it This rice."

Su Qinghe looked at the small half bag of rice, and felt guilty for no reason: "Well, didn't I think that my father, mother and elder brother have been in the field for a long time, so they must be hungry when they come back?"

Su Zhian gave her a white look: "Isn't there sorghum noodles? Just spread out a few sorghum cakes. I also brought back a handful of wild vegetables. I can wash them later and make a cold dish. Oh, forget it, the rice has been washed. Then let's do it like this. By the way, when did you learn to cook?"

Su Qinghe despised him: "I don't even need to learn. Seeing that my mother has cooked, I can figure it out as soon as I see it." As she said, she poured the scouring rice into the pot, and then began to look for pots and noodles, preparing to spread sorghum cakes.

Su Zhi'an saw that her movements were quite skillful, so he didn't question her any more, and ran outside, carrying a bunch of bright red lantern fruits.Su Qinghe had seen this kind of lantern fruit in her hometown in her previous life, and its appearance was very similar to that of a lantern.

Su Zhian held the small lantern and tore off the outer skin, revealing the round fruit inside, and handed it directly to Su Qinghe's mouth: "Hey, I'll feed you."

Su Qinghe pouted: "I don't want it, second brother, you didn't wash your hands."

Su Zhian looked at his hands, with a puzzled expression on his face: "I've washed them." As for the lantern fruit, it doesn't need to be washed. It grows in the wild. Although there is dust, it's because there is dust on the small lanterns. They want to eat it. , but the red fruit inside the little lantern.

"You caught peanut seedlings again just now, and you lit a fire." Su Qinghe gestured towards the stove, and Su Zhian opened his mouth wide: "Little sister, when did you become so..."

Frowning, Su Zhi'an didn't describe it, but Su Qinghe was startled, and quickly smiled: "I heard people say that eating dirty things will make you sick, I just recovered from my illness, so I don't want to stay in bed all the time. "

Su Zhi'an thought that his little sister was frightened, he laughed twice, and forcefully stuffed the lantern fruit into Su Qinghe's mouth: "Don't worry, it's not dirty, I won't get sick after eating it, besides, I'm not sick anymore. Touch the fruit."

Su Qinghe had no choice but to chew the lantern fruit, it was sweet, just like the taste in memory.However, fortunately, it is a ripe lantern fruit. If it is a green lantern fruit, it can be described by more than a word.

Su Zhi'an was lighting the fire below, and Su Qinghe was standing on the bench to bake the pancakes. She was short and weak, so she couldn't use a rolling pin to roll the pancakes, so she could only spread soft flour pancakes.Add half a basin of water, add two spoonfuls of salt, mix with two scoops of sorghum noodles, sprinkle with a little minced garlic, green onion, green onion, and green cabbage, after stirring, pour it directly on the pan.

Su Qinghe originally planned to get some oil, but when she saw the oil that was almost reaching the bottom of the tank, she felt a little discouraged.Anyway, it can be eaten without oil, so let's be frugal.

"Xiaohe, Zhian?" The siblings had just been busy in the kitchen for a long time when they heard Su Zhang's shout outside. Su Zhian jumped up and went to open the door, talking to the people outside with a smile: "Father, mother, brother, today My little sister and I made dinner, cooked rice soup, spread out soft noodle cakes, and I picked wild vegetables."

Su Jingsen was very surprised: "You two made dinner?"

No wonder he was surprised, Su Qinghe was only six years old, and she was the only girl in the family before, so she was still favored, and she has never cooked before when she grows up.The little girl from other people's family will start to learn to do housework when she is four or five years old, and her own family can be considered passable, and the girl is a little more delicate.As for Su Zhian, a boy, at best he can light a fire and cook a pot of rice porridge, how can he spread pancakes?

Su Zhangshi was a little puzzled: "Could it be your grandma or your elder sister who came to do it?"

"Mother, you really underestimate people. My little sister and I made it together. If you don't believe me, go to the kitchen and have a look. My little sister is spreading the last pancake." Su Zhi'an pouted, and Su Zhang hurried to the kitchen, fearing what would happen to Su Qinghe. Well, it's a trivial matter to break something, I'm afraid she will get hurt or something.

"Ah, our Xiaohe is really capable." After entering the kitchen, she saw that her daughter was picking out the pancakes. Su Zhang felt indescribably at ease. Although she didn't know whether the pancakes were raw or cooked yet, Looks good on the outside.

I flipped through the other pancakes in the box, and I was even more surprised and happy. This was the first time my daughter was cooking, and there was no one to guide her!Except for the first few pieces that were slightly blackened, the others were really good. I tore off a small piece and tasted it, and they were all cooked!
"Good girl, this culinary skill is really talented." Su Zhangshi put her arms around Su Qinghe and kissed her. Su Qinghe was embarrassed and buried her red face on Su Zhangshi's chest. Hug her down from the bench: "My daughter knows how to be considerate of her parents, she is really filial."

"Father and mother work in the fields, it's very hard." Su Qinghe said shyly, pinching the corner of her clothes, Su Jingsen also entered the kitchen, looked at the rice porridge, then looked at the pancakes, picked up Su Qinghe and kissed Su Qinghe again, embarrassed Su Qinghe Pushing his face directly made Su Jingsen laugh out loud.

"Mother, the pancakes made by my little sister are quite delicious, very soft, neither sweet nor salty." Su Zhiping washed his hands outside, then entered the door and tore a piece of pancakes into his mouth, greatly praised Su Qinghe, Compliment Su Qinghe to the point that there is nothing in the sky.

Su Qinghe really didn't know what expression to put on. Although she knew that the six-year-old girl was very favored at home, she felt limited.After all, in the great environment of ancient times, the situation of girls who can be sold directly is really different from that of boys who carry on the family.

It is already a blessing to meet a family that treats girls as their own children, rather than as slaves to livestock.Looking at it now, this little girl is not only favored at home, she is simply the jewel of the whole family, the treasure of the whole family.

"Brother, if you keep talking, the food should be cold." Su Qinghe couldn't take it any longer, so she said blushingly, grabbed the steamed bun basket, and walked out with it. Su Jingsen laughed loudly from behind, and then sighed: "My daughter is shy." , Finally, there is a girl."

"Come on, aren't you happy to have a daughter-in-law? Be a tomboy like before, and you won't be able to cry!" Su Zhang said angrily, reached out and took a rag to wipe the bowl, and then scooped out five bowls of rice soup. Zhiping and Su Jingsen served two bowls each, leaving the last bowl for Su Zhang to take out.

Su Zhian had already sat down on the tree stump, took the rice soup, looked up at Su Zhangshi: "Mother, I picked that vegetable, I washed it, and I mixed it!"

"Okay, you can do it too. By the way, have you fed the pig?" Su Zhangshi asked while sitting down, and Su Zhian nodded repeatedly: "Hey, I made a big bundle of grass and mixed some bran. And a little vegetable leaf."

"Mother, the eldest sister is here today, brought me custard, and said that she will come to help us pick peanuts at night." Su Qinghe also hurriedly reported, and Su Zhangshi nodded with a smile: "Well, your eldest sister is capable, your grandma will help you pick peanuts tonight." Come or not?"

"I don't know, Eldest Sister didn't say anything." Su Qinghe shook her head, Su Jingsen took a bowl of soup and sipped two mouthfuls of soup: "Mom probably wants to help the third brother, the third brother has a small family, and the third sister-in-law is gone, so mother has to go and have a look. "

Mrs. Su Zhang nodded, ate a few mouthfuls of cakes, and asked again: "What is the third brother going to do? Just go on like this? Didn't someone tell him about the girl from the neighboring village a few days ago?"

"Third brother thinks the parents are ugly." Su Jingsen tore up the cake and soaked it in the soup, and drank half a bowl in three or two mouthfuls: "Third brother is still thinking about the third sister-in-law's natal sister, isn't the third sister-in-law's natal sister divorced?" ?”

"Get divorced?" Mrs. Su Zhang was very surprised, she was stunned for a while before asking: "That woman is also beautiful and capable, why did she get divorced?"

"I can't give birth to a child." Su Jingsen pouted and said, Su Zhangshi was about to say something, when she suddenly saw Su Qinghe listening to them with her ears upright, she felt a little weird in her heart, she used to be a young girl, so she couldn't understand what they said, but Now, seeing that my daughter is also sensible, it is better not to say these words in front of the children.

So, after coughing, Mrs. Su Zhang changed the subject: "After hoeing the peanuts, what should I plant in the field?"

"It's better to grow wheat." Su Jingsen thought for a while and said, "I heard from Daniel the other day that there was a new master in the county, and I don't know what kind of official it is. Work for a few days."

"Well, it's not too greedy or too greedy. If you want me to say, it's better for the original master to stay. Anyway, we are acquaintances, and there is a limit to greed." Su Zhang said with a sigh, if the county master is a big corrupt official, then It's been a rough day.

"Father and mother, let the elder brother and the second elder brother go to school. In the future, we will be the number one in the examination and become a high-ranking official. If you are not a corrupt official, then we don't have to be afraid." Su Qinghe hurriedly interjected. It is stipulated that they don't know about the parents.

Su Jingsen frowned and said nothing,
Mrs. Su Zhang sighed: "Your children's family, how do you know so much? Our family can eat enough, but there is no Shuxiu who goes to school. What's more, you need to buy books, paper, ink sticks, inkstones and brushes to go to school. A writing brush costs half a tael of silver! Your elder brother and second brother each have one, and you get a tael of silver in half a year!"

Su Qinghe turned her head to look at Su Zhiping and Su Zhian. Su Zhian was fine and was busy eating, while Su Zhiping's face was a little gloomy.

(End of this chapter)