Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 319 Entertaining
The sun had just set in the west, and the afterglow lit up the west.

The back of the small mountain village is reflected in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the streams and rivers on the meadow run down, and the sparkling water on the river looks extraordinarily beautiful under the shining of the setting sun.

The chimneys of the small courtyards scattered on the hillside are smoking, and the cooking smoke is lingering, and they have already started cooking.The strong smell of firewood permeates, accompanied by the fresh air, fully displaying the atmosphere of fireworks in the world.

Li Hongbing took Shan Xing back to the old house, and the yard was quiet, except for the two half-weight-loss brothers, Ryuda Owl, squatting alone under the eaves.

"What about the family?"

"Cuckoo!"

The two brothers, Liuda Owl, stared innocently, saying that the family members were all in the barn, and asked for food.

Li Hongbing sternly said, "No, I can only eat three small fish a day, and I don't know how fat I will become."

Goooo!

The two owl brothers flapped their wings, moved their bodies, and cooed eagerly,
If you say that you have become much thinner, don't believe me.

"That won't work, at least it will be reduced to what it was when we first came here." Li Hongbing once again ruthlessly refused the request of the two brothers, but he didn't know what hand gestures Shan Xing was secretly making behind his back.

The two owl brothers immediately cheered and cooed happily, which aroused Li Hongbing's doubts, these two birds must be hungry and stupid.

"Xing, I'll go to the barn for a walk, you pack up the dishes, and I'll cook myself in the evening."

"okay!"

Shan Xing watched Brother Hongbing walk out of the yard, turned around and went to the chicken coop, took out four steaming eggs and put them into the bird's nest, and whispered to Brother Liuda Owl.

"Shh, eat it secretly, don't be discovered!"

Brother Liuda Owl was so moved that he almost cried, stuffed the egg under his furry buttocks, widened his innocent eyes, and pretended nothing happened.

meadow.

A group of villagers put the finishing touches on the expanded barn.

When the barn was first built, four wooden sheds were simply built, surrounded by wooden fences, as long as there were enough sheep and pigs.

Who would have thought that Blackhorn, a dreg sheep, would work day and night for the reproduction of the race. One hundred small-tailed Han sheep had now grown to one hundred and sixty-seven.

The other forty native pigs did not have litters, but they grew in size. They weighed only 100 catties when they were bought, but now they weigh more than [-] catties. They are squeezed into the narrow shed and it is difficult to turn around.

Later, the Bull Demon King's family and Heifeng arrived, completely crowding the barn out of space.

The herd of wild boars is still sleeping in the open air. In the future, when the cubs of the old pigs land, the number of wild boars will increase explosively. You must know that sows can have two to three litters a year. Only above.

With so many livestock living together in a small wooden shed, Li Hongbing somewhat resembles a vicious capitalist.

Li Hongbing wandered to the meadow with big flowers.

The old barn disappeared, replaced by several independent wooden sheds side by side. Each shed is made of carbonized pine wood, and the roof is covered with pine bark. The space is larger than the original barn, and the sheds are separated by fences.

"Hand up the last wooden beam, don't push me down again."

"Come here, someone, the roof of the shed is going to be covered with bark."

"Victory, be careful."

Li Hongbing took a wide-eyed look, not only Li Hongqi, Shengli, Jianjun, Shawa, but also Shuisheng, Laogen, Dakui, and more than a dozen people from Fusheng Village helped expand the barn.

hum!

The old pig who was sowing seeds in the open field saw Li Hongbing, and his scumbag attributes were undoubtedly revealed. He directly left the new wife he had just found, ran over grunting, and leaned close to Li Hongbing, shaking his head.

Patting the old pig's big head, Li Hongbing said meaningfully, "You don't want to harm the pig, and the children and grandchildren will watch you all over the place!"

hum!

The old pig didn't care about it, and he did the same in the mountains, anyway, the piglets born had pig belts.

Scumbag, Black Horn is better than you, at least it knows how to bring up babies.

Too lazy to talk to the old pig, Li Hongbing walked towards the construction site of the wooden shed.

"Uncle Hong Bing, you're back!" Standing on the top of the shed, Shui Sheng saw Li Hong Bing at a glance, and hurriedly stood up to say hello, the last three words were particularly emphatic.

"I just sent Mrs. Chunlan and Xiucai back, and the things are at your house." Li Hongbing knew that Shuisheng was asking for money.

After all, borrowing money, no matter in the countryside or in the city, is a shameful thing in the eyes of any man.

"Thank you!" Shui Sheng's heart hanging in the air finally fell to the ground. His exhausted body after a day's work seemed to be infused with new strength. He became energetic and raised his hammer to start working.

The shirtless Li Hongqi walked over with a carbonized tree trunk on his shoulders, grinning and said, "Brother, how is the barn covered?"

"That's right, why did you call your father here?" Li Hongbing nodded.

Li Hongqi wiped off the sweat from his face, "When I went out this morning, I bumped into my father. He knew that you were going to expand the barn, and he thought we couldn't do it well, so he called all his uncles to help."

Looking at the construction site in full swing, Li Hongbing felt warm in his heart.

This is the human touch in the countryside. No matter who has something to do, whether it is a wedding, a funeral, building a house, helping with farm work, repairing a light, connecting a line, or a broken water pipe, the villagers and neighbors will help enthusiastically. .

The people in the village help each other enthusiastically because they all know each other well, know the basics, pay attention to human touch, and value human touch more. If you have something to do with your family, I will help you.

Of course, there is also an example, that can only be said that the character is too bad, no matter in general, there are many charcoal in the snow, but there are still very few people who fall into trouble.

Since returning to Caogou Village, Li Hongbing did not rely on the shadow of his grandfather to run amok in the village. Instead, he established his prestige bit by bit, step by step, and subtly changed the lives of the villagers.

Li Hongbing took out his cigarette, handed out a cigarette to the helping villagers one by one, and said a few words.

Finally hello guys.

"Don't leave after finishing the work. I will show my hands in the kitchen in the evening. I have enough meat and wine!"

This sentence drew applause from everyone, and he became more motivated to work.

In the whole Caogou Village, who doesn't know that Uncle Hongbing's family eats a lot of fish and meat, and rinsing their mouths after eating is like drinking oily soup.

Li Hongbing trotted all the way back to the old house.

Anna, who had just disappeared, was playing with her daughter in the rice field. The wolf dog, little golden monkey, and bear cubs were all there, and a group of little wild boar cubs were behind the two girls.

"Father, I miss you so much." Anna looked up and saw Li Hongbing, she threw herself into her arms and acted like a baby.

I usually see myself like to answer and ignore, but now I will be so affectionate suddenly, and I will be courteous for nothing, so nothing good will happen.

Li Hongbing didn't eat this set, and pushed away the villain in his arms.

"Say, what are you doing again!"

Anna squirmed, lowered her head and played with her fingers, and the girl next to her snickered, "Uncle, Anna imitated you to sign the homework, and was discovered by Teacher Cui, and asked you to go to school tomorrow."

What!
That's it!

Li Hongbing looked at his daughter contemptuously, "It's not ashamed to lose face, you can still be caught if you imitate the signature. I think I used to imitate your grandfather's signature when I went to school, and I was never caught by the teacher."

At this time, Shan Xing came out of the kitchen with a plate of vegetables. Hearing Li Hongbing's words, he smiled and said, "Don't listen to your father's bragging. When I was in school, the old man signed in traditional characters, which was beautiful. Your father used simplified characters. It was written like a dog crawling, was sued by the teacher, and was almost beaten to death by the old man."

Forehead!
As soon as he pretended to be coercive, he was exposed by Shan Xing. Li Hongbing panicked with embarrassment, and reprimanded Anna with a straight face, "Okay, don't learn, and you will do some crooked ways. I will deal with you after I finish cooking."

Li Hongbing ran into the kitchen on the pretext of having a meal, and behind him were bursts of laughter and the two girls pestering Shan Xing to inquire about the embarrassing things he did when he was a child, annoyed that the big and small padded jackets were all leaking!

Clean up your mood and throw yourself into the busy cooking.

There are quite a few villagers who help build the barn today, and at least two seats are required.

Now it is definitely too late to cook dishes one by one.

Li Hongbing put on his apron, showed his ultimate culinary skills, and stewed.

Literally, it means throwing all kinds of vegetables into the pot and cooking them together. As long as the oil is put in focus, it is convenient and delicious to cook in two large pots.

After deciding on the dishes, Li Hongbing began to search for ingredients in the kitchen.

The beef, pork, pork ribs, and chicken refrigerated in the refrigerator, the vermicelli noodles, dried mushrooms, fungus, and day lily in the storage room are all taken out in one go, and the ones that need to be thawed are thawed, and the ones that need to be soaked are soaked.

The jingling, clanging and clanging noises in the kitchen attracted Shan Xing, who looked at the mess in the kitchen and asked curiously, "Brother, you are moving!"

Li Hongbing chops the ribs with a kitchen knife, and doesn't care to look back, "Make a big mess, you go to the vegetable garden to pick some beans, eggplants, and potatoes. There are so many people at night that there is no time to cook."

Soon, the side dishes are ready.

Two large pots on the stove were burning with white smoke. Li Hongbing took the oil pot, dug a few tablespoons of lard into each pot, and poured a small half pot of soybean oil. Yes, no amount of oil in the house can withstand such a toss.

"Don't shake your head, it will be done later, you won't be able to eat enough, you will have the strength to scream at night."

spit!
Shan Xing glared at the unruly man shyly, then looked towards the kitchen door with a guilty conscience, "The children are all outside!"

Li Hongbing chuckled, and poured the beef that had been cut in advance into the oil pan.

Stab it!

As the oil splattered, the beef rolled in the hot oil. While stirring, Li Hongbing did not forget to teach the apricot cooking skills.

"Beef is not cooked well, so it needs to be fried in oil first, and then pork, pork ribs, and chicken are put into the pot."

After a while, the beef in the pot was shrunk by the hot oil. Li Hongbing poured other meat into the pot and continued to stir-fry, and then added the spices soaked in water in advance.

As the spices are put into the pot and mixed with the meat, there is a strong aroma.

Finally, pour the whole bucket of soybean paste into the pot and continue to stir-fry until the aroma is released.

This process is basically half stewed even if it is half done.

Next, pour half of the pot of water, put the soaked dried mushrooms, fungus, day lily, and dried Jiangdou into the pot, cover the pot, add firewood to the stove and cook on high heat.

"Is this delicious?" Poured all the ingredients into the pot and cooked randomly. Shan Xing had never seen such a dish and expressed doubts.

Li Hongbing raised his chin, looking arrogant, "It's guaranteed to be delicious."

As the soup in the pot boiled slowly, the tempting aroma floated out of the kitchen along the chimney and spread over the old house.

At some point, the kitchen door was crowded with little heads, and among them, Anna blinked her big eyes and asked crisply.

"Dad, is dinner ready?"

Little man, ask questions knowingly.

Li Hongbing waved, "Come in, everyone!"

The children rushed into the kitchen with a rush, their eyes were around the pot, and their saliva almost flowed from the corners of their mouths.

"If I dared to surround the pot before, your great-grandfather would have slapped me long ago," Li Hongbing complained. The moment he lifted the pot lid, a rich aroma filled the air in the kitchen.

Shan Xing took out the bowls and chopsticks from the cupboard, and said dissatisfiedly, "What time is it now, who still sticks to the old rules, you are becoming more and more like an antique now."

exactly!
Smart men don't reason with women.

Li Hongbing wisely closed his mouth, took the bowl full of two big bowls of meat, held the bottom of the bowl with a wet rag, and handed it to Anna and Nannan respectively, "Be careful of burning your hands, don't feed them to animals, they can't eat meat that is too salty .”

"Understood!" The two girls ran out of the kitchen excitedly holding the bowls, and the animals followed behind. As for Li Hongbing's words that he couldn't eat, he just put them in one ear and out the other, acting coquettishly and cute, and the meat was not good. That's it.

When the kitchen quieted down, Li Hongbing picked up a piece of beef and brought it to Shan Xing's mouth, "Taste my cooking."

Seeing Brother Hongbing being so considerate, Shan Xing felt sweet in his heart. After eating the beef, his mouth was immediately full of meaty aroma. To describe it in one word, it is delicious.

"Aren't you familiar?" Li Hongbing asked in dismay.

Shan Xing rolled his eyes at him, "It's ripe, it's delicious!"

Nonsense, it must be delicious!

A delicious stew must meet three requirements, the soup is thick, the taste is strong, and the oil and water are sufficient.

I used a catty of lard, three catties of soybean oil, chili, cinnamon, star anise, Chinese prickly ash and various spices to fill a soup bowl. There are also soybean paste, soy sauce, oyster sauce, spicy sauce, not to mention stews, but stewed soles The dishes are delicious.

With a smug expression on his face, Li Hongbing picked up the washed potatoes and eggplants and threw them into the pot, then covered the pot again.

"When they finish work, it will be out of the pot."

Branches on the moon.

A group of people came back from work and walked into the old house carrying farm tools. At noon, there was no one at the Red Soldier’s house. Everyone took a bite of their own pancakes and white buns. After a day’s work, their stomachs would growl hungry.

But stepping through the gate, a thick stewed meat aroma penetrated everyone's noses.

"Hey, I smell delicious! What does Uncle Hongbing make delicious?"

"When I smell this, I'm so hungry that my chest sticks to my back."

"Come on, I want some meat."

Driven by hunger, everyone quickened their pace, and Li Hongbing stood on the rice field with a smile to greet everyone, "You're starving, hurry up and wash your face and eat."

"Brother, why are you making delicious food today? It smells so good!" Li Hongqi greeted carelessly, not wanting to be slapped on the head by Fu Sheng right after he finished speaking, "What's your name, it doesn't matter whether it's big or small, I don't care. The Red Soldier is called Uncle, what should your name be? Call again."

Forced by his father's intimidation, Li Hongqi shouted again aggrieved, "Master Hong Soldier."

Li Hongbing waved his hand, "Don't be dazed, wash the seats quickly, the meat in the pot is almost burnt."

The voice did not fall.

A group of old men put down their tools and ran to the well to fetch water to wash their faces and hands.

(End of this chapter)