Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 52 Wife, you look so pretty when you smile
"Okay, Daddy saw it! Just you two should do more next time."

Chen Weidong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These two clever little devils were trying to take credit for plucking two pheasant feathers. He had just seen clearly that apart from Xiaoliu who had difficulty walking, they were the ones who did the least.

"Hurry up and take your sister to play in the yard. Don't disturb your dad because he still needs to cook!"

While talking to the two little guys, Liu Xueting scooped a basin of water from the water tank, then washed the processed pheasant and skinned rabbit, and then handed them to Chen Weidong.

"Okay, sister, let's go find Black Tiger to play with~"

Si Ni was very decisive. She held Wu Ni's hand, and the two little kids jumped and ran happily towards the black tiger.

"Uh~"

Chen Weidong was immediately shocked when he heard this. He then shouted to Dani in the yard, "Dani, keep an eye on your sister. Don't let them ride the dog again!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Xueting at the side could not help but burst out laughing. She was the one who usually took care of the children. Seeing Chen Weidong, a grown man, taking care of the little ones and reminding them not to ride the dog, she was suddenly tickled.

However, when Liu Xueting came to her senses, she found that Chen Weidong was looking straight at her.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

"Wife, you look so beautiful when you smile!"

Chen Weidong looked at his wife's smile and his eyes widened. Liu Xueting was already very beautiful, but she was even more beautiful when she smiled.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Dani is already seven years old, and you still can't get enough of it!" Liu Xueting said coquettishly.

"I can't see enough. I can't see enough in my whole life. Wife, you should smile more."

Chen Weidong said with a smile.

"I can still keep laughing! Let me help you. I have more things to do after we finish eating."

Looking at Liu Xueting's rosy face, Chen Weidong couldn't help but smile. This girl obviously couldn't stand his straightforward and shameless approach.
But she is the mother of six children! She is not like this on the kang! Chen Weidong couldn't help but think of those unspeakable scenes in his mind.

"What are you still doing here..."

Liu Xueting rolled her eyes at Chen Weidong.

"Ahem, ahem, no need. We're just burning firewood. Haven't you finished making the little ones' shoes yet? Go and do your work. Don't stay up late again at night."

Chen Weidong said with concern that Liu Xueting was the busiest person in the family these days, making shoes and a cotton-padded jacket for the little one.
Chen Weidong couldn't help with sewing, so he could only help cut the cloth and give some help with Dani and Erni.
It’s not that Chen Weidong didn’t want to let Liu Xueting rest more, but she was so busy that she didn’t appreciate it at all.

"Okay then~"

The couple had slept on the same kang for so many years, so naturally there was no need to be polite when doing work. Liu Xueting then left the kitchen.

Then Chen Weidong started to chop pheasants and rabbits. Pheasants and rabbits are the fattest in autumn.

After plucking the feathers and removing the internal organs of this pheasant, each one still weighs more than two kilograms. After skinning and removing the internal organs of the wild rabbit, it weighs as much as three or four kilograms.

Chen Weidong planned to stew pheasant and wild rabbit together. You know, rabbit meat is a very magical meat. It has no other taste except the earthy smell.

However, the magical thing about it is that it tastes exactly the same as the meat it is stewed with.

Stew it together with pheasant, then you will taste the flavor of pheasant meat. In a short while, it will all be chopped into three or four centimeter pieces.

Put it in a basin, add water, and wash it over and over again.

I took a look and opened the rice steamer in another iron pot. Suddenly, a fresh fragrance of sorghum rice wafted to my face. The sorghum rice inside was cooked.

This type of rice steamer is not commonly used in Jiuqutun. It is usually used for cooking when there are many people.
Normally, you can just steam it directly in the pot, but this time I used it to free up the pot to stew pheasants and rabbits.

Take out the rice steamer and clean the pot.

Pour in clean water and bring it to a boil. Then put the pheasant and rabbit meat into the water, blanch them, then take them out and set them aside.

After cleaning the pan, add the pheasant oil into the pan and stir-fry. After the chicken oil is boiled out, remove the oil residue.

Add chili, onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in all the pheasant meat and hare meat, stir-fry until it changes color, add water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat.

After that, there was nothing to do. Just wait for dinner. Chen Weidong played with the little guy in the yard for a while.

After a while, I walked into the kitchen, lifted the lid of the pot and took a look. A fragrant aroma hit me.

Chen Weidong tried it with chopsticks and found that the pheasant and rabbit stew was ready. The pheasant meat was very tender and the meat fell off the bones when poked with chopsticks.

I tried the hare meat, which was also quite mushy. I found a basin and put all the pheasant and hare stew into it.

"Weidong, give it to me!"

Just as I was about to bring the pheasant stewed with rabbit into the house, Liu Xueting came over and said.

"Okay, be careful, it's hot!"

Chen Weidong was not polite and just gave a reminder.

"fine!"

Liu Xueting responded and left the kitchen with the basin.

"Dad, Dad! Sini is very strong!"

Si Ni raised her little hand.

"You little guy, you are showing off again!"

Chen Weidong lifted Si Ni up with one hand and patted her on the butt twice.

"Take your sister out to play, or daddy will spank you!"

Although Si Ni looks silly usually, she is sometimes very smart.

As soon as he was put down, he immediately grabbed Wu Ni's hand and ran outside! Watching the two troublemakers leave,

Chen Weidong opened the lid of the pot again and took a look at the Feilong Hazel Mushroom Soup inside.
It has already been simmered. When the lid of the pot is lifted, a delicious aroma immediately hits your nostrils.

Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting brought the food to the table, and then shouted to the little ones, "It's time to eat!"

Then, the little ones puffed their short legs and ran to their seats and sat down. Xiaoliu couldn't reach her, so Liu Xueting picked her up.

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"Dad, it smells so good!"

Si Ni said in a baby voice.

"You little foodie, as long as there's meat, you'll enjoy eating anything!"

Chen Weidong first served each of the little ones a bowl of Feilong soup.

The little guy held the bowl and started drinking it with a chuckle.

"How is it? Is it delicious?"

When the little guys heard this, they all nodded their heads!

"Delicious! So delicious!"

Si Ni licked her lips and swallowed hard.

He glanced at the dish on the table eagerly, and when he saw so much meat, he licked his lips for a moment.

"Dad, Sini likes to eat meat, ah! ah!"

Si Ni said this, opened her mouth and made a cute gesture of eating air.

Liu Xueting couldn't help but laugh too.

"There's so much meat in the pot, there's still not enough meat for you to eat."

Chen Weidong smiled. This little guy didn’t know that Feilong Soup was the essence of the food and only wanted to eat meat.

Liu Xueting looked at the children's happy expressions while eating, and her heart also warmed up.

"Mom, eat~eat~"

"delicious!"

(End of this chapter)