Pastoral affairs

But Cui Wei doesn't take care of the Cui family's affairs now. She began to teach Cui Jingping to make pastries gradually. I don't know if Cui Jingping really worked hard on making pastries here or he was originally talented, although the pastries he made were not as tasteful as Cui Jingping's. Wei's food is delicious, but compared to what Nie Qiuran brought back from Lin'an City last time, it is not known how many times more delicious. Nie Qiuran comes back once a month. It was about ten taels of silver. After half a year, Cui Wei originally only had about seventy taels of silver in her hand, but now she has saved more than 130 taels of silver, which is not far from the 200 taels of silver that Nie Qiuran said.

June was Cui Jingping's birthday. He turned 12 years old this year. Cui Wei hadn't moved out when he celebrated his birthday last year. Naturally, it was impossible to hold a banquet for him. The situation is different this year. On the day of going to the market, the two brothers and sisters simply got up early and went to the town to buy a lot of vegetables. Cui Jingping was also excited and chirped all the way. Since he ran once last year, he was rarely seen so cheerful Cui Wei talked to him with a smile on his face, and picked out a lot of vegetables and put them in the back basket. Now is the season for sweet potatoes to ripen. This kind of sweet potatoes is different from the sweet potatoes called sweet potatoes in modern times, but A sweet, watery thing that grows in the soil, similar to a fruit.

At this time, people like to use this stuff to stir-fry meat. It is not only sweet, but also crispy. Cui Wei weighed it a lot. As soon as he got it, Cui Jingping took a small sweet potato, tore off the skin and started to bite.Neither Wang Baoxue nor Nie Qiuwen followed this trip to the market. It is estimated that Nie Qiuran often came to look for Cui Wei.Although Mrs. Sun didn't dare to come here to find trouble, she still felt uncomfortable in her heart, so she deliberately didn't let her youngest son come over. Cui Jingping didn't care. Young boy, Wang Baoxue is getting old recently, his mother probably saw Nie Qiuran's appearance and intended to send him to school.Therefore, he is now detained at home.

As soon as the siblings returned to the house, Cui Wei rushed to wash the dirty clothes collected yesterday. It was still early, and the cooking time was coming soon.Cui Jingping put down his things, took a bucket, and went out to fetch water. The two brothers and sisters were busy with their own work, and Cui Wei rubbed his clothes and came back.Then I saw a large group of people gathered in front of the gate of Cui’s house. Mrs. Wang was standing at the door crying, patted her thighs, and could vaguely hear the words of the thief. Cui Jingping was milking the sheep at home at the moment. After washing his hands, he carried the goat milk into the kitchen, and when he came out, he helped Cui Wei dry the clothes.While talking to her: "Early in the morning, my sister-in-law shouted who stole the new clothes that my sister made for your elder brother, and now she is calling to catch the thief." He was talking.While raising his chin towards the Cui family, he said, "Mother also said that there is no more rice, that several liters have been stolen, and even the rice tank has been emptied!"

But the chickens and ducks have not been caught yet, and I don't know who came to steal things and would steal rice and clothes. Even if they want to steal more valuable chickens and ducks, they should be stolen, and the thief would be fun.It is strange that only things of little value have been stolen.Cui Wei shook her head.I didn't take it to heart either, although it was very irritating to have something stolen, but the loss was not particularly valuable, so after scolding outside for a while, the voice gradually stopped, but this kind of thing rarely happened in Xiaowan Village. The bad incident of stealing things still caused many people to feel a little uneasy, fearing that someone would come to steal things again while going to the market.

I was just making lunch, and the two Nie Qiuwen came again, and I haven't seen them for a long time. The two children have changed a little, and Nie Qiuwen complained non-stop when he came, and even talked less than usual. Wang Baoxue dragged Cui Jingping and complained for a while. His mother didn't know what kind of madness she wanted him to learn to read. Recently, she asked him to buy him a new book, the Three Character Classic, at home every day for him to read. Now Wang Baoxue doesn't know a lot of big characters. Seeing these, one is the first and the second is big, but Liu, who has always loved him, refuses to follow him. Even if Wang Baoxue can't read, he insists on letting him use paper to draw, and always let him learn to write. Only when it is achieved, Wang Baoxue's stomach is naturally full of bitterness.

Cui Jingping burst into laughter from time to time, and joyous laughter came from the living room from time to time. When Cui Wei was cooking, she couldn't help laughing when she heard the voice in the living room. She was about to put the last dish into the pot, when the sound came from outside. There was a knock on the door, the black back arched its feet restlessly, and there was a 'sob' sound from its mouth. Cui Wei wiped her hand on the top of the apron, and then ran out to open the door. She saw Yang's face was a little uncomfortable. Looking good, he said, "Where is Sanlang? It's his birthday today, I bought some vegetables..."

"Mother, I'm not going back, you can eat by yourself." Cui Jingping came out of the house, and winked at Cui Wei, the pot is burning now, Cui Wei didn't say anything to Yang, just ordered it for her Nodding, he went into the kitchen by himself. The pot was already burning red, so he quickly put the oil in it, poured the dried chili and prickly ash, etc., and poured in the pickled peppers that had already been chopped. Throw in the dehydrated chicken and stir fry a few times.Cui Wei kept moving her hands, while listening to the movement outside, Heibei kept screaming, after Cui Jingping comforted her a few words, the outside gradually stopped.

I put some watercress into the pot, cut some sour radishes and kimchi, etc., and put the cleaned chicken innards into the pot. The hot and sour aroma wafted out immediately, and the sound of closing the door came from outside. , Cui Jingping ran to the kitchen, sniffed, and glanced into the pot: "What did my sister cook, it smells so good." Cui Wei seldom cooks some chicken and duck to eat at home on weekdays. Not to mention the trouble, and the most important thing is that Cui Wei didn't dare to kill chickens and ducks. Naturally, that food is delicious. I bought it today and asked the chicken seller to help kill it. Cui Wei just brought it back and slaughtered it into a few pieces.

There was still sour radish and duck soup stewed in the pot. It had already been stewed before going out to wash clothes. It had been more than an hour. When Cui Wei saw Cui Jingping coming in, she quickly washed a bowl and made a bowl with him. The soup was handed over, and he said, "Third brother, try it." Cui Jingping took it, blew on it twice, and drank it all in one gulp, while his eyes sparkled: "It's delicious!" The stewed duck and pickled radish taste well Just right, the sour radish and chili are soaked together, the soup has a little spicy and peppery aroma, it is extremely enjoyable to drink, Cui Jingping drank it in one go, couldn't help but licked his mouth, and then put the bowl down, Sitting by the stove by herself: "Mother came here to let me eat."

You can tell by Yang's expression at a glance, Cui Wei nodded, there was no unhappy look on her face, Cui Jingping was relieved to see it.Cui Wei washed the bowl and tasted the soup by herself. It was really delicious, but it lacked some umami taste. She put down the bowl and hurried Cui Jingping to say: "Third Brother, it's your birthday today, go to accompany Nie Er Let's play together, brother, it would be great if some seasoning could be added to this soup." When she said this, she suddenly felt moved: "Third brother, I saw a lot of small shrimps in this ditch, let's catch some boiled shrimps in the afternoon. Shrimp paste, right?"

Cui Jingping was born in June, and the weather is hot and cloudy at the moment. There was a heavy rain just a few days ago, and the stream has just risen a little bit, and a lot of small fish and shrimps have come out of it, probably There is only a knuckle length, and you can see it everywhere in the stream. When Cui Jingping heard that there was food, he immediately became interested and stood up: "What's the use of the afternoon? Anyway, I haven't eaten yet. I and Nie Er They go out, and I promise to get you a basket in less than a quarter of an hour!" These guys haven't gone out to play for a long time, and Cui Jingping has been learning to make pastries from Cui Wei at home every day, and he can't stand it after a long time. Cui Wei looked into the pot, and then poked the chicken in the pot with a spatula. The meat was still a little hard. The chickens at this time were all native chickens, not the cooked chickens of later generations. If it’s done well, maybe they got the shrimp paste back, and it’s not a problem to cook it by themselves and add it to the pot sooner, but it’s just for dinner later, anyway, there’s no one around, so why not be afraid.

Thinking of this, Cui Wei nodded hurriedly. Seeing that she agreed, Cui Jingping jumped up for joy, and hurried out to call Nie Qiuwen and the two. The guys twisted a clean wooden bucket and dustpan and went out Let's go, Cui Wei told them to wash the wooden barrel after playing, and simply stopped pulling them.

There are corn kernels stuffed in the stove, which can last for a long time, and even after they are burned, they can be used as charcoal to cook the soup and boiled chicken in the pot. Although Cui Wei’s kitchen is not as good as that of Cui’s The one on the side is spacious, but the weather in June is very hot at this moment. She was impatient to stay in the kitchen for a long time, so she came out in a hurry, thinking about the satin that Nie Qiuran brought back for herself. She taught Cui Jingping how to make pastries and never touched them, so she just took them out now.This satin is pink. At this time, the weaving process has not been printed. If you want patterns, you have to embroider them yourself. This color is too pink and tender. Cui Wei is afraid that she will not be able to wear it when she uses it for clothes. After thinking about it, I decided to use this thing to make a mosquito net. Now that the weather is hot, there are already a lot of mosquitoes in the countryside. Although her house is clean, the room is also empty. The room is full of things, and it looks gloomy at first glance. At night, the mosquitoes are so noisy that I can't sleep.

And no matter how clean this place is, there are inevitably mosquitoes. Although Cui Wei smokes the house once before going to bed, she still does not sleep peacefully at night. She still has more than enough to make two nets. Although it is embarrassing to make a dress with such bright satin, it is not bad to make a mosquito net.Not long after they were cut, they went into the kitchen to add more firewood and turned over the pot again. Cui Jingping and the others came back with buckets. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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