Pampered Tian's Wife: The Little Weaver Girl in the Farmhouse

Chapter 179 New Year's Eve ([-]) ([-] more)
Time passed quietly amidst the busyness of everyone, and it was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.The three of Qiaoyun got up early and started to work. Yuan Qinglei led the small stones to erect lantern poles in the yard, Qiaoyun made rice sticks in the kitchen, and the three of them posted Spring Festival couplets, hanging money, window grilles, etc. together.

At this time, the Spring Festival couplets were already written on red paper. Yuan Qinglei wrote a good handwriting, so of course he wrote the Spring Festival couplets.As for the window grilles and hanging money, etc., Qiaoyun cut them out by herself.The red color dresses up the small farmyard with joy, full of New Year flavor.

The custom in the village is to eat two meals in winter, and on New Year's Eve, of course, there will be an extra meal of dumplings at night.In the morning, everyone just ate some casually, at dusk they began to eat New Year's Eve dinner, and at midnight, they ate dumplings.

The three of them were busy inside and out for a while, and then Yuan Qinglei accompanied Xiao Shitou to the mountain.Xiaoshitou's parents and uncles are all buried in the Qi family's ancestral grave in the south of the village. At this time, it is natural to go to worship.

This kind of thing, of course, does not need Qiaoyun's company, so Qiaoyun prepares the New Year's Eve dinner at home.Qiaoyun looked at the various ingredients in the kitchen, and began to think about the dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Chicken stewed with mushrooms, stewed fish, pork knuckles, pork trotters, Sixi meatballs, sauerkraut pork ribs, braised pork, jelly skin, bergamot cabbage, fried eggplant box.In fact, there are not many vegetables in winter in the north, so it is very good to be able to produce these.Of course, green vegetables are impossible, basically there are more meat dishes.

Qiaoyun calculated in her heart, it should be ten dishes, perfect, and the implication is not bad.There are only three people in Yuan's family, these dishes are enough to eat, Qiao Yun thought about it and decided to make these.The rest, keep it for future treats.

After confirming the dishes to be cooked, Qiaoyun started to get busy. Elbows, meatballs, pig's trotters, buckwheat, skin jelly, etc., were all prepared in advance, and they just need to be put in the pot and reheated later. .The chicken was also chopped by Yuan Qinglei last night, and the mushrooms were picked and soaked. Qiaoyun decided to stew the chicken first.

There are two pots and stoves in the Yuan family's kitchen, and there is also a stove that can be used. In this way, there is no need to worry about not having enough pots.Qiao Yun planned to stew chicken in the east pot, stew fish in the west pot, and stew pork ribs in the stove.These few things are very time-consuming, do these first, and the rest will be much easier.

The bottom of the pot was already on fire, Qiaoyun added water to the pot, and then put the ribs in.After the water boiled, the froth was skimmed off, and then the ribs were placed in a casserole and stewed on the stove.When the ribs are almost stewed, add the sauerkraut.Yuan Qinglei doesn't know how to pickle sauerkraut, and this sauerkraut was brought over by the villagers.

Qiaoyun cleaned the pot again, and when the oil in the pot was hot, he threw in the onion and garlic to fry for a while, and then poured the chicken pieces into it to fry.Wait for the chicken to change color before adding water to the pot.

In this year and month, there is no such thing as soy sauce, so the stew is just to add some pepper and other seasonings.But at this time, all kinds of ingredients are pure natural, and the taste is very delicious. Even if the cooking method is simpler, the food is still very delicious.

Chicken is stewed with soup in the east pot, and fish is naturally stewed in the west pot.This fish was a New Year's gift that shopkeeper Han asked Qiaoyun to bring to Qi's family. Qiaoyun was unwilling to give it to Qi's family, so he sent it to Yuan's family.At this moment, Qiaoyun is really lucky for her decision at that time.

The fish was frozen, and it was brought back yesterday to be washed and cleaned. At this moment, Qiaoyun put the fish on the chopping board, and made a few cuts on the back of the fish with a knife.I don't know where shopkeeper Han got the fish. This fish weighs three catties. For such a big fish, you have to cut it to get the taste.

Naturally, there is nothing difficult about stewing fish, Qiaoyun quickly stewed the fish into the pot as well.The bottoms of the two pots were filled with firewood, and the dry firewood was burning vigorously in the stove pit, making a crackling sound.Qiao Yun took a look at the bottom of the two pots, seeing that there was no need to add firewood for the time being, so she turned her head to deal with other ingredients.

The buckle meat is square meat that has been prepared in advance, and now it only needs to be cut into thin slices with a knife.Of course, the skin does not need to be completely cut off, leaving a little bit connected.Then put the cut meat into the second bowl, add seasonings, etc., and steam it in the pot later.

As for the bergamot cabbage, it doesn't take too much effort.After the cabbage is scalded with boiling water, it is sliced ​​into thin slices, and then three small openings are made on it with a knife.Then roll the minced meat that has been chopped and seasoned in the cabbage slices, and steam it later.

Qiaoyun is very quick at work, and has prepared these two dishes in a short time, and only needs to wait for a pot to be vacated before putting them in and steaming them.

At this moment, Yuan Qinglei and Xiao Shitou also came back from the mountain. Yuan Qinglei went into the house to change clothes, washed his hands, and came to help Qiaoyun.The two cooperated very well, and in a short while, all the dishes were out of the pan.

Then Qiaoyun cut the sauerkraut, Yuan Qinglei fried the eggplant box, waited until the fish in the western pot was almost stewed, took it out and cleaned the pot, then put the braised pork and bergamot cabbage into it and steamed until cooked.The dishes for this New Year's Eve dinner are basically finished.Fortunately, Yuan Qinglei is good at cooking, and all kinds of household items are well prepared at home, so this meal is prepared very quickly.

Little Shitou was not idle at this time, he saw that the food was almost ready, so he hurriedly put the kang table on the kang in the east room.Northerners actually like to eat on the kang, especially in winter, when the family eats on the hot kang, it is very comfortable.

There were bowls and chopsticks on the kang table, and two jugs of wine, one was fine Fen wine, the other was wine from the Western Regions.No need to think about these, they were all sent by Shopkeeper Han.For Chinese New Year, you should drink some, but Xiaoshitou and Qiaoyun can't drink strong alcohol, this wine is not too strong, it tastes sweet and sour, very suitable for women and children.

The food in the pot was ready, and at this moment, the three of them worked together to place the same dishes on the table.The kang table was not too small, but it was full at the moment, and the dishes on the table gave off a tempting aroma, which made people salivate.

Qiaoyun put a basket of steamed buns on the kang, and red dates were stuck on top of those steamed buns, which looked very happy. "The table can't be opened, if you two want to eat steamed buns, I'll just pass them to you." Qiao Yun instructed.

"Come on, hurry up and sit on the kang, our New Year's Eve dinner has begun." Yuan Qinglei was already sitting on the kang at this moment, beckoning to Qiaoyun, signaling her to sit down too. "I've been busy for a long time, so I should be hungry now, right? Come and have a taste of our New Year's Eve dinner."

Qiaoyun sat down as she said, and then the three of them looked at each other, and they all saw happy and satisfied smiles on their faces. "Come on, don't be idle, eat quickly." Qiao Yun smiled.

　Recommend a friend's work: "Proud Girl Controls Fragrance: Gao Leng Emperor's Uncle Sturdy Concubine", author: Bai Heling

　　
　　


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