Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 120
The ox cart drove past the entrance of the village and stopped directly at the gate of the Yang family.It's just that the gate was closed, Yang Weibo couldn't rush the ox cart, so he stopped the ox cart first, and told the people on the ox cart to stay still, he pushed the gate open first, and then untied the rope of the ox cart, Pulling the ox cart directly into the yard.

After tying the cow directly under the pear tree, Yang Weibai called the people in the car to get off.

Yang Chunming and Huzi jumped down first, and Chunqiu helped Yuan's tidy up the ox cart. The mother and daughter folded the blankets and put them in the side basket before jumping off the ox cart.

Mrs. Yang and Li in the room had already run out with Yang Weisong as soon as they heard the movement.

"Weisong, help your second brother unload things." After Yang Li ordered, she ran directly to Chunqiu, who was idle at the side.

"Oh, Grandma's good granddaughter, I finally hoped for you to come back. Grandma misses you to death. Good granddaughter, don't stand by the door. It's cold today, go back to the house and stay...in the house Grandma is already burning hot, and my good granddaughter will be able to rest right away."

Before Chunqiu could see the face clearly, Yang Li's iconic voice came from the other side. Hearing Grandma's eyes full of concern, Chunqiu just wanted to say that she would help her mother with work, but was stopped Mrs. Yang and Li dragged her directly back into the house.

"Grandma, I have to work too." Seeing the ox cart getting farther and farther away, Chunqiu had no choice but to talk loudly with Yang Li who was walking straight ahead.

"What's the use of you, good granddaughter, look, isn't there a bunch of people working there? Good granddaughter, just go back and rest." Yang Lishi showed a chrysanthemum face, and her voice was so gentle and frightening. De Chunqiu didn't react directly, oh my god!What's wrong with her grandmother, she hasn't come back for half a month?Why did grandma become like this?
"By the way." Mrs. Yang Li didn't stop, turned her head and said to Chunqiu excitedly, "Thanks to Niuniu's goji berry wine, your grandma and grandpa's health has improved a lot these days, not only in good spirits , even walking is not as strenuous as before, as expected of Grandma's good granddaughter, she is smart..."

After listening to Yang Lishi's words, Chunqiu finally understood the reason for Grandma's change of attitude. The feeling was due to the goji berry wine he sent. I am happy, it seems that her goji berry wine is not white-brewed, and next year, she will definitely brew it for grandma and grandpa.

"Grandmother, as long as you like it" Chunqiu said with a smile, his legs didn't stop, he followed closely behind Yang Lishi, and stepped into the door one after the other.

"I like it, of course grandma likes it. Granddaughter likes everything made by my good granddaughter." Yang Lishi nodded vigorously, stretched out his hand and pushed the room away. , Whoops, how much firewood did her grandma burn!

"My dear granddaughter, you go to stay on the kang, is it still warm in this room?" Mrs. Yang Li turned her head and said to Chunqiu who was behind her.

"It's warm, it's really warm." Chunqiu nodded viciously, it couldn't be warmer anymore, Chunqiu carefully touched the top of the kang, hiss...it's so hot!

"That's good. Your aunt (打搜) was stingy before. She only burned three bundles of firewood and thought it was too much. She kept talking that she was already warm. She was just farting. Why didn't she freeze? I don't have eyesight to see." things..." Mrs. Yang and Li scolded Mrs. Gu again in front of Chunqiu, then changed her attitude and said gently to Chunqiu, "My dear granddaughter, look, grandma burned three more bundles afterwards, This house is enough to live in, good granddaughter, if you feel cold, you will be burning, you know? You can't freeze yourself," Yang Li told Chunqiu with her head down.

"Hey, I know." Chunqiu nodded, thinking that this is still used for burning, it will become a steam oven, and it has only been a long time, and Chunqiu feels that his forehead is already sweating.

But in the days when she was away, her aunt and her grandma still haven't recovered from it. God, looking at her grandma's appearance, she probably hasn't seen her uncle yet!

In fact, this matter is purely lying on the gun by Mrs. Gu. The three bundles of firewood burned here are not the kind of uncontrollable burning of wheat straw, but the kind of real firewood that Yang Weibo and the others went to the mountain to chop. Gu’s own house burns two bundles. Well, even when Yuan Shi was at home, two to two and a half bundles were enough. As a result, her milk directly burned six bundles, and at this temperature, steamed buns could be steamed.

After moving things in the morning, several people were also uncomfortably hungry. They were anxious to come back in the morning, and Yuan Shi didn't prepare anything to eat.

Mrs. Yang and Li warmed up the leftovers from the morning meal, and Mrs. Yuan and the others simply ate a few mouthfuls of pickled vegetables and leftovers. The reason was that she was stabbed by her grandma again, um, Chunqiu was watching from the sidelines, and she felt sorry for her auntie, since her auntie came back, her grandma's cocky nose and eyes have not changed However, Mrs. Gu probably also knew that she had done something wrong, or she thought she had no way to resist Yang Lishi, so she simply gave up, and just silently recognized her grandma and scolded her. It will appear every day. At the beginning of Spring and Autumn, I still can't get used to it, but after a few days, I have long been familiar with it.

December 28.

There are still two days before the New Year's Eve, and the whole pig's head bought by Yuan's before was placed in the backyard by Yang and Li's. There is nothing to do in the past two days in Spring and Autumn. I think about the experience of eating pig's head meat in my previous life, and I think about it again The pork head meat tastes fat but not greasy when it smells appetizing, it melts in the mouth, and it tastes fat but not greasy. The saliva in Chunqiu can't stop, and the heart is worse than action, so she decided to take advantage of today's free time to use it at home. The small kitchen made the pork head meat that she wanted to eat for a long time.

If you want to make delicious pork head meat, you must prepare all kinds of ingredients. When the shop opened before, there were still some hot pot ingredients left. When Yuan came home this time, he brought all of them with him. When I got back, I put it behind the kitchen.

It's almost Chinese New Year, the children go out crazy every day, and the adults in the family are busy with something. Anyway, Chunqiu feels that the whole Yangjia Village is filled with a tense and lively atmosphere, which is the kind of full of New Year flavor that later generations say.

Chunqiu ran into the big kitchen at home. Her mother Yuan and uncle Gu were busy cutting pork. This pork was also bought by Yuan before, and they were all put in the backyard by Yang and Li. Yuan and the others did not come back. At that time, even if the spring flowers were making trouble again, Mrs. Yang and Li didn't let go of it for the family to eat. Now that the Yuan family and others have come back, the pork is naturally not kept, and the family had a good meal of pork that night. , It was like this every day for the next two days. Whether it was steamed, stewed or fried, there must be meat in the dishes at home.

But the pork is too big, and Yuan Shi finds it troublesome to cut it every time, so he took advantage of today's free time.The two sisters-in-law also cleaned up the remaining whole fan of pork.

"Mother, where are all the seasonings at home? I think those are coming out." Chunqiu ran into the kitchen and asked directly to Yuan Shi who was standing next to the chopping board and was cutting meat with a kitchen knife.

After hearing this, Yuan's hands paused, and then turned around and pointed behind the curtain in the kitchen, "Where is it? Qiu'er, go and get it yourself." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, she turned around and continued to cut. For pork, Yuan cut the pork into square shapes and put them directly into the pot.

Apart from saving some to eat before and after the Chinese New Year, Yuan Shi plans to make the rest into bacon and store it. Gu Shi is squatting next to the stove to light the fire, looking at the situation in the pot from time to time. If the bacon is ready, she Take it out and put it in a jar beside it.

Chunqiu first stood and observed her mother and uncle for a while, and then went straight into the back of the kitchen. Seeing Chunqiu go in, Mrs. Gu glanced back, then turned her head silently, bowed her head and said nothing, Hmph, this dead girl must be thinking about something again, Mrs. Gu was filling the stove with firewood while thinking to herself, this is not going to work, she is going to call Chunhua, and take a good look at this dead girl.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that this method is feasible. If that dead girl really cooks up something good, they can also get some benefits. Mrs. Gu has never thought about Chunhua's temper, the kind of foodie who only knows how to eat. Maybe she learned something secretly, but these are not within the scope of Gu's consideration. Now she wants to go back to the house to find her daughter, and then go to the small kitchen to watch Chunqiu carefully.

Gu Shi is the kind of person who wants to do whatever he wants, and when he has an idea in his heart, he will naturally implement it. Gu Shi first used the excuse that she forgot to take something in the room with Yuan Shi, and after Yuan Shi nodded and responded, , and ran out in a hurry.

Chunqiu was looking for things in the back of the kitchen. There were a lot of ingredients for making pork head meat, such as salt, star anise, cinnamon, ginger, brown sugar, pepper. A lot, and finally tidied it up and carried it all in my hand.

"Hey, Qiu'er, what are you doing? Can you hold it?" Seeing Chunqiu's hands full of things, Yuan Shi threw the kitchen knife on the chopping board in shock, and then walked over He took the things in Chunqiu's hand.

All the things in Chunqiu's hands were taken by Yuan Shi, Chunqiu looked at his empty hands, smiled and shook his head, "Mother, it's okay." After Chunqiu finished speaking, she was about to reach out to pick up the things in Yuan Shi's hands, she Mother was still working, and Chunqiu never thought about asking her mother to help her take it.

Yuan didn't hand over the things in her hand to Chunqiu, she just dodged and dodged Chunqiu's outstretched hand, with a disapproving expression on her face, she shook her head and said, "Okay, mother will take it for you."

"Mom, it's really not necessary, I can do it myself" Chunqiu directly refused, she could still carry this thing by herself, her mother was busy making bacon, how could she cause her mother any trouble.

"No." Yuan's tone was urgent, and she couldn't help but say, "This thing is too heavy for my mother to carry, how can you move it, be good, be good, mother will bring it to you." Yuan's words were firm, and there was no sign of letting go. , Chunqiu tried to work hard several times, but failed.

In the end, it was Yuan Shi who helped Chunqiu carry it, and waited until Yuan Shi put everything away before turning around and leaving.

(End of this chapter)