Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 320 Small Notes (2)

There is an isolated space in the backyard of the main house, which was also part of the vegetable garden before, but later because of the expansion of the house, the vegetable garden was separated to build a house, and now only 3 points of the remaining vegetable garden are left about.

In the weather in May, most of the green vegetables in the vegetable field are still immature, such as beans and cucumbers have not been removed from the shelves, but green vegetables like shallots and Chinese cabbage are edible. Fences surround the wall, and enter the vegetable field along the small door on the side.

In the innermost part of the vegetable garden, there are two piles of leeks grown by her milk. Now a bunch of seedlings have grown. Chunqiu is thinking about cutting some leeks at night and eating them in a box of leeks. Now the leeks are tender and taste good.

Just do what you say, anyway, I haven't decided what to eat at night. Her grandma and her parents walked around the house to clean up, and there was no time to come out to cook.

Going back to the house, he found a sickle that could cut leeks, and Chunqiu held an iron basin in his hand, and cut along the sides of the two leeks to make it look like a small half.

Counting the two little dumplings who went out to play wildly and haven't come back yet, Chunqiu felt that the leeks in the basin in front of him were enough.

Before leaving, he grabbed two handfuls of juicy-looking spring onions and a few small cabbages, and Chunqiu put away the sickle and went back to the house.

Now the leeks are tender, and there are no rotten or old leaves on them. Chunqiu took an iron basin, squatted by the well in the yard, and washed all the vegetables in the basin. It is used to make soup, and leeks are used to mix stuffing with eggs and bake leek boxes.

Make up the noodles first, then put the leeks on the chopping board, and cut them into small strips with a kitchen knife.

Beat a few eggs at home, Chunqiu put the eggs in a warm pan and fry until cooked, smashed them and put them together with the sliced ​​leeks, during this period, Chunqiu added a lot of prickly ash aniseed to it , dipped some dipping ingredients with his little finger and put it in his mouth, Chunqiu nodded in satisfaction, the filling is ready now.

After the filling is adjusted, the next step is to wrap the leek box.

The leek box is not difficult to wrap. The reconciled flour is squeezed into small jizi one after another, and then the jizi (ji four sounds) are dried into thin sheets with a rolling pin, and the prepared fillings are packed into the bag. , and then put your hands together and pinch along the side, and a complete leek box appears.

Put the wrapped leek boxes one by one along the side of the heated pot. Chunqiu held the shovel and turned the leek boxes in the pot while controlling them from being burnt.

When all the leek boxes were out of the pan, Chunqiu found that there was still some noodles left, so he cut two shallots, poured some oil into the remaining flour, and finally baked them into scallion pancakes.

Finding a lid to cover the iron pot, Chunqiu began to shake the soup. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that the house beside her had been tidied up. Her grandma and mother were going out to the kitchen. Chunqiu speeded up her hand, waiting for her mother When the two came to the door of the kitchen, the cabbage and egg soup in the spring and autumn pot had just come out of the pot.

"My dear granddaughter, is the meal ready?"

Yang Lishi on the side asked.

"Well, it's ready." Chunqiu put the cabbage and egg soup in his hand on the chopping board, pointed to the iron pot with the aroma that couldn't be concealed even if the lid was closed, and said, "Grandma, mother, let's eat tonight." Eat the box, I baked it all"

"Well, it smells really good." Yuan's smile was bright, and she was moved by her daughter's diligence at first glance.

"That's right, it's much better than those delicious and lazy goods from the old Zhang's next door." Yang Li also praised Chunqiu with a smile on the side.

"Grandmother, mother, you go to the house to rest for a while, I am enough here, and the food is ready." Chunqiu looked at her grandma and her mother who were sweating profusely, and their bodies were dusty. , and I don't want the two of them to stay in the kitchen for a long time. After working all afternoon, it is serious to go back to the room and rest.

The Yuan family naturally knew what Chunqiu meant.

So Yang and Li looked at Chunqiu with more kind eyes, and said three "good" words in succession, while Yuan looked at Chunqiu from the side and was more pleased, her daughter has not only grown up, but also sensible.

If Chunqiu knew that her mother would think so, she would probably refute. She has always been sensible, okay?

"...Okay, your mother and I will go back to the house and change our clothes, and go to rest for a while, my good granddaughter is too tired to work by herself." Yang Li said with a smile to Chunqiu, then turned around and whispered to Yuan After saying a few words, the two left directly.

Facing the backs of the two leaving, Chunqiu opened his mouth and waved his hands with a smile.

After watching the two leave, Chunqiu started to get busy in the kitchen again. Disliked that one soup was not enough, Chunqiu made another stir-fried dish with vinegared cabbage. She wasn't cooking any other dishes either.

After bringing the food into the room, Chunqiu wiped some greasy hands, knocked on the door and called out the rest to eat.

Her father, Yang Weibo, was not at home. After finishing his work on the house, her father went straight to the river to cut a bundle of reeds and came back. The two little dumplings from the third uncle's family who had been playing wild all day came back with her father. .

It has been a year since Chunqiu met them last time, and after a year, the two little brothers have grown taller again, and their bodies are not as strong as before, but the baby fat on both sides of the cheeks still proves that The two had a good meal.

Seeing Chunqiu, the two little dumplings ran over excitedly and hugged Chunqiu's thigh from left to right, the same as when they were young, no matter in the way they acted coquettishly or in the tone of their voice.

"Okay, don't be too old and still acting like a baby, hurry up and wash your hands and eat at the well, everyone will become little cats" Although Chunqiu's tone is disgusted, his eyes are full of doting.

Because of this, the two little guys are not afraid of Chunqiu, they just don't hear Chunqiu's dislike of their brother, they still hug each other and constantly beg for mercy.

Chunqiu frowned helplessly, and reached out to hold his forehead, "Okay, third sister will take you to wash your hands, okay? You two are obedient, and you won't be able to eat delicious food if you are late." He led one out with one hand.

On the way out, the eldest of the two brothers asked, "Sister San, what shall we have for dinner? It smells so good."

The younger one also followed suit, "That's right, Third Sister, why don't we wash our hands after eating?"

"That can't be done." Chunqiu shook his head amusedly, "If you don't wash your hands and eat, be careful that you will get sick at the time, and the two of you don't want to drink the bitter soup."

"Don't drink, don't drink"＊2
The two children shook their heads with bitter faces, they didn't want bitter soup.

"Well, then hurry up and wash your hands. After washing your hands, call on grandma, let's eat, okay..."

"it is good……"

(End of this chapter)