Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 52
As soon as the three of them entered the village, two figures appeared at the corner of the alley. Looking carefully, they turned out to be Aunt Da Niu and his youngest son San Niu.

Yang Chunming saw it too, and before he got close to him, he hurriedly greeted, "Auntie Da Niu, San Niu, what are you doing here?" I still know the relationship.

"Oh, isn't this Brother Ming'er? The young master is back from vacation? Qiu'er and Huzi are also here." Auntie Da Niu's hearty voice came from a distance. Also came to a few people.

Yang Chunming looked at Aunt Da Niu who was full of smiles and waved his hands again and again, with a bitter smile on his mouth, "Don't talk nonsense, Auntie, there is no such thing as a young master. I haven't made a name yet, so Auntie can call me Chunming." Since Yang Chunming and Yang Chunjun both My brother has come to study in the town, and people in Yangjia Village have spread the word that Lao Li's family has two young masters who will become officials in the future. The peasants don't have much knowledge, and they think that they will be officials when they go to school , This made Yang Chunming feel anxious and worried when he heard this name, but Yuan Shi also explained it to him, so now Yang Chunming will feel uncomfortable when he hears this name, but he will not be as nervous as before.

Auntie Da Niu patted Yang Chunming's shoulder and shook her head vigorously, and said with conviction, "That's all right, the young master is the young master." After saying this, she didn't care about Yang Chunming's next reaction, she turned her head and directly pulled Chunqiu aside, Facing Chunqiu's questioning eyes, he carefully lowered his voice and asked, "Qiu'er, is my fifth aunt back yet?"

So this is what Auntie Da Niu asked?Chunqiu thought in his heart, and said obediently, "No, Grandma will come back tonight." After Chunqiu finished speaking, he saw a brighter smile on Auntie Da Niu's face.I was curious about the use of Auntie Da Niu asking this?
Auntie Da Niu let go of Chunqiu's hand, looked at the objects in the hands of several people, and knew that this was just coming back from the river, looking at the sun, how could she not understand, "Are you going home? Auntie and the three Niu is going to go to the river to have a look, it is said that there are a lot of fish in our river, auntie, I will catch two and try something new."

"Auntie Da Niu, then you and San Niu are busy, we will go home and prepare for dinner." After Yang Chunming finished speaking, he waved goodbye to Auntie Da Niu and San Niu, and let the latter leave in a staggered manner.

"Second Brother, Third Sister, look at Brother San Niu, not only is he so small, but he doesn't even talk, and he ignored me when he played with him before." Hu Zi looked at Aunt Da Niu and the two of them walking away, then turned around A little unhappy, he complained to his elder brother and sister beside him.

"Don't talk nonsense, brother Sanniu doesn't like to talk, and he doesn't want to play anymore." Chunqiu glared at Huzi. Sanniu is almost eight years old this year, and he still looks thin and small, but he and Daniel still have Erniu. It looks different, and it doesn't look very healthy at first glance. I met him from a distance before Spring and Autumn. To be honest, I haven't grown as strong as Hu Zi. Hu Zi is only five years old this year.

"Don't say that in the future, it's not easy for Auntie Da Niu and Brother Da Niu to talk about it alone, how bad it is for others to hear." Yang Chunming said in a deep voice. The bad-mouthed eighth women in the village heard it, and it was not good to hear it in the ears of Auntie Niu.

"Brother, I'm not talking nonsense." Just as Huzi was about to refute, he saw Yang Chunming's cold eyes. Huzi can say that the person he fears the most at home is not Yuan Shi, nor Yang Weibo, but Yang Chunming. Why?Because his second brother's staring eyes are scary. With Yang Chunming's eyes, Huzi would never dare to talk nonsense, just like now, Huzi lowered his head and looked at his toes and stammered. "Brother, I... I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore"

"Then remember what you said, our house is here, don't let your mother see it, go home." Yang Chunming looked at his younger brother who had just reached his chest, then withdrew his gaze, and walked into the farmyard with the open door in front of him .

Mrs. Yuan was chopping some rotten vegetables in the yard to feed the chickens. She looked back at the people who came in at the door and greeted with a smile, "Are you all back? Are you hungry? Our food is ready, but mother hasn't eaten the vegetables yet." Do it, what do you want to eat at noon, mother will make it for you."

"Mom, let's finally eat spicy shrimp, okay? Look, there are so many shrimps, they are big and delicious." Before Yang Chunming could speak, Chunqiu jumped out of the team and ran to the front door. Squatting beside Yuan Shi who was chopping vegetables by the chicken rack, he put the water basin in his arms in front of Yuan Shi.

Yuan didn't stop, and directly glanced at Chunqiu on the chopping board, and said with a smile after reading, "Oh, this shrimp is really big, is Niuniu hungry?"

"Yeah, gluttonous!" Chunqiu laughed out loud, and then asked behind him, "Where is the second brother and Huzi? Do you two eat?" She was really greedy, not what to eat in what season ?Shrimp is also good in this season.

"Yes" "Yeah" Huzi and Yang Chunming both agreed.

Seeing that everyone agrees, Yuan has nothing to object to, so she directly teased her daughter and said, "Okay, then Niuniu, let's do it, mother also wants to try my Qiu'er's handicraft." Since the previous incident happened, , Yuan already knew that her daughter could cook, but Chunqiu also loved to run to the kitchen when she was a child. Besides, the children of the peasant family were in charge of the house early, so Yuan did not have much doubt about cooking, and her daughter's cooking is very good. Eat, Yuan Shi was very proud.

After Chunqiu left, Yuan Shi looked at her two sons and quickly asked them to pour out the fish, "You two, go get a bigger basin and pour the fish in the bucket. I will ask your father to drive the ox cart in the afternoon sold in town"

"Hey..." Yang Chunming nodded, and led Hu Zi to the side of the well.

"Second brother, help me get some water first." Chunqiu ran out of the kitchen holding the basin, and ran directly in front of Yang Chunming.

"You put it here." Yang Chunming was pumping out the water by the well, and Chunqiu left with the basin in his arms after the pumping was finished.

There are some bacteria on wild shrimps. In order to prevent everyone from having diarrhea after eating, Chunqiu put some salt and cooking wine into the water to kill the virus.

Chunqiu looked for the seasonings she needed in the kitchen again, such as chili, garlic, soy sauce, etc., which were all placed by the counter.

After waiting for about half an hour, Chunqiu changed another basin of water. Because of the effect of salt water, some shrimps were already dead, but Chunqiu didn’t care, and continued to put them in again. Only then did I use the strainer on the side to pick up these shrimps and dry them. (Well, it is not recommended to eat like this in reality, because the shrimp in the river water is really not clean)

Then Chunqiu started cooking with a fire, poured peanut oil into the pot, waited until the oil was almost hot, then poured the grass shrimps on the side directly into the pot, and then picked up the shovel on the side to stir fry carefully. Stir-fry until the sides of the shrimp body turn red, Chunqiu added some soy sauce to enhance the flavor, and then put the chopped garlic and chili on the side into the pot and then stir-fried.

When Chunqiu smelled the fragrance, he hurriedly picked up the empty basin beside him and filled out the grass prawns. Looking at the grass prawns that were red in body and exuding fragrance, Chunqiu sighed in his heart. The spicy prawns, although not the spicy lobster.

After finishing the meal, Chunqiu cleaned up the small kitchen again, and then ran back to the house contentedly holding her pot of grass shrimp.

Because lunch is eaten separately in each room, the tables in their second room are all placed on the ground floor. When Chunqiu enters the house with grass shrimps in his arms, Yang Weibo and the others have already started to fill the rice, because Chunqiu wants to eat shrimps, and Yuan's has no choice. As for other dishes, there are only pickles that Yuan's pickled before on the table.

"Third sister, are you back? What are you holding? It smells so good." Hu Zi was sitting on the stool shaking his head, when he saw his third sister coming in, he jumped off the table and ran over, moving He sniffed carefully, then looked at Chunqiu with a foodie face.

Chunqiu pinched Huzi's little nose with a smile, and said with a smile, "You snack, here, here you are." After Chunqiu finished speaking, he handed the spicy grass shrimp to Huzi.

"Hey hey hey" Huzi smirked, and ran back with a basin in his hand, shouting as he ran, "Mother, father, second brother, sister made something delicious, come and eat it!"

"Slow down," Yuan Shi reprimanded while placing the chopsticks, "I know how to eat, you little greedy cat"

"Hey, mother, Huzi is not a greedy cat." Huzi put the basin in his arms in the middle of the table, and then said proudly, "Huzi is afraid that the third sister will be slow, so he ran here."

"Yes, yes, my son is sensible." Chunqiu also sat on the table at this time, and then looked at the son next to him with a doting expression.

"Okay, let's eat quickly. You two should try my daughter's handicraft, which is much better than mine." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, she added a grass shrimp to Yang Weibo and Yang Chunming's bowls respectively.

"Mother, Huzi wants it too." Seeing that his mother didn't clip him, Huzi felt a little unhappy.

"Here, here you go, just eat it." Chunqiu directly put the grass shrimp that he had grilled into Huzi's bowl.

"Hey hey hey, it's delicious!" Huzi's eyes suddenly narrowed into a smile.

The spicy grass prawns are not very spicy, but the grass prawns are delicious and nutritious. With the addition of Chunqiu's spicy craftsmanship, the taste has been improved several levels.

"Eat more, here you are, mother." Chunqiu had eaten shrimps before, so he peeled the skin very quickly, and in a short while he peeled a bunch, and then gave some to Yuan Shi, some to Yang Weibo, and some to Yang Chunming.

"Niuniu, what you cook is really delicious, fragrant and chewy," Yuan praised while eating.

"That's not right, I'll be a chef in the future" Chunqiu fully accepted without any burden.

"Sister, this skill is really good. Sister, where did you learn this shrimp? I heard from my elder brother before that the uncle's cooking is not delicious." Yang Chunming was a little puzzled. His younger sister is so young, but he can cook so well.

"Self-taught" Chunqiu proudly poked her head out, thinking how much the aunt knows, and how much she knows. If an ancient person cooks better food than her modern person, then she will feel sorry for those time-traveling predecessors.

"Third Sister is amazing, Sister, I want more." After Huzi finished speaking, he looked at Chunqiu eagerly.

"Okay, here you are." Chunqiu pushed all the grass shrimps she had finished grilling to Huzi.

"Here...Brother Ming'er will go to the big room later, and send some to your uncle's house." Looking at the grass shrimp that had eaten so much and there was still half a pot, Yuan said to Yang Chunming who was on the side.

"Hey, okay, I'll send some later." After Yang Chunming finished speaking, several people continued to eat. Chunqiu was so busy peeling the skin that he didn't have time to talk at all.

After the Yuan family had lunch, Yang Weibo went out. Because of the fish, Yang Weibo was afraid that the long-term fish he kept would die and he would not be able to sell them. After discussing with his elder brother Yang Weimin, the two brothers still decided to go to town while it was still dark. superior.

Yang Chunming poured half of the leftover grass shrimp into a clean basin, greeted Mrs. Yuan and left. When Yang Chunming came over, the people in the big room were eating. Yang Weimin looked at his nephew and got up to say hello." Brother Minger is here"

"Well, uncle, this is the spicy grass shrimp made by Qiu'er, you guys have a try." After Yang Chunming finished speaking, he handed the pot to Chunhua who had already smelled the fragrance and ran over.

"Hey, brother Ming'er, please sit down and have something to eat?" Yang Weimin got up, but looked at the messy table beside him with a bit of embarrassment on his face.Mrs. Gu returned to her natal family, and the children in the family were liberated.

"No, uncle, then I'll go back first." Yang Chunming didn't seem to see Yang Weimin's embarrassment, so he left with a smile on his face.

"Hey, Dad, what are you doing standing up? The third sister's cooking is delicious." Chunhua looked at Yang Weimin who was still standing, a little curious.

"Eat yours," Yang Weimin replied angrily.

"Oh" Chunhua pursed her mouth, pulled the little stone aside who didn't know anything, and the two of them ate grass shrimp together.

"Yeah, it's delicious, it's delicious." Chunhua shook her head while eating.

"That's right," Xiao Shitou echoed, and couldn't help but put it in his mouth.

"What's the matter? Why did our father go out?" Yang Chunni came in with a bowl, and when she saw the two people at the table, she was a little curious, where did her father go?

"Big sister, come here and eat some shrimps. I don't know where daddy is." Chunhua saw Chunni coming in, and hurriedly called Yang Chunni to come over, and handed the grilled shrimps to Chunni.

"Where did this come from? Oh, it's quite delicious." Yang Chunni took Chunhua's shrimp and put it in her mouth.

"Given by the second brother," Xiao Shitou said while eating.

"Well, I'll get some for the elder brother later, the elder brother is still studying in the room." Chunni ate two and said to Chunhua.

"No, no, it's all gone." Chunhua hugged the basin after hearing Chunni's words and didn't let go.

"No, brother hasn't eaten anything yet." Chunni didn't care when she saw her cheating younger sister.

"Big brother eats meat," Chunhua said angrily. Her big brother eats so much better than her.

"Let go, I'll just take some." Seeing that Chunhua couldn't understand, Chunni thought about using a bowl to share a little.

"Here, no more, Xiaoshi and I don't have enough to eat." After Chunhua heard Chunni's words, she asked Xiaoshito to take the clean bowl from the side, poured it into the bowl, which was only half small, and then handed it to Chunni. Ni.

"Okay, eat it, I'll take it to my brother." Seeing her sister's stingy appearance, Chunni didn't say anything, picked up the bowl and left.

"Okay, let's eat." Chunhua saw that her sister had left, and reached out to poke a small stone beside her. The two of them hurriedly ate, fearing that her sister would come back to ask for it again.

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After lunch, Chunqiu gradually felt sleepy, and while Yuan was cleaning, Chunqiu climbed onto the kang, and fell asleep staring dazedly.

When Chunqiu woke up, it was already Shenshi, looking at the undiminished sunlight outside, Chunqiu buried his head in the quilt all at once.

After struggling for a long time, Chunqiu got down from the kang, stretched out his hands to straighten his hair, and walked out the door with somewhat messy steps.

Leaning against the door and looking at the yard, Chunqiu yawned a lot. After feeling awake, Chunqiu remembered her plan that was aborted before.

Because I mentioned the shop with my aunt before, Chunqiu plans to sell Liangpi. After all, this is easy to make, and the summer is hot, so it is the most suitable for this kind of snack...

(End of this chapter)