Back to 80s: It's not easy to be a group favorite

Chapter 129 Gossip
I picked a few cucumbers, and looked at the cantaloupe my grandma said I was going to pick just now. I picked the ones that looked big and were probably ripe, and got a few.

I picked some tender cowpeas and green beans, picked a few green peppers that had just grown to the length of my little finger, filled the basket almost half full, and then stopped.

Looking at all kinds of vegetables in the garden, Li Shaoyun really felt itchy.

Greedy!This one wants to pick, that one wants to pinch.

After a while, there was a lot in the basket.

Cowpeas and green beans are in season and delicious, and they can be paired with stewed noodles for lunch.

Carrying the basket, Li Shaoyun walked home contentedly.

The hot air blew on his sweaty face, although it was a bit uncomfortable, but Li Shaoyun felt elated when he thought that he would be able to eat the delicious food in his stomach later.

"Hey! Shaoyun, are you on vacation too?" Halfway along, someone called Li Shaoyun behind his back.

Hearing the familiar voice, Li Shaoyun stopped in his tracks, turned his head to look over, and replied to the visitor with a smile: "Yes! We let it go! The middle school has let it go!"

He asked again, "Auntie, have you gone to the field?"

The person who came was Li Mei's mother, who strode over with a hoe on her shoulders and looked at Li Shaoyun with a very affectionate smile.

"Well! I went to the field to have a look. Why didn't you come to our house to play? Li Mei is at home! You haven't come to our house to play for a long time, right?"

Li Shaoyun lifted the basket in his hand, "I just came back yesterday! My grandma asked me to pick and order food today, didn't Li Mei go to her aunt's house to play?"

Li Mei's mother changed the hoe on her shoulder from the left shoulder to the right shoulder, and shook her head, "Hey! No, where to go! Just stay at home! I'm a grown girl, and I'm not a child, why run around!"

"Then let her come to our house to play! That's right," Li Shaoyun paused, and then asked:

"Then what, auntie, is Li Mei still going to school?"

Many families in rural areas are like this. If the daughter is not good at studying, she will basically not be allowed to continue her studies after entering junior high school.That's kind of enlightened.

There are even those who are not allowed to go to school directly, or only allowed to go to elementary school.

Don't talk about nine-year compulsory education, people here don't know what this is!
Li Mei's mother said frankly: "What are you going to do? She didn't pass the exam! Our family doesn't have the ability to support her to continue studying! If she studies well, we grit our teeth and support her. Now she hasn't even passed the exam. It’s not a waste of money to continue reading!”

Li Shaoyun: "..."

This is really demanding!Let alone Li Mei, she herself dared not boast that she was going to take the technical secondary school entrance examination.

In technical secondary schools these days, those with mediocre academic performance dare not say it casually, saying that they are going to be admitted to a technical secondary school, for fear of making people laugh.

"Auntie, you are too demanding!" Li Shaoyun herself felt that the words were weak, but she didn't know what to say.

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and she has no right to comment.

It can only be tactful persuasion: "If Li Mei is admitted to high school, let her go! This is a lifetime thing. If she is promising in the future, your faces will be bright too! If she is successful, she can help the family!"

Li Mei's mother shook her head disapprovingly, and sighed: "You have seen it too, our family's conditions are just the same! If it's like yours, it's fine! If she misses it, let her read it."

She paused for a moment, and there was a bit of envy on her face, "We are old people, and we don't have much ability! Unlike your father and your mother, people have that ability, so it's okay for you to go to school! High school and university Everything will work! The key is that her academic performance is also average, so we won't waste that effort!"

Li Shaoyun: ...that makes sense.

I was also slightly embarrassed, and I didn't know how to answer it at all.

This is treating yourself as an adult!

She is really not used to talking about this with her half-old child in such a confiding manner!
It's not unreasonable to say what Li Mei's mother said.

These days, those who can send their children, especially their daughters, to study are more open-minded, and patriarchal thoughts are not so serious, but there are practical problems that need to be considered.

The two talked a few words, and Li Mei's mother carried the hoe and continued to walk home, while inviting Li Shaoyun: "It's okay to come to our house to play! She is at home all day."

"Okay, auntie." Li Shaoyun agreed, and politely asked Li Mei's mother to take the order back to eat.

Li Mei's mother waved her hand and refused, "Our family also has them, so you're welcome."

When I got home, Grandma Li took a look, oh!This granddaughter is a prodigal.

"You child, are you finished picking so much to eat? This is all from our family, and it can't run away in the long field! It's so good to eat and pick as you like, and it's still fresh!" Grandma Li was a little speechless.

"I didn't think this one was good, and I wanted to pick that one too, so I picked so many without knowing it!" Li Shaoyun argued with a smile.

The old lady cast a reproachful glance at her granddaughter, "All right! It depends on whether you can eat or not! Don't be overly arrogant."

Li Shaoyun nodded, and looked at the old lady with a salivating smile, "That can't be done! I'm sure I can eat it! Grandma, shall we have stewed lentil noodles for lunch?"

The old lady looked at her granddaughter and smiled, "Okay! I'll make some noodles later."

The local stewed noodles are made by yourself, which is different from the stewed noodles that Li Shaoyun once ate.

The exact name of this food is 洇bing.

Li Shaoyun doesn't know exactly how to write it, so he can only guess according to his practice.

Probably because this kind of pancake is spread on the dish, let the soup and steam slowly simmer, like ink dripping on white paper, so that this kind of pancake is soaked in soup.

To say it tastes really good.

Anyway, Li Shaoyun likes to eat.

The three little ones in the Li family all like to eat this bite.The younger brother Li Er sometimes eats the pancakes without even the size of the dishes. The pancakes soaked in the soup are oily and salty, and they are really delicious.

She has never heard of this kind of food and way of eating in other places in later generations, and it is probably a very small local food.

Maybe they don’t even know about the village next door!

This kind of food is also eaten in summer.

At this time, there are a lot of varieties of melons and vegetables. It’s just that summer cooking suffers. Most people do whatever is convenient, but they can’t just settle for it all the time. Some people think of such a way of eating.

To say that this kind of eating is also quite troublesome.

When kneading, kneading, kneading and rolling the noodles, the noodles should be kneaded so that they are neither soft nor hard, and kneaded for a longer time, so that they will be pliable and have a good taste when eaten.In addition, we need to do the dish code.

This is the case with many local restaurants, including vegetables and rice, which is really similar to the northern countryside!

It's just a little more complicated.

Cut the potatoes into large pieces, pinch the green beans into sections, heat the oil in the pot, sauté the onion and ginger until fragrant, fry these materials in the pot, put in water and cover the pot and simmer.

When the stew is half-cooked, spread the rolled dough on these dishes, cover the pot and continue to stew.

The skin is very thin, and it will be cooked after two to three minutes.

Pick it out and continue to cook the next one.

Eat a few and stew a few.When the noodles are ready, the dishes below are also cooked.

The firewood pot for cooking in the countryside is big, and there are few people, so two or three sheets are enough!
If there are too many people, three or two pieces are really not enough to eat.

Cool the noodle cakes cut into small pieces and mix them with potatoes and kidney beans. The stewed potatoes taste soft and the noodle cakes are flexible. Sprinkle a handful of minced garlic when it comes out of the pan. Appetizing and delicious.

This vegetable rice is actually a game, fresh.Whether it is potatoes or green beans, they are eaten and picked (digged) now.

To say that potatoes and green beans are very common in the vegetable market of later generations, but Li Shaoyun thinks that it probably doesn't mean that when they taste like that.

(End of this chapter)