Koi benefit the whole village in modern times

Chapter 161 The New Year's Liveliness 3 (Part [-])
When Xiao Jinli came to the shed, he saw Gao Jianjun was shoveling dirt with a shovel, and Shi Dajiang next to him looked embarrassed.

As soon as he saw Xiao Jinli, he stepped forward and said, "Little Boss!"

Xiao Jinli nodded, and then asked, "Uncle Shi, didn't you have a holiday? Didn't you and the child go back for the New Year?"

Shi Dajiang shook his head and said, "When I go back to celebrate the New Year, it's me and Xiaobao, and here, it's me and Xiaobao, so I won't go back at all. For me and my children, it's the same wherever we celebrate the New Year. I also don't have a few relatives and friends to visit, if they want to come to me, they come here directly."

Anyway, the two villages are not far apart.

People are poor, no one can afford it.

Usually, his family has few relatives and friends throughout the year.

Even if he goes to someone else's house, he will be ridiculed in person or secretly, saying that he is playing the autumn wind.

So, he simply didn't go.

Xiao Jinli nodded, and then said, "Then come to my house to celebrate the New Year tonight. My house is crowded today, so you and Xiaobao come over and have fun together."

Shi Dajiang's expression froze for a moment, and the next moment, his eyes turned red, and he said very moved and grateful, "Thank you, Xiaodong. Tonight and Xiaobao will celebrate the New Year in this house."

Since the death of his son and daughter-in-law, he has rarely received kindness from others.

In the past, even if someone proposed to go to his house to celebrate the New Year, their eyes showed disdain and contempt. Obviously, they were just talking about it, and they didn't really want them to go to celebrate the New Year.

But this little boss always showed kindness to him, and even gave him a job with enough food and clothing.

For the rest of his life, he didn't know how to repay it.

Xiao Jinli said, "Uncle Shi, it's just a meal. It's nothing if you come back after dinner."

Gao Jianjun persuaded from the side, "That's right, it's just a meal. You can take the children there and join in the fun."

After hesitating for a moment, Shi Dajiang replied, "Okay, little boss, then I will not be polite."

But I was thinking in my heart, "In the future, he needs to work more seriously."

Xiao Jinli looked at Gao Jianjun and asked, "Uncle, did you find any earthworms?"

"..." Gao Jianjun shook his head and said, "No, they seem to be hiding."

"The weather is too cold now, and the earthworms can't get used to it, so they hide in the ground and can't come out. After two days, when the sun comes out and it's warmer, they will come out, and you can see them too."

Gao Jianjun nodded regretfully and said, "That's fine, let's take it for two days."

Anyway, he has seven or eight days off.

When Xiao Jinli and Gao Jianjun were about to leave, Xiaobao ran in excitedly in beautiful clothes with a new toy in his hand. He shouted loudly while running, "Grandpa, look, my good friend gave me two Give me a new toy."

Afterwards, he noticed Xiao Jinli, and immediately shouted politely, "Sister Jinli!"

Xiao Jinli patted his little head, and asked with a smile, "Xiao Bao, did you have a good time today?"

Xiaobao nodded and said, "Well, I am very happy! Many children play with me here, and they share new toys with me, and they even give me candy and snacks!"

Unlike at home before, all the children in the village bullied him, scolded him and beat him, said he had no parents to support him, and even called him a disabled grandson. Anyway, no one wanted to play with him.

But it's different here.

The children here not only don’t know how to scold him, but also play with him, play hide-and-seek with him, hopscotch, share toys with him, and give him a lot of food to eat.

He stayed here, and he didn't want to go back to the original home at all.

He is very happy here, very happy!
It was precisely because Shi Dajiang saw his grandson that he was happier staying here, so it was unnecessary and unwilling to take the child back to the village.

Xiao Jinli said with a smile, "Just be happy. Remember to come to my sister's house with grandpa for dinner tonight!"

"Go to my sister's house for dinner?" Xiaobao's eyes lit up, and he said happily, "That's good."

After walking out of the greenhouse, Gao Jianjun asked with a smile, "Little koi, you are so kind to them!"

Xiao Jinli said with a smile, "Both grandpa and grandson are poor people, just help me."

"Haha, our little koi is indeed a kind child." Gao Jianjun laughed and said, "Kind people are blessed."

Then, the two went home.

After arriving home, everyone is still busy. Even if it is a meal at noon, there are many people, so they have to cook more, not to mention three or four tables at night.

Ji Yuzhu and grandma had cleaned all the vegetables, Xiao Junxuan was chopping chicken and duck with a kitchen knife, and Xiao's father was cleaning the internal organs of the chicken and duck.

Some people don't like to eat these internal organs, but Xiao Wanshan and his son do like them, so these things are never thrown away casually.

Grandma already took another small kitchen knife, found a cutting board, and started cutting vegetables.

In the kitchen, Mother Xiao was steaming pork.

The pork belly was fried yesterday, and it will be steamed today.

When frying pork belly, the pork belly should be cooked first. When cooking, add cooking wine, ginger, scallions, and aniseed star anise. Then cook until the chopsticks get in from the skin, and then you can pick it up.

After scooping it in, poke it with a toothpick, drain the water, and start frying.

When frying, put it in the pot when it is five minutes hot, turn off the heat, cover the pot, and continue to fry. When the meat is fried until the skin is browned, you can turn off the heat and start the pot.

The fried pork belly can be soaked in the soup where the meat was cooked before, and it is better to cut it when slicing.

Put the cut pork belly upside down into the sea bowl.

Then, start to prepare the vegetables.

For plum vegetables, some people will add chili, soy sauce, salt, and sugar to the pot, stir fry them twice, then remove the pot, put them in a bowl, and directly cover the meat.

After that, put it in the pot and steam it directly.

The meat must be steamed until soft, it melts in the mouth but is not greasy, and it is infused with the taste of preserved vegetables.

Yesterday, Mother Xiao fried pork belly for 12 yuan, but today, I steamed six bowls.

In the countryside, every household will build that kind of firewood stove, and use a large pot to steam the meat. At the same time, Mother Xiao washed some sweet potatoes and put them in.

Steamed sweet potatoes are also delicious, sweet and soft, the whole family likes to eat them.

While the braised pork was steaming in the pot, Mother Xiao started making pig's trotters.

The pig’s trotters should be blanched first, and cooking wine should also be put in when blanching. Well, Mama Xiao put in the water wine brewed by herself, plus ginger and spring onions.

Blanch the pig's trotters, set aside to drain the water, and wait for it to be cooked.

Gao Yanxin walked into the kitchen and asked, "Auntie, what are you cooking for lunch today?"

Glancing at the things in the kitchen, he swallowed and said, "I really miss the food you cooked, auntie. You don't know, the food my mother cooks is really unpalatable. Sometimes I doubt it, you Are my mother and I really sisters? But the difference in cooking skills is too far, right?"

Ji Yuzhu, who had just walked into the kitchen, heard this and yelled angrily, "Gao Yanxin, I think you are itchy, don't you? Bury your own mother behind your back!"

(End of this chapter)