Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 319 Sheng Xinhua

After Xiaowa finished washing, she put on the quilt again, wrapped it with a big quilt and quilt, and handed it over to Zhou Qinglan.

It was strange to say that the little baby was crying aggrieved at first, but when she returned to her mother's arms, she stopped crying immediately, and just turned her head and opened her small mouth, looking for milk.

After the three-washing ceremony was over, everyone came out of the Westinghouse and asked Zhou Qinglan to breastfeed the child quietly.

"Brothers and sisters, sit down, I'll go to the kitchen to pack some things, let's have noodles for lunch today."

On the day of Xisan, there is no banquet, but noodles.

There are dried noodles prepared by Zhang Shuzhen in advance at home, which are simpler than hand-rolled noodles and easier to make.

Now at this time, dried noodles are a rare thing, and she can't bear to eat them in normal life. Zhang Shuzhen took a lot of effort to get them back, and she saved her daughter-in-law to eat them during confinement.

It is easy to cook dried noodles, but the topping requires a little thought.

It happened that there was some meat that Sheng Xiping had just picked up at home. Zhang Shuzhen had just instructed Sheng Yunfang and the sisters to cut the pork belly into pieces. She planned to stew braised pork and eat it with noodles.

"Ma'am, just say whatever you want, I'll do it, you can sit in the room."

On the other side, Zhao Juan hurriedly stood up and followed Zhang Shuzhen out.

This girl is very capable at home, and it is the same when she is in the Chen family. She does not miss anything in the work outside the house.

"That's right, auntie, tell us what you want to do, and we can do it." Li Xue and Tang Fengying stood up and said.

"Oh, no need, you just sit and chat, and it will be fine in a while."

How can Zhang Shuzhen let the guests cook by themselves?He quickly waved his hands, signaling Zhao Juan and the others to stay in the room.

In the kitchen, Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei had already cut a pot of meat and boiled a lot of eggs according to her mother's request.

"Both of you crack out the eggs and use them later."

Zhang Shuzhen ordered her daughter to work, and here she added some firewood to the east pot, then cleaned the pot and scooped out the water.

Zhang Shuzhen dug out a small piece of lard from the big oil pot, put it in the pot, and pushed the white lard around the bottom of the pot with a shovel. After a while, the lard melted.

When there is a sizzling sound in the pot, dig two spoonfuls of white sugar and pour it into the pot.

It stands to reason that it would be better to use rock sugar, but rock sugar is not easy to buy, and forestry stores only occasionally have it, and this little white sugar is bought from sugar tickets that have been saved for a long time.

The fire under the stove had just been lit, and it wasn't very hot, so Zhang Shuzhen used this small fire to slowly fry the sugar.

When all the sugar in the pot melted, small bubbles began to form at the bottom of the pot, and the color of the syrup began to turn red, Zhang Shuzhen poured the cut pork pieces into the pot and stir-fried them deftly.

Just at this time, the fire at the bottom of the pot was also booming, and I heard the meat sizzling in the pot, and the top of the meat began to change color.

Stir-fry until every piece of meat is covered with sugar color, and Zhang Shuzhen pours some soy sauce, white wine, and vinegar into the pot.

This wild pork is not a domestic pig at all, it has a strong fishy smell, so it tastes better with more seasoning.

After adding the seasoning and stir-frying for a few times, pour two scoops of water into the pot so that the water covers the meat.

Put some dry firewood on the bottom of the pot, boil the soup in the pot with high heat, and then put sliced ​​green onion, sliced ​​garlic, and sliced ​​ginger in it. ,

Everyone's method of this braised pork is different. Most of the people in the Northeast have a strong taste and the seasoning is ruthless.

Southerners generally don't put so many messy seasonings when they stew braised pork.

"You two look at the pot, and when you try to poke the meat with a shovel later, pour these eggs into it."

Zhang Shuzhen scratched the skin of the peeled eggs twice, and then told the two daughters.

"I have to go into the room to talk with the guests. You two should be smart and watch the pot. Just don't dry up the soup in the pot."

"Oh, I see, Mom." The two girls responded.

Zhang Shuzhen left the two daughters in the kitchen to watch the pot. She went into the room to talk with Qin Qiuyan and others, and came out after a while to have a look.

The meat stewed in the pot is the meat of Xiaohuang Maozi, which is relatively tender. After about an hour, the meat will be soft and rotten.

The two girls tried it out and felt it was okay, so they poured the eggs in the pot into the pot.

Zhang Shuzhen felt the time was about the same, came out to have a look, took a taste of some soup with a shovel, felt that the taste was a little weak, and added some salt to it.

When the sugar is fried, the sugar will be a bit bitter when it is caramelized, so a little sugar should be used to adjust the taste, so that it is delicious.

The meat in the pot has been stewed, and it is reddish brown, trembling and shiny. The eggs are stewed in the soup for a while, and they are also covered with a reddish brown skin.

Just such a small fire is slowly gurgling, the thick soup is constantly bubbling, and the aroma of braised pork fills the room.

When the eggs are cooked to taste and the soup has reached a certain level, it can be served.

An enamel pot was placed on the pot table, and Zhang Shuzhen held a spoon for rice in her hand, and filled the pot with meat and eggs one by one.

The stewed meat is just right, and when it falls into the pot, it bounces twice and trembles a little, making it very attractive to see here.

The girls Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei looked at the meat in the basin, and couldn't help swallowing, they were really too greedy to panic.

Fortunately, Sheng Xitai took Chen Feng out to play after breakfast, and was not at home. If he was at home, he would keep asking for food.

The meat, eggs, and soup were all put into a small basin, and two scoops of water were poured into the pot, and the pot was cleaned.

Then add water, add dry firewood to the bottom of the pot, and wait for the water to boil for the next noodles.

If there were no outsiders here, Zhang Shuzhen would definitely not even brush the pot, and just add water to cook the noodles. There is still a lot of stew soup on the pot, it would be a pity to brush it away and throw it away.

But today is the child's third bath, with so many guests, how can we cook noodles without washing the pot?That would be too trivial.

Cooking vermicelli is much easier. Boil the water in the pot, put the vermicelli into it, stir it with chopsticks to prevent it from sticking together, just boil the water and let it soften.

When cooking noodles, the most important thing is to use a wide soup. If there is more water in the pot, the noodles will not become sticky and unpalatable.

After the noodles are cooked, put them in two enamel basins, and wash the noodles three times and it is considered ready.

It just so happened that Sheng Xiping and his brothers finally cleaned up the two pigs and one roe deer. Sheng Xitai estimated that it would be about the same time, and led Chen Feng back.

So tables were set up in the east house, south and north kangs, bowls and chopsticks were placed, noodles and toppings were brought into the house, and everyone was greeted for dinner.

"Well, today I wash three, according to the old rules, let's eat noodles. It's a little simpler, the big guys will just eat it.

Waiting for the child to be full moon, we must set up a few big tables, let's have a good time. "

Zhang Shuzhen said with a smile when she entered the room with braised pork and egg toppings.

"Oh my god, is this a little simpler? Who can eat like yours?
There are also eggs in the braised pork. How delicious is it to eat a bowl of noodles? "

Xu Xiuxiang, Chen Xiuzhi and others couldn't help shaking their heads when they saw it.

"It would be nice if you get some meat sauce, egg sauce, etc., why bother?

How about saving the meat to make some dumplings for my daughter-in-law, and saving the eggs for her? "

What people said was polite, so Zhang Shuzhen naturally wouldn't take it seriously, so she smiled and greeted everyone to eat on the kang.

The older people ate on the South Kang, while Tang Fengying's young wives and the Sheng family's children ate on the North Kang.

Anyway, the noodles and toppings are the same, and the quantity is enough.

Sheng Xiping filled two bowls of noodles, and poured a spoonful of braised pork, an egg, and broth into each bowl.

"Master, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Chen, eat slowly. I will deliver food to Qing Lan, and I will eat with her."

With such delicious noodles, there is no need to do anything for Zhou Qinglan, just serve a bowl of them.

You also need to eat a little salt during the confinement period, otherwise you will have no strength, just don't eat too much, otherwise, the child will get angry from breastfeeding.

"Oh, that's fine, then you can stay with your wife, we don't need you to care about it, we are not outsiders."

Qin Qiuyan waved her hand, signaling Sheng Xiping to do whatever he wanted, and he didn't need to worry about it.

"It has to be our Xiping, who knows how to love his wife, and if he is looking for a man, he has to find someone who knows the cold and the hot.

A woman risked her life to give birth to a child, and if she couldn't get a man's sincere treatment, what's the point of living a life like this?

Brother and sister, are you right? "Qin Qiuyan looked at Zhang Shuzhen and asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes, sister-in-law's words are true. Our family, Xiping, knows how to hurt people.

Not only does he feel sorry for his wife, but also for me.It's useless to me last night, he stayed with his wife and children in Westinghouse. "

Zhang Shuzhen smiled, followed Qin Qiuyan's words, and praised her son.

"Well, the noodles are all served, let's eat quickly, the noodles won't taste good after a while." Zhang Shuzhen smiled and greeted everyone to eat.

Everyone has thin white noodles in their bowls. On top of the noodles, there is a spoonful of oily, red and fragrant braised pork, served with an egg.

When eating noodles, first pick up the egg and take a bite.

After the egg white is soaked and stewed in the broth, it is full of taste and elastic. The egg yolk is rusty and noodles, and the egg fragrance is mixed with the meat fragrance. It is very satisfying to eat.

Swallow the eggs, and then eat the meat.

After a long time of stewing, the fat part is soft and slippery, almost melting with the tongue.

The lean meat is also soft and rotten, so you don't need to chew much, and your mouth is full of sweet and fresh meat.

The noodles are cooked just right, there is no hard core inside, nor is it sticky, and mixed with the broth, it is smooth and full of flavor.

Accidentally, I took a big mouthful.This meal is comfortable to eat.

"Oh, brother and sister, I asked you to make this noodle. It's amazing. It's so delicious." Swallowing the noodle in his mouth, the big guy couldn't help but praise.

"Eat more if it tastes good. I cooked a lot of noodles today, so I can eat them with energy."

Zhang Shuzhen smiled happily, and kept urging everyone to eat more.

On Westinghouse's side, Xiaowa is soundly asleep.

Zhou Qinglan sat leaning against the partition wall with a pillow behind her, with the noodle bowl on her knees, holding the bowl with one hand, picking up the noodles with chopsticks with the other hand, and sucking them into her mouth.

"Well, it's still the food you eat that tastes good. In the past two days, I have given me millet porridge, eggs, and pig's trotter soup, and there is no taste in my mouth."

Sheng Xiping didn't get on the kang, he took a stool and put it in front of the kang, put the bowl on the edge of the kang, and ate noodles with his head down.

Hearing Zhou Qinglan's words, Sheng Xiping looked up at his wife and smiled.

"It's okay. After today, it can be a little salty. You just gave birth two days ago, so it's really not suitable for you to eat salt."

Three days after giving birth, it is no problem to eat some salt.

Those whose family conditions are not good will eat with the family after three days, and it is impossible for the whole family not to eat salt for the sake of the mother.

Of course, with the conditions of the Sheng family, Zhou Qinglan doesn't need to be so early, she can completely confine her.

The couple ate up the noodles while chatting.

Zhou Qinglan eats a small amount of food. During the confinement period, she should eat small meals often. Zhang Shuzhen also warmed up a bowl of soup in the middle of the afternoon, so Zhou Qinglan was full with this bowl of noodles.

Sheng Xiping is a big man and works hard, how can a bowl of noodles be enough?So I went to the east room to fill a bowl again.

At this time, everyone in the east room had almost eaten.

The bowls for eating these days are the two bowls with white background and blue rim. Women's appetite is not big, and a bowl of noodles is almost enough.

Zhang Shuzhen enthusiastically filled everyone with noodles again, insisting that they should eat more.

Everyone chattered and talked, pulled and blocked, filled half a bowl, and at least they ate it.

After lunch, everyone chatted at Sheng's house for a while, and they were about to leave and go home.

Zhang Shuzhen asked Sheng Xiping to bring a piece of meat to each family. The two pigs should be shared among the big guys.

After seeing off the guests, Sheng Xiping cut up the rest of the meat and took it outside to freeze.

At this time, the weather was cold, and the temperature was minus [-] degrees during the day, and the meat pieces were frozen hard after a long time outside.

Similar to frozen dumplings, a layer of ice is also hung on the outside, and then the meat is packed into a large wooden barrel in the warehouse, with a layer of meat and a layer of snow, which can be stored for a long time.

"Mom, there is so much meat in our warehouse, you can eat whatever you want at home, and save everything you don't need until the three of us come back.

It's a pity not to eat the old meat, and it's a pity to keep it until the next year. "

There are quite a few large wooden barrels in the Sheng family's warehouse, almost all of them are full, containing all kinds of meat, fire spoons, dumplings and other things.

Sheng Xiping looked at each of them, and then told Zhang Shuzhen after returning to the house.

Busy and busy, the third day of the baby's birth has just passed. Under the careful care of her mother-in-law, Zhou Qinglan has enough milk to feed her son.

Babies who are breastfed don’t want to see milk powder at all.

In order to amuse his son, Sheng Xiping specially made some milk powder to try, but the little guy didn't even open his mouth this time, and refused to eat at all.

"This little thing, he knows it's good. Come on, I bought milk powder for nothing, let's save it for the sixth child and the others."

Sheng Xiping teased the child for a while, but the eldest child in his family didn't open his mouth. In the end, the bowl of milk powder fell into the stomachs of Sheng Xitai and Chen Feng.

Most of the babies in confinement eat and sleep, and of course some who can cry and love toss are not ruled out.

Fortunately, the baby of the Sheng family is quite obedient, he only cries when he is hungry and when he urinates, and does not make any movement at other times.

The child is easy to coax, and those who take care of the confinement can relax a bit. Sheng Xiping is mainly responsible for washing the urinals, and Zhang Shuzhen can cook for Zhou Qinglan.

Sheng Xiping only had five days of vacation, so on the afternoon of the [-]th, he went back to the mountain with his bags on his back.

When Sheng Liancheng saw his son, he kept asking how his little grandson was, whether he was fat or not, and whether he could be coaxed or not.

Sheng Xiping took out the piece of paper that the couple named the child, and asked Sheng Liancheng what he meant.

The next generation of the Sheng family should be the new generation. Zhou Qinglan gave Sheng Xinmin, Sheng Xinhua, Sheng Xinguo, Sheng Xinbo, Sheng Xinyao, Sheng Xinyu and other names.

Sheng Liancheng is old-fashioned, he doesn't understand those names that are too trendy, so he thinks that Xinmin and Xinhua are both good-sounding.

After discussing for a long time, the two of them decided to use the name Sheng Xinhua. If Zhou Qinglan had another child in the future, he would choose from the rest.

Therefore, the first boy of the third generation of the Sheng family was named Sheng Xinhua.

(End of this chapter)