Siheyuan: Baji heirs never forget

Chapter 24 Letter to Hong Kong

Potato dumplings are a famous snack in the Longdongnan region of Gansu Province. He once traveled there in his previous life, and after returning home, he was obsessed with this snack and even studied how to make it.

It’s not difficult to do, and it’s even a bit simple.Stir the cooked potatoes into a thin puree. At this time, you can add oil and pepper, or add some sauerkraut soup.

The taste is very delicious.

Since time traveling, Zhao Xin had forgotten about this incident, but a year ago he read some miscellaneous books and saw an introduction to the Longdongnan region of Gansu, which contained this snack.

So I just thought about it and prepared to cook it.

Zhao Xin was cleaning the wooden trough and wooden hammer, and Lou Xiao'e also counted out a large pot of potatoes and was washing them with Su Li in the yard.

The two children were crawling on the carpet and seemed to be playing harmoniously.

Ten minutes later, after washing the wooden trough, Zhao Xin went out for a walk. His eldest son and third son had disappeared.I went outside and saw these two guys playing in the orphanage.

Zhao Yutian was even competing with another child.

Fist to the flesh, Zhao Zhixia and Zhao Yueyue applauded and cheered.

When Xin Zhao saw this scene, a smile flashed in his eyes. Practicing martial arts without fighting would be just a showboat after all. This was how he got here back then.

When the three children were together, Zhao Xin paid no attention to them, so as not to ruin the children's happiness.

Don't worry, no matter who is beating whom, the ointment prepared by my master is very useful.

Back in the courtyard, senior brother Wang Heren and many martial arts disciples were washing up. Today's morning training was over, and they would go back to their homes to have lunch.

The three brothers returned to the inner courtyard, sat down at the table, sipped tea and ate melon seeds.

Not long after, Lou Xiaoe came out carrying a basket of potatoes.Xin Zhao quickly took it, after all, this basket of boiled potatoes is not light.

Putting the potatoes on the table, Xin Zhao saw his senior brother and sixth junior brother swallowing subconsciously.

"Fifth Senior Brother, do you want to eat potatoes with meat today?" Zhu Cunwen asked.

"There are only potatoes." Zhao Xin smiled and took it out and handed it to Zhu Cunwen: "This is not for you to eat. Peel it clean and put it in another basket."

At this time, Su Li also brought a basket.

The three brothers, plus two women, quickly peeled all the potatoes.

After drying for half an hour, Xin Zhao demonstrated by placing the potatoes in a wooden trough and beating them back and forth with a wooden hammer.

Then the sixth junior brother took over the job of making potato dumplings by himself.

In the kitchen, Lou Xiao'e has also blanched the peppers and is making pickled cabbage soup.

At this time, Wang Zhenyuan came back from the outside. He saw the movement inside, and couldn't help but slam his mouth: "Mashed potatoes today?"

"No, I'm eating potato dumplings today." Zhao Xin explained.

Although mashed potatoes and potato dough are processed in the same way, the way to eat them is different.

"Yes." Wang Zhenyuan nodded, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes.

He took the wooden hammer from Zhu Cunwen's hand and began to beat it. Zhao Xin noticed that his master's force was very even, and he tried his best to smash the potatoes into place every time he hammered.

After a while, the potatoes in the wooden trough have become sticky, but this is not enough. They must be like mud to taste good.

More than ten minutes later, all fifty potatoes were smashed into mashed potatoes.Zhao Xin began to dig into the bowl, while Zhu Cunwen went to call Zhao Xin's three children.

Soon everyone came.

The three children initially complained a little, but they became interested after seeing the food in the bowl that they had never eaten before.

In the kitchen, Lou Xiao'e and Su Li also came out, one carrying a small pot of pickled cabbage soup, and the other carrying two bowls.

One is chili and the other is seasoning water.

There are two ways to eat potato stir-fry. One is to add some seasoning water, then add chili pepper, and eat it with chili pepper and seasoning water.

The other way is to add some pickled cabbage soup. Both ways of eating it are delicious.

"Not bad." The whole family ate deliciously.

Zhao Yueyue stared at the mashed potatoes in the basin, touched her slightly bulging belly with her little hands, and finally put down the bowl and chopsticks. She was really full.

After eating, Wang Zhenyuan took his three apprentices for a walk outside to eat.

At the same time, they are also exchanging experience in martial arts.

My master has recently been busy compiling martial arts routines, which is equivalent to publishing a martial arts book, so he must not be careless.Every move and style should be as simple, clear, and useful as possible.

After walking for a while, Wang Zhenyuan looked at Zhao Xin and said, "I recently heard news that the higher-ups are planning to abolish the military rank system."

Xin Zhao's footsteps froze, his expression slightly frozen, but he returned to normal after a while: "Soldiers take obedience to orders as their bounden duty. I believe the above also has the above considerations. If you think that the old Americans lost in the Korean battlefield, they should not make any more troubles in a short time."

"Yes." Wang Zhenyuan nodded: "You have to do some work with your wife after you go back. I reported it to the superiors. Your parents are heroes and you are also a veteran. Xiao'e is a general person.
"Is it this far?" Xin Zhao frowned.

"What is this step?" Wang Zhenyuan asked doubtfully.

"Is there any news above?" Xin Zhao pointed upward.

"Go back and talk to your wife. She should no longer be a non-staff member of the street office." Wang Zhenyuan said.

"Okay." Xin Zhao nodded.

Zhao Xin's family had dinner in the Wuyuan before leaving. It was already six o'clock when they returned to the Siheyuan.

When Zhao Xin was thinking about how to tell Lou Xiao'e about this, he saw Xu Damao coming back with two chickens.

"Director Zhao, if you want one, I'll give you one. This one can be used to lay eggs."

Xin Zhao shook his head. His family had eaten chicken not long ago, and it would be troublesome to keep it.

As for raising them to wait for the eggs to be laid, that's even more unnecessary.The place at home is small, not to mention that chickens can poop, and the smell is heavy.

"Yes, I'll keep it for myself." Xu Damao carried the chicken and walked inside.

Not long after, Zhao Xin heard Xu Damao and He Yuzhu's scolding again.

In the Jia family, Jia and Zhang closed the door.Looking at the coarse grain rice on the table, he frowned.

"Huai Ru, Xu Damao brought two chickens. Otherwise, we can buy one from him. It will definitely be cheaper than in the market." Jia Zhang said.

He saw someone doing this kind of thing in the yard, and it was at least [-]% cheaper than in the market.

"Mom, I told you this in the morning, and you didn't object." Qin Huairu continued: "The family is in trouble. Now I am the only one working, so we have to live a rationed life."

Mrs. Jia Zhang curled her lips, and finally sat down to continue eating. She stuffed a mouthful of whole grain rice, and after finally swallowing it, Mrs. Jia Zhang said seriously: "Huai Ru, I know our family's difficulties, but my medicine cannot be stopped. "

"Okay, I'll buy you a bottle of painkillers every month." Qin Huairu said with a smile on her face: "Mom, the three children are getting older and our lives will get better and better."

"Yes." Mrs. Jia Zhang nodded, she had confidence in her eldest grandson.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu also had a smile on her face. With the Jia Zhang family in the family, the three children would not be a problem.

The Jia family's money saving plan can be implemented smoothly. If you save five yuan a month, that's sixty yuan a year.

One day soon, the money in her hand will reach three hundred.

At this time, Stick put down the bowl and chopsticks and said: "I'm full." After speaking, he ran outside.

"Banggen, where are you going?" Qin Huairu stopped Banggen, looked at Xiaodang and Huaihua who also put down their bowls and chopsticks, and said, "It's Saturday, Silly Zhu didn't go to work."

BangGeng felt a little discouraged when he heard this. He sat back on the dining table and continued to eat the rice in the bowl.

Xiaodang and Huaihua also saw this. They didn't have extra meals since Silly Zhu didn't go to work.

In Zhao Xin's house, the three children were all tired from playing today. After coming back, they climbed into bed and went to sleep, including Zhao Gangyi.

Zhao Xin and Lou Xiao'e were sitting in the room talking quietly. ,

Zhao Xin told Lou Xiao'e everything his master said.

"Brother Xin, I listened to you, and you also said that this is only a nominal severance of relations. Besides, my parents have gone to Hong Kong, and the future of you and the children is more important." Lou Xiao'e said.

"Well, we have to hide that box too," Xin Zhao said.

"Okay." Lou Xiao'e returned to the bedroom and soon took out a box. There were more than a dozen gold bars and a jade bracelet in the box.

This is the highest quality jade, a hundred times better than what Xin Zhao had seen at the stall before. It is also Lou Xiao'e's family heirloom.

After the children fell asleep, the couple went to the kitchen and dug carefully.I dug a pit one meter deep and buried the box in it.

The next day, Xin Zhao wrote a letter and sent it to Hong Kong, and stated that letters would be suspended for the next period of time.

This is not a special period yet, and this letter was delivered at a distant post office, so there is basically no possibility of it being intercepted.

(End of this chapter)