Traveling through the ages with the hotel, being doted on by four brothers

Chapter 225 Afraid of Spreading Rumors
Everyone set out early in the morning, so we all went home early, before noon.

Because there were a lot of things to do, they cooked dumplings at noon. Everyone had a big bowl of hot dumplings. Xiao Yunfan felt that life here was really good and he didn't want to leave, but he only had a few days of vacation this time.

"Xiao Yunfan, how much did you spend on the rabbit today?" Xia Chan asked. She wanted the rabbit, so of course she had to pay for it.

"No need, just consider it as my rent!" How could Xiao Yunfan take her money? If she was willing, he would give her everything he had.

"How can that be? You've already bought so much meat before, and we're taking advantage of you living in our house. How can we ask for more of your things?" Although he didn't know how many rabbits Xiao Yunfan had bought for him, a rabbit only cost two or three dollars, which was more than enough to pay the rent. How could he ask him for so much meat?
"Then when we exchange things in the future, just send me more." Xiao Yunfan said, "I really like to eat mountain products."

Xia Chan nodded, "Okay, then I'll send you more mountain products in the future."

After dinner, the brothers began to clean up pheasants and rabbits, while Xia Chan also began to prepare stewed lamb ribs and slicing lamb. Xiao Tiantian and Yuan Bingbing would come to eat in the evening, so Xiao Yunfan came over to be in charge of slicing the lamb, and Xia Chan went to prepare other ingredients.

She washed, cut, and arranged the onions, ginger, garlic, red peppers, white radish, and cabbage on a plate. She also soaked some dried vegetables and mushrooms, and then began to stew the lamb ribs. Lamb ribs cannot be cooked in a short time and must be stewed in advance.

After putting on the big firewood, there was nothing to worry about. Xia Chan took a processed pheasant from her brother, chopped it into pieces, blanched it on the stove at the head of the kang, and then stewed it directly in the iron pot.

The brothers would marinate the cleaned pheasants and rabbits with various seasonings and then put them in a pickle jar. After they were marinated, they could be taken out and smoked to make bacon.

Xia Chan had nothing to do for the time being, as she had finished all her preparations. She went to Xiao Yunfan and watched him slice the mutton. When Xiao Yunfan had finished slicing the mutton, Xia Chan took an oil paper bag and packed the mutton slices into packages, leaving only one pot for eating in the evening and freezing the rest. When she wanted to eat, she could just take two packages back.

After everyone finished their work, Xia Chan turned the fire in the two pots to a low heat for a slow simmer. Then everyone went up to the kang and sat at the kang table to rest. Xia Chan brought a bowl of persimmon cakes and sugar-frosted hawthorns and placed them on the kang table for everyone to eat.

Then he washed five apples and gave one to each person. Xia Chan held the apple in one hand and ate it slowly, while holding an old newspaper in the other hand and looking at it carefully.

After taking the first bite of the apple, I couldn't help but frown. The apple was very small at this time, and the flesh was very hard. It made a loud snapping sound when I bit it, and it had very little moisture, and the sour taste was greater than the sweetness.

Xia Chan originally thought that this kind of pure natural and pollution-free fruit would be delicious. It seems that the taste of this unimproved fruit is indeed not as good as the improved ones in later generations. However, even such fruit is a good thing that many people cannot eat.

Xia Chan turned her head to look at her brothers and Xiao Yunfan, and seeing that no one noticed her, she quietly placed the apple on the corner of the table, planning to find a chance to put it in her space, and then can it when she had time. It should taste better that way.

But when she remembered the apple, it was gone, and there was no apple in the bowl. That is to say, they did have an apple each, and no one took her apple by mistake. But she just couldn't find her apple. It was really strange.

The summer cicada looked everywhere, even lowering its head to look at the ground, but there was nothing.

Xiao Yunfan looked at Xia Chan quietly. He didn't expect that she would have such a cute side, especially that confused look, which was so adorable.

Xia Chan searched for a while, and when he was sure he couldn't find it, he stopped looking, got off the kang, put on his shoes, and went to prepare the side dishes. He put the radish cubes into the lamb ribs pot, and the mushrooms and potato cubes into the pheasant pot. He filled both iron pots, covered them, and simmered them over low heat. When Xia Chan put the big pumpkin on the table, Xiao Yunfan came over and asked, "What should I do with this pumpkin?"

"Peel it, cut it in half, and then cut it into crescent shapes." Peeling an old pumpkin is not an easy task, and Xia Chan is of course happy to have someone to help him.

After Xiao Yunfan peeled the pumpkin and picked out the pumpkin seeds, he cut it into crescent shapes of similar size under Xia Chan's guidance. Xia Chan then cooked the brown rice, placed the steamer on the pot of brown rice, put the chopped bacon and rabbit into the steamer, then put the pumpkin into the steamer, then covered the pot, took a piece of firewood from the stove next to it, put the firewood on, and started cooking.

Xia Chan took another large bowl, beat a few eggs into it, added water, stirred it into egg liquid, sprinkled the chopped leeks into it, put it on the stove, and when the rice was almost ready, put it in the steamer.

In the evening, there was a knock on the door. It was Xiao Tiantian and Yuan Bingbing coming over.

Xiao Yunfan, who was sitting behind the stove and making fire for Xia Chan, stood up immediately when he heard the knock on the door, patted the crumbs on his body, and said, "Then I'll go back to the front room first."

Xia Chan really didn't expect that Xiao Yunfan was so afraid of rumors. She couldn't help but burst out laughing. Seeing Xiao Yunfan looking at her with resentment, Xia Chan quickly covered her mouth, then said with a smile, "Then you go first! I'll bring you the food later."

"Thank you for your help." Xiao Yunfan said, and left in a hurry.

Xia Chan then went to open the door, led Xiao Tiantian and Yuan Bingbing into the house, and poured them hot brown sugar ginger tea, "Tiantian, Sister Bingbing, drink it first, the meal will be served soon."

In the evening, there were lamb ribs stewed with radish, potatoes stewed with pheasant, steamed bacon, steamed cured rabbit, egg custard, boiled lamb slices. In addition, Xia Chan also stir-fried water spinach and amaranth, all of which were grown and accumulated at home.

Xia Chan served some of each dish, kept them warm in the pot, and then let everyone eat.

Yuan Bingbing frowned, made a bitter face, sighed, and said, "When will they come back from winter hunting?"

It's really boring without Zhou Ji around. I wonder if Zhou Ji has forgotten her existence after not seeing her for a while.

"Usually it will be about twenty days, and he will definitely be back before the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month. After all, everyone needs meat for the New Year!" Seeing Yuan Bingbing like this, Xia Chan knew that she missed Zhou Ji.

love...

Tsk tsk tsk tsk!

Fortunately, she doesn't have to suffer from love.

"Ah? It will take so long? Then I don't know if they will be here when they come back!" Yuan Bingbing pouted and said unhappily.