The Abandoned Woman of Space

Chapter 19 Fragrant and Creamy Tofu

Just go to the next door to visit, and there is no need to lock the door.

Yunmo led Yun Xiaotong out of the thatched hut, pulled the bamboo fence together, and walked towards Qiu's house.

As soon as he walked outside the courtyard wall of Qiu's house, Yun Xiaotong let go of Yunmo's hand and ran into the small courtyard excitedly. Come to see you."

Qiu Shi was still weaving straw sandals and straw mats under the shade of the trees, when he heard the immature voice of a child coming into the yard, he raised his head and looked at the door.

"Tongtong, have you had lunch yet?"

Xiao Douding is cute, sensible, and has a sweet mouth. He not only congratulates Jiuniang, Qiuyue loves him, and Qiushi likes him very much.

"I've eaten it, Uncle Qiushi, have you ever eaten it?" Yun Xiaotong smiled and ran towards Qiushi, seeing that he was twisting a straw rope in his hands, and a half-woven straw sandal was tied to the wooden horse, sweetly Said: "Uncle Qiushi, the shoes you weave are really beautiful."

A few words made Qiushi amused.

"Tongtong, you have a sweet mouth, uncle can do nothing but weave straw sandals and straw mats." After Qiushi finished speaking, she lowered her eyelids and stared at her lame leg, and sighed deeply.

Yun Mo walked into the courtyard with a bamboo basket, just in time to see Qiu Shi's dejected expression.

Her predecessor was driven to Yangque Village, she had a close relationship with Qiu's family in the past, and the two families had a good relationship. Yunmo naturally understood Qiu Shi's personality. In the past few years, I have been extremely inferior. I usually just nest in the small courtyard and weave straw sandals. I seldom talk to the villagers.

Seeing Qiushi's sad face, Yun Xiaotong felt that he had said something wrong, waved his little hand, and quickly added: "Uncle Qiushi, you are the best. The shoes and straw mats you weave are the best I have ever seen." beautiful."

"Yeah, brother Qiushi, Tongtong is right." Yunmo walked to the shade of the tree with a bamboo basket on her shoulders, and looked at Qiushi with a smile, "The whole Yangque Village belongs to your straw sandals, and the straw mats are the most beautiful No one can match your skill."

At noon, the sun was scorching hot, He Jiuniang and Qiuyue didn't go to work in the field, and the two of them stayed in the house to do some mending.

He Jiuniang heard Yun Xiaotong's immature voice from a long distance away, and heard Yun Mo talking to Qiu Shi, so she put down her needle and thread and walked out of the house, followed by Qiuyue.

Seeing the bamboo basket in Yunmo's hand, Qiuyue joked carelessly, "Sister Mozi, Tongtong, are you two bringing that leaf of tofu? I'm so looking forward to it that my eyes grow."

After hearing her daughter's words, He Jiuniang angrily blamed, "You girl, why are you so greedy."

"Be careful that after you get married, your in-laws will blame you." After He Jiuniang finished speaking, Yunmo smiled and joked casually.

Qiuyue is indeed not young, and she will be sixteen when she crosses the threshold. For girls from ordinary families, a matchmaker will come to ask for a marriage at the age of fourteen or five. However, the situation of Qiu's family is a bit special. Qiuyue is a good hand at work. Only stayed at home for two years.

Hearing Yunmo mentioning marriage, Qiuyue blushed, and glared at her tenderly, "Sister Mozi, stop teasing me. In this life, I won't get married, so I will stay at home with my mother and me." elder brother."

When He Jiuniang heard this, she became anxious and glared at Qiuyue, "You girl, what stupid things are you talking about? You are not allowed to say such things in the future."

A Qiushi can't marry a wife, she is already worried enough, and if Qiuyue doesn't marry, she must be worried to death.

Qiuyue pouted, not daring to make He Jiuniang unhappy anymore.

Seeing that the topic was getting farther and farther away, Yunmo interrupted quickly, and she handed the bamboo basket to Qiuyue's hand, "Sister Qiuyue, Aunt He, this is the tofu I made with leaves, and I also stewed some mink meat. Come to give you a taste."

Qiuyue lifted the lid of the bamboo basket, and a smell of meat came out. He Jiuniang smelled the smell of meat, and immediately felt a little embarrassed, "Yunmo girl, why are you still sending meat? Seeing Tongtong so thin, this The meat should be reserved for Tongtong to repair his body, besides, your head injury is still not healed, so you need more repairs."

Yunmo smiled and said: "Aunt He, the injury on my head is nothing to worry about, it will be fine in a few days, you can take this bowl of meat at ease, I still have a lot left at home, the weather is getting hotter, so I will keep it for a long time It's easy to go rancid, and it's a pity to throw it away if it breaks."

He Jiuniang accepted it with peace of mind after such a good talk.

When filling the Guanyin tofu, Yunmo specially packed some green chili sauce, and seeing Qiuyue carrying the basket, she urged: "Sister Qiuyue, the green chili sauce in the pottery bowl is used to mix Guanyin tofu, dip the Guanyin tofu This green chili sauce is more delicious, don't forget to add it when you eat it."

"Yeah." Qiuyue nodded, happily holding the bamboo basket on her wrist, "Sister Mozi, I'll send you the bamboo basket later."

Because the fresh bamboo shoots and toon sprouts at home still need to be cleaned up, Yunmo only stayed at Qiu's house for a short while as a gift of Guanyin tofu, and then led Yun Xiaotong back to the thatched cottage.

Seeing that the sky was just right, the sun was scorching the ground.

Yunmo asked Yun Xiaotong to practice calligraphy in the shade with dead wood branches, then went back to the stove by himself, added a fire to the stove, and prepared to boil a pot of water.

After adding a few ladles of water into the pot, she took a kitchen knife and cut the bamboo shoots broken this morning into slices. After the water in the pot boiled to bubbling, she poured the sliced ​​fresh bamboo shoots into the pot Stir it several times with a spatula, the fresh color of the bamboo shoots fades slightly, then pick it up with a spatula, drain the water with a bamboo sieve, find a clean rotten bamboo mat, and spread it out in the sun to dry.

The toon buds also passed through the boiling water, drained, and dried with a rotten dustpan.

Bamboo shoots and toon buds dried in the sun can be stored for a long time. When you want to eat them in the future, just soak them in warm water. If you can’t finish them, you can sell them for some money in winter when vegetables are scarce. .

After finishing these things, it is already afternoon.

The sun is westward, the afterglow shines in the dilapidated thatched cottage, and a gorgeous sunset glow rises from the sky.

The small mountain village is not rich, lamp oil is expensive, and every household is reluctant to eat more, so everyone eats dinner early. There is still a lot of mink meat and Guanyin tofu stewed at noon today. There is no need to fiddle with it. Let’s eat it while the sky is still bright With that, Yunmo heated up the cold dishes, and ate dinner with Xiao Douding early.

After the couple had dinner, Yunmo was washing the pots and bowls, and Qiuyue carried the bamboo basket to the thatched hut.

It was expected that at this point, Yunmo was probably cooking or washing dishes, so she turned into the kitchen room familiarly, and when she saw Yunmo, she boasted: "Sister Mozi, the Guanyin tofu you made It’s delicious, smooth and tender, even smoother than the tofu made from soybeans.”

(End of this chapter)