Steamed buns, go farming with your mother

Chapter 50

On the second day, Su Ho got up and saw that the tofu bag in the yard was hard and firm. When he opened it, the white and tender tofu was dangling in the basin. When he touched it, the elasticity was not bad. He was a little surprised that in such a cold day, the tofu didn't even freeze when placed outside.

"Mother, the tofu is ready!" Su Ho heard that there was movement in Wang's house, and shouted in the yard: "Mother, I will divide the tofu into small parts first, and send two copies to Aunt Pan's house. You After getting up, let’s cook first, I’ll be right back!”

Mrs. Wang responded in the room. Su He scratched two pieces of tofu, wrapped them with fresh leaves, took a small dustpan and went out. Someone broke in at this moment, but it's not good.

The sky is already bright, and most of the people in the village are hard-working women and daughters-in-law who have already woken up. Green smoke rises from the house, and the village is peaceful. The children who got up early take advantage of the breakfast at home. The friends were playing and making trouble in the village, they were very energetic, and the severe winter cold did not affect them at all.

Su Ho walked into the village with a small dustpan in his hand, feeling extremely peaceful. When the children playing in the village saw Su Ho entering the village, they all cried out sweetly, "Aunt Su!"

Su Ho responded with a smile, touched the head of the child closest to him, and said, "Woke up so early, good boy, aren't you cold?"

"We're not cold!" A little boy said boldly, "Aunt Su, what's in your dustpan?"

Su Ho looked at his dustpan and said, "It's two pieces of tofu. Aunt Su made tofu at home. Please go to aunt's house to eat tofu stew, okay?"

"Thank you, Aunt Su," said the little boy, "However, we are going home for dinner!" Without waiting for Su Ho to say anything, under the leadership of the little boy, a group of children quickly dispersed and went back to their respective homes.

Seeing the lively backs of the scattered children, Su Ho smiled. She thought that in the near future, her leeks would be able to walk and jump like this, and be mischievous. Thinking of a mischievous child at that time, Su Ho felt a little Headache.

Su Ho stopped for a while, and strode towards Pan's house. When he was about to reach the door of Pan's house, a person rushed over from Pan's house, slammed into his arms, staggered, and almost fell to the ground.Su Ho was protecting the dustpan with one hand, and grabbed the person in his arms with the other, and was about to speak, but when the person in his arms raised his head, Pan Sen showed a slightly immature face.

"You child, what are you doing in such a panic early in the morning?" Su Ho asked, helping Pan Sen to stand still.

"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I have something to do, I'm running out of time, I'm leaving first..." She just showed her head, and immediately ran away again.

Seeing Pan Sen's figure running away, Su Ho beckoned, trying to call him back, but after calling a few times, Pan Sen didn't turn his head.

Someone from Pan's family heard the call and went out to look. Seeing Su Ho standing outside, he hurriedly greeted him, "He'er, why are you here? It's so cold!" It was Aunt Pan Wang.

"Hey, auntie, why did you come out? By the way, I just saw Pan Sen running out in a panic. What's the matter?" Su Ho said, stepped forward to hold Wang Shi, and said.

"I didn't hear someone was at the door, so come out and have a look!" said Pan, and said dotingly: "That kid, don't worry about him, he has an appointment with a bunch of friends, he's going to be late, breakfast I didn’t eat well, so I ran out. Hey, what did you get in this dustpan?”

Su Ho took out the tofu from the dustpan and said, "I made tofu at home, mother asked me to bring you some, thank you for helping me take care of the leeks yesterday!"

"Come on, sit down, you haven't had breakfast yet!" Wang Shi said, and led Su Ho into the stove, because they were all familiar people, and Pan Ming and the others did not evade, they all greeted Su Ho in the stove, Pan Min'er was able to say a few words now, and she also held a small bowl, raised her face, and obediently called out: "Aunt Su!" The voice was soft and soft, and Su He's heart was so excited. Softly, she touched Pan Min'er's little head.

Mrs. Wang came back with the bowls and chopsticks, and said, "It's not a big deal, do you still need to come here?" Seeing Su He touching Pan Min'er's head, she said, "You really care about this child. !"

"This is also thinking about the friendship between our two families!" Su Ho said: "Auntie, Min'er is such a cute child, not everyone loves it at first sight. I won't eat anymore, my mother is waiting for me at home!"

"It's okay!" Yu Yueyue said, and then pulled Su Ho to sit down, and said, "You come here at this time, Aunt Wang must know that we will keep you for dinner, so don't worry!"

Hearing what Yu Yueyue said, Su Ho didn't say anything, took the bowl, and scooped out a bowl from the cauldron by herself. She heard that there was a faint aroma of wine, and the taste was very peculiar.

"You came just in time, and the sweet wine at home has just been brewed. You have caught up, and you are planning to send some to your family in the afternoon!" Wang said.

Su Ho took a sip, and boiled Nianba, which was cut into small pieces, was glutinous, sweet with liqueur, with a slight wine aroma, very delicious.

"Auntie, no need, my family also plans to make some sweet wine for themselves. The family has made some money this year. My mother said that it will be a good year. This will also be the first year for my family's leeks, isn't it?" Su Ho said, making up his mind. When I go back, let Mrs. Wang make some sweet wine to eat, and then grind some glutinous rice flour and make glutinous rice balls for Chinese New Year.

Everyone chatted and laughed, and soon Su Ho was full. She stood up and said, "Auntie, I'm full, so I'll go back first. My mother is waiting at home!" Seeing Su Ho standing up, Mrs. Wang Holding Su Ho's hand, he said, "Wait!" Then he winked at Yu Yueyue.

Yu Yueyue put down the bowl, got up and went into the back room. After a while, she came out with a large bowl and said, "He'er, come on, take these sweet wines back and eat them. Don't say what you make at home. What you make is What you do, what we give is what we give, it's different!"

"This..." Su Ho looked at Wang Shi, but Pan Ming said: "He'er, just take it if you tell me! Your mother won't blame you, there are going on and going, right?"

Hearing what he said, Su Ho suddenly realized that this was no longer the age when she lived in a time of indifference. Reciprocity was the biggest feature of this age, and it was also the best link between families. Besides, their family and Pan The relationship between family members seems to be out of touch.After figuring this out, Su Ho graciously took it and said thank you.

When she got home, Mrs. Wang didn't say anything when she saw the rum that Su Ho brought back, and asked, "Let's eat it at your Uncle Pan's house!"

Su Ho walked around the house with leeks in his arms, and said, "Yes, mother, when I went, I happened to meet Uncle Pan's home who cooked sweet wine and cakes, so he told me to eat them, alas, mother, we This year, I will also make some sweet wine to eat, and then I will cook some glutinous rice balls, it should be delicious!"

"Okay, there should be some rice at home. Let's cook it at night. It should be ready to eat during the Chinese New Year!" said Wang, putting the tofu on the fire pit and getting up.

At night, the courtyard of the Wang family was brightly lit.After all, the stove is a bit small, and it can't be moved for cooking liqueur, and the leeks have fallen asleep in the room.The wind outside the yard blew the woods and rattled, and the mountains in the distance were dark and gloomy.There is only a little fire in the yard of Suho's house, which adds a little warmth to the winter in the mountains.

One of Su Ho and Wang Shi was in charge of lighting the fire, while the other was stirring the rice on the stove. The two of them were talking, and suddenly, Su Ho said: "Mother, when we earn money this year, let's repair the house first. Build a kitchen, so you don’t have to squat in the yard to suffer from the cold when cooking!”

Mrs. Wang didn't speak, but when she saw Su Ho's shivering body in front of the fire, she nodded and agreed. Although she didn't care about it herself, she felt sorry for Su Ho and Chives.

Cooking liqueur is different from cooking bean paste. To cook bean paste, you need to use high heat, but to cook rum, use low heat and cook slowly. When the rice is half cooked, take it out, spread it out, add distiller's yeast, mix Evenly, when it is warm in the air, put it in a bucket or a jar, put it in a place with a constant temperature, and it will be fermented in a few days. When it emits a faint wine aroma, the taste is the best.

When cooking rice, the heat is the most important thing. If there is an extra portion, the rice is overcooked, and the fermented liqueur tastes too rotten and the taste is not strong. After cooking, it will all become mushy. The sweet wine that comes out tastes raw and not tasty.

The Wang family is very good at making these local snacks, even in the place of Treading Port, it is second to none, but these years, the family is too poor, and they rarely cook these foods, and the Pan family usually prepares them. brought over.

After everything was done, it was almost the beginning of Haishi, but Mrs. Wang and Su Ho didn't go to bed right away. They came to Su Ho's room in order not to wake up the sleeping Leek.

Mrs. Wang thumped her shoulders and sighed, "I'm really old. I only have sore shoulders and back pain after doing this kind of work!"

Seeing Wang's tired face, Su Ho stood behind Wang's and said, "Mother, let me give you a squeeze, it will make you feel better!" After speaking, he put his hand on Wang's shoulder.

"Okay, give me a pinch!" Knowing that it was Su Ho's filial piety, Wang didn't stop her.

"Mom, since you're so tired, you should rest first. If you have anything to say, can't you say it tomorrow?"

Mrs. Wang shook her head and said: "Mother is fine, I haven't talked to you for a few days, anyway, Leek is asleep, so let's have a good chat, mother, don't you have something to do during the day?"

Su Ho didn't speak, but quietly pinched Wang Shi's shoulder, she waited for Wang Shi to speak, but Wang Shi didn't say a word, just closed her eyes, without any expression on her face, she didn't know what she was thinking .

For a long while, Su Ho thought that Mrs. Wang had fallen asleep, and she suddenly said quietly: "He'er, if...if...you have a good family in the future, you...you...you...remarry..." One sentence was spoken intermittently, and it could be seen that Wang was hesitant.

(End of this chapter)