Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 210 Bonsai
Since it was all for the good of Tie Shi, it would be easier for Ning Wan and Luo Bing to discuss things.

"Tents are easy. I know you already have many, but since Tieshi is going to treat guests in the barracks, maybe there is a temporary stage there?"

"This is easy to handle. There are still a lot of logs felled last year. As long as they are piled up and reinforced, it will become a big stage."

"I heard Tie Shi say that he wants to buy sheep wine, so he must want to roast the sheep, but can you be busy with the sheep?"

"Almost everyone in the army knows how to roast mutton, especially when we come from Toronto."

"..."

Ning Wan discussed with Luo Bing everything that came to her mind, and fearing that she might forget something, she quietly took out the paper she had just written and took a look at it. It turned out that she was afraid that Luo Bing would look bad when she saw her handwriting, so she came in before he came in. Put the paper away.

Luo Bing smiled softly underneath.Ning is one of the most sensible women he has ever seen; one of the most beautiful women; one of the strongest women; and one of the cutest women.There are many sensible women in the world, many beautiful ones, many strong ones, and many lovely ones, but he has only seen Ning Shi, a woman with all the advantages.

She is so rare!

Luo Bing has seen many outstanding women, but today she was particularly moved by Ning's small gesture of quietly opening a page to read.She must be worried that the handwriting is not good enough. In fact, why would she laugh at her?
I have never met such a touching woman when I was so beautiful!Blessed is Tieshi!Luo Bing thought about it, and secretly decided to find a good copybook for Ning Shi. She is so smart, and after two years of hard work, she can write well, and she doesn't have to hide the paper when she sees people.

Ning Wan made sure that she hadn't forgotten anything, so she was relieved.And because discussing things with Luo Bing was very relaxed and happy, and even the things she found difficult before, he had a good way to solve them one by one, so I couldn't help but think that one day in the future when I talk with Tie Shi leisurely, I will be a great scholar of the Imperial Palace Isn't it fun to help prepare a banquet at home?He laughed and asked, "How did your family entertain guests in the past?"

Luo Bing actually doesn't like to talk about his family's past with others. After all, the Luo family has fallen, and those things have long since disappeared like flying ashes. Therefore, whenever someone mentions it, he will shirk it with a few words up.But when Ning Shi asked him, he began to speak with his heart, "It depends on when and what guests are invited."

"In spring, the peonies in the greenhouse at home bloomed ahead of schedule, and my grandfather invited people to watch them. He was most proud of having two pots, one of Yao Huang and the other of Wei Zi. They held them out like treasures, but no one was allowed to see them. People touch it; in summer, they put tables in the pavilion by the water, which is very cool, and musicians play flutes through the water, and the music is very melodious; in autumn, if there is a chrysanthemum banquet, not only a few chrysanthemums are set up, but also every day. Everyone wants to wear chrysanthemums, even the dishes are made of chrysanthemums; in winter, it is natural to enjoy plums, boil wine and then roast meat, which is not similar to the barbecue in Liaodong..."

"I was young at the time, and I was quite proud of my literary talent, so I liked poetry the most. Everyone sat by the water, filled a cup with wine and put it in the water. Whoever floated in front of him would drink the wine. Then immediately write a poem."

Ning Wan loves to hear such stories, her eyes sparkle, "I read it in the book before, and I always thought it wasn't true, but now I believe it after hearing you tell it—it's no wonder you got the second place in the exam, just listen to it." You can know that your family is extraordinary when you treat guests."

It's a pity that all those are gone, even the leisure garden built by his grandfather is gone. Luo Bing suppressed a sigh in his heart, but said with a smile: "If you have a chance, younger brothers and sisters, let's go to Jiangnan to have a look."

Ning Wan didn't feel narrow-minded, so she laughed, "If Brother Luo invites our husband and wife to go, I will follow Tie Shi to Jiangnan to see!"

"I——" Luo Bing wanted to say that he would have no future, and that he might be buried in Liaodong, but suddenly remembered what Ning had said to encourage him to have a chance to make a comeback, so he couldn't bear to use sadness to make her unhappy , then nodded, "If there is a chance, I will definitely invite Tieshi and you at Jiangnan's house to imitate the past banquets."

Ning Wan really believed it, and immediately said with a smile: "Okay, I'll just wait!"

Although Luo Bing didn't really believe it, he still couldn't help but be affected by Ning's, and the sadness in his heart faded unknowingly, and he couldn't help saying casually: "Jiangnan is beautiful, the scenery is familiar from the past, the sunrise of the river is more red than the fire, and spring comes The river is as green as blue, how can you not remember the south of the Yangtze River? When you remember the south of the Yangtze River, Hangzhou is the most memorable place. Look for osmanthus seeds in the moon in the mountain temple, watch the tide from the pillow in the county pavilion. When will you visit again?"

It happened that Ning Wan could memorize these poems, so she hurriedly recited: "Jiangnan Yi, whose memory is Wu Gong. Bamboo wine with a cup of spring bamboo leaves, Wu Wa dancing with two dances to get drunk with lotus. We will meet again sooner or later!" They were all questions, but when they came into her mouth, they turned into an affirmative tone, a very affirmative tone.

The meaning is very clear.

Luo Bing was distracted when he heard this, as if he had really returned to his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River, he just woke up after a while, stood up and cupped his hands to Ning Wan and said: "Your homeland is magical, you should laugh at me if you are sentimental, and you will grow up early."

In fact, Ning Wan saw that Luo Bing had gray hair on his temples earlier, and felt that his tone was still sad, so she smiled and said: "When you leave Liaodong, you will remember the benefits of Liaodong."

Luo Bing has been in Liaodong for six or seven years, trekking all the way from the warm south of the Yangtze River to Duolun, the northernmost city of the dynasty. He watched his relatives fall one by one, and he felt that the weather was getting colder and colder, and his heart was getting colder. The remaining word "bitter cold" has never thought that Liaodong is good, but she didn't want Ning Wan to say: "Liaodong is just as good! In spring and summer, the fields are full of life; in autumn, there are so many red sorghum and yellow wheat Happy! I like winter the most. After a heavy snowfall, everything is white, even the trees are covered with snow..."

"The best thing in Liaodong is its people. Most of us in Liaodong are bold and enthusiastic..."

Luo Bing listened, and really thought, "If I can leave Liaodong, maybe I will still miss this place!"

After chatting casually for a while, Luo Bing couldn't sit any longer and got up to leave, "I'll make arrangements when I go back, and come back when I'm free tomorrow."

Ning Wan looked at the weather and said with a smile: "Seeing that it's noon, Tie Shi should be back, why don't Brother Luo stay here, I'll cook a few side dishes, you guys go together after eating."

Just as he was talking, Lu Tieshi strode into the room, and after hearing his wife's last words, he also smiled and said, "That's right, let's go after dinner!"

Luo Bing didn't give in anymore, "Then I won't bother you." He sat down with Tie Shi and talked about the things they had discussed.

Ning Wan got up early and went to the kitchen. Bai bought beef and stewed it early in the morning. Now that it was ready for cooking, she took out a big carrot from the cellar, washed it and cut it into cubes the same size as the beef and added it to the pot. At the same time, put salt and simmer for a quarter of an hour.

Stewed vegetables on one side, fried vermicelli, fungus, cabbage and other common side dishes on the other side, but went back to the house to cut a handful of garlic sprouts, fried them with eggs and served them up.Tie Shi and Luo Bing had to go out of the city after lunch, so they didn't need to prepare wine or eat too much food, just doing homework would be fine.

Luo Bing widened her eyes when she saw that Ning Wan had brought a plate of fried garlic sprouts in a blink of an eye, and asked, "This is not a bonsai kept by my siblings in the house, why did I cut it and eat it?"

"Brother Luo actually regards garlic sprouts as bonsai?" Ning Wan also didn't want Luo Bing to have lived in Liaodong for more than ten years and didn't even recognize garlic sprouts. Thinking about how he was dispatched to Duolun when he arrived in Liaodong, he was still in the army and never saw him again. But it’s also possible, so I laughed, “Actually, it’s not bad, I keep garlic sprouts on the table in the house because the greenery looks good.”

In the winter of Liaodong, although some people will grow various vegetables in the greenhouse, the price of such vegetables is very high, and they are not eaten in daily life. Ordinary people do not buy them a lot, but there is no way to eat vegetables—— It is easy and practical to raise a pot of garlic sprouts.

Put the garlic in a shallow sand basin, put it in a warm room, pour water every three to five days, and it won’t take long for tender green garlic sprouts to emerge. When the garlic sprouts grow to a height of one foot You can cut it and eat it, stir-fry meat, scrambled eggs, or cut it into small pieces and put it on top of the soup, with some garlic taste, but not so spicy, very fresh and tender, beautiful and delicious.

It is no wonder that the pot of garlic seedlings that Ning Wan raises is regarded as a bonsai by Luo Bing. It turns out that she loves cleanliness and beauty, so she filled a white porcelain plate with clear water about an inch high, and then peeled the garlic and placed them in the water one by one. , white garlic, green garlic, isn't it beautiful to put on the table in winter?

Ning Wan said again: "However, this garlic sprout is much more useful than bonsai. Even if you eat it today, it will grow another crop, and you can eat it again in a few days."

After all, Luo Bing still didn't understand Jiarong, so he asked in surprise: "If that's the case, we should also plant it, so that there will be vegetables to eat no matter what time of winter!"

Even Tie Shi laughed, "Brother Luo has never seen it before. This garlic seedling can grow up to three stubbles, and it won't be any more."

"I just thought, if we can keep growing garlic sprouts, we don't need to store autumn vegetables!" Luo Bing also laughed, but made up his mind, "We also have a lot of garlic, and I will grow some in the house tomorrow." Pot, I see that it is no worse than that orchid!" The orchid's leaves are just like this, if it doesn't bloom, wouldn't it look like a garlic sprout?

Ning Wan heard him talking about orchids and said: "Actually, it's easy to look at flowers: I usually pick off the leaves one by one when eating cabbage, leaving a small cabbage heart on the root, and then soak the cabbage root in water." In a few days, the cabbage will bloom in my heart, and the little flowers will come." He said: "If Brother Luo likes these things, there are many things he can make. Soaking the radish heads in water can also grow green leaves and bloom small flowers. I I also like to raise celery heart, although it doesn't bloom, but the green color is the most beautiful."

Luo Bing knew that his heart had been ashamed in the past few years in Liaodong, and he was like a blind and deaf person. He may not have never seen or heard everything Ning said, but it really did not enter his heart, so Only the word "bitter cold" remained in his mind.In fact, there is more vitality and fun in the bitter cold of Liaodong.He used to be a very smart person, but now he thinks it through, he suddenly understands, nodded and smiled and said: "I will do it tomorrow!" He wants to add some vitality to his life!

In the afternoon, Tieshi picked up Lu and directed Tongzhi to go out of the city to see the brick kilns; Luo Bing led people to set up a stage and hired a theater troupe; After a few meetings, everything was settled, and it was time to treat guests.

(End of this chapter)