pastoral fragrance

Chapter 89
The smoke from the Xu family's cooking has already risen, presumably the Han family is cooking.There are a lot of people eating today, how can Han be so busy alone?

He Xiang thought that there was no land in Qiulin's house to grow some vegetables, so she hurriedly volunteered: "I'll go to the field and chop some cabbages. There are quite a lot of people at noon today, so there must be something to put on the table." I took a basket, took a kitchen knife and went to my vegetable garden.

"I'll go home to grab some dried potato chips, you wait!" He Yi also ran to his house.Qiulin's house doesn't have many vegetables, but there are many people at noon today, so it's not just meat, it's not such a big house.

In this way, these girls also went home to get the ingredients.Like cabbage, dried potato chips, slag pepper, salt cowpea and so on.Qiuyue and Qiulin were digging lotus root, while the other was cutting up fish.Mrs. Han was busy building a fire and cooking.

There are so many people today, the small stove for cooking rice on weekdays will definitely not work. Han shi removed the iron pot for cooking pig food and put in a large pot for cooking rice.Scooped two scoops of new rice, added ground corn grains, planed a dozen sweet potatoes and threw them in.Add dry firewood and start cooking.

"I don't know if it's enough?" Mrs. Han pondered for a while, then scooped up half a scoop of rice and put it in.

"Mom, what are you cooking today?" Qiuyue quickly scraped the scales of the fish with both hands, making a rattling sound, pulled the dirty things from the fish's belly, threw them into the basin and washed and rubbed them.

Han thought for a while, and said to herself: Fortunately, I bought some fresh meat before.It's cold, and it's not bad.There are two more rabbits, and kill a few more cats. "Make stir-fried pork with pickled vegetables, stewed chicken with vermicelli, braised rabbit and potatoes in soy sauce, braised fish nuggets in soy sauce, and stir-fried lotus root slices..." Although these dishes are good, they are a little short after all, and there is nothing left at home.

She didn't expect that so many people would come to help, and she was really at a loss.

"Auntie, these are the dried potato chips I brought from home. This can be fried or deep-fried, so it can be considered as a dish." He Yi came in from outside the stove with a basket of dried potato chips.

Mrs. Han was stunned, worrying that there was nothing to serve on the table. Isn't this the same dish? "Let's start frying, adults and children love it, and fry potato chips."

After Han brushed it, he moved the pot containing the oil to the stove, cleaned the pot and cooked the meat, and then dug the oil into the pot.

It takes a lot of oil to fry dried potato chips, not just a little or two.Qiu Lin, who was digging lotus roots at the side, had long been attracted.This thing is very delicious, much better than those potato chips with an unknown amount of MSG.Crisp and fragrant, it is especially popular with children.

She also had to eat it when she was a child in the countryside. Now that she thinks about it, she hasn't eaten it for more than ten years, and she hasn't eaten it yet, and she can't help being shaken.

"Look at your foodie, don't hurry up, everyone is waiting to eat." Qiuyue said angrily.They should have come back earlier, it's almost noon now, these things haven't been cooked yet, so they must be hungry.

"Auntie, I chopped a few cabbages, let's make do with a dish." He Xiang walked in with a basket, and Mei Xiang walked behind.Looking at the dried potato chips on the stove and the oil in the pan, he quickly realized that Han's was going to fry the dried potato chips.Mei Xiang's eyes lit up, this food is delicious, but it consumes fuel, if not where is it eaten during the festival?Mei Xiang couldn't help swallowing, "Auntie, is the food fried to eat?"

Mrs. Han smiled, "Isn't that right? I know you guys like to eat it. Fry it up first, so that they can fill their stomachs when they come back later." She didn't know that dried potato chips were the children's favorite food, It can be used as a dish or as a snack, but it consumes a lot of fuel, so naturally it cannot be fried frequently.

After thinking about it for a while, Mrs. Han should also make some dried potato chips at home. Stewed soup can be fried and eaten.The potato powder can also be used to make noodles, which is also delicious.

At this moment, those Xu Liu'er and Liu Huaihua who went home to get slag pepper, salted cowpea, and pickles also came into the house.Seeing that everyone was so busy that they wanted to grow three hands, the two hurried over to help.

Han looked at the things brought by these children, and calmed down after being a little flustered.Then make fried pork with preserved vegetables, stir-fried fatty pork with slag and spicy peppers, and fried pork with salted cowpea. Isn’t it a big table of dishes?

Xu Nanshan saw that they were so busy in the kitchen that they didn't touch the floor, so he also asked Mrs. Han to bring green onions, garlic sprouts, and garlic to peel for him. One more person would do more work.

The chicken soup had been stewed in the pot a long time ago, and now the vermicelli was folded and thrown in, and it was almost done after the vermicelli was cooked.At this time, the buckle bowls must not be cooked enough, so Han washed a few bowls and put the washed pork belly neatly in them, with pickles on the bottom, and put them on the big pot for cooking. .

After frying the dried potato chips, Han put them into a large Shau Kei, and put pickled ear vegetables under it so that the oil would not drip.

"Quick, try it." After cooking the pot, Mrs. Han brought it over for everyone to taste.He quickly scooped the remaining oil into the oil tank.

Mei Xiang, who is a foodie, has long since moved over, reaching out to grab it.He Xiang slapped her on the back of her hand, "I haven't washed my hands yet, so it's not for you to grab something?"

Mei Xiang giggled and scooped up a ladle of water to wash her hands, then quickly moved over again.Although Qiulin wanted to eat it very much, he had to dig the lotus root right now, so let's dig the lotus root first.Otherwise, when those workers come back, the lotus root will still be raw.

"Delicious, delicious!" Mei Xiang grabbed two handfuls and ate them with relish, "Auntie, the food you cook is delicious!" These days, Mei Xiang and the others are always running to Qiulin's house, sometimes Sometimes I will stay to eat, and I am full of praise for Han's craftsmanship.

Mei Xiang's second uncle's family also eats at her house, as well as grandparents. There are four children in the family. They cook rice in a big pot, and they mainly use mush and corn cakes. Stir-fried vegetables are rarely seen. of.So I naturally felt that Qiulin's food was delicious.

He Xiang looked at how her younger sister was reincarnated like a starving ghost, and shook her head helplessly.This guy doesn't know how to restrain himself in other people's houses, really.

"Come on, I'll grab some for you guys to try." Mei Xiang watched the others bury their heads in their work unmoved, she was a little shy, grabbed a handful of fried potato chips and ate them.Xu Liuer and the others are helping Qiuyue catch fish, and their hands are not empty.Mei Xiang directly fed the fried potato chips into their mouths.

Freshly baked fried potato chips are crispy and fragrant, especially refreshing. Even if there is no salt in this food, it still has a natural sweetness, which is delicious to eat.

Everyone ate "Baji Baji" and said again and again: "It's delicious."

Qiulin's food was even more satisfying, and finally tasted this thing, it was as delicious as the fried potato chips in memory!
After Han finished scooping up the oil, he baked the corn cakes again.It's been a while, these people must be tired and hungry from working in the fish pond, but they have to be stuffed.

This corn was pushed last afternoon, a full pot.It doesn't take much trouble to bake this thing, and it doesn't take long to start a pot.After baking the pancakes, he said, "Please, someone of you, please come over and send them the pancakes and fried potato chips to eat. It's been a while, they must be starving."

At this moment, Qiulin had finished digging the lotus root, and brought Shau Kei's fried potato chips, "I'll serve the potato chips, any of you will go with me, but these corn cakes are a bit heavy."

"Let's go together!" Liu Huaihua patted the ashes on her hands, washed her hands again, and said to Qiulin with a basin of cornbread, "Let's go."

This Liu Huaihua is only about the same age as the eldest sister, and is much stronger than Xu Liuer and He Xiang. This pot of corn cakes is nothing to her.Qiulin cheerfully followed.

When I came to the fish pond, I saw that there were not many people in the fish pond full of silt. Many men had already gone ashore to wash their feet at the diversion canal, and they were putting on shoes and socks right now.

On the other side, lotus roots have been piled up like a hill, and it seems that they have harvested a lot.

As soon as Qiu Song looked up, he saw the younger sister coming, and hurriedly called out: "Little sister, the fish in the fish pond have already grown, and the lotus root has also grown."

Qiulin nodded with satisfaction, and yelled at everyone: "Uncles, aunts, grandmas, you are all hungry too, come and eat something to rest your head." After working for so long, you must be hungry and poor. back.

When it comes to food, no one will let anyone else, and they swarm over.But the pancakes are limited after all, so where can I eat them with an open stomach, so I just grabbed some randomly and filled my stomach.While eating pancakes, Qiu Song ran home to get a dustpan to pack these lotus roots.It's not possible to let them just be placed by the fish pond like this, they have to be taken back and piled up in the yard.

"Hey, Qiulin, the fish in your family is well-raised, and the lotus root is white and fat, so it must be able to sell for a lot of money." The one who talked to Qiulin was Qu Ping, who is more prestigious in the village, and his family is also a foreigner. The population is said to have fled here in a famine year.He is the third eldest, and people in the village call him Uncle Qu. This man is a good farmer. The crops he serves not only grow well, but also the crops and vegetable fields in the vegetable garden and fields are well organized. Neatly.Everyone in the village envied him.People who can farm are popular in the eyes of these peasants, so he is also popular in Luoshui Village.

From the initial exclusion to the later respect, this person has two brushes.

"Third uncle, when it comes to growing crops, who in our village can compare with you. Hehe."

Qu Ping was amused by Qiulin, "Little girl can really talk, but I have to learn from you to raise fish and lotus roots." Although the terrain around Luoshui Village is flat, everyone is not good at raising fish. , because there are fish in the river, if you want to eat, you can catch them, and you can't make any effort.Therefore, there are actually not many farmers like Qiulin's family that raise fish.

The two of them, one old, one young, one tall and one short, stood there sighing about the trivial matters of farming and fish raising, looking very warm and harmonious.

(End of this chapter)