Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 17 Hardness
Cheng He told Wen Qingsong twice to take his grandfather to his house for lunch.

The kid didn't say a word anyway, just stared at him without any expression on his face, and he didn't know if he understood.

When Cheng He returned to the door of the house, Cheng Shi just came over with a bamboo basket and said, "My mother asked me to bring it to you. The vegetables I just picked. My mother also said that you can eat whatever you want at any time, and you can eat it yourself." I pick it in my family’s field. It’s still in the vegetable field before, you know.”

In rural areas, almost no one buys vegetables, and they all eat home-grown vegetables.As soon as Cheng He came back, the land was still planted by others, so Cheng Shi's family asked Cheng He to go to their vegetable plot.

The vegetable fields in the village are planned, and every family has a little bit, not just the front and back of the house.

When they were young, they often harmed the vegetable fields. When they encountered any ripe fruit, they would secretly pick one and eat it by rubbing it on their clothes.

If someone finds out, they will inevitably be chased and scolded: Boys, you are not allowed to eat, if you want to pick it, pick it well, let's see what you have done to this mess!
Sometimes when I think of these things, I can't help but feel that time has slipped away.

Cheng Xinxin saw the tomatoes in the vegetable basket, which were fresh and bright red, so she took one by herself, hugged it and ate it.

This is the vegetable grown at home, so I dare to eat it like this.There are pesticide residues in the market, so don't dare to eat them with your hands, and you may not wash them clean after washing them!
It doesn't mean that the dishes in the countryside are completely free of pesticides, but the food they eat at home has a certain spectrum. When the tomatoes are fruiting, they will not use pesticides again.

Apart from this, there are actually other differences-sometimes the tomatoes bought in the market in the city are also bright red, oily and slippery, and they look very good. No tomato flavor.

Those should all be grown in greenhouses.

It's in the village, I can't say anything else, but the food is impeccable.

Cheng He smiled and asked, "Is it delicious? Is it sweet?"

Cheng Xinxin's mouth was so full that she couldn't speak, so she could only keep saying "um, um".

Cheng He handed a fish to Cheng Shi: "Take it home and cook it, it's made in the West Lake."

Cheng Shi's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed in surprise: "Hold the grass, is this a red tail? It's so big, I haven't seen it in three years, right? How did you get it? The West Lake is so deep, you are not afraid of slipping down? Drown Who will take care of your daughter?"

Cheng He kicked him: "Stop talking nonsense, carry it."

Cheng Shi pushed his hand: "Don't give it to me, you are good at cooking, you should cook it, I will come and eat it later, don't need to call, I will come when I smell the aroma."

After seeing Cheng He's cooking skills, he deeply felt that if good ingredients were not matched with good cooking skills, it would be a huge waste.

Cheng He shook his head helplessly, put down the bamboo basket on his shoulder, and said, "Then these morels..."

Cheng Shi yelled again: "My mother! You can find this thing too? How lucky are you? Just wait."

After putting down the food basket, he ran back.

Cheng He couldn't figure out what he was talking about, and felt that this kid was a little nervous.

However, the vegetables in the vegetable basket are very good. The green bamboo leaf vegetables are fresh and tender, the white asparagus has not been tasted for a long time, and there is a handful of fresh shepherd's purse.

How much would such fresh green vegetables cost in a supermarket in the city?
Opening the gate of the courtyard and going in, that kid Cheng Shi ran over quickly again, holding a chicken.

"Braised chicken with morel mushrooms, I've already thought up the menu, and I'll have stewed tomato fish." Cheng Shi said with a smile.

The best morel mushrooms are a rarity. Wouldn't it be a waste to eat them without braised chicken?Just now he went back swiftly and brought a chicken over.

Cheng He smiled and said: "How many chickens have you eaten these days? Your chickens will hide when they see you?"

Cheng Shi didn't care about his teasing, strode into the yard and said, "I'll kill the chicken."

Kill the chicken and let the blood out, scald the hair with boiling water, and then cut it into pieces while it is hot.People in mountain villages do these jobs very quickly.

Cheng He remembered that the grandparents of the Wen family were coming to have lunch, so he killed two fish and kept the other fish in the well.

Chiwei is an authentic wild fish, which is extremely rare. It grows up in deep pools.It is also very nutritious to eat with tomato stew.

Especially tomatoes are bright in color, and children love to eat them when they are cooked in the dish.

First catch the fish pieces with sliced ​​ginger, salt, and rice wine, and marinate them for a few minutes to remove the fishy smell.Then put it in the pan and fry it until both sides are golden, then put it on a plate first.

The remaining oil in the pot is not wasted, just add the onion, ginger and garlic, add the chopped tomatoes and stir-fry, then add water, cook and melt the tomatoes, and it becomes a whole pot of tomato soup.

Cheng He cut the tomatoes into two parts, boiled one part first, put the other part first, and then put it in later, so that the soup has a tomato flavor, and you can eat the whole tomato, which is two kinds of taste.

This is the original tomato soup, not made from bought tomato sauce.

After the soup is boiled and melted, put the fried fish in and cook it, turning it from time to time, so that the tomato juice can better blend into the fish.

Listening to the sound of "goo, goo" in the pot, and smelling the fragrance gradually released, can make people salivate.

Next, the braised chicken with morel mushrooms is also tempting.Morels, a rare thing, have a very special fragrance.When the stewing was almost done, he simply put the white asparagus in.

Cheng He found that this made an excellent color match. Stewed chicken nuggets in sauce color, brown morels, and a few white asparagus are very eye-catching and appetizing.

After the hard vegetables are done, just stir-fry bamboo leaf vegetables to relieve the greasy, perfect.

Cheng Shi saw that the pot was starting, and he came over to serve the dishes. Cheng He said: "Don't be busy, why don't you go for a run and call the grandparents of the Wen family to come over to eat. I called the kid from that family earlier, Why haven't you come yet!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Shi hurriedly said: "Forget it, there's no need to shout, just pretend to be a copy and I'll send it to you directly. You don't know, that kid from the Wen family, at such a young age, is very stubborn. , no one will go if called.”

Hard written language, is similar to the meaning of backbone.

Cheng He thought of meeting Wen Qingsong just now, wandering outside alone, and felt that he was really lonely.There must be a reason for his toughness.

If you don't want to come, you can send it over.

Cheng He found a few bowls with lids, put a little of each dish, and put some rice, and when they were done, Cheng Shi went out with them.

As the kid walked, he turned his head and told: "Eat slowly, don't finish eating as soon as I come back. Save some for me."

Cheng Xinxin was sitting in the yard waiting to eat, so she made a face at him and said back, "Great foodie!"

The big yellow dog became her most powerful guard, and followed her to "owwow" twice at Cheng Shi, showing that it was on the same front as the little master.

Cheng Shi pretended to be angry and said, "You still say? Whose tomato you ate just now belonged to me? Give it back to me."

Cheng Xinxin didn't come out yet, so she smiled coyly, and started playing tricks, hiding behind the big yellow dog and not coming out.

Now the big yellow dog stood up and stood in front of her righteously, ready to deal with Cheng Shi's attack at any time.

(End of this chapter)