Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 345 Today's Breakfast

At this time, Cheng Xinxin was sitting on the bluestone threshold of her courtyard with a bowl in her hand, drinking the porridge spoonful by spoonful.

This is her breakfast: preserved egg porridge with lean meat.

Today is Saturday, and the school is on holiday, so she can take her time.

She didn't have to go to school today, and she got up late. Although she was sitting and eating porridge, her eyelids were still loose, and she didn't pay much attention to eating porridge.

The door of Cheng He's house was open towards the southeast. Originally, when the sun came out at this time, it would dazzle your eyes.

But the path in front of the door was empty, there was a row of trees there, and the long shade just covered the door of his house and blocked the morning light, so it was very suitable to be at the threshold.

The golden sunlight shines through the leaves and shines on the ground, forming spots of light one by one.

The morning breeze was blowing gently, and the spots of light swayed from time to time.

Cheng Xinxin held her small bowl, and ate the porridge in the bowl one after another, taking a bite to chew for a long time.

She is watching people herding cattle in the distance.

Now these days, the number of cattle has become less and less.

In the past, every family had one cow, and some even had two cows.When Cheng He was young, half-grown boys like him in the village were contracted to herd cattle during the summer vacation.For two whole months, I spent almost all of my time with the cow.

At that time, there were many children in the village, and each child took a cow and walked outside. The scene was quite spectacular.

But after mechanical farming, cattle are not much use, and if you raise a cow, you have to herd cattle every day. Now there are no people who specialize in cattle herding, and many people don't raise cattle at all.

In addition, cow stealers are rampant now, and a cow can cost tens of thousands of dollars, which makes many idlers jealous.

Being stolen is a huge loss, so there are not so many cattle in rural areas now.

What Cheng Xinxin was focusing on now was a very old cow followed by a calf.

The old cow's nose is led by a rope, grazing quietly; the calf is still too young, and it is currently moving freely.

A calf is just like a child, the world is full of curiosity, and always wants to look around, run around, and have fun everywhere, but the old cow is too lazy to move and wants to focus on grazing in one place.

Therefore, every time the calf runs away, the old cow will "moo" and call its cub back.

But every time the calf is running happily, he is reluctant to be called back. When he jumps and runs back, he also screams "moo, moo" twice.

Seeing the cub's quarrel with the old cow, Cheng Xinxin laughed out loud and forgot to chew the porridge in his mouth.

Cheng He finished eating by himself. When he came out to see, Cheng Xinxin was still holding a bowl of porridge. He didn't move a few times and couldn't help urging her: "Xinxin, hurry up, how long have you been eating this bowl of porridge?" ?”

"Yeah." Cheng Xinxin heard it, replied, took another mouthful of porridge, but still looked at the two cows.

The old cow is a buffalo, very fat, with a very docile personality, grazing slowly.

In fact, everyone who herds cattle knows that it is quite interesting for old cattle to eat grass.Especially when the grass is very fat, it eats very carefully.

The cow's long tongue is stretched out and flicked, cutting off a clump like a sickle, and the eaten place is as smooth as a hair clipper pushing through the hair.

Cows basically don't eat grass here and there, but eat in a very orderly manner, and the place where they eat will not be messy.

When a cow chews grass, it will make a sound similar to "hoo, hoo", which keeps ringing continuously.

Cheng Xinxin thought, is grass delicious?The cow is delicious!
Looking at it, it seemed that the porridge in her bowl was even more fragrant.She ate another large spoonful of porridge, which was very fragrant.

At this time, she heard a sweet voice: "Little sister, is your family having breakfast?"

Cheng Xinxin raised her head and saw a somewhat familiar older sister.

Zheng Xiaoying was assigned to carry out a task - she bit the bullet and came out to find something to eat!

Does the show need to be so boring?She had just arrived, and she was arranged to find a way to make breakfast.

She felt that Zhao Lei and those people were cheating on her.

Along the way, she passed many doors, but she was too embarrassed to speak.God, what should she say?

"Do you have anything to eat? We haven't had breakfast yet. What can we do?"

"I'm so hungry, do you have any breakfast left?"

"Is there any work that needs to be done in your family? Part-time work for breakfast, I only eat a little bit is enough, is there?"

She has brewed countless lines, but every time she arrives at someone's door, she is embarrassed to speak and walks away to go to the next house.

Although she knew that it was just a program line to make the audience laugh, it was still difficult for her to speak.

After missing countless opportunities, she saw Cheng Xinxin sitting on the threshold of the courtyard.

Well, it's easier to talk to children.

And this child knows each other, communication should be easier.

Zheng Xiaoying felt that her skin had thickened.After participating in the program, she can become an invincible king kong.

Cheng Xinxin raised her head and glanced at Zheng Xiaoying, feeling a little familiar, she answered her with an "um" in her mouth, then lowered her head and continued to eat her porridge, and then looked at the cow.

Hey, someone is riding a bull!It's so fun.

It turns out that cows can also be ridden!
Cheng Xinxin remembered that she had once ridden a giant panda, and was immediately very excited. She stood up with the bowl in her hand, and without looking back, she said loudly, "Dad, I want to ride a bull, I want to ride..."

The little girl ignored Zheng Xiaoying directly.

Zheng Xiaoying in front of the camera, that embarrassment...

She thought it would be easier to talk to children, but she didn't know that others would not cooperate with her at all.

This show is so difficult.

The cameraman tried his best to hold back his laughter. He felt that being a cameraman for today's show was really great. Not only could he see beautiful female stars, but he could also see such interesting things.

This show is hilarious.

Cheng He heard Cheng Xinxin's shout from the room, and came out and said, "What kind of cow is riding! Have you finished your porridge? It's cold..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Zheng Xiaoying at the door, and immediately smiled and said, "Hey, Miss Zheng, are you here?"

Zheng Xiaoying smiled awkwardly.

Relatively speaking, Cheng He is an old hand. Three celebrities visited his home yesterday.Now that Zheng Xiaoying is here again, it is conceivable that she is a guest on that show, and maybe she has taken a fancy to her own food again.

He smiled and said, "Do you need anything?"

It's much better to have someone to talk to.

Zheng Xiaoying said that the feeling of embarrassment has subsided, and now she can speak freely.She said, "Well... I haven't had breakfast yet..."

When Cheng He heard it, he said, "Oh, it's okay. I still have a lot of porridge at home. If you don't mind it, can you add another bowl?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the table behind him.

There was a temporary small dining table under the jujube tree in the yard, and they ate breakfast in the yard.

Now there is a small pot on the dining table, and there is still unfinished porridge in it.

Anyway, if you can't finish eating, you can feed it to dogs or pigs.Zheng Xiaoying wanted breakfast, so naturally she could have it too.

Zheng Xiaoying was overjoyed to have breakfast after completing the mission of the show, and asked happily: "Really? Then what can I do for your family?"

Cheng He said, "No need."

"How can I do that? Our program is to trade work for anything, I can't break the rules!" Zheng Xiaoying said happily.

She felt that the task was quite simple.

Cheng He said: "Rules? Then after you finish eating, wash the pots and dishes."

"Okay, no problem. Thank you so much!"

Zheng Xiaoying said happily, and went to the kitchen to get a bowl by herself.

Cheng Xinxin looked up at her, watched her walk in, and said again, "Father, I want to ride a bull."

Cheng He said: "Then you finish the porridge first, come on, have a big bite."

Cheng Xinxin immediately ate the porridge.

The photographer followed Zheng Xiaoying to take pictures, saw her sitting at the table eating breakfast alone, and reminded her in a low voice: "Sister Zheng Xiao, Mr. Zhao and the others haven't eaten yet..."

Zheng Xiaoying raised her head and asked, "And then?"

If you like them to cheat yourself, don't you like yourself to cheat them?

She lowered her head and ate it as a matter of course.

This is what she paid for by "washing dishes". Why can't she eat it?

Well, what the show wants is these contradictory opinions.If everything goes smoothly, it won't be able to achieve the effect of the program.

And this porridge... It seems that there is only one bowl left, which is only enough for her to eat alone.

Let Mr. Zhao and the others figure out their own way.

Zheng Xiaoying took a sip of the porridge and said in amazement: "My God, this porridge is really delicious!"

He took another sip and said, "This is really the best porridge I've ever had! Mr. Cheng, can I ask what is added? Why is it so delicious?"

Cheng He said: "Preserved eggs, meat, and some vegetables..."

He grows the vegetables himself, and the preserved eggs are given by Cheng Jinshun and his family. They pickle the eggs themselves, not the common duck eggs on the market.The meat was bought at Cheng Sanjin's house.

Cheng Sanjin is a pig butcher in Taohua Village. He usually buys pigs from several villages, slaughters them, and then pushes a cart to sell them to these villages.

Usually the meat at home is smoked before the Chinese New Year.If you want to eat fresh meat, you can go to his house to buy it.

The pigs he bought are self-raised in several nearby villages, and they are basically fed with scraps from the farmland, such as corn stalks, sweet potato vines, etc., or some pigweed that grows on the mountains, and no one will feed them. feed.

Pigs fed with feed do grow faster, but feed is also a cost after all, and the scraps in the farmland are always thrown away after all, and they are worthless.

Therefore, the self-fed pigs in the village can be regarded as green natural pigs. They grow slowly, but the meat quality is much better.

Zheng Xiaoying drank this kind of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, of course she said it was delicious.

Taohua Village's self-marinated preserved eggs are different from those on the market. They are not as soft as preserved eggs, but have a bit of springy texture, but they taste delicious.

While she was eating beautifully, the photographer mourned for Zhao Lei and the others. What should they do?

According to the rules of the show, in Taohua Village, money is not easy to use. If you want to eat, you have to pay for it yourself.

At this time, Cheng Xinxin had already finished the porridge very quickly, and urged, "Let's go, Dad, let's go ride a bull."

Cheng He looked at the eager little girl and said, "Wait a while."

There are still guests at home.

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