Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 371 Stewed Pork Trotters with Wild Vegetables
In the yard, Cheng He and Lao Liu were busy cooking. Neither Lao Yang nor Liu Zhicheng knew how to cook. They found a game of chess to pass the time.

When Old Liu played chess with Cheng Xinxin last time, he made the little girl cry, so he dare not play with her now.

Coaxing children is not Lao Yang's forte.

Cheng Xinxin helped her father wash the dishes. She had nothing else to do and didn't want to do homework, so she just played with the dog for a while.

As long as she hugged the puppy, Napoleon would wag his tail and follow her wherever he went.

Cheng Xinxin thought it was really fun, so she put the little milk dog down to see if it still followed.

In short, whether you let her help wash the vegetables or play with the dog, as long as Dad doesn't urge her, she won't remember that she still has homework to do.

When the two parrots saw that the dog had ceased fighting, they chased them over to provoke them, and made sneak attacks from time to time, flying over to bite Napoleon's tail or peck the little milk dog.

The little milk dog was pecked, and could only bark a few times, and hid beside Napoleon.

And if Napoleon was bitten, this guy reacted super fast, turned around like lightning, and bit the parrot, almost biting it twice.

Napoleon once caught pheasants and came back, and his skills are quite agile.

Moreover, after being pecked twice, this guy also became fine, and sometimes pretended not to look at this side, but his eyes looked behind.

Sometimes the parrot was almost attacked by it before it came over, scaring the silly parrot that had nothing to do.

When Cheng Xinxin saw the big yellow dog who had always been very good-tempered, she didn't expect it to be so skilled and even pretend, which made her laugh out loud.

After the parrot sneaked a few times and almost fell into the dog's mouth, it also calmed down a little, not daring to provoke again.

Seeing Cheng Xinxin laugh, it found a new job: to learn Cheng Xinxin to smile.

Napoleon looked at the two parrots hostilely, and always felt that these two parrots were too insidious, barking like a dog for a while, and laughing like a little master for a while, they were too cunning.

Those two stayed on the tree and refused to come down, so there was nothing he could do.

However, Napoleon has a lot of patience, and he doesn't believe that these two will never come down.Just take a chance...

Napoleon's tongue fell out, and his eyes glowed green.

The two parrots ignored it completely, peeling and eating peanuts from a food box hanging from the tree trunk.

These two are very used to living in this house, and they have no intention of leaving at all.

Looking at the scene of life in the yard, Lao Liu couldn't help sighing, it was really full of natural atmosphere.

There is no birdcage in the yard, but the birds do not fly away and are happy to live with people, which is really enviable.

After cleaning the fish, he made a few cuts on the back of the fish and went to the kitchen to salt it.Lao Liu said that he is not good at cooking, but only good at helping, because when his wife cooks, he is the one who helps.

In other words, after being out for so many days, it seems that I am about to go back.However, if he went back, it would be like leaving Lao Yang here.

Originally, Lao Yang was lonely alone, without any relatives to accompany him.Oh, forget it, let's play for a few more days.

Over there, Cheng He took out the pig's trotters from the refrigerator and thawed them out, chopped some onion, ginger, garlic and other ingredients, and prepared to make this dish of braised pig's trotters.

The oil of pig's trotters is relatively heavy. Use dried vegetables to absorb the oil and neutralize it, so that the taste will not be so greasy.

This pig is a pig raised in the countryside. It has more fat than the pork sold in the market. Any piece of fat meat will be refined to produce a lot of oil, and the lean meat will be more tender.

The braised pig's trotters must be fried in a pan first, which can not only enhance the freshness, but also look more appetizing.

After frying the sugar color, add the freshly cut ginger and garlic, pepper, star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, etc., then put the trotters in and stir fry. .

Dried vegetables are not stewed, and they can only be put into the pot when the pig's trotters are almost cooked.

Lao Liu was helping to cut the okra, and when he saw the soaked dried vegetables, he didn't recognize them, and asked, "What kind of vegetables is that?"

Cheng He replied: "Wild vegetables, the first time I met you in the mountains, wasn't I digging wild vegetables? It was the wild vegetables that I got back that time. Just blanch them and dry them in the sun."

Lao Liu was very surprised: "Oh, this is dried wild vegetables? It's amazing, I said, why do I look at the noodles. We usually use dried beans or something at home, that is the dried cowpea, you know ?"

"I know, I guess I'll get a little sun this year. I've planted a little too much." Cheng He nodded.

Some vegetables, a batch of mature, can't be eaten fresh, so they will be used to dry some vegetables.

In the past seasons, it was a dish to supplement when there was no food to eat. Now, it has become a nostalgic taste.

Lao Liu looked at the dried wild vegetables that were gradually soaking, nodded and said, "That's great, that's great."

Self-sufficiency, but also change tricks every day, really good.

Cheng He saw that the dried vegetables were almost soaked, so he washed them twice, because they were dried in the sun, and he was afraid that there would be sand in them.

When the pig's trotters were half cooked, he put the chopped vegetables into the pot and stewed them together.When throwing it into the pot, he didn't stir it with a spatula, which would be ugly.

After the dried vegetables were thrown into the pot, they desperately sucked the fat from the soup, neutralizing the greasy feeling in the pig's trotters.

After a while, the dried vegetables were stewed and the pig's trotters were stewed until crispy. Cheng He lifted the lid of the pot and waited for the juice to collect.When cooking, take out the dried wild vegetables that have not been stirred up just now with chopsticks, put them on the bottom of the plate, and cover them with pig's trotters.

Finally, sprinkle a layer of chopped green onion on top.

Braised pig's trotters in a sauce-colored color, the emerald green scallions on top are particularly eye-catching.

Lao Liu praised: "The cooking skills are good! The color, aroma and shape are all out, this is the craftsmanship of a chef."

Cheng He said with a smile: "Let's just make up. Today's pig's trotters are not bad, not particularly fat, and don't look scary."

It's a big dish, and once it's done, the rest of the dishes are super easy.

A plate of mung bean jelly only needs to be mixed with some seasoning, a plate of scrambled eggs with okra, a plate of pan-fried fish, and a plate of tomato and egg soup.

These are easy to make.

Without much effort, a few dishes were on the table.

Cheng Xinxin ran to the table excitedly.

Cheng He said, "Xinxin, have you washed your hands yet?"

Just hugged two dogs.

Cheng Xinxin quickly ran to wash her hands.No one urged her to do homework today, so happy.

How did she know that today's father is still immersed in the joy just now, so she will be happy first for the time being.

It's really a headache for children to do their homework.

Cheng He was thinking while carrying out the dishes.

A few dishes were on the table, and the chessboard over there just ended, so they all came over.

Liu Zhicheng sighed: "Cheng He, you are really a chef. Let me tell you, if you want us to stop disturbing you, you shouldn't do this. After eating such a good dish, how can you make me willing to leave? ah."

Cheng He smiled and said, "It's just home-cooked food. You boss Liu, have you never eaten any kind of high-end western food in a big city?"

"Yes, it's this home-cooked food that really attracts people." Liu Zhicheng said flatteringly.

However, he didn't lie. Cheng He is good at cooking, and this dish is also very special. Eating it is good for people.

Looking at his sleek grandson, Lao Liu couldn't help but smiled and shook his head.Originally, I wanted to nag him a few words, but after thinking about it, I decided to give up.

The grandson came to see me, he was full of filial piety, and now he is a guest at someone else's house, forget it, let him save some face.

Cheng Xinxin saw that the jelly looked like a bomb, so she picked up the first chopstick first.Put it in your mouth, it tastes spicy, a little sour, a little spicy, and it tastes like eating jelly.

Really delicious!
She said happily, "Dad, this is really delicious."

Cheng He asked: "Baby, do you like this? Then eat more."

This is still from Cheng Shiduan.

Seeing Cheng Xinxin eating one after another, he couldn't help but smile.The way this child eats makes people appetizing, as if eating very deliciously.

Cheng He thought, since she likes to eat it, next time she will make some pea jelly by herself.Some of them were planted just now, and some of them are already old. In a few days, they can be pulled out and dried to make fresh pea jelly.

As long as she likes to eat, it's fine, and I will make it for her when the time comes.

However, when it comes to pea jelly, Cheng He remembered that in the past, soy milk was ground with a stone mill, and the soy milk produced was very fragrant, which was very nostalgic.

Or, get another stone mill at home?
Although all kinds of electrical equipment are now complete, such as electric grinders, electric steamers, and electric ovens, there are still many things in the mountain village, and old things are still used.

Such as stone mill, stone nest, stone pestle and so on.

However, when the rice and wheat were harvested before, they were all rolled down with stones. Now such primitive and inefficient things are no longer used.

But there are still stone mills and stone nests.When you want to grind tofu or rice milk at home, you can do it at home.

Cheng He thought, he should go get a stone mill somewhere, and it will be useful in the future.

Seeing his daughter eating deliciously, Cheng He was also full of smiles.

He picked up a chopstick of okra, put it in Cheng Xinxin's bowl, and said, "Honey, you washed this dish, come, eat more."

Cheng Xinxin giggled, with a sense of accomplishment on her face, picked up the okra and ate it, and said, "Thank you, Dad."

"You're welcome, baby." Cheng He said with a happy face.

The child is really growing up day by day.

She will help Dad with things, and will take the initiative to say thank you.

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