Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 4 Game
"Baby, don't read it, let's go talk to grandparents." Cheng He walked over and said, stroking her head.

Cheng Xinxin looked up and saw that her father's head was bleeding, and tears flowed out of her heartache: "Dad's head is broken..."

Cheng He hugged her distressedly, comforted her and said, "Don't be afraid, baby, dad is fine, dad doesn't hurt..."

While enduring her fear, the little girl choked and said, "Father, let me blow it to you, and you won't feel any pain..."

After finishing speaking, I really moved my face closer and blew hard a few times.

"Dad, is it still hurting?" She asked with concern.

"It doesn't hurt anymore, it doesn't hurt anymore. Dad, thank you baby." Cheng He said quickly with a warm heart.

He raised his hand and pressed the wound on the top of his head, thinking in his heart how to treat the wound, otherwise he would go to Cheng Shi's house in a while, and he might have to explain it.

When he thought this way, he felt something strange in his body.

He stared subconsciously, and saw that the golden star in his body moved, and then disintegrated into a golden circle of light, which floated slowly, flowed towards his wound, and then disappeared.

Immediately, Cheng He felt something strange, the wound was obviously getting better, almost healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Amazing!

Was it the Venus in his body that sensed his problem and reacted?

Unexpectedly, the gold star that I got by accident can have such an effect, the energy is too powerful.

"Dad, what is this?" His daughter's voice brought him back to reality.

He looked in the direction of her finger and replied, "Oh, that's a dandelion!"

White dandelions are everywhere, but this is the first time my daughter has seen them, and it feels very novel.

Cheng He held the child and came to pay respects to his parents' graves. He told them a little about his experiences in the past few years and the general situation of his daughter. The depression in his heart over the past few years also dissipated a little.

After paying homage to his parents, Cheng He went down the mountain with his daughter in his arms.

When I got home, I happened to see Cheng Shi coming with another big bag and several bottles of beer.

Cheng He asked: "Didn't I let you eat at your house? Why did you bring the wine?"

Cheng Shi brought over not only pots and pans, but also a bag of loach, half a hare, half a pheasant, and several bottles of beer.

He said: "I originally said, let you eat at my house, but my dad is so verbose, I think you can't stand it, so I bring it to you, let's make some wine for ourselves, and be more comfortable."

Cheng He smiled and said, "Then you sit here and I'll get it done. Let's drink later."

These bags of wild game are hard to find in the city.He was delighted to see Lie Xin, and his appetite whetted when he saw good ingredients.

After weighing the half hare, Cheng He said, "You have taken it from me, what do you eat at home?"

"Don't worry, my dad is drinking!" Cheng Shi said.

Cheng Xinxin walked over in a panic, and said in a childish voice, "Father, I'll help you."

Cheng He chuckled and said, "How can you help! Just play with the dog and prepare dinner later."

Cheng Xinxin tilted her head, pouted and said, "Alright then."

She thought about it seriously, playing with dogs?playing what?So she took out a small comb from Cheng He's backpack and said, "Take it, come here, let me comb your hair for you, okay?"

The big yellow dog couldn't understand what she was saying, seeing her beckoning to him, he ran over.

Here, Cheng He cleaned up the kitchen stove, and started to attack the hare and pheasant.

After the hare was cleaned, it was cut into several large pieces, and then marinated with sliced ​​ginger and shallots. Taking advantage of this spare time, the pot was boiled with water to blanch the pheasant. Cheng He's movements were very sophisticated.

Put the blanched pheasant pieces in cool well water again, then put the oil in the pot to boil, saute the ginger slices and garlic first, add the old sauce made in the village and stir-fry until it turns red, put the pheasant pieces into the stir-fry .

The fat of the pheasant was scalded by the high-heat oil pan, and all kinds of mixed aromas immediately wafted around. Cheng Xinxin took a deep breath and exaggeratedly said, "It smells so good!"

The big yellow dog caught by her and combing its fur also opened its mouth wide, its tongue sticking out three inches long, drooling uncontrollably.

This guy wanted to rush into the kitchen several times to have a look, but Cheng Xinxin dragged him back: "Sit down honestly, the meal isn't ready yet, why are you panicking? I want to eat too, do you think I moved?"

Cheng He, who was busy in the kitchen, couldn't help laughing at the tone of teaching the dog a lesson.

Napoleon sat back on the ground helplessly again and again, letting Cheng Xinxin toss and turn on its head and back.

A plate of braised pheasant nuggets is put into the pot, followed by stewed hare meat.

Put oil in the pot, sauté the pot with star anise, add scallions, ginger slices, garlic cloves, sauce, hare meat into the pot, add water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer on low heat, and there will be "gurgling, gurgling" sounds from time to time in the pot sound.

While the pot was stewing, the loach was almost cleaned up.

Loach grows in the mud, and the meat will have an earthy smell. It must be soaked in light salt water for more than half an hour, otherwise it will be unpleasant to eat.

Speaking of it, Cheng He ate a lot of these when he was a child, but after leaving home, he hasn't eaten it for many years, and he often misses this taste very much.

Full of childhood memories!
As the old saying goes, "Turtledove in the sky, loach in the ground", loach is a kind of delicious food.It is rich in a variety of nutrients, rich in protein, and a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which are very beneficial to the human body, nourishing the middle and nourishing Qi, eliminating dampness and detoxification, nourishing yin and clearing heat, dredging collaterals and kidneys, etc.

Rural people love to eat it.

After marinating with the seasoning for a while, put seasonings and green peppers in the pot and sauté until fragrant, then pour in the loach, and stir-fry in the pot on high heat. In less than 3 minutes, the loach will make a "sizzling" sound in the pot, and the skin will be burnt. , the meat is also fresh and tender, almost cooked.

In less than half an hour, a plate of braised pheasant nuggets, a plate of stewed hare meat in sauce, and a plate of stir-fried loach were ready.

The three dishes are hard vegetables, and they are wild game. If you want to eat such pure wild vegetables in a hotel, you will have to pay several hundred yuan.

Cheng used the well water to wash a table, and put it in the middle of the yard to dry, so lunch can be eaten in the yard.

Cheng Xinxin couldn't wait and sat down with the big yellow dog in her arms.

There is enough shade under the ginkgo tree, and the breeze blows, and the scent of wild flowers that I don’t know where it brings is very pleasant.There were a few magpies chirping in the trees, adding a bit of life to the courtyard.

Three dishes were placed on the table, and two bottles of beer were opened.The beer was chilled in the well water, and it was cold when poured out.

Cheng He poured Cheng Shi a glass and said, "Thank you! You can eat authentic game for the first meal when you come back."

Cheng Shi picked up the cup and said: "Who are we to whom! You don't need to thank you, isn't it all caused by you? To be honest, I just swallowed my saliva several times just by smelling the smell, your culinary skills nice!"

Cheng Xinxin took the chopsticks to pick up the wild rabbit meat, but couldn't pick it up after a few times, and was so anxious that she almost picked it up with her hands.

Cheng He chuckled, and quickly took a piece and put it in her bowl.

Although she is not yet four years old, she already looks good when she eats by herself, and she doesn't like being fed by adults.Like Cheng He, she has been a carnivore since she was a child.

As soon as the fragrant hare meat is in the mouth, the numbing feeling is really unusual. Take a bite, and the smell of oil will overflow the nose and mouth.

The little girl said again and again: "Father, it's delicious!"

The child's mouth can't be covered, the bright chicken soup flows down the corner of the mouth, and the chin is even more shiny.

Cheng Shi also took a piece of pheasant chicken to eat, chewed it, and immediately shouted: "Wori, Heizi, you are really good at cooking! Thief is so delicious!"

Cheng He said quickly: "My child is still here, you boy speak more civilized! Isn't it good to say that it is delicious?"

Cheng Shi chuckled: "Yeah, I'm paying attention, I'm paying attention. We rural people have never been particular about it. Isn't this delicious? I said it without paying attention."

Then he picked up another loach, put it into Cheng Xinxin's bowl, and muttered: "Come on, get one for my niece, eat it and grow fast, and can swim!"

Cheng Xinxin looked at Cheng Shi, and asked childishly, "Uncle, how do you know I can swim?"

Cheng Shi didn't know that the little girl could swim, but he thought the girl's voice was very pleasant, so he coaxed her and said, "Of course, because I think you are very smart!"

The little girl was so happy that she "chuckled" when she got the compliment.

(End of this chapter)