Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 86 Sour Soup

In the morning of Laba, Fang got up early and cooked Laba porridge.First, I took out a bowl and put it in the east room suite, where Yunsong's parents' tablets were placed.Originally there was a family temple in Tong Shiwang's house, but because Yun Song never knew his biological parents and did not fulfill his filial piety in front of them, he invited back the tablet of the second elder and enshrined it at home.

The children also got up and sat around the table, "La Qi La Ba, your jaws are freezing, come, everyone have some Laba porridge, and stick your jaws together so that you won't be able to freeze them." Fang served the porridge side said.

"Mother, what are you talking about? Isn't it too funny?" Yu Xian smiled.

"Little girl, that's what we said. It's cold in the north. Laqi Laba is usually in the time of three, nine, four and nine these days, so it's very cold. As for the sticky chin, that's what I said. Who has seen the chin? Did it really freeze?" Erlang said after taking a sip of porridge.

"It's cold enough today. When I practiced in the morning, my hands felt straight and I couldn't control them." Xiao Si also said. "Master, don't we practice well these few days?"

"No, martial arts training doesn't happen overnight, you must persevere, or how can you say that you practice three times in winter and practice in summer?" Yuan Qingyun shook his head.

"Brother, I got up this morning to practice kung fu with you guys. You boy, can't you compare to me?" Yuxian has been practicing kung fu very hard since that accident, and she doesn't want to encounter anything in the future. Sometimes, I can only cry there.Fortunately, Yuan Qingyun also took into account Yuxian's young age, so he drew blueprints and asked Dalang to go to the blacksmith in the town to make some things. After the blacksmith made them, he assembled them for Yuxian's self-defense.

"Okay, let's eat quickly. This morning I can only drink porridge, not vegetables. If you eat vegetables, grass will grow in the field next year, so hurry up and eat them." Fang served another bowl for everyone.

As soon as Laba is over, the feeling of Chinese New Year becomes stronger and stronger. Didn’t everyone say that Laba is the New Year?Every family in the village has started to slaughter pigs. If there are many pigs in the family, they will kill one and sell the rest.The few people in the village who can butcher pigs have been killing pigs for the past few days, like Old Zhaotou and Yun Song, who are called away in the morning when they have nothing to do.Tong's family has raised four pigs this year, one will be killed during the Chinese New Year, and the other three will be sold.The pig butchers in the town went from village to village early on, ordering all the pigs to be sold by each family, and agreed a day to pull them.Early this morning, the pig butcher came to Tong's house and took away three pigs. At this time, the pigs were not very big, and one hundred and seventy-eight catties was not bad.The three pigs weighed 520 catties in total, and they were sold for more than five taels of silver. Qin quickly put the money away.

"Old lady, let's kill pigs today. It's time." Mr. Tong was sitting on the kang, smoking his pipe.

"Alright, who do we ask to kill? I didn't tell Old Zhao in advance."

"Why are you looking for old Zhao? Can't we, Yunsong, kill pigs? They just separated out this year, and they called their whole family in a while, and killed the pigs. Let's have a lively meal of pig-killing dishes." Tong Yunsong After moving out, the old man always wanted Yunsong, but didn't want to go to Yunsong's place, so he just took this opportunity to call Yunsong.

"Why are you looking for him? You have no conscience. A tiger sold for so much money and didn't know to come to see us. Instead, it cost 200 taels to buy a house. 200 taels is enough for our family to spend several years. It's good for him, he bought that shabby house, he's really a white-eyed wolf." Qin Shi heard about Yun Song's buying a house two days ago, and she felt unbalanced.

"Old woman, you said you are getting older, where are you thinking about everything? If Yun Song and the others didn't buy that house, they would have let the gang of people in the village be kicked out that day. Where do you let them live in this icy and snowy place? The child is not sorry for us, and now we have been separated, so why don't we just mention it like an enemy? Don't say that it is not our own, it is our own, can we really not separate families?" The old man is really serious to Qin now. I don't know what to say.

"Then call it, I'm not looking at them to go to their own home to live a happy life, we have no one to do work, no one to earn money, am I making trouble?" Qin finally realized this time, The Yun Song couple is important, but it's too late. "Then I'll ask Junjie to call them."

When Junjie arrived at Yunsong's house, Yunsong happened to be at home and did not go out. "Grandpa, my grandma told you to kill pigs. She also told the whole family to go and eat pig-killing dishes together."

Yun Song and Fang looked at each other, and then said to Junjie: "Junjie, you go back first, I will be there in a while."

Junjie obediently left first.

"Ms. Yuxian, where do you think our mother is singing? There are several pig-killers, why do you have to let me go, and ask you to eat pig-killing dishes together? I don't understand." Yun Song Scratch your head.

"I can't figure it out either. Maybe our father wants to ease up with this side. I think it's impossible for my mother. It must be what my father said. In this way, you go by yourself, and we won't go there. You just tell my father , the children are studying at home." Fang also couldn't figure out what the old lady was thinking. "By the way, don't go there empty-handed. Get some of the ox tongue cake that Yuxian and I made yesterday, as well as the bean sprouts at home. After the separation, you will also come back first, so don't let people pick you up."

"Success." Yun Song followed Fang's instructions, carried a basket, and went back to Tong's old house.When I got there, I saw that the second child had caught the pig and tied it to the stool, so I hurried into the house. "Father, mother, I'll come and see your elder brother."

Mr. Tong was very happy, "Yun Song, why haven't you come here for a while, and what about your wife and children, why haven't you come together?"

"Father, the children are all studying at home. A distant relative of Yuxian's mother came to join him. He can read and write, so he is teaching a few children to study at home." Yun Song held the basket in his hand to the Qin family. Fang, "Mother, this is the food and bean sprouts made by Yuxian and her mother at home. I'll send some here for you to try."

Qin took the basket without any expression on his face, and went out without saying anything.

"Yun Song, don't pay attention to your mother, she's a little tired these days." The old man helped Yuan Quan.

"Father, I'm going out to kill the pigs first, kill the pigs earlier, and be quicker." Yun Song turned and left the house.

Fang started to make quilts after Yunsong left. He took apart and washed all the quilts at home a few days ago, and most people would take out and wash all the quilts a few years ago.The inside of the quilt needs to be washed with starch, because it is made of cotton cloth at this time. After washing the inside of the quilt with starch, it will be very crisp and durable after drying.Yuxian watched her mother making quilts there, and thought to herself, it would be great if she made some quilt covers, instead of having to re-make quilts every time.However, with the thickness of these cotton cloths now, if you make a quilt cover, it will be quite tiring when you wash the quilt cover. It seems that things are really difficult to have both.

Fang held a long needle in his hand, which was specially used for making quilts, and a thimble on his middle finger, it would be impossible without this thing.The quilt was sewn stitch by stitch, the stitches were very even, Yuxian looked at it enviously, "Mom, when can I learn how to sew?"

"Learn if you want to learn, but are you sure you are busy enough? I see that you have already arranged your time to the full. You need to learn a little bit, don't push yourself too hard, you are still young. "Fang didn't look up, and continued to sew the quilt.

"That's right. I also watched my mother do this. I thought it was quite fun. Now Uncle Yuan has also arranged homework for me. In addition to Master's, it is really enough for me to learn. Mother, let's talk about sewing in a few years. "Yu Xian now arranges her time very well. She practices exercises in the morning, reads the books given by Fang Yun in the morning, listens to Mr. Yuan's lectures in the afternoon, and reads books when she finds time in the evening.Fortunately, Fang Yun only gave some basics of Chinese medicine. She heard the old Chinese medicine tell her every day in her previous life, so it's okay to understand, and it's not too difficult.What Mr. Yuan said was much more difficult. All kinds of ancient prose made Yu Xian dizzy.

"By the way, mother, let's get something new to eat at night." Yuxian remembered those dregs soaked some time ago, some of which had been made into hair cakes and beef tongue cakes, and the rest had been soaked for a long time and fermented. There is a sour smell, I also pushed it two days ago, and I controlled my face to freeze outside.

"You, what do you want to eat again?" Fang is no longer surprised, her daughter loves food the most.

"To make sour soup, I have prepared everything, it depends on mother's craftsmanship." Yuxian has long been craving sour soup.

"I really don't know where you came up with such methods. You can always come up with some tricks." Fang shook her head helplessly, "Okay, let's listen to you tonight, what kind of sour soup."

In the evening, Fang boiled the water in the pot, and Yuxian put the noodles that had been melted back into the pot and boiled them for a while. Seeing that the outside of the dough had become somewhat translucent, she took out the dough and put it in a basin , use a spoon to break up the dough.Fang scooped some boiling water from the pot and poured it on the noodles, trying to ripen the noodles so that the viscosity was good enough to evenly cook the noodles.Then Yuxian took a small trumpet-shaped iron sleeve, which was painted by Yuxian a few days ago and made at the blacksmith when Dalang went to town.The big mouth of the iron sleeve is thicker than a finger, and the thin end is thinner than chopsticks. There is also a ring on the sleeve. Put the ring on your big finger, with the thick mouth facing the palm of your hand and the small mouth facing outward. protruding from between the fingers.Pick up a small ball of noodles, which can be held by both hands, hold the dough with both hands, and then squeeze it hard, so that the noodles come out of the iron sleeve and fall into the pot. This is the soup.When grasping, the arms should be swung forward, so that the sticks of soup can be longer.Fang didn't push hard the first few times, and the soup strips were a bit short, but then he slowly got better.Yuxian was holding a spoon on the side, stirring up the soup sticks that fell into the pot, so that they would not all get together.The fire at the bottom of the pot has always been very hot, and the water temperature is very high. After a while, Fang became proficient, and it didn't take long to finish all the face.Yuxian waited again to see that the sour soup was cooked before asking Fang to serve it up.

　The third one is delivered.The top three on the new book monthly ticket list are all the works of great gods, and Xueer is ranked behind them, feeling like Alexander.Dear friends, pressure is motivation. Although Xueer is a newcomer, as long as we have the support of our relatives, we still have to face the difficulties and rush forward.

　　
　
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