Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 21

Originally, Mrs. Zhang wanted to wait for Xiuyao to burn a few cakes in a row so she could give her a favour, but Xiuyao couldn't find fault with the rest except for the first one, so she had to give up.

After a while, Mrs. Liu came down and saw that there was a thick layer of pancakes on the curtain. There were about seventy or eighty of them. Seeing that there were still some rough noodles left, she asked Xiuqin to stop first, and she walked to the east room. He said to Mrs. Zhang: "Mother, I think the leeks have grown stubble, let's cut off the stubble and bake some leek pancakes."

Zhang's heart hurts, why is this eldest daughter-in-law so unscrupulous, and she becomes more and more greedy after them.

He wants to say what to do, but it's not easy to save the eldest daughter-in-law's face, after all, she seldom says what to eat.

The old Qintou who was weaving straw sandals with Qin Dafu outside the window heard it and said: "Okay, the leeks are almost ready to be cut."

Mrs. Liu searched around but couldn't find the leek knife, so she asked Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang thought for a while, "Oh, it was borrowed by his second grandfather's house." She jumped off the kang, "I'll go get it back." After taking two steps, she said again: "No, your second aunt will take advantage of it. If you go If so, she might be able to join in the fun and eat two cakes, forget it or don't do it."

Old Qintou heard this and said: "Stop making fun of me. It used to be that people came to our house to eat and eat, but now they have better conditions than ours. What are you doing? Hurry up."

Mrs. Zhang had no choice but to go.

In Xiuyao's memory, there are several cousins ​​of her grandfather. The eldest grandfather is the Guo family who came to that day, the third grandfather is the one who rescued her, the second grandfather is a brother who eats too much and is lazy, and his mother-in-law is also greedy.But in the past two years, relying on the help of two daughters is much better, and I don't come here to eat and drink anymore.It's just that when life got better, he made a lot of sarcasm to Mrs. Zhang, and always showed off when he ate a good meal. He said he asked Mrs. Zhang to eat, but he never really invited him to eat.

Mrs. Zhang asked for the chive knife back, but the second mother did not come with her. Their family also rolled out pancakes two days ago, ate them once, and even showed off to Mrs. Zhang that there were eggs in the pancakes with leeks.

She handed the leek knife to Mrs. Liu, and said, "Don't cut too low and hurt the roots."

Mrs. Liu, yes, of course she knows, when she saw Mrs. Zhang walking around while cutting the leeks, she knew that she was reluctant to give up, but the leeks are eaten after they are planted, and if you don’t eat them, you will grow old and you will grow old. I can't eat it, it's a waste.

Mrs. Liu put the leeks in a small basket, and asked Xiurong to pick them and wash them, and she went to raise some chicken manure and the like to fertilize the leeks and water some more. water.

Xiurong was directed by Mrs. Liu to pick and wash the leeks, and then go to the chopping board to grind them with a knife (in fact, they are cut into small pieces along the way.)
When mixing the stuffing, I poured a little soy sauce, added salt, and after thinking about it, I added a pinch of shrimp skin.

Jinan Prefecture is rich in products, and there are a lot of seafood. Shrimp skins are not expensive and can be fresh, and they are always prepared at home.

At this time, Mrs. Zhang came in and took a look. Mrs. Liu's hand trembled subconsciously, her beautiful face suppressed her smile, and she said to Mrs. Zhang, "Nurse, do you want to add a few drops of oil? Or put more oil?"

The big oil is the solidified oil from the Layue fat (fried in a hot pan), and it is stored in a crock for later use. It is very fragrant.

Mrs. Zhang was naturally reluctant to part with the pain. She glanced at it, but frowned and didn't know what to think. Xiurong stuck out her tongue, "Nurse, I'm just talking about it. This is fine, there is soy sauce Woolen cloth."

Suddenly, Mrs. Zhang seemed to have made up her mind, and said: "Sannier, take a big iron spoon, use some fruit oil, and then fry a minced egg in it." The fruit oil Zhang said was peanut oil, and the local People habitually call peanuts fruit.

"Ah?" Xiu Rong was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth, she almost hit the salt jar in her hand, Liu's eyes were quick, she quickly grabbed it and put it away, and then mixed the stuffing with chopsticks.

Mrs. Liu was also so frightened that she was about to fly out of her wits, the sun came out from the west, and the mother-in-law was stimulated by going out, right?But she reacted quickly, and pushed Xiurong to make her hurry up.Xiurong realized it all at once, and hurried to get it.To make pancakes in front of the Xijian Stove, she took the green bricks stored at home on both sides in front of the East Stove, and then asked Xiuyao to light the fire, and the fire depended on oil.

The big iron spoon is a black iron spoon with a long handle. It is about the same size as the milk pot that Xiuyao had seen before. When the iron spoon became hot, Xiurong said to Zhang: "Nurse, the spoon is hot, you can pour oil." Nonsense, who dares to pour it on their own, in case Mammy has convulsions now, and her body hurts when she recovers, everyone is eating delicious cakes now, and it is her own business to be scolded.

Mrs. Zhang hesitated for a moment. Seeing the black iron spoon smoking, she went to bring the oil jar. There are several kinds of oil at home, a little sesame oil, and a small jar of peanut oil. The only ones are cottonseed oil and soybean oil.

In this place, sesame oil is the most expensive. Unless you are a wealthy family, it is impossible to use it for cooking every day. People who are a little richer eat rapeseed oil, which is also called sesame oil.Soybean oil is called stinky oil, which is used by rich families to light lamps, and those poor families used to use it for cooking.

Since peanuts and cotton came into existence, people have discovered that these two can also extract oil.Peanut oil is more delicious than soybean oil, so peanut oil and rapeseed oil have become common oils for people with better conditions.

Soybean oil and cottonseed oil are common oils used by ordinary people or poor people. With the improvement of oil extraction technology, everyone thinks that soybean oil is more fragrant than cottonseed oil, so soybean oil has become more expensive recently, and the worst is cottonseed oil.

Like those families who cannot afford food and clothing well, soybean oil is also a luxury for them. What they eat every day is cottonseed oil, and even cottonseed oil cannot be eaten often.

Therefore, peanut oil is already very luxurious for the old Qin family. Seeing Zhang like this, Liu and Xiurong were very surprised.

Where did Mrs. Zhang know what they were thinking? She was immersed in her inner world, thinking of the face of the second sister-in-law who was a villain, she was so cruel, what happened to a good meal, what happened to eating leeks and pancakes, didn't she just let it go? Got an egg?Does her house have no eggs or oil?

Hmph, let it go, of course it is to eat fruit oil!

Mrs. Zhang picked up the jar of peanut oil and shocked everyone. Although she looked steady, her hands trembled slightly. She scooped up the oil jar twice with an oil raisin and poured it into a black iron spoon, for fear of wasting it. One drop, followed carefully.

As soon as the oil entered the hot spoon, there was a slight sizzling sound, and then oil bubbles began to appear. Seeing that the oil bubbles were getting less and less, Xiurong quickly grabbed the grated green onion, and with a snort, the aroma of chopped green onion suddenly wafted When they came out, everyone couldn't help but took a deep breath.

Mrs. Zhang deliberately went to open the back window of the main room, and said loudly: "Oh, it smells so good! You can smell it from far away."

Naturally, the back street can also smell, and the second grandpa's family lives behind the house.

Xiurong winked at Xiuqin, Xiuqin pursed her lips and continued rolling out the cakes.

Mrs. Zhang shouted: "Xiuqin, don't make the cake too thin, don't break and expose the filling."

Mrs. Zhang asked Mrs. Liu to poke a chopstick and fill it with oil. Mrs. Liu taught Xiurong to make the stuffing, then put it on the panel, and spread the stuffing on the rolled cake with chopsticks.The skin of the pancake should be smaller and thicker to prevent the filling from being broken.Spread out the stuffing, then fold the cake in half, take a bowl and roll it along the side, cut off the irregular side, so that a ha cake is ready.

When the cake is ready, put it on the griddle to continue baking, and then point out how to bake the cake, don't turn it over in a hurry or it will break.

At this time, Qin Yang woke up after smelling the fragrance, and jumped off the kang with bare feet, "Mother, mother, I want to eat fried eggs with twelfth lunar month fat."

Liu said: "Yangyang, don't eat."

Qin Yang pouted, "I want it, I want it."

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly picked him up and coaxed him: "If you want it, I will fry it for you."

There is an old lady who said, "My grandson, I am used to putting your business first, and others dare not say anything. Although Liu is afraid that she will spoil the child and it will be difficult to teach her in the future, but because of her mother-in-law's power, there is no way for the time being."

Mrs. Zhang used a black iron spoon to add a piece of Layue fat to fry eggs for her little grandson. The aroma of the pork fat plus the aroma of fried eggs, and a little green onion sprinkled on top of the tender yellow eggs, was so fragrant that Xiuyao couldn't bear it. I couldn't help swallowing my saliva.

If the second aunt and the others were at home, there might be many lawsuits.

One egg, Qin Yang ate it happily, and sneakily gave Xiuyao a mouthful while Zhang was going to the bathroom, making Xiurong gulp down, Qin Yang understood when Xiuyao winked at him, and shared it with each other. I gave a small piece to the eldest sister and the third sister.

Seeing this, Mrs. Liu was relieved, the child was not spoiled too badly.

Qin Yang got Xiuyao's instruction, and brought it to his grandfather to eat. Naturally, the two of them didn't eat it, but they just opened their mouths for a show, and no one would really eat him.

And Qin Yang knew it despite his young age, so he went happily and came back intact, enjoying himself happily.

Soon, the leek pancakes were ready, exuding bursts of aroma.Xiuyao couldn't help but want to take a piece to eat, but presumably Zhang would not allow it, this is the rule.

After baking the cakes, Xiuqin cleaned up the panels, and Liu asked Xiurong and Xiuyao to stack the cakes to prevent them from drying out and becoming brittle.

Xiuyao is small, standing in front of the stove was blocked by cakes, Xiurong brought her a stack of cakes and asked her to stack them on another stove.The pancakes are huge, with a diameter of about seventy centimeters, folded in half and then stacked on the other curtain.After folding, cover it with a bag to prevent the ashes from drying out.

Xiuyao went to see her grandfather and father weaving straw sandals. Qin Yang took a piece of cake and began to eat. He sat next to Xiuyao, and he took a bite for Xiuyao. Xiuyao was afraid of Zhang's beating and scolding, so she refused to eat.

Old Qin took a look at her and said, "Eat, it's all about eating anyway, if you're full, you'll eat less at night."

Those cakes must be shared by each person. She is such a child and she only has such a stomach, so she will be fine when she is full.

He said this to the old lady, to tell her not to be so bad to the girl. The old lady said all the time that all the rules belonged to the old Qin's family. They were passed down from her mother-in-law, and she just followed them.

But his mother doesn't treat girls harshly, and the girls in their family enjoy themselves very much.

But then again, the family was not so poor back then.

When Xiuyao heard what her grandfather said, she didn't care whether Mrs. Zhang would scold her or not. Anyway, when her grandfather said something, she tore two pieces of the cake, half for each person, and ate it with great enjoyment.

This kind of Kazakh pancakes she ate when she was a child is different from the leek box that she ate later. At that time, the leek box was fried in oil. Here it is baked directly on the griddle, which has a unique flavor.

And that kind of single-layer pancakes needs to be rolled in the middle. If there are boiled eggs crushed and sprinkled with salt, or rolled with green onions and miso, or rolled with a la carte, meat is better, and it tastes chewy. tasty.

It is similar to KFC's burrito, but it is thinner and more chewy than that one, and it is like pancakes sold outside, but most of the pancakes are made of batter, not so chewy and delicious.

These few days, apart from ordering bone soup, it’s really porridge with black bumps every day. She even dreamed that she turned into black bumps. Today, when she eats this leek pancake mixed with waxy fat, her tongue is so delicious. Swallowed it.

After eating, she was aroused again like that piece of braised pork. Smelling the faint scent of noodle in her hand, she felt a sense of loss, and then felt sad, and she even wanted to cry.

She swears that she must let herself live a life of eating pancake rolls and braised pork every day, and eat whatever she wants, and she will never turn herself into black lumps.

(End of this chapter)