peasant young lady

Chapter 35 Big brother has changed a lot

It was raining heavily outside, making it difficult to cook.

The Yang family is different from the Cheng family. The Cheng family's kitchen is directly in the small room next to the main house, so there is no need to worry about the wind, sun and rain when cooking.The Yang family didn't have that kind of condition. The kitchen just built a straw shed in the yard, built a large stove underneath, and put a dilapidated small cabinet next to it. All the things needed for cooking were placed in the small cabinet. .But whenever it is windy and rainy, cooking becomes a problem.

Just like now, Cheng Xia stood at the door for a while and her shoes were soaked. She looked at Lin Xiu's room on the left, and she was standing at the door worrying about the waterfall-like rain curtain.

"It's getting so dark, why don't you cook and ink?" Before Lin Xiu could speak, Yang Lihua came out from the door of the main house again, akimbo and ordered Lin Xiu and Cheng Xia, "Hey, I watched you come from your mother's house. I brought back a piece of meat, and I’m going to cook and eat it.”

Those eyes and ears are bright enough.

Cheng Xia rolled her eyes.

"Ma'am, is there any food to eat tonight?" Xiaolong walked timidly beside Lin Xiu, glanced carefully at Yang Lihua and called aunt, then looked expectantly at Cheng Xia.

Why did Cheng Xia refuse with this pitiful look, so she nodded, "I'll do it for you now, ma'am."

Cheng Xia smiled at Lin Xiu, "My brother and sister, please give me an umbrella." The thatched hut was leaking everywhere, and it got wet after cooking for a while.

Lin Xiu quickly agreed, and Cheng Xia took out the small piece of tenderloin and a small bag of glutinous rice from the house, and went into the hut with Lin Xiu.

Mrs. Chen put a rain-proof bag on Xiaolong, and Xiaolong stood by the thatched shed eagerly watching Cheng Xia handle the pineapple.

According to the steps of making pineapple rice, cut the pineapple in two, one half is big and the other is small, and the pulp is dug out to keep the appearance of the two pineapple intact.Cut the dug out pulp into thumb-sized cubes, then took a broken porcelain bowl, mixed some salt water and put all the pineapple flesh in it.

As soon as the orange pineapple meat came out, Cheng Xia saw Xiaolong swallowing, and Cheng Xia smiled, "I can't eat it yet, wait a little bit."

Lin Xiu looked at Cheng Xia puzzled, "Sister-in-law, this thing is weird. Although it looks good, you can't eat it. It will cause accidents if you eat it."

"It's okay, I've eaten it before, and I know how to eat it won't hurt my body," Cheng Xia said, turning around and finding two eggs in the rain-soaked cabinet. Seeing that Cheng Xia used the eggs, Lin Xiu became even more anxious. "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law will be angry."

"Isn't this egg just for eating?" Cheng Xiahun didn't care, "When she finds something to do, come and tell me."

Cheng Xia looked carefully at the small cabinet. There were wild onions, coltsfoot and watercress, which were still very fresh. It seemed that Lin Xiu had just dug them up the mountain today. Cheng Xia took out some coltsfoot and wild onions, cleaned them and cut them into small pieces. Set aside for later use.

A small bag of glutinous rice has been steamed a long time ago, and the aroma of rice is just coming out.Yang Lihua smelled it from afar and came to the door of the main room, shouting loudly, "Hey, what are you going to do for dinner?"

"Just wait and eat later." Cheng Xia didn't have time to talk to her, she was worrying about the diced pineapple soaked in salt water.

She wants to eat sweet and sour pork with pineapple, but she definitely can't do it right now.

Not to mention the green and red fresh peppers, dried peppers, and tomato sauce that are not available in the Ming Dynasty, but the most basic cornstarch, dry powder, and chicken essence. If nothing is made, can it still be called pineapple sweet and sour pork?
Forget it, just make some pineapple rice with glutinous rice to satisfy Xiaolong's hunger.

Cheng Xia thought about picking out a piece of pineapple meat from the salt water, and coaxed the drooling little dragon, "Would you like to try it?"

"Yes, yes," Xiaolong nodded impatiently.

Lin Xiu's anxious voice trembled, "Sister-in-law can't do it, this thing really can't be eaten."

Cheng Xia sighed, put the pineapple meat in his mouth, and smacked it carefully. The taste was amazing. It was much better than the modern pineapple, which was sweet and sour.

Xiaolong looked at it, and anxiously pulled Cheng Xia's hand, "Ma'am, I want to eat too."

"Sister-in-law, you, are you okay?" Lin Xiu said in disbelief.

"Do you think I have something to do? I tasted it before, and I'm still alive, right?" Cheng Xia didn't answer, and took another piece and handed it to Lin Xiu, "Try it."

"Sister-in-law, I, I dare not."

Seeing Lin Xiu's heroic neck stalking, Cheng Xia shrugged helplessly, then looked at Xiao Longyan eagerly, thought for a while and put two pieces of pineapple meat in a clean bowl and handed it to Xiao Long, "You first Don't eat it, take this to your uncle and let him taste it, if your uncle says it's delicious, you can eat it again, can you promise me?"

Xiaolong nodded resolutely, "Yes!" Then he carefully put the bowl containing two pieces of pineapple meat in his arms, and walked to Yang Dalang's room in small steps, very protective.

After a while, Xiaolong's surprised voice came out, "Auntie, auntie, uncle said it was delicious."

Cheng Xia laughed and hissed, and pointed to Chen Shi and Yang Lihua who were whispering with the door tightly closed. Xiaolong quickly covered his small mouth, carefully watched that Yang Lihua did not come out, and then quickly ran to the straw shed Li handed the bowl to Cheng Xia, and said as if asking for credit, "Ma'am, I want to eat too."

Cheng Xia looked up at Lin Xiu, "Can I let Xiaolong taste it now?"

Lin Xiu blushed for a moment, hesitated for a moment and nodded, Xiaolong was so happy that he suddenly wanted to exclaim, and after thinking about it, he looked back to the main room, opened his small mouth with a smile to receive the pineapple meat Cheng Xia put in his mouth.

"It's delicious, aunt, I want more." Xiaolong didn't even have time to savor it carefully, and began to wait for the next piece with his mouth open.

"Greedy ghost," Cheng Xia pointed at Xiaolong's upturned nose, "This stuff is delicious, but you can't eat too much, I'll give it to you when you eat later, let's play first."

Xiaolong was still very happy with a smile. Now there are these things everywhere in the back mountain. Since it is so delicious, he will not worry about not being able to eat it in the future.

Seeing Xiaolong turn around and leave, Cheng Xia hurriedly asked, "Did your uncle say anything?"

Since her husband knew that eating this food would be bad for his health, Cheng Xia was still able to eat it, which surprised Cheng Xia. She asked Xiaolong to try it.

Unexpectedly, he really ate it.

Xiaolong thought for a while, "Uncle said that Madam is very powerful." Xiaolong rolled his eyes a few more times, "I didn't say anything."

"Okay, I got it, you go and play." Cheng Xia turned her head and started to take out the steamed glutinous rice and set it aside to dry, then quickly brushed the pan and poured oil, fried two eggs and set aside for later use. Pour some oil again, fry the chopped coltsfoot and wild onion, then put the fried eggs and diced glutinous rice and pineapple in and fry together. There are too few seasonings at home, so we can only make do with it, but the taste is good.

The contents of the pan are scooped out and placed in two separate pineapple lids that have been sliced.

There is no way to make pineapple sweet and sour meat. We can only simply stir-fry the tenderloin and pineapple meat together, and then stir-fry spinach cold to serve with coltsfoot. It happens that the steamed coarse grain corn buns in the pot are also good, and they can be served together.

"Sister-in-law, you are amazing." Lin Xiu couldn't help admiring Cheng Xia's non-stop movements and orderly appearance.

Cheng Xia waved her hand. Compared with her dad who is a chef, Cheng Xia also loves to cook, but every time she looks at the empty kitchen in a daze, there is really nothing.Even if she intends to use her fists and kicks, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Just now I wanted to make pineapple sweet and sour pork, but when I remembered that there was no tomato sauce, Cheng Xia was suddenly disappointed.

The first French painter who dared to try to eat tomatoes was in the 200th century, and there are still more than 1983 years from now. However, looking at the pouring rain, Cheng Xia couldn't help thinking that it was also a time of heavy rain. A highly respected doctoral supervisor from the Department of Archeology explained to them In fact, as early as 2000, the archaeological team of Sichuan Province of my country discovered the seeds of tomato and other crops from the ancient tombs of the Western Han Dynasty in Fenghuang Mountain in Chengbu, and the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences also carefully cultivated the plants.This proves that our country had this thing more than [-] years ago.

Of course, it must not be called the current name at that time.

Thinking of this, Cheng Xia's mood rose again. Since there was something like a tomato a long time ago, she would go to the mountain in a few days to see if she could find any clues.

You know, tomato scrambled eggs, tomato sirloin stew, corn ribs tomato soup, tomato rice sea duck egg rolls and stuffed tomato balls are all delicious.

When it comes to tomatoes, potatoes come to mind. In Cheng Xia's view, what is the difference between a life without potatoes and salted fish.However, there are no tomatoes in the Ming Dynasty right now. Hey, I can’t eat the French fries I’ve been thinking about.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what are you thinking?" Lin Xiu saw Cheng Xia staring ahead with piercing eyes, looking like stars in anticipation, and couldn't help waving his hands in front of her, "What are you thinking, sister-in-law?"

"Oh," Cheng Xia suddenly came to his senses, "What's wrong?"

"Sister-in-law, I think brother has changed a lot these days." Lin Xiu looked back at Yang Dalang's room, only one oil lamp was on in the darkness, and Yang Dalang was writing something with his back to them.

"Is there?" Cheng Xia scratched his nose subconsciously, and took the buns out of the pot one by one.

She has only been in contact with Yang Dalang for a few days, so she doesn't know what Yang Dalang was like before.

"Yes," Lin Xiu said affirmatively, "I don't remember that my elder brother talked to his family members before, and he came back after eating outside, let alone staying at home for a day. Look now, elder brother Having dinner with us, even Xiaolong dared to talk to the elder brother, the elder brother has changed too much."

Cheng Xia wanted to laugh when he heard it, why did Yang Dalang in Lin Xiu's mouth look like a monster.

Cheng Xia handed a basket of Wowotou to Lin Xiu, took two dishes and walked towards the main room. Yang Lihua smelled the smell again this time, so she hurriedly opened the door to pick up the two dishes in Cheng Xia's hand, and Cheng Xia turned back He brought back the remaining dish and two pineapple rice.

Yang Lihua looked at the delicious pineapple rice with golden eyes, but also heard the villagers say that eating this thing will cause accidents, so her eyes turned cold, "What do you mean, are you making this for us to poison us to death? "

"You don't have to eat, and I didn't force you." Cheng Xia also wanted to have a good talk with her, but when they met, she got angry.

Yang Lihua stomped her feet angrily, and shouted at Headhunter Yang, "Father, look at her, she has been so virtuous these days after she got married."

(End of this chapter)