The splendid youth of the farm gate

Chapter 155 New Year's Eve (3)
Luo Xingzu looked up at Lin with a gentle smile, nodded and said, "You are the one who decides."

Mrs. Lin turned her head and called to the third Qingguo siblings who were chatting happily, "Go, the three of you give these dishes to the old scholar and your aunts."

"Hey."

The three Qingguo siblings took it and went out.

"Father!"

The three siblings stared at Mr. Luo standing outside the yard, and froze in place.

Luo Xingzu in the room heard it, and hurried out, "Father, why are you here? What's the matter?"

Mr. Luo waved his hand, turned around and left.

Luo Xingzu was startled, and wanted to pick up his feet to catch up, but was held back by Mrs. Lin.

"Osmanthus, dad has something on his mind."

"I know." Lin sighed and said softly, "Father and mother are probably arguing again."

Mr. Luo is a person who doesn't like to go out. When he comes back from the field, he stays at home. He only comes out for a walk when he gets annoyed after arguing with Mrs. Chen.Luo's sons didn't know about his habit, but Lin did notice it.

"Then I'll go and persuade my father."

"Don't go, let the old man walk and relax by himself."

Luo Xingzu wanted to go forward, but Qingguo interjected and said: "Father, you just listen to my mother, later on you didn't let go of my father's love, but added fuel to the flames, which is even worse."

Luo Xingzu's mouth is clumsy, this is an indisputable fact.After thinking for a while, he could only sigh, turned around and went into the house to continue to pack the fish.Mrs. Lin glanced at Mr. Luo who was walking away, and smiled at the third Qingguo sibling.

"Come on, didn't Guo'er say to make vegetarian crabs at night? Eat your meal early, so we can fry vegetarian crabs."

Vegetarian crab is a kind of food handed down by the ancestors of Sankeng Village. It is troublesome to cook because of fuel consumption. That is, people from better families can fry it during the Chinese New Year, but poorer people can’t eat it at all.

The method is also simple, that is, put finely chopped shredded white radish, minced garlic, and minced ginger into the flour batter, then knead it into a meatball size, fry it in an oil pan, and fry it until the surface is golden. It can be eaten as a snack, or it can be served with other dishes as a side dish.

But, don’t underestimate this vegetarian crab. Those who do it well can taste the taste of octopus balls. If they do not do it well, that is a word, kill the salt seller!
Qingguo remembers that when she was three years old, Mrs. Chen also cooked this vegetarian crab. She was so salty that she drank three bowls of water in one night and still hadn’t quenched her thirst. Moreover, because Mrs. Chen was fuel-efficient, the vegetarian crab was still a little bit raw. She had diarrhea in the first day of junior high school!
As soon as Lin's words fell, the three siblings took their respective bowls and ran out in a gust of wind.

"Mom, Grandpa Xiucai gave us a bowl of vegetarian crab."

Not long after, Luo Xiaojiang came in from the outside with a bowl of golden vegetarian crab.

"Your grandma, a scholar, was famous for cooking when she was young, especially this vegetarian crab. She said it was the second, and no one dared to say it was the first. You can eat it." Lin put the bowl on the stove , Said to the brothers and sisters.

Qingping went to Fang's house after seeing off Zhou's house, came back late, and said to Lin as soon as she entered the room: "Mother, Aunt Fang brought us a bowl of soybeans."

"Hey, that big bone happened to be stewed." Qing Guo said aside.

Qingguo's family didn't grow soybeans this year because of the lack of land.

"Well, half of the bones are stewed, and the other half of bean sprouts." Lin said, "In this way, we can also have a dish to eat during the first month."

"Okay! Mother, you have the final say."

When it comes to being the head of the family, it is natural that Mrs. Lin has the brains!

Luo Xingzu has already dissected the fish and is packing the intestines.

This fish intestine is no better than a pig's large intestine. It is small and fishy and can make people sick to death. Most people just throw it away, but Luo Xingzu and Lin are both people who know how to live. Since they learned how to clean up pig's large intestine from Qingguo, The fish intestines and the others also learned how to draw gourds.Looking back, it is another good dish to fry with sour radish and pickled peppers.

Qingping washed and peeled the radishes dug from the ground in the evening, while Lin shredded them finely.

"Brother, let's peel the garlic."

"Hey."

The family started to get busy in an orderly manner, and Luo Xingzu, who had cleaned up the fish intestines, went to pick up ginger, just in time to get rid of the fishy smell on his hands.

"Hey, your family is planning to celebrate the new year tonight, isn't it?" Mrs. Zhou walked in with a basket, looked at the lively family in the room, and joked with a smile.

Seeing that it was Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Lin stopped what she was doing and said, "Why are you here? Are you ready for the New Year at home?"

"There's nothing to prepare, it's like that every year, and besides, I don't have many family members, just three of us, and I can't finish eating too much." Mrs. Zhou took out a green and yellow grapefruit from the basket while talking, "Guo'er, come on, take it and put it in the house."

"Ah, grapefruit!"

Qingguo happily jumped three feet high, stepped forward to take the grapefruit in Zhou's hand, put it under her nose and sniffed it vigorously, her favorite fruit in her previous life was grapefruit.

In this day and age, fruits are really precious things.Among other things, even this kind of common things that a small farmyard should have, not every family has them.An orange tree was planted in the yard of Jinxi’s house in the village. In autumn, the orange trees were full of yellow oranges like little lanterns, making the children in the village drool three feet long!

However, Mrs. Lin was so anxious that she quickly put down the kitchen knife in her hand, "Auntie, this can't be done, this thing is too expensive, I can't..." Turning her head, she said to Qingguo: "Guoer, return it to your aunt quickly, It must have been given to you by his uncle."

"Osmanthus fragrans, I'm not happy that you belong to me like this." Mrs. Zhou pushed Mrs. Lin, and said, "When have I been so polite to you? Besides, what kind of grapefruit does a young man in my family eat? Don't talk about it, I'm going to be angry."

Mrs. Lin looked at Mrs. Zhou embarrassingly, and could only thank her vigorously, "Hey, thank you so much, Auntie, look..."

"Okay," Zhou said to Lin with a wave of his hand, "Are you preparing fried vegetarian crabs?"

"Hey, the kids want to eat, so they want to make some."

Immediately, Mrs. Zhou rolled up her sleeves and said to Qingping: "Qingping, take your younger siblings to play, auntie."

"Hey, how good is this..." Mrs. Lin quickly declined.

"What's wrong, I'll take some away later, it's not in vain!" Zhou said.

Lin didn't say anything else, and with Zhou's help, she could save half of the effort.

Qingguo entered the room and put the grapefruit next to the pillow, she really liked the light fragrance.

Mrs. Zhou is also quick to do things. After peeling the radish skin, he started to mix the batter. The batter is particular about blending. When it thickens, the fried vegetarian crabs are all flour. If it is diluted, it will fall apart easily .

(End of this chapter)