Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 102 Clues

In one month, the two hens hatched fifteen chicks one after another. They were very fluffy and cute. In order to prevent those big chickens from bullying the little chicks, Du Xian specially raised them in a circle surrounded by a wooden fence in the backyard. , Feed some chopped vegetable leaves, soaked rice grains, corn grits and other things every day.

As for the big rooster, Mrs. Zhao didn't want too many breeding eggs, so she raised it free-range. Du Xiaoyu finally saw how smart chickens are.

This rooster goes out every day, wanders around, and comes back on time in the evening. It is extremely courageous, but when it gets home, there will be a dog catching the rooster. The end is chicken flying dog jumping!

Du Xiaoyu didn't know how many times he had trained the little wolf because of this, but he was very addicted, like playing with a toy. The big cock was tortured enough, but fortunately he practiced the stunt of "flying into the sky" every time. With two swishes, he flew up to the roof, making the little wolf look anxious, and the scene finally came to an end at this point.

After some days of preparation, almost all the ingredients for the old marinade were bought. In the afternoon, when they were free, the whole family gathered together to make the old marinade soup.

In fact, it is a bit like broth, but it has more spices than broth, but it also uses a variety of ingredients to enhance freshness, such as ribs, chicken, meat skin, etc. These must first be boiled over low heat to make a clear soup.

Next is the sugar color, which is fried with oil, the main thing is to pay attention to the heat.

The two Zhao families basically took no effort to make, and the most important thing next is to put in the spices.

There are a total of [-] kinds of spices, and there is no quantitative amount to put in, because it will change with the amount of soup base, so it depends on the maker's feeling and personal experience to get an accurate grasp.

Du Xian and his wife don't usually have much contact with spices, and they only started to use them in their meals recently, so this task had to be done by Du Xiaoyu.

Since it is to be spicy, chili pepper is essential. She picks out the spices one by one and puts them in the spice packs that have been prepared earlier. The spice packs can prevent the spices from mixing into the marinade and affect the taste.

Mrs. Zhao went to work on other things first, while Du Xian stayed to help. Seeing that the spice package had been boiled in water, he hurriedly asked, "How is it? Do these mix well?"

Du Xiaoyu leaned over to smell it, and shook his head, "It's very fragrant, but unfortunately I'm not a wolf, I still have to eat it." After speaking, he picked up the spice packet and threw it into a small amount of clear soup, and then added sugar to the clear soup and salt.

The marinade looked good all of a sudden, it was red and very fragrant.

"Come on, come on, try marinating the dried tofu." Du Xian threw the dried tofu in.

Both father and daughter stared at the pot intently.

After a long time of burning incense, Du Xiaoyu took out a piece, and saw that the outside color was quite transparent, but the inside was still very light, but it tasted pretty good, compared to the tofu she brought to the market earlier Much better.

Sure enough, the old marinade is different!

It's a pity that it's too new. I heard that good old brine will take several years or even decades to play a better role. Just like wine, the older it is, the more mellow it becomes.

Du Xian chewed the dried tofu in his mouth, "Isn't the star anise flavor a bit strong?"

"I think it's a bit too," Du Xiaoyu said with a smile, "and the cinnamon seems to be a little less."

The two tasted it carefully, commenting on it from time to time.

"Put more chili on."

"Do you want to get some tangerine peel in?"

"Pepper should be put less, it's very expensive, and it's strange to eat, it's better not to put it."

"It's salty, add some clear soup."

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After working for a whole day, the two of them finally found a better taste when they could see the moon from the window. Finally, they made the remaining clear soup into a marinade according to the ratio of various spices that they had memorized.

Then I used this marinade to marinate some pig ears, beef, and duck one after another. After giving it to everyone to try, they all thought it was good, so it was settled.

Later, Du Xiaoyu asked Qin Shi for a big pottery jar. She had everything in the grocery store anyway, and the marinade had to be kept in pottery so that it would not spoil easily. When the weather was hot, it had to be boiled every morning and evening. Once, like autumn and winter, it has to be cooked once a day to ensure that it will not go bad.

After marinating things, you need to filter the residue and place them in a fixed place. It really takes a lot of patience and care.

This afternoon, the family started to marinate the rabbit, because Du Wenyuan was coming back, let him try something new.

When it was time for dinner, Du Xian invited Lin Song to come again. Lin Song came to their house less and less these days, and he didn't know how to solve his own meal problem.Du Xian murmured that he was afraid that he would be hungry, but when he went to the martial arts hall, he saw Lin Song was busy teaching his apprentices, and when he invited him, he always refused to come back later, but this time he was very happy, so he was also very happy.

But Mrs. Zhao was on the contrary. Du Xiaoyu noticed that her face was tense, and she didn't seem to like seeing Lin Song coming. This discovery made her feel extremely strange, so she had to observe it when she was eating.

As a result, she was even more convinced of this idea, that is, her mother's attitude towards Lin Song was very weird.

For example, she doesn't look at him directly, doesn't talk to him, avoids any conversation with him, and she doesn't even pick up the food in front of Lin Song.

On the contrary, Lin Song was very natural, chatting and laughing with Du Xian, as for Du Wenyuan, he seemed to be a little quieter than usual, but Du Xiaoyu didn't pay much attention to him, all he could do was study the atmosphere between her mother and Lin Song.

Did something happen in between?

She finally thought of this question, and couldn't bear it anymore, Jian Jian bumped Du Wenyuan with her elbow, motioning him to look at Mrs. Zhao.

Du Wenyuan glanced casually, but didn't respond.

Why are you so dumb all of a sudden?Du Xiaoyu was speechless, and dragged him to the backyard after eating.

"Didn't you find that my mother is a little strange?"

"What's wrong?"

"She doesn't want to see Uncle Lin!" Du Xiaoyu whispered, "After much deliberation, I finally understand that Mother loses her temper a few times when I talk about Uncle Lin with Dad. Offended my mother?"

Du Wenyuan said lightly, "Don't think about it, how can my master offend my mother, you are wrong."

"How could I be wrong, it's obvious, okay?" Du Xiaoyu frowned, and nodded slowly, "Yes, Uncle Lin must have something to do, no wonder he doesn't come to our house very much recently, don't they talk to each other? Offended the other party? But it's unlikely, Uncle Lin is so good to our father, what reason does he have to offend mother?"

Du Wenyuan pursed his lips, and patted her on the head halfway, "Thinking about these messy things, it's better to punish your stewed rabbit. When will you sell it?"

Du Xiaoyu glared at him and said, "What's a mess? Uncle Lin is now our family's strong backing. How can we let him have conflicts with mother?"

"If you care about Master, you might as well care about Eldest Sister."

This sentence finally changed the subject successfully, Du Xiaoyu said anxiously, "What's wrong with my sister? Could it be that your hand has become serious?"

"Hands are fine, but Aunt Cui came to Wanjia to look for her."

"What?" Du Xiaoyu slapped the high wheat straw with his palm. Is this Cui really jumping over the wall?She actually went to Wan's house, "Why did she go to see my sister? You didn't stop her?"

"How did I stop me in the academy? A girl told me later." Seeing her anxious, Du Wenyuan stretched out his hand to hold her shoulder and said with a smile, "It's just a waste of time for her to go to see Mrs. Wan first. As for Shaoli, Mrs. Wan didn't appreciate it, and later she wanted to see my sister, but Mrs. Wan was not sure, she said that my sister was busy with work, so she left."

Mrs. Wan really promised her money, and she became a bad face, Du Xiaoyu laughed.

The smile was triumphant, hiding cunning, Du Wenyuan pinched her gradually rounded face, and said with a light smile, "It's really timely for you to plan ahead. Mrs. Wan said at dinner that day that you are very good at predicting things, and you like it very much. It sounds interesting." I want you to come to Wanfu to accompany Miss Wan."

Accompany Miss Wan?The corner of Du Xiaoyu's mouth twitched, "Could it be that they Wanfu will be less girls who play with the miss?" She would not do such things under the fence, thinking of her, "When we have money, we will also buy them in the county." A yard, the second brother won’t have to live in Wan’s house anymore.”

Still very proud, as worthy of being his family, Du Wenyuan nodded, "I also have that intention, but, don't you like junior brother very much, you can often see him when you live in Wan's family."

"Ah?" Du Xiaoyu raised his eyes, "What? Who said I like it, ahem, second brother, how old am I, what do I like or not!"

"You will be ten years old after the Chinese New Year, and there are people who talk about marriage when they are twelve or thirteen years old."

"I don't want it!" Du Xiaoyu had never talked about this kind of thing with Du Wenyuan, and his face couldn't help but slowly turned red, "I, I have to talk about it after I'm at least 15 years old." In fact, 15 years old is also very early, preferably [-] years old. Seven or eight years old, ouch, what are you thinking about, she is still very young, Du Xiaoyu has never considered this issue at all, for her, the most important thing right now is to make money!
"But you can't help this matter, I think both father and mother are quite satisfied with junior brother." Du Wenyuan saw that her reaction was very interesting, and couldn't help but want to continue teasing her.

But Du Xiaoyu turned his gun around at this time, "Second brother, speaking of it, Zhou Daya is pretty good, I see you had a good time eating apricots last time, don't you hate her so much? "

apricots...

Du Wenyuan frowned, and quickly returned to the previous topic, "I think there are indeed some problems with the Bai family. I didn't see the eldest sister last time. Maybe she will come again in the future. I don't know why I am in such a hurry."

"Yes, I often come to the house to bother me. I will talk to my mother later, and I have to make up my mind to refuse, otherwise I will let their family wait until a year later." Du Xiaoyu sighed, "Brother Bai is indeed It's a good one, but it's a pity... Aunt Cui is really trying to cover up for being so anxious."

"Isn't Bai Yushi's disease?"

"I'm afraid it's an illusion!"

Both of them fell silent for a moment, Bai Yushi's calm face appeared in Du Xiaoyu's mind, and he was hit by a huge rock in an instant, and it scattered like a broken lens.

(End of this chapter)