The happy life of peasant woman Wan Xiaoliu

Chapter 33 Making Kimchi

The current situation is that Wan Xiaojiu is at the front, Wan Mofei is second, Wan Xiaoliu is third, and Wan Chunhua is last.Wan Chunhua always wants to surpass Wan Xiaoliu, and Wan Xiaoliu always surpasses her inadvertently.This picture is as funny as it needs to be.Wan Xiaojiu and Wan Mofei both walked their own paths, only Wan Chunhua and Wan Xiaoliuming fought.

After finally arriving home, Wan Xiaoliu asked Wan Mofei to wash his hands and feet first and then enter the house, and then wash his hoe, hands and feet before entering the house.

They all sit around the table and drink water.Wan Xiaoliu sat down, and Wan Mofei brought her a big bowl of water, and she took it and drank it.

Wan Chunhua looked at them without blinking.Like watching a monster.

"You...you..." Pointing at them, he didn't know what to say.

"What, what? Why don't you just pour me a bowl of water, what's wrong? Is it against the law?" Wan Xiaoliu gave Wan Chunhua a blank look.

"But you... Forget it, it's okay for someone like you who can't get married." Wan Chunhua felt very good when she thought that Wan Xiaoliu couldn't get married.

"Sixth sister, let's make tofu." Wan Xiaojiu was anxious.

"Okay." Wan Xiaoliu finished drinking the tea in the bowl, ignored Wan Chunhua, and went to pick the leaves of the fairy branch.

Wan Xiaojiu and Wan Mofei came to help pick the leaves and put them in pots.Wan Chunhua saw that the three of them were picking them, and it was boring to sit at the table by herself, so she wanted to be next to Wan Mofei, so Wan Mofei got up, sat on the edge of the table, and continued to drink tea.Wan Chunhua blinked at Wan Mofei with big innocent eyes.It's a pity that even if Wan Mofei saw a hole, Wan Mofei didn't even look at her.

All the leaves of the fairy branch were picked, and Wan Xiaoliu took them to the edge of the well and washed the leaves several times. When they were clean, they put some water in the basin and brought them to the house.

"I'm going to find a tofu bag." Put down the basin and went to the back room to find a square tofu bag, handed it to Wan Mofei and said, "Wash it with hot water. I'll use it later."

Wan Mofei naturally took over the burden and went to wash it.Wan Chunhua's eyes looking at Wan Xiaoliu would eat her up.

Wan Xiaoliu put the leaves on his hands and rubbed them vigorously. When the leaves were crushed, the juice came out.The water gradually turned into a thick emerald green juice.

"Xiao Jiu, bring a ladle of water." Wan Xiaoliu's hands changed color.Wan Xiaojiu scooped up water, and Wan Xiaoliu asked him to pour the water slowly from his hands.Put it in a basin and rub it again.

"Bring over the soil bowl and the burden. You two hold it. I'll pour this in and drain the dregs." Wan Mofei and Wan Xiaojiu followed what Wan Xiaoliu said.

Everything in the basin was poured in. Wan Mofei and Wan Xiaojiu held the four corners of the square bundle, and the bottom was showing. Wan Xiaoliu took the basin where the leaves were rubbed just now to the stove to get some burnt ashes , and poured it into the bag with clean water, then washed their hands, took the bags in their hands, put them together, twisted them hard, and the clean green juice flowed out together with the gray gray water. Not coming out, Wan Xiaoliu let go of the burden and made peace with his hands in the earthen bowl.Take your time.

Move the earthen bowl to the table and cover it with a shaukei.

"Okay, wait a little longer and you can make tofu, and you can cook and eat it." Wan Xiaoliu took the burden to wash.

According to legend, a long, long time ago, a certain king had no way to govern the country, and the people were in dire straits. There was a famine everywhere, and many people died of starvation.One day, a god stretched out his head and took a look at the mortal world, and saw that everyone was starved to death, and many people died of starvation, so he descended to the mortal world, and when he arrived at the place where many hungry people settled down, he broke off a small branch from the side of the road and told Everyone, this oval leaf with fragrance can be used to make tofu, and I told you the method of making tofu, and people formed a group, the elderly and children rested, and the young and middle-aged went to this leaf and came back to make tofu. It is very strange. The most important thing is that this tofu needs to be stewed with burnt ashes, otherwise it will not be tofu. This ashes are found in every household cooking pot.Everyone was full and thanked this person very much. Some people said that after seeing this person saying goodbye to everyone, they went straight to heaven, saying that the gods came down to save the suffering.Since then, this method has been passed on to ten, ten to hundreds, and hundreds to thousands, and finally tens of thousands of people know it. When there is a famine, everyone uses the fairy branch to make tofu to satisfy their hunger.In order to thank this fairy, everyone has since called this leaf the fairy branch, and the tofu made from the fairy branch leaf is called the fairy tofu.

Wan Xiaoliu washed the tofu bag and dried it, and when he came back, he saw that the tofu had begun to grow a lot.Wan Xiaojiu and Wan Chunhua lay on the table and looked at the tofu in the soil bowl without blinking.I guess they are just too boring.Wan Mofei sat cross-legged on the bed and closed his eyes.

"It's okay to soak the fairy tofu in crispy rice for lunch?" Wan Xiaoliu also joined Wan Xiaojiu's ranks.

"Well, I haven't eaten Shenxian tofu, I want to try it." It is still possible for people to be self-sufficient now, and only the older generation has eaten Shenxian tofu.Wan Xiaojiu, a junior, has never eaten it.

"En. Well, then it's decided." Wan Xiaoliu stood up and went to the vegetable field with the vegetable basket again.

It's right in front of the house, very convenient. I picked a few cucumbers and all the red peppers. There are so many eggplants that two people can't finish them.A large long piece of cowpea, edible and very tender, picked a large hug.

Taking them all home, Wan Xiaoliu took a cutting board and cut the eggplant into strips.

"Sixth sister, can this eggplant be eaten after cutting so many?" Wan Xiaojiu asked.

"I cut it up and dried it in the sun, and I will eat it slowly in winter when there is no food." Wan Xiaoliu said while cutting the eggplant.

"Oh." Wan Xiaojiu started to yawn.

Wan Xiaoliu cut the eggplants and carried them out to dry on the big rocks.He went back to the house again, lit the pot and stove, and added water.I sat on the edge of the road again and picked the cowpeas, picked out the tender ones, took the remaining cowpeas to the side of the pot, and boiled the water, put the cowpeas in the pot, cut them into two or three centimeters, and cut them up Just push it into the pot.

"Xiao Liu, what are you doing?" Wan Chunhua asked Wan Xiaoliu.

"Make cowpea horns, boil them in water, then dry them, and eat them in winter." Wan Xiaoliu replied.

"I didn't expect you to be good at cooking!" Wan Chunhua began to admire Wan Xiaoliu a little bit.

"I know more." Wan Xiaoliu stopped talking and started to do his own things.

Blanch the cowpea horns in water, scoop them up with a Shau Kei, and take them outside to dry.The water in the pot was drained, the pot was cleaned, and water was added.

Wan Xiaoliu took the soil bowl and saw that the tofu inside had hardened into tofu. He washed the knife and cutting board, cut the tofu into pieces with the knife in the soil bowl, took out a piece, put it in his hand, and held the tofu in his left hand. , with a knife in his right hand, he was cutting in his hand, piece by piece, and fell into the pot from between his fingers after cutting.After cutting into three pieces, Wan Xiaoliu covered the pot and started cooking.

Wan Chunhua has been watching Wan Xiaoliu doing things, occasionally peeking at Wan Mofei, seeing that Wan Mofei has kept his eyes closed, she stops talking.

(End of this chapter)