The Little Dumb Wife of the Mountain People

Chapter 81
The autumn rain outside the window has been sparse since last night. Wen Bao woke up in the morning and stared out the window in a daze. It has been almost a month since her parents returned to town, why haven't they come back yet?

Footsteps sounded in the main room, and Wen Bao came out from the back room.

"It's raining, what are you going out for? Look at your clothes are all wet, it must have been raining in the past few days, and it's too late to bake diapers with firewood, yet you still want to go out."

Wen Bao said words of reproach, but kept wiping Song Dalang's face and body with a dry coarse cloth in his hands.

Song Dalang also knew that Wen Bao's mouth was tough and his heart was soft, he was obviously worried about himself, but he wanted to blame himself.

"It's okay, I just had a bowl of ginger soup when I came from the kitchen, I'll just change my clothes."

Song Dalang got up early in the morning and went out to take Xue Da to the mountain to see the traps. After returning with two pheasants, he went to Wen's house in Songjia Village.

The Wen family's house has no owner now, and Wen Youcai and Wu Shi also entrusted the house to Wen Bao and Song Dalang before they left, and Song Dalang naturally had to visit it every day.

Wen Bao also knew what Song Dalang was going to do, but she thought that she would go after the rain stopped, who knew that Song Dalang would run outside when it was raining.

"Okay, I don't know who you are yet!" Wen Bao looked at Song Dalang and glared at him. Song Dalang put his hand on his head and smiled, and heard Wen Bao say again: "I guess the academy should be on holiday again, I don't know if it's raining and they Still not coming."

"I guess it should come."

Song Dalang knew that Wen Bao missed his natal family, and as soon as he spoke words of comfort, he heard voices at the door.

"Baby, here we come."

Wen Bao and Song Dalang looked at each other and smiled when they heard the voice, just now they were saying that they should come, but as soon as they finished speaking, they arrived.

Song Dalang was not in a hurry to enter the house to change clothes at this time, took the coarse cloth from Wen Bao's hand to wipe himself briefly, and then walked out of the house.

Walking to the door, picked up the oil-paper umbrella by the door, and then strode towards the yard.

Wen Bao stood at the entrance of the main room with wide eaves, but she didn't get caught in the rain.

"Master Xue, cook more ginger soup, children are afraid of spicy, put some brown sugar."

As soon as Wen Bao finished speaking, everyone in Xue responded. The Wen family boys wanted to rush into the yard, but their fathers stopped them and called them to hold umbrellas.

After Song Dalang escorted his nephews to the main room with an umbrella, the rest of the Wen family also arrived in the main room.

"Fourth brother! You are finally back."

Just now, Wen Bao was busy wiping some nephews with water, and didn't notice Wen Chengquan. Now that the whole family has entered the main room, Wen Bao saw Wen Chengquan standing not far away at a glance.

Hearing what his sister said, Wen Chengquan smiled and took out a purse from his bosom and handed it to Wen Bao.

"This is the full moon gift that fourth brother prepared for Tuantuan. Your gift is with mother."

Wen Chengquan went out to study this time, he learned a lot, and he seemed to have matured a lot.

Hearing Wen Chengquan's words, Wen Bao pursed his lips and smiled, then reached out to take the purse from Wen Chengquan.

As soon as Wen Bao touched it, he knew that what Wen Chengquan had prepared was a gadget.

Opening the purse, he saw a piece of jade the size of two knuckles falling into his palm.

"The head of the water is good, so I just knit a red string for Tuantuan to wear."

As soon as Wen Bao said that, Wen Zhuoyuan ran to Wen Bao's side and glanced at the jade in Wen Bao's hand.

"The fourth uncle has prepared gifts for each of us, but the round ones are the prettiest."

As soon as Wen Zhuoyuan said that, the people in the room began to tease Wen Zhuoyuan, Wen Bao only found out after asking, that Wen Chengquan not only went on a study tour this time, but also did business along the way.

The more Wen Bao heard it, the more he felt that his fourth brother was worthy of being part of the Wen family. Although he had already achieved fame, he did not forget to do business.

"The gifts prepared for you are all made from the rough stones I bought. The cost is not large, but I have a classmate whose uncle's family is in this business. He knows this since he was a child. I made a fortune together with him. .”

Wen Chengquan was well educated by Wen Youcai, and he didn't think there was anything shameful in doing business as a scholar, but he also knew that with his current status, he had to keep a low profile when doing business.

Wen Bao got a set of jade jewellery, which was owned by several sister-in-laws and Mrs. Wu, and Wen Chengquan also brought back a few jade stones that had already been opened, waiting to be used in the future to carve jewellery.

"I want to buy some land this time. Now that I have fame, I don't have to pay taxes when I buy land. My brothers will buy it. Do you want Bao'er?"

There is also a limit to the amount of land that can be exempted from paying taxes under the name of a Juren. There was a Juren in the Wen family ancestors, but now only Wen Chengquan is a Juren in the family.

"Just buy less, stay with the brothers, and leave it for Tuantuan as a dowry in the future!"

As soon as Wen Bao heard about these good things, he naturally wanted to be together. Wen Youcai knew his daughter's temperament long ago, took out a map and pointed to a piece of land on the map and told Wen Bao that they had reserved five acres of land for her and his wife.

"Your fourth brother is getting married, so I can only give you five acres of land."

Although Wen Bao still had to pay for the five mu of land, she smiled contentedly when she thought that there would be no tax on the five mu of land in the future.

Of course, Wen Bao also noticed "Your fourth brother is getting married" in Wen Youcai's words.

"Fourth brother's marriage is settled?"

When Wen Bao heard this, he immediately looked at Wen Chengquan, only to see that Wen Chengquan's ears were slightly red, and he nodded towards Wen Bao.

Wen Bao knew that his fourth brother was thin-skinned, so he was not in a hurry when he got the exact news, and immediately got up and said, "Da Lang brought back two wild pheasants this morning, and I'll make soup for everyone to supplement, and let's see what I'm doing for lunch by the way." vegetable."

After Wen Bao finished speaking, he was about to go out of the house. Other members of the Wen family who were sitting in the main room looked at Wen Bao in surprise, but Wen Bao had already walked out at this time.

When Wen Bao left with an umbrella, Song Dalang said: "Daughter-in-law heard that there will be a market next year, and she has been thinking about it for a while at home, thinking about starting a small business. She has been researching dishes in the past few days, and she is the only one at home. Cook."

When Wen's family returned to Songjia Village, they naturally brought a lot of food. The daughters-in-law of Wen's family got up and went out as soon as they heard Song Dalang's words. The sister-in-law really wanted to cook by herself, so they naturally went to help.

In the kitchen, everyone in Xue was used to Wen Bao cooking in person recently, and it was no surprise to see Wen Bao coming in, pointing to a basket of vegetables brought by Wen's family to show Wen Bao.

"Ma'am, there are a lot of people in the family today, what dishes do you cook?"

Wen Bao looked at the vegetables he brought, but there weren't many. Now it's late autumn, and in half a month, it will be early winter in November. Unlike summer, there are a lot of vegetables.

"Have you packed the wild pheasant?"

"Take it back and pack it up."

Everyone Xue said while pointing to the two pheasants in the basin on the other side for Wen Bao to see.

Before Wen Bao could speak, several sister-in-laws entered the kitchen together.

"Why are sisters-in-law here, go and rest quickly."

Wen Bao said so, but how could her sisters-in-law really go to have a rest, Wen Bao couldn't persuade her, so she asked Master Xue to pour out the thick boiled ginger soup and let the sister-in-laws take it to the main room.

Wen Bao's sister-in-laws all knew that this ginger soup was going to be drunk, so they each brought a lot of ginger soup and went to the main room. There were a lot of people in the family, and Xue made a lot of it.

"Save some more for Jingyan, she likes to go out to play, so don't freeze."

As soon as Wen Bao's words were finished, Xue and everyone immediately responded happily. There was a lot of brown sugar in this pot of ginger soup.

After Wen Bao finished speaking, she glanced at the ingredients. She knew that there were a lot of people in the family, so she might not be able to cook many dishes at noon today.

"Master Xue, let's have pots for lunch today, two pots of chicken soup and one pot of mutton. Didn't Liquan send a piece of mutton yesterday? Go take it out and stew it, or it won't be bad at noon."

As soon as everyone Xue heard Wen Bao's words, they hurried away, and Wen Bao's sister-in-laws also helped when they came back from delivering the ginger soup.

Because you eat a pot, stew the soup base, and just wash and chop the vegetables, you don’t panic when you are busy.

Wen Youcai loves to eat mutton, so he must have this mutton pot. Wen Bao took the radish out and saved it for the stewed mutton. The children love meat, so two pheasants might not be enough. Find the pork and ask Xue Dalai to chop it up, and she is going to make some meatballs.

There are still a lot of seafood that Wu Houye brought her, take out some and soak them, chop the dried shrimps and put them into the meat stuffing, beat the eggs in and stir them vigorously in one direction.

Wen Bao is getting better and better at making meatballs now. She thinks that making some meatballs and serving them with noodles and vegetables will be comfortable and comfortable to eat.

There were many children, and Wen Bao knew that his elder brothers also liked meat, so he made two large bowls of meatballs.

The meatballs made by Wen Bao are also simple, and there are two types.

Put the water into the pot, put cold water into the pot, turn on the low heat, squeeze the balls with the left hand, and put the balls into the pot with the right hand, wait until the balls are all set and then boil on high heat.

The other is the croquettes that children love to eat.

Deep-fry the meatballs in warm oil, take them out after they are slightly yellow and set, wait for all the meatballs to be fried again, and then return all the meatballs to the pot, so that the meatballs are particularly fragrant.

"Sister, there is still some minced meat here, what should I do?"

There was still some minced meat left, and Wen Bao felt that the two pots of meatballs were enough. Seeing the lotus root in the basket, he immediately decided to make some lotus root clips.

The most difficult part of the lotus root folder is actually the blade. The first cut cannot cut it, and the second cut can only be cut.

In this way, the two pieces of lotus root are connected, with meat stuffing in the middle, and egg batter on the outside, deep-fried in an oil pan on low heat and then returned to the pan for the second time.

Although lotus root clips and meatballs are fried, the taste is different.

With the lotus root clip, Wen Bao also made a plate of sweet and sour dipping sauce.

Today Wen Bao can be said to have shown his talents to the fullest, the boys of the Wen family couldn't help rushing into the kitchen while Wen Bao was frying meatballs.

"Auntie, is the meal ready?"

Wen Zhuoyuan was the smartest, taking advantage of others not paying attention, he rushed to the kitchen as soon as the rain stopped, Wen Bao had just finished making the dipping sauce, when he saw Wen Zhuoyuan, he immediately laughed.

"Okay, go and ask your father and uncle to serve the food."

As soon as Wen Bao gave an order, Wen Zhuoyuan rushed out again. When Wen Zhuoyuan ran away, Wen Bao looked at the meatballs and lotus root clips he had just made and suddenly smiled, look at her stupid!

(End of this chapter)