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Chapter 39 Pork Ribs with Steamed Rice

In the early morning, a thin mist shrouded the Baishui River, green willows shaded it, and birds sang melodiously.

The farmers who got up early were already working in the fields, and the smoke from every household's cooking merged with the mist and disappeared in one place.Lily cooked a pot of millet porridge, ate half of it by herself, saved a meal for noon, and went to feed Heizi again.

She was going to sell raspberries at the intersection at noon. At that time, the sun was the biggest and people’s mouths were dry. Not to mention those delicate people in carriages, even people in the town passed by and wanted to eat a bowl of cold, sour and sweet. raspberries.

Once this time was missed, the business would not be so good, and if the unsold ones were left in the afternoon, Xing'er had to share them with the children who were playing with her.

Therefore, every noon, Lily tried to compress the meal time as much as possible. When she went home to fetch the raspberries in the well, she would take a bowl of porridge and drink it instead of eating anything else.

On the contrary, she paid more attention to the meal at night, and often made something delicious to reward herself.Not only did she gain some flesh, she was no longer so terribly thin, but even Heizi's fur became smoother and smoother. When Xing'er saw Heizi one day, she pointed at it and shouted: "Mother, Heizi has become black and fat! "

Li Caifeng knew that Baihe borrowed Heizi for self-defense, and she was happy to see her dog eating well with her, because when she talked about the dog's origin: "Our uncle in charge is in Taiping County, and the neighbor's neighbor has a good dog. Heizi is Uncle Tete Picked it out for us."

Lily's heart moved: "Sister Caifeng, can you help me bring a puppy? Heizi is good, I like it when I see it. After all, you have raised it so big, I always borrow it. You and Xing'er are not at home alone. Don't worry, if you have something to go out, Heizi has to look after the house, right?"

There have been a lot of things about abducting and selling children from Huazi, let alone, Lily read "Dream of Red Mansions" by herself, and Xiangling in it is a lady from a country gentleman's family, who was kidnapped and used as a slave and handmaiden, torturing at will, what a shame tragic.

Heizi turned out to be that Xing'er grew up to one or two years old. Liu Yi specially asked his uncle to pick a dog to watch the nursing home. With it, even if Li Caifeng had something to do for a while, it would be fine to leave Xing'er at home alone.

Li Caifeng nodded and said: "You are the one who has the foresight and the far-sightedness. Don't worry, I will send a message to my uncle later and let him choose the best one. I'm sure it will be no worse than Heizi!"

When Heizi heard its name being mentioned, he ran over and rubbed its head on Li Caifeng's leg. Xing'er smiled and jumped on it, playing with each other.

When Xing'er was a child, she could sit on Heizi's back and be carried around by it. Now that she has grown up, Li Caifeng doesn't let her ride a dog anymore, so as not to crush Heizi's back, but Heizi and his little master are still very affectionate.

Li Caifeng came to invite Li Caifeng today because she made another delicious meal: "I bought some cheap ribs yesterday, and I made steamed rice with ribs."

Li Caifeng declined with a smile: "How can I eat you every day? How much money do you have? Don't waste things like this!"

Lily also smiled: "If you don't want to go, I'll take Xing'er away, our mother and I will eat well, eat whatever you like!"

Li Caifeng had no choice but to beckon and take Xing'er along.But she refused to eat Lily's things in vain, so she must bring some bacon and sausages in return.

This is not the first time for Lily to cook with pork ribs. The last time she bought ribs that few people would buy, she tried a few simpler dishes, and finally found that steamed ribs are the best.

Rib rice is also easy to make. After Lily had some spare money, she bought some rice at Jishang.Taiping County is located in southern Zhili, and is rich in products, including millet, yellow rice, and sorghum in the north, as well as rice and glutinous rice eaten in the south.

Rice is divided into two types: japonica rice and indica rice. Indica rice has a rough taste and a large yield, while japonica rice is more delicate.Lily bought indica rice on the market, which has greatly improved her diet. Adding a handful of rice to millet and yellow rice makes the porridge and rice very delicious, much smoother than before.

The pork ribs have been chopped in advance and marinated with autumn oil, salt, rice wine, green onion and ginger.The rice has been washed and soaked for two hours, and it has absorbed all the water, making each one plump and translucent.

The pork ribs are first put into a steamer lined with two layers of cabbage leaves, poured with seasoning sauce, and then the soaked rice is evenly spread on top, and a layer of cabbage heart is placed on top, and steamed in a pot over high heat.

Pour out the rice washing water for the first time, and pour the rice water for the second time into a pottery urn, ferment for a day or two, and use it to wash your face and hair when it is slightly sour. It can make the skin smooth and the hair strong. , Dark and shiny, this is the way to pay attention to people in the countryside.

In addition to steamed rice with pork ribs, there are also cold wild vegetables, egg drop soup, and a bowl of raspberries in the well for sweets after eating.

Xing'er is used to Aunt Lily's having delicious food from time to time, which are actually common meals, but Aunt Lily can always come up with new tricks with a smile on her face, which makes her feel happy when she sees them.

The white rice on the top layer is soft and glutinous in the mouth, with a few bites, it also has the unique sweetness of new rice.When you poke your chopsticks down, you can find the pork ribs hidden in the rice grains. The meat is salty, fresh and tender, and the surrounding rice grains absorb the sauce and oil, making them plump and palatable.

The cabbage at the bottom has another kind of refreshing sweetness. At the end of the meal, use chopsticks to stir the rice evenly. The seasoning sauce and rice are fully mixed, and the soft and rotten cabbage is added, which is delicious and nutritious.

After dinner, Li Caifeng took Xing'er home, and she agreed to let Lily go to her house for dinner in two days.The two families come and go and have a close relationship. Baihe and Li Caifeng are like sisters.

Li Caifeng sent Li Caifeng out, but Li Caifeng stopped suddenly, and Xing'er also yelled: "Mother, there are bad people!"

The two adults were startled, and Li Caifeng shouted, "Heizi!"

Heizi looked around vigilantly, and rushed out like an arrow from the string, and soon dragged a person out from behind the tree.The man was dragged by such a big dog as Heizi, and he shouted in fright, "Let go! Ouch, you dead dog, let me go!"

Heizi shook his head and dragged him to the ground, and wanted to drag him back with the hem of his clothes in his mouth, but Li Caifeng stopped quickly: "Heizi, come back!"

Then Heizi returned to his master wagging his tail, and bared his teeth at the man again.

The man fell to the ground and cried out in pain, but both Li Caifeng and Baihe knew that Heizi was well-trained and would never bite easily. He must have just bit his clothes, and most of the man's pain was caused by fright.

Li Caifeng had already seen the person's appearance clearly, strode over and asked, "Liu Rulong, what are you doing sneakily?"

It turned out to be Liu Rulong, a young scholar.

When Liu Rulong was called to reveal his identity, he stiffened at first, but soon regained his self-esteem, stopped crying out for pain, stood up with trembling legs, straightened his green shirt, and said arrogantly to Li Caifeng: "I'm going out for a walk. Your dog It's so fierce, it bites anyone it sees, and deserves to be killed!"

When Heizi heard this, he immediately let out a threatening growl from his throat, and the little scholar backed away a few steps in fright, not daring to mention beating the dog for revenge.

Li Caifeng sneered: "Liu Rulong, there are no famous mountains and no famous flowers in this place. What are you going to see when you go out? You walk well, who will treat you as a bad person? Isn't it because you are sneaky and ignorant little girls look at you?" You seem like a good person, and you still blame my dog ​​for biting you?"

Liu Rulong has always disdained talking to women, thinking they are unreasonable and always trying to take advantage of him.Li Caifeng is a pungent person, and her reputation in the town is not very good, Liu Rulong is a little afraid of her, and dare not make more troubles with her.

He stumbled a few times: "This, this is not your home territory. You can control where I want to go? It's not good for a woman to live in a family with a husband and children, and to condone a vicious dog to hurt others. It's really outrageous." He Again, "Unseemly!"

If he was frightened by his few words, Li Caifeng would not be Li Caifeng, and should be renamed Li Daniu.She saw the opportunity quickly, and quickly showed an affectionate smile, "What are you talking about, brother Rulong? Sister-in-law, it's late to see the sky, I'm afraid you will walk alone on the road, and it will be bad if you knock on it. But you How can the person who is going to take the No. [-] examination in the future be wronged like this?"

In Qingliu Town, anyone surnamed Liu can always find relatives in twists and turns. Although Liu Rulong and Liu Yi are of the same generation, although the relationship is far away, it is not too much for Li Caifeng to call herself sister-in-law.

After being flattered by Li Caifeng, Liu Rulong felt a little better, and said proudly: "You still have some knowledge, if that's the case, I won't care about you like you, you go."

Li Caifeng looked at Lily, saw that Lily had an ugly expression, and looked like she was going to let a dog bite someone again, so she quickly grabbed Lily, "Sister, you go back first, I don't need you to send her."

Then he said to Liu Rulong: "Brother Rulong, my sister-in-law wants to trouble you with something. I don't know the depth of my wife's way of life. It's really because the man is not at home, and there is no one who is in charge of the house, so I have to ask you for help."

Liu Rulong's mood became more and more cheerful, and he nodded: "Sister-in-law, please tell me, but if I ask you, I will never answer." His words were so polite that Li Caifeng felt uncomfortable hearing them, at least he understood that he promised to help.

"Xing'er and I are going home. It's getting dark, and I'm afraid something will happen on the way, so I'll trouble you to take us home." Li Caifeng didn't give Li Rulong a chance to refuse, and directly stuffed Xing'er's little hand into it. In Liu Rulong's hand, "Brother Rulong, you are worthy of being the number one scholar. With such a warm heart, you will definitely be a good official like Bao Qingtian in the future!"

Liu Rulong was taken aback for a moment, and when he was about to refuse, the good words came to him like money, he secretly scolded the woman for being rude, but she was comfortable listening to good words, so he had to suppress his thoughts and send Li Caifeng and Xing'er home.

He appeared here at this moment, naturally he wanted to hook up with Lily, but Lily invited someone to dinner first, and had a vicious dog by his side, so it might be more difficult than expected to get started.

But he heard that Mrs. Li was sold to Song Haonian. Compared with such a rough farmer, he is naturally the number one scholar who is handsome and has a bright future. As long as women are not blind, they will know which one is better. .

Li Daniu is definitely not willing to marry Song Haonian, she has her own in her heart, otherwise why does Liu Yi's family guard against her, for fear that she will say a word to Li Daniu?

Liu Yi and Song Haonian are sworn brothers, so his wife naturally helps Song Haonian.But in this town, everyone is afraid of Liu Yi, but he, Liu Rulong, is not afraid.

Today let's let Li Daniu go for now, after two days, he must get her!

(End of this chapter)