Little Life on An American Ranch

  Chapter 400 Taking a break from busy schedule

Let Jack come out with the coolies in the space, tidy up the three greenhouses, the most important thing is to remove the messy things, replant them, and set up soil baskets for them Climbing rattan.

After finishing all of these, and sending Jack and his group back to the space, Jian Heng found that it was already half past eleven in the night, and it was already past midnight when he got home, so he took a shower and went to bed By the time the barley and wheat were fast asleep.

After sleeping until dawn, Jian Heng got up and was busy with work again. It was already past noon when he rested, and he went to the farm again. Jian Heng recruited people like Jack out again, and asked them to cut melons, vines, beans, etc. All strapped to their respective racks. It was another busy day, and I didn't get home until midnight.

As soon as you open your eyes, one day will be the Lunar New Year, which means that tomorrow night will be the first day of the Lunar New Year. For the Chinese, the importance of the Lunar New Year is self-evident. Since a few days ago, everyone started Get busy, and now almost the whole family is taking action to prepare for the upcoming New Year.

Jian Heng went to the barn to look around, and when he came back, he found that Mr. Yao had come over. What was even more amazing was that Kate and Matthew, two people who were almost invisible in the ranch, also appeared at home today. .

   Smiling friendlyly at the two, Jian Heng walked to the table, reached out and picked up a sugar triangle just out of the cage, and put it in his mouth.

   After three bites and two bites of a sugar triangle, Jian Heng made a gesture of praise to his mother: "Authentic, so authentic"

  Sun Xiuying heard her son praise herself, and immediately said with a smile: "When the radish buns are ready, you can try the radish buns. This year's radish buns must be delicious, and none of the radishes have a heart."

  Jian Heng nodded: "Yes!"

Smelling the aroma in his nose, Jian Heng asked again: "What else is there in the kitchen, Mom, let me tell you to make a little less of these things, and everyone can try something new. If you make too much, no one will eat it. Don't leave the time."

Now everyone's life is much better than before. Jian Heng vaguely remembers the happiest time when he was a child when the Chinese New Year came. I became generous, and I usually ate what I was reluctant to eat and what I was reluctant to drink.

   Now few people have that kind of experience. They are tired of eating big fish and meat all year round, and now eating whole grains has become the mainstream. So it seems to be very popular in the past. You can eat sugar triangles, radish buns, and big meat buns every day. Street stalls cost one or two yuan each. You can eat them every morning. It’s not a new thing anymore. .

   There is nothing more than one reason to do these during the Chinese New Year: tradition!

  Sun Xiuying nodded with a smile and said: "I made two or three baskets of these, and now no one eats them, so they taste better when they are hot. After they are cold, instant noodles are even more delicious than this!"

   "Oh, I won't talk to you anymore, your sister is still frying meatballs with Barley and Wheat in the kitchen" Sun Xiuying said as she wiped her hands on her apron, and then led Xiao Pao into the kitchen.

Jian Heng turned his head and took a look, and found that his brother-in-law-to-be, Matthew, and Mr. Yao were chatting enthusiastically about something. His mother-in-law-to-be was holding a camera, taking pictures here and there, which seemed to be very suitable for the current arrangement of the home. I was very interested, and from time to time I heard the click sound of her pressing the shutter.

  There is nothing to talk about with Matthew and Kate, let alone chatting, standing here now, Jian Heng feels that there is an awkward atmosphere in the air, so he followed his mother's footsteps into the kitchen without thinking.

  As soon as I entered the kitchen, I was immediately shocked by the momentum of the kitchen croquettes. I saw a layer of light sauce-colored croquettes floating in the oil pan, and it seemed that they would be out of the pan soon. Just on the console, there are two or three pots, all of which are big ones a size smaller than the washbasin. These three pots are already full of three pots of meatballs, and beside the three full pots there is a Empty pot, don't think it must be the fourth pot for meatballs.

  Looking at the meatball ingredients on the console next to it, Jian Heng guessed that there must be two pots anyway.

   "I said, Mom, is our family going to fall into the meatball pot this year? Why did you make so many, what if you can't eat it?" Jian Heng stretched out his hand and squeezed a ball into his mouth.

After chewing for a while, the smell of meat immediately overflowed from the meatballs, filling the entire mouth. The starch in the meatballs is better than the meat, and the meat is full of flavor but not greasy. As for the minced **** and garlic, there is also The taste of scallions is slightly heavier, but it doesn't spoil the taste of the meatballs too much. In short, the meatballs are well made.

   "The smell of **** is a bit strong." Jian Heng stretched out his hand and gestured.

  Sun Xiuying picked up one, put it in her mouth and tasted one, but she refused to admit it: "It's pretty good. Although this year's Neiwanzi didn't reach the peak, it has reached the nine-point level, so it's not considered a failure."

  Hearing what his mother said, Jian Heng had no choice but to shrug his shoulders and put on a look of helplessness. He was so happy looking at Jian Heng's barley and wheat.

  The meatballs in each pot have a different taste. In addition to meatballs, there are also tofu **** and yam balls, and Jian Heng’s favorite radish **** are fried in the pot.

The radish family that makes radish **** wants radish with a strong taste. You can’t use white radish that doesn’t taste like radish. White radish is usually runny and served with ribs. For these big meat dishes, fried radish **** are too bad, and there is nothing wrong with them. smell.

For example, the fried radish meatballs chosen by Jian Heng's family are red-skinned and red-hearted radishes produced in his hometown. This kind of radish has a strong flavor. The best material for radish balls, so that the taste of the **** is strong enough after being paired with starch and a small amount of minced meat.

"Don't get in the way here, go and see your father and your brother-in-law, how the fish is doing, it's been an hour since I went out, asking him to get some fish is like giving birth to a child, it's a lot of work" Sun Xiuying At this time, my wife came to complain.

   Jian Heng felt a little strange when he heard it, because he didn't find anyone on the lake when he entered the door, so he asked: "I didn't see anyone on the lake when I entered the house."

"I'm sure I'm going. I'm still waiting for the fish to go to the pot. Go and call your dad and tell him to order some quickly. Even if you don't make up enough, you have to order some first." Sun Xiuying said pushing Take a handful of Jian Heng.

  Jian Heng didn't just stick around in the kitchen to get in the way of others. Before leaving, he reached out and grabbed a few **** and put them in his hand, and stuffed a ball into his mouth as he walked.

  After eating the meatballs, the person had already walked to the edge of the lake. When he stood on the edge of the lake, he found that his father, his brother-in-law Yang Bin, and a group of radish heads of people and animals were squatting on the ice.

After Jian Heng walked in front of them, he discovered that these people had carved out many small holes on the ice, and the parallel openings were not large, that is, small round holes with a diameter of about 20 centimeters, with a dozen or so small holes. The hole formed a small circle, and each head looked at two to three ice holes, including instant noodles, which were divided into two ice holes.

"You really know how to play! How about playing with fish so far? The chefs may be waiting anxiously. If you can't get anything out, you will have a hard time explaining it. Wait until you go home and be tortured." Jian Heng joked to a group of people .

   Shh!

   As soon as Jian Heng finished speaking, Yang Bin hissed at Jian Heng, and then pointed to the big ice hole dug in front of him.

  Jian Heng walked over and found a steel chisel inserted next to the big ice cave, with a few ropes hanging from the steel chisel, and at a glance, he could tell that several net bags had been thrown into the water.

When he got to the side of the ice hole, Jian Heng took off his gloves and stretched out his hand to pull a net bag to see. There were quite a lot of fish in it, and they were all crucian carp shells or small carp slightly bigger than a palm. They were all good for fried fish. Material. Looking at all the net bags, Jian Heng reckoned that there must be forty or fifty of them for fried fish, which would be enough.

   "I said you..."

   "Shhh! Don't make noise, uncle, our game is going on here," Xiaoan said.

   "Why don't you talk so much to keep others from making noise?" Xiaoan made Ningning very unhappy.

When Jian Heng saw these guys, he couldn't count on helping them, so he went back and forth twice with a net bag in each hand, and then sent all the fish back to the kitchen, and then put all the net bags back into the big room. In the ice cave.

   Walking to Ning Ning's side, Jian Heng lowered his voice and asked his sister softly, "What's the rule for Wang Sai?"

   "Fishing red fish!" After the little girl spat out three words, she was no longer willing to say more.

  Seeing that Jian Heng wanted to continue asking, the little girl moved two steps with a look of disgust, and squatted to the side.

  Jian Heng was dissatisfied and slandered his little sister a few words: I hurt you for nothing! Then I scratched my head a little bit, what exactly is the red fish that the little girl said.

   "I have one"

Suddenly, Jian Heng heard his brother-in-law Yang Bin clap his hands happily, so he immediately looked over at him, and saw a bright red fish about fifteen centimeters long jumping out of the water, and landed with a snap. on the ice.

  Seeing the fish, Jian Heng understands what the little girl said about red fish, red tilapia!

   "What am I talking about, it's Hong Luofei?" Jian Heng said after he understood.

   "Red Luo Fei?"

"Well, red Luofei, this fish tastes good, but it's strange that you can still see them at this temperature now." Jian Heng reached out and picked up the red Luofei from his brother-in-law's side, ready to go back to add another at noon. vegetable.

  Yang Bin couldn't believe it: "Is this fish edible?"

   "Why can't you eat it? Didn't everyone tell you it's red Luo Fei?" Jian Heng said.

Red Luo Fei, especially the red Luo Fei that grows in the lake of Jian Heng, looks a bit scary in appearance. The whole body, belly and back are blood red and blood red, that is to say, there is a little white on the belly on both sides. At first glance It does look a little scary, but the taste is very good.

  (end of this chapter)