Chapter 23: Fish Soup
The wind was cold outside, the cool winter daylight was faint and visible, and a cold wind broke in from the slightly open window. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Peach Blossom was originally leaning on Zhang's, a little drowsy, and woke up with a wit blown by the cold wind.
"Hurry up and lie down in the bed for a while, don't get cold. Zhang went to close the window as he spoke.
"Yes. Peach Blossom agreed, and saw that it was not early, so she didn't sleep again.
"Is it going to change the sky?" said Rika as she looked out the window.
"It's a young year, and it's probably going to snow. Zhang sat back and said, straightened the peach blossom clothes, thought about it and said: "I have to clean up the dirty clothes tomorrow, I don't know when it will be cloudy, and I won't see the sun for a long time." "
"Wash it this afternoon, tomorrow it's going to sweep the New Year, and everything in the house has to be cleaned, so I can't say if there is time to wash." Rika said.
Zhang raised his forehead and sighed: "No, I have to sweep the New Year tomorrow, look at my memory." "
"What is the New Year? Peach Blossom asked.
"Sweeping the New Year is to clean the house inside and out, sweep away the filth of the old year, and welcome the arrival of the new year with cleanliness. "
Peach Blossom nodded, forgive her for being so ignorant. In his own time, although people lived well, those ancient taboos and beliefs, as well as various customs and habits, were gradually annihilated by those flashiness.
At noon, Peach Blossom Zhang Luo wanted to stew fish soup to drink, Jin Dazhong fished out a fish from the basin and took it to the river to pick up, Peach Blossom stood in the backyard and looked over the hillside looking at the direction of the mountain forest, only the eyes were full of cold wind and flying fallen leaves, Jingsheng and Mingsheng had not yet returned. Squatting down, looking at a vegetable field in front of him in a daze, although it is winter, but those shallots and radishes are buried in the soil, and they also grow very well, although the cabbage is sluggish, but tear off the skin, the inside is still fresh. It's just that those cucumbers, tomatoes, and eggplants have dried up and withered, and the rhizomes were only pulled out some time ago, and they are still on the side before they have time to throw them out.
He got up and took the dry leaves back and took them to the kitchen, where it was good to use them as firewood. Pulling out the green onions and cutting the ginger slices, Jin Dazhong also took the clean fish in, and then put it on the board, and picked up the knife without waiting for Peach Blossom's instructions to chop it into blocks, and then asked Peach Blossom: "Is this okay?"
"Alright, Daddy is awesome!" Peach Blossom nodded and gave a thumbs up to Jin Dazhong.
Jin Dazhong hehehe
"Little pony!" Rika said with a smile, quipped to Peach Blossom.
Peach blossom stomped her foot angrily.
Zhang also smiled, knocked on the edge of the pot and said, "Okay, don't talk about your sister, hurry up and light the fire." "
Seeing that the pot is hot, pour in the oil, put in the peppercorns, fry fragrant, this is the peach blossom requirements, she likes to cook the dishes and put the peppercorns, I think this is more delicious, Zhang's also relied on her, these peppercorns are picked from the village pepper trees, dried a lot, and most of them are used to fry vegetables on weekdays. When the smell comes out, pour in the green onion, ginger and salt and stir-fry, then pour the fish pieces into the pan and fry them on both sides to brown, see that the color is almost the same, pour in a large pot of water and start boiling. In fact, Peach Blossom prefers to cook by herself, but she is too short, not much taller than the pot, and she can barely pick up the spatula and flip it twice, if she really goes into battle, it is estimated that it will be enough to choke. Looking at the water poured into the pot, it is estimated that it will have to be stewed for a while, and the peach blossom is bored and sits on the stool and draws circles.
It just so happened that Jingsheng and Mingsheng came back at this time, Jingsheng put the firewood, Mingsheng suddenly jumped to the peach blossom's side, and said with excitement on his face: "Third sister, guess who we see?"
Peach Blossom didn't care, just regarded it as a guessing game between children, and cooperated to make a surprised expression: "Have you seen the forest fairy?"
"No!" Mingsheng said anxiously, eager to say it immediately, but he still held back, and wanted Peach Blossom to guess again.
The Zhang family saw that Peach Blossom was deliberately teasing Mingsheng, so they all smiled and didn't speak, watching the sisters and brothers make trouble.
So Peach Blossom looked meditative, sat on a small stool, held a green onion in her hand and shook it, looked at Mingsheng squatting in front of her, her face was full of expectation, and she said for a long time: "Is it a monster that has become a spirit?" At the same time, he made a frightened look.
Mingsheng was really anxious, and said, "Third sister, why are you so stupid?
Peach Blossom looked suddenly enlightened, nodded and said, "So it's him?"
In fact, Peach Blossom had already guessed that it was Zhang Meng, who could make Mingsheng so excited, and he saw it in the mountains, who else could there be besides Zhang Meng? It's just that he deliberately teased his younger brother.
"Brother Meng caught a fox, it's alive. Mingsheng said.
"Really?" Peach Blossom was a little surprised, the fox is not easy to catch.
"I heard that the fox is worth a lot of money, and selling one of them is worth a year's hard work. Zhang said.
Jin Dazhong nodded, he used to run in the mountains often, but he never caught a decent animal, those animals are better than people, and they run fast, without skills or unfamiliar with their habits, they can't catch them at all. So I gradually gave up, and only occasionally went up the hill to go around, and if I was lucky, I caught a rabbit or two or something, and I could also give the children a tooth sacrifice.
"Okay, don't think about those useless things, people caught the fox and said that they were people, what are you excited about. Peach Blossom stood up, sniffed, and said, "It's still in my hand, it's more reliable to eat it in my mouth, mother, is this fish soup okay?"
"Come on, wait a little longer. Zhang lifted the lid of the pot and said.
"I have to wait for a while, third sister, why don't I take you to Brother Meng's house to see the fox." Mingsheng pouted.
"Actually, you want to go. Peach Blossom said honestly.
Pear Blossom snorted, Jing Sheng also curled the corners of his mouth, and Zhang and Jin Dazhong also looked at a pair of children with amusement.
Mingsheng was embarrassed, and he stiffened his neck and said, "I didn't want to go, if I don't go, I won't go." "
This villain, small person, has a lot of temper!
Peach Blossom coaxed: "Okay, okay, let's go back and see it, how can there be a rush to eat, what if people are eating? Is it possible that we still want to stay there?"
Ming Sheng changed his smile at this time, nodded violently and said, "Then we'll go in the afternoon!"
Peach Blossom nodded in agreement, and then Mingsheng talked about meeting Brother Zhang Meng.
Finally, the fish soup was stewed, and the stewed milky white fish soup was floating with verdant green onion leaves, which was particularly pleasing to look at, making people appetite, and Mingsheng also stopped all kinds of worship of Zhang Meng and drooled over the fish soup. Zhang smiled and pushed them to get the dishes and chopsticks. The family who drank a meal of fish soup was smiling, they were very content, and being able to eat and dress warmly was the greatest happiness.
Peach blossom held the bowl and bent her eyebrows.