Chapter 2 Fish Pot Cakes
The sunset brought an orange-red veil that enveloped the quiet scenery of the courtyard, and the white smoke wafting from the chimney indicated that the family had begun to prepare dinner. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The two ends of the tidying up sit on the small bench to help my mother light the fire, and the meals cooked by the big firewood stove in the countryside have a unique charm, mellow and fragrant, and down-to-earth.
While filling the stove pit with firewood, he aimed at Chu Ruiyun at both ends. After a while, he swallowed his saliva, and almost cleared his throat.
"Mom, why are there fish in the bucket in the backyard?"
Chu Ruiyun churned the dishes in the pot and glanced at her daughter. "Your old uncle sent it next morning. ”
The second end is anxious, shouldn't she tease her and ask her if she wants to eat? Why is it just a sentence? How can she pick up the stubble?
His eyes rolled, and he rubbed his legs on Chu Ruiyun's leg flatteringly. "Mom, I heard that the stewed fish stickers in the iron pot are very delicious. ”
Chu Ruiyun wanted to laugh for a while, but he couldn't help it. "Well, haven't you ever eaten it, don't you know if it's delicious or not? ”
The second end almost turned her back on her anger, don't think she can't see it, Mom is deliberately pretending to be confused. "But I've forgotten what it smells like. ”
This time, Chu Ruiyun couldn't hold back, and forgot about it, can she forget it?
Bending his eyes to look at the two ends of his face with a simple face, Chu Ruiyun's motherly heart was a soft mess.
"You want to eat fish?"
"It's okay if I don't eat it, my brother is injured and wants to give it to my brother. ”
After saying this, the two ends let her mother hold her in her arms and kiss and kiss, you talk about this young age, why do you know how to feel sorry for people so much? No wonder the type goes out for the sake of his sister, the little brother and sister, you are worried about me, I really don't pick your family affection.
"Okay, Mom, let's kill the fish, and serve stewed fish pot cakes to the shape and our family to eat. You go and call grandma to come in and watch the dishes. Chu Ruiyun put down the two ends and responded with a smile.
Not to mention how happy the two ends were, they ran out of the kitchen with a cheer to call her milk.
After a while, the old lady took the hands of the two ends and entered the kitchen, waving Chu Ruiyun. "Yun, go and clean up the fish, and stew it for my gluttonous cat. ”
was teased by grandma, and the two ends are not awkward, anyway, my brother likes to eat fish pot cakes the most, and the purpose of stewing is achieved.
When the tofu stewed cabbage in the pot came out of the pot, Chu Ruiyun's fish was also cleaned up. Take it into the kitchen, cut it on the cutting board, smear it with a little salt, and it's ready to stew.
Grandma was afraid that the two ends would be scalding when frying the fish, so she pushed her aside and didn't let her burn the fire. The two ends could only be far away to watch her mother pour oil into the pot, and then carry the tail of the fish down into the pot. With a sizzling sound, the fish and the oil come into close contact, bursting out with a burnt aroma. Grandma reduced the heat and kept the heat on medium so that the fish would slowly fry until golden brown without burning.
When both sides are fried to golden brown, my mother throws the chopped ginger pieces and green onions, Sichuan pepper star anise, into the pot, stir-fry slightly with the oil of the fried fish, and then pour in her own sweet well water, two spoonfuls of her own sauce. Then the fire boiled. The cornmeal that had been distributed in advance came in handy at this time, and my mother picked up a ball of noodles, formed a cake in her hand, and pasted them one by one on the side of the big iron pot.
The second end looked at the tacit cooperation between grandma and mother, and the mother neatly pasted the cake, covered the cauldron, and began to wait for the burnt cake and delicious stewed fish to come out of the pot. If you want to say that the second end of the favorite food is the corn flour with gaba, the freshly ground corn flour is sweet and delicious, especially the brown gaba, which tastes so fragrant. Only this kind of large wood stove can paste cakes with gaba, with warm fireworks.
The steam in the kitchen makes everything in front of you hazy, and the two ends suck hard, and the aroma of the stewed fish and the sweetness of the cake have gradually become stronger. Thinking about the satisfied look of waiting for my brother to eat his favorite fish pot cake, the two ends feel that there is no more comfortable life than this.
Waiting for grandma's order, the two ends jumped out and stood at the gate of the courtyard and shouted: "Brother ~ brother ~ eat!"
The shape was not far away on the stone grinding edge and played with his friends to play with a fan, heard his sister's call, decisively collected his booty and ran home with oil on the soles of his feet.
"Brother, Mom made fish pot cakes tonight. The two ends smiled and stretched out their hands to pull their brother, eager to report the good news.
The type led his sister to the courtyard, and when he heard the fish pot cakes, he really showed his gluttony. "Sister, then let's hurry up and enter the house. ”
Chu Ruiyun saw a pair of children kissing and entering the house hand in hand, and walked to the inner room with a big bowl of stewed fish as soon as he greeted him.
"Brother, wash your hands quickly, see that the fish stewed by Mom is out of the pot. Knowing that my brother had been snatched away by the stewed fish, I dragged my brother to the basin at the door to wash my hands.
By the time the brother and sister had washed their hands and entered the house, the adults were already seated. Kicking the two ends of the shoes and nesting beside grandma, grandma is on the other side of grandpa, and next to grandpa is dad. The shape sits next to the two ends, and the mother sits on the edge of the kang, which is to facilitate the serving of food.
Grandpa picked up the chopsticks and clamped the chopsticks, and the family started to move. Grandma loves her grandchildren the most, so she quickly sandwiched a piece of meat from the belly of the fish and put it in the bowl at the second end, and then sandwiched a piece of it to the shape.
People who love fish know that the fish belly is the most tender and delicious part, and the two ends glanced at the elder brother, secretly pushed the fish belly that the grandmother gave the bowl to, and then scooped the fish soup with a small spoon and drank two sips.
The movements at the two ends naturally did not escape the eyes of the grandmother, and the old lady was still strange, the little granddaughter is usually not a picky eater, why didn't she even eat fish today?
"Duanduan, why don't you eat fish?"
The two ends looked at their grandfather, father and mother, and hurriedly swallowed the cake in their mouths. "I want to keep it for my brother, the fish belly is the best. ”
As soon as he finished saying this, even the type who had been eating fish just now was stunned, let alone the elders of the family.
Grandma's heart is simply mixed by the sensible appearance of the little granddaughter, and a handful of hugs is a kiss to the two ends.
"Oh, the little milk is good, I know that I am hanging on my brother at such a young age, why is I so sensible?"
Grandpa and Dad are also pleased, whose children don't have straight eyes when they see delicious food, but their own children can be so friendly and don't care for food at all.
"Sister, you can eat, my brother has already eaten just now. "The shape was touched by his sister, and his sister kept the best food for herself, making him feel extremely happy as an older brother.
The two ends shook their heads, and the two little tugs on their heads trembled. "My brother helped me fight today, and I was injured, and my brother ate fish to make up for it. After speaking, he carefully scooped up the fish belly in the bowl and sent it to the shape bowl.
Chu Ruiyun watched his daughter's well-behaved behavior heartily, and hurriedly stopped the action of Xingzi wanting to return the fish. "Shape, sister's mind, you can eat it. In two days, my mother stewed the fish again, and then gave the fish belly to my sister to eat. ”
The type looked at her mother, and then at her sister's smile, and also smiled and picked up a piece of fish and put it in her mouth. "Wow, that's delicious!"
The family laughed when they looked at the exaggerated expressions, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was warm and lively.
The two ends looked at the family's knowing smiles, and they were so satisfied that they felt that they were really good. Scoop up the tofu that my mother sandwiched, and take a bite to dry it up, the pure natural tofu at this time, full of bean flavor, not to mention how comfortable it is to eat.
To say that in the rural areas of the 80s, although life was also tight, the household contract responsibility system was already implemented, and it was much more relaxed than the days when the production team ate in a big pot of rice in the past. The Zhou family of six also has more than ten acres of arable land in their hands, and they are more diligent in serving the crops, and the family's chewing is enough, and the children can also eat fine grains.
Now that the days are getting more and more hopeful, and the children have grown up and become sensible, Chu Ruiyun and Zhou Jinglin are full of hope and enthusiasm for their future lives. Zhou Jinglin took the cake handed by his daughter-in-law, and felt that he was really a blessing from cultivation, marrying Ruiyun, a beautiful and capable daughter-in-law who was knowledgeable, especially giving birth to two smart and sensible children, and the family and Meimei were envious of others.