"Mom, what are you doing?" As soon as Xiaoxi entered the house, he saw Chen's mother looking for something in the big cabinet outside the stove room.

The Creek family's house was a bit like a suite now, with a front and back door. Coming out of the stove room is similar to the living room, with front and back doors on both sides, separated by an earthen wall in the middle, leaving a door, next to the door of the stove room on this side of the room are placed three large cabinets, one meter two three high, one meter seven long, one meter five wide, which are used to store grain, and the other room, most of the stripped wood is piled up.

Further inside, it is also separated by an earthen wall, two-thirds of which is used as a bedroom, and one-third as a place for a winter fire and a dining table.

Here, the winter is wet and cold, unlike in the north, where there is heating or an earthen kang, and only a fire is burned during the day to keep warm, and at night a brazier is filled with charcoal and placed in the bedroom to warm up. Fortunately, the houses in the countryside are all built tall, and they are separated by wooden planks, and the carbon dioxide is sewn along the wooden planks to the second floor, and then out of the cracks in the tiles.

Xiaoxi watched her mother take out the bag from the cupboard, and went up to take a look. Oh, it's acacia flowers!

I was a little surprised and asked, "Mom, are you making acacia rice?"

Chen's mother looked at her smiling and squinted daughter, and couldn't help but say funny: "Yes, you can eat more today!"

Then I watched my daughter nod her head seriously and agreed, and finally couldn't help laughing.

I can't help but think of the scene of picking acacia flowers that day.

On the creek team, it seems that I have never seen any other place except for two acacia trees at my cousin's house next to the yard.

After breakfast that day, because there were still a few days before the farm, Chen's mother accompanied the two children to play in the yard.

"Guihua, what are you doing? Are you busy?" the second woman had just come back from her son's house next to her, and when she saw Chen's mother and the two children in the yard, she asked.

Because there are four families living in a courtyard, the second mother-in-law's house has a stove room, a bedroom and a storage room, although there is a second floor, but after the son gets married and has children, it is inconvenient. So, a piece of land was carved next to the courtyard and three mud-walled houses were built, which were only a minute away from the old courtyard, and they could be heard by shouting.

The second mother-in-law just went to her son's house, and heard from her son that the acacia tree behind the house began to hang strings, and some of the flower bones had already bloomed and could be picked, so she asked her to come back and ask the people in the yard to pick them.

Acacia flowers are not a precious thing, so that neighbors can't pick them to give personal favors and win over neighbors. Otherwise, people still say that such a thing is still hidden and tucked, as if others lack this stuttering, but it seems stingy.

"Second aunt, play with the two children for a while, don't be busy, do you have anything to do?"

"It's nothing, it's just that the acacia flowers behind Jianhua's (second mother-in-law's) house can be picked, tell us to pick them, you go and call your mother too, we'll go." After saying that, I went back to the house to find the utensils of the acacia flower.

Chen's mother thought about it, isn't it time to pick acacia flowers?

After agreeing, he turned his head to the two children and said, "You two, go to your mother-in-law's house, and say that your second mother-in-law asked you to go to your cousin's house to pick acacia flowers and take a pickle." ”

After the two children left, Chen's mother took the things in the yard back to the house, and just found a taoji, the mother-in-law took the two children to carry a taojiao and came in through the back door and plugged in the back door, then locked the door, and the family went to her cousin's house.

From a distance, I saw a bunch of people sitting behind my cousin's house, and it was very lively.

There are cousins and two daughters in the family, three old ladies in the yard, Zhao Juan and Zhao Bo, plus the four people from the creek, chattering, almost noisy. As the saying goes, three women in one play, how many sets do you have to have!

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The two acacia trees behind my cousin's house, one large and one small, the large trunk diameter is 30 centimeters, and the small one is as thick as the mouth of the sea bowl, both more than 10 meters high. At this time, clusters of white flowers pop out of the feather-like leaves, white and green, which is very cute.

A fragrant fragrance fills the air, and people can't help but take two deep breaths and indulge in it.

Whenever the flowering period comes, the clusters of white acacia flowers are dotted with branches, and the air is filled with a faint and elegant fragrance, which is refreshing and intoxicating.

My cousin saw that everyone had arrived, and beckoned the two daughters to go back to the house with her and move a few stools for everyone to sit on.

Zhao Bo is 6 years old this year, which is the age when he is lively and active. Rural children are used to beating, and it is common to go up to trees to dig eggs and go down to the river to catch fish, so let him go up the tree and cut down the branches of locust trees. And no one here seems to be able to do it except him.

If you want to pick the flowers of the acacia tree, you can't climb the tree to pick them, it will be a lot of trouble. Moreover, the branches of the acacia tree are full of thorns, which makes it inconvenient to pick. So you have to go up to the tree and cut down the thin branches with acacia flowers to make it easy to pick.

As soon as Zhao Bo heard that he was allowed to go up the tree, he couldn't help but rub his hands, and he wanted to go directly to the tree.

But the adults are still not at ease, so they will give two more instructions.

"You have to be careful, this tree is so tall, it's no joke to fall. ”

"Slow down, there are a lot of thorns on this tree, and the wound is very itchy. ”

"Stay safe, or you'll come down for me, and you'll not be allowed to go up." ”

"Beauva, be obedient and pay attention to safety. ”

As a last resort, Zhao Bo had to promise again and again.

He pinned the sickle to his waist, rubbed his hands, hugged the trunk of the tree, and jumped to the ground in a few strokes.

Zhao Bo probed the probe, and the people below shouted, "Get out of the way, I'm going to start." ”

Seeing that everyone took a few steps back, he picked up the sickle on his waist and began to work. From time to time, some small branches fell from the trees, and in a few moments, a hill was piled up.

"Beauvoir, wait a minute, we'll take these to the side and pick them first, and then you can cut them. ”

Zhao Bo, who heard this, stopped, and waited for the people below to take the branches away before continuing.

Xiaoxi moved a small bench and sat next to her mother, picked a bunch of acacia flowers from the pile of branches and put them in her hands, which were cool, and came to her nose, and a fragrant fragrance came to her nose, and she couldn't help but show a joyful smile.

With his left hand carefully avoiding the thorns and holding the branches, he held the flower bunch in his right hand, and stroked it from top to bottom, and the white flowers fell into the tray, and in a short time they covered the entire bottom.

"You carry the burden, I lead the horse, usher in the sunrise and send away the sunset, step on the bumpy road, fight the hardships and set off again, set off again, ......"

Because a person is cold and lonely on the tree, but it is lively under the tree, he can't help but sing a song to comfort his lonely soul.

Listening to the singing on the trees, several women couldn't help but think of the hit "Journey to the West" on CCTV, and then discussed the plot lively.

"The white bone essence turned into a village girl who delivered food, Sun Monkey's fiery eyes knew at a glance that it was a monster, and he stepped forward with a stick, ouch, this Tang Seng still doesn't appreciate it, everyone is going to eat him, and he still helps. ”

"That is, I don't know who is good and who is bad. ”

"Oh, you can't blame Tang Seng entirely, the white bone spirit knows spells, Sun Wukong can see the changes, but he can't see it. ”

"I can't see what's wrong, I blame again and again, if it weren't for Sun Wukong all the way to the demons, he would have survived until now. ”

"That is, how many monsters did Sun Monkey help him kill along the way, how many times did he save him, he still didn't believe in his own people, but he believed in an outsider again and again, and he was not a human being, and finally drove Sun Monkey away. Listening to them discussing "Journey to the West", Xiaoxi couldn't help but interject. This is a classic, and you will never get tired of watching it.

Seeing Xiaoxi puffing out her cheeks and pouting, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Everyone was busy picking acacia flowers, and a morning passed unconsciously, and everyone picked almost it, so they said goodbye and went home with their things.

When she got home, Chen's mother thought that she had most of her own money, and Granny Chen was only half of it, so she said, "Mom, I'll decorate it for you again." As he spoke, he put his hand into the basket to fill his mother-in-law with acacia flowers.

The mother-in-law hurriedly stopped, waved her hand, and refused: "No, no, no, I have enough of these." ”

Chen's mother insisted on loading some more for Granny Chen, and Granny Chen hurriedly picked up the tao and went home.

Looking at Granny Chen, who was walking away, she couldn't help but sigh. Tidy up your mood and carry the tao to the stove room.

Looking at the children who followed, he instructed, "Little stream, come and boil the pot in the middle." Then wash the pot and add water.

When the water in the pot begins to steam, about seventy or eighty degrees, pour the acacia flowers in the pan into the pot, stir it twice with a colander spoon, and then fish it into the pan again. Then set up two long benches in the courtyard dam, put the dustpan on it, pour the blanched acacia flowers into it, and spread it evenly with a pair of clean chopsticks.

After the acacia flowers are dried, find a clean bag to put them up, and when you want to eat them, you can wash them.

When I came back to my senses, I watched my mother put rice in the ladder pot, and then I boiled the middle pot.

Add oil, ginger and garlic chili sauce, then add diced bacon and stir-fry for a while, add cleaned acacia flowers, and finally add salt sauce and vinegar to taste.

Wait for the rice in the ladder pot to filter the soup, find a clean basin to hold the rice soup, use a spoon to keep the rice soup clean, only a little, to avoid sticking to the pan, and then pour in the fried acacia flowers to cover the rice, leave charcoal in the pot hole, and then stuff for a while. In this way, there is no need to stir-fry the food, and you can eat two full bowls after mixing the acacia flowers and rice.

Looking at the coals in the pot hole, Xiaoxi remembered the roots of the acacia tree that were dug in the space two days ago, and he must remember to plant them tonight.

It's good to plant it, the trees on the mountain haven't been cut down yet, well, it's better to plant it by the lake. In the acacia tree by the lake, hee-hee, the first time I saw it, everyone else planted willow trees by the lake.

When Xiaoxi asked her mother and the meal was ready, she couldn't wait to open the lid of the pot, and a unique fragrance of acacia flowers came to her face with the steam.

In fact, the acacia flowers are not fried, they are steamed directly with rice, and the acacia flowers are unique to the fragrant and sweet, and they are fragrant when eaten.