Chapter 24: The Glass Soup
It was not early, Ah Gong scooped the two bowls of corn porridge left in the pot at noon and ate them, and told Xiao Man that there were guests at home, and he cooked white rice at night, and he himself was ready to guard the reservoir. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
After picking up a firewood knife and hanging it on his waist, and then carrying the bamboo basket, Xiao Man hurriedly ran over and handed the bamboo tube filled with water to Ah Gong.
Specially prepared, mixed with spiritual spring water.
Ah Gong said: "Just give me an empty bamboo tube, the spring water in the mountains is good, and the boiling water at home is kept for you to drink!"
Xiao Man does not follow: "The mountain spring water is too cold, and it is easy to have a stomachache if you drink too much, Grandpa, you have to take care of your body, usually you have to drink a few sips outside, at home, it is best to drink boiled water when there is boiling water!"
Grandma groped and walked over and said, "Old man, have you heard? Even Xiaoman understands the truth, how many times have I said it, you just don't like to hear it." You're not a young man now, you always drink cold mountain springs, which stimulate your stomach, and it's too late to regret it when you have gastrointestinal problems!"
"Okay, I will listen to you, and I will drink less cold water in the future!"
Ah Gong took the water cylinder and put it in the back basket, Xiao Man followed him to the courtyard gate, and told him again: "Ah Gong, remember to drink, don't waste it if you boil it with firewood at home!"
"Got it," Ah Gong waved his hand at Xiao Man: "Your grandma's eyes are inconvenient, don't be greedy for fun, remember to go home quickly when you go out." That cousin Aju, let her play with you, and tomorrow Grandpa will come back and send her to her house!"
"Hey, I see!"
Xiao Man saw Ah Gong's figure disappear on the other side of the road, so he turned home, closed the courtyard door, ignored Ah Ju who was picking flowers, and went to find Grandma by himself.
Grandma asked Xiaoman to light the stove first, wash the rice and cook dinner, and then sit down to listen to her.
"Grandma and grandma, let me ask you: The Ah Hua who came to borrow money this afternoon, the second grandmother Qiu who lives in the back house told me that it was Ah Gong's former daughter-in-law, is it true?"
Grandma's eyes can't see, but she stares at people with a different charm: "You are a little person, you care about everything, this also makes you inquire!"
"Hehe, unintentionally, Qiu Erma came to our yard to fetch water, and saw that Ah Hua, I helped Qiu Erma make two buckets of water, and she told me: This Ah Hua, when I was young, I was your grandfather's daughter-in-law, and I visited the hall and entered the cave room!"
Grandma pouted: "Listen to that old woman's nonsense, when you were young? A ten-year-old little fart knows how to enter the cave room!"
"Yo, that's really a marriage in the church, grandma, tell me about it!"
Grandma was so entangled by Xiaoman that she couldn't do it, so she had to tell her a story: " When your grandfather was a child, his family was poor, and his grandmother gave birth to four or five children, and in the end only their three sisters and brothers survived, and they were still too poor to raise, your grandfather was the youngest, and his grandfather and grandmother asked around, and wanted to give him to someone as an adopted son or something, when the He family in Xiancao Village, more than ten miles away, heard about it, and sent someone to discuss with the grandfather, the He family has more than ten or twenty acres of land, but the people are not prosperous, and a few people have just died of illness, leaving only a pair of grandparents and a widow with two girls, the youngest girl is that He Ahua, the same age as your grandfather。 In the end, the two families said yes, the He family exchanged a few acres of land for your grandfather to be the son-in-law, and said that they would go to his house at the age of seventeen, because the He family was not sure which granddaughter to leave at home to inherit the incense, and He Ahua's mother was still young, so she might have other plans. In this way, the He family and the Mo family have become in-laws, and during the New Year's holidays, your grandfather often goes to the He family to walk around, and it can be regarded as a childhood sweetheart with the He family girl. When he was ten years old, Ah Gong He suddenly fell seriously ill, afraid that he would not be able to survive, so he hurriedly let your grandfather and He Ah Hua visit the church, who knew that after the worship He Ah Gong came back to life, he sent your Ah Gong to a pharmacy in the city as a buddy, fourteen years old, your Ah Gong followed the pharmacy shopkeeper to go out to buy medicinal materials, was caught by bandits up the mountain, fled back two years later, the He family had a big change, He Ah Hua has already recruited another son-in-law to come to the door! Your Ah Gong had to go back to the city to work in the pharmacy, and then an army passed by, and a military doctor who knew Chinese medicine took him away......
"It turns out that my grandfather has also entered the army?"
"He didn't learn much in the army, just because he knew some herbs and helped the military doctor clean up the herbs. Well, he also took care of helping some officers' wives deliver the prepared conditioning medicines, and some of them needed to strictly control the heat and boil the medicinal soup in order, for fear that others would not be able to do it well, so he would also do it and send it to the officers' wives. ”
"Grandma, how did you and Grandpa meet?"
Mo Xiaoman was about to ask Grandma's face, she didn't notice it herself, she looked at Mo Grandma's eyes full of curiosity, flashing and flashing compared to the morning star in the sky.
"Well...... Ahem!" Grandma Mo coughed twice, felt the hot breath exhaled by Xiao Man, reached out and touched her face in surprise, and found that Xiao Man was so close, and pushed her away angrily and funny: "You kid, you're cooking, don't let the stove go out, hurry up and take a look, add firewood!"
Mo Xiaoman: "......"
Well, she is not in a hurry, she knows that grandpa and grandma really have a story, dig slowly, and add some fun to life to be fun!
Xiao Man got up and walked to the kitchen, and Grandma came over again, chattering and admonishing: "Xiao Man, can you pinch a handful of water spinach on the vegetable bed? Pick a few small tomatoes and green peppers, your grandfather said that there is half a jar of oil residue in the oil jar, so take out two spoonfuls of it, mix it with these fried dishes, make a glass soup, and you can also entertain the little guests!"
Listening to grandma talk about glass soup, Xiao Man couldn't help laughing: the so-called glass soup is to pour half a scoop of water into a hot vegetable pot and boil, then scoop a small spoonful of lard into it, and then put salt, and wait for this pot of clear water soup to pour into the soup basin, you can clearly see that the soup noodles are pulled out of irregular geometric shapes by oil flowers, and there is really the appearance of glass blocks, which is the origin of "glass soup"!
The poor have the wisdom and humor of the poor, and it is absolutely amazing to have such an interesting and fun name.
At dinner, Cousin Xiaoju, who stayed alone and refused to go home, suddenly made an awkward mistake - she didn't want to eat!
Grandma coaxed her bitterly, Xiao Man looked at Xiao Ju with a little surprise: Grandpa and Grandma took her away from the Mo family's courtyard, and the rations were not much, and she borrowed some rice from the fifth uncle's family for dinner a few days ago.
Three bowls of snow-white rice were placed on the table, a plate of fried water spinach with smooth and bright oil, dotted with red tomato peppers, golden lard residue, and the beautiful glass soup that could look in the mirror, her Xiaoju actually resisted the temptation and refused to eat it!
I can't figure it out!
Xiao Man was hungry, and he didn't have the strength or desire to grind his teeth with Xiao Ju, so he kept silent, holding his chin and waiting for Grandma to do ideological work there by herself, picking up a pu fan from time to time and waving it on the meal to prevent mosquitoes from flying into the meal.
was concentrating on catching mosquitoes, and suddenly heard Xiao Ju, who had been silent, speak: "Uncle, I want to sleep with Xiao Man!"
Grandma and Xiaoman both froze: What kind of rhythm is this? At the dinner table, my stomach is still empty, why do I have to sleep?