Chapter 23: Soup
The sisters were surrounding the mushrooms and pheasants that Zhang Xiaojie took out, and when the eggs were looking seriously, Zhang and Zhang Dashan also finished their day's work and went to the private school to pick up the small stones and came back.
"Sister, sister, have you picked the fungus?" Xiao Shi looked at the sisters surrounding there, and ran over excitedly.
Zhang Xiaojie, who carefully tidied up the fungus, heard the sound of the small stone and looked up to see that the small stone was wearing gray vertical brown, and there were no mud stains on the clothes to go out to play crazy, the bald head when he just crossed was gone, and now he has inch-long hair, although he is only four and a half years old, but the naughty jump on his face is also much less.
"Xiaoshi, come and see, there are a lot of things today" Zhang Xiaojie raised her hand and poked the little face that Xiaoshi came over and smiled, seeing that Zhang was fetching water for Zhang Dashan and wiping his face, he said hello, "Dad, mother, I'm back, there are a lot of fungi today, as well as pheasants and wild eggs."
Zhang Dashan felt a little incredible when he heard Zhang Xiaojie's words, washed his face and came over, and saw that there was indeed a pheasant with bright feathers on the ground, and he was surprised under the eaves: "Xiaojie, where did this pheasant come from?"
Seeing Zhang Dashan ask about this matter, Zhang Xiaojie told Zhang Dashan the whole thing.
After listening, Zhang sighed next to him, "It's hard for Chengzi, that child", after thinking about it, Zhang said to Xiao Jie, "Xiao Jie, you go and boil the rabbit soup for a while, and send a bowl to others."
Before Zhang Xiaojie could speak, Zhang Dashan said again: "I don't know what Sun Hu's old boy thinks! ”
Seeing that her father and mother were sighing to the young man in green clothes, Zhang Xiaojie couldn't help but be a little curious about what was going on, but seeing that her father and mother didn't mean to say anything, Zhang Xiaojie didn't want to ask much, so she could only pick up some wild mushrooms and take them to clean and prepare.
Zhang saw Zhang Xiaojie go to wash vegetables, so he went to the well and took out the rabbit meat that was hanging in the well yesterday, put it in Xiaojie's hand and then walked into the kitchen to start cooking, because life has been better recently, and he also wants to send rice to Chengzi, Zhang looked at the grain tank, ready to make a dry rice mixed with some rice.
After deciding what to do, Zhang's side Mali washed the rice for cooking, and the water used to wash the rice was not wasted, and it was also a good fertilizer for watering vegetables.
Zhang Xiaojie put the washed rabbits and fungi in a wooden basin and brought them into the kitchen, because the wooden basin was larger, she didn't see the threshold when she entered the door, and she tripped over it, Zhang Xiaojie stretched out a hand in time to hold the door panel to stabilize her figure, and couldn't help but complain in her heart, I don't know how many times I am about to fall, and I haven't gotten used to the threshold here, which is ten centimeters.
"Xiao Jie, be careful, why did you almost fall again" Zhang saw this thrilling scene play out again, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xiao Jie didn't fall.
Zhang Xiaojie stepped into the kitchen, heard Zhang's words, his head poked out from behind the wooden basin, stuck out his tongue at his mother, and said, "I'm okay, don't worry, mother," After speaking, Zhang Xiaojie put the wooden basin on the stove.
First take out the green head mushroom from the wooden basin and cut it in half with a knife, the chanterelle has been torn in half when it is cleaned, and after cutting the remaining rabbit meat into small pieces, it is still in another pot on the stove to boil half a scoop of water to water the rabbit meat.
Because there are a lot of rabbit meat and mushrooms this time, Zhang Xiaojie only mixed three scoops of water, and such a big pot was almost filled with rabbit meat and mushrooms.
Zhang Xiaojie carefully looked at it and saw that there was no problem, and then the fire was still boiling, and after skimming off the foam, she burned the fire again and prepared to burn for half an hour.
When Zhang saw that the broth was boiled, he went to take out a smaller basket and two large bowls that had not been used for a long time, and after cleaning them, he put them outside and drained them.
After the rice was ready, Zhang first filled a bowl and covered it with a wooden plate, and asked, "Xiaojie, is your rabbit broth ready?"
"Mother, it's going to be fine soon, you can wait for me to pick some shallots and come back, wait" Zhang Xiaojie looked at the fire in the stove, got up and hurriedly ran to the backyard to pick green onions, and on the way back, she heard Ma Yuan and the girl chatting.
"Girl, why are you called this name, you see how easy it is to remember that I am called Ma Yuan, Xiao Miao Miao said that it is good to listen to and remember" Ma Yuan's noisy voice sounded in Zhang Xiaojie's heart.
"Good," the girl replied coldly and succinctly.
"Oh, does it mean kindness?Then what does my name mean?Xiao Miaomiao didn't even say that my name is interesting?" Ma Yuan's puzzled voice sounded.
Hearing Ma Yuan's doubts, Zhang Xiaojie hurriedly ran to the front yard, and didn't concentrate on listening to Ma Yuan's chat with the girl.
After washing the green onions, cut them into chopped green onions, uncover the lid of the pot, and a strong aroma of meat comes to the nose, and the aroma is more layered after sprinkling the green onions.
This time the soup was still served by Zhang's, Zhang's half a bowl of rabbit meat and mushrooms before covering the wooden plate, in the basket with thatch to make the bowl more stable, then covered with a piece of linen cloth and handed it to Xiao Jie, "Xiao Jie, send this to your eldest brother, thank you for the reminder and those good things." ”
"Well, don't worry, mother, then I'll go" Zhang Xiaojie took the basket handed over by Zhang, and found that it was still quite heavy, but it should still be okay to take a while, and carried the basket to the address Sun Cheng said.
Because Sun Cheng lives in a relatively remote place, Zhang Xiaojie didn't meet anyone along the way, and it was also because this time was the time for dinner, watching the smoke curling on the roofs of each house, and after successfully crossing the wooden bridge, Zhang Xiaojie put the basket on the ground to rest for a while and hurried forward again.
What appeared in front of Zhang Xiaojie was a small courtyard, the courtyard in front was just surrounded by thorns, there were two houses in the yard, it looked quite small from the outside, maybe there was only one person living in the relationship, the water tank was next to the door on the right, there should be a kitchen room, the door facing the door was open, Zhang Xiaojie walked close and said, "Is Brother Sun here?"
Sun Cheng, who was busy in the kitchen preparing to cook, suddenly heard someone calling the door, put down the firewood in his hand and wiped it on the rag with some confusion, and walked out of the kitchen to see the sister of the Zhang family, who had not been sent back for a long time, standing in front of his door with a basket in her hand.
Sun Cheng thought that the pheasant had been sent back, so he stepped forward and opened the courtyard door and said, "The sister of the Zhang family said not to send it back, but Uncle Dashan still won't accept it?"
Zhang Xiaojie saw that Sun Cheng had misunderstood, and explained while carrying the basket: "That's not the case, Brother Sun, my father and mother just asked me to send you some food, and I hope Brother Sun won't dislike the bad taste." ”
Sun Cheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was not the pheasant that was returned, and saw that Zhang Xiaojie was holding the basket with a layer of sweat on her forehead, and her face was flushed, so he quickly took the basket from Zhang Xiaojie and said, "How come, it's just that Uncle Dashan and Aunt Dashan are worried about it again, and I also trouble my sister for you to run this trip." ”
Zhang Xiaojie saw that Sun Cheng took the basket, and it was not good to stay at home and wait for dinner, so she said: "Brother Sun is not troublesome, then I will go back first, this basket and the bowl lady said that it will be good to return it next time, Brother Sun, goodbye." ”
Sun Cheng heard that Zhang Xiaojie was leaving, hurriedly put down the basket and said, "Sister Zhang, I'll send you." ”
Zhang Xiaojie, who had already turned around and was about to leave, turned around and said, "Brother Sun, don't need it, you can eat it while it's hot, I cooked today's soup, goodbye Brother Sun!" After speaking, Zhang Xiaojie trotted all the way in the direction of home.
"Then thank you, sister of the Zhang family" Sun Cheng saw that Zhang Xiaojie was almost gone, so he returned to his yard, picked up the basket and came to the hall to uncover the lid.