Chapter 155: Xiao He cooks

The sunset has left its last lingering, the breeze lingers in the mountains, filled with the delicate aroma of wildflowers, it has just rained, and there is still some damp moisture on the ground. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Mo Xiaohe stood in the courtyard, crossed her hands on her waist, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath, it turned out that this was the feeling of being close to nature, she was really willing to live in the mountains, calm, comfortable, and not as complicated as the earthly world.

"Husband, the bones will be stewed for an hour, take advantage of this gap, let's clean up together, it's enough."

There is a deep pool in the mountain, and in the corner of the backyard, it is convenient for the two to draft water, and they can fetch water with a bucket. The utility room was stacked with unused firewood in winter, Gu Zheng nodded yes, quickly lit the fire, and brushed the iron pot and stove.

Mo Xiaohe was not lazy, she helped her husband on the side, before stewing meat, she washed the meat several times, put down star anise, cinnamon and other seasonings, and went to the package to find the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar bought in the grocery store, and put them on the wooden shelf of the stove one by one.

There is a vegetable field in the backyard, this year did not plant, only a piece of weeds grew, in the weeds, Mo Xiaohe accidentally found a clump of melon seedlings, now in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, after the season, a few fruits, has already rotted half.

"It's too late today, I'll plant the seeds tomorrow and I'll be able to eat them soon."

Gu Zheng first wiped the dust on the table with a cloth towel, put the big cloth bag on, and then lit the oil lamp and scrubbed it with water.

After more than half a year, the house has been covered with a layer of soil, especially Korean paper and window baskets, which are several millimeters thick. The cloth towel was wiped down, and it turned black after a few clicks, Mo Xiaohe kept fetching water back and forth, and joined the cleaning army, she was not a person who worked, and she was tired and panting for a while, and she was sweating.

There are three main rooms in the house, as well as a study and a special bathroom, the most side of the room, the design is a semi-floor-to-ceiling window, in front of the window, there is a low kang, there is a small table on it, when it does not rain, open the window, you can sit on the low kang and drink tea, if it is winter, the following and the stove are connected, the kang head is also warm.

Who said that the mountains are closed, and entering the mountains is suffering? Mo Xiaohe must despise this kind of person, everything in the family is better than the village, the town, and even the Mo Mansion in Kyoto, no amount of silver is exchanged, this is how to live a life into a poem!

Mo Xiaohe cleaned halfway and deserted, the last time she came to the mountain, she was still an unmarried girl, looking at her future marriage room, she was inevitably a little shy, she didn't look too carefully, now, the front and back yards, including a few fruit trees, are all in her sight.

There is a small wooden room in the backyard, which is a separate bathing room, and on the top, there is a large belt made of wild boar skin, which is filled with water, and there are several plugs, which are put down when washing, and the water flows from the top down, and it is much more convenient to shower in summer than to sit in the bathtub.

One hour, after cleaning, the smell of meat wafted out of the stove room, thanks to his cousin Li He, if he hadn't thought too much, the couple would probably have used pastries and snacks to pad their stomachs at night.

The bedding is ready-made, and it was placed in the cabinet before, Gu Zheng hung it outside and beat it, put on a new quilt, made the bed, and hung a red gauze tent, the tassel of the gauze tent is a big red happy word, beaming.

In a real sense, tonight is Mo Xiaohe's cave candle.

Gu Zheng cooked, Mo Xiaohe went to the tree house on one side, it was dry, the space was larger than expected, and a row of empty wooden shelves were placed, which would be used as bookshelves in the future, Gu Zheng was considerate and thought of everything.

"Lady, the meal is ready."

The fragrance of rice came from the air, Gu Zheng brought down the iron pot, and replaced it with a large pot full of hot water, the mountains are cool in the morning and evening, and there are trees to cover it at noon, and it is not so hot, Mo Xiaohe himself is a little cold, and he must wash with warm water.

"It's coming!"

Coming down from the tree house, Mo Xiaohe cleaned his hands and followed Gu Zheng into the house, two dishes were already set on the table, he used a special big bowl, filled a big bone, and adjusted a saucer for Mo Xiaohe to eat.

The ribs were chopped in half, stewed beans, potatoes were added to them, and a cold cucumber was made, mixed with chili sauce, probably because Gu Zheng was worried that there was a taste in his mouth after eating, and no garlic was added.

"Husband, when the clan had to exclude my cousin, I could have thought that she might not have a backer in the future, but I didn't expect the Li family to be so bad!"

The two sisters were chatting in the teahouse, but Gu Zheng was afraid that it would be inconvenient, so he avoided it, and he didn't know the details.

Mo Xiaohe tore a piece of meat on a big bone with her hands, it was already stewed soft, she dipped it in soy sauce, fed it to Gu Zheng, and watched him eat it, then she tore off another piece and put it in her mouth, only simple seasoning, but it tasted so fragrant!

"Eat a piece of ribs."

Gu Zheng took out a piece of pork ribs from the bean pot, put a little soy sauce when stewing, and the ribs were colored, not only the meat fragrance, but also the vegetable fragrance of beans and potatoes, I was too hurried today, a little hurried, otherwise roll out a few thin cakes, cover them with vegetable soup and steam them, roll the meat, beans, and potatoes together, then it is called a pleasure!

In the past, Gu Zheng ate alone, most of the time he was all fooled, and he could last a day or two at a time, but now that he has a lady, he wants to change his tricks to make delicious food, and feed his own lady to be fatter, so that it is comfortable to hug.

"Husband, did you listen to what I said?"

Mo Xiaohe ate a few bites of meat, and suddenly thought of what her cousin Mo Daya said, and felt a little unappetizing, she sighed, ate some beans and potatoes, and finally filled a small pot of vegetables, all of which were solved by Gu Zheng alone.

After the meal, the two of them joined hands and walked in the nearby woods to eat, insects could be seen everywhere in the mountains, and after dark, the forest was filled with mist, if it were not for the old hunters walking in the mountains, they would have lost their way.

Gu Zheng took Mo Xiaohe to recognize the inconspicuous marks around the house, waited until the water was completely boiled, and put the water bag in the bathing room.

Mo Xiaohe took the soap and the fragrance dew she didn't usually use, took a bath happily, wore the clogs made by Gu Zheng, returned to the room and waited, she lit the incense of the mosquitoes, and then sat on the chair in a daze.

Cleaning up the stove, washing dishes, washing, changing clothes, Gu Zheng returned to the room after being busy, the candle was on the table, the light of the candle flame shone on Mo Xiaohe's face, her long eyelashes fluttered, and at the lower eyelids, a layer of fine silhouettes was reflected, like a small fan, her expression was very quiet, as if she was thinking about something.

At this moment, Gu Zheng stood in place, the string in his heart suddenly loosened, he really felt that someone was by his side, for more than half a year, he had been in a dream, thinking that maybe one day, Mo Xiaohe would dislike his appearance and leave him, he couldn't believe that he really had a lady.

"Husband."

Mo Xiaohe wandered in the middle of the world, and after sweeping to Gu Zheng, her eyes were focused, she stood up, pulled him to the side and sat down, and said Mo Daya's miserable 1510, and said reluctantly, "Originally, it was like asking her cousin to live in the village for a few days, but she agreed at first, and then changed her mind and wanted to look at the Li family." ”

The mother and son of the Li family are the wonders of the wonderful, the fighter of the best, the tiger poison does not eat children, just because I listen to Langzhong's words, my cousin is pregnant with a girl, so I can't wait to frame her for miscarriage for silver, the same means, I don't know how many people are harmed!

"She can understand that."

After all, it is a woman who has already married, and her father and mother are not around, so she suddenly ran back to the village, and she is not serious about returning to her parents' house, which will inevitably make people talk, so that the Li family is unreasonable, and it can also refute three points.

Now, if someone from the Mo family wants to come back, the Li family will think about it, want to mend the relationship, or be in a wait-and-see state, and will not treat Mo Daya too badly.

"If you can't rest assured, go a few times and send some food."

The Li family was greedy for Mo Daya's dowry, so Mo Xiaohe was not good at sending too valuable things in case he was worried about it again.

"I think the same way, let's open a vegetable patch at home tomorrow, and go directly to town the day after tomorrow."

Mo Xiaohe asked her cousin Li He to send a message, and asked her aunt and cousin to wait in the town for two days, and the things she wanted to send out were all in the backyard of the shop, locked up, and when the division was finished, she would come back with them to see her grandparents and grandmothers.

There are still many trivial things at home, if tomorrow is good, dry the quilt, laundry, clean the house again, leave for a long time, feel that the home is empty, no popularity.

"Eating a preterm fetus to nourish the skin, this home remedy does exist, it seems to be a custom on the side of Dawu."

The more they go south, the more they are, the more they like to apply grease and powder, and wear accessories such as jade pendants and folding fans for men. Speak softly and softly.

"Okay."

Mo Xiaohe held her forehead, she was powerless to say anything, but as the soul of a modern person, she couldn't stand the fact that men were smeared with grease and powder, neither men nor women, did she think she was singing a big opera?

The husband and wife chatted and chatted, from the chair to the bed, from neatly dressed to naked to see each other, and soon, there was a gasp of high women, Mo Xiaohe was finally not afraid that his shout would be heard by the next door, they had no neighbors now, even if the sound was loud enough to be heard by the villagers under the mountain, they would only think it was haunted.

The red candle swayed until it burned out, and after a night of hard fighting, Mo Xiaohe wanted to pounce on Gu Zheng, but he was helplessly pressed under his big man, and he couldn't get up, the two bodies fit too tightly, there was no gap, and he couldn't drill out.

After dawn, Mo Xiaohe slept a little back, and only woke up at noon, getting up from the bed with a sore back and legs, it seems that her small body needs more exercise, her husband's physical strength is too good, and it is also a sweet torture for her.

There was a row of clothes hanging in the yard, all of which had been washed, and the quilt was drying on the other side, Mo Xiaohe touched it, as if it had been washed last night, and now it was dry, she put away the clothes, folded them carefully, and placed them in a cabinet made of camphor wood.

"Awake? There is porridge in the pot, and the curtain on the top has steamed eggs and side dishes, all of which are warm. ”

Gu Zheng was planting vegetables, covered in dirt, he clapped his hands, and used a shovel to deepen the ditch to drain the water, and removed the weeds in the yard, sprinkled realgar powder, and prevented insects and snakes from entering the door.

"Husband, you wash first."

Mo Xiaohe took a basin of water, saw that there was a lot of porridge in the pot, and served Gu Zheng another bowl, and the husband and wife sat down to eat together.

In the village, if it is not a busy farming time, there are only two meals in the morning and evening, one meal in the morning, one meal after getting up, before the sun sets, one meal around Shenshi, and it is especially easy to be hungry at night.

In the future, it is best to eat three meals a day and eat less at night, which is more in line with her habits, and her husband is big, and she can't help but be hungry.

"You've got everything done, what am I going to do?"

Mo Xiaohe has some resentment, she swears that she wants to be a good wife and mother, but now she is open her mouth for food, stretch out her hands for clothes, wash, open the ground, weed, she doesn't need to do any work, and she doesn't contribute to the family.

"This ......"

Gu Zheng was very embarrassed, living in the mountains, he had wronged his own lady, and he didn't give her a life of a group of slaves, he did his best, he didn't want her to be burdened and wronged, how to look at her, a little unhappy?

"I'll go to town tomorrow, and then I'll go to see my grandparents, and then I'll go into the mountains to hunt some game, so I can bring it over, it's better than ordinary chickens and ducks."

There are fierce beasts in this mountain forest, almost no one goes in and out, the villagers only go into the shallow forest, cut firewood, pick some wild vegetables and mushrooms, there was originally a woodcutter, and then when he was old, the mountain road was steep, and he did not come.

Pheasants in the mountains, hares, wild boars, roe deer, there should be a lot, last night the two of them walked, and saw a fallen pheasant, jumping up and down, Mo Xiaohe disliked the pheasant was too noisy, and not fat, just said to raise it, live in the mountains, and are afraid that there is no game to eat?

"Then I'll wait for you at home to come back, and I'll make dinner."

Mo Xiaohe saw that she had a chance, and immediately smiled and squinted her eyes, she quickly finished the porridge, looked at the sky, and made an appointment with Gu Zheng for three chapters, "Before the sun sets, you must come back, otherwise I won't worry." ”

There are several large baskets of firewood in the utility room at home, enough to burn the fire, Mo Xiaohe's hands are small, and there is no problem with cleaning and laundry, but she can't do anything about chopping firewood, she holds an axe, and every time she chops crookedly, before she gets married, she almost chops off her own feet, so scared that her mother Li no longer dares to let her do hard work.

"Okay, we ate meat yesterday, let's make fish."

Gu Zheng sincerely embarrassed Mo Xiaohe, thinking about making her retreat, he pointed to a piece of tofu in the stove, "I went down the mountain in the morning, and I bought it in the tofu workshop, you can stew fish soup, and you can also fry and eat." ”

"Where's the fish?"

Mo Xiaohe pulled the corners of her mouth, if the fish is stewed, it is a dish, so she is going to fry tofu with leeks, enough for two dishes, so that her husband does not believe in her cooking skills, she is a little squeamish, but the cooking is very delicious.

"In the backyard."

Mo Xiaohe followed behind Gu Zheng and saw a huge silver carp swimming around in the pool, she squatted down and poked the fish, it was so big, it was still alive, fresh, and it must taste good, she had already figured out how to do it.

"I didn't buy it, there is a net on the side of the ditch, and I removed the net in the morning, and the fish will automatically swim over."

The family uses the living water in the deep pool, the deep pool is in the deep mountains, the surrounding villagers do not come in, these fish are about to become fine, any small one, there are three or four catties of weight.

Mo Xiaohe was overjoyed, her home was really a treasure of feng shui, the silver carp was slippery and not lost, she finally found a net, fished it into the basin, stared at the fish's eyes, and pondered how to go under the knife.

"Then I'll go out, and the sun will go down and I'll come back."

Gu Zheng estimated the time, carried the bow and arrows, held a bundle of rope and cloth bag in his hand, and brought a bamboo tube of water, before leaving, he instructed, "If you don't feel comfortable, just keep it and wait for me to come back to do it." ”

"Got it, husband, go quickly."

Mo Xiaohe sent her husband to the door with a smile, and then watched him walk away step by step, and then closed the door.

Under the eaves outside the stove, there is a large bunch of chili peppers and garlic, and when she sees the chili peppers, she thinks of making boiled fish, the steps are not complicated, and the seasonings are complete at home, she must show her skills and make a splash.

Mo Xiaohe puffed out his face, Mu was full of energy, hehe laughed twice, put the fish on the cutting board, and before the fish jumped up, he raised the knife in his hand, cut off the head of the fish, and recited the Buddha name twice by the way.

How do you show a person's craft? Not only in the taste of the dish, knife work is the first step, the most intuitive, Mo Xiaohe was cautious, before and after choosing the angle for a long time, and finally found the most suitable one, and began to cut the fish fillet.

After cutting, the fish head is attached and marinated with some rice wine and salt.

There are more ingredients for boiled fish, dried chili peppers, pepper noodles, green onions, garlic, pickled peppers, sugar, cooking wine, bean paste, Mo Xiaohe flipped over, thanks to the whole of the bought, the only lack of cooking wine, she replaced it with rice wine, and the taste was good.

Sichuan pepper noodles, there is no at home, the same peppercorn grains can be, there are a few wild onions in the backyard, she picked them off, washed and cut them, it is still early, as long as you wait for your husband to come back before a quarter of an hour to do just right, when the time comes, clean your hands, clean up just enough to eat.