With new grain in the cellar, the old Pan family suddenly became 'rich'. Zhang Xuelan usually lives sparingly, and there are still last year's dried sweet potatoes and corn left in the cellar, and there are about 50 catties of dried sweet potatoes left, and there are more than 10 catties of corn. Now that there is new grain, Zhang Xuelan asked Pan Yang to bring up the old grain.

Their village has the custom of steaming big steamed buns two days ago, every family steam big steamed buns with noodles on the 27th or 28th day of the lunar month, almost every household has to steam several large pots, Zhang Xuelan is ready to take the old grain to grind into flour, used to steam big steamed buns.

Speaking of grinding flour, we have to mention the stone mill, the stone mill is not something that every household has, in addition to the commune in their village, there is also a large stone mill in the five families of Pan Lao in the west of the village.

The stone mill of the commune is shared by everyone, and the grinding surface does not need to be given the 'bottom surface', but the stone mill of Pan Lao Wu's family belongs to him personally, and anyone in the village who goes to Pan Lao Wu's house to grind noodles must give Pan Lao Wu's family a scoop of flour as a reward.

In this era, flour is expensive, and in order to save a scoop of noodles, everyone would rather go to the commune to grind noodles than go to Pan Laowu's house.

Now that it's the New Year, those who go to the commune to grind noodles don't have to think about it and know that there will be a long queue, Zhang Xuelan thought about it, and asked Pan Yang to go to Pan Laowu's house to grind noodles, Pan Laowu has a good relationship with her man, and he will not ask her family to pay him.

Pan Lao Wu has a son and a daughter, his two children are promising, working in the city, Pan Lao Wu and his family enjoy the happiness of their children, the food and clothing at home are all the children come back to pay respect, the old couple live well, and they are also kind, Pan Yang's impression of Pan Lao Wu and his family is still smiling and squinting, grinning and revealing bare gums.

Pan Yang stepped on it well, when she arrived at Pan Lao Wu's house, the previous one had just finished grinding, and the old donkey borrowed from the commune had not been sent back, and Pan Yang just continued to use it.

The weather outside was good, Pan Lao Wu sat at the door of the house and smoked a big cigarette pouch, and Aunt Pan Wu was rubbing clothes by the well.

After grinding the noodles, the last family scooped a scoop of noodles from the nylon bag and gave it to Pan Lao Wu, who took it after two resignations, and poured it into his own noodle bowl in the kitchen.

According to the generation, Pan Yang has to call Pan Lao Wu 'Fifth Uncle'.

Pan Yang chatted with Pan Lao Wu, "Fifth uncle, your eldest brother and sister didn't come back for the New Year this year." ”

Pan Lao Wu said with a smile, "They are busy this year, they came back two days ago to buy New Year's goods for me and your fifth aunt, and they all rushed back to the city yesterday, saying that they will come back for the New Year next year." ”

Pan Yang put the dried sweet potatoes into the stone grinding hole, threw the whip and whipped the old donkey, the old donkey slowly walked up to drive the stone mill, and after a few turns, the sweet potato flour began to come out, Pan Yang brought a nylon bag, and the nylon bag was put on the dustpan and placed on the ground.

Pan Yang drove the old donkey to grind noodles for the first time, if it wasn't for the previous person who had done a demonstration, she didn't know how to get it, and now after seeing it, she is also groping, one will be busy chasing the old donkey, and the other will be busy stuffing sweet potatoes into the stone mill.

Pan Lao Wu saw that Pan Yang was in a hurry, which made him laugh, got up and came to Pan Yang's side, took the whip in Pan Yang's hand, and waved the whip to help her drive the old donkey.

Pan Lao Wu usually raises donkeys in the commune, and he is very good at dealing with old donkeys, he waved his whip leisurely, and said to Pan Yang, "Zhaoke, don't leave after grinding the noodles for a while, I soaked soybeans, and by the way, help me and your fifth aunt grind some soybean milk, and you can take some back after grinding." ”

Now that he has an old donkey, he doesn't need to push the stone mill manually, so grinding soy milk is not a heavy job at all, Pan Lao Wu really doesn't need to ask Pan Yang to help him, he just said this to let Pan Yang bring some soy milk back to order tofu.

In this era, tofu was a rare thing, and the soybeans distributed to adults in the village every year were only five catties per person, and unless the conditions were good, they were reluctant to use it to grind soy milk.

Hearing Pan Lao Wu say this, Pan Yang hurriedly said, "Fifth uncle, it's okay to help you grind soy milk, but I can't ask for your soy milk, so let's keep you and Aunt Wu to order tofu!" ”

Pan Lao Wu said with a smile, "How can I eat as much tofu as you and your fifth aunt, the soybeans were just brought back from the city by the children, and they were put away, so they simply grinded some soy milk out, and you have many children, so take them back to the children to eat." ”

Why Pan Lao Wu didn't give it to others, just to Pan Yang, there are traces to follow.

Pan Laowu's children are not around, it is inevitable to encounter troubles such as house leakage, moving food, headache and brain fever, Pan Zhaoke used to help his second elder, as long as Pan Laowu said, Pan Zhaoke can help almost all of them.

Pan Lao Wu accepted Pan Zhaoke's affection, and always wanted to repay Pan Zhaoke with something.

Of course, Pan Yang didn't know the relationship between Pan Zhaoke and Pan Lao Wu, she just had a good impression of the old couple, and besides, their children were not around, so she should help out.

After grinding the soybean milk, Aunt Pan added water to the bucket to dilute it, Pan Yang is a man, and his strength is greater, and he helped them carry the strainer to filter out the bean dregs.

The bean dregs are also a good thing, and Aunt Pan put them in two small pots.

Before leaving, Pan Lao Wu filled a large pot of soybean milk from the bucket, plus a small pot of bean dregs, and insisted that Pan Yang take it back.

Pan Yang couldn't shirk it, so he had to thank him again and again.

Pan Lao Wu said, "I really want to say thank you, the fifth uncle should thank you, I have been busy so many times ahead!" ”

Pan Yang heard it in a fog, but she also understood a little bit, her grandfather and Pan Lao Wu should have a good relationship.

Pan Yang followed Pan Lao Wu's words and said with a smile, "Fifth uncle, if you have anything to do in the future, just call me directly!" ”

Pan Lao Wu responded happily. All the way to Lao Pan's house, Pan Lao Wu poured a large pot of soybean milk into the bucket of Pan Yang's house, as for the bean dregs in the small pot, Zhang Xuelan took his own bowl and filled two bowls, Zhang Xuelan was overjoyed, and hurriedly invited Pan Lao Wu into the house to sit for a while, Pan Lao Wu repeatedly excused himself, said a few kind words and went home.

Sending Pan Lao Wu away, Zhang Xuelan happily carried the soy milk in the bucket, she didn't expect that Pan Lao Wu not only didn't ask her family to grind the 'bottom' of flour, but also gave her such a rare thing!

Zhang Xuelan said to Pan Yang with emotion, "Count it up, I haven't eaten tofu at home for a long time, just right, keep it for cooking on the day of the New Year." As for the bean dregs, you can mix them with the noodles to make a few cakes. ”

Pan Yang was also surprised by Pan Lao Wu's actions, and said with a smile, "Will you order tofu?" ”

Zhang Xuelan said, "I won't order, isn't this with you, he will order." ”

There is no tofu mold at home, anyway, it is eaten at home, and it doesn't need to be beautiful, Pan Hengchun simply poured the gypsum water into the bucket, then covered it with gauze, waited overnight, and waited for it to be taken out and eaten early tomorrow morning!

The next morning, the soy milk condensed into a tofu block, which was smooth and tender, and you could smell the smell of beans through the gauze.

Looking at the tofu in the bucket, Zhang Xuelan looked at Pan Yang, then at Pan Hengchun, hesitated, and finally said, "It's the New Year, I want to send me some tofu." ”

Pan Hengchun said with a smile, "It's time to give some gifts to my in-laws, but a few years ago, thanks to my in-laws' care." ”

Only then did Pan Yang think that as a 'son-in-law', she should take the initiative to let Zhang Xuelan send some gifts to her parents' family. The first time she was someone's 'son-in-law', she had no experience, so she completely forgot about it!

Zhang Xuelan's Ada, Pan Zhaoke's father-in-law, Pan Yang should call him an old man's 'old man', and she should honor his old man on behalf of her grandfather.

Pan Yang said, "Keep half of the tofu at home, and send the other half to you, and then cut a piece of meat at home and send it, a pair of pig's trotters, and vegetables in the yard, all bring some over." ”

Pan Yang scratched his head, thinking about how her father had told her mother to give gifts before, and suddenly thought of the key point, Pan Yang said, "By the way, I'll give you some more money, and he will let him buy whatever he likes to eat." ”

Zhang Xuelan originally just wanted to send some tofu to the past, but Pan Yang crackled and said it, and sent this and that. The water spilled by the married daughter, now for Zhang Xuelan, the old Pan family is her home, and her mother's family is just her relative, sending so many things to her relatives' family, Zhang Xuelan is a little painful.

"What do you do when you send so much, I don't have a good mouth, just send something soft and he can eat it, and he can't eat it if he sends too much!"

Zhang Xuelan Ada, who lived with her eldest brother and sister-in-law, her sister-in-law is a powerful character, Zhang Xuelan dares to guarantee that no matter what she sends over, she will be carried to her house by her sister-in-law in the end.

Zhang Xuelan has already calculated, today she cut two pieces of tofu over, and she will eat it at her parents' house at noon, so that her sister-in-law can steam the tofu or mix it cold, and she can eat some by the way.

In addition, she also wanted to bring some bean dregs over, so she put them in her Ada's house, and flushed them with hot water, so that she could drink them at any time.

In short, she must not let her sister-in-law swallow it alone!

Going like this, Zhang Xuelan took tofu and bean dregs to her mother's house, and the others were all unwilling to take them, Pan Yang said that she couldn't help her grandmother, and she didn't bother to care about her, anyway, it was her mother's house, so why do you like it.

It is also a coincidence, Zhang Xuelan just returned to her parents' house to give gifts today, and Pan Hengchun's daughter, that is, Pan Yang's aunt Pan Zhulin, also returned to her parents' house to give gifts on the back foot.

Compared with Zhang Xuelan's slamming of the door, Pan Zhulin is much more filial to her.

Two catties of pork, a medium-sized carp, a pair of pig's trotters, a bag of sunflower seeds, a bag of fried peanuts, and a bag of sweet potato maltose boiled by Pan Zhulin himself. All of them were placed on the table of the Eight Immortals in the hall.

Pan Zhulin brought her two sons with her, her two sons were about the same age as Pan Shisong, and the cousins quickly played together.

Pan Zhulin's mother-in-law and the old Pan family are separated by a Huai River, one is in the east of the river, and the other is in the west of the river, as the saying goes, it is separated by thousands of miles across the river, which is obviously not far, but because it is inconvenient to take a boat, Pan Zhulin comes back very rarely.

Zhang Xuelan was not at home, and Pan Yang couldn't cook, so Pan Zhulin, a relative, had to cook by himself, which made Pan Yang very embarrassed, so he had to rush forward and give Pan Zhulin a hand.

Pan Zhulin said, "Big brother, why are you still seeing me, what do you look like a big man is busy with me, you sit, I'll cook!" ”

Although Grandpa Mao has been in the position of women at this time, the majority of rural women still have the idea that men are the sky, and Pan Zhulin would rather be busy with her own work than her eldest brother in the kitchen.

Pan Yang asked Pan Zhulin to kill the carp, and at noon they burned a braised fish, as well as pork, and also cut a large piece to make braised pork.

Pan Zhulin rarely came back, people sent so many things, it was always time for Pan Zhulin's two sons to feast on their mouths, and they couldn't keep them privately.

When Pan Zhulin was killing fish, Pan Yang's second grandmother Zhu Xiuzhi and third grandmother Meng Guangmei came over together.

As soon as Zhu Xiuzhi entered the door, she was busy snatching the kitchen knife in Pan Zhulin's hand, squatting down to skillfully scrape the fish scales, and complaining to Pan Yangdao, "Big brother, this is yours, it's hard for Zhulin to come back all year round, since you don't call us to come back, at least everyone is eating together at noon!" ”

Pan Yang said it twice, it sounds so good, have a meal together? Whose food do you eat? Since you want to eat together, why didn't you see her bring her own rice and noodles?

Co-author is coming to eat her rice noodles?