Chapter 40: Stories Everywhere
was delayed by the Song family, and when Mu Zhen entered the house, the intestines in the pot were almost refined.
When I got out of the pot, it was full of pots, but now I have refined most of the oil, and the intestines are estimated to be only an old bowl.
The rest of the process is relatively simple, scoop up the oil, leave a small half bowl of intestines in the pot, then add water to simmer softly, scoop a few bowls of bud grits into the pot, mix well with water and fat intestines, and then use low heat, it is the same as steaming dry rice, after the water is dry, add a little garlic and green onion and mix well, you can eat.
The soup in the pot was almost boiled, and Mu Zhen used a large wooden basin to serve it, and then began to fry the pork kidneys.
The pig's kidneys have been castrated, slightly shrinking, but it has also castrated its own fishy smell, two are afraid that it is not enough, Mu Zhen fried four at a time.
After the pot is red, add oil, add a few chili peppercorns and ginger to stir-fry, then pour the pork kidneys into it and stir-fry, and finally add onions, and add salt after the onions are fried, and you can basically get out of the pot.
After the dish is served, pour the soup into the pot and boil, and the grits are almost steamed. Add garlic and chopped green onion and stir-fry, indescribably fragrant.
Mu Zhen took two baskets and planned to send them to Dr. Xu and Hongmei respectively.
Judging from Song's reaction just now, it is estimated that many people are taboo about eating this. But Dr. Xu has eaten pork liver, and he also knows this, so he must not mind.
At that time, Hongmei didn't stop me from buying these by myself, and presumably they wouldn't mind.
Mu Zhen took the small buns to Dr. Xu and sent them, and He Laosan sent them to Hongmei.
Seeing Mu Zhen coming, Dr. Xu came from afar to pick up the things in Mu Zhen's hand, couldn't wait to open it and smell it, and immediately let out a satisfied sigh, "You girl, although your mouth is bad, but your craftsmanship is right, it's finally right for your father and I love you." ”
Regarding Old Man Xu's cheap and obedient behavior, Mu Zhen didn't even bother to give it a roll of his eyes, and said speechlessly: "Okay, then you can eat slowly, I won't be here to hinder your eyes anymore." I knew I would have brought it to you when I had finished eating. ”
Regarding Mu Zhen's muttering, Dr. Xu waved his hand indifferently and said: "Let's go, let's go, if I finish eating later, I'm going to scoop it again, you grind and chirp, beware that I'll finish eating it for you." ”
said, no matter what Mu Zhen's reaction was, she walked back with the basket, and from time to time she twisted a piece of fat intestine or pork kidneys with her hands to eat.
Looking at Old Man Xu's childish appearance, Mu Zhen shook her head with a smile and walked back with the little bun.
This child has been staring at her since she started cooking, but when she saw that her father and mother didn't eat, she endured it alive.
Compared with Dr. Xu's direct eating, Hongmei's family has some scruples.
Looking at this bowl full of soup and corn grits, Hongmei said: "When I saw Mu Zhen buy this, I always expected her to do something, but I didn't expect it to be eaten by myself, but can I eat this thing?" ”
Jinshan scratched his head and said, "The third child sent a trip, it's not good if you don't eat it." ”
"But ......"
Before Hongmei finished speaking, she was interrupted by her sister-in-law Jin Lian, who heard the sound, and said, "If my sister-in-law doesn't eat it, I'll eat it." People are well-intentioned, and we can't be so bad. Besides, why can't we eat what others can eat? ”
As he spoke, he picked up the chopsticks on the table and began to eat. Last time, Mu Zhen asked her brother and sister-in-law to bring her back the Tsubaki sprouts, which were delicious, and she still remembers the taste.
Originally, she just had the attitude of giving it a try, but she didn't expect it to taste really good, "Brother, sister-in-law, I don't believe you can taste it, it's okay if it's not delicious, our family is not rich, what to do so much, I promise it's as delicious as meat." ”
Geumsan saw that his sister was eating, he was a big man, and he didn't have so many cares, so he also ate it, but he didn't expect it to taste really good.
Since this virgin girl woke up from her injury, Geumsan hasn't had much contact with her. Last time, her daughter-in-law said that her embroidery skills were better than her own, but Jinshan still didn't believe it, but she didn't expect that this cooking skill was better than that of her daughter-in-law.
Hongmei looked at the fragrant appearance of Jinshan and Jinlian eating, and couldn't help but clip a chopsticks and pork kidney. Eating and eating, she couldn't stop, thinking that eating more is also eating, and eating less is eating, she might as well be full.
It is estimated that the family of three has this attitude, so they have eaten it all.
Mu Zhen had eaten here, so she didn't go up the mountain again. In the morning, I had such a quarrel with the Song family, and it was not good to go out.
These two days are the time to hoe the bud grass, and the day of going to the house is basically busy on the slope except for the time of eating. There is no need to help with the fire and cooking, and Mu Zhen is a lot more relaxed.
He Laosan was weaving household furniture in the house, and Mu Zhen was embroidering with patterns. Xiao Baozi originally asked him to go to the yard to find children to play, but who knew that he insisted on sticking to Mu Zhen, and Mu Zhen taught him a few words of the three-character scripture.
Now the family of three sleeps in the same bed, and when He Laosan is free, he puts the previous two beds into one. Mu Zhen sewed the quilt again, and it was more than enough for the family to fall asleep.
He Laosan's hands were protected by gloves, and every night before going to bed, Mu Zhen let him soak in hot water again, and carefully peeled off some of the calluses, and now he was not as rough as before.
In this era, there are no such things as mobile phones and televisions, and I go to bed as soon as it gets dark. At this time, the weather is still dark early and bright, and the little couple has to talk for a while every night before going to sleep.
He Laosan smeared the black, moved the son who was between him and Mu Zhen inside, and hugged his daughter-in-law. Judging by the skillful movements, such things are often done.
For He Laosan's actions, Mu Zhen is no longer surprised. Ever since she had been pushed by the field and twisted her hamstrings, he would wait for his son to fall asleep every night and move him inside.
Although Mu Zhen protested several times, afraid that Xiao Baozi would kick the quilt if he slept in it alone, He Laosan swore that Xiao Baozi was a man and could not be so pampered.
And when Xiao Baozi didn't catch a cold once, Mu Zhen didn't bother to insist, it was useless to insist anyway.
Accustomed to nesting in He Laosan's arms, Mu Zhen suddenly remembered that when she brought food to her godfather and them today, she encountered a strange grass on the side of the road.
"Xianggong, I saw a kind of grass on the road this morning, and it grows so strangely."
He Laosan let Mu Zhen pillow with one hand, and touched Mu Zhen's hair with the other, "What grass?" What's weird. ”
"I don't know what it's called, but there's a lot of it growing on the side of the road. Bush after clump, slender and slender, and each leaf had a mark on it, as if it had been pinched with a fingernail shell. ”
Hearing what his daughter-in-law said, He Laosan knew what kind of grass Mu Zhen was talking about.
This kind of grass is called knotted scar grass, it does grow strangely, no matter how big or small, there is a mark on it, speaking of which, this kind of grass has a saying in Pingyao Village.
At that time, it was probably in the war years, there were two fellow villagers, Zhang San and Li Si, who went to join the army together, and there would be a subsidy of one or two silver in the army every month.
Zhang San is a serious and honest person, thinking that there are still wives and children and widows at home, and he fights every day, and he doesn't know if he can go back alive, so it's like finding a way out for the people in the house.
Every time the army issued money, he didn't take it, but kept it all there, "If I accidentally die one day, when you pay the pension, take these military salaries to my daughter-in-law and my wife." ”
And Li Si is a person who likes to steal and play tricks, greedy for life and afraid of death. The thing he thinks about is the opposite of Zhang San, anyway, he doesn't know if he will live when he gets it, he should eat, he should drink, and he didn't save a penny in his hand.
Two years passed, the war finally stopped, and both men survived. Zhang San took more than 20 taels of silver from the head and brought it home, but Li Si did not even have a copper.
Seeing Zhang San's face full of spring, but he didn't have any money, Li Si was naturally unbalanced in his heart, "Third brother, you see that the two of us have escaped death so many times, and it is also a fateful friendship." I have been out for a year or two, and I haven't talked about my official position, and I haven't even got a tall person, which makes people laugh. You see, if you lend me a little of your money, and give it back to you when I have a way to live. ”
Although the two are fellow villagers, Li Sina has the temperament to spend two articles, Zhang San persuaded him over and over again, but he just didn't listen. The money in his hand was given to his wife and daughter-in-law in exchange for his life, how can he lend it to him?
Li Si was rejected, although he was not happy in his heart, he still looked indifferent on his face.
Zhang San's home was farther away than Li Si's, and it was already dark when Li Si arrived home, so he forced Zhang San to rest at home. Zhang San thought that he would go back immediately, and it would not be too many hours, and if he was walking alone, he might meet a jackal, so he agreed.
Li Si's daughter-in-law waited at home for so long, but didn't see a piece of silver, in the middle of the night, the two couldn't help arguing, Li Si was impatient with the noise, and suddenly remembered that Zhang San still had a lot of silver on him, so he said to his daughter-in-law: "I don't have any silver on me, but Zhang San has a lot of money in his hand, why don't you get it?" ”
Li Si's lane also made a movement to wipe his neck, and Li Si's daughter-in-law naturally knew what it meant, "This is not good, if he dies in our house, and the old man will find him when the time comes, I will not be in prison." ”
After all, Li Si had killed people on the battlefield, so his heart was naturally hard, "What are you afraid of, when we came back, it was dark, except for my son, who knew that he had rested in our house all night?" ”
Three years later, Zhang San's family couldn't find anyone no matter how they inquired, so they reported to the official. The officials of the government searched along the way back from Zhang San, and after going to Li Si's house for interrogation, it was also dark, so Li Si left a few officials to eat in the house for the night, and killed a big rooster in the house.
The servants saw that the rooster had a lot of blood, and after a long time, they smiled and said, "This chicken is almost sperm, and it hasn't died after so much blood." ”
At this time, Li Si's son said beside him: "When my father and mother killed people that year, there was more blood than this?" ”
The child's unintentional words attracted the attention of several officials, "Little baby, how do you know that your father and mother have killed someone?" ”
"They started to choke the man's neck, and I woke up when the man was tearing at them, and I hid behind the door and saw it, and after the man died, they slashed him with knives a few times, and there was a lot of blood than this. Later, there was a lot of scarred grass growing in the bleeding area, and we couldn't get rid of it, so we changed houses to live in. ”
In this way, several officials, led by children, found the bones and clumps of scar grass from the old house. After the case was solved, the grass took root in Pingyao Village, and it was everywhere on the roadside.
Listening to He Laosan tell such a story, Mu Zhen suddenly remembered Song's fierce reaction in the morning, and asked, "Then Song's reaction in the morning, is there anything special about it?" ”
He Laosan thought that his daughter-in-law knew these things, but she still didn't care and ate those things like pig offal, and explained: "Things like pig offal, the old generation said that they were not clean, and if they offended the king of the stove, they would be blind, so few people eat them." ”
Hearing He Laosan say this, Mu Zhen knew why. Although everything is backward in ancient times, there are stories everywhere, and there is still a different taste.