Sister-in-law Liu cut a large pot of shredded sauerkraut, washed a large handful of wide vermicelli, a large piece of frozen tofu, and smashed two pork bones that were still warm, cut a large piece of pork, poured them all into a large iron pot, and simmered them on high heat with green onion and ginger star anise.

She thought about it and cooked four or five ribs and a piece of lean meat separately in the small pot next to her, and Mei Huā smiled and winked at her when she saw it. Sister-in-law Liu blushed slightly, and explained in a low voice, "The owner is different from us rough people, cook some lean meat and eat it with garlic for her." ”

Dong Rong happened to help Mrs. Yu out, and when she heard this, she smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, who doesn't know that the stew in the cauldron is the most fragrant, you are planning to leave me to eat alone." ”

Everyone laughed, Dong Rong scooped up the ribs and lean meat with her own hands and threw them into the cauldron to stew together, and said with a smile, "Everyone finally got together and was lively, don't be polite with me, let go of your stomach and eat happily today." ”

"Xie Dongjia, Xie Dongjia." Everyone thanked each other, and they couldn't close their mouths when they looked at the oily cauldron.

Soon, the sauerkraut in the iron pot was boiled softly, the meat on the pork bone stick was also off the bone, the broth was tinged with a faint milky white color, and when I lowered my head and sniffed it, there was immediately a heat in my lungs, and an indescribable satisfaction lingered in my heart and lingered.

There were exactly three tables in the three rooms of the Yu family, and the table in the hall sat Silly Zhu, Dong Ping, Steward Zhang and Yu Guisheng, in the east room was Xizi and a few handymen who helped, and in the inner room where Mrs. Yu lived, Dong Rong and a group of old girls sat down.

In front of the food, everyone forgot to be polite, a large pot of sauerkraut and pork stewed vermicelli was served, everyone served a bowl of sharp points, picked up a red pepper that was burned in the stove and became a powder, and when he rubbed his hands into the soup, he became a powder, and took a sip, the sour fragrance revealed a hot and spicy taste, which made everyone exhale a long breath, and intuitively felt that there could be no more beautiful enjoyment in the world.

Not to mention that everyone in the orchard eats and drinks happily, and the village is also like an important festival. There were four or five tables inside and outside Cao's house, and Aunt Cao's family was also invited, and when they arrived, they happened to see a large piece of meat coming out of the pot. Stone and his two nephews and nieces were so hungry that they almost dripped. water, far away in the corner of the stove and reluctant to go out. Second Sister Cao was distressed, so she quickly cut a large plate of cooked meat and sent it to her room, so that they could appease the worms in their stomachs first.

Aunt Cao and her family were also surprised at why their sister-in-law was so generous, and when they heard that the pig was sent by Dong Rong, they suddenly realized. But when talking to Mrs. Cao, she flattered her without hesitation, and she was so happy that Mrs. Cao couldn't find the north.

In the broken yard of the village head, ten large iron pots are also steaming. There are three or four hundred homeless people, and if they all put sauerkraut, they don't know how to eat up the vats of several households, so Zhao Qingshan asked the women on the stove to replace the sauerkraut with cabbage and the vermicelli with potatoes. Fortunately, a large piece of fat was thrown in, and blood clots, heart, liver, lungs, and intestines were added to the water, which made this pot stew taste three points better.

A group of children squatted outside the shed, not afraid of the cold wind blowing, stretched their necks and desperately sniffed the fragrance in the air, and from time to time they clicked their mouths, as if they had tasted the taste of pork that they had not seen for a long time. Zhao Qingshan stood aside with his hands behind his back and instructed a few men to clean up the slightly messy yard, and occasionally turned his head to see the children like this, and felt sad, so he called a woman and asked her to serve a few bowls for the children to satisfy their hunger.

I didn't want to, but the two old men who were squatting at the base of the wall stepped forward to stop him, and said with a little apprehension, "Steward Zhao, we lowly people can be treated so favorably by the owner, it stands to reason that we can only be grateful, and we shouldn't make any more demands." But after discussing it, everyone still wanted to ask Zhao to be accommodating. ”

Zhao Qingshan usually manages these homeless people, and he is very clear about some of the prestige figures among them. The old man who spoke was said to have worked in a private school when he was young, and he could recite and write the "Three Character Classic" throughout.

The people in the village were very surprised to see this, and they also brought their children to follow the school, and for a while, the village would have the sound of reading aloud every day, and the whole mountain seemed to be full of aura. Naturally, this old man who played the role of Mr. is also respected by everyone.

Zhao Qingshan heard the old man say this, and hurriedly half-bent his back and said with a smile: "Uncle Shen has something to say, our owner is a kind one." If it does not violate the rules of the orchard, the quasi-insurance will agree. ”

The old man surnamed Shen had a bottom in his heart, so he smiled and said, "Since we people entered the village, we have not received the help of the old and young masters of various families, and we get along like a family." Today, thanks to the good food of the owner, I should have been happy. But when everyone remembered that the 'family' might not have drunk a mouthful of broth for a long time, it was not a taste in their hearts. Therefore, if Steward Zhao doesn't mind, can you allow everyone to take their share back and let the 'family' have a good time. Luckily? ”

Zhao Qingshan's mind turned around many times at this time, and he guessed a lot, but he didn't expect the old man to make such a request.

People's hearts are long, and the people in the village have been close to the displaced people all these days, and this kindness has not been disappointed, and now they have been rewarded with a hot return?

"Cheng, the owner has already ordered that half of this pig should be distributed to each family as a thank-you gift. If the proprietor knew that everyone was so close to the people in the village, they would be happy. After a while, the stew will be divided into one point, and everyone will directly help take back the raw meat. ”

Shen Lao Han is old and refined, how could he not know that Zhao Qingshan did this clearly to ask the people in the village to accept more favors from them. So he hurriedly saluted and thanked him, Zhao Qingshan smiled and shouted a few men to quickly divide the raw meat, no matter how fat or thin, they were cut into strips of meat about three fingers wide, about two catties wide, and the homeless people took the yard as a unit, and the large population divided a large pot of stewed vegetables and a piece of meat, and the small population was half a pot of stewed vegetables and a piece of meat. Whoever took the basin took off his padded jacket and carefully covered it, then spread out and strode towards his residence.

In the winter, when there is nothing to do, the villagers are willing to get together to gossip and do a little work, so some new things are spread very quickly. The orchard kills pigs, the Cao family kills pigs, and even the homeless people have meat and vegetables to eat, which is already known to everyone in the village.

The open-minded villagers at most discussed a few words: "Didn't the Cao family's orchard not sell the fruit, how could there be money to buy pigs to kill?" ”

And those who are already a little jealous and like to say sour things are much more difficult to hear: "Our life is really boring, not even a homeless person?" People still have a mouthful of broth to drink, but we can't even smell it! ”

Everyone talked like this, seeing that noon was about to pass, but none of them had any intention of going back to the fire to cook. At this moment, the children of various families ran out to find their father and mother, shouting loudly, "Mother, go home quickly, uncle (aunt) they are back with food, and there is meat!" ”

"What! They brought the food back and ate it? And the meat..."

"Yes, mother, go back quickly! What a big piece of meat, it's distributed to our family! The child couldn't stand it, and he couldn't wait to catch the old lady and fly all the way back.

The mothers-in-law didn't care about saying anything sour now, so they picked up the sewing basket and walked to their house. When I got home, I saw it, but no, the big pot of meat and vegetables was placed on the table, and the large piece of meat accounted for a small half, and the raw meat next to it was also tender and tender, oily, and people wanted to kiss two mouthfuls in their arms.

The women were really happy now, and they found a rope to tie the meat pieces and threw them into the snowdrift to freeze, which is the dumpling filling and meat dishes of the family during the Chinese New Year. The rest of the big pot of vegetables is poured directly into the pot, and two cabbages and half a pot of potatoes are added to stew again, and the side of the pot is pasted with golden bud cakes, and finally when it comes out of the pot, it becomes full of three large pots of meat dishes.

The old and new members of the family sat together, snoring and eating. Soon someone couldn't hold back their tears, but they laughed hard and complained, "Sister-in-law, did you put chili peppers again, it was so spicy that I shed tears!" ”

"It's good to be spicy, to drive away the cold and remove the mildew. Eat more, your body is well-nourished, and you will have to rush to your hometown in the spring next year. The old people in the family spoke to persuade him.

The latter nodded vigorously, "I will first build a yard for the benefactor of the owner, and then go back!" ”

"That's right!"

Almost every household in the village is like this, eating and drinking while talking, which is very lively and warm. At some point, a small piece of snow fell in the sky, fluttering on the window lattice, and was soon melted by the overflowing heat in the house.

People's hearts are warm, and they don't feel cold in three winters...

When the dining table in the orchard was removed, it was already a little dark, and Mrs. Yu was worried that Dong Rong still had to go up the mountain, so she asked her to go back early. Dong Rong was not hypocritical, and asked Liu's sister-in-law to leave twenty catties of meat for the Yu family in a few days when Yu Guisheng married his daughter-in-law. Then let her, Mei Hu'er, and Zhao Qingshan each carry two catties back, and finally the rest were cut into small pieces and frozen, and whoever went up the mountain to help carry them up tomorrow would be done.

Sister-in-law Liu responded with a smile, and shouted loudly to the two patrolling handymen to hurry up and open a snowy road, and then send the family back. The two handymen were eating with round stomachs, and their faces were flushed with heat at this moment, and they quickly put on their straw boots and were about to go out.

Dong Rong saw that the straw boots were extremely fine and sturdy, and with a flash of inspiration in his mind, he beckoned two people to come forward and ask, whose craft is this?

The two handymen naturally knew everything, it turned out that the weather in the four continents in the south was warm, and the peasant family was thrifty, almost every household wore straw shoes to work in the fields in spring, summer and autumn, and some baskets and small objects were also straw weaving. Therefore, both the elderly and children have a pair of skillful hands.

The more Dong Rong listened, the more pleased she became, and she turned around and called Steward Zhang to discuss in a low voice. Tomorrow the spring orchard is going to open its doors to welcome guests, if it is about luxury and exquisiteness, there are several wealthy families in the city whose gardens are very well repaired, and they are often rented out on weekdays. Dong Rong pondered that her orchard itself is in the mountains, and of course it should focus on the characteristics of the mountains. Huā sea, ponds, grass pavilions, fresh fruits and vegetables, home-brewed fruit wine, and game, all added in one place are also unique. However, in order to attract the pretentious literati and ink writers, these are still some shortcomings, and now the emergence of straw weaving has filled this shortcoming.