Although there are no men in Taoyuan Village who are not allowed to do this work - most of the women contract this work on weekdays, but when there is a banquet at home, it is often men who are in charge, and most of the people who slaughter livestock during the New Year and festivals are men, and women are only responsible for doing it at this time; They didn't know what kind of gentleman was to stay away from the kitchen, but subconsciously felt that it was a very strange thing to cook with Chang Xile.

Huaizi, jujube, fir, apricot and poplar, the five children sat on the side with the haystacks, their eyes unblinking.

Chang Yu was very dissatisfied with such a gaze, so he moved and used his body to block between the five children and Chang Xile, even at the expense of getting close to the fire pit. The five children didn't understand, and when they saw that their sight was blocked, they all moved to the other side with the grass mound, but Chang Yu also moved. At first, the children didn't understand, but after a few troubles, they finally knew that Chang Yu was deliberate.

Chang Xile cut the sour bamboo shoots into sections, cut the ginger into slices, removed the skin of the garlic and prepared spices such as bay leaves and star anise, and when he turned around, he couldn't help laughing when he saw Chang Yu's movements. His hands were still stained with water, and he flicked his fingers, and the water beads floated onto Chang Yu's face.

"Don't mess around, just sit here and don't move."

Chang Yu meowed and arched Chang Xile's shoulders with his head, looking unhappy. Chang Yu is very smart, although he was only picked up by Chang Xile for a few days, he can guess what he means from Chang Xile's tone.

"Don't arch, you won't be able to heal the wound on your head if you arch it again." Chang Xile said with a straight face. Obviously raised by a tiger, how can he be like a cat. If it weren't for seeing him tear up a group of bandits with his own eyes before, he would never have imagined that Chang Yu's lethality would be so great.

Chang Yu was unhappy when he saw Chang Xile, so he obediently sat on the grass mound. His hands habitually leaned forward, but he did not dare to touch the ground, if his clothes were dirty, because he knew that he would be killed by Chang Xi again.

Chang Xi was glad to see that he didn't stick to himself, and he liked him even more. The child knew that he was busy, so he was very obedient and did not bother. It's only been a few days together, but it's as if he was raised since childhood, and I clearly understand what he means.

He doesn't have much time, and he must get these things done before everyone returns. If Daddy Chang came back, he would definitely not be allowed to do this by himself. The scholar here is a person who does not touch the spring water with ten fingers, especially if he is still famous, and he feels that he should not be contaminated with such vulgar things.

But there is a lack of chili pepper, which Chang Xile regards as the most important ingredient, and must be replaced by dogwood, but although this thing is spicy, the taste is pungent and bitter, and the taste of chili pepper is different after all, and he must personally know how to make the spicy taste of dogwood close to that of chili.

People here also eat dogwood, but many people are not very enthusiastic about it, just to get rid of moisture. The main reason is that the time to take it as a condiment is short, and I don't know much about it, and the level of the guide zhì modulation is relatively poor, and there will always be a bitter taste, so I don't like it very much. Moreover, it is very troublesome to pick and make zuò, and the poor people are still at the level of just trying to eat enough, so they don't have the leisure time to get these.

This season is not yet the time to pick dogwood, but fortunately, you can buy the zuò sauce and some dried dogwood that were made with dogwood, and you can replace them first. It's just that these don't taste very good and need to be dealt with. After two months, the dogwood in the mountains was ripe, and when the time came, they could be picked in large quantities, and he had already heard that there were many of them in the mountains. At that time, the business was also going on for a while, and it was possible to determine everyone's taste, and if everyone liked it, they were not afraid of not being able to supply it.

Chang Xile boiled the dogwood sauce with spices such as lard, perilla, and grass fruit, and the spicy and pungent taste came out. Chang Xile was okay, the five children present and Chang Yu were not used to such a taste, and they all sneezed.

Chang Yu's tears came out, he looked in pain, his nose was more sensitive than ordinary people, and he couldn't stand such a strong smell at all. Chang Yu was so choked that he forgot to walk on his feet, and he bit Chang Yu's clothes on all fours and pulled out, and Chang Xile was pulled out of the door without reacting.

Chang Xile couldn't cry or laugh, and his heart was warm, this child was afraid that he would be choked.

"Little meow, I'm fine, you wait for me here." And he lifted him up with joy.

Chang Yu looked at Chang Xile with tears in his eyes, and saw that Chang Xile was unmoved, so he could only let go. When Chang Xile walked into the kitchen, he let out a low whimper, and followed him in with a look of resignation.

"Little Meow, you're waiting for me outside." Chang Xile pointed at him and then pointed outside.

Chang Yu didn't move, still sitting firmly in place, while sneezing non-stop.

Chang Xile was helpless, knowing that it was useless to say it, so he didn't care about him anymore.

This guy even had to follow him to the toilet, and he didn't listen to anything, but he gave him an extra bodyguard. The thatched hut here is in a vegetable garden at least 50 meters away from the house, and the walls are still half open in order to facilitate the removal of dung. If anyone passes by, they can see the people squatting in the pit.

Forget it, the squatting pit is just two pieces of wood, and if you are not careful, you will fall down, and going to the toilet is thrilling. There is a person standing by, and if you fall in, someone will save you......

Chang Xile is most afraid of coming here, and he can't adapt to it at all. If you want to find a wild place to solve it, you can see that even the one-year-old doll has to hold back in order to accumulate fertilizer, where is he embarrassed. In the past, he always hated chemical fertilizers and felt that they were not green enough, but now he only hates that he did not go through the fertilizer factory together. People are going to starve to death, and they don't care what quality. The quality is almost going to die, and if you don't have anything to eat, you're going to die.

Chang Xile hurriedly shook his head, he was making food, where did he want to go!

The new dogwood sauce is finally boiled, and I am quite satisfied with the smell of Chang Xile, and I tried it with chopsticks, and my body, which was not used to the spicy taste, was suddenly exploded by this spicy taste, cool!

Although it is different from chili, Chang Xile was so moved by this familiar spicy taste that he almost cried. He definitely has a true love for chili peppers, he hasn't had a chance to taste them since he was sick before, and he doesn't know how much he misses them.

Xing'er and Yang Zi couldn't sit still when they saw Chang Xile's satisfied look.

"Uncle, can I taste it?" Yang Zi asked.

The child's spleen and stomach are weak, and he rarely eats spicy food before, so I'm afraid it's hard to accept, but Chang Xile also wants someone to help him taste it, comment on how it tastes, and think about it: "Huaizi, you try it, they are still young, I'm afraid it will be spicy to them." ”

The locust is always bigger, so it shouldn't be okay to dip a little.

Chang Xile just dipped a little with his chopsticks, and was about to hand it to Huaizi, but as soon as his hand stretched out, a familiar head came over and stretched out his tongue very skillfully to lick it. Then, a small meow that has exploded appears in the house.

Chang Yu jumped and jumped, scurrying around the room to express his feelings, and his tongue kept sticking out like a puppy.

Chang Xile hurriedly handed him water, this reaction is too exaggerated, it's not so spicy!

Chang Yu didn't take the water, but opened his mouth to let Chang Xile feed him.

Chang Xile was helpless, only said a word lightly, and fed the water himself. He knew that it was not good to be too accustomed to this, but like many bear children's parents, he couldn't help but indulge.

Chang Yu calmed down at this time, drank the water with a satisfied face, and stretched out his head to let Chang Xile touch him.

Chang Xile suddenly understood that where was this being spicy, it was clearly coquettish!

He had already realized that it was inappropriate to be so accustomed before, and seeing that Chang Yu's injury had improved in the past few days, he would not stick to Chang Yu like before, and he would not be able to work like this! As a result, this guy wants to please attention and caress him.

"Sit down!"

Chang Xile said sternly, this wind must not last!

Chang Yu suddenly understood that he had failed to play coquettishly, and sat honestly on the grass mound, and rarely straightened his back with an honest look. A pair of watery eyes, red lips and white teeth are very cute.

Chang Xile didn't care about him anymore, and let Huaizi try the new dogwood sauce, and Huaizi's eyes lit up after eating.

"Uncle, this sauce has no bitter taste!"

"Is this spicy taste acceptable?"

Huaizi nodded again and again, "Yes!" ”

This sound made the other few little ones envious, and their necks stretched out, causing Chang Yu to shoot sharply, and they were glared at by Chang Xile, and they looked like they were wide-eyed.

Chang Xile smiled: "This sauce is boring just to eat like this, don't worry, wait for the pig's trotters and snails to be cooked in a while, and give you a good meal." ”

Chang Xile asked Huaizi to turn down the heat, put the sour bamboo shoots into a frying pan without oil, and take them out after the water evaporates. Boil the pig's trotters chopped into small pieces with hot water, remove them to dry them and spread them with soy sauce.

At the beginning of each month and in the middle of the month, there will be a market in the neighboring villages, and the nearby villagers will rush to exchange things, and there will be street sellers there to sell things. Although it is the nearest neighboring village, it is also half an hour's road away from Taoyuan Village, but it is also much more convenient than going to the county seat.

And soy sauce was bought by Chang Xile in the county before, Chang's family is now poor, and the usual seasonings are only oil and salt, and soy sauce is a luxury. In the entire Taoyuan Village, there are few families who are willing to cook and put soy sauce.

Chang Xile used an iron pot to stir-fry the prepared ginger, garlic, star anise, grass fruit, etc. in oil, and suddenly there was a burst of fragrance in the kitchen, which caused the four children to swallow their saliva non-stop.

Although Changjia has an iron pot, the number of times you can use it to stir-fry can be counted with one slap, all in the form of a side stove. The aroma of stir-frying is incomparable to ordinary real boiling, and because of poverty in recent years, it is even more clear soup with little water, and there is no taste, which is a strong contrast, and it is difficult for both children and adults to resist the temptation.

After the fragrance of the spices comes out, Chang Xile puts in the snails, stir-fries and then adds sour bamboo shoots, and finally puts in the pig's trotters and stir-fry together. Now even the most stable locust can't help but swallow saliva, which is also fragrant!

I haven't tasted it, but I know how delicious it is! Even Chang Yu, who was not very happy with cooked food, looked at the pot with a different gaze.

Yang Zi snorted and said, "Uncle, can we make this every day in the future?!" ”

Xing'er glanced at him angrily, "Think beautifully, I don't know how much it costs to eat such a pot, and it is enough for us to be beautiful for a lifetime." ”

Although this is an exaggeration, it is also partly true, not to mention the pig's trotters, these condiments alone cost a lot of money. According to the current situation of the Chang family, such a dish is definitely a luxury, and if it weren't for business, Chang Xile wouldn't dare to do it at present.

Chang Xile promised: "We will have the opportunity to eat delicious food every day in the future." ”

The five children nodded their heads, feeling that since it was Chang Xile who said it, it would definitely come true.

Chang Xile said as he added a large pot full of water, and when it was boiling, he transferred them to the casserole and simmered slowly.

When the adults in the family returned from work, Chang Xile lifted the lid, divided half of it, and sprinkled it with some perilla, dogwood sauce and shallots. Immediately, the whole fragrance filled the whole house, whether it was the children who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, or the adults who had been hungry for a long time and had worked hard for a long time, saliva instantly filled the mouth.

It's also delicious!