Chapter 17
But he said that Jiang Hua injured his leg yesterday, and the Jiang family really didn't have the money to invite Lang Zhong, and later Jiang Wu next door invited Lang Zhong for Jiang Hua, and advanced 500 Wen for the Jiang family's medical expenses.
Old man Jiang thought of his son's leg injury, thought of the foreign debts he owed, and thought of his daughter-in-law who ran back to her parents' house overnight, and he didn't close his eyes almost overnight. Before dawn to-day, he went out fishing. But the fishing boats are small and old, and there are many fishermen, so they can't catch any fish. The fish that finally caught a little bit was pulled to the dock and could not be sold at a price, and it took nearly a day to make more than a dozen dollars, so he had no choice but to pull the remaining fish and shrimp back to Jiangjiatan in frustration.
As soon as Old Man Jiang entered the door, he put down the trolley containing fish and shrimp, and a small figure threw himself into his arms. If you look closely, it turns out to be his little grandson Zhao Shilang. His son became a biological son late, but his eldest daughter gave birth to two pairs of dragon and phoenix fetuses successively, and he loved this young brother and sister the most. Even if he had Jiang Xiaohu and Jiang Lihua later, he still missed the two of them.
"Oh! Good boy, why are you here? Old Man Jiang said with surprise and joy.
"Our family is here to celebrate your birthday!" Zhao Shilang said with a smile.
"Birthday?" Old Man Jiang was stunned. Poor families run around every day for a living, where do they remember their birthdays.
"You, I don't even remember that today is your fiftieth birthday! It's a shame that your daughter's family is thinking about you, and they came all the way to give you a birthday greeting! Yang said angrily.
Old man Jiang turned his head to see his eldest daughter who had not seen him for a long time, and heard that they had come to pay him a birthday greeting, and he was full of worries.
"Grandma, my grandfather is back, let's hurry up and eat! Isn't it good? Jiang Xiaohu pulled the corner of Yang's clothes and said coquettishly.
"Yes, yes! Grandma, it's not too early now, I'm going to call my dad and my brother back for dinner! As soon as Zhao Shilang finished speaking, he didn't wait for anyone to respond, so he ran out of the house.
It turned out that although the belly and lung soup had not yet been cooked, the aroma wafting out of the pot made everyone present salivate, and even attracted Zhao Shilang and Jiang Xiaohu, who were playing in the yard.
The adults can still restrain themselves, but the children can't. Originally, only Jiang Lihua smelled the aroma of bone broth and circled around the stove, and even Zhao Shilang and Jiang Xiaohu gathered around the stove after burning this belly and lung soup, and couldn't wait to drink a bowl.
However, Zhao Siniang had a small face, and said seriously that she would not be able to give them a drink until after the meal. They kept waiting, waiting, and finally looked forward to the old man Jiang coming back, and they didn't hurry up to urge the meal. The adults couldn't help but laugh when they saw the children's anxious looks.
Yang saw that the hour was not early, so he began to arrange to set the table for dinner.
Because the Jiang family only had two pots, the Yang family heard Zhao Siniang say that the bone broth was almost over, and the belly and lung soup would have to be stewed for a while, so they put the bone broth out first, and added water to it to prepare to cook dumplings.
"Siniang, I'll cook dumplings later, don't you want to roll noodles? Why don't you roll it out now? We'll be down later. Yang urged.
"Grandma, don't worry, make noodles so fast!" At this time, Zhao Siniang was squatting next to a wooden basin, watching with relish the leftover fish and shrimp sold by Old Man Jiang.
Suddenly, Zhao Siniang raised her head, and her eyes happened to match Zhao Sanniang who was preparing dishes and chopsticks, Zhao Sanniang suddenly became alert, the little sister won't support her again, right?
I saw Zhao Siniang smile sweetly at her, and turned her eyes to Jiang Yue, who had just walked in from outside.
"Auntie, can you help me kill these fish?" Zhao Siniang said.
Jiang Yue'e looked into the basin, and the rest were small fish, and the largest one was only the size of a palm. So he persuaded: "Siniang, these fish are too small, and they don't taste interesting!" Wait for Ming'er to ask grandpa to leave you a few big ones, and my aunt will make them for you to eat! ”
"It's okay, Siniang likes to eat small fish. Auntie, you can kill me! Zhao Siniang continued to plead.
Looking at Zhao Siniang looking at herself expectantly, Jiang Yue'e thought to herself that her little niece and her family are not close to the river, so I am afraid that she doesn't eat much fish, and now she is a little hungry for fish. Forget about killing, kill it, anyway, killing fish is not a hassle for her at all. So she nodded in agreement.
At this time, Zhao Siniang saw that the water in the pot was boiling, and Yang was putting dumplings into the pot, and felt that the time was not too late, so he got up to make noodles.
Zhao Siniang kneaded the awakened dough, kneaded it into a long strip of about one meter, slowly kneaded it into the dough after slowly circling it, and then repeated it many times.
"Siniang, don't you want to roll out the dough?" Zhao Sanniang said curiously, can you roll the dough and knead it repeatedly?
"I said I wanted to make noodles, but instead of rolling noodles, I made ramen." Zhao Siniang explained.
"Ramen?" The people in the stove room think it's very fresh, can this side still be pulled?
I saw Zhao Siniang knead the dough into long strips again, grabbed both ends of the strips with both hands, picked it up in the air, shook it repeatedly, and kept folding it in half, one to two, two to four, and four to eight...... But in the blink of an eye, the long strip the thickness of the rolling pin was pulled into the noodles the thickness of the incense pillar. Seeing that Yang had already put the cooked dumplings out of the pot, Zhao Siniang directly cut off the noodles and sprinkled the noodles into the pot.
The whole process was like a cloud of peers, all in one go, and everyone was stunned.
"Fourth, fourth mother, this ...... That ......, when did you learn this skill? Jiang, who had finally come back to his senses, stammered and asked.
"Mother, how did I learn this skill, this is a long talk, I'll tell you more later. But how can you, a fire-burning man, escape? My noodles have just come out of the pot, and if the heat is too small, even the best noodles will have to be lumped! Zhao Siniang said angrily.
"Oops, I forgot to add firewood to your ramen when I was patronizing it!" Jiang exclaimed, and added a handful of firewood to the stove after he was busy.
"Enough! Enough! Mother, dumplings have to be hot to be delicious! Grandpa and Dad are tired all day, so hurry up and serve them food! Zhao Siniang persuaded.
Jiang was beaten twice by Zhao Siniang, and he didn't bother to ask any more, so he went to the hall to deliver dumplings.
"Grandma, uncle is awake too, right? Bring him a bowl of bone broth to drink! I've heard that people who have hurt their legs and feet get better when they drink bone broth! Zhao Siniang persuaded with a smile.
Sure enough, Yang had just gone to see Jiang Hua, and when he saw that he had woken up, he wanted to take some dumplings. Now I heard that bone broth is good for my legs and feet, so I hurriedly sent the soup over.
Zhao Siniang finally persuaded the Yang mother and daughter to leave, and when she saw that Zhao Sanniang was still stunned and looked at her with a wink, she smiled and said, "Sister, the noodles are almost ready, you can help me prepare a bowl to serve!" ”
Zhao Sanniang nodded, and went to get the bowl with a lot of heart. She doesn't know how many catties her little sister has? Daddy and mother pity the little sister for being weak when she was born, and let her be the burden of being a sister in everything, and usually rarely even do housework for the little sister, how could she learn this cooking skill? What the hell is going on?
There are not many noodles, and Zhao Siniang can only put a few chopsticks in each bowl. Then she lifted the lid of the belly lung soup, and a rich aroma came to her face, and after a while, even the old man Jiang who was sitting in the hall smelled it, and their index fingers moved. As soon as she filled a bowl, Zhao Shilang and Jiang Xiaohu, who couldn't wait, ran over with Jiang Lihua and looked at the bowl in her hand with blank eyes.
"I can't give you this bowl! You go back and sit down, and I'll send it to you right away!" Seeing that the three little gluttonous cats were not leaving, Zhao Siniang held her forehead, so she had to put down the bowl in her hand and put half a bowl of soup for them to taste.
I felt a rich aroma filling the tip of the tongue, and people couldn't help but want to take a second sip, so they were even more reluctant to leave after drinking the soup. Zhao Siniang had no choice but to threaten: "If you don't go back obediently, you won't have your share later!" The three little gluttonous cats reluctantly went back.
Zhao Siniang had time to sprinkle a little green onion into the original bowl, handed it to Zhao Sanniang, and said with a flattering smile: "Sister, you have worked hard today!" ”
Zhao Sanniang then remembered that Zhao Siniang said that she would give her the first bowl of belly and lung soup. I lowered my head and took a sip of the soup, only to feel that my whole body was warm.
Next, Jiang came in and brought out the belly lung noodle soup, but Zhao Siniang did not go out with him. It wasn't until with the help of Zhao Sanniang that Jiang Yue's washed fish and shrimp were cooked, and she ran to the hall to eat.