Chapter 43: My Sister Is Coming
Qin Yi was busy delivering beef here, and his mother Li Guilan was not idle, and began to make leek pies.
This is not very technical, sprinkle the prepared leek filling with salt and a small amount of oil and mix well, then roll out the dough the size of a baby's fist into a round dough, spread the leek filling on half of the dough, and then fold the half without leeks in half, and finally knead it tightly like making dumplings.
Heat a small amount of oil in a pot, add the leek pie, fry until golden brown on both sides, you can smell the aroma of leeks, and you can get out of the pan.
Qin Yi came back after delivering the beef, Li Guilan had already made the leek pie, and was looking at the remaining half of the beef, not knowing what to do. Qin Yi smelled the fragrance of the cake, his eyes lit up, he walked over and picked up one and nibbled on it! Li Guilan saw that her son was eating well and looked happy.
"What do you do with this beef?"
Li Guilan has never made a dish with raw beef as the main ingredient, and if she really wants to do it, she can't help but be a veteran of cooking for decades, and the taste is not much worse, and the home-cooked food is not so particular. But for the older generation who only buy a pound of cooked beef for the Chinese New Year to entertain guests, in case it is not delicious, this is not a waste of such good meat!
"I'll do it later." Qin Yi had already eaten half of the bread, and if the eating was seen by others, his understanding of the word gluttony would definitely have a new height. "Actually, you can do it all, stir-fry, stew, it's about the same as chicken. Mom, you add half a pot of water to boil first, then wash the potatoes, and I'll do the rest. ”
Li Guilan went to clean up the potatoes, "I haven't done it before, this is the first time I've seen raw beef." After speaking, I remembered that my son had raised so many cattle in the pasture of that rice country, but he couldn't eat beef every day!
"You eat beef every day outside? Do it all yourself? Speaking of which, Li Guilan hasn't asked her son what happened outside, or is it the same as before, and there is no one to cook?
"yes." Qin Yi finished nibbling on the cake, washed his hands and began to cut the beef pieces, "I eat meat every day, basically beef, and sometimes mutton." Foreigners will roast and fry it, how can we have so many tricks! ”
"Eat every day, can't you eat enough? Eat the same dish every day, no matter how delicious it is, you will get tired of eating! Li Guilan couldn't imagine that if the family ate pork all year round, it would really be impossible for people to live!
"Haha, they have a lot of meat there, they have been used to it for hundreds of years, and vegetables are more expensive than meat, like the workers recruited by the ranch over there, usually the meat is enough, and the vegetables don't care, you have to buy them yourself."
When Qin Yi said this, he couldn't help but show off a few words of his business experience to his mother, "I'm different from them, I have enough vegetables there, I think that the treatment I give them is better, they work harder for me, and I can still earn more." ”
In fact, other ranchers don't understand, but the ranches are all ordinary pasture and ordinary cattle breeds, and the total income is there, and the treatment you give will only increase the cost! It's not stupid to say, the situation is different, the approach is different, of course Qin Yi also knows, but showing off, that's what it's all about!
Li Guilan nodded, in fact, she didn't understand these business things, but decades of life experience told her that if you are good to others, others will also be good to you, unless you meet a white-eyed wolf!
While washing and peeling the potatoes, she watched Qin Yi cut the meat, she wanted to see how her son made beef, and secretly learned in her heart, there are so many in the refrigerator, you can't let your son cook it every time she eats. The older generation still has some traditions in their thinking, thinking that the kitchen will wear down the man's sharpness, Li Guilan is now thinking like this, now that her son is out of business, there are guests who come to the kitchen to cook, it is not good to spread it, the son is a person who does big things, and he should not nest in the kitchen all day. I can't manage it outside, I always have to take over the cooking at home, and I can't be idle, I am busy with some things, and I feel comfortable!
"How do you eat outside, are you used to eating?"
"It's almost the same as at home, there is a special supermarket outside, which sells all the things we have, stewed meat, pickles, everything, I opened a vegetable garden in the ranch some time ago, several acres of land, when the time comes, I can't eat it!" Speaking of vegetables, Qin Yi suddenly remembered that he would plant some vegetables in the space at night and take them out for his family to taste, just in time to talk about letting his sister grow vegetables at home.
Qin Yi took the potatoes handed over by Li Guilan and cut them into pieces. At this time, the water was also just hot, Qin Yi put the beef in and blanched it for a while, removing the sundries, and then began to make potato roast beef. Take out the blanched beef, change the hot oil, stir-fry the green onion and ginger, then add the beef and soy sauce and fry for a few minutes, pour in water, wrap the ingredients in a clean white cloth and put it in, start to stew beef, and put the potatoes later.
Li Guilan watched from the side, it was indeed like what her son said, there was nothing special, but she hadn't done it before and couldn't let go, well, try to fry a braised beef tomorrow!
It will take a while, Qin Jun has not come back from playing cards, according to Li Guilan, it will be almost 6 o'clock to come back, usually the family cooks at that point, today is Qin Yi back, Li Guilan did it so early. The two of them didn't wait for Qin Jun anymore, they went back to the living room with leek pies, and ate while watching TV, anyway, they could eat beef when Qin Jun came back.
Li Guilan wants to know more about her son's life outside, she has seen the photos of her son riding horses, herding cattle, driving around, and of course, there is a foreign little girl, the little girl in the photo is holding her son, smiling very happily, although looking at the yellow hair and blue eyes, it is different from the family, but the smile is the same as the children in the family, the same is liked. Li Guilan was very curious about who it was, of course it wouldn't be her granddaughter, where could there be such a big granddaughter suddenly, they were all three or four years old.
Li Guilan asked who the little girl was, and Qin Yi explained with a smile: "That's the neighbor's daughter, named Angel, four years old, no father, living on a small farm with her mother since she was a child, she was very timid and didn't dare to see anyone before, but she was very close to me and liked to play with me the most." ”
Speaking of Angel like to play with herself, Qin Yi is very proud, look, how likable she is!
"It's pitiful to have no father at such a young age!" When Li Guilan heard that this likable little girl had no father, she suddenly overflowed with love, and she couldn't wait to come over and raise her granddaughter!
Qin Yi looked at her mother's appearance, and knew that she was starting to think about hugging her grandson again, so she quickly opened the topic, otherwise the afternoon's efforts would not be in vain, "Mom, why don't you and my dad go to the United States with me, go over there to ride a horse and grow vegetables, and play with Angel, how nice!" ”
"Is this okay?" As soon as she heard her son say that she was going abroad, Li Guilan was suddenly a little nervous, of course it would be good to see her son every day, but if she really went, she wouldn't understand anything, and she would be able to get by? In addition to going out to work in the past few years, I have never been out of the province before, let alone going abroad, when I go there, I have yellow hair and blue eyes, and I can't understand what I say, and I don't die of boredom.
"Forget it, I didn't talk to anyone with your dad that day, and we were all scared!"
"Okay, when my second sister's little doll is born, I'll take you to the ranch to play, and I want to come back and come back when the time comes." Qin Yi also knew that it was a little early to let his parents go over, they were not ready, it was okay to go over and have fun, but it still took courage to live permanently.
When the time reached 6 o'clock, the beef was stewed, and Qin Jun happened to arrive home. "Yi is back!" When Qin Jun saw his son, although he had already received a call and knew that he was going to come back, he was also happy to see it now.
"Hmm." Qin Yi smiled and nodded, and the father and son finished greeting.
"The big boss is back, it's dinner time!" Li Guilan smiled and joked with Qin Jun, but Qin Jun didn't talk, hehe smiled and leaned over to see what kind of food was cooking. "Beef? It smells like that. "I have to say that Qin Jun is the best at eating in the family, just smell it.
After dinner, Qin Yi took a shower early and went back to the house to lie down, saying that he was tired and wanted to go to bed after a day. In fact, Qin Yi wants to go back to the house and enter the space, grow a batch of vegetables, and tomorrow the two sisters will come, let everyone taste this delicious vegetable, and settle the matter of planting vegetables.
At 10 o'clock in the morning the next day, the second brother-in-law Liu Feng drove the dilapidated red van and arrived with the second sister and son Yangyang. Liu Feng was going to buy a car this year, but he couldn't afford to buy an expensive one, so he took a fancy to an SUV of more than 100,000 yuan, and Qin Yi didn't know what brand it was, but this year it suddenly turned over, Qin Yi didn't let him buy it, and planned to give him his off-road freedom light, anyway, he didn't have a few days in China.
Of course, if you send him, you will send it to the second sister, and the eldest sister will also send it there. Qin Yi knows that no matter how good the relationship is, it has to be the same to treat the two sisters, otherwise it will be better for the other than for himself, and no one will feel good in his heart.
Yangyang's four-year-old little guy is still the same, lively and active, idle all day long, there are children playing in the yard, and the house is suddenly lively. Qin Jun didn't go out to play cards in the morning, and laughed and teased Yangyang with Li Guilan. Qin Feng and Liu Feng didn't rush to ask about Qin Yi's situation, knowing that the eldest sister Qin Qinyan was going to come later, so they would talk together when the time came.
At half past 10 o'clock, the eldest sister Qin Li drove a battery car with her 4-and-a-half-year-old son Lele arrived, Yang Bin did not come, Qin Li said that he was watching the small supermarket at home. The second sister Qin Feng and her parents are a little unhappy, what is there to keep in a broken poker stall, and they don't do anything all day!
In fact, Qin Yi already knew from Li Guilan that the eldest sister Qin Li and Yang Bin had a lot of quarrels last time, and they lived here when they went home. The family knows Qin Li's temper, and after more than ten years of grievances, they have never said anything here, this is the first time she has cried and returned to her parents' house, and it seems that she really can't stand it.
At that time, Li Guilan saw that her daughter had been so wronged, and she couldn't stand Yang Bin's unreasonable trouble, so she pointed at Yang Bin's nose and scolded, and said what she wanted them to divorce!
If Yang Bin is no longer unreasonable, just forget it, after all, the family is too stiff, and the eldest sister is not comfortable. Let my sister grow vegetables at home, when the time comes, he won't be able to earn a penny, and his daughter-in-law will make a lot of money to support the family, see what kind of braggart he has! Qin Yi secretly thought in his heart, his face had not changed, the eldest sister Qin Li was already aggrieved enough, but she couldn't be embarrassed anymore. Take the introverted Lele to play with Yangyang, the 13-year-old nephew can't go to school, otherwise the three of them will be more lively together.
Qin Yi had already moved out the fruits and vegetables in the space, several large boxes of various fruits, and vegetables were stuffed in the refrigerator, Qin Yi said that he had asked a friend to bring them back, and he had just arrived in the morning, so he drove out for this purpose.
It's okay to be idle, Qin Yi let everyone eat fruits, Liu Feng likes to eat fruits the most, and he is never polite when he is a family here, and it is the same now, when he sees a big duck pear, he gnaws on it, there are no pears here this season. This bite is a surprise, this big Yali pear is also too delicious, not a taste of sweetness, the sweetness is just juicy, crisp and refreshing, and there is a cool feeling in the stomach.
"Where are the pears really delicious?"
"Whatever you eat!" The second sister Qin Feng immediately smiled and answered, the little couple is like this, such an adult still likes to play, otherwise how can he teach such a lively child, no, the little guy in Yangyang is pulling his grandfather to hide and seek!