Chapter 16: Noon
(Hey, I'm really limited in how good I can name names.) The goal is far away, so I have to climb step by step. It's not a rookie to write a book.,Still can't learn to be calm.,Read it a few times a day.,Hey,Wait for the surprise.。 )
Lunch
Xu is in a good mood, and even took Yang Liu to wash clothes much faster, she finished washing clothes, said goodbye to Aunt Guo, returned to the courtyard to hang her clothes on bamboo poles, and prepared to make lunch.
"Lady, come out and help me." Yang Liu had just taken advantage of the sparks in the pot to light a handful of withered grass, and was about to add firewood to it, when Li Cong's voice came from outside the courtyard gate.
She quickly got up, wiped her hand on her apron, and walked out: "What's wrong?" ”
I saw a man in his fifties on Li Cong's shoulder, one hand still on his waist, and when Yang Liu was still wondering who this person was, Li Cong urged: "Second uncle stepped on the trap, you quickly find some wine." ”
Yang Liu noticed that the man had an injury on one of his feet, and the upper of his shoe was stained with blood, so he quickly nodded and answered, walked a few steps quickly, turned around and asked weakly, "Where is the wine?" ”
When Yang Liu came out with wine and a clean white cotton cloth, he suddenly remembered that the "second uncle" was the man who sat on the main seat on the day he got married, but he didn't pay attention at the time, but fortunately he didn't ask who this person was just now, otherwise it would be embarrassing.
The second uncle's name is Li Dahe, and he is a good hunter, and Li Cong's skills are learned from him.
Li Cong carefully took off the shoes that Li Dahe had packed up on his foot, the wound was no longer bleeding, and it seemed that the injury was indeed not light from the large dried bloodstains, Yang Liu looked at it and hurt him, "Why is the second uncle so careless?" ”
"It's not just that when he saw a roe deer, the second uncle pulled out his legs and chased after him, but he didn't pay attention to his feet, and the roe deer didn't catch it, and his feet were fed into the trap." Li Cong explained while wiping the blood stains with wine.
"A little injury, don't babble." Li Dahe glared at Li Cong, how could he lose his mighty face when he officially met his niece and daughter-in-law for the first time. Li Dahe turned his head and said to Yang Liu with a smile: "Second uncle is fine, but he didn't pay attention to being bitten, this little injury will be fine in two or three days." ”
Li Cong raised his head and retorted: "You are just blind, is it a small injury to shed so much blood?" What was the big injury? ”
Xiuxiu was just three months old, and Mr. Li left, leaving behind a large family of women and children, thanks to Li Dahe, who often came to take care of one or two. In Li Cong's childhood, Li Dahe played the role of a father. Coupled with the master-apprentice relationship of hunting, the two can be said to be teachers and friends, and they don't have much scruples about talking or anything.
"Say you're fat and you're still panting, right, it's injured on Lao Tzu's foot, whether it's heavy or not, Lao Tzu doesn't know yet? Lao Tzu said that if it's okay, it's okay, what are you yelling about, making a fuss like a girl. After Li Dahe finished speaking, he remembered that Yang Liu was still standing next to him, and said some foul words between the old men in front of his new daughter-in-law, Li Dahe patted his head a little embarrassedly: "Look at me, I just can't control this mouth, let my nephew and daughter-in-law see the joke." After speaking, he glared at Li Cong fiercely, "It's all your fault, this kid." ”
"Out of the way." Yang Liu said with a smile: "The second uncle is a good man, with a true temperament and a bold personality. The second uncle doesn't treat his nephew and daughter-in-law as an outsider. ”
"It's all in the door, why are you still an outsider? The second uncle is not boasting, these five boys are a down-to-earth person who can live a down-to-earth life, he doesn't cheat and cheat, and he knows that it hurts, but he is stupid, nephew and daughter-in-law, you are a transparent person, but you can take care of it. At this time, I didn't forget to give Li Cong an impression points.
Yang Liu pursed his lips and was happy: "No one is perfect, husband and wife should tolerate each other, and if there is a conflict, they will each make a step, they are all a family, and there is nothing to fight for." Besides, I think it's good to be a good person,"
Hearing this, Li Cong raised his head and glanced at Yang Liu sweetly, the corners of his mouth grinned, revealing his white front teeth, and the stupid look fell in Li Dahe's eyes, who patted Li Cong angrily: "Silly boy!" ”
Li Cong waved Li Dahe's hand away with one hand and said loudly: "Don't hit me in the head, I've been slapped by you since I was a child, and everyone has been slapped stupidly by you." ”
"Fools have foolish blessings, otherwise how could you marry such a beautiful daughter-in-law?"
"Hey, hey." Li Cong scratched the back of his head, and secretly glanced at Yang Liu again: "That's right." ”
Yang Liu was stealing fun next to him.
After the two uncles and nephews finished laughing, Li Cong lowered his head again and carefully helped Li Dahe clean his wounds, Yang Liu saw that there was nothing to help, so he smiled and said: "Then the second uncle, Xianggong, I'll go cook first, and I'll be fine right away." Don't leave, second uncle, let Xianggong accompany you for a drink or two at noon. ”
"Don't be busy, the second uncle is only a few steps away from your house, and your sister-in-law has made lunch at home, I'll go home to eat." The family should not be so raw as a guest, what kind of wine to drink at noon, and when it is over, the second uncle will come to your house to eat and drink. Li Dahe waved his hand.
"Second uncle, this is the first time your niece and daughter-in-law have opened their mouths to keep someone, you have to stay whatever you say, otherwise you won't give me face. What's the matter, my sister-in-law cooks more fragrant food? ”
"You stinky boy, when did you learn to be a radical." Li Dahe slapped Li Cong on the head: "You have also buried your second uncle." ”
Li Cong pouted, "Then do you drink or not?" ”
"What's the point of drinking less people? When this time is over, let's have a good drink with a few uncles and nephews. ”
Yang Liu said: "That's okay, the nephew and daughter-in-law will give the second uncle a good table, and the second uncle will stop making excuses when the time comes." ”
"Okay, good wine and good food are waiting, the second uncle must come, isn't it stupid not to come?" Li Dahe stood up with a smile.
"Lady, then I'll send my second uncle home first."
"Hmm." Yang Liu answered and instructed: "Be careful, second uncle, don't touch the water with your wound for the past few days." ”
"Got it." Li Dahe waved his hand, pushed away Li Cong, who was about to come over to support him, and shouted: "Lao Tzu is fine, don't make Lao Tzu look like he is going to die, stay away from Lao Tzu." ”
Li Cong ignored him, forcefully put Li Dahe's arm on his shoulder, and the two uncles and nephews left arguing. Seeing Li Cong helping Li Dahe walk away, Yang Liu turned around and entered the stove room, lit the fire again, and brushed the pot to release water.
After the rice was put into the pot, Yang Liu looked around to see what else was in the stove. In the corner there was a pile of potatoes, a sack of sweet potatoes, and a few strings of garlic and red peppers hung on the wall next to the door. Yang Liu thought about it in his heart, and went to the small vegetable garden by the yard to pick two cucumbers, a few eggplants, and a few handfuls of green beans.
Shoot garlic, peel the skin, potatoes, peel and soak in water, pinch the two ends of the green beans, and after a movement, the willow forehead is sweating. After the preliminary preparations are done, the next step is the knife work of shredding and dicing.
Yang Liu scooped a scoop of water into the side pot, and bent down to take out a few large pieces of firewood that were still burning from the middle stove, and put them into the stove of the side pot, waiting for the gruel in the middle pot to simmer for a while, and it tasted thicker. Yang Liu washed his hands, picked up the knife and began to shred the potatoes again.
"Yo, brother and sister, what time has it been, didn't you just turn on the fire?" Seeing the smoke rising from the roof of his house, Yu Shi had a bottom in his heart, this is obviously not done yet, no, the person just stood outside the courtyard gate and shouted loudly, for fear that others would not know that she had just come back from the field, and the person on duty at home had not yet cooked the meal.
Originally, He remembered that he forgot to tell Yang Liu where they were, and asked Xiao He to come back to take a look, but Yu had to come back to help. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, her flesh is really uncomfortable in the sun, and she has been forced to endure for several hours in order to save face.
Frightened by this sudden voice, Yang Liu almost cut his hand, and sighed in his heart, this Yu family is really the enemy of his life, isn't it that the enemy does not get together.
Catching a glimpse of the round figure out of the corner of his eye, Yang Liu greeted him without being salty: "The second sister-in-law is back." ”
Yu snorted lightly and agreed, and Xiao He, who was a few steps behind, also stepped in, and said with a smile: "My brother and sister have a pair of skillful hands, and this cleaning up looks much more comfortable." As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, Xiao He found that the mess in the corridor had been reorganized.
"Sister-in-law is careful, I'm just a little tidy, you can see it." Yang Liu smiled.
"Where's Xiuxiu's girl?" Yu swept the stove around, and said to himself without waiting for Yang Liu to answer: "I'll just say let my mother leave me at home, you see, Xiuxiu, this girl doesn't know where to run, leave someone who can't cook here to deal with us." Look at what time it is, I'm afraid that except for a few lazy women's houses, there is no lunch in this tun. Yu squinted at Yang Liu.
Yang Liu doesn't know how to judge the hour, and he also knows that he has not been idle this morning, so he is afraid that he will be delayed. She didn't answer, she turned her head to see that the roofs of several nearby farmhouses were also smoking, and then looked at the shadow cast by the jujube tree in the yard, and had a bottom in her heart: "Second sister-in-law, I remember that I hadn't eaten at this time yesterday." ”
Yu's reaction was not unhurried: "Can it be the same?" Today, we were all as hungry as dogs, and we couldn't wait for anyone to bring food, so tired and sweaty, but we had to run so far to come back to get our own food. ”
"I see that my sister-in-law is full of energy, not like she is as hungry as a dog." Yang Liu took Yu's words and dealt with Yu's, turned his head to look at Xiao He and said with a smile: "If my sister-in-law is not busy, help me fill the stove with firewood." This is the first time I cooked, and if I can take care of the east, I can't take care of the west. ”
Xiao He responded with a smile, and after Yu vented his dissatisfaction, he didn't mean to take a hand, so he went back to the house and lay down. Remembering He's instructions, Yang Liu baked cakes first, and she naturally baked cakes in modern times, but she used a frying pan, and the heat could be controlled by herself, and the non-stick pan was naturally easy to turn. This round bottom pot is the first time, and when the oil is five or six hot, she asked Xiao He to press the fire smaller, and she took a spatula to pour the oil at the bottom of the pot around, and then picked up the melon scoop that had been adjusted and put the mulberry leaf batter inside, and poured a circle of batter from the top of the pot, and the batter slipped down the past, and Yang Liu wiped it with the back of the spatula to make a whole sheet. When turning it over, it is a little difficult, the dough is big, and the spatula is often rotten when it is turned over, and then Yang Liu simply cut the dough into several pieces with a knife between turning, and there is no need to worry about turning it over and not looking good. After a few times, the willow movement became proficient, and soon a pot was filled.
After baking, there is no slag in the cake pot, the willow is neatly oiled, ginger and garlic are added, vegetables are put in, salt is sprinkled, and the whole action is done in one go, which is indescribably coherent and elegant. She remembered the first time she ate a big pot of stir-fry when she was a child, and her eyes widened in surprise. Grandma told her that she didn't have any secrets, just that the oil was hot and the seasonings were all right, because it was smooth, she remembered it. I didn't expect to try it for the first time after many years, and the results were really good.
I stir-fried shredded potatoes, sliced the fat pieces of meat left over from the banquet into thin slices of roasted eggplant, green beans stuffed potatoes, mixed with cucumbers, and still a stack of pickled radish.
After Yang Liu's quick movements, Xiao He was directly stunned, she really couldn't imagine how this brother-in-law from a big family practiced this good cooking skills, wasn't she favored to cook by herself?
(Note: The oil is hot and the seasoning is all right, this is what my father and comrade said, but the credit goes to my grandmother.) Grandma, good! )