Chapter 4 Harvest Homecoming
"No, I can carry it." Yao Huang didn't want children to be oppressed by heavy objects and not grow taller - she forgot that her body was only eleven or twelve years old now, and she was half the age, and coupled with gender relations, her strength was not very great. So when she lifted her back, she almost sprained her waist.
"Ziao, it's so heavy!" Yao Huang complained quietly and followed Yao Qing down the mountain.
When he arrived at the place where Xiao Yao had hidden the withered branches, he took them out from behind the tree, tied them with vines, and dragged them home. This time up the mountain, the two of them can be said to return with a full load.
Seeing the smoke burning from the house from a distance, the two of them quickened their pace. Outside the gate, Yao Hong was sitting on the threshold looking in this direction, and when she saw the two sisters and brothers, her eyes lit up and she hurriedly greeted her.
"Second sister, give me the back." Yao Hong held the back behind Yao Huang and wanted to put it down.
Yao Huang hurriedly did so, to be honest, she was tired, she had never walked such a long way with such a heavy thing on her back, and Yao San, who was originally a housemaid, couldn't bear it. If it weren't for a child like Yao Qing, she would have been lying on the ground and didn't want to move.
Yao Hong carried Yao Huang's back, Yao Huang took the rattan bundle of dry branches from Yao Qing's hand, and the three of them returned home together.
"Mother-" Xiao Ke ran out with a little radish leg.
Yao Huang hurriedly threw down the firewood and picked up the little bun.
"Auntie." The voice of the little bun is soft and glutinous, and the body is also soft and glutinous, and it is very comfortable to hold. Yao Huang loved it so much that he left a kiss on the little bun's face.
The rude little bun blinked his big wet eyes and kissed Yao Huang back, and Yao Huang's heart immediately softened into water.
"Xiao Ke, you are so cute!" Yao Huang rubbed his face against Xiao Baozi's face.
"Mother-" The little bun who finally couldn't stand it asked his own mother for help.
"Xiao Ke, uncle hug." Yao Qing, who took off the back, hurriedly rescued his little nephew, the second sister was too terrifying just now, like a lewd uncle who likes to deceive young children.
Xiao Ke Baozi hurriedly reached out to his uncle and escaped from his aunt's clutches.
Yao Hong smiled and watched her younger siblings make out with her son, put down her back, and began to pack up the things inside. However, why didn't she know them?
"Second sister, what are these?"
"The round stick is a yam, and the others are peanuts." Yao Qing hurriedly answered.
"Yam? Peanut? Yao Hong looked at the two things in her hand suspiciously, and asked, "What is it?" Can you eat it? ”
"Of course you can eat it." Yao Huang took a yam from Yao Hong's hand, "I'll make two dishes for you to taste." ”
"I'm here to help." Yao Hongdao.
"Okay." Yao Huang also wanted to teach Yao Hong how to make the two foods, so he turned to Yao Qing and said, "Xiaoqing, you help me peel the peanuts." ”
"I know it." Yao Qing put Xiao Ke on the ground, took his little hand, sat under the persimmon tree with a bundle of peanuts, and peeled the peanuts. On the way, Yao Qing asked Yao Huang in detail about the processing of the two foods. Xiao Ke obediently sat aside to help, although it was very slow to peel off with his little hands, but the little guy's serious appearance was a bit fruitful.
Yao Huang made two dishes, one was fried yam slices with wild vegetables, and the other was fried peanuts. The refreshing taste of the yam tablets and the crispy texture of the peanuts immediately conquered Yao Hong.
"Second sister, these two dishes are really delicious."
"Hehe, sister, this is just a practice. These two foods are filling and delicious, and there are many ways to make them, and they are so varied......"
"Yams can be fried and eaten, boiled and eaten, stewed in soup, and boiled in porridge...... We'll make yam porridge tomorrow morning, right? ”
"Peanuts are the same, fried, fried, fried, stewed, and can also be squeezed for oil...... It is highly nutritious and good for the body. ”
Yao Hong was sincerely happy, "Father and mother bless you, let you find these two good things." Second sister, you are the lucky star of our family. ”
Yao Huang laughed dryly, she didn't dare to be a lucky star or something, the traverser always had to have one or two golden fingers to look different from the aborigines.
"By the way, if you have peanuts, my brother-in-law can't eat more." Yao Huang said, "You can eat more yams." ”
"Yes." Yao Hong nodded, "I'll remind Xianggong." After speaking, he sighed and said melancholy, "Xianggong is even more sick this time than the last time, and he can barely sleep at night coughing, and his spirit is getting worse and worse. I'm really worried......"
Yao Huang asked, "Sister, do you still have a little money at home?" ”
Yao Hong said, "There are still eight hundred copper coins." ”
"Take it all, tomorrow we will take my brother-in-law into the city to see Lang Zhong for a doctor."
"But this money is our last money, and we have to keep it for the ...... family."
"Sister, you can make money when you run out, and your brother-in-law's illness can't be delayed." Yao Huang said, "We will peel all the peanuts out and fry them tonight, and we will sell them in the market tomorrow, and we should be able to sell them for some money." ”
Yes, fried peanuts with a pinch of salt are delicious, but can people eat them with confidence in a new food type?
"Don't worry, eldest sister, everyone has a curiosity mentality." Yao Huang comforted his sister, "I picked some herbs to cure cough in the mountains, and I boiled them for my brother-in-law to drink later, which should be able to alleviate some relief." ”
The two of them brought the food to the hall, Yao Qing and Xiao Ke were already sitting at the dining table waiting, and the aroma of the food made the two boys salivate. Yao Hong filled a bowl of vegetables, put some yams and a few peanuts on a small plate, and went into the house to serve Wenren Chiba to eat. Yao Huang stared at the curtain hanging in front of the bedroom door of Yao Hong and Wenren Qianye, listening to the intermittent coughing sound coming from the bedroom, and was extremely curious about her cheap brother-in-law - it had been two days since she came to this world, and she had not seen Wenren Qianye side.
Yao Huang fried a whole yam, full of two large plates, and ate Yao Xiaosan and Xiao Ke's two small stomachs, they hadn't eaten so full for a long time. Afraid that the two little ones would accumulate food, Yao Huang let the two little ones take a walk in the yard.
Yao Hong came out of the curtain with a clean dish in his hand, and said happily, "Xianggong said that today's food was delicious, and he ate it all." "A few days ago, Wenren Chiba barely ate much, and there was a lot left over from every meal.
Yao Huang smiled, "That's good." Sister, you can eat too, I'll peel out all the peanuts. ”
"Well, I'll help you after dinner."
Seeing Yao Huang peeling peanuts, the two little guys ran over to help, plus Yao Hong, who came to help after washing the dishes, it didn't take long for several people to finish peeling the peanuts. After most of the basket of peanuts were peeled into peanuts, about ten catties, the two sisters Yao and Huang fried all the peanuts and dried them in three times and put them into a straw jar. Under Yao Huang's guidance, Yao Hong washed the bellflowers, put them in a jar and boiled them, and boiled three bowls of water into one bowl.