Chapter 21: Stir-fried leeks
"Girl, here", Chen Sanniang opened the door for her, Cheng Yangyang politely said hello to her and went straight to the kitchen.
Chen Sanniang followed her, and when she walked to the kitchen, she saw that Cheng Yangyang was already lighting a fire, "Girl, your hands and feet are quite neat."
She envies, she used to be a clever man when she was young.
"Third grandma, I'll just come here alone, you go back and rest", Cheng Yangyang's fire had just been lit, and she began to brush the pot before the firewood was burning.
Chen Sanniang's water tank at home was almost bottoming out, she poured all the water in the tank to wash the pot, left some water in the pot to prevent it from boiling dry, and went out to fetch water with the bucket by herself.
There are three small streams around the village in Wangjia Village, and the people in the village are not far from the stream.
Whether it's the villagers who helped or Chen Sanniang, they all need something better now.
After a few trips to fetch water, Chen Sanniang has been helping her watch the fire, and after the water is ready, she begins to clear the pot to boil new water and boil porridge.
The porridge was gurgling and bubbling on the stove, and when it was almost ready, Wang Xiaoshan came, he brought a basket of wild leeks on his back, and asked uncertainly, "Sister, can this grass really be eaten?"
Cheng Yangyang was annoyed by him calling him "dumb girl", he couldn't call Yang Yang and couldn't call it, Cheng Yangyang simply asked him to call her sister, anyway, they are all orphans, and there is nothing wrong with having one more brother and sister.
The back basket was placed on the ground, and Chen Sanniang also came over to take a look, "Isn't this the grass growing outside?
"Third grandma, this is not what I want to cut, it is my sister who asked me to cut it", Wang Xiaoshan hurriedly explained, this matter has nothing to do with him.
"Third grandma, this is an edible wild vegetable, called leeks", Cheng Yangyang also found it yesterday when he went to the field, wild leeks mostly grow in sloping fields and are mixed with weeds, so they are often mistaken for weeds.
She poured out the leeks in the back basket and began to sort and distinguish, the movements in her hands were very fast, she knew the vegetables and grass as soon as she touched them, Wang Xiaoshan still listened to her words, and the ones that were cut back were basically leeks, only some weeds mixed in the middle.
After sorting, she was busy cleaning, Wang Xiaoshan took the initiative to help her wash the vegetables, since he helped, Cheng Yangyang simply didn't care.
She moved the fire under the porridge pot to another stove, heated another small pot, and as soon as the pot was on the stove, she turned around and went to cut the vegetables again.
The pot over there was already hot, she poured the oil she brought into the pot, and when she poured it into half a can, when the oil was sizzling in the hot pot, Chen Sanniang and Wang Xiaoshan knew that she was pouring oil.
"Ouch, girl, why are you so oily!" Chen Sanniang was almost so excited that she reached out to the pot to get oil, looking at the smoking hot oil, her heart ached.
But this bit of oil is a normal amount of cooking for Cheng Yangyang, and she doesn't feel that there is anything wrong.
As soon as the oil was hot, she poured all the sliced leeks in the basket into the pot, and the fragrance of the leeks immediately wafted out, and she took a large spatula to stir-fry quickly, sprinkled with salt, and it was cooked in a short time.
"Yo, what does this smell like", there were footsteps and a man's voice outside the courtyard, it seemed that the work in the field was over, and it was time to eat.
Cheng Yangyang just finished being busy and put down the big spatula in his hand, and went out to take a look, the people who helped turn the ground today came, followed by some family members and children.
"Brother Da Fei, you are here", Cheng Yangyang greeted one of the people who remembered his name, his name was Wang Dafei, he was a warm and direct young man, he had the strength to work, and he could speak with his mouth, so she naturally remembered it.
They all had bowls in their hands, and Cheng Yangyang saw that this would not delay their meal, so he beckoned them to go to the kitchen and serve porridge by themselves, and the third grandmother helped to give them two nests.
"It's really rice porridge!" Seeing the people in the kitchen come out with a bowl full of thick white porridge, the people who watched the excitement outside were envious.
There are their own babies who come with them, and the men give their rice porridge and nest heads to their children first, and their children take a bite, and then give them to the elderly at home, and they are just reluctant to eat a bite.
"Brother Wang, why are you walking so fast, there are still wild vegetables in the pot", Cheng Yangyang chased after a few people who came out first, they were so happy that they didn't even notice that there were wild vegetables in the pot next to them to deliver porridge.
When a few people heard that there were wild vegetables, they didn't react much, and they didn't seem to be interested in the wild vegetables, "We are tired of eating wild vegetables, and we won't eat them if we don't eat them."
Wang Dafei, who came out later, heard the words of a few people, and he said proudly, "This fried wild vegetable is fragrant!"
When they heard that the wild vegetables were fried in oil, their eyes lit up, and they snatched the bowl from the doll's hand and went into the kitchen again.
Cheng Yangyang suddenly felt that they were still quite cute, but she felt a little sad when she saw that they gave the old people and children all the things they had worked hard to eat, and she tasted it at most.
The dolls who can eat the nest jump around happily, those who don't help at the door, come to see the excitement, the little dolls are envious and eager to wear, and the adults are embarrassed and ashamed.
Cheng Yangyang didn't want to see them like this, she silently retreated to the kitchen, and the people who helped got a bowl of porridge and two nests they deserved, there was still some porridge left in the pot, and she also bought more nests, and there was a lot left in the back basket, and there was a meal at night.
"Third grandma, Brother Xiaoshan, let's eat too."
They were also busy all morning and haven't eaten it until now, and the third grandmother hasn't eaten rice porridge for many years, Cheng Yangyang first served her a big bowl, put some leeks on it, and handed it to her.
Chen Sanniang looked at the big bowl of porridge handed by Cheng Yangyang, and suddenly panicked, "Ouch, how can my wife eat more, too much."
She felt that she didn't help much today, but she watched the fire, and the girl was busy with everything else, and she felt that she didn't deserve to eat so much.
"Not much, third grandma, you have rented the land to me to plant, what is it to eat something, you can eat, I can take care of enough!" Cheng Yangyang forced the bowl to her, Chen Sanniang was afraid that the porridge in the bowl would be spilled, so she carefully continued with both hands.
Wang Xiaoshan has long been polite to Cheng Yangyang, he served himself a bowl, sat aside and ate, if a bowl of porridge was polite to her, then he would not be ashamed to die of her pork and rice before eating her?
Cheng Yangyang ate a bowl of porridge by himself, accompanied by two mouthfuls of leeks, and his stomach was full after a bowl of ...... The nest head here was so rough that she couldn't get used to it, so she didn't eat it.
When he packed up his things and came out of the third grandmother's house, Cheng Yangyang saw Wang Erwa, who asked her to pick up things to eat, hiding in the corner of the courtyard gate, and he kept looking at the location of the kitchen, as if he was waiting for her.
Cheng Yangyang really didn't have a good impression of this little kid, she glanced at him, ignored it, and walked in one direction with Wang Xiaoshan, Wang Xiaoshan returned to the village, and she went back to the hillside.