After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Chen Ping took the small clay pot, and under Chen An's sour gaze, he walked out of the courtyard gate and walked towards the old willow tree by the Tu River.

I still owe a story today.

After sitting under the willow tree for a moment, there was the barking of dogs and the whimpering of several puppies in the courtyard opposite.

"I guess I knew I was coming." Chen Ping thought to himself and looked at the courtyard gate.

The closed courtyard door really opened a gap, and the black dog rushed out first, looking at the old willow tree.

Behind the threshold, a few puppies jumped around, fleshy, and wanted to turn out, but unfortunately they were blocked by the one-foot-high threshold, only the little head was on the threshold, and then fell back, and came back next time.

Cute tight.

A girl wearing a small jacket reached out to hold a little black dog, which was the one that jumped the most happily, stepped out of the threshold, and saw Chen Ping, and the joy on her face could not be hidden.

"My mother said that this dog can be weaned, and this one is for you." Chen Ya handed out the puppy in her hand and said softly, "It is the strongest, it must be very easy to raise." ”

"That's for sure, as long as you go to my house, let alone this puppy, even if it's a human being, you can raise it for nothing." Chen Ping smiled and grabbed the fur on the back of the puppy's neck with one hand, and gave the small clay pot in his hand to Chen Ya, "This is cheese, I went to the county seat yesterday, and I guess you haven't eaten it, so I brought you a can." ”

Cheese is popular in the north at this time, and the south will not be popularized until the Yuan Dynasty, becoming a trend, which can be found in this ** county, and it is also unmatured, and the fresh cheese that directly solidifies the milk and removes part of the moisture is really rare.

"It smells so good." Chen Ya held the clay pot in both hands, this clay pot is also ordinary, but it is very small, and it is quite suitable for cheese.

The puppy in his hand was restless, his head looked around, and he bit Chen Ping's fingers with a long mouth, but his teeth had not yet grown, and they were only itchy.

"Eat with a spoon." Chen Ping took out a wooden spoon and gave it to Chen Ya, "You eat, I'll tell you a story, okay?" ”

"Okay." Chen Ya nodded, and sat quietly with Chen Ping by the old willow tree.

There are several sections of willow roots jutting out of the ground, tangled and intertwined in one place, which happens to be a natural seat, not as cold as the river stone.

"Well...... I'll tell you a story about a flying saucer today, okay? "After all, one thousand and one nights are separated by cultural differences, Chen Ping remembered yesterday's talk about flying saucers, obviously, the local culture is more attractive," the name of the story is called Journey to the West, there is a monkey in it that can talk and fly, and he has a white cloud mount, called somersault cloud, also known as flying saucer. ”

has already plagiarized and stolen so much creativity and culture, Chen Ping doesn't care about one more.

"Monkeys? What is a monkey? The cheese was a little sour, and Chen Ya squinted.

"An animal, like a man, has all four limbs...... Well, that is, hands and feet. However, they are different from humans in that they have tails. According to science...... Well, there is a saying that the ancestors of humans were actually apes...... The ape is similar to the monkey, but it is smarter than the monkey......"

For half an hour, Chen Ping has been explaining, and every time a word that has not been heard appears, Chen Ya is like a question machine, and she will ask on time.

In the end, Chen Ping walked away with Xiaohua in Chen Ya's adoring gaze. If you don't talk about it, you have to do it, this problem is a cycle, how can it be explained clearly?

"Brother, where did you get the puppy?" In the yard, Chen's father and Chen An were in a hurry to change the roof, and Chen An once again threw away the reed top that was about to be handed over and ran over, "I want to touch it." ”

"Touch it, watch out for it biting you." Chen Ping frightened, "This is Xiaohua, a new member of the family." ”

"Little flower? It's a terrible name, is it female? Chen An grabbed the little flower and turned it over, "Hey, no." Brother, Xiaohua doesn't have an umbilicus, is it a shemale? ”

Chen Ping's forehead was lined up, and he snatched the small flower from Chen An's hand.

"River crabs are river crabs, this is a dog, and you have to use another method to separate male and female." Chen Ping said angrily, "This is a male dog, you know?" ”

"Oh, a male dog is a male dog, brother, what are you doing so fiercely." Chen An said in his mouth, but he was thinking in his heart: How did Brother know that it was a male dog? What is the difference between a male dog and a female dog? It is not by the umbilical mask to discern, but by what means?

The dog was still young, just left the nest, Chen Ping put it in the chicken coop in the hall, the male and a female two chickens returned to the nest not long ago, and then wandered out, quite complaining at the chicken coop and refused to leave.

"Woo...... Wow......"

Xiaohua looked at the crest of the rooster that probed into the chicken coop with one paw, and the startled rooster flapped its wings and ran out of the hall.

"You took this from Aunt Wang's house, right?" It is good to have a dog at home, and he can take care of the house, Liu pushed the chicken coop outside, "This dog is still young, and he can't eat hard food, so he has to boil some porridge." ”

"Dog." Chen Zhen grabbed the little wild duck, coldly put her little hand into the chicken coop, and grabbed Xiaohua's fur.

Xiaohua whimpered and shrunk into a ball, Chen Zhenle threw away the little duck, squatted by the chicken coop, and found a new toy.

"What's nice about a puppy, come and help." Father Chen shouted from the ladder.

Chen Ping's house is considered medium in the village, which is why there are two men and one woman in the family who share more than ten acres of open fields and three acres of mulberry fields, but they are still listed as middle households.

Houses are also assets, and most of the lower households in the village are made of thatched bamboo and reeds, with a light roof of full frame, and the walls are made of bamboo and then plastered.

Light roofing load-bearing is naturally not good, and roofs cannot be tiled – of course, even if you want to, you can't afford to use them. Chen Ping's house is a rammed earth wall, and the wooden roof truss is added on it, and if you want to replace it with a tiled house, you only need to add some wooden trusses, and you don't have to worry about whether the house can withstand it.

"Hand me the reed." Chen's father went on the roof and stepped on the beam, which is made of fir wood, which is found in ** mountain, the tree shape is long and straight, economical and durable.

Chen Ping went up the wooden ladder, took the reed top from Chen An's hand, and handed it to Chen's father on the house.

The roof was changed from the east room, and the contents had already been moved to the yard, and Liu was cleaning the fabrics, and by the way, the moldy wooden furniture was drying it.

The roof was changed quickly, and when Chen's father began to lift the old roof of the house in the western room, Chen Ping took a free time, first went to peel and wash the lotus root, cut it into pieces and put it aside, and then washed the ribs and cut them on the wooden board.

Chen Ping didn't leave any of the more than a pound of pork ribs, and all the meat on them was washed and placed in a clay pot.

"Grandpa, you have less movement up there." The rotten thatch fell, the ashes flew up, Chen Ping closed the door of the hall and lit a fire.

After half an hour, the water in the iron pot boiled, and Chen Ping poured the cleaned pork ribs into it.

"Forget the spatula." The spatula in his hand is wooden, and it must be no problem to boil the soup, but it is worse to use it for stir-frying, Chen Ping estimated the time, and after seeing a layer of foam floating in the pot, he did not add firewood, but instead used a low heat to stew, and used a wooden spatula to pick out the layer of foam and throw it away.

Liu came in from the outside, and when he saw Chen Ping scooping off the layer of foam, his eyes were quite reluctant.

"What are you going to cook here?" Putting down the cleaned clay pot, Liu saw that Chen Ping was lotus root and pork ribs, which was very strange, and this meat still needed to be boiled like this?

That's a waste, isn't it?

"Lotus root pork rib soup." Chen Ping smiled, "Xiao Anzi is lazy again?" Mother, I have to trouble you to put the lotus root into that clay pot. ”

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PS: Are there any brothers who also like to eat lotus root pork rib soup? Ask for collections, ask for recommendation support~