Chapter 6 Mixing vegetables in exchange for longevity
I finally found something to eat, and the next thing to do made it difficult for Xu Hui, she couldn't make a fire! Looking at those firewood branches, she didn't know how to light them?
While trying to find a way, Xu Hui plans to soak the sorghum rice for a while, as there seem to be beans at home, and putting them in the rice can improve the problem of sorghum rice being too hard.
Because the person was too small to scoop the sorghum rice in a bowl, Xu Hui wiped the water ladle dry and scooped it twice, which was estimated to be enough to make a meal.
After digging the rice, Xu Hui wanted to add a little soup and spring water to it, but she was afraid that her family would be suspicious if she didn't grasp the proportion well for the first time, so she simply gave up this idea.
Dig for good rice and continue to think of a way, the book seems to say that ancient people used flint, Xu Hui rummaged around the stove for a while, and really found two small stones. Under the stove, an arch was built with thin firewood branches, Xu Hui collided with each other with two stones, and tried several times to get smaller and smaller, but still did not see the flames.
Sitting on a small stool and resting for a while, Xu Hui experimented again, and this time finally saw the flames.
After boiling half a pot of hot water, putting the sorghum rice and beans into the pot, Xu Hui went to get wild vegetables and dried radish, fried half a bowl of scallion oil with shallots and lard, and mashed the salt with a rolling pin and sprinkled it on the vegetables.
I really should take some condiments and sesame seeds and sesame oil from the space, and the dishes will definitely be much tastier, but if the family asks about the origin of those things, how can they explain?
Forget it today, the first time you cook, as long as you let your family know that you can cook food, and that the things you make are no worse than your grandmother and mother.
Are you afraid that you won't have a chance to eat something good?
"Oops! Is there a fire in the house? How the chimney is smoking! "The little grandson of the Cui family was playing in the yard, saw the chimney of the Xu family smoking, and ran back to tell Deng Alian that their house was on fire.
Deng Alian, the old lady of the Cui family, and the daughter-in-law of the Cui family ran back together, and several people rushed into the kitchen to see Xu Hui standing on a small stool, turning the sorghum rice with a spatula!
If the rice grains stick to the pot, it will easily stick to the pot, and the rice will be difficult to eat.
"Oh my goodness, how are you cooking, hurry up!" Deng Alian ran to her granddaughter in a few steps, snatched the spatula in her hand, and carried the person off the stool.
"Milk, the pot should be turned frequently, and the sorghum rice should not be allowed to stick to the top of the pot." If you stick to the pot, your previous efforts will be in vain.
"Is this dish mixed with Huihui? It smells weird! Zhang Cuifang, the daughter-in-law of the Cui family, leaned her nose on the edge of the basin and sniffed vigorously.
Countrymen generally eat wild vegetables with hot water to boil, or blanch for a while, sprinkle a little salt and it's over, how can anyone be willing to fry some green onions in oil, in that case will be scolded, and the loser will do that!
Deng Alian also smelled it, there was a smell of lard and green onions, it smelled very fragrant, how much lard did you have to put here!
If the two grandsons had done this today, Deng Alian would have taken off her shoes and thrown them away, and although she was a daughter-in-law, she would not have been beaten, and she would not have been able to escape anything after a training.
The one who did bad things was replaced by her granddaughter, she couldn't get out of her temper at all, although her heart hurt one by one, she was reluctant to say even the word "no" on her lips.
"You kid, if you don't say a word when I leave, you will run to the kitchen and start cooking, how old are you, it's not time to fiddle with the spatula, and it's not too late to practice cooking in a few years." Deng plans to wait for her granddaughter to learn to cook when she is 12 years old; It's just right to get married after two years of study, and now her granddaughter is too young, her task is to eat, drink and have fun, the Xu family can't give her a rich life, and she must not treat the child badly in other aspects.
Of course, the only child she refers to is her granddaughter, and the two grandsons have the ability to break out of the world by themselves, and if they don't have the ability, they will live in the countryside with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky, and the family has to save money to help their granddaughter buy a decent dowry, so as to save other people's families from being angry, and the grandson can only ask for more blessings.
Xu Hui saw that Grandma Cui's eyes had been staring at the wild vegetables and dried radish, so she picked up a bowl from the shelf, and handed it to the old lady of the Cui family after holding a few chopsticks from each of the two kinds of vegetables: "Grandma Cui, if you don't dislike it, take it back and try it!" ”
"Send me, Huihui is not only good-looking, but also very generous, thank you, there is an immortal fruit sent by Cuifang's mother's family at home, I will catch two handfuls for you in a while, the fruit is crisp and fragrant and delicious." Although the two families are neighbors, they should also pay attention to courtesy, if you only go in and can't go out for a long time, who will still deal with you.
Deng Alian was really distressed when she saw that her granddaughter gave Mrs. Cui half a bowl of mixed vegetables, there are wild vegetables in every family, and the lard is expensive! Their family usually only uses a small spoonful for stir-frying, but her granddaughter used a lot of it today, so she gave it away Deng Alian wanted to stop it and was afraid of upsetting her granddaughter.
It's not a loss to exchange half a bowl of mixed vegetables for two handfuls of longevity, that longevity fruit is also a rare thing, and it is only sold in a big place like Fucheng, which is quite expensive, and it is rare in the countryside.
Xu Hui is also very happy, if she gets peanut seeds, bring them into the space and plant some next to the soup spring and twin trees, I hope that peanuts can be grown in the space.
Grandma Cui is a person who keeps her word, and when she got home, she not only washed the dishes and sent them back, but also filled half a bowl of longevity fruit for her granddaughter Pandi to send over.
"Huihui, can I come and play with you tomorrow?" Cui Pandi asked nervously and shyly.
Xu Hui wanted to say that she didn't have to, she had a lot of things to do, and when she saw the girl's eager gaze, she couldn't help but nodded: "Okay!" ”
"Really?" The Xu family doesn't say that there is someone who guards Xu Hui every day, and they never let her go outside to play alone, Brother Pan always envies Xu Hui while working at home, why doesn't he have such a good life!
"Well, come to me when you're done!" As soon as Xu Hui heard the name Brother Pan, she knew that the Cui family was patriarchal, and then she knew that the little girl was not paying attention to her dirty clothes at home.
Cui Pandi walked away, Xu Hui grabbed a handful of longevity fruits and put them in the space, ready to go in and plant them in the dead of night.
For the remaining half, Xu Hui put it in a pot with residual temperature, added a handful of firewood under the stove and kept stir-frying, and sprinkled a little bit of crushed salt foam after cooking.
The sorghum rice was also ready, and Deng Alian took the basin and brought out the rice: "When your father and mother come back, I will tell them that today's meal is made by Huihui, and they must be happy to close their mouths."
Huihui, you're still young, let's learn to cook in a few years! Deng Alian wanted her granddaughter to dispel the idea of cooking.
"Milk, I love to cook, really!" It's just that there are too few ingredients, the single quality of the condiments is not good, and the kitchen environment is somewhat unsatisfactory, and these difficulties can only be overcome slowly.
Deng Alian looked at her granddaughter with satisfaction, this child is stronger than her mother, Zhou Xiaomei is a good hand at working outside, no matter how hard and tired she is, she is not afraid, as soon as she is asked to cook and sew clothes, it will be over, not to mention that the food is tasteless, and the clothes are always twisted and crooked.
After so many years of marriage, she is still not good at housework, and her granddaughter is so good-looking, if she learns to cook again, it is best to embroider and embroider, and she will definitely be able to find a good in-law in the future.