Chapter 15: Fragrant Fish Sauce
Mrs. Li sent fifteen eggs that could hatch chickens to the Xu family, and Deng Alian's chicken nest was taken out, and she finally made up sixteen eggs: "Old sister, in two days, I will definitely make up four eggs for you!" ”
Mrs. Li took out another egg from the basket: "You can pay me back fifteen, why give so much!" ”
Mrs. Li not only lives in the same courtyard as the village chief's family, but her youngest son's family also lives with her.
Their little daughter-in-law, Qian Yuping, is picky and nosy, and last time she said that she had to take twenty eggs in exchange for fifteen eggs that could hatch chickens.
Deng Alian didn't say anything at the time, and thought it wasn't suitable, so she didn't want to change it, but she didn't expect Mrs. Li to send the eggs today, but the eggs laid by the chickens in the past few days were all eaten by the little granddaughter, and she couldn't make up twenty to pay her back for a while.
"Wait a minute!" Deng Alian didn't want the old sister to go home and quarrel with her little daughter-in-law because of these eggs: "Huihui accompanied Grandma Li to talk, and I will be back in a while." ”
"Grandma Li, thank you for sending the eggs!"
"This kid ...... I've learned to be polite, I've known your grandma for half a lifetime, and we have a good relationship! Another day, you go to our house to play, and Grandma Li will give you oil shuttles to eat! ”
Xu Hui thanked Mrs. Li, she knew that oil shuttle was a very expensive thing in the countryside, and the fat meat she bought was cut into small pieces or slices and refined in the pot, and the remaining part of the oil was oil shuttle.
Xu Hui suddenly thought of another way to eat edible oil residue, which is boiled with oil on the pig's large intestine and paired with fried pork liver, which is also a delicacy, this should be cheaper than fatty meat, and there is a chance to try it.
Deng Alian carried four eggs in her clothes, and exactly twenty eggs were taken out by Mrs. Li.
"Old girl, what are you doing here?" Mrs. Li refused to ask for it.
"You take it, let's talk about it, don't forget that you lived with your son, don't make a fuss because of a few eggs, my chickens have been very fond of laying eggs recently, and I will return to Cui's house in two days!"
"Don't bother with my little daughter-in-law, she is a shallow person, we have scolded and persuaded her over the years, she just won't change!" If she hadn't given birth to two grandchildren in the family, Mrs. Li would have wanted her son to divorce his wife.
"According to her request, it is not excessive, we don't have roosters in our house, and the eggs laid really can't hatch the chicks, you must hold these eggs, otherwise I won't dare to look for you again in the future!" Deng Alian said.
The two old ladies chatted for a while, Mrs. Li walked away with the basket, and Xu Jianlin came out of the house: "Let's eat milk!" I'm hungry. The bowl of fish sauce was so fragrant that he wanted to try it sooner.
When the fish sauce was put on the table, Deng Alian sighed: "Why is it so fragrant!" ”
"It was made by my little sister, I don't know how she did it, it's so fragrant, my saliva is going to flow down, let's start quickly!"
Isn't it just a bowl of fish sauce? As for exciteing the two of them like this? Xu Hui wanted to bring a bowl to her grandmother and second brother to serve rice, but Deng Alian pressed her on the stool.
After the table, several people invariably stretched their chopsticks into the fish sauce bowl, Xu Hui had to eat fish sauce because there was no other dish; The other two went for the scent.
After eating a few bites of rice, Deng Alian got up and took another clean bowl, and took out half of the fish sauce: "These are reserved for Xiaowen and your father and mother to come back to eat in the evening!" ”
"Milk, I'll make it for them in the evening, if you change to something else, I will advise you to eat whatever you want, the fish sauce is salty after all, it's better to eat less!" Xu Hui said.
Xu Jianlin swallowed the rice full of cheeks and said: "Little sister, what else do you eat, or a new way to eat fish, the second brother will not only go down to the river to fish, but also dig birds' nests, pick mushrooms, pick wild fruits, as long as we have it in Shiling Village, whatever you want, I can find it for you!" ”
"We want to eat braised pork and roast leg of lamb, you can bring it!" Deng Alian raised her legs and wanted to take off her shoes, thinking that it was time to eat, so she endured it.
"Second brother, I have to grope for it, I really don't know what I'm good at, but you are not allowed to dig birds' nests and climb trees, even if you get those things back, I won't do them!" Xu Hui put the chopsticks behind the bowl and chopsticks, and broke another piece of cake given by the Cui family and gave it to the second brother and grandmother.
"I'm so full at noon today, keep the cake for my little sister to eat at night!" Xu Jianlin was really full, and he ate two bowls of sorghum rice with fish sauce, and he felt a little thirsty after eating!
"At night, we grill fish in the yard and eat, I don't eat cakes!" Although the fish is certainly not as delicious as it is fresh at noon, it should be much better than sorghum rice and mixed flour cakes.
After eating, Deng Alian asked the two children to go back to the house to rest, Xu Hui entered the space to see the hibiscus, and shouted a few times under the tree without responding, it wouldn't be that it turned into a fishing rod today and consumed its spiritual power, and it was tired!
Xu Hui pulled out the shallots, transplanted a few mint plants from the edge of the soup spring, and poured some spring water.
Select some of the stored seasonings and grind them into powder, find a bamboo tube and put them up, and paste them on them for stir-frying, filling, and soup.
This small body is still too small, and she is so tired that she sweats when she does this little work, Xu Hui went back to the bed, changed her clothes, got into the quilt and fell asleep.
When she woke up, it was getting dark, and she didn't know if her father and mother had come back, Xu Hui put on her shoes and coat and ran out, almost colliding with Xu Zhiyong, who was feeding the cattle with forage.
Xu Zhiyong raised the dustpan with one hand, and held his daughter's arm with the other: "Slow down, don't knock!" ”
"Dad, has the big fish been sold?"
Speaking of that fish, Xu Zhiyong showed a rare smile: "That fish sold for five hundred copper plates, and the rest of the fish sold for one hundred and sixty-eight copper plates combined!" ”
It doesn't add up to less than a tael of silver! Xu Hui was a little disappointed.
"Today, I was lucky, when I met Steward Xue, he gave a reward of five hundred copper plates." Xu Zhiyong said. He never dreamed that he could make a silver tael by selling fish, and he still can't believe it's true.
"Our family will get better and better!" Xu Hui took her father's hand and said that when she is older and can open a store, she will not let the elders in the family work so hard, and she will send her eldest brother to study, and the second brother will ...... It's not bad to do business with yourself, you must let him read for a few years, how can you read the account book, and you have to know the words on it when you sign a contract!
"Huihui is a blessed person!" Xu Zhiyong had a simple smile on his face, he fished in the river in Shiling Village every year, and he had never caught such a big fish, which was brought by his daughter.
Deng Alian and Zhou Xiaomei looked at the father and daughter outside on the kitchen windowsill, Xu Zhiyong and his daughter-in-law didn't have so many words, and the little girl looked up at the person in front of her, her eyes were full of admiration.
"Our family's life will definitely get better and better!" Deng Alian felt very reasonable when she heard her granddaughter's words, and Zhou Xiaomei also felt full of strength, with such a good family and children, she was willing to do anything for this family and children.