Chapter 24: I don't want to go
The kitchen is full of aroma, braised pork is stewed in a small pot stove, a pot of two rice is steamed in a large pot, and below is a red, oily pork ribs.
This kid has made all the meat her uncle gave her! Why don't you know how to save some for tomorrow?
"Milk, my uncle is a guest, if we don't cook too much, he will definitely be embarrassed to eat, it's better to make more, it's good that everyone can follow it." Xu Hui looked at her grandmother's painful appearance and wanted to laugh, now that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and there is no refrigerator, the meat can't be stored at all, so it's better to take advantage of the freshness and make everyone satisfy their hunger.
It's too late to say anything now, the meat has been put into the pot, and it can't be fished out and turned back, what the granddaughter said is right, the thing was brought by Bo Tao's child, if he only made a little, he would definitely not be willing to eat, and now it's okay.
Xu Jianlin was particularly active, wiping the table, setting the dishes and chopsticks, and taking the stool after he was ready, he stood at the kitchen door and stretched his neck and waited for the meal to start.
The lunch meal was served in a small pot, a sweet and sour pork ribs, a fragrant braised pork stewed potato cubes, a pot of cabbage soup, and a plate of cold dishes mixed with wead.
"Don't mention, these dishes have an appetite when you look at them, they are all made by Huihui! You're amazing! Zhou Botao didn't expect that his niece still had the talent to cook, and such a small person could make dishes with good color, flavor (and I don't know how it tastes).
"Don't just look at it, try it!" Xu Hui handed out chopsticks to everyone, and Deng Alian, her son and daughter-in-law's chopsticks stretched out to the artichoke.
Xu Hui picked up a pair of clean chopsticks: "It seems that I will have to share the good things in the future, otherwise no one will be willing to eat!" Xu Hui first sandwiched a piece of ribs for her uncle.
After receiving praise, I sandwiched braised pork for my grandmother and mother, and pork ribs for my two brothers and father.
"Huihui also sit down to eat, this is the best braised pork I have ever tasted, our Huihui will definitely open a restaurant in the future!" Deng Alian swallowed a piece of soft and sweet braised pork, and only opened her mouth after the lingering fragrance in her mouth dissipated.
Zhou Botao nibbled on a piece of pork ribs, ate a piece of braised pork, took out a plain handkerchief to wipe his mouth and said: "These two dishes are well done, your grandmother and grandfather must like them, and when we go back, we will cut some meat, and you can also make them a meal of braised pork to eat!" ”
Uncle, it's not good for you to be like this! In the morning, I said that I wanted to stay at home to help cook, why did I still want to take her to my grandmother's house!
If he refuses his uncle's proposal, will he think that he doesn't like his grandmother's house and doesn't want to cook for the two old people!
"Uncle Xiao knows that Huihui is the most filial child, let's set off after eating, this time my uncle has free time, teach you to read and write your name!" Zhou Botao took his niece's silence as a tacit acquiescence, ignoring the resentful little eyes she projected and talking to himself.
Deng Alian noticed the light in her granddaughter's eyes when she heard the literacy, and agreed to Zhou Botao's proposal instead of her granddaughter, there is no women's school near Fengshan County, and I heard that that kind of boudoir school only exists in the capital, and the Xu family has no money for the children to study there.
Since the child wants to be literate, and her little uncle has that heart, the family must support it, and other people's families praise the girl for recognizing the words and words, and the Xu family doesn't know, they support Xu Hui.
After eating, Zhou Botao asked his sister to pack some clothes for his niece, Xu Zhiyong sat in the courtyard to accompany his brother-in-law, and Xu Jianwen took this rare opportunity to ask his uncle for teaching.
"Mother, you discuss with your uncle, I will go to my grandmother's house when the family finishes planting!" Xu Hui felt that this time was a good opportunity for the family to show off their cooking skills, and when they all recognized their cooking skills, they should agree to the proposal to set up a stall to sell snacks.
With the experience of her previous life, coupled with the cheating device of space, Xu Hui is confident that she can turn a small stall into a shop in the shortest possible time, and develop into a private restaurant little by little.
Xu's private dishes pay attention to the color, flavor and flavor, try to maintain the original umami of the food, innovate the old dishes, integrate the north and the south, do not stick to a certain cuisine, and pursue the feeling of delicious blooming on the tip of the tongue.
These are also Xu Hui's pursuits, in recent days, she has always been thinking that God sent her to ancient times, maybe in order to seek the essence of returning to the basics, she must let the Xu family's private dishes flourish in Dongjing.
"Huihui, in previous years, when the family was busy, you also went to live at your grandmother's house! You're only a few years old this year, and you don't need to go around the pot all day at home.
Our family will bring food to the field tomorrow, and we will leave you alone at home at noon, we are not at ease, if we leave another person to accompany you, the speed of farming will be slow! ”
"Mother, I know, I'll go to my grandmother's house with my little uncle, and you can pick me up as soon as you finish planting!" Xu Hui took two sets of clothes and put them in the baggage.
Deng Alian came in and stuffed a copper plate for her granddaughter: "If you want to eat sugar, you can go to the small shop in Yunxia Village to buy it yourself, our family has been thanks to your grandmother's family for all these years, or ......" Deng Alian has always been very strong, since the death of the man, life has been very difficult, as if it can't be slowed down.
The Zhou family, Mrs. Li, and the help of the neighbors Deng Alian have always remembered it in their hearts, and they dare not forget it in this life.
"Mother, don't say that, we are all relatives, we should help each other, Huihui and your little uncle should go, we should also go to the ground." Zhou Xiaomei looked up at the direction of the sun, and it was time for them to set off.
Zhou Botao took his niece to leave first, and after they left, the Xu family took farm tools and prepared to go to the field, Deng Alian said that she ate so well at noon today, if she didn't work hard, she would be sorry for the pot of braised pork and pork ribs.
"Milk, mother, there is silver here!" When Xu Jianwen cleaned up the book annotated by his uncle, he found a few pieces of broken silver in it, Deng Alian took it in his hand and checked it, these silver were at least three or two heavy, Bo Tao, the child, every time he came, he either bought pen and ink for his nephew, or bought snacks for his niece, and often secretly stuffed silver.
"Xiaomei, when you go to pick up Huihui, return the silver to Bo Tao, we can't always let others help!" Deng Alian put the broken silver in Zhou Xiaomei's hand.
"This silver must have been earned by Bo Tao copying books or selling calligraphy and paintings, since he gave it, let's accept it, and then pay him back together when he gets married or the family has money." Zhou Xiaomei thought about it, since her brother gave him the silver, she would take it, and the three poor and three rich people in this life would grow old, and the Xu family might have the day to turn over, even if she didn't, she received her brother's love, and there was no silver in the family to repay his favor in other aspects, so there was no need to share it so clearly.
Deng Alian thought about her granddaughter's proposal as she walked out, maybe she should think about it, counting on a few acres of thin land at home, when she would be able to turn over.
The two grandchildren are getting older, and they still want to save a decent dowry for their granddaughter? Everything needs silver, and it's time to think seriously about whether there is any other way out.