Chapter 21: The snails are so delicious
"Don't heat it up, just eat it." Shen Kuan came in from outside and said.
Just now, when Shen Xiuyuan was busy comforting Mu Dongzhi, he went out to re-trim the crooked fence with interest.
Mu Dongzhi heard that there was no need to heat it up, so she squatted down again, picked up the puppy behind her, and played with it on her lap.
The puppy was very milky, smelled Mu Dongzhi's hand, and licked it.
Mu Dongzhi stretched out his fingers, and Xiao Huang slowly gnawed her fingers, and gnawed a few fingers.
Shen Kuan glanced at her, thinking that children are children, and they like this kind of kittens and dogs.
When the two were eating, Mu Dongzhi had been playing with the puppy and had made a kennel for it outside the door.
After Shen Xiuyuan was full, he called Mu Dongzhi to come in, took out the silver and gave her the silver, and said:
"This is the money we used to sell the deer."
"Deer?" Mu Dongzhi took the silver in surprise, opened it to see that it was all broken silver, and asked in surprise, "How many are here?" ”
"A total of eighteen taels," Shen Xiuyuan said.
Shen Kuan looked at Shen Xiuyuan silently, secretly admiring him in his heart.
Originally, it was already great for a deer to sell for five taels of silver, but he didn't expect him to go to the pharmacy to sell deer antler deer bones and deer blood, and go to the restaurant to sell venison.
The deerskin was sold to the cloth man, but it was sold for a tael of silver.
He originally thought that venison was the most valuable, but he didn't expect that it was the antlers of the deer that were the most valuable.
Mu Dongzhi heard that there were a total of eighteen taels of silver, and he was stunned for a while, before asking:
"Then we, don't we have a lot of money?"
Shen Xiuyuan smiled even more happily when he saw her little money fan.
Shen Kuan's eyebrows also stretched, as long as there is silver, after the spring, it will not be a problem to go to school.
Mu Dongzhi said: "We have silver now, why don't we repair the house, in case winter comes, it's cold." ”
Shen Kuan was a little unhappy and said, "After the year, Xiuyuan still has to go to study, and it costs money everywhere." ”
Shen Xiuyuan disagreed, and said, "Yes, there is no need to repair. ”
He thought that if he went to study in the future, he would definitely take her with him.
Nine times out of ten, my brother is going to join the army, and when the time comes, there will be no one to live in the house, so why waste it?
Where did Mu Dongzhi know Shen Xiuyuan's plans, and said firmly:
"Aren't there a lot of stones by the river?
Let's pick up stones of similar size and bring them back, and then build a new house.
It doesn't cost much. ”
Shen Kuan thought for a while and said, "That's fine." ”
Shen Xiu saw that both of them insisted, but he still insisted on it, and said, "If I am admitted to the meritorious service in the future......"
"There will always be a day when the old man will return to his hometown, and then he will have to have a place to live." Mu Dongzhi said.
Shen Xiuyuan choked, he didn't expect to return to his hometown.
Since they are willing to repair, then let's repair.
The three of them discussed it and decided to hire Uncle Wang's ox cart.
Uncle Wang calculated that it was cost-effective to hire the ox cart for the Shen family, so he agreed.
The next day, Uncle Wang came early.
Mu Dongzhi made an extra portion when he cooked.
Shen Kuan and Shen Xiuyuan are both capable, and when Mu Dongzhi made breakfast, they had already pulled back two carts.
Uncle Wang asked, "What are you pulling this for?" ”
Shen Xiuyuan replied with a smile: "The little lady wants to build a house." ”
Uncle Wang was a little puzzled, these stones can't be piled up at all, how to build a house?
Even if you want to build a house out of bluestone, you should also be chiseled into a square one.
He didn't say much, though.
After the two carts of stones were unloaded, Mu Dongzhi called them back for dinner.
Uncle Wang still remembered the wild vegetable cake made by Mu Dongzhi, and came to eat it with a smile.
This girl is really good at cooking.
After eating, Mu Dongzhi wanted to help, and Shen Kuan and Shen Xiuyuan didn't need her to help.
Then she went and continued to pull the weeds.
She looked at the green color of her hands, thought for a moment to take back the grass she had pulled out, mashed it in the barrel with a rolling pin, and then fished out the dregs inside.
After scooping, it was not clean enough, so I poured the dark green grass juice into the basin, and then filtered it with a cotton cloth.
This time it's much cleaner.
She put the grass juice in a wooden barrel, went into the back room, and cut out a large piece of the white cotton cloth, thinking that if she could not dye it, it would be dyed black.
Thinking so, she added some salt to the dark green grass juice and stuffed the cloth in.
She soaked the cloth in the grass juice and continued to pull the weeds.
She stripped the grass and dug up the vacant space, and saw that it was noon and she was busy cooking.
She went to look at the snails, and the mud and sand were spit clean and ready to be cooked.
She went to cook the rice first, and the pork liver that was fried before was also put in the rice, which was also fragrant.
Then I boiled a vegetable soup with an egg in the soup.
When Uncle Wang came over for dinner, he saw that he had beaten egg soup, and he was even more surprised.
He cooked two large bowls of rice and drank a large bowl of soup in a row, and then patted his belly with satisfaction.
After eating and drinking other people's, he was naturally embarrassed not to work, so when the Shen brothers moved the stones, he was also busy helping them move.
In the afternoon, Mu Dongzhi fished out the snails and cooked them.
After cooking, she picked out the snail meat with a needle.
She washed it several times, and after making sure that there was no sediment, she went to pick a handful of green peppers, a handful of chili peppers, and two cloves of garlic for later use.
She made a little more noodles, the size of an egg, and woke up in a bowl of the sea.
Then I went out again to find some wild vegetables.
The wild vegetables are still the same as before, wring them out in water, cut them into cubes, and put them in a basin for later use.
Then I put some noodles, but mung bean noodles, sweet potato noodles and wheat noodles are mixed together, and there is more wheat noodles.
Then she stirred the batter until it was not thin or thick, and then put the wild vegetables in and woke up.
Pour water on the dough and wash the dough vigorously.
The dough is getting smaller and smaller, and the dough water is getting whiter and whiter.
She washed it several times, and the dough was left with sticky gluten, so she started to boil the oil.
When the oil temperature was hot, she poured the green onions, ginger, garlic, chili peppers, green sesame peppers, and stir-fried until fragrant, and poured the diced snails into it.
There was a thud, and the three people who came back from the car outside heard it.
Then I heard the sound of a spatula stir-frying, and the smell wafting from the window.
Uncle Wang's gluttony was immediately hooked out.
The two brothers of the Shen family are also like this, and they don't know what to do at home on the winter solstice.
After Mu Dongzhi stir-fried the snails into the flavor, he put them on a plate and served them.
Pour a little more oil into the pot, when the oil is hot, put that bit of gluten in and fry, fry until golden on both sides, put it out, and pour water into the pot.
She took out two pieces of pork liver, cut them into thin strips, and put them in a pot to cook.
After the water boiled, she put the diced gluten in it, and then poured in the freshly washed water.
After the pot boiled, she sprinkled some chopped green onions and shredded wild vegetables into it.
The soup looked crystal clear, and there were green, yellow, and white, and it looked exceptionally good.