Chapter 56: Finding Water
At this moment, Liang Hongxia was chopping meat in the yard, and when she saw Zhong Miao come out with half a pot of hot things, her movements suddenly stopped.
Seeing Zhong Miao tinkering in the kitchen for most of the day, and staring at it like a baby, she was naturally very curious and wanted to see what was inside.
Liang Hongxia put down the knife and leaned towards Zhong Miao. With the heat billowing up, she saw only a transparent and slightly viscous thing in the pot, and this was the first time she had seen it.
"What's in there? Can you really eat it? ”
Liang Hongxia's voice raised an octave, and after waiting for a long time, she saw such a half pot of tattered things that could penetrate to the end like water, not to mention any ginseng and deer antlers, it was estimated that it couldn't even compare to star anise and the like, so it was really a vain expectation.
She was unhappy all of a sudden, "No, Zhong Miao, what are you messing around!" I thought it was some kind of strange treasure, and I didn't want you to deceive people like this! Because of this, you have taken up all the pots used to cook rice......"
As she spoke, she lost her voice.
If it weren't for the pot, I wouldn't be able to eat meat-filled dumplings at night!
Zhong Miao is at a critical moment, where is the time to have a relationship with her? Only replied to her at the moment, "You chop your meat, and then take care of the rest when you finish the work, and you are still waiting inside." ”
Liang Hongxia was disappointed, but she couldn't delay eating dumplings at night. Looking at the half-chopped meat, my mood improved again.
She returned to her original position to continue what she had not done, while Zhong Miao found a remote and wind-blown shade to dry the gypsum.
There are enough people in the left and right families, and there are people doing the meat stuffing and rolling the dumpling skin, so she simply moved a small pestle and guarded it by the small iron pot.
There are a lot of people in the kitchen, and it looks more and more stuffy. Yang Qingxiang and Liang Hongxia simply moved a table to the courtyard and moved the dumpling making work outside.
Wang Ping Wang was so hungry that he gathered around the table, and he couldn't persuade him to leave. Liang Hongxia was reluctant to put down the meat filling and dumpling wrappers in her hand, as if she could be satisfied with just grasping it in her hand.
In the end, I could only look at a pair of twins while wrapping dumplings, and I had to scold a sentence or two from time to time.
All of a sudden, there was a commotion in the yard.
When the dumplings were halfway wrapped, Mrs. Jiang took a pu fan and sat down with Wang Baolian under the grape trellis.
Now the sun is clearly setting in the west, and it is gradually not as hot as noon, and when the wind blows so much, it is much better to stay outside the courtyard than to stay inside.
Seeing Zhong Miao guarding a small iron pot, he also asked two questions.
"This is gypsum, you can eat it, I'm waiting for it to warm up and put it in the cellar, and it will be ready to eat in half an hour."
After the cauliflower is boiled out of the gelatin, it will coagulate into jelly when it cools.
It's not that you have to put it in the cellar, she thinks that it has the same effect as the refrigerator, and when you take it in, it is equivalent to ice, and when you eat it, the effect is better and the taste is better.
After Zhong Miao finished speaking, he tested the temperature on the surface of the small iron pot, which was much cooler than when he first came out of the pot, and hurriedly went to the cellar.
After the plaster was properly placed, Zhong Miao was refreshed. Because she had never made dumplings, she wanted to try it, and even Mrs. Jiang asked her to go over and rest under the grape trellis for a while, but she didn't go.
Externally, this is the reason, but in fact, she doesn't want to 'sabotage'.
Under the grape trellis, Mrs. Jiang and Wang Baolian are now there, and it is a good time for mothers and daughters to enhance their relationship. If she passed this moment, it was really too heartless.
Mrs. Jiang has always valued herself, if the three of them sit together, Mrs. Jiang's attention will be mostly on herself, and Wang Baolian will feel uncomfortable at that time.
It's even less cost-effective to be hated for nothing.
The people who make dumplings are Yang Qingxiang, Liang Hongxia and Wang Wenyuan.
Yang Qingxiang is used to these words, and the dumplings are wrapped quickly and well. Liang Hongxia was greedy, thinking that she should eat good things in her mouth as soon as possible, and the work in her hand naturally did not fall, but the efficiency was surprisingly high.
Two quarters of an hour later, she went into the house with the wrapped dumplings. Talking and laughing, it seems very affectionate.
Zhong Miao looked into the kitchen.
Liang Hongxia, who used to be tired of doing light work, sat in front of the kang very consciously to make a fire, while Yang Qingxiang first washed the big wok, and then added scoops and scoops of water to it, saying that it was going to make wild vegetable dumpling soup.
Zhong Miao remembered the cold salad of cauliflower and wanted to make one. But after a busy day, her body was overloaded, and she gave up the fleeting thoughts in her heart.
Left and right cauliflower will be common in the future, and there will always be no shortage of time to make cold cauliflower.
Soon, the orange-red sun hung on the top of the mountain, and Old Man Wang, Wang Baoshan and Wang Baofu also came back from the field at sunset.
Mrs. Jiang personally gathered a pot of water for them to drink, and asked how they were finding water today.
Old man Wang shook his head, "How can it be so easy to find water, I've been looking for it for four or five days one after another, and I don't have a clue at all." Due to the long period of no rain, there was a drought everywhere, and the water volume of the small stream in the village also dropped sharply. ”
Wang Baofu also frowned, "The upper reaches of the river have been diverted a lot, and they are all used for irrigation, resulting in more than half of the water being lost when it comes to our village. The village chief said that he had negotiated with several villages upstream, and now there is no follow-up, but I am afraid that it is useless. ”
Mrs. Jiang also sighed, thinking that the second child was right.
Now is the time when crops need water, which is related to the question of whether they can have enough to eat in the second half of the year. There is a shortage of water everywhere, and the usually inconspicuous river water has become a scramble. Negotiation is negotiation, but I am afraid that it will not be able to be negotiated.
Everyone doesn't want to go hungry, and if it's urgent, they're afraid of fighting.
At this moment, Wang Ping and Wang An were arguing in the kitchen.
Liang Hongxia also had the heart to give them to eat first, and as soon as the dumplings were ready, she fished two of them and put them in the bowl first. It's easy to be less hot, and the two little ones can't wait, and one of them holds a bowl and jumps out like monkeys.
Seeing that the adults had returned, he rushed to the people who were sitting.
"Grandpa, Daddy, I'm going to eat white and chubby meat dumplings today! It's delicious! ”
Wang An had already taken a bite of the dumplings, and he was so hot that he exhaled cold.
Wang Baofu looked at the filling exposed by the dumplings, except for garlic and onions, most of them were meat, and he was also happy.
Mrs. Jiang explained with a smile, "Baolian's embroidery is well done, and it has won the appreciation of the cloth village, saying that it has increased the salary, and it is a lot!" Baolian thought that the family hadn't opened meat for a long time, so she had a meat dumpling in the evening, and it was time to celebrate. ”
Everyone was very happy to hear it, and after being happy, they felt even more uncomfortable.
Old man Wang was ashamed, "I've been busy this year, just for those few bites." It's good now, the matter of water has not been solved, and I am afraid that life will be more difficult this year. ”
As soon as he said this, the three men were silent.
Wang Baolian said with relief: "Planting crops depends on the sky for food, and if it doesn't rain, you can't make it up even if you don't have any ability." Now the village chief is thinking of a way, and it is estimated that there will be eyebrows soon. ”
Mrs. Jiang opened her mouth and didn't say a word to the last word.