The bone broth was simmered for half an hour, and the aroma was very strong. It was past noon, and I only drank some porridge in the morning, and the family was empty at the moment. Looking at Zhiping, who had been squatting in front of the stew pot with his nose shrugged, Chun Gui thought about it, took out the dough kneaded by Zhi Xing, divided it into half and rolled it out and cut it into noodles, scooped a few spoonfuls of bone broth from the stew pot, and rolled the noodles after the firewood boiled. The remaining bone broth is still simmering over low heat.

I washed the green leaf vegetables I bought today and threw them in, and it didn't take long for the noodles in the cauldron to roll through.

Zhixing had already taken out five large bowls with a look in his eyes, and waited with his eyes blank.

Waiting for the pot, several people gathered around to eat with relish. The soup with ginger and peppercorns does not smell fishy, and although it does not take long, it is enough for these children who have never drunk it to fresh their tongues.

Zhixing was intoxicated after two sips of soup: "Sister-in-law, I like to drink your stewed soup the most!" ”

People here also drink soup, but they don't have the spring to return to work hard, the chicken soup and fish soup before her spent a lot of hours stewing, and even boiled the bones softly, and the umami melted into the soup, no wonder these children like it so much.

Thinking that Zhiping Zhimin is small, Chungui gave them half a bowl, but I didn't expect the two children to hold the bowl after eating and wanted to eat, Chungui touched the stomachs of the two children, added two chopsticks, and gave one person a big bone to teach how to suck the bone marrow inside.

After feeding them so much that after the year, these children will be able to raise themselves healthy and healthy, and they will be able to make up for their previous losses. Thinking about it this way, a sense of accomplishment arose spontaneously.

After eating big bone soup noodles, Chun Gui saw two big spiritual heads and feet, so he rushed to review his homework, and the two little ones rushed to sleep when they were not in good spirits.

The oil residue from which the lard has been boiled has been cooled, and the Chinese cabbage that has been squeezed out of the water is chopped and the small half of the chopped ginger is mixed into a meat filling. The mushrooms brought by Aunt Liu were diced and the chopped green leafy vegetables were mixed into a vegetarian filling.

After adjusting the filling, she rolled out the wonton wrappers, dumpling wrappers and bun wrappers respectively. It was still early, and when the preparations were ready, she set up a table in the room and put the rice paper and paint in place.

The first trip to the street after coming here was very rewarding, but fortunately, it did not disappoint.

Because of the reading of the beginning of the spring of the year to send Zhiping to the private school, Zhimin, a girl, also learned about the etiquette, although she couldn't enter the private school, but the basic words had to be recognized, so the two children woke up and sent the two to Zhixing and Qi You.

The rice paper sent by the shopkeeper took out one piece of each and let them practice the thousand-character essay.

Quietly closing the door, Chungui just wanted to go in and rest for a while, when someone outside suddenly called her a few times.

When she went out, she saw that Lizheng's daughter-in-law was rushing over with a happy face.

She hurriedly stepped forward to greet her: "Auntie, why are you here?" ”

"Spring returns! Hurry up, come with me, I went to talk yesterday, someone came to Sweetwater Village, and I picked two baskets of chicks, and it was difficult for people to hatch so many chicks this year. "Lizheng's daughter-in-law rushed all the way over, and notified many people along the road, and from a distance, there were really many people standing at the door of Lizheng's house.

Chun Gui hurriedly closed the door and picked up a straw basket at the door.

Lizheng's daughter-in-law said: "I have seen the chickens on this trip, they are all lively, catch up with the good time, there are many ground insects after the rain, I heard that they have eaten the ground insects for three or five days!" If you are short of money here, my aunt still has some here, I will lend it to you first, or buy a few more to raise! ”

Although Qi You pushed the 100 yuan, she didn't really want the child's money, the 100 yuan was counted separately, and the flowers on hand were used to buy vegetables, and there were still two coins of silver in total, and it was enough to buy more than a dozen chickens.

She said, "What my aunt said is that I also want to buy more." ”

Lizheng's daughter-in-law is even more worried than herself: "You have a lot of children in your family, and Zhiping likes to eat eggs, and you can still eat chicken after raising it, which is a good deal." ”

The two talked as they walked, and after a while they arrived at the door of Lizheng's house.

The chicken seller is the old farmer surnamed Li in Tianshui Village next door, and the Li Zheng family is the same clan, when he was young, he sold half of the family's field to buy chickens, and kept them in his own field all the year round.

Uncle Li's son, who came here today, was full of two large baskets of chicks, chirping, making the people around him smile.

Li Zheng's daughter-in-law leaned into Chungui's ear and said secretly: "Then Uncle Li's family is connected to our family, I just told that kid that I will give you a cheaper, you can stay by the side for a while, and we will go up again when they are gone." ”

Chungui's eyes were full of gratitude, and he hurriedly held her hand: "Auntie, what do you want me to say, you and Uncle Li Zheng have taken care of our family so much these days, I'm really embarrassed, I haven't told you yet, I'll go to the street this morning ......"

Li Zheng's daughter-in-law hurriedly intercepted her words: "Don't make a noise yet!" Then he looked around, tightened her hand, and admonished: "Your cousin just sent a bowl of mushrooms to our family, and your uncle and I both know your ability." ”

"That's what your Uncle Li means, you have this craft to do it yourself first, and it's not too late to let the township know when you really get started, and it will never be wrong to do big things in a low-key manner."

"Your family is now the only one in charge of your family, Zhixing is still a child in the end, I said it bluntly, the Liu family has a lot of heartless things in addition to Liu Quan, my nephew came over with chickens, just talked about Liu Quan's cousin who lives in Sweet Water Village, but he gambled so much that he couldn't even eat. Since you have thought of asking your Uncle Li Zheng to help find someone to farm, you must also avoid those relatives, and you can't do half of the work, so now you have to keep a low profile. ”

After saying this, Chun Gui's heart was shocked, and he wanted to come to Lizheng's daughter-in-law this time not only to ask her to buy chickens, but also to let Aunt Li mention herself. It was precisely because she was a child daughter-in-law who had never passed through the door that she couldn't be the official head of the Liu family, and she was afraid that the Liu family would come to take over the field without skin and face, so she gave the land to the Li family and the Chen family.

Now the people in the Liu family clan don't have time to take care of their family, but they think that her family has no family background after a dry period, if she paints fans to make money, the matter of her painting fans to make money spreads to the Liu family in Tianshui Village, and the wealth is moving, and there is another Liu Quan like that.

Chungui sighed, she had to wait until Zhixing passed fifteen, and the worries in her heart would be a little less.

She raised her eyes to look at Li Zheng's daughter-in-law and nodded: "Aunt Li, I understand, thank you and Uncle Li Zheng." ”

Lizheng's daughter-in-law also sighed: "Although your uncle is Lizheng, he can't control the affairs of the clan, our village has all the surnames of Liu Cheng and Li Cai, but the Cheng family of your Liu family is in Tianshui Village, and your uncle can't control it." Today, your cousin Liu also means the same, she also hides it for you, you will earn it secretly first, and when you know and do it in a few years, everything will be easy to say. ”

The two stood aside and were speechless for a while, and Chun Hui watched the villagers pick at least four or five to raise. In the end, the people were almost gone, and only a few people were still deciding how many to buy.

Cai finally picked three chickens, and greeted him when he saw the spring return: "Spring return, how many are you going to want?" ”

Chun returned to his senses, glanced at his daughter-in-law, and said a little embarrassed: "I'm going to buy a few more, Aunt Li is kind enough to help me negotiate the price with Brother Li." ”

When Cai Shi heard this, he smiled and said: "Then dare to be kind, Aunt Li is a good person, the chicken I bought last year was also Aunt Li helped me negotiate the price!" ”

The rest of the people hurriedly raised their eyes to look over, and when they saw that it was spring, they lowered their heads and continued to pick chickens. Chungui and Cai's are not easy, and Lizheng's daughter-in-law should help.

Chun Gui stopped Cai, who was about to leave: "Auntie, Sister Cai, I have steamed buns at home, and I will send a few before dinner." ”

Cai Shi did not shirk: "Then I will try your craftsmanship, it just so happens that my mother sent some sugar over, both red and white, waiting for you to get it at night!" ”

Chungui smiled: "This has become my advantage again." ”

Li Zheng's daughter-in-law patted her hand: "Ah Zhen's mother planted an acre of sugarcane, and she is the best at making sugar, you don't need to think about it." ”

Chungui's eyes flashed, this is really a coincidence, a few days ago Zhiping they drank brown sugar water and liked it so much, she was thinking about waiting for the new season of sweet potatoes to be good, so she made a little sugar water, and there would be a way to buy sugar in the future.

When everyone dispersed, Chun Gui stepped forward to pick: "Brother Li, I want ten chickens, and I will help you pick them." ”

But I didn't want that Brother Li lifted the cloth on one side, and under it was a cage of chickens with shiny fur that was refreshing at a glance.

Brother Li glanced at his daughter-in-law and said with a smile: "My aunt told my father two days ago that this cage is reserved for you and your aunt, and they are the most energetic." After speaking, he picked out ten more and put them in the straw basket brought by Chungui.

"This chicken is used to eating insects, put it in a moist ground, it can be found by itself, just prevent it from getting lost."

Chungui hurriedly took the straw basket and thanked him while taking out the money.

The price was set for her by Lizheng's daughter-in-law, originally a chicken was seven yuan, and two yuan was wiped there in the spring, and ten chickens totaled fifty yuan.

After returning to the spring, I thanked him again and again and went home with a basket of chickens. Today's words with Lizheng's daughter-in-law still alerted her, since she has already guarded against the Liu clan in the field, other places have to be guarded against, and she has to talk to Zhixing and them when she goes back.

The grass shed where the chickens were placed was swept early in the morning, and a layer of hay was laid, and a fence was separated between the grass shed and the small pool in the yard, which not only prevented Zhiping from playing in the water carelessly, but also prevented the chickens from falling into the water. There was originally a lame pheasant in the grass shed, and the ten chicks squeezed each other as soon as they fell into the grass shed, as if they were not suitable for the environment, but the pheasant looked generous and took the initiative to approach these chicks. I didn't care about them in the spring, and after checking it, I sprinkled a handful of weeds, and if the ground insects couldn't eat enough, these weeds were enough.

Entering the kitchen, the bone broth was already stewed more and more richly, Chungui stirred the filling, and watched the sun start to move.

There are ten buns with vegetarian stuffing and meat stuffing, two whole plates of dumplings, and finally wontons, and a few ribs are taken off and shaved in Chungui. The shaved meat was chopped up, and all of it was put into the remaining vegetarian filling, wrapped in about 30 wontons.

This time, the children didn't come by smell, but were led by the chirping chickens in the yard.

When the steamed buns were steamed in the spring, I heard the laughter of Zhiping Zhimin in the yard.

When she walked out the door, she saw two children each holding a chick carefully feeding the grass roots.

Seeing her coming, Zhimin ran over to show her the chick in her hand with a happy face: "Sister-in-law! It's so small! ”

Spring returns to them happily.

At this point, there is food at home, fish in the river, vegetables in the yard, and chickens in the shed.

The days are always getting better and better.