Chapter 56: Return of the Gift
Xiao Qinghe said to the Jinping brothers: "Brother Jinping, Brother Xiaoan, you sit down for a while, I'll bring the pheasant and hare to my mother, let's stew a wild mountain mushroom pheasant soup at noon, okay?" How do you want to eat rabbits? ”
Jin Ping said: "The guest is as good as the host." ”
Xiao Qinghe tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "Then make a simplified version of the saliva rabbit." ”
Jin An said curiously: "Do you still know the saliva rabbit?" ”
Xiao Qinghe glanced at him lightly, did he really think he was a dirt bun? She can confidently say that she must have eaten more food than he knows!
"By the way, what is a simplified version of the saliva rabbit?"
Xiao Qinghe shrugged: "To make a saliva rabbit, you need a lot of condiments, but many of them are not available at home, so I can only refer to the practice of making a saliva rabbit and make a cold rabbit." ”
Jin An suddenly cried and laughed: "Then you just said that the cold rabbit has it." ”
Xiao Qinghe snorted lightly: "I prefer to use the name of a famous dish, what's wrong?" ”
Leaving Jin An, Xiao Qinghe walked in the door with his back on his back, and heard September's sharp meow. She paused, turned around and went to the bedroom, and saw September stretching the rope on her body straight, and her four calves smashing outward.
She walked over, squatted down, and gently rubbed its head, and it lay down with an aggrieved, tender cry.
It turned out that Xiao Qinghe went up the mountain to hunt, worried that he would not listen to the greeting in September, and he would alarm the prey along the way, so he tied it with a rope at home.
When he came back at this time, Xiao Qinghe untied the rope from his body.
September felt that the restraints on his body had disappeared, and he rolled on the ground happily, got up and rubbed against the little master.
Xiao Qinghe got up and went to the kitchen, and September jumped at her feet, not afraid of being stepped on.
Xiao Qinghe walked into the kitchen and happened to see her mother washing rice and putting it in the pot, she beckoned, "Mom, I'm back." ”
Hearing her daughter's voice, Lin Jing turned back in surprise: "Lotus flower, you are finally back, your brother Xiaoping and brother Xiaoan came to see you." ”
"I've seen them outside."
Lin Jing glanced outside, pulled her daughter to the kitchen, and whispered: "Your brother Xiaoping and brother Xiaoan brought you a lot of things, we don't know each other, we don't have any friendship, you are not allowed to ask for it for a while, do you hear?" ”
Xiao Qinghe was very curious: "What did they take?" ”
Lin Jing said: "There is a bag of sugar, what kind of rabbit candy is it......"
Xiao Qinghe was stunned for a moment and said, "Is it the White Rabbit Milk Candy?" ”
"Yes, yes, it's White Rabbit Milk Candy! This sugar seems to be quite expensive. In addition to this sugar, there are also a few picture books, a notebook and a fountain pen, and those few picture books and notebooks are all about it, we can't have pens! ”
In these years, those who can own a fountain pen are all people with a bit of status, and most ordinary people still use brushes and ballpoint pens.
At this time, there was another profession that almost disappeared after a few decades: the penman!
You can imagine how precious the fountain pen was at this time.
Xiao Qinghe smiled faintly, these things are indeed quite valuable, but for her who is well-informed in later generations, even if it is nothing, she does not feel that it is hot.
Mom's concern is that she can't return something of the same value, so if there is a gift of the same value, what does it matter if she accepts it?
She whispered, "Mom, these things are very valuable to us, but to them, they are just ordinary gifts. Come to think of it, you can also see that the conditions of Han Zuzu's family and Brother Jin Ping, Brother Xiao An's family are very good, since it is something they have already mentioned, if we refuse, let them bring it back, do you think it is possible? ”
Lin Jing frowned distressedly: "Then what should I do?" ”
Xiao Qinghe glanced outside and whispered, "Mom, I saw Han Zuzu on the street some time ago and found that her health was not very good. Isn't it possible for me to make spiritual spring water? Otherwise, let's make some ...... with spiritual spring water in a while Make some muddy water dumplings and give them to take away. ”
It's a hot summer, and it would have been more in season to make cold noodles, cold cakes, cold shrimp, and ice powder, but she considered that Han Zuzu was old and weak, and eating too much cold food was not good for her health, so Xiao Qinghe thought about it and decided to make muddy water cake.
The muddy water cake can be used directly for cold dressing, or it can be boiled and eaten hot, which is just right for Han Zuzu's family.
"By the way, and our eggs! Recently, the water that the chickens at home drink is also the spiritual spring water made by me, and the eggs they lay are much more nutritious than before, Han Zuzu drank my spiritual spring water and ate our eggs, which can be of great benefit to her body, I think this is enough to compensate for the gifts they sent. ”
Since he began to feed the hens at home, Xiao Qinghe has used the spiritual eye technique every day to detect the concentration of vitality contained in the eggs laid by the hens.
She found that the eggs of the hens fed with the spiritual spring water contained a stronger concentration of vitality than ordinary chickens.
With that in mind, the poultry breeding plan she is considering should be ready to start next year.
Lin Jing's eyes lit up: "This is not bad, but the role of spiritual spring water and eggs is only known to the two of us, and for outsiders who don't know, such a gift is too cold." ”
Xiao Qinghe said lightly: "As long as we have a clear conscience, if we have to care about the eyes of others in everything we do, it will be too difficult for people to live in this life." ”
Lin Jing smiled bitterly and shook her head: "That's what I said, but it's too difficult to really do this." ”
Over the years, haven't their mother and daughter just lived in the eyes of others? She just wants not to care, and it's hard.
Xiao Qinghe no longer talks about this topic, everyone's attitude towards life is different, and their psychological tolerance is also different, and she can't use her own standards to demand others.
She changed the subject and said, "Mom, I caught two pheasants and two hares today, and when I was on the mountain, I roasted a pheasant with Xiaoyun and them to eat, and there was still one pheasant and two hares left. Didn't we dry a lot of mushrooms before? Grab some chicken stew at noon. For rabbits, cook them and salad, and now that the weather is hot, it is more refreshing to eat cold dishes. ”
Lin Jing said in surprise: "You really hit pheasants and hares?" ”
Although she knew that her second brother Tuomeng had taught her daughter a skill, she always felt that her daughter was still young, and it was a pure coincidence that she hit Xu Hui's chicken before.
Besides, the wild nature of the domestic chickens is gone, the alertness is also low, and it is normal to be hit. Pheasants and hares are wild animals in the mountains, and the alertness is not comparable to that of domestic chickens.
She really didn't expect that her daughter would hit four at once!