Chapter 62: Stir-fry
In addition to teaching Mei Xiaotong to learn needlework every day, Wen was busy the rest of the time.
In addition to not deducting Wen's rations at Mei Xiaotong's request, Mrs. Li returned to her old attitude towards Wen.
Wen has long been accustomed to Mrs. Li's instructions every day, these days, Mrs. Li squeezed out a smile on herself, which scared her so much that she couldn't sleep at night, for fear that this mother-in-law would come up with something else, and she couldn't bear it.
Now that it has returned to its original state, not only does Mrs. Li feel comfortable, but Wen herself breathes a sigh of relief.
She has no other extravagant hopes, the Mei family can have a place for three rooms and a few children with herself, do not deduct rations, and can raise a few children, she will be content.
Do more work, what are you afraid of? Hasn't she been doing work for so many years?
Therefore, Wen didn't say anything, and cleaned up the melon seed shells in the yard.
On the other hand, Zhou's only thought that this younger brother and sister was stupid, and knew that he would take his sister-in-law to please his mother-in-law and give them three rooms for profit.
Why don't you know that now I take advantage of teaching my sister-in-law to take care of it, and if I want to change it to her, if I don't say anything else, at least I can do nothing and just concentrate on teaching needlework, right?
Although I think this brother and sister are stupid, but Zhou is not so kind to remind him, otherwise wouldn't all the extra things have to fall on his head?
Afraid of staying in the yard and being called by his mother-in-law to do things, Zhou planned to go back to the house.
I heard that outside the courtyard, it was lively, and then my own Tianlong and Tianhu, as well as Tianbao, followed by a few children in the third room, surrounded the sister-in-law and brother-in-law, shouting something, and entered the courtyard gate.
Zhou looked at the pheasant that the little uncle was carrying, as well as the basket on his back, his eyes lit up, and he didn't want to go back to the house.
"The fourth is back, did you hit the pheasant? It looks quite fat—" Zhou's eyes were almost glued to the pheasant, this person, he hadn't eaten meat for several months, but he had survived.
Now, following the light of the sister-in-law, she can get some oil and water in ten days and half a month, but it arouses the gluttony in her stomach, and she can't walk when she sees meat.
Mrs. Li couldn't see Zhou's unpromising appearance, so she glanced at her and didn't speak yet.
The honest Mei Changgui handed the pheasant to Mrs. Li: "Mother, I see that my little sister has been thin and out of shape in the past few days of learning needlework, this pheasant will make some soup for my little sister to make up for her body, I will go up the mountain in a few days to see if I can put on some other game, so as to make up my little sister's body." ”
Mei Xiaotong wants to refuse!
Doesn't it need to be good?
Mrs. Li narrowed her eyes, weighed the weight of the pheasant, and nodded: "Even if the old lady didn't hurt you in vain, your sister-in-law didn't sew and mend your clothes in vain, she has a much better conscience than your brothers, and I know that your sister-in-law has lost weight these days." ”
As he spoke, he looked at Zhou and Wen meaningfully.
Zhou pretended not to hear, Wen pretended not to understand, and remained silent.
Mrs. Li snorted, and saw Mei Changgui unload the back basket, full of yams, and almost didn't shake Mrs. Li's eyes: "This is a good thing, fourth, you are digging in the big black mountain?" ”
Speaking of this, Mei Changgui happened to be in front of everyone, and wanted to talk about how a few children dared to go to Daheishan to dig yams and pick mountain goods.
"This is when I went down the mountain, I met Tianlong and them, I was bold, and I took my little sister and a few small ones, and I actually went to Da Heishan to pick mountain goods——"
"What? Tianlong, you come over to me, who gave you the guts? Yes? Actually took your aunt to the Great Black Mountain? You're begging for a fight, aren't you? If it causes your aunt to lose a hair, see if I don't peel your skin! Mrs. Li only heard that her precious old daughter had been taken to the Great Black Mountain, and she immediately blew up.
Pick up the broom and draw it.
Tianlong was busy running and shouting grievances, and in a few words, Mei Xiaotong was lifted out, and all the credit was given to Mei Xiaotong.
After listening to the explanation, Mrs. Li asked Mei Xiaotong and a few small ones in disbelief: "What Tianlong said is true?" ”
A few little beans nodded desperately, and they also chatted to add to Mei Xiaotong's great achievements.
It's just about to hold Mei Xiaotong to the sky.
Mrs. Li looked at Mei Xiaotong again, what can Mei Xiaotong do?
didn't admit it, a few nephews wanted to eat fried meat with a broom, so they could only admit it.
Alas, you can't hide your merit and fame!
nodded, but still wanted to explain: "How can it be so evil as they say, it's just a coincidence, and I don't know why I'm so lucky." ”
Mrs. Li threw away the broom in her hand, and looked at the back basket with a smile: "My old daughter is blessed!" It's the lucky star of our Mei family! From the last time you went to pick jade mushrooms, my mother knows, oops! Bodhisattva bless, our family Xiaotong is blessed by the Bodhisattva! ”
Mei Xiaotong was speechless, well, the Bodhisattva didn't, there was one system!
With this small harvest, and Mrs. Li also feels that her daughter has been working hard and hard recently, what has she lost weight, she has to make up for it, she has to make up for it!
Mei Xiaotong has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, thinking that there are pheasants and mountain treasures, and she cooks it herself, even if the taste is not as good as Wen's, but for the sake of pheasants, everyone should give good reviews, right?
Therefore, he pestered Mrs. Li for a long time before Mrs. Li reluctantly agreed to let Mei Xiaotong be the chef once.
That's it, and there's a room full of assistants.
Tianbao is responsible for lighting the fire, Xiaoque is responsible for picking vegetables and washing vegetables, Zhou's goes to chop chicken pieces, Wen's steamed buns are placed in the steamer behind the stir-fry pot, steamed in the upper basket, and under the steamer is the porridge with buds, so that when the steamed buns are steamed, the porridge is also boiled.
All the side dishes were also cut and the pot was cleaned.
Then Mei Xiaotong only needs to take a spatula and copy it twice, and there are two protectors of Mrs. Li and Wen beside her to guide carefully.
Such a high standard, comparable to the treatment of a hotel chef, made Mei Xiaotong a little weak and a little excited.
Fortunately, now the village has no seasoning, first cut the pheasant pieces, put the ginger shreds and stir-fry the oil, put the water to boil, stew the chicken is almost lazy, put in the cut yam pieces, turn the fire to boil, and put it into a clay pot, put it in the stove and continue to simmer.
Fried a yam and fried fungus, anyway, the firewood stove is big, Mei Xiaotong is willing to put oil, and she didn't notice that Mrs. Li on the side was so distressed that her face twitched, if it was her daughter-in-law, she would have slapped it with a spatula and scolded the loser.
But this is his own daughter, and he has to be spoiled when he kneels.
Seeing the back, Mrs. Li was so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe, and felt that if she continued to look at it, she would be able to live ten years less.
After explaining Wen's two sentences, I was out of sight and out of mind when I went out.
Mei Xiaotong didn't notice anything, all her thoughts were fighting against pots and spatula.
Finally, a dish was stir-fried with trembling and trembling, and the yam was a little mushy, but it smelled good.
Mei Xiaotong's confidence increased greatly, and the devil's claws stretched out to the oil pot again.
Wen really couldn't help it, my sister-in-law can pour out a month's worth of oil at home if she goes down to eat a meal like this, and she eats it today, what will she do in the next month? Can't boil it every day?
grabbed the oil pot very diligently, wiped it at the bottom of the pot with cotton soaked in oil, and then signaled Mei Xiaotong to pour the vegetables into it and fry it.
Mei Xiaotong looked at the bottom of the pot, and then looked at Wen.
I'll go, this little oil, can you stir-fry?
Wen Shi saw that the pot was hot, and if he didn't pour the vegetables into it, the oil would be boiled dry, and he poured the beaten eggs into it, and with a snort, the eggs quickly began to solidify in the pot.
Mei Xiaotong didn't dare to think about it anymore, she was busy stir-frying, but Wen stopped her, first asked Tianbao to light the firewood out of the stove, let the fire be smaller, and handed over a bowl of water to teach her sister-in-law to scramble eggs with water.
Mei Xiaotong trembled and put some water into the pot while stir-frying, and actually fried tender egg pieces.
Wen's side had already put the shepherd's cabbage into the eggs, and helped to put the salt, Mei Xiaotong stir-fried it twice, and was signaled to come out of the pot.
Even if the stir-fry is done, the chicken broth in the crockpot has already been simmered, and it exudes a strong fragrance.
Just a few dishes, Mei Xiaotong was tired and sweaty, but looking at her results, she felt a sense of accomplishment.
Although this steamed bun is not steamed by yourself, the porridge is not boiled by yourself, and the vegetables are not washed and cut by yourself, but it is fried by yourself, rounded up, it can be regarded as making a meal by yourself, right?
The men of the Mei family had been waiting at the table for a long time, and when the dishes were served, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Stewed pheasant with yam, stir-fried fungus with yam, scrambled eggs with shepherd's cabbage, a large basket of steamed buns with two noodles, and even the porridge with buds and grains are very thick, and the chopsticks are not poured in.
When Mrs. Li divided the buns, she fished out the chicken legs, and gave one of the chicken legs to the old girl, and the other to the owner.
Only then did he signal to start eating.
The little beans stretched out their chopsticks to fish for chicken to eat, and the adults couldn't control it, so they devoured it.
They all ate with their mouths full of oil, and their stomachs were round.
Even Mei Xiaotong, because of weight loss, is always controlling her diet, and the conditions of the Mei family are here, even if she opens a small stove alone, it is just a boiled egg or something.
To be honest, with this standard of living, as long as you maintain a normal amount of food, you can lose weight.
Therefore, this chicken soup that was so fresh that people couldn't swallow their tongues made Mei Xiaotong unable to control it for a while, and drank two bowls of it.
After eating and drinking, the Mei family was so happy that they almost collapsed on the chair, not wanting to move.
Finally, Mei Xiaotong didn't forget her task, and hurriedly asked: "The food I cooked today, is it okay?" ”
"It's delicious—" Xiao Juan smacked the chicken bones that had no oil and water, and cheered hard.
"Delicious! My aunt's craftsmanship is better than my mother's! "This is the Sky Leopard.
As soon as the words came out, Zhou's face darkened, and after eating, he forgot about his mother's little white-eyed wolf.
However, this chicken is really delicious, even if Zhou wants to say that it is not delicious, he can't say it, and he hasn't even let go of the chicken butt.
The powerful favorite girl, the brainless favorite sister Li Pozi, the old couple and Mei Changgui are naturally full of praise.
Especially Mrs. Li, she has forgotten her heartache when her daughter poured oil heroically, "My Xiaotong is smart, it's all up to me, and I can learn everything quickly." Learning needlework is also smart, you can see it at a glance, and even stir-fry is so talented, you can make it so delicious the first time! Oops, what a good girl! ”
This wave of strength has won everyone's unanimous support.
"My aunt is the smartest! Anything will! ”
"Little sister is great~~"
Wen didn't know how long it had been since he had tasted chicken soup, and at the moment he was still in the infinite aftertaste, when he heard his mother-in-law praise his sister-in-law like this, he nodded his head in agreement.
She didn't think much about it, she just felt that this person's talent was not good, she used to think that her sister-in-law was delicious, lazy and stupid, she couldn't take a needle and couldn't twist a thread, she couldn't cook, she could only eat.
Now that I think about it, it's because my in-laws love my sister-in-law too much and don't want her to learn, so I delayed it!
My sister-in-law can obviously become a good girl who is loved by everyone and the young men are vying to marry! It's a pity!
Then I thought of my own daughter, now in the Mei family's generation, only Xiaoque and the second brother's Jin Hai are daughters, and the second brother is Xiucai, and Jin Hai will not worry about getting married in the future.
But her own Xiaoque, her father can't count on it, and no one listens to her at home, her future family affairs will definitely be difficult, she can't help Xiaoque else, but she can't learn from her in-laws They delayed Xiaoque.
In the future, I can't indulge her to go out to play, I have to force her to learn needlework, learn to cook or something, and the skills that girls should learn after they get married.