Chapter 3: The First Meal

The pheasant was stronger than the poultry, and Yu Wan had to find something to tie it up.

But Yu Wan searched for a long time, but she didn't find any tools in the basket, and finally, she took out a red head rope from her arms.

"I've got this in my pocket." Yu Wan raised her eyebrows, and without saying a word, she took the red head rope to tie the pheasant.

Yu Wan tied a sailor's knot, and the more the pheasant fluttered, the tighter the red head rope was entangled, and in the morning light, it was a little shocking.

Yu Wan hummed a little song and left the vegetable field with the pheasant.

Along the way, she tried to recall information about the village or the dynasty in which she lived, but regrettably couldn't remember anything.

However, seeing that almost all of the thatched houses at the foot of the mountain add up to only twenty or thirty households, Yu Wan felt that this village was really poor.

The village is located between two hills, there are large areas of farmland, the further west, the more uninhabited, and their family lives in the westernmost part of the village - in front of the door is a fairly flat open space, Yu Wan remembers that the old house in the countryside in the previous life also has such a piece of land, everyone calls it the dojo, I don't know what this side is called, maybe nothing.

When he entered the house, Xiao Tie Dan had already woken up, and was clumsily dressing himself, no matter how capable he was, he was still a child less than six years old, and his winter clothes were heavy, it was really difficult for him.

The woman on the bed hadn't woken up yet, her breathing was shallow, and her pale complexion was a little more transparent than it looked yesterday.

Yu Wan put down the basket and walked into the house.

Xiao Tiedan finally put on the last shoe, and when he saw Yu Wan, his big watery eyes lit up: "Sister! ”

Yu Wan glanced at his bulging little body, stepped forward to flatten his pants, tucked his shirt into the cotton pants, and was about to ask him if he slept well, when a loud rooster crow came from the hall.

Xiao Tie Dan was stunned for a moment, and then ran out in a hurry, and the surprised voice couldn't wait to come: "Sister! Is this a chicken? Where did the chickens come from? Did you go to town? Did you buy chicken? ”

It's so noisy for a child to get excited.

"I didn't go to town." Besides, there was no money, so Yu Wan tucked the quilt for the woman on the bed and took the pheasant to the backyard, where the backyard was fenced, the front was connected to the house, and the back was connected to the pigsty and the stove house, of course, there were no pigs in the pigsty.

"I caught it in the mountains." Yu Wan said.

"Caught on the mountain? Sister, you are so amazing! Little Iron Egg said with adoration in his eyes.

Yu Wan took the empty bowl out and bleed the chicken with a knife.

Xiao Tiedan was not afraid when he saw this scene, and squatted on the ground obediently, without blinking.

"Is it for us?" He asked.

"Of course, who else are you going to give it to?" Yu Wan said.

The little iron egg wanted to speak and stopped.

Yu Wan felt that her brother was a little strange, she was busy cooking, and she didn't take it to heart, she put the chicken in hot water and soaked it, and began to pluck the feathers.

Suddenly, she turned her head and her eyes fell on the rows of bamboos behind the stove.

The color of the bamboo is green, and the bamboo stem has not obvious gray-white markings, which should be three to five years old, and the bamboo of this age is the most suitable for digging bamboo shoots.

"Sister, what are you looking at?" Little Iron Egg asked suspiciously.

Yu Wan didn't speak, put down the plucked pheasant, found a shovel and walked towards Maozhu.

Little Iron Egg didn't know what she was going to do, so he followed along.

Yu Wan walked back and forth in the bamboo field, suddenly squatted down, and used a shovel to plow under a bamboo tree, and shoeed out a pointy, sweet potato-sized thing.

"Really." Yu Wan smiled.

"Sister, what is this?" Little Iron Egg asked curiously.

Yu Wan said happily: "Winter bamboo shoots." ”

"Is it okay to eat?" Little Iron Egg asked again.

Yu Wan curled the corners of her lips: "Of course." ”

Not only can it be eaten, but it is also very delicious and rich in nutritional value.

After Yu Wan dug up the bamboo shoots, she gently filled them with soil so that they could continue to grow in the coming year.

The moso bamboo here is said to be too much, not a lot less, but not every one of them has grown bamboo shoots, Yu Wan dug two of them, and called it a day in the sound of the little iron egg cooing with hunger.

Yu Wan peeled and washed the winter bamboo shoots, cut them into slices, chopped the pheasants into pieces, put the internal organs aside, fried the chicken pieces and winter bamboo shoots over high heat, and then simmered over low heat.

Yu Wan rarely cooks, to be honest, the cooking skills are not superb, but the ingredients are not good, but it takes a while, the rich aroma of chicken mixed with the fresh fragrance of bamboo shoots floats out layer upon layer, and it stimulates the senses of Yu Wan and her younger brother pervasively.

Little Iron Egg was drooling.

Yu Wan opened the lid of the pot, scooped a piece of chicken and wanted to hand it to him, he shook his head busily, swallowed his saliva and said, "I, I'll wait for A-Niang and A-Sister to eat together!" ”

"Okay." Yu Wan didn't refuse, and after covering the pot, she said to Xiao Tiedan, "The garlic sprouts are not enough, I'll go to the field to pick some." ”

"Then I'll guard the chicken!" Xiao Tie Dan said with a serious face.

Yu Wan chuckled: "Okay, you guard the chicken, don't let people steal it." ”

This was a joke with Xiao Tiedan, but as soon as she went out, someone really remembered the chicken in her pot.

The person who came was none other than Zhao Heng's biological mother, Zhao.

After Awan threw herself into the lake that day, Zhao Heng immediately rescued her, saying to the outside world that she had fallen into the water, and even Zhao's mother didn't know the truth.

Ah Wan was in a coma for several days, and Zhao thought she wouldn't survive, but the neighbor said that she saw Ah Wan, so she hurried to the door to confirm.

"Awan, are you awake? You really are! When you wake up, you won't go and talk to me, Heng'er is going to hand over the silver again, you hurry up and get the money-"

Zhao entered the house as she spoke, and halfway through her words, she paused.

What kind of aroma is this?

Why does it smell so good?!

Zhao rushed into the kitchen in a hurry.

The moment Xiao Tie Dan saw her, his little face suddenly darkened.

Zhao didn't even look at Xiao Tiedan, she lifted the lid of the pot, and when she saw the big pot of golden soup and stewed chicken, her eyes suddenly turned green!

She can't remember the last time she ate meat, ten days ago? Half a month ago? Awan, a dead girl, has no ability, she can only let her eat meat once or twice a month, and all of them are pitiful, God knows that she is almost hungry to death!

There's a big cauldron, a big cauldron!

Zhao excitedly put down the lid of the pot, opened the cupboard, took out a clean crockpot, and scooped up the chicken in the pot as a matter of course.

Xiao Tie Dan grabbed her hand angrily: "Sister said, this is for us to eat!" You are not allowed to take it! ”

Zhao snorted: "Your sister is my daughter-in-law, and hers is mine!" When will it be your turn to eat? ”

Dead girl! I didn't know how to honor her after getting such a good thing, so I secretly hid it in the house and stewed! Fortunately, she came, otherwise this big pot of chicken would have been eaten by these plagued people!

"Get out of the way!" Zhao scolded.

"I don't!" Xiao Tie Dan hugged Zhao and didn't let go.

Zhao was furious, shook his hand vigorously, pulled his arm out, grabbed Xiao Tiedan's face and said viciously, "What are you?" Dare to take care of the old lady's business? Believe it or not, I'm beating you?! ”

Half of Xiao Tiedan's face was pinched red, and he stared at her with his waist crossed: "You beat it!" You beat! ”

"Y-you boy!" Zhao raised his slap.

In normal times, Zhao would have beaten up this annoying little beast, but the chicken in front of her was so fragrant that she couldn't wait to take it back and eat it with her son and daughter, so she let go of the little iron egg with "great mercy", threw him out, and turned around to scoop the chicken in the pot.

She scooped a pot of chicken clean, not even a chicken neck was left.