Chapter 188: Coarse Tea and Light Rice
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"It's just to cut the fish into thin slices and put it in the soup fried with pickled peppers, and the meat will be cooked soon after rolling it...... "Ziyu wants to cook the rice by her own hands."
"Is it delicious?" Zhang Qiaoer looked at Ziyu's expression, and she also felt a little yearning.
She was picked up by Father Zhang and raised in Jimo since she was a child, and the farthest place she has been to is Guanshan Town.
The best thing in Guanshan Town is the flower chicken of Baiyulou, and the meat is tender and fragrant.
When she was young, her father had bought it back, and at other times, her father said that he would save silver taels for her as a dowry.
"Delicious!" Ziyu nodded, "One of my mother's best dishes, as the saying goes, if you want to tie a man's heart, you have to tie their stomach first, so no matter whether my family has a servant or a cook, my mother cooks a dish every day, let my father guess which one she made today, if my father guesses wrong!" Then my mother will sleep with me at night! โ
Since I went to Ningxing, my father often guessed the wrong dishes made by my mother, in fact, I was looking for an excuse to let my mother come over and sleep with her.
Zhang Qiaoer was slightly surprised.
Father Zhang raised her alone, and the affairs of his daughter's family were taught to her by the aunts in the village.
A hint of envy flashed in her eyes, "Miss Ziyu is so happy." โ
Ziyu said, "If you want to learn, I can teach you!" โ
"But we have limited ingredients here, so we can't use much......" Zhang Qiao'er looked at it.
Because of the strong sea breeze, most of the ingredients are blown dry, and because Jimo Village believes in the Dragon King, many things cannot be touched.
Ziyu looked at it, "So I'll find out what I can use." โ
In fact, the fish is a little strange, since it is eaten by the sea, why not make it more delicious, and not eat pickled fish and pickles all day long. As everyone knows, the richer the person, the more exquisite the food, eat new tricks, the poorer the person, the more coarse tea and light rice every day, the food is simple, just to not waste the time to work.
However, there are quite a lot of things that can be used at home, although there are no soaked peppers, but there are basic accessories for sauerkraut and pickles.
It's just that because there are few, Zhang Qiaoer didn't take it out on weekdays, Ziyu only came for two days, and it was not the day to improve the food.
There are four people who are eating together today, but it can also be improved.
Ziyu and Qiao'er helped prepare side dishes in the kitchen, Awen was behind Ziyu, watching Ziyu cut peppers, forgetting to wipe his hands and subconsciously wiping his eyes, suddenly spicy tears flowed, frowned and handed the clean handkerchief to Ziyu to wipe it, and took the knife in Ziyu's hand, "I'll come." โ
It's just chopped, and no skill is required.
Qiao'er raised her eyes and saw that Awen actually made vegetables with her hands, and her heart was slightly sour.
For so long, apart from eating, Brother Aven rarely went to the stove, but now he ......
Just as he was thinking, a hand reached out, "I'll come." โ
Ah Lang's tone was not very good.
Qiao'er subconsciously asked, "Will you?" โ
Ah Lang said, "If I didn't, I would have starved to death." โ
Ah Lang's family goes into the mountains all the year round, and after Ah Lang turns twelve years old, his mother will go into the mountains with his father, and when Ah Lang is old next year, he will also enter the mountains.
Without waiting for Qiao'er to speak, he directly grabbed the knife, "Cut it into slices." โ
"Hey! Your hand is so close that it's easy to cut yourself! Zhang Qiao'er looked frightened, "I'll do it!" โ
"No, you don't! You go and do something else! Aaron said.
Zhang Qiao'er looked at it for a while, and after confirming that although Ah Lang's movements were strange, he really wouldn't cut himself, and then said, "I'll go up there and pick up some firewood." โ
A few people should go down.
Ziyu blinked, peeled the green onions, ginger and garlic, and put them on Awen's cutting board, "Slice the garlic, pat the ginger into minced pieces, and cut the green onion into strips." โ
Ah Wen glanced at him, and the little girl's instructions were quite natural.
Zhang Qiaoer came over with a few bundles of firewood, and saw that the three of them were busy in the kitchen, and the work seemed to be done, so she continued to stick with the shells.
Occasionally, when I looked up, I looked a little dazed.
It's been a long time since the family has been so lively, when Brother Awen didn't come, there were only father and daughter in the house, Daddy Zhang often went to sea, and when he went to sea, he put her at Aunt Guo's house, and then Brother Awen came, and the three people in the family seemed to be more popular, and then Daddy Zhang left, Brother Awen didn't talk much, and most of the time she was talking during dinner, Brother Awen listened.
Although everyone didn't speak now, they all had something to do, and it seemed that there was something different just where they were standing.
Outside, the rain was pouring down again.
There are many people doing things, and things will be done in a while.
Ziyu put the fish fillet in the material, marinated it for a while, and then said, "Let's put the things here first, it's still early for dinner!" โ
Thinking of something, he walked next to Zhang Qiaoer, leaned over and whispered a few words to Zhang Qiaoer.
Zhang Qiao'er's face turned red, nodded and went to the room and took out a very soft white cloth for Ziyu.
Ziyu sat next to Zhang Qiao'er, took the needle and thread and fixed it with a white cloth with an embroidery shed, and only started to put down the needle after a while, and changed several threads, sometimes two threads of different colors were threaded on one needle.
Zhang Qiao'er looked at it, "What is this embroidery?" โ
"It's fish." Ziyu smiled.
Ah Wen glanced back occasionally, and the little girl sitting behind the door lowered her eyes, and her half-white and tender little face looked like a bright moon hanging in the sky at night, looking peaceful and reassuring.
Turning his head, he found that Ah Lang was also watching.
But he didn't look at Ziyu, but Qiao'er, Qiao'er seemed to forget that Awen likes Ziyu, and paid attention to Ziyu's embroidery, because Ziyu's embroidery method is unique, and the embroidered things are very good-looking, or double-sided, Qiao'er put down the shell basket, cut a piece of cloth and embroidered Ziyu with Ziyu and taught, such Qiao'er looks much better than Qiao'er who only waits for Awen to come back on weekdays.
Most of the girls of the same age in the village married far away, and the few who married were also wives with children, and they couldn't talk much to Qiao'er.
The two big men glanced at each other, and their eyes already understood what the other was thinking.
By the time the rain stopped, the tide had almost receded.
Ah Wen was about to get up, but was stopped by Ah Lang, "I'll go." โ
Qiao'er and Ziyu subconsciously raised their heads when they heard the voice, Ziyu remembered, and hurriedly put the needle into the embroidery shed, "It's time to put down the net." โ
Ah Lang's voice was still a little fluttering, "But the next net, you don't need so many people, trouble." โ
Qiao'er frowned after hearing this, "What you said is easy, you haven't been on the net." โ
Ah Lang has always been a hanger in Jimo Village, because the family is a hunter, naturally he doesn't have to go out to sea to fish, and Ah Lang doesn't like it, he just follows Qiao'er's ass all day long, so it looks like Jiao'er Lang can't do anything.
"Who said I wouldn't!" Ah Lang picked up the net, "I'll go down and show you." โ
After that, Ah Lang took the net and left.
Zhang Qiao'er didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly chased after her, "Don't you mess around?" โ
The two fought all the way and left.
Arwen got up and walked over to Ziyu and sat down, "What are you laughing at?" โ
Ziyu smiled, "I just think Qiao'er maybe doesn't really like you." โ
Ah Wen's eyes were heavy, he had already discovered that Qiao'er was just curious about him at first, and then Qiao'er was because of Daddy Zhang's deathbed entrustment, and there were only two people left in the family to depend on each other, and Qiao'er herself didn't realize that she only relied on and worshipped him, not like it. As for Ah Lang, although Qiao'er will refuse because he cares, in fact, Qiao'er does not hate Ah Lang's flattery, or even habit.
Arwen reached out and brushed the needle in Ziyu's hand, "You trust her so much?" โ
Other needles on her clothes hurt her hand that day, and at that time, including himself, he thought that Qiao'er deliberately targeted her, who knew that she didn't mention it at all, and she didn't feel sorry for Qiao'er because of this.
Ziyu blinked, "The villagers of Jimo Village are very kind, although I haven't met Daddy Zhang, but he must be a very kind person, otherwise he won't save your life." Qiao'er was raised by Daddy Zhang, and her mind will never be bad, she is willing to use tricks, it doesn't mean that she is bad, she can only say that she wants to try her best to fight for herself, and hurting me may be unintentional. If it were me, I would do the same, and I would do my best to get what I wanted, even if it was by some means. โ
The most important thing is that the life owed to Daddy Zhang is all on Zhang Qiaoer because of Daddy Zhang's departure, and she doesn't want to let herself be estranged from him because of Zhang Qiaoer's relationship. If it causes immeasurable consequences, perhaps he will be indebted and guilty for a lifetime, and it will become a knot that always exists in the psyche. Once the knot is laid, no matter how she is, she can't untie it, and it will be bad when the time comes.
She also has her own mind.
She is not really kind and generous, but she understands better that situation is better for her.
After a while, Arwen said with deep eyes, "You are also very kind. โ
Ziyu rolled his eyes, "I'm not kind!" โ
Arwen didn't ask.
"What are you embroidering?" I touched the fabric and it was a little soft, which was quite suitable for her.
"You don't care what I embroider." The fish pouted.
Arwen smiled and saw the little spider crawling not far from her earlobe.
With one hand pressed down, the little spider became a mess before it could grow up.
"We used to be like that?"
"Huh?"
"Like now?"
"Guess." Ziyu hooked his lips.
"You tell me maybe I'll remember it sooner." Arwen raised his eyebrows.
Ziyu blinked, "I don't need you to think about it sooner...... "As long as he likes her now, it's good."
The little girl had a smile on her cheeks, quiet and well-behaved, and people couldn't help but caress it.
Ah Wen's heart moved slightly, and he directly raised his hand against both sides of Ziyu, and without waiting for her to react, he directly covered his red lips, and a strong sense of familiarity surged into his mind, but it was like a flash in the pan, fleeting.
Before the fish could react, it was withdrawn.