Chapter 31 Grandma and Uncle Come to Visit
The next day, Yang really went to Xiatangji to buy two pairs of pigs and came back. Because she bought some big bones, and then bought this water by the way, the butcher gave it cheaply, and it only added six yuan.
Chrysanthemum looked at the soft and collapsed pig intestine excitedly, thinking of the scolding words in the countryside, "You are like the pig's intestine - pick up a large bunch and put down a big puddle", which means that a person is not saved! She felt extra kind at this time - it's all money!
If you burn these out, you will sell them for a penny and a big spoonful, and you will have to sell dozens of spoonfuls! Mixed with some green garlic pickles, isn't that more? And the pig heart, pig lungs, pork belly, belch, this is purely a gift of money!
She thought that this pig was cheap to go into the water, thinking that it might cost more than ten yuan for a pair, and if it was burned, the amount would still be a lot; Who would have thought that it could be bought for three pennies, which is really surprising.
Now there is no need to bother to catch fish and shrimp - although there is no capital, it is really laborious, and her family has no manpower, so she has to mobilize the villagers. Besides, it's cold every day, and it's not easy to catch fish and shrimp.
Chrysanthemum stared at the disgusting pig and smiled beautifully, which made the Yang family on the side feel weird - this girl was stunned!
She carried the wooden basin and lifted the large intestine and small intestine pork belly to the river to wash, saving the amount of washing by the well and making the ground greasy.
Regardless of the cold water, Chrysanthemum took vinegar and salt and put these things in a wooden basin and rubbed them. The intestines in the wooden basin were mixed with salt and vinegar and rubbed, and the thick sauce-colored sewage was slimy and disgusting.
Chrysanthemums don't dislike it either-who would dislike it if they have money to make?
To say that although the water is cheap, it costs salt and vinegar to wash, and it is even more impossible for her to wash it with flour. Well, as long as you can sell it for money, you won't be afraid of this waste.
As soon as I rinsed in the river, the sauce-colored sewage flowed away with the river, and the Xiaoqing River was still so clear!
Chrysanthemum loves this river very much! If the well water is convenient, it means that there is no need to carry water, and the well water is warm in winter; But if you want to wash vegetables and laundry, it's more convenient to go to Xiaoqing River to wash!
When I got home, I boiled the pork heart and lungs in boiling water for a while, scooped them up and cut them into pieces. Put aside a little oil in a pan, add ginger, chili, star anise, cinnamon, garlic and stir-fry for a while, pour in vinegar, soy sauce to color, add water and boil over high heat, then change to low heat and boil slowly; The pork belly is pickled, the large intestine and small intestine are blanched and cut into sections, and after the blanched pot is washed, add seasonings and pickles to braised it!
This pot cooking method is also what she used to do in her previous life. She didn't bother to bother making those tricks, which was an authentic farmhouse recipe. There are all kinds of burns in the restaurant, in her opinion, they are all good-looking, and they are still so burned!
From the moment the chrysanthemum entered the kitchen, there was a constant fragrance wafting out of it, which made Zheng Changhe in the yard absent-minded, sniffing incessantly, and asked Yang: "What are we doing with chrysanthemums, burning so fragrant?" ”
Yang glanced at him and said, "Of course it's the roast pig that went into the water!" I see that there is hope for this business—it burns so well that I drool when I smell it. If it's a penny and a spoonful, someone will buy it. ”
Zheng Changhe smiled and said: "I'll know when I taste it, whether anyone will buy it!" ”
After everything was arranged, Chrysanthemum came out of the kitchen, threw herself on Zheng Changhe's bed and shouted, "But I'm tired to death." I'm sure you'll all eat it today, even your tongues will swallow it!" ”
Yang Shi heard this, and hurriedly said to her, "You rest." What to do with the rest, you tell me, I'll do it. ”
Zheng Changhe also said: "Come, dad will help you pinch your shoulders!" "He couldn't walk on his legs, sat on the bed all day, and panicked on his idle body.
Chrysanthemum giggled and said, "Where is it so powerful?" I'll just lie down for a while! She lay comfortably on her back, the winter sun shining warmly on her, and she didn't want to move at all!
She always liked to sit in the yard - her boudoir was so cold that she didn't want to stay in it. It's not that she feels poor, it's that she doesn't feel warm enough. If the quilt and mattress on the bed are soft and like a cozy nest, then she is willing to stay at home!
And the yard is bright! The house sits north and faces south, with plenty of sunshine, looking at the green vegetable garden, lively chickens, listening to the humming of pigs in the pen, and the breath of life everywhere; Looking a little farther away, the Xiaoqing River in the near distance, the Qingnan Village and the fields in the distance are also exceptionally clear!
She was squinting at the village, and a few people came out of the path at the end of the village. She stared unconsciously at them, and watched as the men approached her house, as if the camera was zooming in, and the silhouettes of the figures became clearer and taller!
When you get closer, it looks like an acquaintance!
"Mother, do you see if grandma is here?" Chrysanthemum sat up - crookedly looked at the person down, not clear!
Yang hurriedly squinted his eyes and looked out of the courtyard for a while, before he smiled and said, "Who else could it be if it wasn't her?" Your aunt and uncle are here too! As he spoke, he wrapped the needle and thread around the soles of his shoes, put them in a basket and put them away, then stood up and patted the thread on his body, and walked out of the courtyard to greet him!
Zheng Changhe also sat with a smile and waited for these people to come in.
Chrysanthemum's grandmother, Wang Shijin, just walked into the yard. She was still so crisp and clean, and smiled kindly at Chrysanthemum: "Chrysanthemum, my good granddaughter!" Do you miss grandma? ”
Chrysanthemum was embarrassed by her distressed affectionate tone - she is not a little baby anymore, and she is still called like this, no wonder she is embarrassed!
She pursed her lips and smiled as usual, then brought a few small benches, sat down with her grandmother and aunt, and rushed to pour water!
The adults greeted and politely as always, and greeted Zheng Changhe with cold greetings - they came to see him, because they got the news late, so they only came today!
Chrysanthemum's uncle Yang Defa is a kind middle-aged man, wearing a clean and clean gown, and his rich face is the same as his grandmother, which makes people look amiable; My aunt has a square face, with slightly rigid lines, and it is suitable for her tall figure, which is straightforward at first glance.
"Chrysanthemum, don't you know that we are coming over today, and we are all ready? What is this burning, so fragrant? Aunt Zhang shouted loudly.
Chrysanthemum looked at her mother and smiled, waiting for Yang to explain.
Yang smiled: "It's a pig in the water!" We don't know that my brother and sister-in-law are coming today, we can only say that you have a good mouth - this is a coincidence! ”
Wang Shi took the contents of the basket out and asked in surprise, "Pig in the water?" That thing stinks, can you eat it? Chrysanthemum! Come, take this chicken and feed it with some food. It's almost suffocating it along the way! ”
She pointed to the old hen on the ground and said to Chrysanthemum, took out some snacks in her hand and put them on Zheng Changhe's bed, and the basket was full of noodles and eggs.
Chrysanthemum lifted the hen with the cloth strip tied on her feet to the edge of the vegetable patch, sprinkled some chicken food, and made a broken crockpot with some water to feed it. I thought that my mother was probably reluctant to kill it - it was better to buy a pig to eat it than to kill it, how good it would be for this chicken to keep and lay eggs!
Over there, Yang was already telling her mother and sister-in-law how chrysanthemums could be pigs in the water, and several people who listened to them were amazed. Wang said that they do have a good mouth, and they will taste it later.
When Chrysanthemum returned to the bed and sat down, her grandmother handed her a bag of snacks and said, "This is specially bought for you - peanut crisp, it is fragrant." ”
The chrysanthemum took it, opened it, and twisted up a piece, and sure enough, it was yellow and bright in color, sweet and attractive. She couldn't help but feel a little sore in her throat - it was such a good feeling to be pampered, especially when she was so big, so ugly, and pampered!
The peanut crisp was divided into a piece, and the remaining chrysanthemums were held in their hands and eaten with relish. She still ate it when she was a child in her previous life, and later she was afraid of obesity when she grew up, so she resolutely refused to eat this kind of thing. Who would have thought that it would become so rare to come here!
Yang Defa looked at the acorns dried in the yard and asked Zheng Changhe: "What are you doing with this chestnut?" His place called the acorn "a chestnut."
Zheng Changhe said with a smile on his face: "Feed the pigs!" It was Chrysanthemum who came up with it. Soak the fruit vigorously, peel the shell and rinse it with water for a few days, and the bitter taste will be gone. Mixed into pig food, pigs love to eat very much! He was proud of that.
When Wang came back, he saw that Chrysanthemum and Aoki had cleaned up this thing, and hurriedly asked, "Have you tried it?" Don't pigs get sick after eating them? ”
Yang smiled: "Mother, the pig eats very well, and it grows fat!" Where to get sick. It's just a lot of trouble to clean up. ”
Wang Shi said excitedly: "What are you afraid of? As long as you can feed the pigs, it's worth the trouble. Don't let anyone know, or you won't be able to pick up so many. Next year, I will help you catch two more little pigs in the village, feed them well, and you can earn more. ”
Yang nodded again and again, saying that he would go to the mountain to pick up the empty air, and there were many on the mountain, and the cellar was full.
Aunt Zhang looked at Chrysanthemum and praised: "Chrysanthemum still has this ability?" And well-behaved. That Liu Fugui is blind, dare to pick Aoki and chrysanthemums! ”
Wang Shi glared at her and motioned for her to stop talking.
Zhang Shi said unconvinced: "What is this? Didn't his daughter Yun Lan come to apologize, and specially asked us to let Aoki go over to see each other! ”
Yang knew that Chrysanthemum didn't care about this now, so he was no longer as careful as usual when he spoke.
She listened to her sister-in-law's words and asked strangely, "What's the matter?" Why does his daughter want to see each other again? ”
Wang glanced at his daughter-in-law angrily - blamed her for speaking too recklessly, turned to Yang and said: "It's not that Liu Fugui and his two sons, who have no brains and say such things to the matchmaker—actually dislike chrysanthemums." His daughter was not at home that day, and when the family heard about it, they told him about his father. Her mother went to our house again to compensate for a small relationship, saying that she was confused, and wanted to invite Aoki to look at each other. ”
Yang Defa was gossiping with Zheng Changhe, and when he heard this, he said: "Liu Fugui speaks without brains. Can he listen to him too? If it weren't for that girl, his family wouldn't have known what it would have become. Now I've heard people say how capable Aoki is and how good his condition is, so I'm asking for it again! ”
Yang said to his brother and sister-in-law and mother: "Alas! It's useless to beg - Aoki doesn't want to kiss right now. So I told them what had happened the other day.
At the moment, Wang's face changed from kind eyebrows to flat eyebrows; My aunt is a fiery temper, scolding Mrs. Wang and Liu Erniang for not being a thing; Yang Defa asked Zheng Changhe unhappily: "How many people are watching people spoil this mother?" ”
Zheng Changhe said guiltily: "I want to beat people, but I'm a big man, it's hard to do it." The matchmaker ran away. When Sun Jinshan's daughter-in-law came, my legs were not good, but I also scolded her away. Later, the baby and his mother even had a fight with her! ”