Chapter 83 Where there are women, laugh a lot

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, He found that Chrysanthemum didn't care about his son now, so he tried hard to make a good impression of his son in front of her; Besides, she also knew that Chrysanthemum liked these chickens and dogs, so she wanted to please her.

Chrysanthemum was a little tempted when she heard it: raise a few ducks and raise them in the small river in front of the door, and you don't have to bother. Only her family lived in this area, and the fields were far away, and she was not afraid of harming other people's fields.

If a duck stays in a place where there is no water, it is dirty and annoying; But if there was a piece of water for them to move, it would be lovely. At least next year, when spring comes, watching them float leisurely on the water can remind people of such a pleasant poem as "Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet". Besides, salted duck eggs are really delicious. Oily salted duck eggs? It's tempting!

"Auntie. Okay, of course. It's just a little embarrassing. If you don't want to feed it, can't Brother Huaizi's grandmother feed more? Catch us and feed us, it's not good! "She's a little weird, why doesn't her mother feed her more?

He smiled: "You don't know this. This duck is also annoying, but it's okay to feed only a few; If you feed too much, you won't be able to do it without someone to take care of it. His grandmother fed six or seven eggs, and picked up four or five eggs a day, which was very good; No more, it won't be. Or I'll catch a few and feed you, and you won't be able to keep yourself busy if you feed too much. If you feed a few ducks, the old duck will be fed, and it will go out to the river in the morning, and it will know how to go home in the evening.

As soon as there are many ducks, they will be wild and run everywhere. ”

Yang was overjoyed when he heard this, and saw that Chrysanthemum was interested, so he said, "Hey! When your mother's ducklings hatch, you can catch a few and bring me back. When you grow up, you can also send some duck eggs to taste for you. ”

The three of them laughed together - the duck had not yet seen a mile, and thought of laying eggs.

Let's talk about it, this job is also done quickly.

When the hard rice was fried, there were two large baskets and a dustpan. The syrup in the other pot is also boiled. After the syrup of the dregs was boiled dry, it all became a yellow-brown viscous syrup, and when I scooped it up, it was pulled at all, and it was as smooth as satin.

At noon, everyone ate some rice indiscriminately, and in the afternoon, they began to make fried rice candy.

At this time, Zheng Changhe also came in to help. Because it takes a lot of strength to press rice candy with a mold, ordinary people can't hold on a few times. Usually this work is done by men.

Yang is in charge of mixing sugar. Scoop two bowls of fried rice into the pot, then scoop some peanuts and sesame seeds into it, and then add sugar and syrup. Scoop a large spoonful of syrup from another pot and shake it several times to make the syrup break and stop sliding; Mix in fried rice, peanuts and sesame seeds, stir vigorously, form a large ball, and put it in the square mold on the cutting board.

Zheng Changhe first flattened the fried rice candy mixed in the mold with his water-soaked hands, and then used a cylindrical wooden roller to roll and roll back and forth, and only then vacated the mold and put the sugar cube aside to dry. In the middle, if there is less material, some must be added; If there are more, then you have to return some out, and the mold is just filled.

The next step is to cut and fry the rice candy.

There is also a special point in this. Cut early, the sugar is not yet cold, it will disperse; If you cut it late, the sugar will become brittle and crumble when it is cold; It must be neither early nor late, and the fried rice candy can be cut exquisitely, and Zhou Zhou is very good-looking.

At the moment, several people were busy.

He continued to gossip with Yang, and did not delay his subordinates. This makes Chrysanthemum very impressed, why are there so many words? The two chatted for a long time, and they didn't bring any duplicates.

Chrysanthemum kept stacking the chopped and crispy fried rice candy into a large jar layer by layer, and after eating it for a while, she couldn't eat it anymore, and she couldn't help but burp.

Zheng Changhe smiled and looked at the love on his daughter's face. He saw that his daughter was full of burps, and while he was busy pressing the mold, he asked, "Girl, is it delicious?" Isn't it better than what your brother bought? This year, the two babies finally ate everything they wanted to eat, and he was very happy to see the chrysanthemums like this.

Chrysanthemum smiled: "It's delicious." I don't think it's worse than what my brother bought back. ”

She thought to herself that there were actually some differences, people were specialized in this, of course, better than them who only do it once a year, at least the syrup must not be as good as others. However, the fried rice candy made by myself is made with the materials grown by hand, so it naturally feels different.

When they were busy, the village chief's daughter-in-law Fang and Lao Cheng's daughter-in-law Huang invited a group of people to grind acorn flour.

Looking at the crowded kitchen and the daughters-in-law who are shouting in a bunch, Chrysanthemum regrets it indescribably - it is better to grind the powder at home and send them away, the family can be regarded as a good place these days.

Which god said that? "Where there are chickens and ducks, there is a lot of droppings; There are places for young women to laugh a lot. There is also a saying that "three women in one play", and now there are eight or nine women squeezed into this kitchen, and they can play several plays.

This group of daughters-in-law is actually not young anymore, they are all in their thirties and forties. But I am busy at home all the year round, and it is rare for so many people to get together today, and it is a constant topic of conversation and laughter.

You said that the man who is gluttonous, she said that her son, there is also someone next to her who is talking about the girl, and then some pigs, chickens, what to plant in the next spring, and other topics, belch, that noisy scene, so that Zheng Changhe, the big man, did not dare to look at them.

Yang enthusiastically packed two bamboo plates and fried rice candy for everyone to eat.

These daughters-in-law are praising while eating, and some flatter the Yang family's life; some enviously praised her daughter's tea and dinner; Some praise Yang is the most generous, I have never seen such a warm-hearted treat, and I haven't stopped talking.

The people in this room were talking and laughing, and the sound of "squeaking" and chewing fried rice candy made Chrysanthemum dizzy when she heard it.

Suddenly, Fang came over and said to her with a smile: "My parent Yu family is here, I brought some snacks from Qinghui, and I took a few boxes to taste you." We always eat your stuff, no wonder it's embarrassing! ”

As he spoke, he took out three boxes of beautifully packaged snacks from the basket and handed them to Chrysanthemum, which looked even better than the one Aoki brought back last time.

Chrysanthemum was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Li Changyu's kid had said that he would bring some snacks to eat her when he came back for the New Year, and it seemed that this was it. This mother can also speak, saying that she used it to send chrysanthemums, not Changyu specially brought chrysanthemums.

Looking at Fang's smiling face, Chrysanthemum smiled and thanked her: "Then I thank my aunt." ”

Fang Shi smiled gently: "Thank you! Changyu and his aunt ate the spicy cabbage brought by your brother, and she liked it very much. I also pickled a lot according to the method taught by your mother, and after the New Year, I asked Changfeng Changyu to bring her over. Isn't this all something you came up with in your mind? We're all gone. ”

After his son Changyu's family came, he immediately came to Zheng's house to deliver snacks and chrysanthemums, but Fang's stopped him. She knew that in the past two days, there must be many people in the chrysanthemum family who have come to grind acorn powder, and if those daughters-in-law see Changyu and send snacks to chrysanthemums, maybe they will think about something that they don't have, but it will not be good for her son and chrysanthemums.

She knew that Changyu was because she ate the Zheng family's spicy cabbage, and the chrysanthemum people were well-behaved, so he wanted to thank the chrysanthemum for buying this snack for her. If this caused trouble to Chrysanthemum, wouldn't it hurt her?

At this time, Lao Cheng's daughter-in-law Huang also came over, and took Shang's words and said: "Isn't it, chrysanthemum is very skillful." Taught me to cook several dishes in a basket, and now the dishes cooked in the basket are much better than those I cooked. Chrysanthemum, this is the basket for you to make cotton shoes. She said you have two pairs of cotton shoes, and this pair will be made for you to wear next year. I'm afraid that you will wear it smaller next year, so I deliberately enlarged it a little. Don't dislike her for not doing well. ”

As he spoke, he handed over a new pair of cotton shoes.

Seeing this, Yang hurriedly ran over to take a look, and said happily: "How embarrassing is this? The basket is so busy, and I have to help Chrysanthemum make shoes. Woohoo! The hand-needlework of the basket is really-not my praise, Sister Fang, even those of us who have been doing it for decades can't catch up! ”

Chrysanthemum is also happily closed, to say that she is not too much of these shoes, and these cloth shoes are indeed comfortable to wear.

Huang was really happy to see her and her mother, and Yang praised the basket again, and she was also overjoyed when she heard it - which mother doesn't like people to praise her daughter?

Over there, the grinder was already "babbling", and the grinder was also snoring and spinning. The daughters-in-law looked at the acorn rice noodles and made another noise, arguing about the appropriateness of feeding a few pigs next year.

A short little daughter-in-law said, "This is the first time to feed acorns, don't you be careful?" If you catch too many and feed it badly, what can you do? ”

Another fat daughter-in-law immediately said with disdain: "Didn't you see that Sister-in-law Zheng has been feeding acorns for so long, isn't that pig also growing very well?" Sister-in-law Zheng, how much meat did your pigs kill? The last sentence was asked by Yang in a loud voice.

Yang smiled: "Killed two hundred and five catties of meat." It is also common for Madoka's daughter-in-law to worry. My pig has only been fed acorns for a few months. At first, I didn't dare to mix too much, and I dared to mix a scoop of acorns in a bucket of pig food. Later, when I got used to feeding, I added more. The little piggy baby started to mix less, and now it's fine. However, you can't feed all of them with acorns, you must mix them with other pig food. You try to feed the two heads first, and then catch more when you feed well. ”

The little round daughter-in-law listened very attentively, and kept nodding her head again and again; Even the fat daughter-in-law no longer argued, as if the answer given by Yang was an authoritative explanation, which made them extremely convinced.

Also, people have been feeding acorns for a few months to eat pigs, so they are naturally more experienced than them.

So he talked about catching the little pig again, and then turned to Zhao Dazui's family affairs after a while, and somehow it came to the issue of Huang Daqizi's family's new relatives coming to the door this year. Anyway, this group of mothers-in-law chattered as if they were quarrelling, and the focus of the conversation kept jumping, and Chrysanthemum was stunned for a moment, which opened her eyes. But in the end, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I said to Zheng Changhe and ran away.