Who knew that she was thinking like this, Huaizi sat down at the door of the stove early, pulled the ashes of the stove with tongs, and said, "Did you use a simmering pot to simmer any good soup?" Then I can't eat it tonight, I can't eat it until tomorrow morning. Woohoo! What is this? ”

He didn't pull out the simmering pot, but he felt that the tongs touched a hard thing, because he didn't know what it was, and he was afraid of breaking it, so he didn't dare to move casually, and hurriedly asked the chrysanthemum.

Chrysanthemum couldn't help but laugh - I thought he wouldn't find it, but who knew that he would find it soon. She smiled and went over and crouched down beside him, put one hand on his knee, and said to him, "Alas! I found it so quickly. I'd like you to look for a little longer. Take it out. Guess what it is, and if you guess this time, I'll obey you. ”

Seeing her smug look, Huaizi was also interested and couldn't help but kiss her on the forehead, and then pulled the ball of things out, while laughing: "What new things did you get again?" The potato hasn't grown up yet, could it be a fish? ”

When he sandwiched the big ball of things to the door of the stove hole, his eyes lit up and he smiled: "Hello! Such a big lump is definitely not a fish. Don't move! I'll guess again, so big, so round—" and weighed it with the tongs again—"so heavy, I'm afraid it's only **?" He looked at Chrysanthemum with some uncertainty.

Chrysanthemum was stunned for a moment, then punched him in the back, and shouted a classic sketch line from his previous life with a smile: "You are so talented!" ”

Huaizi smiled happily: "It's really a chicken!" Why do you think it's so burning? ”

The chrysanthemum asked him to smash the yellow mud on the outside, revealing the lotus leaf inside, and then carefully held it on the board and opened it, and the house was suddenly full of fragrance.

The little couple laughed constantly in the kitchen, and He and Zhang Dazhuan also smiled heartily in the yard. Zhang Dazhuan couldn't help muttering: "What are you talking about, smiling like this?" ”

He glared at him and said, "You want to know?" Then go and take a look! ”

Zhang Dazhuan hurriedly shook his head, who knew what his son was talking to Chrysanthemum, wasn't he uncomfortable running over.

At this time, Zhang Yang walked into the courtyard with a book in his hand. Although he was wearing a short suit, he was full of bookish air and demeanor, and he was already a young man.

Seeing him, He Shi hurriedly said, "It's time to eat." Go wash your face first. Alas! On such a hot day, it is really a sin to read and write! In her opinion, reading and writing is much more tiring than farming.

Zhang Yang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Eat so early today?" Suddenly, he heard the laughter of his brother and sister-in-law in the kitchen, and in the midst of admiration, he did not go back to the main house, but trotted into the kitchen.

Seeing that his youngest son entered the kitchen without hesitation, Zhang Dazhuan couldn't help muttering: "This baby doesn't understand at all." ”

He Shi laughed when he heard the "flutter".

Zhang Yang ran into the kitchen and saw his brother and sister-in-law standing in front of the board, bending down to make something, he sniffed and asked, "What does it smell, so fragrant?" Well, it seems to be the smell of chicken. ”

Chrysanthemum and Huaizi turned around and saw him coming, and laughed together: "Your nose is really smart."

Zhang Yang hurriedly squeezed forward and found that the two were using chopsticks to dismantle a whole chicken. He couldn't help but be hooked by the smell, and when water came out of his mouth, he put the book under his armpit, grabbed a dismantled chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth, exclaiming, "It's so fragrant." This chicken is tender and smooth. Sister Chrysanthemum, how did you burn it? ”

Chrysanthemum and Huaizi glanced at each other, first laughed a few times, and then Huaizi said, "Guess, how did this chicken do it?" If you want to guess it, I'll obey you! He learned what Chrysanthemum had just said.

Seeing the two of them looking excited, Yang Zi asked in surprise, "Is it difficult?" Brother, didn't you guess just now, now test me? ”

Chrysanthemum smiled at him and said, "Hello! Your brother is talented, and he guessed it right. Guess what, better than your brother! She wanted to laugh as soon as she said that line.

Zhang Yangsan finished nibbling a chicken leg in two bites, smacked his lips, rolled his eyes and thought for a while: "It's not like steaming; Certainly not roasted; It's not like a boiled one. No, I'm afraid it's still steamed—steamed before it's tender. Is it steamed? ”

As he spoke, Chrysanthemum and Huaizi laughed for a while; The two laughed, and he hurriedly changed his words, repeating it several times, and felt that it was steamed.

Chrysanthemum reminded: "Yang Zi, you will have to be a big responsibility in the future, and you must pay careful attention to the things around you on weekdays." You can't just look at the taste and texture, you have to look at what it looks like and what it goes with. ”

Huaizi saw that Zhang Yang didn't pay attention to the lotus leaves peeled off on the board at all, and said with a smile: "Even if you taste it, you should taste some lotus leaf flavor, right?" Where is the lotus leaf? ”

Zhang Yang found the lotus leaf on the board at this time, and suddenly said: "I said that it was steamed, but I am not sure - if it was steamed directly, it would not be so dry, it turned out to be steamed with lotus leaves." That's right! ”

He looked like he had unraveled the answer, and his expression was very comfortable and happy.

Huaizi and Chrysanthemum looked at each other in amazement, and suddenly laughed out loud!

The two shouted to Zhang Yang at the same time: "You are so talented!" ”

Zhang Dazhuan and He Shi saw their youngest son enter the kitchen, the smile was even bigger, the two of them were suspicious, cleaned up the yard, arranged the chickens and ducks properly, and also got up into the kitchen, He Shi smiled and asked, "Why don't you bring the food out?" Just listen to you laugh. Why are you so happy? ”

Chrysanthemum smiled and explained, and a new round of guessing activities began.

Zhang Dazhuan guessed even more outrageously, saying that it was wrapped in lotus leaves and roasted.

He couldn't help but glance at him and said, "Then don't you bake the lotus leaves?" You see, this lotus leaf is obviously good. I'm afraid I still told Yang Zi that it was steamed with lotus leaves. ”

Zhang Dazhuan argued forcefully in his mouth, saying that if something was wrapped outside the lotus leaf, it would not be baked, and then he saw that there was indeed residual mud on the lotus leaf, and immediately pointed it out to them, and shouted: "What's the matter?" I said, isn't this yellow mud? The chrysanthemum is wrapped in the yellow mud of pickled duck eggs, and the lotus leaves are wrapped in the chicken roast. No, it's not cheap to roast like this, it's burned, and it must be buried in the fire. ”

Zhang Yang glanced at the lotus leaf when he heard it, and sure enough, he immediately smiled with Huaizi and Chrysanthemum and shouted, "Dad, you are so talented." ”

The family leaned back and forth laughing, and finally stopped, and put the meal in the courtyard to eat.

After eating for a while, Zhang Dazhuan said proudly: "You didn't guess it, but my father guessed it, Jiang is still old and spicy!" ”

Chrysanthemum and Huaizi snickered when they heard this, He Shi glanced at him, and said to Chrysanthemum: "In the future, we will often do this - save firewood and energy, don't bother to fry in the pot, how cheap!" The taste is good, too. ”

Zhang Yang nodded again and again: "It's so delicious." It's just too little, not enough to eat, and I haven't eaten well. Sister Chrysanthemum, you should stuff some mushrooms and soybeans in the belly of the chicken, then there will be a lot of things.

Chrysanthemum nodded and said: "There is another mile - my mother sent two chickens, the one I thought about Ming'er braised with me, I was afraid that it would be broken, so I smeared some salt and ice it with well water, why don't you still get it like this?" Just bury it tonight and eat it tomorrow. ”

He hurriedly said: "Hearing you say this, I know how to get it, I'll get this chicken, you go and rest." Dad, you go and pinch two big lotus leaves and come back. I just boiled the bath water, and the bottom of the pot was so big. ”

Zhang Dazhuan got up and went to the lotus pond to pinch the lotus leaves, and He went to get the chicken; Here chrysanthemum cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and suddenly remembered that there was still a bucket of fresh peaches hanging in the well, and hurriedly asked the acacia to bring it up, just after the meal to eat.

Zhang Huai lifted the bucket up, looked at the bright red peach, He praised: "This early year planting is different, look at how good this peach is." I'm afraid that we won't be able to have peaches until next year. ”

The peaches soaked in the well water were sweet and cool, and Huaizi took a bite and smiled: "The one in front of the door is almost ready to eat." It's not easy to take care of if you don't plant it in your own yard - pick those little babies before they grow up, otherwise they will bear as many as yours. ”

Chrysanthemum frowned and said: "The little baby is not sensible, I have to greet them one by one when I turn around, so the green peach, isn't it a waste to pick it?" It's not that they won't be allowed to eat when they grow up. ”

Otherwise, why doesn't anyone plant fruit trees outside of their own land? That's one of the reasons – no one takes them seriously, let alone takes care of them, and it's good if they don't destroy them.

After eating, Chrysanthemum collected all the peach pits, pulled the acacia and said, "Go to my mother's place to see the cow - I'm afraid I'm going to get a calf." "The cow that Zheng Changhe bought was pregnant at the end of last year, and it will give birth to calves in a few months.

He smiled: "Where is it so fast? It will not be laid until October—but the ox will not be able to carry until eleven months of pregnancy. ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "I look at its big belly, I'm always anxious for it, why isn't it raw?" It would be nice to have twins. Laughing, the two went out to Zheng's house.

Zheng Changhe served the cow very carefully, and did not let it work during the pregnancy, and rented cattle to plough the paddy fields, and used horses to cultivate the land, and he was also very diligent in grazing every morning and evening. Now the Zheng family has a lot of animals, two horses, a cow, chickens and ducks are also a group, cats and dogs fight all day long, and the pigs want to be Sven - eat and sleep, sleep and eat.

In the cowshed, Chrysanthemum lit a small torch, watched the big-bellied cow eating grass peacefully, and asked Zheng Changhe earnestly: "Dad, is this cow going to give birth in October?" When the time comes, I'll squeeze some milk and boil it, and it won't get in the way, right? ”

Zheng Changhe was holding a big pu fan in his hand, shaking it, helping the chrysanthemum to catch mosquitoes and flies by the way, and said with a smile: "It's not in the way." Dad took good care of it, and the milk would definitely not be eaten. But if you give birth to two calves, it's enough to choke. It doesn't matter, my daughters want to drink milk, so they drink less. ”

Chrysanthemum laughed when she heard this, and hit her wrist with a "snap", killing a mosquito, and said angrily: "These mosquitoes are the most annoying." This mugwort leaf burns and it doesn't work, why are there so many miles? Look at the water in the clay tank, there is a dense layer of it, belch! Look at the wrinkle of the skin. The cow rolled on its own in the mud, and the mosquitoes could not bite it, causing it to fly everywhere. ”