Chapter 13: The Lobster
I don't know if the four-year-old ingots are gentle and gentle, but his courage is unexpectedly great. Go up the mountain to climb trees, go down to the river to fish, catch earthworms, catch frogs, roast birds and finches are omnipotent and fearless. Sometimes she would sneak out of the window to fish and catch birds while she was napping, and she didn't look like a four-year-old child.
On weekdays, he always likes to wear a small waist-length cloth gown, roll up his sleeves and blush, and follow the village dolls sweating profusely and running wildly, either pulling out other people's crops or setting fire to the neighbor's haystacks, for which he was beaten by his mother. He was born white and clean, his clothes were clean and neat, and he always liked to smile on weekdays, because the children in the village loved to play with him.
"Brother Yuanbao, what are you bringing today?" A group of dirty, swarthy snotty brothers surrounded him in the middle, all eagerly spreading their hands and dripping their babes.
"The braised chicken feet last time were really delicious, have you ever come here this time?" A turnip head shook his fingers, savoring the spicy and salty taste, which soon caused a sudden pumping sound.
Yuan Bao had long been accustomed to this feeling of the stars holding the moon, and slowly took out two large handfuls of crispy peanuts wrapped in sweet frost from the big pocket of the moon cloth coat that his mother sewed for him, and distributed them into everyone's dirty hands without blinking.
"My mother is not allowed to go out for a while, so it's easy to steal some out for you to eat, brothers, let's fight the tooth sacrifice first, and I'll bring the one next to me tomorrow" He licked his little hand that was already empty and still stained with the sweet smell of frosting.
Two days ago, he broke the dog's head, and was beaten by his mother's chickens and dogs, and most of the village was beaten with wicker. He was detained at home for two days, but he was suffocated to death! The matter of the master's family fighting for the scoop, how can she understand as a woman?
Everyone knows that ingots will be made and eaten, and the radish heads have already rushed to grab peanuts and pour them into their mouths, making a crisp sound of "clicking, and rubbing" at the end, and at the end they still closed their eyes and smashed their mouths, wanting to remember this good taste. They all like ingots and generous, and they only have ingots, and they bring them delicious food every time they play.
"Brother, what should I do? I haven't tasted it yet! "There is a girl doll with a bun brought by the brother, and the palm of her hand is less than two peanuts, and she hurriedly raises her neck and cries after eating.
Her brother had already swallowed the peanut, and at this time he could only scratch his ears and cheeks in distress, and he knew that he wouldn't bring his sister here!
Yuanbao had to grope through the cracks of the pocket for a long time, and pulled out two peanuts that had slipped through the net and gave it to her, "Don't cry, Brother Yuanbao will bring you popcorn tomorrow." ”
Seeing that the female doll stopped crying, she took small bites and ate happily. Yuan Bao slammed the tall boy in front of him again, staggered again, waved his fist, and glared at him viciously.
"You are not allowed to rob Chunsheng, otherwise I will kill you!" Chunsheng would carefully put the snacks he gave into the pocket of his clothes every time, and Yuan Bao Niang said that Chunsheng was going to take them home for his sick aunt to eat.
The male baby who was pushed was the largest, called Brother Xing. He got up and patted the soil on his buttocks absently, giggling and not annoyed, because his father said that their family had tenanted the land of the Yuanbao family, and it was easy not to offend the Yuanbao. Besides, Yuan Bao is his good brother, and he has worshiped in front of his father-in-law.
He landed on one foot, his body was slightly tilted, and one hand hooked Yuanbao's neck, looking like a good brother, "Yuanbao, go to the ditch to fish for lobsters?" I know there are a lot of lobsters in one place! ”
Yuan Bao was a little moved and a little afraid, and kept twisting the hem of his clothes with both hands, and was a little embarrassed, "Let my mother know that she will kill me!" ”
It's no joke that his mother's burning stick is pumped on his body, and even if he cleverly dodges it, his dad will come back and whip his ass with the soles of his shoes.
Brother Xing'er is not afraid, how can a manly husband be afraid of a mother-in-law? His father said that if his mother-in-law was disobedient, he would be beaten.
"Afraid of what? If you don't say it, we won't say it, how will your mother know? Are you going to go?" He was like a weasel, hanging his eyebrows and crossing his waist to coax ingots.
Xiao Yuanbao couldn't help but compromise, and pursed his pink lips, "That...... Then let's go early and come back early, don't let my mother find out."
When they arrived at the place, the ditch that Xing Ge'er said was only slender and more than a foot deep. The water is very clear, and you can see the blue-shelled lobsters swimming in the yellow mud and sand at a glance.
Brother Xing'er drew a good place for them, and one of them had twine. Everyone took one in their hands and threw a toad into the water, quietly waiting for the lobster to take the bait. Cheers of surprise kept coming from the banks of the creek.
It didn't take long for Brother Xing to fill a barrel of fish, tilting his head happily and whistling at everyone, with a smug "hum" in his mouth.
"Yuanbao, what's wrong? Would you like to give you some of the money from my bucket? He simply pillowed his head with his hands, took a dog's tail grass in his mouth, and lay comfortably on the grass and shook his legs leisurely.
The little ingots puffed out their cheeks, looked at their empty buckets, and sweated urgently. I don't know what's wrong today, the lobster just doesn't eat his food! His blushing face became more and more anxious, and he re-tied his flesh and found a place to squat.
Before the lobster was caught, Yuan Bao felt a pain in his leg, and with an "ah" sound, he let go of his hand and covered his leg and fell to the ground, whining and wailing.
"Something bites me! Whining! "He's painful, angry and aggrieved, a little bit really back!
Brother Xing hurriedly beckoned everyone to come and see, and saw that it was a bamboo green snake spitting out a letter and swimming happily towards the ditch. The children were so bold that they found sticks to beat the snake to death, and then carried him home with whimpering ingots.
Wen Wan was washing the family's clothes by the well when she saw a bunch of people rushing into the yard. Busy wiping his hands on his skirt, he picked up his son, whose face was full of tears and whose crying hair was drenched with sweat, and wiped his tears and coaxed him gently. The children chattered around Wen Wan to report
"Aunt Lin, the ingots have been bitten"
"It's a bamboo snake."
"I helped Yuan Bao die!" Little Iron Egg picked up the snake with a stick and showed it to Wen Wan.
Among these children, Brother Duxing hid behind the crowd, twisting his fingers and bowing his head without saying a word. He quietly put down a bucket of lobsters he had caught, looked at the ingots crying in his mother's arms, ashamed and ashamed, and ran away while no one was paying attention.
Wen Wan suddenly felt sick when she saw the snake, she was most afraid of the snake. The village child was honest, and the poor bamboo snake was not only beaten to the point that his head was gone, but also wrapped around the stick with blood. Knowing that the snake was not venomous, Wen Wan let the children go home for dinner, sat down on the stool with his son in his arms, rolled up his son's trouser leg to check his injuries.
Yuan Bao pouted, hugged his mother's neck and wiped his tears with his hand, "It hurt~".
"Don't cry, the snake is not venomous, and it will be swollen in an hour. Good baby, A-Niang is here, don't cry. She put her arms around her son and kissed him on the forehead.
Seeing that her son rubbed her neck and didn't let go, she had to carry someone to the kitchen to bite up dried herbs mixed with saliva and put it on him, and twisted a cloth towel to wipe the tears on his face.
Seeing him tossing for a long time, tears fell into her arms, and he lost patience, half coaxed and half threatened, "I'm embarrassed to cry?" If you don't go to the river, you won't listen. I'm sneaking out again today, you're finished, see if your father comes back and won't beat you to death! ”
Yuan Bao cried even louder, he didn't want to be beaten, his father hurt when he beat people!
Wen Wan had no choice, squatted down and blew his wound, "Don't cry, good baby, listen to A-Niang, don't cry." If you don't cry, A-Niang will make you something to eat. ”
Yuan Bao stopped his tears, wiped his hands, opened the misty black grapes, and swallowed saliva with tears in his mouth, "What's delicious?" I didn't cry! ”
Wen Wan touched her son's little head, she didn't know him yet! is a gluttonous with his father, and he can't walk when he sees food!
Standing up and patting his clothes, Wen Wan put her son on the low stool and sat down, throwing him a roll of his eyes, "Wait here!" ”
As soon as I saw a bucket full of lobsters, I gently cut off the internal organs, removed the shrimp line, cleaned it up, poured onions, ginger and garlic wine and marinated it. Choke the pot with ginger slices and fat to stir out the meat oil.
Then pour a bowl of minced garlic into the pot, put salt and sugar to fry the fragrance, pour in the lobster and stir-fry in stages, then put two cooked salted egg yolks, add water to cover the lobster, add a bay leaf, cook for 30 minutes, take out the lobster, put it on the plate, continue to collect the garlic juice and pour it on the lobster.
She loves garlic, not spicy food. The spicy ones are easy to get angry, so let's wait for Lin Yuan to come back in the evening and make them for him to drink.
The headless bamboo leaf green also endured the nausea, added ingredients, and served it on the table with the lobster. The son who helped Huan, who lowered his head and played with the corners of his clothes, washed his hands and put on an apron, let him nibble and eat by himself, and Wen Wan was about to go to the courtyard to finish rubbing his clothes.
Yuan Bao threw the chopsticks and patted his chest in fear and cried, "Don't eat, I'm afraid!" ”
He recognized it! Wen Wan can't help it, the bamboo green snake is a good medicine for nourishment, and it can't be caught easily, just to nourish his body.
"Who said this is a snake, this is the eel that your father brought back, don't believe you taste it yourself!" Wen Wan's eyes widened to strengthen her credibility, and she casually pinched a piece and put it in her mouth, squinting and nodding.
Yuan Bao will be suspicious of the black snake meat gnawed, the taste is delicious and there is no doubt about it. Just like that, with teardrops sticking to a face of, yellow sauce, and black juice, I gnawed happily like a cat. It's very strange that the little looks aggrieved and enjoyed.
In the evening, Lin Yuan went back to the house and carried his son into the door, and when he saw that the table was full of good wine and food, he rubbed his hands happily.
"Yo, what's the day? So many dishes! Lin Yuan saw that the dishes were sumptuous, so he hurriedly put down his son and prepared to run to the kitchen to serve the meal and get the wine glass.
Wen Wan hugged her chest, looked at the ingot, who had become more and more well-behaved and quiet since his father came back, and chuckled, "Ask him, people have worked hard to fish for calf meat to honor his father." ”
Yuan Bao glared at her in disbelief: You betrayed me?
Wen Wan pouted disdainfully: What are you selling! Did you pay hush money?
Lin Yuan suddenly rolled up his trouser legs, and sure enough, the two tooth marks had scabbed.