Chapter Twenty-Eight: Eating Without Oil and Water
Qi Younian came in the door, saw Ye Xinyan who was busy with green at a glance, and asked with a smile: "Ye Zi, is this your rare food?" This seasoning is quite fragrant. ”
Ye Xinyan added a handful of firewood to the stove and said, "I only know how to do it, and I don't know if I can do it successfully." I don't dare to do more today, it's just enough for us to eat for ourselves. Whether it's good or not, let's eat this today. "I think I haven't done it for many years, and she hasn't used the lime here, if she can't do it well......
Thinking of today's failure to make rice tofu, that thing is estimated to be difficult to eat, and it can't be wasted, Ye Xinyan's voice lowered a little, and the confidence to speak was not enough: "If the rice tofu is not successful, it is estimated that it is not delicious, and I have to continue to try it tomorrow." That one...... Always want to succeed, don't you? ”
Qi Younian laughed when he heard it, "Even if it doesn't work, it's still food, so let's just treat it as a mixed batter that we still drink." You can't do it alone, do you want grandpa to help? ”
Ye Xinyan hurriedly said: "No, I'll do this little thing alone." You went to the carpenter early in the morning, and you just entered the door, so go and sit down and rest for a while. ”
"By the way, has the old man found the carpenter?" Hearing this, Mama Jin put down the needle and thread in her hand and came out of the room.
Qi Younian sat on the edge of the kang and replied, "I found it, I have made an appointment with the carpenter, so we will use his wood." Wait for the furniture to be done, and count the money together with the work and materials, and the grandfather of Ye Zi will do it. ”
"It's the busy farming season, did the master carpenter say when it will be done?" Mama Jin was a little anxious. There is no place to put anything outside the house. Even the dishes, chopsticks and plates were placed in a basket, and the clothes were piled on the kang.
Carpenter Wang said that he would start the work. His family's farm work, the two sons can spend more time every day, and he can free up his hands to make furniture for us. I said okay, he will make one there, and we will get one back. Qi Younian said while drinking water.
Mama Jin was pleased, "That's good, that's good." Although we don't have many things in our house, they are very messy inside and out. With furniture, everything is neatly organized, and it looks like a home. ”
The words that Mama Jin said made Qi Younian feel warm in his heart. For so many years, he always thought that he would die alone and buried in a foreign land. Unexpectedly, the soil was buried to the neck, but she had a granddaughter, who was still a caring girl.
Yes, he already has a home, and when everything in the house is in place, this home will be more warm.
Ye Xinyan continued to compete with her rice milk and dipping water.
Qi Younian rested for a while, and then went outside to build a livestock shed. It was a very important thing to set up a livestock shed, but fortunately it had not rained for the past two days, otherwise the donkey would not even have a place to tie it.
When the sun was in the sky, Ye Xinyan's face was flushed with steam from the stove, and the rice tofu in the pot could also be eaten.
At this time, Qi Younian was still busy in the yard, but Mama Jin was already following Ye Xinyan to see what the food Ye Xinyan made and planned to sell for money looked like.
Ye Xinyan wiped the sweat on her forehead with her sleeve and said to Mama Jin, "Mama went to call grandpa, wash your hands and eat." Following Mama Jin's curious eyes, she looked at the rice tofu that had solidified, and nodded with a smile, "It's okay, although it's not as good as I imagined, but it's not bad, let's eat this for lunch in a while." ”
Ye Xinyan filled a big bowl of rice tofu for each of the three people, poured it with water, and poured spicy seeds with oil and put them on their own according to their personal preferences. For the rest, put it in a clay pot and keep it warm. If Qi Younian thinks it's good, he will give some to the big room and the third room to try.
The rice tofu is still served with wild vegetable mixed noodles.
The kang outside was covered with an oilcloth, on which were placed dishes and chopsticks, dipping water, chili peppers, and a small basket, inside which were mixed with wild vegetables.
Although Han's family and the people in the village have a very contemptuous attitude towards wild vegetables and the people who eat them, Ye Xinyan has no such obsession at all, and she prefers to mix wild vegetables into mixed noodles to enrich dietary fiber and nutrition.
Qi Younian came in with his hands wiped his hands, and saw that the rice bowl on the kang was filled with white and tender tofu brain-like things, topped with dipping water with rich colors and rich ingredients, and said with a smile: "It looks like a delicious food, I don't know how it tastes?" ”
Ye Xinyan asked Qi Younian to go to the kang, "Is it delicious or not, don't you know if you taste it?" Grandpa, go to the kang first and try it to see how it tastes. He turned around and said to Mama Jin, "Mama is also on the kang, eat and see if she can set up a stall to make money." ”
Since Mama Jin followed Ye Xinyan out, there has been no better life in the Guogong Mansion, and she has endured all the hardships, but she has never complained about hardship, let alone complained about Ye Xinyan, she only cares about the heartache Ye Xinyan has been pampered for these years, and in the end she has to suffer a lot.
People were affected by her, and they followed her to endure hardships and suffering, not only without words, but also cherished her wholeheartedly. With such an elderly person in front of her, Ye Xinyan naturally couldn't treat Mama Jin like a subordinate, but always treated Mama Jin as her elder.
After more than half a year, Mama Jin is no longer as cautious as before, she followed Ye Xinyan's words and sat on the kang. But he didn't eat first regardless of humility, just waiting for Qi Younian to move the spoon.
Qi Younian dipped in water and sent a spoonful of rice tofu into his mouth, a strong rice fragrance, with the taste of dipping water, and then the tender taste of rice tofu spread in the mouth, which really deserves to melt in the mouth, salty and smooth.
Qi Younian couldn't stop nodding, swallowed the rice tofu in his mouth, and praised: "Not bad, it's delicious." Although the texture of rice tofu is similar to tofu brain, the taste is different, and the taste is full of rice flavor. Yes, yes, it will definitely be able to sell to make money. ”
Ye Xin squinted with a smile, she pushed the small plate of oily spicy seeds, and said, "Grandpa put a little more spicy seeds, the taste is still different." He urged Mama Jin again, "Mama also moves the spoon, how about it taste, do you want to put some chili peppers too?" ”
Seeing that Mama Jin was also satisfied, Ye Xinyan put her mind at ease. In fact, the rice tofu this time is not too good, the amount of lime water, she does not grasp it too well, I believe that the next time I do it, I will be able to do better.
Seeing that the two of them were eating, Ye Xinyan said, "Grandpa, there are still a lot of rice tofu left on the stove." Let's come back, my uncle and grandmother have been very helpful to us, and I will send some to my uncle and grandfather's house."
Qi Younian said: "Don't worry, warm those rice tofu on the stove, and you can go after eating." If you run this time, your meal will be cold when you come back. ”
Ye Xinyan said while separating the rice tofu on the stove: "I warmed the rice on the stove, and it was still hot when I came back." It was late for my uncle and grandfather, so it was too late, and no matter how hot it was, it was not as delicious as freshly made. ”
When Ye Xinyan sent rice tofu to his uncle and grandfather, they had just started to set up the meal, and Ye Xinyan sent the rice tofu dipped in water to a soup pot, which was regarded as adding a dish.
Ye Xinyan explained that this is the food they set up a stall to sell, and they will make it first for the family to taste, if you can eat spicy food, you can put some chili powder, which tastes very good.
Although the food brought by the niece and granddaughter was very rare and looked very appetizing, Wang could see at a glance that this thing was not very valuable.