Chapter Twenty-Nine: Sauce and Meat Mille-Feuille
The Li family discussed with Liu Wang, since she intends to marry the Yang family, her daughter will be disciplined, so that people can see her mixed up with Li Chunwei all day long. The two of them are not young, especially Li Chun, who is tall and looks like an adult. However, Liu Zhi's temperament is not to eat and scold, so he can only take his time. Now they regret a little that they shouldn't have let their daughter grow up in the first place.
Li knew that the eldest daughter would eat soft and not hard, so he fell on the bunk and hummed, first stumbling the eldest daughter with housework to reduce her chance of going out.
As soon as my mother got sick, there were more things about willow branches, and I was busy enough just to bring wicker, and now I also added a Yang Xiuxiu who almost took root in her own home.
I haven't seen Brother Koharu for a few days, and Yanagi decided to make his favorite sauce meat lasagna today in order to show that he remembers him. In the kitchen, the willow branches scooped up fine white flour, added cold water and stirred into a paste, and then opened the jar and added two large spoons of lard. ”
Willow Branch pouted, so he ignored her, how could he put less oil, no oil would not be fragrant. She lowered her head and seriously dough, folded, folded, kneaded, beaten, and soon broke out in a fine sweat, shouting that her arms hurt.
"I told you to let me do it, but I didn't want to," Li's mother muttered, a little unconvinced. The eldest girl actually said that she didn't do as well as her, and said, "Brother Xiaochun tasted it as soon as he tasted it, and the last time he took the first bite, he said that it was made by Mama Li, not by you." "I'm going to die, he also deserves to pick his mouth," Li's mother was annoyed. As a result, Liu Zhi looked at her very seriously: "Mother Li, you can't say that about Brother Xiaochun, you can't anyway." ”
Although her eldest girl is a little monkey-like, she actually has an excellent temperament, and it is the first time to sink a small face and be stiff, which makes Li's mother a little nervous and a little sour.
Now that she is complaining, she also knows that she should not interfere, so Mama Li went to light the fire herself. Liu Zhi covered the dough with gauze and set it aside, found a large piece of pork in her palm, chopped it carefully, the fire had already come up, heated the pot, she scooped a spoonful of soybean paste she made, fried the meat filling, put it out and let it cool. Pick up a handful of green onions and cut them into green onions, at this time the dough has become chubby, catalpa into a single agent, then rolled into thin slices, full of meat sauce brushed up, and then full of sprinkled with a layer of green onions, and then full of a layer of sesame seeds; Then roll up the dough with such a plump content, twist it as it rolls, twist it into a bunch, flatten it from one end to the other, and roll it out again. The willow branches were fast with their hands and feet, and each pancake was rolled out round and flat, and the size was the same. After all the agents are done, the fire is sealed, and the bottom of the pot is brushed with clear oil and fried slowly over low heat, and the dough gradually expands, and the color turns golden. The fragrance of the fried curiosity was fragrant, and the smell was full of relish, and the willow branch generously counted half of it: "You and your father and mother have one and a half, and I and my little sister can have one and a half." ”
A pot of red bean porridge on the stove has also been boiled, and the red beans are all boiled and blooming, so thick that they don't fall down with chopsticks. Mother Li stretched her neck and rubbed her hands on the side: "These red beans and kidney beans are expensive, how much have you wasted by boiling it for three days!" If your mother doesn't talk about you, you have to pay attention, that's not how you are in charge. ”
"Mother Li, you're too long-winded, aren't all things for people? Brother Xiaochun lives on the water, and the red beans go to the dampness, which is good for his health, which is not called a waste. Liu Zhi picked out a small blue and white urn filled with an urn of porridge, and then wrapped the remaining four with dried lotus leaves, and asked Li's mother to send them to Li Chun, "Ask him not to worry about me, tell him that I will go to him when he is not so busy." ”
"The girl's family is not ashamed to say this," Li's mother refused.
Liu Zhi squirmed around with her: "Help me talk to Brother Xiaochun, he will worry about me if I haven't seen him for a long time; I'm worried about him, too, because it's bad that his uncle wants him to do so much and doesn't give him food. ”
Alas, Mama Li took the basket and persuaded again in vain: "Big girl, it's not a matter for you to do this. Li Chun has hands and feet, does he still rely on you to feed him like this all his life? ”
Mama Li's words were so ugly, and Liu Zhi was unhappy: "Mama Li, why are you saying that, Brother Xiaochun is not waiting for my things to eat." It's all my own pleasure, and I want him to be happy. ”
Li's mother rubbed for a long time, but she didn't want to take this errand, Li had already said that the eldest girl was not allowed to give Li Chun anything to give her, but she was still urged out by the willow branch. Half a foot out of the door to hear a "Li Ma", this scream made Li Ma almost jump up, she was a little weak to fold the bamboo basket, looked at Li Chun sitting under the hibiscus flowers stood up, with a look of anticipation: "What is Xiaozhi doing?" Can I see her? I promise to speak softly and not to disturb Aunt Liu. ”
"No, there are guests at home today, it's really inconvenient" Li's mother prevaricated, simply turned around, turned her head, and trotted.
"Mother Li, did your wife ask you to bring food again?" Xiao Jia is following the dock to order the goods, and today is the time to buy goods in the shop. His eyes were wide open, clearly looking forward to it. Xiao Jia was also sold by his brother and sister-in-law to Fengliu Ji, he was only seven or eight years old when he came, he was lean and he ate a lot, and Li's mother said that it was not cost-effective; Liu Wang took pity on him for being close to his own background, and he never felt sorry for this child. He was fifteen years old, a big man, as tall as Li Chun, but twice as wide as him, with a square face and thick lips, and a not very intelligent but honest look.
Mama Li sullenly handed the red bean porridge and mille-feuille to Xiao Jia, watching Xiao Jia eat fragrantly, thinking about the busy figure of the big girl in the kitchen, it was quite unpleasant. The eldest girl had no idea that all the food she had carefully prepared in the kitchen these days had gone into Xiao Jia's belly.
Shentian Bodhisattva is above, don't let the big girl know! What is going on? Mama Li can't imagine what will happen to Liu Zhi if she finds out, it's not a girl who can only blush and be shy! She couldn't help clasping her hands together, silently thinking that she didn't mean it, she really disobeyed her wife by agreeing to the eldest girl.
The hibiscus gently gathered its petals in the evening, lowered its head, and fell asleep peacefully in the starlight. When Mama Li bolted the door, she looked out, and a vague shadow curled up under the wall in the distance, probably knowing that this family was no longer very welcoming to her, and she was far away.
The hibiscus flowers are nourished by the dew and bloom in the morning sun, and the light purple and light blue flowers seem to have forgotten the time and forgotten the branches of the stars that frolicked last night. The figure of the young man lingered under the flowers, Mama Li didn't dare to go out, she was very troubled, and she was spinning, after all, she had a conscience that would hurt.
Li Chun walked on the bluestone road, and the wordless embarrassment made his heart ache and pain. It's not that he's not uninteresting, on the contrary, he's much more sensitive than ordinary people, otherwise he wouldn't have lived to grow up. But he was reluctant to give up the twig, the sweet little girl, the beautiful and lovely little girl, so good to himself, so affectionate, he really couldn't give up.
He is willing to be cheeky and call Mama Li again and again, if he doesn't let him see him today, he will wait for tomorrow, and if he doesn't let him tomorrow, he will wait for the day after tomorrow, they can't lock Xiaozhi at home for a lifetime.