Chapter 14: Abundance
chatting about cheerful topics, except for Wen Juan in the kitchen, they were all Mali women, and the big pot and small stove were served together, and it didn't take long to prepare a hearty dish. The big rooster who was preparing for the New Year was killed, and the stewed mountain mushrooms and potatoes were the main dish, and a large pot was held hard, which could almost be used as a small basin in later generations.
When the fried peanut kernels are out of the pot, the salt is a very good appetizer in the village, the salted duck eggs are opened four or five, and a whole plate is piled up, and the purslane is soaked in hot water in the summer, cut into small pieces for half an hour, and the garlic sauce sesame oil is another plate, the sweet potato vermicelli is soaked and cut into sections, mixed with salt and five-spice powder, and throw the coriander section, plus the freshly made dry spicy oil, the red, red, green and green are good-looking.
Even if the materials at home are not too rich, the skillful Yang mother still made up four cold dishes. Intentionally let Yang Wenjuan fall in front of Shen Lan to look like a capable person, add good taste, and finally stir and put on the plate, Yang Mu directly instructed Wenjuan to do it.
This is what she has done over the years, and there is some ink in her stomach, and she really looks better than her as a rural woman. Let's just say that the duck egg plate, she cut and piled it into the plate at most, and the girl was able to carefully and silently put the egg yolk in one direction, layer by layer, like the sunflower plate, which is very beautiful. In the past few years, she has learned to put it out at the wedding banquet in the village a few times, and she is stunned to save a lot of face.
Even if it is a few horses tooth looking for a few soils, she can also pile up the pine loosely into a pagoda shape, and throw a few green onions and coriander leaves in pieces, and suddenly it will feel different. After the sweet potato vermicelli is photographed, there are some light gray-green-white colors, stir with a little red pepper oil, and match the coriander leaves, three colors, red is red, transparent is transparent, green is green, it is good-looking.
The cold dishes were served first, and the two sons were called to serve the dishes, and Shen Weiguo also followed diligently, just watching Wen Juan put the last cold salad vermicelli on the plate, with lowered eyebrows and eyes, quiet seriousness, and the light shining in from the high ventilation window hit her face, and it was even more beautiful as if she was an immortal real person... If it weren't for some restraint, he really couldn't take his eyes off it.
Take the tofu skin that I exchanged before and fry a celery, the mountain fungus fried a big meat slice, the Chinese cabbage fried and fried with some vinegar, and finally a bamboo shoot dry duck, a fish braised with its own sauce on the whole piece, the five hot dishes are also real, it is really not so rich for the New Year. shouted to serve the food, Yang Wenjiang, Yang Wenhai, and Shen Weiguo came over to serve the food, one person served the fish, and the remaining two people had two plates per person, and Lisuo could get it all at once.
"Let's go, now women can hold up half the sky, Shuhai's daughter-in-law, his aunt, all go to the hall to eat, Juan'er, you come to make soup!" In the end, after washing the pot and adding some hot water, Mother Yang deliberately asked Wen Juan to behave more, wipe her hands, and enthusiastically pull the two guests who helped the cook with one hand, while instructing her to make a soup.
At this point, Yang's mother is relieved, the big dishes dare not let Yang Wenjuan do it, there are few lazy children in the farmhouse, these small jobs are all used to doing, make some porridge soup, and the girl can still handle it.
Now is not like before, women have the lowest status, tired and tired can only eat a little leftovers on the stove, these years at home hospitality, women are also on the table. Shen Lan's eyes flickered, she thought of a move, followed Yang's mother's greeting with a smile, washed her hands and dried them and went to the hall.
In the hall, the Yang family opened the folding large round table for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, sturdy enough to sit down more than ten people no problem, the guest of honor seated, Yang Houpu opened the bottle two years before the doctor was treated, the family thanked the grain wine sent, and after the hot dish was served, except for the restrained Shen Weiguo, the young Yang Wenhai, several people in the hall had already drunk three rounds.
"Sit down, sit down, it's up to you chefs who are selfless!" Yang Wancheng looked at the three heroes who came hand in hand, and greeted with a smile: "Looking at a table, it is more sumptuous than the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, today we are feasting and celebrating the New Year in advance!" ”
This was said beautifully, not only praising the dedication and diligence of the three people, but also praising the rich atmosphere of the Yang family's hospitality, worthy of being the secretary of the brigade, the three women who came hand in hand immediately smiled, and sat down next to the men under the service of several children.
"Wen Juan, this child, why didn't you let her come over, it's all your own people, you don't need to avoid suspicion!" Shen Genshen saw that there was still one person missing, and couldn't help but ask with a kind smile. Since the parents and children are satisfied, that is, the girls have no opinions, and most of the two children's affairs have been finalized, and the rest is to prepare for the ceremony and the happy event, all of which are precedents to follow, and that is easy to do. In this way, Yang Wenjuan is in Shen Genshen's eyes, and she is the future daughter-in-law of the next level.
"Sister-in-law Magnolia asked Wen Juan to make us a soup, Wei Guo, you go and help Wen Juan make a fire, so that she won't be busy alone!" In fact, when the women in the village cook, it is not a cover on the stove on the pot, where is Wenjuan more squeamish? It's just that Shen Lan wants to find more reasons for the two of them to find a space to talk and get more familiar with each other, which is also a common trick used by people in the village. By the way, I also want to avoid the two protagonists, and the elders discuss something to talk about.
"Good!" Under Wen Juan's response, Shen Weiguo, who really regarded Wen Juan as his daughter-in-law, naturally responded simply, and walked to the kitchen.
Being able to help Wen Juan and get along with his future daughter-in-law more, Shen Weiguo is naturally very happy, but he doesn't care about the kind teasing of the elders. In other words, his military career has long made his face as thick as a city wall. When the men are fine, those comrades-in-arms who married early will also talk about some experiences of asking for a daughter-in-law, and he can be calm without experiencing it.
"Eat vegetables and eat vegetables, everyone is welcome, eldest sister, Shuhai daughter-in-law, I will write you a glass of wine!" After sitting down, Mother Yang took the millet wine that the men cherished, and poured a glass of wine for Shuhai's daughter-in-law Shen Lan and herself.
"Come on, let's go one, for this heavenly match, for the two fateful children, for the two families, we rushed this cup, I am a witness, I am honored to be the first to know, I wish the two children a natural marriage!" Yang Wancheng's identity and eloquence played a good role in guiding, raising a glass and singing a promise, and Yang Wenyu and Yang Wenhai also raised their teacups to join in the fun.
In the kitchen, when Mother Yang left, what she added to the pot was hot water, and it was a hot pot and a hot stove, and the water was boiled after a while. Yang Wenjuan slipped into the water some slices of meat that had been prepared in advance, as well as the rare yellow cabbage and spinach cut into sections, and ordered some salt and anise powder.
After one is boiled, then evenly poured the egg liquid beaten in advance on the soup, stirring gently, Yang Wenjuan's hands are skillful, and the egg flowers are evenly and light, and the amount of egg flowers beaten out is also extraordinarily large. These are what she is familiar with, awakening the memories of her past life, and adding more practical experience.
In the era of later generations, when she was alone, she practiced her hand cooking skills, not to mention comparable to a five-star chef, but she could also take a shot, the so-called ignorance of housework just refers to her in the eyes of others.
When Shen Weiguo came in, Yang Wenjuan was almost busy, he tacitly stepped forward to help remove the fire and make the soup, the action was sharp and fast, and in the end, he was even more afraid that Yang Wenjuan would be hot, and he didn't even let Yang Wenjuan next to the soup basin, so he directly assisted her to bring it into the hall.
The people in the hall deliberately left two places next to each other for the two children, just in the middle of Yang Wenyu and Yang Wenjiang, and it was also more space for the two children to be familiar with, which showed that they were happy to see it. When Shen Weiguo thoughtfully picked up vegetables for her, the satisfaction in the eyes of the elders, this enthusiasm also made Yang Wenjuan, who was originally calm, a little inexplicably embarrassed.
Pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the men were already addicted to alcohol before the main course came up, and it was not easy to drink a little in this era, and they would not get drunk with an open stomach. When the main course is served, it is the main event of the feast, and you can enjoy these dishes that can be said to be a big meal.
At this time, even if the woman has a lot of food, she looks at the meals that have been prepared in large portions, and in the end, the meal is full, and there is nothing left. After a lively meal, the three women, with the assistance of their children, quickly withdrew the pots and pans to the kitchen, and cleaned up the hall to give people space to talk.
After the meal, clean up the dishes, this is all the children's business, did not let the elders interfere, Wen Juan went to the kitchen alone to wash and scrub, Shen Weiguo followed to the kitchen with a very eye-catching eye, and helped Wen Juan to clean up the dishes and basins for lunch one by one with the hot water from the hot pot.
At this time, there is no dish soap in Wen Juan's memory, and no one is willing to use such a big oil and water to fry vegetables, gauze dipped in oil and wipe the bottom of the pot was a luxury in previous years, and the conditions have been a little better in the past two years.
didn't let Wen Juan get his hands dirty, Shen Weiguo directly added cold water to another pot and washed the pots and dishes that Wen Juan had washed again and again, one to wash the dishes, one to wash the bowls, the seamless cooperation, the wordless tacit understanding, and the faint warmth flowed.