Chapter 11 Oil refining
Kou Xi took these things to his room, and Zhou Hong helped carry them into the kitchen. walked around her bedroom again, nodded again and again and said with a smile: "Your cottage is really well tied, bright and clean!"
"The new house must be painted. Kou Xi pointed to the wall and said, "It's fashionable to paint half of the green wall now, but I don't like it very much." But I live alone, the glass is polished, and the house is cleaned up. ”
At this time, Huo Tianyi ran in and stretched out his little hand: "Auntie, what delicious food have you brought me?"
Kou Xi touched Huo Tianyi's head and said with a smile: "What delicious food did your mother cook for you at night, and you will be hungry again after a while." ”
Huo Tianyi twisted his body and said, "My mother also made pancakes and fried shredded potatoes, but there was no meatball soup!"
Kou Xi said with a smile: "The eldest lady wants to refine lard and steamed steamed buns at night." I'll make a pimple soup tonight, and I'll bring you a bowl if you want to come over and eat it. ”
Zhou Hong was a little worried: "What time is it, you are still steaming steamed buns." The old fat face is slow!"
Kou Xi winked at her: "When I beat the old vinegar today, I asked Brother Zhou for a little yeast." A small pinch is enough. When I clean up the outside of this house, I will have peace of mind when I go to work and get off work in the future. ”
Zhou Hong glared and said in a low voice: "Why don't you even give you a piece of old fat?"
Kou Xi glanced at Zhou Hong, and said softly: "If you don't bother, don't trouble people, since I have the ability to start a new stove, how much can it cost with this bit of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar." ”
Sending Zhou Hong away, Li Cuilian stood in the courtyard and mocked with a weird yin and yang: "People with wages are different, big bags and small bags are loaded in their own rooms, it's really magnanimous!"
Kou Xi walked slowly into the house from the gate and heard her mother-in-law say this. The corners of his mouth showed a hint of mockery: "Mom also said, I'm tired enough to go to work this day." When I go home at night, I have to cook a whole bite of food when I go home to a cold pot and a cold stove. If you don't have rice or noodles, you can't buy it for me. ”
"When did I say I wouldn't give it to you?" Li Cuilian's face changed: "Didn't I give you two bowls of white noodles yesterday? If you make pimple soup, you can eat it for three or five days." You have to eat the pancakes yourself, who is to blame!"
"Poof...."Kou Xi laughed, learning Li Cuilian's tone to be equally yin and yang: "If you eat two bowls of noodles for three or five days, Mom, you can really live a good life." I've got to learn from you, tsk, you're amazing!"
After speaking, he ignored Li Cuilian anymore, and went back to the house to close the door and cook.
Kou Xi made noodles with a basin and placed them on the kang head of the inner house. I took out the lard and cut it into small pieces, went out to the yard and came back with a bundle of reed firewood. I lit the stove and started refining oil.
This time she bought a large piece of lard and came out of a small jar at a time. Wait a few days to buy some cheap eggplant, radish, cabbage, and potatoes, and this little day will be prosperous.
Kou Xi made up her mind that she would not touch the vegetables in the vegetable garden at home. First, the vegetable garden was low-lying, and it was soaked by rain all summer, and almost all the troops were wiped out and there was no harvest. Second, she has a short mouth, and she doesn't want Li Cuilian to find a reason to say that she is taking advantage.
The method of refining oil is simple, the water in the pot is boiled dry. Pour the lard into small pieces into the pan and keep the fire under the stove from burning too high. The plate oil slowly melts down until the lard turns into small fried. Then use a colander to remove it and put it in a small basin on the side. Drain the lard from the pot and scoop it into the low jar one by one.
Huo Tianyi's nose has always been very smart, and he has been observing Kou Xi's side. I smelled the scent through the window, and ran in on my short legs.
"Auntie, what are you doing?" he stood at the kitchen door, staring at a pair of eyes the size of mung beans with an innocent expression.
"Boil the lard, and after boiling it for a while, I'll give you oil shuttles. Kou Xi knew that Huo Tianyi would definitely come in to eat. It's no wonder that living conditions are not so high now. The whole family lived on those few days, and there used to be Huo An's salary subsidy every month. Now that all the money has been given to me, there must be a shortage of money over there. If only Huo Lu was a capable and serious person, but those two were a pair of masters who only knew how to eat and drink and ignore the future. Now that Huo Dagui is alive, the two of them still have a hope, and it will be really impossible to say in the future.
Kou Xi had no children in his last life, and he had grievances with the Huo family and couldn't deal with a little hairy child.
"Okay!" Kou Xi looked at Huo Tianyi's little gluttonous cat, and his heart softened as if something was there.
Take out an empty bowl and pour a little sugar into it. grabbed a handful of oil shuttles and put them in, and took Huo Tianyi's hand into his room.
Huo Tianyi told Kou Xi while jumping up and down that he watched "The Amazing Baby" at home this morning.
Kou Xi smiled and turned on the radio to tune in to a set of programs, which happened to be broadcasting "Little Trumpet".
Huo Tian washed his hands in a proper manner, put his slippers on the kang and sat down at the kang table. A pair of little ears pricked up to listen to the story, and here they grabbed the oil shuttle and dipped it in sugar and took a small bite.
Seeing that he was obedient, Kou Xi returned to the kitchen to continue his work with satisfaction.
Put away the small pot of oil shuttles, put it on top of the cupboard, and fasten it with a cover. I boiled half a pot of soup and made two bowls of gnocchi soup. Cleaned up the stove and returned to the house with two bowls of gnocchi soup. One bowl to drink by yourself, and one bowl to Huo Tianyi.
Hearing that there was no movement here, Gao Liman estimated that Kou Xi had finished cooking. Holding his daughter and twisting his big buttocks, he pushed the door in, and saw Huo Tianyi holding the remaining small mouthful of pimple soup. said with a smile on his face: "Are you eating at Auntie's place again?"
After speaking, he smiled at Kou Xi and said, "This afternoon, I will also learn from you to fry shredded potatoes and eat them in cakes." This kid doesn't say it's as delicious as what you make, and I don't know what you're putting in my sister-in-law. ”
"There are no balls!" Huo Tianyi raised his head to grab the words, and Gao Liman glared: "Eat your food! A bowl of pimple soup can't stop your mouth!"
After training his son, Gao Liman's eyes couldn't help but look back and forth in the house. Kou Xi pretended not to know what she was looking at, and asked with a smile, "What do my younger siblings think?"
"Ahh It's easy for such a big kid to lose his mind!"
Eating other people's food, listening to radio programs in other people's homes. also complains about teaching bad children, Gao Liman really doesn't know what to do.
Huo Tianyi heard that he was going to school one by one, frowned and dropped his chopsticks with a crying voice: "I don't go to school, I don't go to school!"
Gao Liman glared at the side: "Where can I not go to school? I have to go to school! School will start in September, and I will send you over." ”
"Don't talk, I can't even hear the little speaker!" Huo Tianyi pushed his mother, and the announcement on the radio here was 'That's all for today's program, goodbye children!'.
With a "wow", Huo Tianyi raised his head and opened his mouth wide and cried.