Li Cuilian took half a sack of vegetables back to her kitchen and threw the pile of things on the ground. muttered angrily: "I still want to eat good, how can I have the money to eat good for you." When you come, you take this little thing, and you still want to eat meat, do you have the life to eat meat?"

Thinking of this, Li Cuilian returned to Kou Xi's room, took out two cents from her pocket and put them on the edge of the stove. said to Kou Xi: "You go buy some pig's head meat and peanuts." ”

Kou Xi looked up and saw the two cents, and his face suddenly petrified: "This money is not enough!"

"I don't have any money at home, and I can't let your dad see jokes. You go to the material credit, and when you have money, you will pay it back. After speaking, as if he was afraid that Kou Xi would not agree, he trotted out of the door.

Kou Xi pinched the two cents and cried and laughed, and after packing the vegetables. I locked the door and went to the street, bought some raw peanuts from my material colleagues, and went to the purchasing station to buy some chicken gizzards.

When I walked home, I thought that I was so disgusting and disgusting to the Huo family, just so that her father could also see how much her mother-in-law was slamming the door.

But when she passed by a courtyard, she saw the children of the family rolling on the ground to eat peach cakes. The old lady of the family wiped her tears and coaxed the child: "If you don't eat it, grandma will give you steamed buns." Put it in the stove pit to burn the dough and eat it, but it is delicious and has the same taste as peach crisp. ”

The child lay on the ground and rolled around, and his mother rushed out with a feather duster. I couldn't help but pump it on him, and said while pumping: "Where is the money to buy you peach crisp, who has the money to buy you peach crisp." I'll make you disobedient, disobedient!"

Kou Xi suddenly woke up when he saw this scene, this was 1987 when materials were scarce. Although the conditions at home are not bad, it is time to eat meat to satisfy your hunger during the New Year. But the environment is there, and there is no shortage of anything to eat in the future. Li Cuilian is picky and cautious, but no matter how generous she is, it is impossible to compare with the general standard of living for the New Year in later generations.

She only had two cents, but she really only bought this little thing to go home. When my father saw this unshaped dish on the table, he didn't know how much to feel sorry for himself. In this era, there is no such thing as divorce in the eyes of the old man, let alone if he really moves out to rent a house alone, it is impossible for him to agree.

Thinking of this, Kou Xi turned around and returned to the purchase station, asked about the price of pork, and spent five yuan to buy two and a half catties of pork belly. Hongqi Town is rich in fisheries, and the price of natural fish is very cheap. Pork costs two cents a catty, but carp is only four cents a catty, crucian carp is three cents a catty, catfish is three cents a catty, and old man fish can buy a big laundry basin for five cents.

Kou Xi picked a five-pound catfish and carried it home, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Cuilian pouting and reluctantly plucking duck feathers. With his toes, he thought that he must have been given to the bear by Huo Dagui, and he had to kill a duck to add a hard dish.

She glanced at the duck house, where there were less than ten ducks left, and a little guilt welled up in her heart.

said to Li Cuilian: "I'll cook today, this duck doesn't have to be stewed, half of it is enough." ”

Li Cuilian was surprised: "Half of it is not enough to eat!"

"Can you just eat duck? just enough to eat for one meal, and keep the duck legs for Xinyu." Kou Xi smiled and gestured at the fish in his hand: "I bought five catties of catfish to spend a pound of peach crisp, and it is enough to make two vegetarian dishes." ”

Li Cuilian saw her bag of raw peanuts, frowned and said, "Do you still want to fry peanuts yourself? ”

Kou Xi said: "Just cook it and mix cold vegetables, you don't have to have oil!"

Hearing the words outside, Gao Liman came out and said to Kou Xi: "Sister-in-law, the tofu balls you made for Tianyi last time were very good. You do it for him again. ”

Hearing this, Li Cuilian nodded and instructed Kou Xi: "Yes, yes, yes, you can make some balls for Tianyi." In the past two days, he has caught a cold and is a little angry. ”

Kou Xi showed a rare smile to Gao Liman: "Okay, you go and get the tofu." ”

Entering the kitchen, Kou Xi washed his hands and began to handle the big catfish quickly. Stun, scrape the scales, break the abdomen to remove the internal organs, and carefully pull out the fish gall bladder. Wash the fish bubbles and fish intestines for retention, these fish are now not allowed to throw them into the water, and if they are thrown away, they will be losers.

Mix the tofu with diced radish and set aside, and cut the tofu into boxy slices and put on a plate. Kou Xi put oil in the pot, and when the oil temperature is seven minutes cooked, the croquettes are fried in the pot, and the tofu is fried after the meatballs are fried. The tofu slices are boiled in the pot and taken out, but it doesn't cost much oil.

But even so, Li Cuilian couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth when she saw it. But as soon as he looked down and saw Huo Tianyi, who was running over smelling the fragrance, he was holding the fried meatballs and eating them sweetly, and he closed his eyes and turned his face to go to the hut to see his granddaughter.

Kou Xi beckoned to Gao Liman and said, "These two pots will stew the vegetables first, and it's good to clean up the dishes here." ”

Gao Liman raised his head and asked, "What kind of food are you cooking?"

Kou Xi smiled: "Men don't drink and eat, don't worry!"

Scoop the oil out of the pan, leaving a little oil. Kou Xi put the packed catfish into the pot and threw garlic cloves, ginger slices, and chili peppers into it. Fry it on both sides, add water, pour in a small spoonful of white wine and a spoonful of soy sauce, then put the fish bubble and fish in the water, and finally cover the pot.

Gao Liman looked at it from the side and said curiously: "What are you doing with wine?"

"To remove the fishy smell, the amount is not too small and the child can't eat it. Kou Xi heated another cauldron, ready to make a duck roasted potato wedge.

I saw Gao Liman lift the lid of the pot and throw the small pot of torn eggplant pieces into the pot. She hurriedly stopped: "Put the eggplant in a while, you wait for the fish to stew like this, and the eggplant will rot in the pot." ”

Gao Liman closed the lid and muttered: "There are so many things to pay attention to stewing fish, our family never cares, just cook it in the pot." ”

"That's why Tianyi is so big, and the guests at home don't let you take the spoon. Kou Xi could hear that Gao Liman was sarcastic about her hypocrisy again, and she scolded her back.

"Gee, that's pretty much it. It's okay to cook it, it doesn't matter if it's good or not!" Gao Liman rolled his eyes and said forcefully.

"I didn't have good living conditions before, and I didn't see anything good. It's reasonable to have a little food that can't be cooked well. Kou Xi replied to Gao Liman, who had never seen the world: "You won't do nothing, see how I do it, and it will be in the future." ”

Kou Xi saw that Li Cuilian's cleaned duck was full of small fluff, and it was really disgusting that it was black. She didn't have the time to pluck out all the duck feathers, so she simply tore off the duck skin.

Seeing this, Gao Liman seemed to have finally caught Kou Xi's handle, and said to the sky: "What are you tearing the skin for? This is all edible!"

"There are too many little hairs, I don't have time to pull them out!" Kou Xi disagreed.

"If you don't eat it, others won't eat it. Why are you so squeamish!" Gao Liman opened the broken gong and shouted to Li Cuilian: "Mom, Mom, come here!"