Chapter Seventy-Two: Buns
Qian Wu also stepped up, poked the pheasant he was holding in his hand, and said, "Brother Zhao Han, can you give me a few of these pheasant feathers?" My sister always pestered me and asked me to help her make a shuttlecock with pheasant feathers......"
Xiao Shi smiled and said to him who didn't give him face: "It's not that you boast that you have the ability to catch pheasants." The cowhide is blown up, right? Can't clean it up, right? I came to ask Brother Zhao Han for help again......"
"Stinky stone, can you save some face for my brother, anyway, I'm two years older than you. Do you know how to respect the elderly! Qian Wu screamed angrily, and the two little guys began to fight again, so it was not lively.
"Dad, we're back!" Before Xiaoshi entered the door, he shouted excitedly, as if others did not know that he had returned "triumphantly".
Yu Hai, who was weaving bamboo baskets in the courtyard, heard the noise in front of the door, raised his head, and said in surprise: "Xiaowen, Xiaowu, Hanzi, why are you here?" Xiaolian, quickly move the stool for the guest......"
Qian Wen politely stopped Yu Hai from standing up, and said with a smile: "Uncle Dahai, no need, Xiao Wu and I will go back." Grass, where do you put this basket of wild vegetables? ”
Xiaolian put down the embroidery work in her hand, looked at the basket full of wild vegetables in surprise, and exclaimed softly: "Dig up so many wild vegetables? I didn't know that wild vegetables could be picked at this time! ”
Yu Xiaocao commanded unceremoniously: "Just put it in the kitchen...... By the way, Brother Xiaowen, you can also take some back to cook soup and drink, it tastes delicious! ”
"No, no! There are still a lot of vegetables in my cellar, and there are vegetables to eat at home,......" Qian Wen refused.
Qian Wu looked at the shepherd's cabbage in the vegetable basket and said sincerely: "In addition to the radish in the cellar, it is cabbage, I have long been tired of eating it...... Brother, we also helped dig up a lot of wild vegetables today, and it's okay to take some back. ”
Qian Wen glared at him helplessly, and was about to excuse himself, but Xiaocao had already helped him load the vegetables quickly. She divided one of the baskets of shepherd's cabbage into two small baskets, one was stuffed into Qian Wu's arms, and the other basket was ready for Zhao Han to take back to taste.
"Uncle Hai, I caught two hares and three pheasants today, and my father asked me to send one to you." Zhao Han put the pheasant with wings tied out of straw rope in front of the kitchen door, turned his head and was about to go back.
Yu Hai limped over with a cane, and said, "Why did you come from the prey again?" These days, you have sent enough things, and you didn't keep much of the money from the last sale of the bears, and they all gave it to us. Go back and tell your dad that you don't owe me! ”
Zhao Han's mouth moved, Ying Ting's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and said, "Didn't you get a penny of the money from selling the bear?" You must know this, my father should quietly give Uncle Hai and your aunt's ......"
Yu Xiaocao pursed his lips and said, "Everyone in the village knows that your family got three hundred taels for selling bears, and if grandma hadn't received the silver you sent, she would have made trouble at your house a long time ago." Even if you give it to your father, you will be squeezed by your grandmother. Grandma is not pro, that's all. Dad is grandpa's own son, and he actually helped grandma hide it from us......"
"Grass! How do you arrange the elders? Is that what your dad usually taught you? Yu Gao Gao interrupted his daughter's words.
Xiaocao bit her lip and said unconvinced: "They can do it, why are they afraid of what people say?" This is something that is wrong with grandparents! Three hundred taels of silver, even if we give us one-tenth, we won't even have to calculate the amount of bean noodles when cooking every day! ”
Yu Hai's eyes dimmed, he sighed deeply, and said, "It's useless for Dad, let you suffer with Dad......" As he spoke, he limped back to the main house.
Xiaolian looked at her stubborn sister, and then at her father's lonely back, and stopped talking, and finally threw down a sentence: "Sister, in the ashes of the grass and trees under the stove, I buried a sweet potato for you." You can pick it up and eat it later......" Before the words fell, he chased his father into the house.
Everyone in the family knew that Xiaocao was hungry at noon, so they finished cooking every morning and buried a sweet potato in the ashes under the stove. Rather than multigrain cakes and bean soup, Xiaocao prefers sweet roasted sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes sent by her grandmother last time were all kept for her, and even the small stone was reluctant to eat one.
Qian Wen stood a little embarrassed, coughed twice, and said, "Xiaocao, we've been out for a while, and it's time to go back." After speaking, he pulled the sluggish Qian Wu and walked out of Xiaocao's house.
Zhao Han also planned to take the opportunity to say goodbye, but Xiaocao stopped him and said, "Thank you for sending the pheasant, my father said, don't send prey over in the future." Forget it this time, if there is a next time, I will send it back to you. This is the wild vegetables we dug up today, and we will take them back to Uncle Zhao to try. ”
Zhao Han didn't shirk, took the basket and said, "I'll send the basket back to you tomorrow." ”
Only Xiaocao and Xiaoshi were left in the yard staring at each other, Xiaoshi secretly glanced at the second sister, and whispered: "Dad seems to be really angry, you go in and accompany him." Daddy loves you the most, and he won't spank you! ”
When Little Stone was naughty, his father always pressed him to his knee and slapped him hard on the buttocks. Yu Hai is used to work, and his hands are very strong, and he often beats the small stone so much that he cries with his buttocks. Xiao Shi is most afraid of his father's five-finger fan!
Yu Xiaocao sighed with a smile and entered the house to admit her father's mistake. Yu Hai saw that she had a good attitude, and he couldn't bear to scold her anymore. This matter is over.
For dinner, Yu Xiaocao made it by himself, and Xiaolian only made a move on the side. She asked Xiaoshi to go to the village, bought a penny of tofu, made a shepherd's cabbage tofu soup, a multigrain shepherd's cabbage cake, and wrapped a few shepherd's cabbage buns mixed with white flour.
remembered that at noon, Qian Wensai gave her the steamed bun, Xiaocao used the cloth to wrap the steamed bun with three shepherd's cabbage buns, and asked Xiaoshi to send them to the Qian family.
It was Qian Wen's mother Mao who opened the door, and when she saw the cloth bag in Xiaoshi's hand, she couldn't help muttering: Isn't this the piece of cloth she brought to her son steamed buns? How did it get into the hands of this kid? My son went out for so long today, didn't he eat the steamed buns himself and gave them to others?
She knows the situation of Yu Hai's family, and after so many days of separation, I am afraid that the little food she has received is not much. Wouldn't it be that their family saved a meal in the morning, and their son was kind-hearted and left the steamed buns for the hungry little stone, right?
Thinking so, Mao forced a smile on his face and said, "Yo! Isn't this the cloth towel I used to wrap Wen'er with dry food? How did it get into your hands? ”
No, in the future, I will let the two sons stay away from the three sisters and brothers of the Yu family. Their family's little family background can't afford to make up for it!
Xiao Shi didn't hear what she said, and said with a smile: "When digging wild vegetables, my second sister was hungry, and Brother Xiaowen gave the steamed buns he brought to the second sister to satisfy her hunger." The second sister said, I'm embarrassed to eat your steamed buns, let me send a few shepherd's cabbage buns for Brother Xiaowen and Brother Xiaowu to taste. ”
As he spoke, he opened the cloth bag, revealing the fluffy bun inside.
When Mao saw the three buns mixed with white flour, he knew that he would give one to each of his three children. She felt ashamed of her little eyes just now, she hurriedly pushed the cloth bag back, and said, "It's not easy for your family, these buns, let's keep your sisters and brothers to eat!" Didn't you bring the shepherd's cabbage over in the afternoon? We'll wrap ...... ourselves tomorrow."
Xiao Shi shook his head and said, "Aunt Qian, my second sister's craftsmanship is good, you can't get this taste!" ”
He held the buns, bypassed the Mao family, ran towards the house, and shouted in his mouth: "Brother Xiaowu, eat the buns, fragrant shepherd's cabbage buns!" ”
When Qian Wu, who was munching on millet bread in the house, heard this, he rushed out, snatched the cloth bag in Xiaoshi's hand, picked one up unceremoniously, and bit it down.
Xiaocao put fried tofu in the stuffing of shepherd's cabbage, and chopped the dried fish that my sister-in-law secretly sent over to make it fresh. Due to the lack of seasoning at home, she fried the dried chili peppers and ground them into powder, which made them fragrant and added a lot of color to the steamed buns.
Most people are reluctant to put oil in vegetarian buns, and the seasoning is only salt and green onions. Qian Wu had such a delicious bun, he didn't care that he couldn't eat spicy, so he bit down one bite after another, and half of the bun in his hand went after a few bites. Xiao Shi hurriedly reminded on the side: "Don't eat alone, there are Brother Xiaowen and Avon!" ”
Qian Wu was so spicy that snot and tears flew straight away, kept sucking his mouth, and praised repeatedly: "It's so delicious!" It's really enjoyable!! Little stone, your mother's craftsmanship is really good, let my mother learn it tomorrow too......"
"Stinky boy! I don't think your mother's cooking is delicious, don't eat my cooking in the future! Mao slapped his youngest son on the back of the head, laughed and scolded, snatched the cloth bag from his hand, and said, "Thank you to Xiaoshi?" I only know how to eat, and I don't give your brother a taste! ”
When Mao approached, she smelled an enticing aroma of shepherd's cabbage, mixed with the burnt aroma of fried chili peppers, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva secretly.
As soon as the buns came out of the pot, he was sent out to deliver the buns. Just saw Qian Wu eating steamed buns, Xiao Shi's stomach couldn't help but growl in protest. Seeing that the task was completed, Xiaoshi greeted him and turned around to run away.
Qian Wen caught up, stopped him, and said, "Go back and tell your second sister and thank her for her buns." Also, the basket has been vacated, so you can take it back by the way. If you're going to dig for shepherd's cabbage again tomorrow, don't forget to come and say hello. ”
Little Stone took the basket he handed him, said yes, spread his calves and ran back. There's something delicious at home calling him. Behind him, the little roe deer also galloped happily.
Xiaocao's craftsmanship has won the praise of the whole family. In the shepherd's cabbage tofu soup, the verdant shepherd's cabbage and the snow-white and tender tofu contrast with each other, and the green and white make people have an appetite when they look at it. In this soup, Xiaocao is also ground into powder with dried fish to improve freshness, instead of the effect of dried shrimp, but the taste is not bad at all.
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