Chapter Forty-Nine: Warmth and Sweetness
Chapter 49
"You all slow down, hold on to the branches, don't forget to be enough" Lin Baozhu at the bottom picked up the locust flowers, and kept telling the children above. [No pop-ups. Seeing which one dared to tiptoe on the branches, he quickly frowned and shouted, "Don't go out enough, whoever is obedient and turns around will give it to whoever makes acacia flower rice." ”
A few skinny little children are very cute, and although they are naughty, they are not ignorant. Seeing that Aunt Baozhu was in a hurry, she quickly grimaced and then responded with a smile.
"Auntie, don't worry, you can't fall." Then, a few children jumped on the locust tree, and before they could listen to it, they would take a few bites of the sweet locust flowers. It's fun to play, and it's fun to eat.
Lin Baozhu shook his head under the tree, although he still felt uneasy about disagreeing, but he had a smile in his eyebrows.
Zhang Manchu took the time to glance at his daughter-in-law, and when he saw her smiling appearance, he couldn't help but be happy. I didn't expect my daughter-in-law to like children so much, and thinking of this, it reminded him of the time when he bought a copper mirror and a wooden comb.
The carved flower is a pomegranate flower, symbolizing many sons and blessings, in fact, if there is a daughter like a daughter-in-law, the days will be better. If there really is such a day, he will definitely spoil his daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to the sky.
Xu has been getting along for a long time, and the heart he has never touched has become more and more uncontrollable, and naturally he has become more and more greedy. I think that at the beginning, when I first got married, my daughter-in-law thought that I would go back to find my relatives, so he thought that he should also answer her, and if his daughter-in-law was going to leave one day, he would give her a letter of resignation to send her away.
Even at that time, he felt that he couldn't sleep in the same room with his daughter-in-law at all, although he was a husband and wife, he was not the person who entered his heart. It's a lot of involvement, but it's troublesome.
But now don't say that he doesn't want to let go, even if his daughter-in-law wants to leave in a hurry, he will be cheeky to follow. Compared with a daughter-in-law, if you break your word, it is not at all important to say whether a man will be laughed at.
"Hey, what are you doing! Hurry up and cut the locust flowers. Lin Baozhu held the basket and waited for a long time without seeing the sickle on the tree move, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Manchu Nunu. But I didn't want to look back and see the man who had always been cold, staring at himself for a moment, and his burning eyes full of friendship seemed to penetrate a hole.
Her face couldn't help but turn red, and she glared at the man with a throbbing look in her heart, and urged, "I won't be able to go back to make lunch for a while." ”
There were a lot of people, and after a while, the basket was full, and the children also pulled a locust branch and dragged the locust flowers on the top to chew. Even jumping, but as soon as the smoke slipped around, he ran around again,
waited until Zhang Manchu and Lin Baozhu were ready to go back, and then they shouted at everyone to follow. When they arrived in the village, several children couldn't help but run and jump excitedly, shouting that they were going to find those cowards to show off.
Lin Baozhu told a few people to remember to come to eat sunflower rice when they were hungry for a while, and then waved everyone to play. Not to mention, just because they went to the back mountain nest, these children were very convinced of Lin Baozhu and Zhang Manchu.
When he got home, Lin Baozhu washed his face, and then poured a basket of locust flowers on the grate made of sorghum stalks. She was not polite, she just commanded her men to come over to help pick locust leaves and stalks.
Not to mention, he is used to being a big hand who likes to wield bows and arrows with knives and guns, and since marrying his daughter-in-law, he has become more and more proficient in meticulous work such as beating hands. At least now his rough hands full of calluses are picking up the locust flowers very carefully.
Lin Baozhu put the locust flowers picked out by his man into a pot and rinsed them, thinking that there would be small insects or other dirty things in it, so he simply sprinkled some salt into it and soaked it.
It's not that she doesn't know how to use things in moderation, in fact, Lin Baozhu knows that salt and sauce vinegar are really valuable items in this era. Especially for salt, only the government is allowed to buy and sell, and a small bag will cost dozens of dollars.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Zhang Manchu, who was working hard, and saw that he was not dissatisfied with his behavior of sprinkling salt into the water, and her heart became satisfied. Not to mention, no matter if that man is good elsewhere or not, at least he won't instigate her in life.
After the soaked acacia flowers were drained, Lin Baozhu grabbed another handful of white noodles mixed with half a bowl of bud rice noodles and stirred it to a piece, and then put it in the pot and steamed it. This acacia flower rice seems to be well cooked, but because of the raw noodles, it also takes a long time.
Taking advantage of the fact that she didn't have any work at hand, she simply forgot to beat a few eggs in the bowl, then stirred the batter and put some cleaned acacia flowers in it. This kind of acacia egg cake tastes more delicious, and you will feel a sweet smell when you burp in your stomach when you eat it.
The omelet was quickly cooked, and the golden brown and crispy fried egg cake with lard was put into a small pot with the unique flavor of acacia flowers. Although it was steaming, Lin Baozhu still blew in his mouth and tore off a small piece and put it in his mouth, the hot omelet collided between his tongue and teeth, and the sweet but crispy taste instantly filled his mouth.
He swallowed a mouthful of jujubes, and only then did Lin Baozhu nod with satisfaction until the burning heat in his mouth disappeared. It happened that at this time, Zhang Manchu came in after cleaning up the work in the yard, and wanted to ask his daughter-in-law what else she had to do.
"Open your mouth." Lin Baozhu reached out and tore off another piece of egg cake, and handed it directly to Zhang Manchu's mouth.
Zhang Manchu didn't come to see what was going on, but instinctively listened to his daughter-in-law's words and opened his mouth, and then felt a hot thing enter his mouth. At the moment when he closed his mouth, even his thin lips almost caught his daughter-in-law's fingers. Although it was just almost, in the end, the lips and teeth also touched the daughter-in-law's fingertips with the fragrance of flowers.
I don't know why, at this moment his senses seem to be extremely sensitive, even if it is just a little bit, he can distinguish that his daughter-in-law's fingers are too different from his own. It seems to be soft, and it is still very fine and tender
"It's delicious." Lin Baozhu asked his man expectantly, and sighed at the fried locust flower on his finger. It's just that the eyes are shiny, the cheeks are slightly red from the heat, and the fingers that have passed his own mouth and the movement of his daughter-in-law's fingers just now, fell in Zhang Manchu's eyes, didn't it make him feel like he was ape?
"Eun, it's delicious." He looked away unnaturally, and he didn't know whether he heard his daughter-in-law's question clearly. Just replied casually, if he was whiter, I was afraid that Lin Baozhu would definitely find this man's face red to the root of his ears, as well as his throat that was turning up and down.
But now Lin Baozhu can't care about observing Zhang Manchu's unnaturalness, because this will make the acacia rice in the cauldron already exude its fragrance. She estimated that it was almost cooked, so her heart naturally fell on the lid of the pot that covered the pot.
Seeing that his daughter-in-law didn't notice her somewhat arched body, Zhang Manchu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but seeing her staring at the cauldron with bright eyes, he felt some loss and dissatisfaction. Anyway, he turned around and hurried to the water tank outside.
Probably thirsty, and he couldn't care about his daughter-in-law's repeated orders not to let him drink cold water, so he reached out and poured a scoop of cold water.
There was still fried chili oil at home, but she didn't buy garlic cloves, so she simply shouted at Zhang Manchu to help her pinch two shallots, and then chopped up the chili sauce and poured some water into the cooked acacia rice.
Mix it like this, and before you even put it in your mouth, you can feel the burst of fresh flavor.
It is said that children, dog noses, this unfragrant acacia rice has just come out of the pot, and Tian bench brought two and a half big boys to probe their brains. Seeing that Zhang Manchu didn't pay attention to them, the three of them ran towards Lin Baozhu, who was busy in the stove.
"Auntie" Tian bench was originally the head of a few boys, and he was most familiar with Lin Baozhu, so it was natural to shout tightly. "Auntie, my mother has returned to my grandmother's house, my grandmother and grandfather have not come back from the town, and my father has not come back in the field at noon."
He scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and his little eyes kept glancing at the acacia rice served on the stove.
Lin Baozhu is not a stingy person, let alone a group of children who have no bad intentions, and he will not pick at the rope. Although none of the families are rich these days, even her family is only a subsistence household, but looking at a few children with bright eyes, her heart is still very soft.
Stretched out his hand and took the hot Huaihua egg cake over, and no one of them starved. After receiving the cake, the three of them shouted several times with a smile, and even the little fear they had for Zhang Manchu dissipated.
got delicious food, and the two half-sized children who just came over with Tian Bench were not greedy, so they jumped out of the door after suing Lin Baozhu. They all have brothers or sisters in the family, and no matter how bad they are, they still have grandparents, and they have egg cakes that they don't eat for a long time on weekdays, so they naturally have to take them back and eat them with the family. Especially like the one made by Aunt Baozhu with acacia flowers, even if you take it back to let the family taste it, they are also happy.
Most of the children of poor families are in charge of the family early, even if they are only half the age, they know that they have good things to share with their families. Speaking of which, these children who are familiar with Tian Bench, although they are all very honest, and they do a lot of things on weekdays, but when they encounter good things, they always think about their families, and they rarely monopolize them.
After feeling that the children were sensible, Lin Baozhu poked the head of Tian Bench, "Little slippery head, go and call your Uncle Man Hoard to come over for dinner, and you also wash your hands." ”
She didn't know that even if Aunt Tian went out, the family would definitely leave food for him. Now that Tian Bench is selling miserably in front of himself, the goal is not to solve a lunch.