Chapter 113: Pursed vegetable porridge
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It is said that Pan'er came out of Shiqiao Village, she has not lived a good life since she was a child, and she is not as picky about food as the pampered girls in the big family.
It would be better if Lingquan water was added to the meal, but because of pregnancy, Pan'er didn't dare to use e-cigarette oil to make tears, and Chu Liang was reluctant to torture his little daughter-in-law, so that Lingquan water could not be supplied for several days.
The man walked around the courtyard with his hands behind his back, his angular face was pitch black, and the guards and servants in the courtyard were all far away, not daring to come out when the general was in a bad mood, otherwise he would definitely not get any good fruit to eat.
Throughout the winter, because of the cold weather, Pan'er rarely went out to walk around, and finally raised a few plump points, just less than a month before she was pregnant, she lost weight, and the woman's skeleton was already small, if it wasn't for a little flesh support, it was amazingly thin.
His heart was anxious, Chu Liang couldn't think of any way, it happened that Zhou Zhuangtou was holding a porcelain bowl in his hand, which was filled with bright red and lustrous thorn gourds, and when he saw Chu Liang, he was stunned and hurriedly bowed down.
"General."
"Why are you here?" Afraid of delaying the little daughter-in-law's fetus, Chu Liang had previously explained that if there was no major incident in Zhuangzi, there would be no need to make trouble in front of Pan'er, and he would solve it by himself.
"Madame said before that she wanted to taste the thorn gourd, and it happened that there was a fruit hanging on the tree, so she sent it to Madame to taste, and when the black pearl was ripe at the end of the month, the taste of the fruit was better than that of the thorn gourd, and it was estimated that it could also make Madame have some appetite."
Hearing this, Chu Liang made a straight face and stretched out his hand to Zhou Zhuangtou: "You have a lot of things in your hands, let's get busy first, I'll take it to the house." ”
Zhou Zhuangtou dared to disobey the general's wishes, and hurriedly handed over the white porcelain bowl.
Although the snow has melted now, the weather is not warm, and these thorn gourds are picked out by many tenants with great effort, and they are all red and bright, and none of them are insected.
Opened the curtain and walked into the house, Pan'er leaned on the soft couch, holding a small powder porcelain jar in her hand, which contained pickled sour plums.
Chu Liang walked closer and couldn't help gritting his teeth when he saw the little daughter-in-law's thin pointed chin.
"Still sick to your stomach today? If it really doesn't work, I'll bring Old Man Ge back and let him take a good look at you......"
"Pregnant women are guilty of this disease, and in a month or two they will be fine, where is the need to mobilize the people? It's just that I have to invite Doctor Ge back to live for a while, after all, Princess Zhao is about to give birth, even if I have a stable wife, I have to let Doctor Ge sit in Zhuangzi, so that I can rest assured. ”
"Princess Zhao is pregnant, and you are also double, so why worry about her? I sent a jade bracelet, which was really slamming the door. ”
Looking at the disgusted look on the man's face, Pan'er couldn't cry or laugh, she didn't know what to say, she put the small pink porcelain jar in her hand on the table, stared at the porcelain bowl held by Chu Liang with moist apricot eyes, and raised her chin slightly.
This person knows, two fingers pinched up a thorn gourd and pasted it on the delicate lip flap, the thorn gourd is cold, Pan'er subconsciously opened her small mouth, wanting to eat the bright red fruit, but she didn't expect the wet tongue tip to touch Chu Liang's fingertips, the rough and hard cocoon on the top is completely different from the tip of the tongue, and the touch is very clear.
Pan'er was stunned for a while, and didn't know what to do for a while, dark with a delicate red, the color contrast was very obvious.
This beautiful scenery was all in the man's eyes, and there were endless waves in the dark eagle eyes, and Chu Liang's voice was low and hoarse: "Be good, let go." ”
The little woman obediently opened her mouth, the thorn gourd was bitten in the center of the shell teeth, squeezed gently, the thin and delicate peel broke a hole, the fragrant juice overflowed the mouth, Pan'er lowered her head, and slowly bit the thin seeds of the thorn gourd, just now the sour plum ate too much, she didn't taste what the thorn gourd tasted at all, but the taste was not bad.
"Is it delicious?"
Chu Liang's eyes stared at the woman's pale little face, and the whole person was like an iron tower in front of Pan'er, and he didn't move for a long time.
"Not bad, you picked it?"
"This year's thorn gourd ripens very early, did you pour spiritual spring water into the roots of the tree when dividing the trees?" Chu Liang moved his head expressionlessly, and the little daughter-in-law didn't notice anything wrong, and said honestly: "It's indeed watered a little, but it's not much, and the variety of thorn gourds that grow on the back mountain is not bad, so it's okay to toss like this." ”
After taking a sip of warm water to lighten the sour taste in his mouth, Pan'er pulled Chu Liang to sit on the couch, seeing that the man's jaw was covered with pale cyan stubble, he couldn't help but pout: "Is it that things in the army are so complicated that the general can't even take care of his appearance?" Or are you ready to start growing a beard this year? ”
Reaching out and touching the stubble, Chu Liang's eyes deepened, and he said in a dumb voice: "Why don't you shave your face for me?" ”
During this time, because of Pan'er's poor appetite, Chu Liang stared at her as long as he stayed in the abandoned village, so that Pan'er was now idle and panicked.
Let Luan Yu take the razor, Chu Liang lay on the lap of the little daughter-in-law, and there was a soft and elastic touch on the back of his head, as well as a faint fragrance of roses, which made him close his eyes and soften his expression a little.
Holding a razor in her hand, her little hand couldn't help but tremble a few times, she had never shaved Chu Liang's beard before, in case she was injured somewhere, and the majestic general would be broken, but it was not hers.
When she started, Pan'er had no bottom in her heart, the blade was close to the skin, as if she could cut the skin and flesh if she deviated a little, the little woman moved slowly, grinding very much, even the cold razor was a little warm, fortunately, Chu Liang was not in a hurry at all, and the free big palm pinched a strand of hair, put it on the fingertips and gently wound it, and the eagle's eyes showed a little intoxication.
The hot air sprayed on her neck, making Pan'er a little itchy, her hands trembled even more, and she couldn't help but slap Chu Liang on her back.
"Be honest!"
The man hummed, stopped moving, obediently let the little daughter-in-law fiddle, and waited until the thick black stubble on his face was shaved clean, Chu Liang was not polite, and pressed the person on his chest with a force, kissing the tender little mouth over and over again.
Pan'er was a little overwhelmed by Chu Liang, and this person was still a little measured, knowing that the little daughter-in-law was heavy and couldn't withstand the toss, even if she thought about it ruthlessly, she just held the person in her arms and rubbed it a few times to extinguish the anger.
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The shepherd's cabbage in the back mountain has recently emerged, and Mrs. Qian saw that her wife had no appetite, so she thought about getting some fresh food, maybe she could eat more, otherwise the adults could bear it, but the baby in her belly couldn't stand the toss.
Looking for the little daughter-in-law of the tenant's house to ask for some shepherd's cabbage, Mrs. Qian didn't make much effort, washed the shepherd's cabbage and selected the old leaves, scooped the rice, put it in the casserole, added the broth of stewed bones, and grunted on the stove with a low fire, because the soup was salty, Mrs. Qian didn't add any more salt, only put a piece of ginger, and waited until the rouge rice was boiled soft and glutinous, then the shepherd's cabbage was added to the casserole, and after a little stew, there was a fragrance coming out.
Although this shepherd's cabbage porridge is added with bone broth, the taste is not greasy, after Mrs. Qian brought it to the house, Pan'er saw the green shepherd's cabbage in the bowl, and felt that the color was still good, and after tasting it, she couldn't stop her mouth, and drank a whole bowl, although it was not a lot, but compared to the recent amount of food, it was very gratifying to be able to eat these.
Wait until Pan'er finishes eating, takes a sip of honey tea to suppress the salty taste, and asks: "Since the shepherd's cabbage in the back mountain has come down, it is better to let Zhou Zhuangtou send a little to Rong'an Fang, Mrs. Zhao is thoughtful, let her figure out how to get it herself." ”
Listening to Pan'er's words, Mrs. Qian told Zhou Zhuangtou about it as soon as she came out of the house, the shepherd's cabbage in the mountain grew one by one, but the tenants in Zhuangzi didn't like to eat shepherd's cabbage, after all, it was really inconvenient to go up the mountain and toss it, plus the mountain road was difficult, and there were snakes, insects, rats and ants in the grass.
Besides, it is a busy season for farmers recently, most of the peasant men are busy in the field, but the guards guarding Zhuangzi are very idle, Zhou Zhuangtou discussed with Pan'er, and he took the guards up the mountain to choose vegetables, and went to more than 20 people together, and when he came back, he got more than a dozen baskets of camellia, and there were a lot of large-leaved celery.
Pan'er asked Luan Yu to count the money, and ordered the kitchen to make a good meal to treat these guards, these people are all young and strong soldiers, guarding in the village on weekdays, although the military salary is taken, but there is not much oil and water, and now it is not tired to go up the mountain to choose vegetables, and you can also earn some money to spend, why not?
The selected wild vegetables were sent to Rong'an Fang, seeing so many fresh and watery shepherd's cabbage, Mrs. Zhao also thought of a piece with Mrs. Qian, and the next morning let two large pots be placed at the door of Rong'an Fang, and the porridge was grunted with a low fire, and no fancy seasonings were added, so a lot of ginger and minced salt were put in.
But even if the method is simple, but can not stand the waste of the village of the ingredients good, although the white rice is not as good as Yutian rouge rice, but than the people usually eat the shell is not clean brown rice I don't know how much, plus also by the spiritual spring water, the quality is naturally different, the rice grains are boiled viscous, melt in the mouth, but the mustard greens are thick and green, gratifying tight.
Rong'an Fang is already on the street, there are many people who want to buy some food to go back as soon as the sky is bright, and now the weather is gradually getting warmer, salted duck, lamp shadow beef, those who eat without putting it, but the pickled vegetables are salty, and they will not change their taste for seven or eight days, not to mention that the first few people in the family love to eat that, even if they buy a jar, it will not take long to eat it clean, and even the soup is not left.
The dark and thick braised soup is put in the pot, and the pork belly is stewed, and the taste of the morning of cooking all seeps into the meat, and it is cut into slices and served on the table.
Because of this, all the things sold in Rong'an Fang are first-class and good in Beijing.
The little daughter-in-law who came out to buy in the morning smelled the aroma of the shepherd's cabbage porridge, and the stomach bag that had not had time to eat breakfast suddenly made a sound like a drum, and the little girl who sold the porridge estimated that she was fifteen or sixteen, and a bowl of porridge cost five cents, although it was more than twice as expensive as other early shops, but the taste of this shepherd's cabbage porridge was really good, and she couldn't walk when she smelled it, so how could she take care of anything else?
The fragrance became more and more greedy as the temperature rose, and the people lining up at the door of the shop begged for their pockets one by one, bought porridge and squatted on the side of the road to suck it, it was very cold in the morning, and it was comfortable to drink some hot stomach.
Seeing this scene from afar, the catchers of Jingzhao Yin Mansion were stunned for a moment, and thought that something big had happened in Rong'an Fang, so they hurriedly accelerated their pace and rushed over, pressing their swords one by one, and found that these people were gathered at the door to drink porridge, and they couldn't help but be surprised.
A catcher surnamed Liu quickly poked Li Catcher's head and said: "Head, this porridge is also fragrant, Rong'anfang is good at everything, but the food sold is very expensive, but the taste is very good, and the brothers can't move when they smell it." ”
If Pan'er was here, he would probably be able to recognize this person, this Li Zhutou of Jingzhao Yin Mansion had thought about the Lin family before, and he would go to the gate of Rong'an Fang every day, and take a look at the Lin family in the name of buying pickles, and then I heard that he looked at the girl in Liu Yuanwai's family in the west of the city, and he didn't know whether it was successful or not.
After several years, he was still sitting in the position of catching heads, and he did not grow at all.
"It's very cold outside, so I buy a bowl of porridge to keep my brothers warm."
After asking the price, Li Zhutou took out a piece of broken silver neatly, weighed it in the palm of his hand, handed it to the little guy, and followed everyone to squat on the side of the road to drink porridge.
"Aunt Zhao ordered, I want to take some almond crisp to the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, I heard that the little young master likes the taste of almond crisp the most, and the pastries we made this morning have to be close to that side."
"Who is the owner of our shop, what's wrong with ordering food? Look at your sour ......"
Hearing the words of the two, Li Zhutou's body stiffened, although he was not a big person, but he also grew up in Beijing since he was a child, and he also knew a little about this acre and three points of land, and knew that the proprietress Lin who opened a small shop back then had now become Mrs. Zhongyonghou, and he still received four taels of silver per month, and his life was tasteless.
After drinking the porridge, Li Zhutou did not enter the gate of Rong'an Fang, after all, Mrs. Zhao had seen him, acquaintances met, although Mrs. Zhao was just a merchant, he felt that he was a head lower.
After wandering in the yamen for a whole day, Li Zhutou heard the noise of chickens flying and dogs jumping from inside before he could return to his small courtyard.
"Iniquity! How did our Lao Li family marry such a ruined daughter-in-law as you, and even drove his in-laws out of the house, God is really blind! ”
The wrinkled old lady sat on the ground, patted her thigh violently with her hand, and cursed words poured out of her mouth in a row, saying everything unpleasant.
I saw an ordinary-looking woman who didn't glance at her, and found Li Zhutou standing at the door, greeted her with a smile on her face, and said: "Husband, I came back early today, and the stubble porridge stewed on the stove is not good, if you are not hungry, just wait a little longer......"
Li Zhutou's face was gloomy, pointing at Wan's nose, and he couldn't help but scold: "My mother is old, even if it's not good, it's your mother-in-law in the end, as a daughter-in-law, you let your mother sit on the ground, and you don't even want to take a hand, what a selfish woman!" ”
Back then, Li Zhutou was indeed the daughter of Liu Yuan's family, but Li Zhutou and her mother Li Chen were really not a thing, and before the girl entered the house, she couldn't wait to put up her mother-in-law's score, which directly scared the Liu girl, and the marriage did not work.
After a year's delay, he married the Wan family in the neighbor's family, when the Wan family first married into the Li family, he also lived a peaceful life, but he didn't think that the Li family's nature was directly exposed before he came out for a month.
Li Chen's asked for all the bride price he had given before, and even asked Wan to wash clothes for his neighbors to earn money to supplement the family.
Wan's hands were red and swollen and broken, Li Zhutou swept his head and didn't even say a word, the yamen could send four taels of silver a month, but he couldn't get it back at all, if it weren't for Wan's honest temperament, thinking about marrying a chicken and marrying a dog with a dog, I am afraid that this day would have been unbearable for a long time.
was scolded by Li Zhutou and covered his face, Wan Shi was also very aggrieved in his heart: "It's not that I don't help my mother-in-law, but she wants you to take the silver money out to give the second brother a shop, our husband and wife don't even have twenty taels of savings on hand, Dani still has to eat, if this money is given, how can you live?" ”
Hearing this, the man's face turned red, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked very hideous.
Wan Shi has long been accustomed to Li Zhutou's virtue, and he is not afraid in his heart, so he continued: "If you think your mother is right, give me the silver, and it will save us two from not having enough food and clothing, and we will not be able to live a peaceful life with you." ”
Speaking of which, although the Li family is not wealthy, but it is not so poor that it can't open the pot, but Li Zhutou is really generous, in order to see the Lin family, the pickles in Rong'anfang are obviously not cheap, he has to buy them once a day, and now there are more than a dozen catchers behind him, and a bowl of camellia porridge for five cents, he bought more than a dozen bowls in a row, looking for this kind of flower, and said that four taels of silver a month is not enough for Li Zhutou to be ruined.
What kind of virtue is Li Zhutou, Wan's heart is clear, and he is reluctant to take out the dozen taels of silver he has saved with great effort.
Li Chen's originally looked down on Wan's, thinking that her family had a thin foundation and couldn't help anything at all, plus her stomach was not angry, and she gave birth to a money-losing goods, which she had derogated many times openly and secretly, but now in order to borrow money to open a shop, her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are tossed again.