Chapter Forty-Eight: A Fulfilling Life
Jianghu happened to see this dish on the recipe and happily agreed.
Plum cabbage buckle meat with more than two catties of meat at most, and then mix a cold salad. It's enough for a big family.
Gu Xia asked the rivers and lakes to smear salt on the rest of the pork and put it in the well. It can be put for a longer period of time, and when cooking vegetables, cut a few pieces of meat and fry them together, the meat and vegetable combination is more nutritious and fragrant.
Gu Xia drank a large bowl of brown sugar water that her mother-in-law made for her. With sugar, people have more energy.
She is not idle, she didn't listen to her mother-in-law go back to the house to rest, she went to bed early at night, and if she couldn't lie down during the day, it was better to do some work and move her muscles and bones.
This person can't be lazy, the harder he works, the luckier he gets!
"Mother, our family has eaten a few meals of fish, and everyone has eaten enough. The fish in the tank are not happy anymore. Before it's dead, let's dry the fish! The dried fish stew is also delicious. Gu Xia proposed.
Dried fish is also a special delicacy, and it tastes no worse than fresh fish, and it has a unique flavor.
"Xiao Xia's proposal is good, my mother will help you dry the fish." Mother Jiang responded happily.
In terms of her life, there is really no daughter-in-law who can calculate.
Let her daughter-in-law take care of the house, which is obviously more suitable than her.
Mother Jiang originally wanted to help her daughter-in-law fish out of the tank, but as soon as she reached in, she felt that the fish was slippery, as if she was going to bite her hand, so she quickly retracted her hand in fright.
"It's terrible, Xiao Xia, this fish has become a sperm, and it will bite people. I still called the two little ones to come and catch the fish. Mother Jiang's face turned pale with fright.
"Nymphs don't bite. It should be that the mother is timid. I'm still going to catch fish, I've always been bold. Gu Xia comforted her mother-in-law.
She married into the Jiang family for a few days, and she somewhat understood the temperament of the Jiang family. The mother-in-law has a gentle personality, and she walks differently from ordinary peasant women, and she is very temperamental. My mother-in-law used to be the eldest lady from a big family.
The housework is all done by the second brother, and the mother-in-law can't do it. However, the mother-in-law's embroidery work is several times better than that of the women in the village.
Mother Jiang was still a little embarrassed, and called two small ones to help Gu Xia catch fish.
The two little ones liked this work very much, and from time to time the innocent laughter of children echoed in the yard.
"Brother, sister-in-law, let's compete, who catches the most fish?" Rainbow Dash's milky voice.
"You're a younger brother, so you can't compare to me. If I win my brother, my brother will give me the candied fruit from my sister-in-law tomorrow. Bai Bao looks like a little adult.
"Okay, who's afraid of whom? It's great if you're an older brother, and it's not certain who wins. Rainbow Dash isn't convinced.
Gu Xia was amused by the serious appearance of the two little milk babies, "Sister-in-law, I won't grab candied fruit with you." My sister-in-law will be a judge for you. ”
Children's happiness is always so simple, a game, a preserves, can make them happy for a day.
The two little ones agreed to be the judge, and when the sister-in-law finished counting the three, the two little ones began to step on the wooden bench and took a long bamboo pole, and the bottom was a slippery net.
They have short legs and short arms, and can only catch fish with a net.
Gu Xia and Jiang's mother respectively hugged the legs of the two little milk babies with their hands, afraid that if they fell into the water tank with excitement, the gains would outweigh the losses.
In the end, Whitepot catches three fish, and Rainbow Dash catches two fish.
Gu Xia could only announce that her brother had won, and Rainbow Dash's tears were rolling in her eyes, very aggrieved, "My brother is bad, so he knows how to bully me." Won't let me every time. ”
Gu Xia squatted in front of Rainbow Dash, her eyes were level with him, and she reasoned with the little milk baby with a serious face, "Rainbow Dash is unhappy because her brother won?" The idea of a fish hunting contest was made by you. The game is all about winning and losing. You're a little man, and you can't see others win. Accept it calmly, instead of not being able to afford to lose and shedding tears at every turn. ”
In the future, when you grow into a man who stands up to the sky, you have to start from the baby.
Rainbow Dash wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and relieved her frustration, "Sister-in-law, the eldest brother I admire the most is the eldest brother, who is the most powerful person I have ever met. can also fight big insects, can protect us and our mother. My eldest brother didn't cry when he was young, and I won't cry anymore in the future. ”
"Sister-in-law doesn't have to ask you not to cry, it's normal for you to cry once in a while if you're a child. Just don't cry all the time. Sister-in-law means that you can have the courage to accept failure and not look down on people who are better than you. Gu Xia continued to reason.
Rainbow Dash blinks wide, blank eyes, as if she understands and doesn't quite understand.
Gu Xia didn't say much anymore, and she didn't expect a three-and-a-half-year-old milk doll to understand this.
However, if she tells him the truth, she will also have such an impression in the little baby's mind, and will plant a seed in his heart.
In the future, this seed will grow into a towering tree, and the little milk baby will understand what she said today.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were busy for a while before they finished cutting and marinating the fish, and spread a layer of clean burlap in the yard, on which the fish fillets were placed. After two days of drying, it becomes dried fish.
The dried fish was dried, and the food from the rivers and lakes was also served on the table, and the family was called to come over for dinner.
Not to mention that the rivers and lakes did not have Gu Xia to guide them this time, and the plum vegetables and meat were also full of color, flavor and flavor.
Gu Xia was expected, Jianghu still likes to cook, and she has some talent for cooking, plus her order, plus Jianghu studying recipes. The taste of the roast will be improved.
Mother Jiang tasted the plum vegetable button meat made by her second son, and tears of excitement almost flowed down.
"Son, the food you cooked can finally be swallowed. It was also delicious. ”
The rivers and lakes were praised, and Le's mouth couldn't close. I ran to my sister-in-law and filled my sister-in-law with a large bowl of rice, and poured gravy on the rice. The gravy is caramel-colored buckle meat, and there are five or six pieces of it, which makes you have an appetite when you look at it.
Gu Xia was not polite to the second brother, and ate heavily.
The meat is fat but not greasy, soft and mellow, with the unique aroma of plum vegetables, in short, it is delicious in one word.
After the meal, Gu Xia went into the city to grab the medicine and came back, and personally boiled the medicine for his mother-in-law and third brother.
"Xiao Xia is still my mother to boil the medicine, you rest." Jiang's mother leaned over to get the work.
Gu Xia has seen that her mother-in-law can't work, if this is really called her mother-in-law to boil medicine, I'm afraid it won't be a paste pot.
"My mother's clothes haven't been embroidered yet, and the two little ones are in a hurry, clamoring to wear new clothes. I see they're all wearing short clothes. ”
"My mother is almost done, so I'm going back to do it. Tomorrow they will be able to put on new clothes. After Jiang Mu finished speaking, she went back to the house and continued to make clothes.
Gu Xia breathed a sigh of relief, she boiled the decoction, Jianghu cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, came over to help her sister-in-law serve the decoction, and sent it to Jiang's mother and Jiang Hai.
After Gu Xia fried it with several medicinal herbs, he wrapped it in a white cloth and asked Jiang Mu to sew it up, and then gave it to Jiang Hai and asked him to use this medicine bag to apply a hot compress. He was given a few more medicated bath bags for bathing.
Jianghu sent her the money that Gu Xia sold when he entered the city this morning.
Gu Xia calculated, he sold a total of one or two silver in a day today, steamed a large pot of meat buns in the morning, ate half a pot at home, and sold half a pot.
Naturally, more money was sold today than in the previous two days.
"Sister-in-law, do you mean that you made a total of one or two silver today? Wouldn't you earn thirty taels a month? This is something that the farmers in the village have not been able to earn for several years. If we continue to earn money like this, we will be able to build a big house in half a year. It's just great. Jianghu sighed.