Of course, he didn't dare to talk about Jiang Lili's family affairs anymore, so he could only talk about something else.

"Xiao Jiang, you have been here for three years, has anything special happened?"

Jiang Lili looked at him puzzled, "What's the special thing?" ”

Chen Fan, "Like some funny things, or memorable, how you usually work, or something else, you can do anything, it's just a family routine." ”

"So?"

Jiang Lili tilted her head and thought about it, and suddenly couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, and then just as she was about to speak, she burst out laughing again.

Chen Fan stiffly kept a smile on his face, didn't speak, and just looked at Jiang Lili.

What the hell is so funny? You mean!

Maybe it was the heart-to-heart conversation just now that made her open her heart knot, maybe it was Chen Fan's attitude that made her feel very comfortable, and unconsciously, Jiang Lili also let go of the caution and vigilance she had maintained for a long time, revealing a bit of nature.

After laughing several times in a row, Jiang Lili finally held back, but her face was still full of smiles, much better than her usual wooden face.

Then he told the story that made her laugh unstoppable, "The year before last, there was a new educated youth, who worked in the field, couldn't distinguish between weeds and seedlings, and pulled out all the seedlings, and all the weeds left in the field were weeds, so angry that Captain Yang jumped to his feet and cursed, punished him to pull out all the weeds, and then replant the seedlings." ”

Chen Fan blinked, the grains are not divided, this is not so ridiculous, right?

Jiang Lili continued, "From here to the rice field where we work has to pass through a little wide ditch, there was originally a wooden bridge on the ditch, but that summer heavy rain washed away the wooden bridge, that day when I went to work, everyone jumped over, only he didn't dare to jump, a few male intellectuals said to throw him over, anyway, the opposite bank is also grass, it doesn't hurt to fall." As a result, he was so frightened that he fell into the water at once, and he still threw his two intellectuals to fish him up. ”

The corners of Chen Fan's eyes twitched slightly, good guy, throw people over? It's a bit of a grudge in it.

At this time, he also became interested, there seems to be a story about that educated youth, the family conditions should not be bad, otherwise, ordinary families do not have the conditions to pamper him.

Jiang Lili, "He fell into the water and was frightened, so the captain gave him a day off." Grandma Huang from the village was married from Hubei and knew how to make the special product there to squeeze pepper, so she gave him a bowl, and the result was ,......"

Speaking of this, Jiang Lili hugged her stomach and laughed again, "He hadn't seen this thing before, it smelled sour, and he felt a little dirty, so he took it to the river to wash it, and as a result, the rice noodles were all washed away, and the last big bowl of pepper was squeezed, and only a little chili peel remained." ”

This time, Chen Fan couldn't help laughing.

If you don't know what pepper is, you don't know where the laughing point is.

Some places in Hubei call pepper pepper, after harvesting pepper in autumn, wash it and dry it to chop it, then pour rice flour and an appropriate amount of salt together and stir it evenly, put it in the jar and press it tightly sealed, put it in a ventilated and dry place to ferment naturally, and you can take it out and eat it after half a month.

This kind of squeezed pepper can be fried in oil or boiled and eaten, the color is golden, the taste is sour and spicy, and it is a local specialty of Jingchu.

Since Jingzhou is close to the Yangtze River, this dish has also spread along with water transportation and exists in many places on both sides of the Yangtze River.

This thing was originally made of chili peppers and rice flour, the rice flour dissolved in water, and the educated youth washed it with water, and in the end, except for a little chili skin, of course, there was nothing left.

In the eyes of the locals, washing and squeezing pepper is the same as washing flour with water, and it is natural to laugh at the belly.

It's no wonder that Jiang Lili couldn't stop laughing.

That's not all.

Jiang Lili, "There is also a female intellectual, who also made jokes, when they were the captain who used a donkey cart to pick them up from the commune, after sending them here, the donkey rolled on the ground, she saw the donkey fall to the ground, so she quickly shouted, 'Oh no, no, the donkey fell', and then Captain Yang looked at it, and said to her, 'Donkey rolling, I haven't seen or heard of it, why are you doll whirring, you want to scare people to death'." ”

Speaking of which, she deliberately explained,

In fact, Captain Yang didn't mean to say her, the donkey is an important property in the village, shouting that the donkey is down, it will really scare them, at that time, many villagers were so anxious that they were angry, and the custodian Huang almost fell when he ran out. So if you see an animal lying down in the village, don't shout. ”

Chen Fan sat next to her, listening to her chatter about the people and things in the past, asking a few words from time to time, unconsciously, the distance between the two seemed to have narrowed a lot, Jiang Lili no longer always lowered her head, and occasionally laughed a few times.

It wasn't until the sky was about to get dark that Jiang Lili came back to her senses, "Ah, what time is it?" ”

Chen Fan looked at the sky, got up and lifted the lid of the pot, "No matter what time it is, taste the meat first." ”

When the lid is lifted, a rich aroma hits the nose.

Jiang Lili took a deep breath, and her eyes suddenly lit up, "It's so fragrant, there is really no fishy smell." ”

Chen Fan sniffed it carefully, "There is still a little fishy smell, but it doesn't affect eating." ”

Then he cut the bowl of salted and coagulated soft-shelled turtle blood into small pieces with chopsticks, poured it in, and then covered the lid, "Wait for fifteen minutes and you can eat." ”

Jiang Lili suddenly got up and ran out, "I'll go and bring the rice." ”

There is still a lot of space under the lid of the pot, and the rice is steamed by the way when steaming the soft-shelled turtle, which not only saves firewood, but also saves the time of heating the rice.

Put the two large bowls of rice on the steaming grid, fifteen minutes later, uncover it again, Chen Fan took a piece of meat and tasted it, and couldn't help nodding again and again, "Mmmm, it's delicious." ”

The meat is fresh and tender, the soup is delicious, even if this pot of steamed soft-shelled turtle is ready, although there is still a little fishy smell, but it is covered by the pungency of ginger, almost imperceptible, people who are not so sensitive to smell and taste may not be able to feel it, but the umami is particularly strong.

Chen Fan went to the kitchen with the soft-shelled turtle pot, Jiang Lili extinguished the fire in the earthen stove, and sealed the lid tightly before putting other things on the steaming grid and leaving with the steaming grid.

When they arrived in the kitchen, the two sat facing each other and prepared to eat.

Jiang Lili suddenly whispered, "Chen Fan, such a big pot of soft-shelled turtle meat, do you want to send some to the captain?" ”

Chen Fan looked at her in surprise, he didn't expect this little girl to have such a high consciousness?

Frankly speaking, this casserole is quite big, not much smaller than the basin, the soft-shelled turtle meat is piled up in a full pot, plus the bowl of soft-shelled turtle blood, if it is stewed directly, I am afraid that the soup will overflow, so many dishes, the two of them really can't eat them all.

Chen Fan barely hesitated, then got up and went to find the bowl, "Then I'll send a bowl to Captain Yang, Accountant Liu, and Custodian Huang." ”

Captain Yang treated him well, gave him quilts and shoes, and was still his life-saving benefactor, Accountant Liu and Huang Custodian were also busy, and Huang Custodian also gave him half a bag of sweet potatoes, but it was just a bowl of soft-shelled turtle meat, and there was nothing to be reluctant about.

Jiang Lili hurriedly got up and helped him get it together.