Chapter 48 Farmer's Meal
Tao Huayu's house is a two-story building. The kitchen is built independently outside the building against the courtyard wall, and it uses an earthen stove that burns firewood.
After he started in the home decoration business, he changed all the furniture and electrical appliances at home, and renovated the bathroom, but Tao's father and Tao's mother did not let him move in the kitchen.
The old couple are used to using earthen stoves and feel that the rice cooked in this way is more fragrant.
The kitchen space is not large, and it becomes crowded when there are more people, so Tao’s mother and sister moved the chopping board and table outside, and all the preliminary preparations were completed in the courtyard.
Wenxi followed her sister to make glutinous rice and lotus roots, and Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong made lotus root boxes with Tao's mother. Xiaoci, the cat, was finally healed by Liu Wangxue's constant comfort, and went to play with the children. .
Du Yunkai also wanted to experience it, so he was arranged to live with his brother-in-law to help him brush crayfish.
It was my brother-in-law who helped the team win the championship. He also completed the task of catching crayfish during the process. His own bamboo basket was full, and he also used Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi's. Looking at this result, it can be said that it can make two big pots at least.
Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi prepared other dishes together. Tao Huayu and Tao's father were in the kitchen, one lighting the fire and the other frying the prepared lotus root boxes.
As for Li Yu, he was regarded as a child by everyone and was sent to play with the children.
The pot of the earthen stove is large and the capacity is not small. The first pot fried a large pot of fragrant and bright oil with a golden color. It is very appetizing at first glance.
Tao Huayu came out with a full pot of fried lotus root boxes, placed it on a chair at the door of the kitchen, and then moved the chair and pot together into the courtyard: "Here comes the dish! Here comes the dish! It's just come out of the pot. Fried lotus root box!”
Having already smelled the aroma, the adults put down their work, gathered around, and started eating each one.
When you take a bite, the batter on the outside is crispy, the lotus roots are crispy, and the meat is elastic. The oily and delicious taste immediately fills your mouth.
Fried food is an eternal delicacy!
Li Yu took the children to wash their hands, and when they came back, each of them handed out one: "Eat slowly, be careful not to burn it."
The children said one by one: "Thank you, brother!"
" Wow! It’s delicious!”
“It’s delicious!”
After Youyou received it, she handed it to Jinghe first, and Li Yu got another one for him. He held the fried lotus root box in his two little hands, raised his head and asked Jinghe: "Brother, is it delicious?"
Jinghe nodded: "It's delicious."
Youyou smiled and bent her eyes. Eyes, leaning on Jinghe's legs, he took a bite, it was so delicious!
The scent made Pengpeng and Xiaoci so hungry that they came over to pull at Liu Wangxue's trouser legs.
Liu Wangxue ate the remaining half of the fried lotus root box in one bite, wiped his hands on his apron, and said to the two, "Wait a minute."
Tao Huayu put the bag he brought in the morning in the living room. Liu Wangxue went in and took it out, took out two bowls, poured cat food and dog food into them, and the two immediately ate hard.
The other children were all concentrating on eating, but Youyou was distracted by the cat. When I saw Liu Wangxue feeding it, I ran over and squatted to watch.
The fried lotus root box is delicious, and he also wants to share it with the cat: "Sister, can I feed it the lotus root box?"
"No." Liu Wangxue explain.
“Why? This is delicious.”
How to explain it? Liu Wangxue thought for a while and asked: "Is there anything that Youyou can't eat?"
"Youyou can't eat mangoes," he said, "If you eat them, they will grow red. , Uncomfortable." After saying that, he remembered the allergic feeling and twisted slightly. Liu Wangxue said: "So, the same goes for cats, they can't eat this?"
Youyou had a worried expression: "If you eat it, will you grow red? ?”
“No, but it will be uncomfortable.”
"Then you won't feed Youyou anymore, so the cat won't feel uncomfortable."
"So good!" Liu Wangxue pinched his little face, "Eat it yourself."
Li Yu also followed. Kneeling over, he asked Liu Wangxue: "Sister Xu Xu, can you help me discuss with Xiaoci and let me hug you? Just give me a hug!" During the play just now, he had tried many times, but all failed. Ended in failure.
Villiage controls the heart.
Liu Wangxue really doesn’t know how to answer. How can we negotiate this? One of them doesn’t know human language and the other doesn’t know cat language.
When the second pot of fried lotus root box came out, the adults were calling their children to go back for lunch. Tao Huayu took out a few small bowls and filled one bowl for each of them to take away.
All the prepared meat fillings were made into semi-finished lotus root boxes and handed over to Tao Huayu. The rice in the rice cooker was simmered, and the lotus root and pork ribs soup and glutinous rice and lotus root in the two pressure cookers were almost ready. Tao Dad also burned firewood in the inner stove for cooking.
The wood-burning stove cooks vegetables quickly. Mother Tao rolled up her sleeves and quickly fried a few vegetarian dishes, and then cooked a few meat dishes.
The last dish is crayfish.
Since my sister and brother-in-law got together, every year when the crayfish season comes, their family doesn’t have to cook it themselves if they want to eat it. Because the crayfish cooked by my brother-in-law are delicious, he also takes the initiative to take over all the processes from the field to the table.
Naturally, my brother-in-law cooked today and made two flavors, garlic and spicy.
There were so many people that the Eight Immortals table could not even hold the dishes, not to mention the seats. After my sister finished cooking the cold dishes, she went to the neighbor's house next door to borrow a chair and several chairs. Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai helped carry them back.
So the two Eight Immortals tables in the living room were put together into one long table, with large and small plates placed from one end to the other.
Liu Wangxue and Wenxi helped set the dishes, chopsticks and cups.
This lively farm meal is already far away in Liu Wangxue’s memory. The last time he ate it seemed to be in high school. During the Spring Festival of my freshman year in high school, my aunt's family and my uncle's family were all there, and the whole family was noisy.
It was like this, two tables were set up, but there was still no room to sit down. My uncle joked: "Then don't sit down at all. Let's eat standing up. It's convenient to pick up dishes. Just walk over to whichever dish you want to eat."
< br>In the end, the chairs were actually removed, and adults and children held bowls with chopsticks and walked around the table to eat.
Later, those who were busy with studies were busy with studies, and those who were busy with work were busy with work, so it was rare to get together.
Wenxi had never eaten this kind of farm food. He arranged the bowls and chopsticks with great interest and asked Liu Wangxue: "Does this feel like running water? I will go there when I am free next year I watched some documentaries about ethnic minority areas. Some villages will set up long tables during festivals, and the whole village will eat together."
"Okay," Liu Wangxue smiled, "let me know in advance when you go, and I will. I want to feel that kind of scene.”
Wenxi gestured "OK".
During the meal, Tao Huayu opened a bottle of red wine and poured it for everyone, except his sister: "Let's bring a glass. First, to celebrate my brother-in-law winning the first lotus root digging cup of Taojia Village, Qiushui Town. Contest Champion!”
“Jingshan” is the name of Du Yunkai’s studio.
Everyone cooperated with the booing. When the award was just handed out, they forgot to let the brother-in-law give an acceptance speech. Now they are all making a fuss about asking him to say a few words.
"Quiet, quiet, quiet," Tao Huayu held the cup and made a downward gesture, "Brother-in-law is celebrating a double happiness, and there is another happy event to be announced. Please feel free to invite me."< br>
"What," the brother-in-law said, holding the cup and scratching his head with one hand. He was a little excited and a little embarrassed, "Hua Xin is pregnant. She just found out the day before yesterday."
It's because Is it New Year's Day? There seems to be an open-air concert near the community. I've been singing for a whole day and I'm tired
(End of this chapter)