Chapter 747 Farewell (3)
The Jiang family's house is very small. Although it is also a courtyard house, its area may not even be 1/10 of that of Li's house, plus there are many children. When Jiang Chengde led his three sons into the living room and dining room, it seemed that this originally small space had become even smaller and more crowded.
"Brother, you're back. If you don't come back, the dumplings will be made." Jiang Huiqin was leading her four nephews to sit at the small table to make dumplings. Seeing that Jiang Chengde finally came back, she complained and pointed to the long side. The rows of wrapped dumplings are of different sizes and shapes, and it looks like they were made by several people.
Jiang Feng went over to take a look and found that there were three kinds of fillings, pork and green onion fillings, pickled cabbage fillings and leek and egg fillings. It would be very rich on weekdays, but it would be quite shabby if it was a New Year's Eve dinner.
"That's not good. You can eat it ready-made when you go home." Jiang Chengde said with a smile.
The child, who looked like the youngest, was lying on the edge of the table. He could tell at a glance that he was an old man and was wearing a red cotton-padded jacket. He held up the swollen dumpling in his hand, which would have been unrecognizable as a dumpling if it hadn't been for the edges.
"Dad, look at the dumplings I make, which are more beautiful than those made by Brother 5 and Brother 6!" Jiang Weiguo looked proud.
"What does it look like? The skin is almost broken by your stuffing. People who don't know better think you are making pies, steamed buns or glutinous rice balls. Put less filling." Jiang Chengde is definitely not a parent who knows how to educate children in an encouraging way. , pointed at the lunch box, "Huiqin, take the vegetables inside to the kitchen to steam them. I'll fry some more cabbage. When the dumplings are ready, I'll take them to the kitchen and cook them. After about two sticks of incense, let's Eat New Year’s Eve dinner.”
After receiving the order, Jiang Huiqin immediately put down the dough she had just received, patted the flour, took the food box, and walked to the kitchen with Jiang Chengde.
The kitchen was in the corner, separated from the main hall by a bedroom and a firewood shed. What surprised Jiang Feng was that the kitchen looked about the same size as the main hall. Although it seemed a bit crowded with many sundries, the area was indeed not small. .
Jiang Chengde lit a few kerosene lamps, which made the kitchen look much brighter. The light of the kerosene lamp is definitely not as good as the light of the electric lamp. It is relatively dim and has smoky eyes, so it should not be placed too close.
But this darkness just felt to Jiang Feng. Jiang Chengde and Jiang Huiqin were very used to this kind of light. Jiang Chengde said he wanted to stir-fry, but he didn't immediately pick up the basket of cabbage in the corner that didn't look very fresh. Instead, he walked behind the stove, bent over and looked inside, and fiddled with it with a fire stick. For a moment.
Jiang Feng noticed that when the fire stick fluctuated, there was a little fire flickering inside. It was not obvious. It lit up for a while and then dimmed. It was obvious that the fire had just gone out not long ago.
"The fire is out," Jiang Chengde said.
Jiang Huiqin had just put the food box on the table and was about to open it to see what was inside. When Jiang Chengde said this, she immediately panicked and slapped her head hard with an annoyed look on her face: "Oh, I was busy making dumplings just now. Forgot about the kitchen work.”
"It's all Xiao Qi's fault, he is the most noisy."
"It's Wei Guo's fault." Jiang Chengde shook his head helplessly. While the stove was still warm, he stuffed a handful of straw into the stove to rekindle the fire, and added a few more firewood, "It just went out, it's okay."
Jiang Huiqin stuck out her tongue, obviously trying to make a face but failed to make it. She opened the food box and said, "Brother, you scared me again. You thought... wow, brother, you are rich."
Jiang Huiqin opened the food box sent by Boss Lu.
"Braised shark's fin, two-color prawns, Wanfu pork, these are all Yongheju's dishes. If I remember correctly, braised shark's fin in Yongheju costs 6 yuan, and they usually don't do delivery!" Jiang Huiqin looked surprised.
"I know the price quite well. This is from Boss Lu." Jiang Chengde said, cutting two cabbages and removing all the big leaves on the outside, leaving only the tender heart in the middle.
"Boss Lu is very generous." Jiang Huiqin opened a food box, "Hey, brother, you also made a clear soup with agarwood."
"It's not like you said you wanted to eat it. You were too busy at night and didn't have time. You made it in the afternoon and simmered it in the stove and forgot about it. I guess the taste and texture are a bit different."
"It's okay, as long as it's cooked by my brother, it's delicious." Jiang Huiqin said with a smile, took out a jar that was stuffy in the pot, and put the vegetables in it.
The jar was sealed with lotus leaves, and it looked a bit like a Buddha jumping over the wall. However, if it was a Buddha jumping over the wall, the model of the jar was not right, so Jiang Feng couldn't guess what was in the jar for a while.
The next second Jiang Feng knew what was in the jar, Jiang Chengde opened the jar and poured all the soup into the pot.
It’s sea cucumber and abalone soup.
It's still stewed very soft.
In addition to large abalone and sea cucumbers, Jiang Feng also saw seafood such as shrimp and scallops. There are many ways to make sea cucumber and abalone soup, but Jiang Chengde's stew method that only uses seafood without other ingredients is relatively rare. What made Jiang Feng feel strange was that the soup was not fragrant. At least when he took off the lid, he didn't smell anything. There was nothing like the other dishes he had seen in his memory. A refreshing feeling.
After pouring it into the pot and getting closer, Jiang Feng smelled a hint of the unique fresh fragrance of seafood, and even a little fishy smell of seafood.
At least it doesn't smell like delicious soup.
It doesn’t look good either. There are no other ingredients for embellishment. The soup made from pure seafood is very dull in color and doesn’t look like a delicious soup.
It neither looks good nor smells good. Although it is very nutritious, Jiang Feng feels that this soup is really not like Jiang Chengde's style.
Then Jiang Feng watched Jiang Chengde take three small bowls, put the sea cucumber, abalone, and other seafood in the soup into three small bowls and put them aside. Only the soup and soup residue were left in the pot.
Jiang Chengde put the lid on the pot and let the soup in the pot boil, then threw the cleaned young cabbage into the pot and passed it through quickly like water, took it out, poured the soup, and smeared a circle of lard on the pot. , pour the cabbage into the pot and stir-fry quickly like normal stir-fry, until the cabbage comes out of the pot it will look juicy and tender.
Then Jiang Chengde chopped up all the seafood in the bowl, mixed it with the previously discarded cabbage leaves, seasoned it to make dumpling fillings filled with abalone and sea cucumber, and covered the dumpling fillings with a cloth.
Jiang Huiqin's food is also hot.
Including this stir-fried cabbage dish, there are only five dishes in total, which is not a large number of people, but four of them are expensive dishes. Even if it is used as a New Year's Eve dinner for ordinary people, it can be considered quite sumptuous.
Seeing that Jiang Chengde's cabbage was cooked, Jiang Huiqin suggested: "Brother, there are so many dumplings today. Let's eat them later to avoid the cabbage getting cold. You came back too late today. Wei Guo and Wei Ping just While making dumplings, he kept complaining that he was hungry, and Wei Ping even ate the sauerkraut. ”
"I came back too late. These two little ones can't stand being hungry." Jiang Chengde picked up the cabbage, and Jiang Huiqin put the vegetables back into the food box and picked up the food box.
"Let's go, let's have dinner first. After dinner, we have to stay up late. Have you got all the bowls and chopsticks?"
"Here they are. They were originally placed on the table, but later I put them on the cabinet because I was afraid of being hit by the dishes. Oh, by the way, I forgot to take my sister-in-law's pair. Brother, help me carry a food box. I'll get another pair of bowls and chopsticks." Jiang Huiqin gave Jiang Chengde the food box with more vegetables, and then took another pair of bowls and chopsticks.
The brother and sister carried the dishes and walked towards the main hall.
Before reaching the main hall, Jiang Huiqin shouted loudly: "Wei Ze, Wei Jin, Wei Ming, Wei An, Wei You, Wei Ping, Wei Guo, hurry up and clear the table for dinner!" (End of Chapter)