Chapter 638 Leisure time
With Grandma Chao and Mrs. Wang helping to choose vegetables, classmate Le went into the kitchen to cook confinement meal for Aunt Feng, while making chicken soup in a big pot.
Even if Grandma Chao and the handsome guys say they don’t want to eat big fish and meat, they still want meat dishes.
Keep the chicken soup boiling, lower the heat, and go to Zhou's house to pick up Grandma Zhou and come over to chat with Grandma Chao and Mrs. Wang.
Yan Xing thought for a while and followed the little Loli out of Lele's house. The beautiful boy guessed that Young Master Yan might want to talk to Lele about important things alone, so he stopped going.
Handsome Yan followed him as a tail, but Le Yun didn't chase him away. She waited outside Zhou's house, stood close to the wall, and muttered in a low voice: "Handsome, you haven't cleaned up the mess at home, why did you have time to come here?" Joining in the fun?”
Yan Xing stretched out his palm to help the little Loli cover the sun, and said softly: "I'm here partly for private matters and partly for business. I'll go to the mountains in two days."
"That's good. I thought you had detected some clues against me. Is the place you want to go related to those coordinates?"
Yanren didn't come here specifically to be a bodyguard. Leyun was relieved. As long as no one was planning to attack her family, other matters could be easily discussed.
"Well, that's right there. Xiangyang is more sensitive to sound waves in certain areas, so I'd rather take him on another trip."
"Okay, you can go about your business and don't bring any trouble to my family. I'm going to pick up my brother's grandmother. You can go back as fast as you can. I'll scare people here."
The little Lolita was not angry because she and her brother and her brother had arrived. Yan Xing's heart, which had been hanging all the time, suddenly fell to the ground. He said "Hmm" and ran back to Le's house quickly in the sun without entering the building. Enjoy the view under the shed.
Grandma Zhou went downstairs to dry her clothes. Since she had nothing to do, she sat in the upper room and slowly thought about whether the things she had prepared for her grandson were enough. When little Lele came to pick her up, she didn't show any pretense and followed the girl from Lejia to Lejia. .
Mrs. Chao and Mrs. Wang picked melon seedlings and sat waiting for Grandma Zhou. When Xiao Lele picked up Grandma Zhou, Mrs. Chao and Mrs. Wang pulled the old Mrs. Zhou to sit together and called them "Sister Zhou/Sister Zhou" , Mrs. Wang is still a little younger and calls Grandma Zhou "Sister Zhou".
Grandma Zhou was very touched by the warm reception. The people in Beijing that Xiao Lele met were all of high status. She was just a mud-legged person. Her guests were so humble and unassuming, and she was more generous and easy to talk to than many people in the countryside.
Professor Wan Qi and Mr. Chao were helping behind the house. Village Chief Zhou and a few middle-aged men set up the awning, covered it with insulating curtains, and placed the shelves and stove in appropriate locations. , move the pots and bowls to the back of the house, fill a pot with water, wash the steam bucket and put it on the pot, and then notify Xiao Lele when everything is ready.
There are many people at noon, so it takes at least two pots of rice to cook rice in a large electric rice cooker. Since there is a steam bucket, it is better to steam the rice.
Leyun uses the skin peeled off from the palm tree to spread the bottom of the steaming barrel, adds a layer of new palm leaves, then mixes the soaked rice with rice beans, red dates, diced sweet potatoes, mixes with a little diced bacon, and finally puts the rice into the steamer. The top of the bucket is sealed and steaming begins.
Someone was helping to steam the rice, so she didn't need to worry about it.
Brother Zhou brought a group of handsome guys to the river. The river outside Meizijing Village was very wide, and the water was very deep in some places. The river meandered between the mountains and ridges, and rushed away. The end could not be seen from above, and the end could not be seen from below. tail.
Brother Zhou took the handsome guys to a section of the river where people in the village often bathe. The water is not deep and clean, and there are relatively few people passing by. There is no need to worry about being spotted by passing women.
After sending the person to the river, he completed the task and returned to Lejia first. As for the group of handsome guys, there was no road fool among them, so he couldn't be lost.
Xiao Shaoluo Shao et al. grew up in the city. He swam in a swimming pool since he was a child. He rarely had the opportunity to bathe happily in natural rivers. He has a natural fanatical obsession with rivers. Jiudao Township is surrounded by mountains and rivers. , for them it is simply heaven on earth.
When we arrived at the river, looking at the water so clear that we could see the bottom, Wang Er Shao, Luo Shao Shao and Xiao Shao Shao took off their clothes, screamed like dumplings, and threw themselves into the river to soak in the water.
Mr. Liu is not in a hurry at all. He often trains in the field and is no stranger to rivers.
He Xiaoba is not crazy about rivers, because he is a wild explorer, and the other one is Wan Qi. He has studied abroad for several years and swam in mirror-blue seawater lakes.
The three young men looked at the few flapping in the water, shook their heads silently, carried their bags and swayed upstream, observing while walking. After walking more than ten meters, they noticed a school of fish and immediately stopped to take it. Take out the fishing rods and splice them together, use the net bag to splice them together, arrange the tools, and start fishing happily.
Luo Shao and others who were splashing in the river looked at someone fishing in the net: "..." We agreed to take a bath, but you are fishing instead!
A few handsome little guys who love water watched from a distance for a while, silently taking a bath first. After playing in the water, they did not wear clothes and ran half naked to see how much the fishermen had harvested. They saw three fishing nets. The fish guys actually have their own harvests, that's called jealousy.
They stared for a while and quickly turned over the rocks in the shallows by the river, looking for something called river worms. Because the water source was not polluted, there were river worms under the stones in the shallows by the river.
A few are fishing, a few are fishing for insects in the river, everyone is doing their own thing.
After playing for more than an hour, I took a quick shower before going home. I also washed my clothes and went home with my harvest.
The handsome guys have good memories, so they walked along the field road to the hardened road leading to the village, passed through half the village and returned to Lejia.
They could smell the fragrance even when they were far away. The handsome guys happily entered the main room of the Le family and saw the three old ladies in the main room. They sneaked away to find the little loli. They jumped to the kitchen door and saw the little loli who seemed to have served them first. Big smile.
"Little Lolita, we caught some fish."
"Little beauty, we found some river worms."
Wang Ruichen and He Xiaoliu, carrying the harvest, rushed into the kitchen as if they were presenting treasures, and showed the fruits of everyone's labor to the little Lolita for acceptance.
Le Yun looked over and saw that the handsome guys were quite capable. They got about three or two kilograms of fish and shrimps and about one kilogram of river worms. She looked at the handsome guys as if they were offering treasures and smiled slightly: "Well, they are all quite capable. , I also brought back game and took a bucket or basin outside to soak it in well water. I would clean it up after lunch and cook it for dinner at night.”
"Okay."
The handsome guys happily carried buckets and basins, and rushed outside to get water to moisten the fish, shrimps and river insects, and then went upstairs to dry their clothes.
They were interested in the roof of the building and climbed to the roof to dry their clothes. They also found Young Master Yan and the Chao family members chopping corn seedlings in the garden behind the house.
The three of them cut down some corn seedlings and moved them to the tiled house with a half-herringbone slope behind the Le family house where the cattle and pigs were kept to break off the corn buds.
Young Master Liu and Young Master Xiao were very happy to see what Mr. Yan and the Chao family were doing. It looked like there would be corn on the cob to eat in the afternoon!
The crowd rushed downstairs and ran to the back of the house to join in the fun and help break off the corn buds.
Yan Xing, Chao Yufu, and Chao Yubo were happily cracking corn. They were extremely depressed when they saw some people rushing to grab work. The three of them felt that there were too many people, and those guys came to grab it. It was simply disgusting!
Liu Xiangyang and He Mingtao ignored the resentful faces of the three people and happily helped. They broke off the corn buds in three strokes and happily moved them under the awning to put them away. Only then did they become interested in observing what Professor Wanqi and the others were doing.
Brother Zhou and others arranged the large items, and then the small items, and then moved some tables and chairs to the living room on the second floor to place them first. They arranged the items in an orderly manner and discussed which items should be placed where tomorrow, which ones need to be cleaned, and who should do it. Cleaning, who is responsible for what.
Professor Wanqi is interested in plants and is observing the ginseng, angelica and mosquito weed planted by Xiao Lele behind the house.
Chao Erye wandered around in the back garden when he had nothing to do, and then found a small hoe digging green onions for the bridge.
Xiao Shao, Luo Shao, Liu Shao and others also ran to the back garden as if the devils had entered the village. In the end, they were yelled away by the handsome boy with a black face. Those handsome guys were too... too much. So many people rushed in like a swarm, so Wherever they pass, they are like locusts passing through, causing the crops to fall to one side.
Seeing that something was not going well, the Xiao boys, who were chased away by the beautiful boy with a black face, rushed back to the Le family's main room and sat down obediently to act like little white rabbits, so as not to cause the beautiful boy to change his face and complain to the little Lolita to deal with them.
Old Mrs. Chao and Mrs. Wang looked at the group of young people happily. Young people are good, energetic and able to do anything.
Le Yun, who was busy in the kitchen, had no time to care about the handsome guys. After frying the last few vegetables, she notified the helpers to set the table and prepare for dinner.
The handsome guys wanted to help, but the little loli thought she was in the way and didn't have the chance to enter the kitchen.
Dad Le and Brother Zhou set the dishes, while Zhang Poluo and the others were responsible for setting the tables and chairs. There were three tables in total.
There was nothing much going on in the afternoon. Village head Zhou Zhang Poluo and his friends, who usually like to drink some wine, had a drink at noon. The wine was home-brewed sweet potato wine brought by Zhang Poluo’s family. Professor Chao Erye Wan also drank the country’s home-brewed wine with great interest. .
He Xiaoba and Liu Shaoyan, who did not get drunk even after drinking one or two kilograms of white wine, did not drink. The handsome guys also refused to drink milk and used the medicinal tea brewed by the little loli as wine. The three old ladies also drank tea in unison. Village head Zhou Bapi, Zhang Pozhu and Liu Chengyou's Mandarin is not standard, but it does not prevent him from chatting with Professor Chao Erye Wanqi. The latter is a very gentle person and also cares about crops in the countryside and other things, so the chat has interesting topics.
People at the three tables often chatted together and had a great time eating. Especially a group of old and young people from the capital who ate up all the vegetables. They didn’t like big fish and meat at first, but the little Loli made chicken soup and fried duck with dried bamboo shoots. , Corn braised pork ribs are so delicious, you can eat them with relish.
The four-treasure rice steamed by Ms. Le is also fragrant and whets your appetite. By the time the meal is over, the young and old men will have their bellies so round that they don’t want to move their buttocks while sitting.
Classmate Le gave an order to ask Yan to do some chores and arranged for the others to sit and eat. So, a group of people continued to talk about the mountains.
Yan Xing was not angry but happy when he was named as a handyman. The fact that the little Loli asked him to work showed that he was in a good mood. He was quite pleasing to the eye. He put in all his energy to clean up the table and then went into the kitchen to clean with the Little Loli. bowl.
Classmate Le washed the dishes, mixed the pig food with the hot water from the first wash, and fed the pigs. He also added food to the chickens and ducks. About seven days after the double grabbing, the seedlings in the field had stabilized and the chickens could be released, but the ducks could only be released. If you go to the river, it will take at least a month or so for the ducks to go to the fields.
It has been twenty minutes since Little Loli and Senior Colonel Yan arranged the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen. Young Master Yan was in a good mood, sitting and enjoying the rare comfortable time with his brothers.
Le Yun didn't have much time to play, so she first took care of her brother's feeding, helped change diapers, feed him water, held him and played for a while, waited for his brother to go to bed, then washed his hands and went to the refrigerator room to take out jelly and serve it to the guests.
At noon, the sun outside was very strong. People who had a delicious meal were sitting and chatting, and they could also drink ice-cold jelly. It was so refreshing.
“Delicious, delicious, delicious!”
"Slippery, this is called jelly."
"Xiao Lele's craftsmanship is always so amazing."
It was a pleasure to eat, and words of praise were thrown at Xiao Lele as if they were free of money.
He Xiaoliu and Wang Ershao, being the youngest, finished one portion early and shamelessly went to ask for another portion. Their beautiful eyes narrowed into a thin line and they couldn't find where the eyeballs were.
shameless!
Xiao Shaoluo was so jealous that those two were so shameless that they ate alone.
The two young men were jealous when they saw Xiao Lele coming out with a small stainless steel bucket. Their eyes widened in excitement and smiles bloomed on their faces.
It is not suitable to eat jelly overnight, and she originally wanted to entertain Uncle Zhou and the others. Taking advantage of the help of several senior neighbors, Le Yun did not intend to hide it, so she added another bowl to everyone, and finally gave a little more to the seniors. The oldest ones are some old people.
After dividing the jelly, he hugged his own bowl and said with a smile: "He Xiaoliu Wang Er, handsome boy, I also have an exclusive recipe for tofu pudding and tofu pudding. Do you want to try it?"
"Think!" The two handsome boys' eyes were gleaming with excitement, and their mouths were almost drooling.
"If you want to eat it, I need you to grind the soybean milk yourself. Are you willing to sweat?"
"Yes." Apart from affirmation, the two handsome boys would not think of denying. For food, it's okay to shed a few tears, not to mention sweat.
"Well, if you are willing to work, I will soak the beans at night, you will help grind the soy milk tomorrow morning, and I will make tofu for you to eat.
By the way, you have to help wash the mill and tools in the afternoon, and I will make dumplings in the afternoon. I won’t do anything else. ”
"Okay." The two little ones agreed happily, and then started soliciting sponsorship, asking Brother Xiao, Brother Luo and their own brothers to help, and they also did not forget to rope in the Chao family siblings to join in the effort.
Xiao Shaoluo, Shao He, Xiao Ba and others are all foodies. When they heard that there was food available, they would refuse. They patted their chests to show their full support. We all had work to do together.
After catching the coolie, classmate Le smiled happily and drank the jelly, put away the bowl, washed it, and went to deal with the fish and river insects caught by the handsome guys.
There is nothing wrong with the fish caught by the handsome guys. There are "illegal lurkers" mixed in with the river worms. Pick them out and throw them away. Rinse the river worms and fish and then pickle them. Then mix the flour batter, throw the river insects into the flour batter and mix well. , add oil to the pan, and fry again.
The river worms wrapped in flour batter are fried into golden dumplings.
The little pink dumplings were being fried and eaten. Miss Chao Er rushed in to try one first. She was no longer afraid of the heat. She sat next to her and watched her own little dumplings making delicious food. Handsome guys were strictly prohibited from entering to taste them. She was afraid that those guys would lose control of their mouths after tasting them. Eat all the food.
Handsome guys: "..." Chao Xiaoer, you are a guy who only allows the state officials to set fires but not the people to light lamps. Do your parents know that you are like this?
Chao Er and his wife were looked at each other frequently by a group of young people. They were very puzzled. What did the boys see them doing?
Village chief Zhou Papi, Zhang Pozhuo and others rested for a while at Lejia before going home. Grandma Zhou also went home with her son, giving the guests time to take a nap.
Old Mrs. Chao, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Chao Er, sent Grandma Zhou off to her room to have a good afternoon. They had come all the way from Beijing and were so tired, but now they could rest assured at Xiaolele's house.
Professor Wan Qi also went to take a nap. Chao Er and his wife felt that they had nothing to do to help, so they also took a nap and let the young people play by themselves.
I was a little free at noon, so Dad Le took the time to go to the fields and look at the water.
The elders were busy during their lunch break, and the handsome guys no longer had to pretend to be gentlemen. They slipped into the kitchen and sat in a row, looking longingly at the little lolita and the delicious food.
Le Yun, who felt uncomfortable being stared at, had no choice but to compromise: "Come on, try it. Remember to leave a portion for Grandma Chao and Mrs. Chao, otherwise I won't let you handle the ingredients when you get them back in the future."< br>
"Hey!"
The foodies agreed in unison, put the fried river worm dumplings in a bowl and kept them. They immediately went to get toothpicks and started eating. No one was trying to grab more, and everyone was sharing the food one by one.
The golden-brown river worm dumplings taste crunchy and crunchy. Foodies, one by one, fried up a batch and ate a batch. In the end, there were a few extra ones that were not enough to share, so they were saved for the elders.
The handsome guys were given river worm dumplings, Leyun fried shrimp dumplings and fish, but the foodies were not allowed to try them. The handsome guys ate the cold ones, and eating too much hot ones would easily hurt their stomachs.
Without delicious food, the handsome guys can only look forward to it and sigh.
When Dad Le came back from looking at the water, he saw a group of young guys sitting in the main room secretly swallowing their saliva. Not to mention how distressing they were, he didn't dare to ask his little cotton-padded jacket what he had done to the handsome young man. He silently I went to cut a lot of leeks and came back, washed them slowly and drained them.
After frying the fish, Le Yun packed up the tools and put the pot for cooking corn cobs on the stove. She took the handsome guys to the side of the cowshed behind the house and directed the handsome guys to move away the items placed near the mill and let them She cleans the house, cleans the grinder, kneads the dough herself, and makes dumpling fillings.
The handsome guy who is a foodie got to work quickly, first cleaning off the cobwebs on the walls and the sandalwood of the house, and then sweeping the dust.
Anyway, there are so many people, so every corner of the side room where the grinder is kept should be thoroughly cleaned, and even the walls should be swept with dust. Then the grinder should be washed until it is spotless, and then covered with nylon membrane cloth.
After finishing the work, the handsome young men sneaked back to the Lejia main room, waiting for the corn cobs with eager eyes. After waiting for a few minutes, the little loli turned off the pot of cooked corn cobs and took out some of the corn cobs to dissipate the heat.
The foodies brought the tray of corn cobs to the table and used a fan to blow them to cool them down a bit. They distributed the corn cobs one by one according to their heads. Everyone took it and peeled off the remaining layer of skin and gnawed it.
The corn in the greenhouse is a flower in the greenhouse, while the corn in the countryside is a strong creature that has endured cold, rain, poisonous sun, and wind. The taste is different from that in the greenhouse. The sweetness of the latter is Natural, the fragrance is also natural and refreshing.
The foodies were in a great mood, as they gnawed all the corn cobs, which were really cleaner than mice, leaving the cobs bare.
Everything they wanted to eat was eaten, and the handsome guys had nothing to do. They took their clothes and tools and teamed up to go to the river to catch fish and river insects.
Miss Chao Er also roped in her beautiful younger brother to join in the fun and experience the rural scenery.
(End of chapter)