Back to seven or seven kinds of fields to raise children

"A few boys came to report just now, saying that it was the second sister who came back.

Parents are very happy, let us come out to meet. "Su Anhua hugged her sister's right arm.

The sisters of the Su family have a very good relationship, especially the fifth and sixth, who grew up on Su Anying's back since they were young, so they are very affectionate when they see their sister back.

Xu Shiyan was not annoyed when he was squeezed away by his two sisters-in-law, he just smiled and followed behind with his things.

Cross the bridge and turn north, and walk outside the gate of the Su family.

The Su family lived by the river, with three adobe houses.

The roof is made of wood thatch that is split into the thickness of a finger and is more than a foot long. The locals call it "thatch house."

Daying has a large population, and the Su family is in the middle of the village, so the yard is not very big, and the sticks are clamped with logs as tall as a person.

The two wooden doors did not have door handles, and the door was open at the moment. Su Anzhen, the third child, and Su Anfen, the fourth child of the Su family, were standing in the yard, looking out eagerly.

As soon as they saw Su Anying and his wife, they immediately became happy and shouted into the room.

"Father, mother, it's really my second sister and second brother-in-law who are back."

As soon as the words fell, Su Weizhong, the father of the Su family, and his wife Han Cai'e came out of the house, and happened to meet Xu Shiyan and his wife.

"Father, mother, I'm back." Seeing her parents, Su Anying couldn't help it, her eyes filled with tears.

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I will accompany Yingzi back to meet the elders." Xu Shiyan stepped forward to salute, which was owed in his previous life.

"Hey, hey, just come back, just come back, come on, come in, come in."

Su Weizhong also seemed very excited, and hurriedly greeted Xu Shiyan and his wife to enter the house.

Chapter 12 Cricket Tofu

Su Anying and his wife returned home early in the morning with a lot of things. Everyone in the Su family was very happy and warmly entertained the young couple.

"Look, I don't know that you came back so early and didn't prepare anything.

Let's take a bite this morning, and ask your mother to cook something delicious for you at noon. "

It was six o'clock, just in time for breakfast, and Su Weizhong felt a little shabby looking at the porridge, pickles and miso on the table.

How can the first meal be so simple when the new uncle enters the door?

"Mother, baby, I remember we still have salted duck eggs, right? Hurry up, cook some."

The Su family lived by the river, so they raised two ducks, and they were reluctant to eat their eggs, most of which were sold.

Leave a few to marinate, just for entertaining guests.

The new son-in-law came in as an honored guest, so he had to treat him well, without further ado, Han went to find two salted duck eggs from the jar, boiled them in the pot, cut them open and served them.

"Try it, the duck eggs are well marinated this year, and the oil is flowing."

With a smile on her face, Han put the duck eggs directly in front of Xu Shiyan and Su Anying, and asked them to eat.

Xu Shiyan refused again and again, but he didn't dare to be stubborn, so he finally had to poke some egg yolks with chopsticks and put them in the porridge to eat.

As for Su Anying, how could she be willing to eat salted duck eggs?

Seeing the two younger sisters lowering their heads and secretly glancing here, Su Anying directly divided her half of the duck egg into the bowls of the two younger sisters.

"Yingzi, you eat yours, ignore them."

When Han Shi saw her, she was about to talk about the two young ones, but when she saw that the two young ones had eaten all the porridge and salted duck eggs in the bowl, Han Shi was so angry that she stared at the two daughters.

When Xu Shiyan saw this, he didn't say a word. He just dug his share of salted duck eggs into his wife's bowl while others were not paying attention. "Let's eat."

Su Anying secretly took a look at her parents, then split half of the salted duck eggs and put them back into Xu Shiyan's bowl.

The young couple looked at each other, smiled and drank the porridge in the bowl.

Su Weizhong had seen the little tricks of his daughter and son-in-law a long time ago, so he didn't point it out, and just finished the meal with a smile.

It is said that when my uncle is here, Su Weizhong should be at home with the guests.

But Su Weizhong is the captain of the production team, without him assigning errands, today's job probably wouldn't be clear.

Xu Shiyan saw his father-in-law's embarrassment, so he took the initiative to mention that he would go to a relative's house to see him in the morning.

Let the old man do what he should, without delaying the team's affairs because of him.

In this way, after breakfast, Su Weizhong hurried to the production team to arrange today's work, while Xu Shiyan led his wife and went out to visit relatives.

Xu Shiyan's grandmother, two uncles, and an aunt were all in Daying.

Come back once, if you don’t go elsewhere, you have to visit your grandmother.

It was past ten o'clock after a circle of relatives walked down, and when the young couple returned to Su's house, they saw many people laughing and joking, wondering what they were busy with.

When I got closer, I realized that it turned out that Su Weizhong's sister-in-law, Mrs. Feng, came over with her daughter-in-law and daughter, and was helping Mrs. Han deal with the crayfish there.

"Hey, Yingzi and uncle are back? Come in and sit down, it's tiring to go around on a hot day."

Feng's personality is bright and hospitable, and he treats Su Anying very well.

"Xiaoyu, hurry home and pick some cherries for your brother-in-law.

Check to see if the peaches on the peach tree in the pot are ripe, pick two and give them to your brother-in-law. "

"Anmin, go into the house and talk with your brother-in-law, we'll be busy for a while, and I'll make cricket tofu for you at noon today."

Feng's is more like a master than Han's, everything is well arranged.

"Coincidentally, Anmin caught a lot of crickets from the lower reaches of the Tang River yesterday. I didn't cook them for them because I thought they were too young. It's just right to make cricket tofu."

Su Anmin is the third son of Feng and Su Weicheng. He is fifteen this year and doesn't like to study. He refuses to go to junior high school after primary school.

He is also very good at catching fish and shrimp in the fields all day long.

The cricket cricket tofu that Feng mentioned is a special dish in Northeast China. Most people who live by the river can make it, but they rarely do it.

Crayfish, also known as big-headed prawns and crayfish, look very similar to crayfish.

The difference is that the body of crayfish is greenish brown, while that of crayfish is dark red.The shell of crayfish is not so thick, while the shell of crayfish is thick and has hard spines.

The first pair of legs of crayfish, that is, the front claws are relatively large. When crayfish and crayfish have the same body size, the claws of crayfish are much larger than those of crayfish.

The living habits of the two are also different. Crayfish grow in clear and transparent streams, have extremely high requirements on water quality, and are sensitive to chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

Cricket cricket is one of the river delicacies in Northeast China. Its taste is delicious and unique. In the eyes of Northeast people, it is definitely the top three food list.

It's a pity that due to environmental pollution and other reasons in later generations, this kind of creature is on the verge of extinction, and only a few breed it, and the price is extremely expensive.

As for cricket tofu, it is definitely not stewed with cricket and tofu.

Remove the shell of the crayfish, remove the sand thread at the tail, then put it into a stone mortar and mash it, and then use gauze to filter out the reddish-brown juice for later use.

Boil the water in the pot, pour the crayfish juice into it, stir gently, and you will see pink flowers floating from the pot.

Add some salt to taste, sprinkle with chopped leeks, and the dish is ready, and if possible, you can also make frangipani flowers.

The three colors of red, yellow and green are very beautiful mixed together, and the taste is soft and tender, just like tofu, so it is called cricket tofu.

This soup combines the umami flavors of crayfish and chives. It doesn’t need any seasoning to remove the fishy smell. One sip is definitely delicious enough to swallow your tongue.

However, because the production process is too troublesome, especially in these days when there are no crushing tools, it is too laborious to mash purely by hand, so most people seldom do it.

If it wasn't for the new uncle returning home, no matter how many crickets Su Anmin caught, Feng would not bother to cook them. At most, he would cook them with some salt.

"Auntie, this cricket tofu is too troublesome, why bother?

You see, when I come here, I am bothering my aunt, my sister-in-law, and my third brother. "

Xu Shiyan had never experienced such a high standard of hospitality in his previous life.

At that time, he went to work in Da'an Coal Mine the second day after he got married, and he didn't accompany Su Anying back home at all.

Although the Su family didn't say anything, they must be unhappy in their hearts.

In this life, Xu Shiyan not only accompanied his daughter-in-law back home, but also brought a generous home gift, which can be regarded as an embarrassment to the Su family.

When Su Weizhong was about to leave the house, he specifically told him that no matter what method he tried, he must prepare a table of delicious dishes to entertain my uncle at noon.

"Hey, what is this? It's the first time for the new uncle to come to the door, and he is a distinguished guest.

This is the rule of our family, your uncle will come over at noon, and you and your father will have a good drink at that time. "

Feng's hearty laughter made people feel better after hearing it.

Chapter 13 Hospitality

Xu Shiyan and his wife were escorted into the house by Feng to rest, Su Anyu picked cherries and peaches, Su Anmin poured tea for her brother-in-law, and chatted with her.

In the kitchen, Feng Shi, Han Shi and the others were frying and frying, and all kinds of aromas wafted out.

No matter who passed by and smelled it, they would all salivate.

At eleven o'clock, Su Weicheng, brothers Su Weizhong and Su Anying's cousin Su Anbang came back together.

According to the rules in the Northeast, when there are guests at home, you must find relatives and friends to accompany the guests.

Su Weicheng is Su Anying's uncle, so he must be invited for such a scene.

"Hey brother and sister, what delicious food do you cook for lunch? You can smell the fragrance from a long way away, so greedy." Su Weicheng asked loudly as soon as he entered the door.

"There are too many, big brother, Anbang, go into the house and wash your hands, and dinner will be served immediately." Han greeted everyone with a smile.

Xu Shiyan also came out of the room, greeted and chatted with Su Weicheng and Su Anbang, and the few men got together and had countless topics to talk about.

Once Xu Shiyan changed his image of being honest and silent in the eyes of others, although he was not too boastful, he was able to chat about every topic just right.

The man was chatting in the house, and the woman was tidying up in the kitchen. After a while, all the meals were ready.

A kang table was placed on the kang in the east room, and various dishes were served one after another.

The first dish is naturally stewed chicken with mushroom vermicelli.It is said that the uncle entered the door, and the chick lost its soul. This is really true.

The Han family was also willing to kill the big rooster at home, stewed the hazel mushrooms picked last autumn, and added some vermicelli.

A large soup bowl was used to fill the top of the table, and the bowl was placed in the center of the table, and the aroma wafted out with the heat.

Let's have another stewed bacon with beans and potatoes. The meat is naturally left over from the slaughter of pigs last winter.

I was not willing to eat all of them, so I put them on the salt and put them on the shelf. I also took them out and used them today.

Braised small river fish in sauce, needless to say, it must have been brought back by Su Anmin.

It is stewed with homemade miso, and sprinkled with green onion and chopped red pepper. The sauce is spicy and delicious.

Pan-fried stuffed tofu, white and tender tofu is filled with minced luncheon meat, and fried on both sides until golden.

Then adjust the soup to thicken it, sprinkle with chopped green onion, it looks extra appetizing.

Stewed cabbage with braised pork. The emerald green cabbage is stewed with canned braised pork. There are also some tender tofu and thin vermicelli in it.

Scrambled eggs with fungus, cut a lot of scallions, black fungus, golden eggs, also exudes a tempting aroma.

The finale was of course cricket tofu soup. There was no soup bowl, and it was served directly in a white enamel basin.

The red, yellow, and green color schemes are delicious and tangy, which attracts people's index fingers.

In June and July in the Northeast, there are not many kinds of vegetables, let alone fresh pork. Even if you have a meat ticket, it is impossible to go all the way to the county to buy meat.

People say, "Four dishes and one soup, cadres go to the countryside."

The six dishes and one soup in front of me are basically hard dishes, and the golden and fragrant rhubarb rice is definitely a super high standard.

It can also be seen that Han Shi and Feng Shi really put in a lot of effort, and even the canned food brought by Xu Shiyan was cooked by them, so they put together this table.

"Come on, let's all go to the kang, Shi Yan, sit next to your father. This table has delicious food, and you should have a good drink at noon today. Yingzi, come and sit down too."

At this time, you can see the role of accompanying guests. Without accompanying guests, the atmosphere will not be active.

After the food was set, Su Weicheng called Xu Shiyan to take off his shoes and get on the kang, and asked Su Anmin to boil a pot of wine for everyone.

Su Anying shook her head hurriedly, "No, uncle, my mother, my uncle and I are eating in the Westinghouse."

There is no rule in Northeast China that women should not sit at the table, but men and women generally have different tables, and when there are guests at home, men and women are separated.

The Su family is the same, the east room has a table full of men, and the west room also has a table on the kang. Han and Feng lead their daughters-in-law to eat here.

Of course, the West House’s dishes are not as good as the East House’s. There are only four dishes and one soup, without fried stuffed tofu and scrambled eggs with black fungus, and there is no braised pork in the cabbage.

Even so, it is a delicious dish that you can't see on weekdays, and it smells delicious.