The Garden Life of a Little Gardener

Early the next morning, Zhou Quan woke up to the smell of food.

Rubbing his eyes in a daze, Zhouquan crawled out of the bed with his head on his head, and began to put on his clothes while breathing.

Probably the noise inside the room alarmed the people outside. The tall young man with a shovel raised the curtain and took a look inside. Seeing that Zhou Quan was making the quilt, he said to him, "The meal is ready, wash up and come out for breakfast." .”

Zhou Quan, who was carrying the washbasin, heard that he went to the outhouse to fetch water, and when he passed the stove, he found that the big iron pot in the West House was boiling noodles.

Although he only went to the supermarket yesterday, Zhou Quan is sure that he has never bought noodles. As a person who is not good at cooking, among the items he purchases, apart from some basic daily necessities, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, the most varied styles are various noodles. fast food.

For example, instant noodles, eight-treasure porridge, quick-frozen dumplings, ham, sausage, biscuits and so on.

So where did the noodles that are cooking in the wok come from?What is Brother Baozhen doing in the kitchen?

Just thinking about it, Chef Bao, who was wearing a small blue floral apron, came out of Zhou's kitchen, holding a pot of brine-shaped things in his hand, and said to Zhou Quan who was standing in the outer room: "What are you doing in a daze?" ? Go wash your face and brush your teeth, and you can eat directly when you come back."

Zhou Quan tidied himself up quickly when he heard the words, and when he went back to the house, he didn't forget to bring a basin of clean water for Fa Xiao who had worked so hard to make breakfast.

After entering the Westinghouse, Baoyan had already set up the kang table, picked the noodles out of cold water and served them in a basin, and the marinade and rice bowls had also been placed.

Zhou Quan, who entered the room with a washbasin, opened the door curtain and smelled a strong fragrance. After scanning the room, he found that the fragrance came from the brine basin on the kang table.

Curious, he put down the basin and looked over, and found that the brine inside was actually made of tofu sausage.

There are sausages in his refrigerator, but where did the tofu come from?

Now Zhou Quan really couldn't help it, and asked Fa Xiao on the kang: "Brother Baoyan, where did the dried noodles and tofu come from? I don't remember having these things at home?"

"The noodles are bought together with dried noodles and tofu at Bao Erlong's grocery store. The sausage is the garlic sausage in your refrigerator. This kind of sausage has a lot of fat and garlic flavor, and it is especially suitable for stewing tofu."

While chatting, Zhou Quan had already filled the rice bowls of the two of them, and was using a spoon to scoop out the marinade in the soup pot, and poured it on the noodles in his own bowl.

Diced tofu and sausage of the same size are poured on the snow-white noodles together with the light brown viscous sauce. If you want to go along with Fa Xiao, Zhou Quan, who has long been captured by the fragrance, takes a big mouthful of noodles.

As soon as you enter the mouth, it is full of fresh fragrance. The thick sauce is stained on the noodles. The water-soaked noodles taste chewy and refreshing. The aroma and fat of the garlic sausage inside are completely integrated into the tofu, making the original bland tofu taste delicious. It actually tasted like meat.

But the tofu itself has no beany smell at all. The lightly fried diced tofu is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, which not only brings a tender taste to the stew, but also balances the greasy taste caused by the excessive oil in the garlic sausage.

Fragrant but not greasy and tender, no matter whether it is sausage or tofu, all their strengths have exploded in this pot of toppings.

Zhou Quan now completely believes that Bao Yan has acquired a share in a catering company by virtue of his skills.

Just simple noodles with sausage and tofu marinade can make such a taste, one can imagine what kind of craftsmanship the master chef will have.

While burying his head in eating, Zhou Quan didn't forget to give his hair a thumbs up.

It's so delicious, how can such a simple thing be so delicious, bring me a bowl.

After breakfast, Zhou Quan, who had a small belly, lay on his back on the bed of the kang, hiccupping constantly.

Baoyan, who was at the side, rubbed his stomach lightly, chatting with him while helping him digest.

At this moment, Chen Wenli, who lived in Hedong, walked into the yard, opened the door and approached the house.

Seeing his cousin lying on the kang like a kitten and having his belly rubbed, Chen Wenli knew that this kid must have eaten a lot this morning.

Gently patted his cousin's protruding belly, Chen Wenli said with a smirk: "Look at least two big names like this, your reputation as a greedy cat has been confirmed."

Struggling to remove his cousin's mischievous hand, Zhou Quan resolutely defended his reputation and said: "It's not that I'm greedy, it's that Brother Baozhen's cooking is so delicious."

"My grandma wanted me to come over to ask you to have dinner this morning, but I stopped her, and I said that there is a kid like Bao Yan, and you will never be hungry. I really hit the mark."

Hearing this, Zhou Quan kicked his legs a few times, expressing that he was really happy to eat, and Chen Wenli couldn't help but spray him a few more times with his sloppy appearance.

Just as they were chatting and laughing, Baoyan's phone rang suddenly.

Seeing their friends getting up to answer the phone, Zhou Quan and Chen Wenli lowered their voices in a tacit understanding, and the tall and strong young man who was holding the phone answered the phone and said, "I'm here, just come over here."

After hanging up the phone, Baozhen sent a short message to his two friends: "It's the construction team, asking if I'm in the village. If I am, they will come over for construction today."

"Then let's go and open the door first. The big wooden door in your old yard is hard to jump in without a key."

After many years, Zhouquan finally walked into the old courtyard of Bao's house again, except that it was even more dilapidated, and it was no different from the one he remembered from childhood.

It is said that the old house of Baojia has a history of at least nearly 200 years, and it was built in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

At the beginning, this old house had only three entrances and more than twenty rooms. Later, after Grandpa Bao came back, he expanded from the original foundation of the yard, and the three entrances became four entrances.

The later expanded one was almost built together with the small second floor of Zhouquan’s house. The brick, tile, reinforced concrete structure is just six very ordinary northeast village houses, with no special features, so Baoyan’s thoughts are the most here.

Leading the construction team all the way to the inside of his old courtyard, Bao Yan led the person in charge of the construction team around and said: "It is this old house, all the foundations cannot be moved, and the effect of the repairs must be good." Maintain this quaint appearance. Every yard you enter has to be repaired with toilets and showers, and the appearance must conform to the overall style of the yard. The big kitchen on the side of the new yard will also be expanded, and the west wing can be transformed into a laundry room and hot water room, the location of the biogas pool should be hidden as much as possible, and some flowers should be transplanted in the yard.”

The main person in charge of the construction team listened carefully to the owner's request, and from time to time arranged for people to take on-site measurements. The bustle of the Bao's old house quickly attracted the attention of the villagers.

Villagers living nearby kept coming to check on the situation, and without exception, Baoyan gave him a warm reception. When the construction team was discussing the renovation plan with Baoyan, a thirteen-year-old came out of the crowd. , Four-year-old Pi Xiaozi.

That was Baoyan's cousin, the grandson of Grandpa Bao's family.

Seeing him coming, Zhou Quan couldn't help asking: "Xiao Yan, why are you here? Are you looking for your brother?"

This kid was only three or four years old when Baoyan left, so he probably didn't have much impression of his cousin. This kid might have passed on a message to someone else.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhou Quan's question, Bao Yan glanced curiously at the tall young man standing in the middle, and then said: "Brother Ah Quan, my grandfather asked me to come to the old house Look for Brother Baoyan, Grandpa asked him to come to our house when he has free time."

Hearing this, Zhou Quan yelled to Bao Yan and called him over. Little fat Bao Yan repeated what he had just said.

The tall young man heard the words and said directly: "I have time now, so I will visit my uncle first."

Before leaving, Zhou Quan chased him out and said, "I just asked the designer, and he said that it will take at least two months for your place to be remodeled to be able to live in people. You're all back, so don't stay in a hotel. Move to my side to deal with it for a while, and I will find out your bedding and hang it up in a while."

Uncle Bao’s grandpa’s house is near the road outside the village. This is the homestead he selected when he separated from his family when he was young.

When Baoyan followed his little cousin into the house, Mr. Bao was listening to the radio and smoking a pipe. Seeing Baoyan enter the room, he knocked the pipe on the edge of the kang a few times, and said to his grandson: "No! It's your business, go play."

After dismissing Le Diandian's grandson, Mr. Bao took a puff of his cigarette and glanced at Bao Zhen who was standing on the ground.

"You're grown up and a man. Stop standing up and sit down."

Hearing this, Baoyan first called uncle and grandpa, and then sat on the edge of the Kang in the old house.

The old man of the Bao family exhaled a puff of smoke rings, coughed lightly and said, "Your child is righteous. When you were so young, I hated you to go out to ask for a living, but you wanted to leave. Now you are doing well, let everyone in the city The high-level executives of the company want to come back after not doing it, I really don’t understand your kid’s thinking.”

Hearing this, Baoyan turned his head to one side, looked at the sunshine outside through the glass window of the old house, and said, "I had to go back then. If I didn't go, I wouldn't be able to learn skills, and I wouldn't be able to see what the outside world is like. Now I You should come back and pay back the debts our family owed."

"What debt? What do you owe? Oh, it was the money that everyone collected to send your grandfather when he was gone. How long has it been? Besides, the big guy contributed money and effort for your grandfather, and It doesn't matter to you child, you don't owe anyone."

"Grandpa, when my grandpa left, the family didn't have a dime, and even your coffin was placed at the hospital. My grandpa was able to walk decently, thanks to the efforts of the young and old in the village. It's fine if you don't have the ability, why don't you come back and help everyone if you have the ability? The drawings for the renovation of the old house have been drawn, just let me try it."

"You and my brother are just like each other. You look alike and you have a similar temper. You remember your kindness. That's fine. Anyway, the old house belongs to my brother. Now it's yours. You can change it however you want. If anyone has any ideas , you let him come to me."

"Thank you, uncle and grandpa."

"Don't be too polite to me. It will take some time to renovate the old house, and staying in a hotel is not an option. You can pack your bags and come to live with me."

Hearing this, Baoyan smiled lightly and said, "That won't make you worry about it, I've already been taken in."

So Zhou Quan tidied up the flower shed for a day, and when he returned to the second floor of his small house with a sore waist and weak legs, he opened the door and saw the familiar Ford Raptor in the yard, squatting in the yard with long legs wearing an apron. While picking vegetables, Li said to him: "I'm back, just help me wash the leeks."

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The author has something to say:

Zhou Quan: This should be my home, right?Why does Fa Xiao look more like the master than me?

The sausage and tofu stew is delicious and easy to make. In fact, it is very simple, that is, cut the tofu into cubes, put it in a pan, add salt and fry it slightly. Add thirteen spices to the dark soy sauce, add water and simmer for a while, thicken the sauce and take it out of the pot.You can also add some condiments according to your own taste, such as sesame oil, fuel consumption, etc., and it goes well with Laoganma~~