little son-in-law

It’s raining today, so we can’t do farm work in the fields. After breakfast, Mo Nanjin and Xiao Mo, Mingting decided to clean up the warehouse, Yuyang took the three children to the study in the side hall to practice calligraphy, and Mingyue cleaned up the bowls chopsticks, I went to the backyard to feed the chickens. There are not many chickens in the house. There are only a dozen of them in total. I can pick up seven or eight eggs a day. The family is enough to eat. I built a chicken in the backyard next to the wall. The word shed, with thatched roof, is surrounded by a two-foot-high bamboo fence.

Last year, the weather was good and the harvest at home was good. We harvested two seasons of rice, one season of wheat and one season of corn. A small stand was set up in the corner of the warehouse, and several bags of peanuts, red dates, chestnuts and melon seeds were placed. The red dates are our own jujube trees on the ground. As a result, during the Chinese New Year, Yuyang steamed rice cakes and jujube steamed buns; peanuts and melon seeds were also fried a lot during the New Year.The remaining part is to choose big and full good granules, and keep them for this year's seeds.

Several tanks contain pickles pickled last winter. The largest tank is embryo blue, and the other tank is pickled with sliced ​​radishes, cowpeas and peppers. It is fresh, spicy, crispy and fragrant.There is also a tank that is marinated with shredded bamboo shoots and pickled vegetables, which is very refreshing.There are also two jars containing seafood sauce and meat sauce. It is said to be the exclusive secret recipe of Xiao Mo’s family. I don’t know if it’s true, but Xiao Mo makes two jars every year. Adding a little to the stir-fry will make it very fragrant, so you can eat it if you save it It's too small for half an autumn.

By the window are cured fish, bacon, sausages, marinated and sun-dried prunes, braided garlic, bunches of red peppers, dehydrated potherb mustard and cowpea.There are still a few jars of cherry wine and rice wine brewed last year, which are sealed and placed in the corner.The hoarded vegetables are stored in the underground cellar of the warehouse. The cellar is very shady and cool. The cabbage and green onions are well preserved. The radish and ginger buried in the sand are also very fresh. I turned over the potatoes in the corner, and many of them have sprouted. I couldn’t eat it, Xiao Mo picked it up, cut each bud into a piece, and buried it in the moist sand to germinate. The weather is getting warmer. I have plowed the ground and topdressed it a few days ago. When the rain stops It's time to sow.

They found a few pots at home, filled them with warm water, and soaked the seeds of gourd, bitter gourd, and wax gourd respectively. The seed shells of these vegetables are relatively hard. In order to ensure the germination rate, it takes a day and a night to soak the seeds. Tomato and pepper The seeds should also be soaked a little to prepare seedlings.

Speaking of tomatoes, there is a little story about going out from the backyard of the house and going through a small bamboo forest to Nanshan. In the first year when Mo’s family moved here, Mo Nanjin often went into the mountain with a basket on his back. Because it is the remaining vein of Yunling, the mountains are not steep and tall, so there are no so-called deep mountains and dense forests. Even so, no one dares to enter some deep forests except local hunters who are familiar with the terrain. Walking around the edge of the forest, it was already autumn when I came to Nanshan Town. At that time, there were many wild fruits on the mountain, most of which were sour, and few people picked them, but there was a small fruit called berry by the locals, which was sour and sweet. Keke, those few tomatoes were accidentally found while picking berries. In his previous memory, tomatoes were passed from North America. He didn’t expect to meet them here. It was an accident. Later, he learned about this. There are always things in this world, but they are not used for eating, they are only cultivated as ornamental bonsai.

Time flies when I get busy, and it will be noon soon. Jing Zhi and Xing Zhi have already run over several times to ask what they want to eat for lunch today. With nothing to do, Mo Nanjin decided to cook by himself at noon today, and just said his The decision was made in exchange for cheers from the few of them, and even the usually steady Ming Ting smiled.

I roughly thought about the recipe, and made a pickled fish, cabbage rolls, bacon stir-fry, hot and sour potato shreds, sweet and sour short ribs, thinking of the shepherd's purse dug by Xiao Mo this morning, and a shepherd's purse soup.Then division of labor, Ming Ting went to the pond to catch a grass carp, ready to make pickled fish, took cabbage, meat and potatoes from the warehouse, Xiao Mo came to help.

Mingyue was washing rice in the kitchen and preparing to steam rice. Seeing them coming in, she was happy to stay and be a helper. Xiao Mo chopped meat, peeled potatoes and shredded them, and went to the yard to pull a few spring onions. Spring onions are green in this season. Tender and refreshing, it is the best time to eat.

Mingyue lit the straw with a flint and stuffed it into the firepit. When the fire flourished, she added some dry branches. The straw was left over from the grains of her own rice. The dry branches were mainly for Xiao Mo and Ming Ting to go to on weekdays. Picked by the back mountain, Mo Nanjin decided to make cabbage rolls first, and then make an egg patty for Yunzhi. These two dishes are relatively simple.Add a little fat meat to lean pork, chop dried shrimps into meat paste, add sesame oil, salt, minced green onion and ginger, and pepper noodles, stir, then put it in a pot and put it aside to marinate for a while, peel off the cabbage leaves, wash them, and blanch them in hot water soft.

"Master, the shredded potatoes are ready!" Xiao Mo stopped the knife in his hand, took a wooden basin from the stove, filled it with half a basin of water, rinsed the potatoes, fished them out and put them in a rattan basket with a shallow bottom Drain on the windowsill.

It was still raining outside, and the rainwater dripping from the eaves hit the bluestone floor, splashing one after another.

Spread the blanched cabbage leaves on the chopping board, spread a layer of egg paste, add the marinated meat stuffing, roll into strips, and place them in a blue and white porcelain plate with a white background.

Add eggs, salt, and diced green onion to the chopped lean meat and mix thoroughly. Yunzhi’s egg and meat soup is ready, and served in a steamer with cabbage rolls.

No need to tell, Xiao Mo has already started to cut the bacon. Mo Nanjin put the ribs that have been blanched in cold water, add scallions, ginger slices, tangerine peel, and aniseed ingredients into the pot to cook together. Mingyue watched the fire, and the heat was well controlled.While adding firewood to the stove, use a spoon to skim the white foam from the ribs.

Yuyang stood on the porch, puffs of blue smoke came out of the chimney in the kitchen, gathered and scattered in this rainy day, the kitchen window was wide open, several people were busy, and gradually the aroma of food wafted out.

Put the ribs on the pot, Mo Nanjin patted the mud from the sauerkraut jar, drained the sauerkraut, cut it into shreds, chopped the soaked pepper, sliced ​​ginger and garlic, and minced green onion, and put them on a plate for later use.

Looking at the young master's neat movements, Xiao Mo sighed in his heart, since when did the young master, who was born a proud son of heaven, start doing these trivial housework.If the master is still there, I don't know whether it will be more sad or gratifying to see such a young master.

The cabbage in the steamer was rolled up, and the knife was changed out of the pot. Mingyue cleaned the rice neatly and began to steam the rice.

The pork ribs are out of the pan, without salt and seasoning, take out a few pieces and leave them for the Maotou, and fry the rest in the oil pan until golden brown, drain the oil, put a little oil, onion, ginger, salt, soy sauce in the pan , sugar, and water together, add the ribs and cover the pot until the soup is dry, the ribs are cooked through, and put on a plate.Drizzle a few drops of vinegar, and the sweet and sour short ribs are ready. This is Jing Zhi and Xing Zhi's favorite.Every time without others, the two little guys can wipe out the big market.

Ming Ting quickly returned with a large grass carp, which seemed to weigh more than 2 catties.

"Let me say, Brother Ming, did you choose the biggest one to come back?" Not to mention Xiao Mo, even Mo Nanjin wanted to ask this question. The fish in spring have never been very big, and Ming Ting caught this one. The bar is really big.

While Xiao Mo cleaned up the fish, the hot and sour potato shreds came out of the pan.

Add oil to the pan, pour the chopped peppers into the pan and stir-fry.In an instant, the kitchen was filled with the spicy smell of chili peppers.

"Xiao Mo, put a thin layer of rice noodles on the sliced ​​fish." Xiao Mo agreed, and rolled the fish fillets in the rice noodles neatly, sticking a thin layer.Put the stir-fried peppers in a bowl, put the onion, ginger, and garlic into the pot, and fry until fragrant. Put the sauerkraut shreds together, stir fry constantly, add water, boil, put the fish fillets in one by one, stir to prevent them from sticking to each other , plus the pre-stir-fried peppers.Hot and sour, very easy to serve with rice.

Dried cowpeas are soaked in water and fried with bacon.

Finally made a light shepherd's purse soup.

So far, a sumptuous lunch with meat and vegetables, soup and vegetables, and meat and vegetables is freshly baked.

Everyone ate very full at lunch, especially Jing Zhi and Xing Zhi, whose stomachs were chubby, and the two little ghosts dozed off after eating. Mo Nanjin was afraid that they would accumulate food, so he took them to practice a few big characters in the study. After checking the articles I had memorized recently, I felt that it was almost done, so I let them go back to their room for a lunch break.

After noon, the rain had almost stopped, and the air still felt damp. Yuyang and Mingyue decided to take advantage of the rain to go out, take the embroidery works of the past few days to the embroidery room for consignment, and buy some silk threads on the way back.

When I first arrived in Nanshan Town, I also brought some silver taels. I bought this house, bought land, and bought household items, but there was not much left. , the past few years have been very difficult, the harvest in the past two years has been better, and Yuyang and Mingyue have made some embroidery to supplement the family, and the life has gradually improved.Yuyang's embroidery is exquisite and well-crafted. Yuyang will design new patterns by himself, and sometimes Mo Nanjin will help draw a few new patterns, which makes their embroidery unique and unique. Embroidery shops in the country always bring these embroidery products to the county town or even the prefecture to sell. It is said that they are very popular with the ladies of the officials, so the price is naturally much higher than others.

Mo Nanjin sent Xiao Mo to watch the three sleeping children in the room. Ming Ting continued to organize the warehouse. He spread the soaked pepper and tomato seeds on bamboo strips and put them in a sunny place to dry.Make a seedbed in a sunny place in the backyard, sprinkle plant ash and chicken and duck manure, plow the ground, and rake it evenly. It’s easy to say, but it’s not easy to do, because it’s a seedbed, and the work in hand can’t be more detailed. Only in this way can the germination rate be guaranteed.After doing these things, half the afternoon passed, and Ming Ting picked up some seeds from the warehouse, and they decided to plant them in the field tomorrow if the weather is fine.

"Daddy, what are you doing?" The three children woke up, and Xiao Mo led them to the backyard.

"Daddy wants to grow vegetables, and when they grow up, he can cook delicious meals for you." Xiao Mo fetched water, washed his hands, and stroked Xingzhi's little head.

"Daddy, will ribs grow? My brother and I like the sweet and sour pork ribs made by Daddy." Mo Nanjin laughed dumbfounded. These two greedy cats thought about ribs after eating it at noon today.However, he suddenly remembered a text he had learned when he was a child.

Xiao Mo and Ming Ting were finishing the finishing work. He picked up Yun Zhi and led Jing Zhi and Xing Zhi; "Let's go, let's go to the study. Daddy will tell you the story of a kitten growing fish. The farmer uncle will plant corn in the field. In autumn, the farmer uncle harvested a lot of corn, and the kitten saw it, so he planted the small fish in the field, thinking that he would be able to harvest a lot of small fish in autumn—”

Looking at the few people who were drifting away, Ming Ting looked at Xiao Mo and said, "Why do you let the young master do these things while you are in the house?"

"Do you think I have no objection? The young master said that I am not as good as him?" Xiao Mo expressed his innocence, "It's not like you don't know the young master's personality. Once something is decided, there is no room for us to object. Let's talk about it." , the two of us may not be as good as the young master. When we first arrived here five years ago, we were unfamiliar with the place. We were busy with the farm work in the fields, the meals at home, and the breeding of the seedbeds. The young master did it alone , besides, at that time, the young master still—forget it, let’s not talk about it, I didn’t expect that we would come here after so many years.” Having said this, Xiao Mo paused again, and continued: “Brother Ming, you said that we will always In this way, will you live peacefully with the young master and the young master?"

can you?Shao Mingting sometimes asked himself this way, he hoped, but who could predict the future.