smoke from cooking

"I want two brothers too."

"Brother is young, two can't finish eating, one is enough." Nan Shu pressed the quilt for the child, "Close your eyes and sleep for a while."

The child who got the promise closed his eyes obediently.

Nan Shu waited for a while, and then left the room when she heard the child's gentle breathing.

In the yard, Dou Mama had already gotten up to heat up the fire and hot water. The winter solstice was approaching, and the weather was getting colder every day. When she got up early in the morning, she drank a few sips of hot water, and her whole body was warm and comfortable.

Nan Shu washed and cleaned her hands and face, then went to the kitchen to see if she needed help.It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, but when you look at it, Nan Shu caressed her forehead, and it was a step missing.

Dou Mama's cooking skills are not bad, and she is not careless, but how can I put it, the people here seem to cook too extensively. It is because Zhang's family has enough food and clothing, so Dou Mama is not too caring.

Vegetable leaves, as long as they are the tenderest part, throw away everything else. Throw in a large piece of sweet potato for porridge, and throw the whole corn cob into the pot, so you are not afraid of being cooked.Sprinkling the polished rice into the pot, Nan Shu felt heartbroken, how much rice would it cost?

"Mama Dou." Nan Shu hurriedly stopped Mama Dou from wasting ingredients. Even if the taste of the food produced by this method is not bad, it will take a lot of time and firewood to make it well.

"The corn on the cob should be boiled first, and the corn should be dug out. The sweet potato must also be cooked first, peeled and cut into small pieces. When cooking porridge, it is easy to lose the taste. The polished rice is the last. Besides polished rice, do we have brown rice? ?” Receiving a negative answer, Nan Shu only said, “You can’t eat too much polished rice, just the right amount.”

"Which one doesn't serve polished rice and noodles?" Dou Mama muttered.

Nan Shu didn't explain, but asked Dou Mama to do what he said.Nan Shu used to be not a gentleman who cooks far away from the kitchen. When his wife cooks, she also goes to the kitchen to help. Her cooking skills may not be very high, but they are not bad.

Dou Mama muttered a few words, but followed Nan Shu's method.While Dou Mama was busy, Nan Shu looked through the materials in the kitchen and picked up many leaves that Dou Mama had thrown away.Naturally, Dou Mama muttered again.

When it was bright and Zhang Mama came to fetch hot water, Dou Mama had already been boiled with sweet potatoes and corn on the cob.Nan Shu sent Dou Mama over to help, and she cut sweet potatoes and pulled corn on the counter.

The hot sweet potato was peeled, and the rich aroma filled the whole kitchen. Nan Shu cut into small pieces and served them in small plates.I found a wooden spoon and hung corn kernels.When Dou Mama came back, two plates of sweet potatoes and two large bowls of corn were neatly placed on the table.

Mama Dou was stunned, and Mama Zhang was also taken aback. She thought that there was only Mama working in this family, and she had to help out no matter what.Unexpectedly, Mama, the head of the house, is actually a good kitchen worker.

"Breakfast is sweet potato corn porridge. The porridge needs to be boiled longer. Here are some sweet buns. Zhang Mama will bring some back and give some to He Mama." The sweet buns were made last night and steamed in a big steamer this morning hot.

Dou Mama shouted quickly, took out four sweet buns from the steamer, put them in a big bowl, and handed them to Zhang Mama.

Seeing that she had nothing to do in the kitchen, Zhang Mama took the big bowl and turned to walk to the backyard.Just moved here, there are many things in the yard.

The next steps of laying rice, cooking porridge, and burning firewood did not require Nan Shu to do it at all.Nan Shu took a bamboo stool and sorted the leaves at the kitchen door.It is cold to make bamboo stools in cold weather.Nan Shu moved her butt so that the cold area would be less.

"Dou Mama, after breakfast, go to the market and buy some chickens. One rooster, three hens, ask the chicken buyer for two chicken coops."

"Master, Mama, do you want to raise chickens? This chicken is stinky. And it's going to be winter now, so it's not easy to feed chickens."

"I thought it was Chinese New Year, and I had to slaughter a chicken at home. I bought it when the Chinese New Year was approaching. First, I don't know if there are any farmers selling it. Second, the price must be expensive at that time. Why don't you buy a few chickens now, Anyway, it’s been about two months. It’s hard to say, at this time, the hen has laid eggs, and Xiaori and Xiaoyue can add some food.”

"That's fine. I'll wait for the market to see. Master Mama, you are right. During the Chinese New Year, the price of a chicken will be double the usual price."

Dou Mama scooped out the hot porridge from the pot, served it well, and sent it to the backyard.He drank a bowl of porridge in a hurry, wiped his wet hands casually on his clothes, and asked Nan Shu for some copper coins.Nan Shu thought for a while, and gave Dou Mama a tael of silver, "Buy some white wine, wild pepper, star anise, radish, and ginger."

"Hey, my master Mama, your illness is really serious. In the past, you never ran in the kitchen. There are also star anise and wild pepper. Mama, you will not eat them in the future. of."

"It's not for food, it's just for seasoning. Well, Dou Mama, in the past, there was a man in the family, so there was no such thing as restraint in family expenses. Now it's different, I have to save it."

"Okay. Dou Mama, I'm not a person who talks nonsense." Dou Mama put the money in her breast pocket and ran out.

Nan Shu smiled, Dou Mama looked rough, but she was quite meticulous.

Chicken

After Zhang Ri woke up, he rolled on the bed for a while, and found that Dou Mama and his own Ama ignored him, but got up obediently, put on the small sleeves, and when he tied the clothes, he ran into trouble and tied them crookedly. Yes, but barely dressed.Climbed out of bed, ran out of the house, and saw Ama sitting on a bamboo stool picking leaves, Zhang Ri rushed over.

"Ama." She buried her little face in Nan Shu's arms, rubbing and rubbing.

"Are you up?" Nan Shu pinched Zhang Ri's clothes, which were fairly thick. Seeing the ugly buttons, Nan Shu held back her smile, untied them, and showed Zhang Ri once, "The belts of the clothes should be tied like this. It's pretty."

"Ama help me tie it." Zhang Ridian put on a small face, unwilling to learn.

"Xiaori grows up and needs to learn to tie her own clothes, not only by herself, but also to help her younger brother get dressed."

Zhang Ri tilted his head, unwilling to do so, rubbed his small body against Nan Shu's arm, buried his head on Nan Shu's shoulder, and refused to learn.

Nan Shu pushed the child away, "Wash your face and brush your teeth, and then wake up my brother." As she spoke, Nan Shu continued to pack the vegetable leaves.

Zhang Ri dawdled for a while longer, seeing that Nan Shu didn't pay any attention to him, but ran to the sink next to the kitchen with a small face, picked up a handful of water in both hands, and brushed his face casually.Cold water brushed his face, and Zhang Ri shivered from the cold. Accidentally, the water slipped into the sleeves of his clothes, and slid down his arms into his body.

"Ama..." Zhang Ri cried with a sad face.

Nan Shu sighed, stood up, touched Zhang Ri's sleeves, only a little wet, rolled up Zhang Ri's sleeves for Zhang Ri, and told her, "Next time you wash your face, remember to roll up your sleeves." She took out a handkerchief and handed it to Zhang Ri. Zhang Ri, "wipe your face."

Zhang Ri reluctantly took the handkerchief, casually wiped the water off his face, and handed it to Nan Shu.Nan Shu didn't answer, but instead ordered, "Wipe around the eyes, around the nose, and around the mouth."

Zhang Ri pouted, and waited for a while, seeing that Nan Shu didn't intend to help him at all, so he picked up a handkerchief, wiped his eyes, mouth, and nose, and threw it back to Nan Shu.

Nan Shu just smiled, washed the handkerchief, and dried it on the bamboo pole at hand.Kiss Zhang Ri's forehead, "Go and wake up my brother."

Zhang Ri turned around and trotted into Nan Shu's room, raised the curtain and shouted, "Zhang Yue, Ama told you to wake up."

Taking advantage of the time before Zhang Ri Zhang Yue came out, Nan Shu quickly cleaned up the vegetable leaves, and returned two earthen pots with a concave mouth, and after the lid was closed, there was just a sink.

When Dou Mama left, there was still a little spark in the hearth, Nan Shu added a few firewood, heated up the hearth, poured a pot of water, and added salt into the pot.Wait for the salt to completely dissolve in the water, then add white wine, ginger, sugar and other ingredients mixed together.When the fire boils the water, immediately remove the pot and put it in a ventilated place. When the water cools down, only a little spark remains in the furnace.

"What is Ama doing?" Zhang Ri smelled the aroma, poked his head in the kitchen, and dragged the sleepy Zhang Yue in his hand.

Nan Shu turned her head to look at Zhang Yue, and sure enough, the belt of her clothes was still tightly buttoned.

"Make some side dishes for bibimbap." Nan Shu helped Zhang Yue retie her clothes, and asked Zhang Ri to help her younger brother wipe his face and brush his teeth.

Zhang Ri twitched a few times, but obediently dragged his younger brother to the pool, took a handkerchief, and helped him wipe his eyes, nose, and mouth.Zhang Yue was being played with by Zhang Ri, and the cold well water made the child's face turn red.He shouted indistinctly, "Brother, Dongdong, brother, Dongdong."

Nan Shu served the porridge, and took sweet buns, placed them in the center of the main hall, let the two children sit on the stools, and took the spoons to eat slowly.

Near noon, Dou Mama came back with two chicken coops and a large bag of materials.Nan Shu was cutting the vegetable leaves in half in the kitchen, poured the cold water from the pot into the clay pot, put the vegetable leaves in, covered them, and poured a layer of water on the outside. The height of the shape is lower.

"Master Mama, what are you doing?"

"Make some bibimbap dishes."

Dou Mama hummed twice, put down the materials in her hands, and carried two chicken coops by herself to the side of the kitchen.It turned out that the kitchen was connected to the courtyard wall, and the farthest corner was the toilet. Now, an extra room was built in the front yard as a warehouse and a resting place for Dou Mama.Between the side room and the courtyard wall, there is an extra passage that is allowed to be more than one meter wide, leading directly to the toilet.

On the side of the passage near the kitchen, Dou Mama dismantled the chicken coop, made a fence out of the bamboo fence of the chicken coop, put a few chickens in it, and took a handful of hay from the kitchen to spread on the ground.

"Master Mama, isn't this chicken