Early on, it's about family matters, and later it becomes about the daily life of farming and living in the mountains. The space isn't that large; it can only store supplies, grow vegetable...
Add a spoonful of lard to the pot; stir-frying vegetables with lard makes them more fragrant.
After the white lard melts, first pour in the chopped wild garlic and a few diced chili peppers and stir-fry for a couple of seconds. Then add the beaten wild eggs and wait for the egg mixture to solidify slightly before flipping it over with a spatula.
Sprinkle with a little salt and MSG, stir-fry a couple more times, and it's ready to be served.
The wood-fired stove has a large flame, so cooking is really fast; you can fry an egg in just one or two minutes.
The stir-fried wild garlic and eggs should also be placed in the space while they are still hot.
Lin Momo originally wanted to make a shepherd's purse and egg soup, but suddenly felt that these dishes were already enough, and there was also dumpling soup, so there was really no need to go to the trouble of making another soup.
At that moment, the water in the large pot boiled, and Lin Momo quickly placed the steamer on the pot and began steaming the wild vegetable dumplings.
Next, make the cold dishes.
This was also the last dish of dinner.
The dandelion has mostly dried out. After chopping it up, put it in a large bowl, take some fresh walnuts that were peeled earlier from the storage space, and mix them together.
This was Lin Momo's first time trying raw dandelion salad. She had seen others eat it this way before, and today she felt a sudden urge to try it herself.
First, mash some garlic in a small bowl. You can mash a lot, as you'll need it for the dipping sauce for the vegetable dumplings later.
Place the minced garlic on top of the dandelion, add white vinegar, light soy sauce, sesame oil, a little cooled boiled water, sprinkle with some sesame seeds, and finally pour hot oil over it and mix well.
The dipping sauce for the vegetable dumplings is basically the same, just add some spicy soy sauce.
After Lin Momo finished washing the pot and tidying up the stove and cutting board, the vegetable dumplings in the big pot were steamed.
And so, the task is complete.
Lin Momo left the kitchen and went to the small pond to watch Shi Guang dig lotus roots.
The land on the shore was piled up like mountains.
Lin Momo was dumbfounded; could this guy be addicted to digging?
"Shiguang, you're so capable! You've dug so much in just one afternoon. Okay, come up and take a break."
"Okay, let's go up after we finish digging this one. This job is really exhausting, my back is about to break." Shi Guang smiled as he looked at his wife on the shore.
He kept saying he was tired, but his hands were still groping around in the mud.
Lin Momo said considerately, "Then I'll give you a massage tonight."
I thought to myself, "You've been bent over all afternoon, how can your back not hurt?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Guang grinned and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, my wife."
The next moment, he pulled a lotus root that was five or six sections long out of the black mud and showed it off to Lin Momo, "Momo, look, this is the longest one I've ever dug up."
As he spoke, he tried to straighten up, but a sharp pain shot through his lower back, making him wince and clutch his waist with one hand.
But she couldn't bear to put down the lotus root in her other hand.
"Slow down!" Lin Momo thought anxiously.
"It's nothing, I just woke up a bit too quickly."
Time, supporting its back, slowly straightened its body, laboriously pulling one foot out of the mud, taking a step forward, then pulling out the other, step by step, towards the shore.
Lin Momo reached out to help him.
He first placed the long lotus root he was holding on the bank before taking his wife's hand and climbing ashore.
After helping him ashore, Lin Momo was still worried: "How are you? Does your back still hurt a lot? Take off this layer of clothing and stretch your muscles."
As he spoke, he went to unzip his underwater suit.
Seeing his wife's tense expression, Shiguang smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry, it doesn't hurt as much anymore. You'll feel better once you loosen up your muscles."
After the outer layer of skin peeled off, Shi Guang first washed her hands by the pool, then roughly dried herself before slowly twisting her waist and swinging her arms to stretch her limbs.
By the time they finished eating, Shi Guang's complexion had returned to normal, and his back pain had also eased considerably.
Looking at the wild vegetable feast that Lin Momo had set out, Shi Guang exclaimed in amazement: "Momo, your cooking skills are almost on par with those of a chef in a high-end restaurant."
I just had a whole lotus root feast for lunch, and now I'm having a wild vegetable feast for dinner. I guess I'm not getting any better treatment than this.
He first tried a dumpling, then picked up a piece of wild garlic stir-fried with eggs, praising it highly.
Lin smiled gently, but first picked up a piece of raw dandelion salad with her chopsticks and savored it carefully.
It has a crisp and refreshing taste with a slight bitterness, which is then overpowered by the aroma of sesame oil. The amount of vinegar and salt is just right, without overpowering the flavor.
She had eaten bitter chrysanthemum salad with walnuts at a restaurant before, and was so amazed by it that she could never forget it.
The dish she made today also had a unique flavor, and it was about 70-80% as good as that chef's.
After the meal, Lin Momo took Shi Guang to bed and massaged his back.
But after massaging for a short while, her hands became extremely sore.
This guy's muscles are too hard. Even though Lin Momo put in all her strength, Shi Guang felt like she was being tickled. She suggested, "Why don't you stand up and step on him with your feet?"
Lin Momo actually climbed onto the bed and stood there stomping on it for a while.
This time, however, I dared not exert any force.
She had seen scenes of massage with feet in movies and TV shows, but those were all done by professional technicians who knew where to step and where not to step.
She was a complete novice.
You can't be too light or too heavy, for fear of accidentally breaking your husband's back, which would be a serious matter.
They haven't consummated their marriage yet...
She didn't want to ruin their happiness for the rest of their lives like this.
Actually, for a back injury like this, there's no need for massage; it will heal in just a few days of rest.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to all that trouble.
So Lin Momo plopped down on the bed and started to slack off: "Why don't you just stop pressing and rest for a couple more days?"
Shi Guang smiled, turned over, and pulled his wife into his arms, teasingly saying, "What's wrong? Can't you put your foot down? With your strength, you can't hurt me even if you use all your might."
"What if I accidentally step on something wrong? I've been trained, you know," Lin Momo retorted.
Seeing her so serious expression, Shi Guang couldn't help but laugh heartily.
Immediately, his survival instinct kicked in, and he softened his tone, saying, "Oh right, how could I forget? My wife has practiced a bit with me too. If she really kicks hard, my back will be ruined. So let's not step on her."
He thought to himself, "With your fancy moves, you dare to claim you've actually trained?"
How can her wife be so funny!
Lin Momo could easily hear the mockery in his words, and she was immediately furious. She couldn't help but clench her fist and punch him.
Shi Guang obediently dodged twice, willingly taking several punches from his wife.
Gradually, the atmosphere suddenly became ambiguous.
Feeling the strange sensation of their bodies pressed together, Lin Momo's face flushed instantly. She tried to pull her fist back, but it was firmly held in someone's palm.
With her eyelids lowered, her delicate, butterfly-like feathers fell away, and her rosy cheeks bloomed quietly like peach blossoms in March...
The next moment, a warm kiss landed on her.