Chapter 57 Treat
This time, Grandma Ning cut up three pheasants and stewed them all at once. She first scooped out half of them and then added the black fungus.
Also put steamed buns on top, and when the chicken is cooked, the buns will be ready too.
Grandma Ning asked Li Dabing and the others to put their things away and then eat.
When Li Dabing saw the steamed buns and chicken, his eyes lit up, but he felt a little embarrassed. There was also a large portion of pickled cabbage.
Li Dabing looked at the steamed buns. He hadn't eaten white flour for a long time. The wheat production here was extremely low, and the amount of wheat they received was also small. This time, Aunt Ning took out the steamed buns to treat him. He wondered if there would be flour left during the New Year?
Grandma Ning was very smart and took out a steamed bun and handed it to Li Dadan, saying, "Hurry up and eat it. I always say you are brave, but why don't you dare to eat a whole steamed bun this time?"
Li Dabao laughed and said, "Auntie, there is a lot of flour in this steamed bread. I..."
Before she could finish, she was interrupted by Grandma Ning: "What's with all the talk? Hurry up and eat. We have chicken, and you're still worried about the flour. Don't worry, Auntie is saving some for the New Year."
At Grandma Ning's urging, Li Dabing ate six steamed buns and a lot of chicken. He felt a little embarrassed because he was too full.
Li Dabing stayed and said, "Auntie is full, what are you going to do with these bamboos?"
Grandma Ning took a small stick and drew what she wanted to make on the ground. Li Dabing didn't understand and kept asking Grandma Ning. After Grandma Ning's explanation, Li Dabing quickly understood and started to operate.
The slingshot is also called a hanging bow. The structure of the hanging bow is very simple. When the cotton is ejected, it is all done by hitting the bowstring with a cotton hammer to loosen the cotton fibers.
Although Li Dabing didn't know what it was for, he did it in a proper manner. When he was about to leave after finishing, Grandma Ning insisted on giving him a pheasant.
Li Dabao refused but had to accept it, thinking that he would take good care of the three brothers of the Ning family in the future.
Grandma Ning took out the white cotton cloth bought by Ning Jing and the others and tied it to the bow. Then she and Ning Lao Da and the others worked together to carry it to Ning Mama's room. Grandma Ning put the cotton on the cotton cloth and started to fluff it.
Ning Jing and the three brothers were very curious:
Under the blows of the wooden hammer, the bowstring on the cotton bow trembled violently, and strands of cotton wool were torn and scattered everywhere, like a flock of frightened white birds, quickly taking off and slowly falling. Wherever the cotton bow pointed, there was a commotion, one after another, and as time went by, a thick layer of soft cotton wool accumulated on the chopping board.
Ning Jing wanted to try, but Grandma Ning smiled and said, "Guaibao is still young and can't pull it."
Ning Lao Da and Ning Xiao Er thought that they were grown up now, and seeing that their grandmother looked very relaxed, they both wanted to give it a try.
Grandma Ning smiled and made room for Big Brother Ning to try first. The result was:
It didn't work. Either Boss Ning used too much force, couldn't pull it hard enough, or didn't maintain the right balance.
Ning Xiaoer learned his lesson, listened to his grandmother's explanation carefully, and then started to operate. Although he was unfamiliar with the technique at the beginning, his movements were slow and his balance was not well mastered, but after he became proficient, his speed increased.
Seeing that Ning Xiaoer had mastered the method, Grandma Ning took out white cotton cloth and prepared to make a quilt cover.
Ning Jing saw Grandma Ning putting on the quilt, so she took out the sweater she was knitting and started knitting.
Ning Lao Da also gradually learned it, and Ning Xiao San also clamored to learn it.
Grandma Ning smiled as she watched the three brothers vying to play the cotton-picking game. When she was little, her parents were forced to work outside the city to pick cotton for others.
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