Snow vegetable is a rare wild vegetable that can thrive in winter and is very cold-resistant. Its leaves turn red in autumn and winter, and it can still grow even when it snows, so it is also called snow vegetable.
The pork with fat is cut into thin slices and slightly fried. The fat part with skin facing down is neatly placed in a bowl. Then rice wine, soy sauce and salt are added for seasoning. Finally, a layer of chopped snow vegetables is placed on the top to level the rim of the bowl. After steaming, it is turned upside down on a plate. It becomes a very delicious dish.
Miao is a skilled cook with a talent for cooking. In addition to the common ingredients used by villagers, he also thinks about adding some ginger slices, wild onions, aniseed, fermented bean curd juice and other ingredients. Even the simplest ingredients in Miao's hands always taste better than those of other families.
At this time, the whole yard was filled with the tempting aroma of meat, but Miao was extremely depressed. Old Lady Shen had been making trouble outside for half a day, and the water in the pot had long been boiled dry. Fortunately, there was not much firewood, and when it burned up, the fire in the stove went out, otherwise I was afraid that the kitchen would catch fire.
However, the long-term dry-burning caused a crack in the clay pot, and although Miao tried to pick it up very carefully, it still broke into several pieces.
When they left Old Shen's house, they took with them an earthenware pot that could be used to boil water and cook porridge. They spent twenty dollars to buy this clay pot from a bricklayer in Xiahe Village. It broke not long after being used. Miao was so distressed!
Seeing this, Shen Qing hurriedly comforted her, "It's okay, mother. I've made some money from selling the pork, and I saved some money before. Tomorrow I'll go to the county town and sell the firewood at home, and then I can buy an iron pot."
In the past, he would have been annoyed for a long time because of a clay pot. So what if Shen Zhigao was fined to grind the mill for ten days? The loss of twenty coins was real. But thinking of the package hidden in the room, Shen Qing only thought about taking it to the county pawnshop tomorrow to pawn two items at random, and the family's shortage would be filled, and they could have a good New Year!
Or maybe it’s said that most of the problems in this world can be solved with money!
Miao didn't know about this unexpected fortune. She only knew that her brother worked hard to cut a load of firewood and only earned 40 cents. Half of it was gone in a flash. Half a day's work was in vain. She couldn't help but curse Shen's mother: "Why is she so bad? She can't bear to see us live a good life. Nothing good will happen to us when we meet her! She is really a jinx!"
"Yes, you should scold me so much, if for no other reason than to vent your anger." Aunt Guixiang leaned against the door frame with her hands folded: "You were just too sullen before, and you couldn't make Qing Ge quarrel with you."
She was also a little disappointed with Qing'er. Qing'er was such a capable person. He usually spoke and acted very properly, but when it came to quarreling, he was tongue-tied and only knew how to use a knife to show off his cruelty!
Although this knife is good, if you use it too much, you will always get gossiped about, and your reputation will be ruined. Otherwise, how could Qing Ge'er have such a fierce reputation, and no one dared to marry him at the age of 19?
Qing'er can't quarrel, that's because his mother didn't teach him well! Without a good role model, the child wants to be eloquent, where can he learn? Aunt Guixiang turned to Shen Qing and said, "In the future, you should learn more from your second aunt Lian, she is very good at talking."
Shen Qing scratched his head. If Aunt Guixiang hadn't said anything, he wouldn't have thought about this question. He really wasn't a smooth talker. He was okay at making sense, but he had to think it through in his head first. It would be difficult to quarrel with someone, or to make up a lie or find an excuse!
When he went to that world and faced Song Kaiji, he was afraid that if he said something wrong, he would reveal that he was not from this world, so he simply spoke less or nothing, and if he had to speak, he would think twice before speaking. Fortunately, Song Kaiji was not a very curious person, he did not answer, nor would he ask any further questions.
But who wouldn't want to be able to deal with these problems flexibly? When Shen Qing saw Aunt Guixiang confronting Old Lady Shen today, he admired her from the bottom of his heart and hoped that he could be as eloquent as her.
As she was talking, Second Aunt Lian came in with a wooden basin: "You might as well say that I would quarrel." The basin was half filled with cold water. Second Aunt Lian added some hot water from the earthenware pot and called Miao over: "Wash your face first. It's cold. You cried so much and your face is full of tears. The wind will blow and your face will be chapped."
"It's not a bad thing to quarrel." Aunt Guixiang leaned against the table, watching Miao wash her face in a trance. It's strange to say, when they were girls, Miao's temperament was actually more popular.
When she was young, she was often told by adults that those who were sharp-tongued would not be content and would be disliked by their husband's family in the future. Girls and boys should be like Miao, gentle and docile, know how to be patient, and not be too opinionated, so that they would be more welcomed by the man's family when they were engaged.
But after getting married and living to this age, I realized that liking you to be gentle and docile and to know how to endure means that you have to endure being bullied, and you cannot resist or have any dissatisfaction when being treated unfairly. Look at Miao, she is a first-class docile person, the girl who was most praised for her character before getting married, what kind of life is she living now?
It is better to be powerful! But if you are powerful, your reputation will be bad, and it will be difficult to find a good husband. This is a difficult problem. Or maybe you just pretend to be gentle on the surface...
A strong smell of meat interrupted Aunt Guixiang's thoughts and drove all the chaotic ideas out of her mind.
Although the clay pot was broken, the bowl on top was still in good condition. When placed on the plate, the overbearing aroma exploded. And because it was steamed for a long time, it was particularly crispy and tasty. The red sauce-colored fat and lean meat slices piled on the snow vegetables were trembling and tempting.
After washing her face and hands, Miao finally put her worries aside for the time being. She picked up a few big, fluffy steamed buns and put them in a small rattan frame: "Try them! They're steamed with the new wheat flour I just exchanged with Fourth Aunt. They smell delicious! If they're not enough, take more. There's more in the pot." Today, Second Aunt's family and the village head and his wife helped their family a lot. It happened that the family had ready-made food, so it was inconvenient for the men to stay, so they kept the women and children for a meal.
Even the children of Second Aunt's family had already raised their chopsticks and were ready to eat. The adults also picked up their chopsticks. Aunt Guixiang used to look down on Miao's temper and had little contact with her. This was the first time she tasted Miao's cooking, and it was so delicious that she almost swallowed her tongue. You said that we all worked in the kitchen since we were young, so why do the tastes of their cookings differ?
After the meal, all the prejudices disappeared, and the only thing left was the desire to make friends: "You used to stay in the house all the time, and you didn't hang out with others much. You've bored a good person! In the future, you should walk around the village more often, and your spirit will be different, and your body will be better too!"
Miao said with her head down: "I'm just afraid of running into someone from their family." Although she was not wrong, she felt uncomfortable when she met Old Lady Shen, Mr. Zhao, Li Jiaofeng and others in the village, even if they were far away. It seemed that everyone's eyes would be focused on her, and they would whisper something, making her feel uncomfortable. After so many times, she was even more reluctant to go out, and she could always find some odd jobs to do at home.
"What are you afraid of! They will be embarrassed if they meet them." Second Aunt Lian also said, "If you have nothing to do, just bring your work to our house. I will come and accompany you more when I am free, and call a few sisters to join us." It is more interesting for everyone to chat while working than to be alone.
"That's right, come to my house more often when you have time." Aunt Guixiang wiped her mouth, "You make bowls a hundred times better than I do, come to my house and teach me how to make them!"
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Shen Qing was a little too hungry at this time, and didn't dare to eat more for fear of food accumulation at night, so he only ate a steamed bun and left the table. Miao was chatting with Aunt Lian Er and Aunt Guixiang, and she looked much better. The children of Aunt Lian Er ate without raising their heads, and ate up all the meat on the plate, and also ate steamed buns with snow vegetables and dipped them in vegetable soup, enjoying the delicious food.
Shen Qinglue sat with him for a while, then said he was sleepy and went back to his room.
The small backpack hidden under the bed was dragged out. Shen Qing's eyes sparkled in the dark night as he touched the small package hidden under the curtain fabric.
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