Yesterday morning, when she took a basin at home and said she was going to pick cicadas, her grandmother asked her to pick more so that she could make cicada tofu for her in the evening. However, when she picked so many in the evening, her grandmother changed her mind, making her wait the whole day in vain.
Although she wanted to sew small clothes and quilts for her little nephew, her sister-in-law had just become pregnant and was in such a hurry that she didn't even have time to make cicada tofu.
Moreover, she wanted to change the taste of sauerkraut and cabbage she had been eating all winter, as she didn't want to eat the same thing every day.
"How about we do it ourselves? After we go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables, I'll go to your house and help you beat the cicadas into a paste?"
"No need. It's quite troublesome to make that kind of thing. I'll go down the mountain and go home early in the afternoon and do it myself." Shen Lingling said.
Throughout the rest of the journey, Shen Lingling kept complaining about her family.
In fact, her parents loved her very much, and her grandmother was also very good to her. Shen Lingling had no shortage of food, clothing and other necessities. But sometimes, the feeling of favoring boys over girls really made Shen Lingling uncomfortable.
If there is only one egg in the house, it will definitely be given to her brother or younger brother. It will never be her turn. Whenever her affairs conflict with those of her brother or younger brother, she will definitely be the one to give in.
Shen Lingling was sure that if it was her brother who said he wanted to eat crayfish tofu yesterday, her grandmother would definitely make it.
Eh? Her brother?
Shen Lingling was suddenly stunned for a moment and had an idea in her mind.
The two of them called Tian Yun and went to the mountain together.
Since meeting them, Tian Yun has gone out more often. Even Li Dahua lamented that Tian Yun is now busier than her father.
After the three of them met up, they carried their small baskets and went to the mountain to pick wild vegetables.
To pick wild vegetables, they had to cross the bridge and go to the mountain near where they picked crickets yesterday.
Although there are many mountains in their team, they are all small hills that can be climbed in two steps. Moreover, the mountains are quite steep and it is impossible to pick wild vegetables.
They all went to the mountain opposite the bridge. That mountain was big, had more sunny spots, and the slope was not that steep. People usually picked wild vegetables and collected firewood on this mountain.
They didn't dare go deep into the mountains. Although they rarely saw bears and wild boars in recent years, it didn't mean that there were no wild boars in the mountains. It's just that the bears didn't go to the outskirts. Tian Tian could sometimes hear the howling of wolves at night.
The three of them were picking wild vegetables near the foot of the mountain, and they didn't dare to separate too far, for fear that they would go deeper and deeper into the mountain and it would be difficult to find them.
Tian Tian didn't know many wild vegetables. She originally wanted to ask Tian Yun and the others, but she found that the wild vegetables Tian Yun knew were similar to those she knew, so she didn't care and only picked the ones she knew, such as ferns, broad beans, and a lot of wild vegetables that looked similar to leeks. Tian Tian picked whatever she saw, as well as prickly ash sprouts, celery, and dandelions.
I picked a full small basket this morning.
The three of them carried the small baskets and walked back home. After crossing the bridge, they saw Tian Zhuo and Tian Baobao standing in the creek catching crickets, their pants were wet.
Tian Zhuo squatted in the stream and didn't even notice that his butt was wet.
"Tian Zhuo! Tian Baobao!" Tian Tian called out to them.
"Sister!" Tian Zhuo looked up and saw Tian Tian, and excitedly ran towards her with a basin in his hand, "Look, I caught a lot of crickets. Let's make yesterday's tonight!"
"Tian Xiaozhuo!" Shen Lingling bent down and pinched Tian Zhuo's face. "Didn't you see me? Why didn't you say hello to me?"
Tian Zhuo's face was pinched red, he covered his face and said aggrievedly: "Hello Sister Lingling, Hello Sister Yunyun!"
"So good!" Shen Lingling touched Tian Zhuo's head with satisfaction.
She felt that Tian Zhuo was much more obedient than her brother. He was very cute with fair and tender skin, and had a very good temper. He would never get angry no matter how you tease him.
Her brother is not so good. He has a temper like a stubborn donkey. He talks back to her all day long. Even if she says a few words to him, her parents and grandma will still protect him. She is so angry when she sees her brother.
"Sister Yunyun! Sister Lingling!" Tian Baobao also came to find them with a basin.
Since they met these two little ones, they simply took them with them when they went home. They were very well-behaved in the first half of the journey, but in the second half, Tian Tian was left alone, and they returned to their true nature, pestering Tian Tian to make cicada tofu.
Tian Tian originally wanted to refuse on the grounds that the two of them had picked up too few crickets, but when she looked down, she saw that they had picked up quite a lot of crickets, at least more than she had picked up when she saw them all morning yesterday.
"If you can mash these cicadas into a paste, I will make cicada tofu for you."
This dish is really very simple. Tian Tian knew how to make it after just watching it once yesterday. The only difficult part is the step of mashing the cicadas into paste. Now there is no juicer to help, so she can only mash it manually, which is not only laborious but also very time-consuming. The stone pestle is not light, and Tian Tian really doesn't want to do it.
"Sure! Let's do it! You just need to help us!" The power of cicada tofu is so great that Tian Baobao agreed without hesitation.
After returning, Tian Baobao went to move the mortar on his own without Tian Tian's instructions.
Tian Tian put the wild vegetables into the house and searched the front and back yards but couldn't find Old Lady Tian. Only the vegetable patch in the front yard had three ridges turned over. It seemed that Old Lady Tian was planting something in the field.
Tian Tian couldn't find Old Mrs. Tian, and it was time for dinner, so she planned to cook the meal first and then send it to the field.
Now we are in a hurry for spring planting, so everyone tries not to come back home if possible and all eat in the fields.
Seeing that the weather was gloomy and looked like it was going to rain, she asked Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo to put the mortar inside the house to pound the crickets into mud.
Tian Tian went to the cellar and took out a cabbage. There were only four or five cabbages left in her house, and three or four radishes, and no other vegetables.
Although we will plant vegetables in the fields in a couple of days, vegetables also need a growth process and there is a period of interruption in between, so we can only eat wild vegetables during this period.
Tian Tian took out the bacon that Old Lady Tian had pickled during the Chinese New Year, cut a small piece of it, rinsed it with water, and cut it into slices. She heated the pot and threw the meat slices directly into the pot. Soon the house was filled with the salty aroma of the meat, and all the lard in the meat slices was fried out.
Tian Baobao, who was brushing cicadas at the side, had no time to make cicada tofu. He and Tian Zhuo ran to the stove to watch Tian Tian cook.
"Sister! Are we eating meat today?" Tian Baobao said with his fingers in his mouth and drooling.
"Add some meat slices to enhance the flavor." Tian Tian said while waving the shovel.
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