Chapter 58 Sister Wen, we buy it with money
"Yi Yi, do you think this is okay?" Geng Ru asked her to look at the crushed chili peppers in the stone mortar.
Wen Zhenyi looked down and said, "It's OK. Just pour it into the basin beside it."
Geng Ru and Ma Yinghe poured the chili peppers from the stone mortar into the basin, and then saw her pour sesame seeds and oil into the basin as well.
"Okay, it'll be ready once it cools down."
Geng Ru looked at the chili peppers and oil in the basin and asked, "Is this all right?"
"Well, bring some back with you when you return, aunt."
Wen Zhenyi took a look at the braised food and found it was almost done, so he took it out and let it cool. There was not much braising liquid left, so he didn't plan to keep it.
I have basically finished preparing the food for the afternoon, and there is nothing more to do.
As soon as Wen Zhenyi came out of the kitchen, she saw a group of little ones running in from outside the yard: "Sister Wen, we're here to play with you."
Wen Zhenyi looked at Hu Zi, Ben Ben, Gou Sheng, and Mantou, all of whom had run in. He smiled and walked over to look at them: "Are you here to play with me, or to see if I've made anything delicious?"
"Hehe!" A group of children smiled with a simple and honest look on their faces.
Ma Ruier and Wen Yongman came in later, hesitantly, not daring to look up at her.
Ma Yinghe and Geng Ru knew what was going on at a glance. Most likely, the two little guys went out to brag about what delicious food they had for lunch, and as a result, the little guys in the village came running over.
Wen Zhenyi also guessed it. It was just making some food for these children, which was not too difficult: "Want to eat something delicious?"
The children nodded.
"Sister Wen, let's buy it with money." After Hu Zi said that, he rummaged through his pocket for a long time and took out a penny.
"Me too, me too." The other children said the same thing.
A penny was placed in each dirty little hand and handed to her.
Wen Zhenyi looked at the copper coins in their hands and asked: "Where did you get all this money from?"
Hu Zi scratched his head embarrassedly: "During the Chinese New Year, my family gave me lucky money, but I have almost spent it all."
"So do we."
Wen Zhenyi rubbed their little heads and said, "I don't need your money today, but my sister's family is out of the ingredients you need. You can go home and see if there are any. Bring some ingredients and I'll cook for you, okay?"
Mantou's eyes lit up: "Sister Wen, what do you need?"
"I need potatoes, sweet potatoes are fine too."
“I have potatoes at home.”
"I have some at home."
Several children started talking at once.
"I have it. You need to help me with the work. Otherwise, I can't handle it alone. Bring two more big bowls."
"Okay." A group of children rushed out of the Wen family's yard again.
Wen Zhenyi looked at the two people who were trying to hide in the corner and asked, "Are you two bragging again?"
Ma Ruier pouted: "We are not bragging, what my cousin cooks is indeed delicious."
Wen Yongman smiled ingratiatingly: "Sister, I just couldn't help it."
Wen Zhenyi stretched out his hand and pinched his cheek: "Why don't you go wash your hands? I'll help you later."
"Okay, I'll go right away." After saying that, he did not forget to pull Ma Ruier's hand.
Geng Ru looked at her daughter with a headache: "She doesn't look like a girl at all." Then she looked at Wen Zhenyi: "Yi Yi is still the best, pretty and well-behaved."
Wen Zhenyi's mouth twitched: Aunt, you didn't see me take action.
Ma Yinghe smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Rui'er is also very good, she's just young and hasn't developed yet."
Ma Ruier looked at her mother with a sad face: "Mom, you always despise me."
"You look like your father, but you didn't inherit anything from me."
Ma Ruier looked at Ma Can, who was sitting in the yard and lying on the ground for no reason: "Dad, Mom dislikes your ugliness."
"When did I think your father is ugly?" Geng Ru looked at her with her hands on her hips.
"You said I look like my dad, and you said I'm ugly. Isn't that just a disguised way of saying my dad is ugly?"
Ma Can looked at his daughter with a headache: "Do you think dad is ugly?"
"I'm not ugly. My father is very handsome. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given birth to a daughter as beautiful as me."
Old Man Ma also began to feel helpless. None of the three children in the family was worry-free.
Ma Yinghe then noticed that Wen Yongnan and his two nephews were gone: "Where have all these people gone?"
"My second cousin was bored, so my brother took him for a walk in the mountains."
Ma Can frowned and said, "I'll go and take a look. Yushun won't listen to advice."
"I'll go with you. I'm familiar with this place." Wen Chengwen also stood up and went together.
After a while, the little ones who had just run back came back with a basket in their hands, which contained a few potatoes and two large bowls.
"Sister Wen, have you seen enough?"
"That's enough. Can you help me wash the potatoes?"
"Okay." Several children rolled up their sleeves.
The family members helped to fetch water for the children. They were supposed to do it on their own, but Wen Zhenyi stopped them: "Let them do it on their own."
They could only watch from the sidelines to avoid any accidents.
Benben washed the potatoes in his hand very cleanly and handed them to Wen Zhenyi: "Sister Wen, do you think it's okay?"
Wen Zhenyi took it and checked it: "It's very clean, great."
Benben smiled so hard that his eyebrows and eyes curved into crescents.
Wen Zhenyi peeled the potatoes they had washed and used the tool Cheng Lesheng had made earlier to cut the potatoes into wavy slices.
"Hey! There are patterns on the potatoes."
"Sister Wen, what are you using? It's weird."
"This is a kitchen knife. The potatoes cut with it look like they have waves."
"Mmm, very beautiful."
Wen Zhen filled a large basin with slices of food and said, "Wait outside the kitchen. If oil splashes here, it might burn you."
"Okay." The children went out obediently, but stood at the kitchen door and were reluctant to leave.
Wen Zhenyi first dried the peppercorns slowly over low heat so that they could be easily ground into powder.
There is a small stone mill on the table in the kitchen, which can be used to crush these things. Although it is not as fine as a modern grinder, it is enough.
While the peppercorns were cooling down, she poured salt into the pot and fried it until it turned brown, preparing to grind it into powder with the peppercorns later.
Old Ma came over, feeling a bit impatient: "Little ones, can you let grandma come in and help?"
Benben and the others turned to look at Old Lady Ma: "Grandma, are you a relative of Sister Wen's family?"
"I am your sister Wen's grandmother."
"Then we'll let you in." With that, several children made way.
Old Lady Ma smiled and touched their little heads: "They are all good children."
Wen Zhenyi saw her come in: "Grandma, why did you come in?"
"There's nothing to do sitting here, so why not come in and see if there's anything I can help with?"
"Then please help me grind the peppercorns and salt into powder." Then he handed her a bowl full of peppercorns and salt.
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