Chapter 48 Farmhouse Meal
Tao Huayu's house is a two-story building. The kitchen is built independently outside the building and is attached to the courtyard wall. It uses a clay stove that burns firewood.
After he started working in the home decoration business, he replaced all the furniture and electrical appliances in the house and renovated the bathroom, but Tao's parents did not allow him to touch the kitchen.
The old couple are used to using an earthen stove and feel that meals cooked in this way are more fragrant.
The kitchen space is not big and it would seem crowded when there are too many people, so Tao's mother and sister moved the chopping board and table outside, and all the preliminary preparation work was completed in the yard.
Wenxi followed her sister to make glutinous rice and lotus roots, while Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong followed Mother Tao to make lotus root boxes. Xiaoci, the cat, finally had his wounded heart healed under Liu Wangxue's constant comfort, and went downstairs to play with the children.
Du Yunkai also wanted to experience it, so he was assigned to his brother-in-law's side to help him clean crayfish.
My brother-in-law was the one who caught the crayfish. Not only did he help the team win the championship, he also caught crayfish. His bamboo basket was full, and he also used Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi's. Looking at the results, at least two large pots of stir-fry were made.
Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi prepared other dishes together. Tao Huayu and Tao's father were in the kitchen, one was making the fire and the other was frying the prepared lotus root boxes.
As for Li Yu, he was treated as a child and was sent to play with the other children.
The pot on the earthen stove is big and has a large capacity. The first pot fried a large pot of fried food. It was fragrant, shiny, and golden in color, and it was very appetizing at first glance.
Tao Huayu came out with a pot full of fried lotus root boxes, placed it on a chair at the kitchen door, and then moved the chair and the pot together to the yard: "Serve the food! Serve the food! Freshly fried lotus root boxes!"
The fragrance had already been smelled, and the adults put down their work, gathered around, and each pinched one and started eating.
When you take a bite, the batter on the outside is crispy, the lotus root is crispy, and the meat is elastic. The fragrant and delicious taste immediately fills your mouth.
Fried food is a timeless delicacy!
Li Yu took the children to wash their hands, and when they came back, they handed one to each of them: "Eat slowly, be careful of the heat."
The children said one by one: "Thank you, brother!"
"Wow! So delicious!"
“It smells so good!”
“Crunchy!”
After Youyou received it, she handed it to Jinghe first, and Li Yu gave him another one. He held the fried lotus root box in his two small hands and looked up to ask Jinghe: "Brother, is it delicious?"
Jinghe nodded: "It's delicious."
Youyou smiled with her eyes curved, leaned on Jinghe's legs, took a bite, it was so delicious!
The fragrance attracted Pengpeng and Xiaoci, and they came over and pulled Liu Wangxue's trouser legs.
Liu Wangxue ate the remaining half of the fried lotus root box in one gulp, wiped her hands on her apron, and said to the two of them, "Wait."
The bag that Tao Huayu brought in the morning was placed in the living room. Liu Wangxue went in and took it out, then took out two bowls, poured cat food and dog food into them respectively, and the two immediately started eating.
The other children were concentrating on eating, but Youyou was paying attention to the cat. When she saw Liu Wangxue feeding it, she ran over and squatted to watch.
Fried lotus root boxes are delicious, and he wants to share them with the cat: "Sister, can I feed it lotus root boxes?"
"No." Liu Wangxue said.
"Why? This is delicious."
How to explain it? Liu Wangxue thought for a moment and asked, "Is there anything that Youyou can't eat?"
"Youyou can't eat mangoes," he said. "If you eat it, you will get red spots and feel uncomfortable." After saying that, he remembered the feeling of allergy and twisted his body slightly.
Liu Wangxue said: "So, cats are the same and can't eat this?"
Youyou had a worried look on her face: "Will red spots appear if I eat it?"
“No, but it will be uncomfortable.”
"Then don't feed Youyou anymore. The cat won't feel uncomfortable."
"So good!" Liu Wangxue pinched his little face, "Eat it yourself."
Li Yu also squatted over and asked Liu Wangxue: "Sister Xuxu, can you help me talk to Xiaoci and let me hug her? Just hug her for a while!" He had tried many times while playing just now, but all ended in failure.
I feel the same way about the fluff control.
Liu Wangxue really didn't know how to answer. How could they discuss this when one of them couldn't speak human language and the other couldn't speak cat language.
When the second pot of fried lotus root boxes came out of the pot, the adults were calling their children to go back for lunch. Tao Huayu took out a few small bowls and filled one for each of them to take away.
All the seasoned meat fillings were made into semi-finished lotus root boxes and handed over to Tao Huayu. The rice in the rice cooker was cooked, and the lotus root and pork ribs soup and glutinous rice lotus root in the two pressure cookers were almost done, so Tao's father also burned firewood in the inner stove to cook.
The wood stove cooks quickly, so Mother Tao rolled up her sleeves and quickly cooked a few vegetarian dishes, and then a few meat dishes.
The last dish is crayfish.
Since my sister and her husband got together, they no longer have to cook crayfish themselves when the season comes. This is because the crayfish cooked by my brother-in-law tastes great, and he takes the initiative to take care of all the processes from the field to the table.
Naturally, my brother-in-law cooked today and made two flavors, garlic and spicy.
There were too many people, and the eight-person table couldn't even accommodate the food, let alone seats. After my sister finished making the cold dishes, she went to the neighbor's house next door to borrow a table and a few chairs, and Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai helped carry them back.
So the two round tables in the living room were put together to form a long table, and plates of all sizes were placed from one end to the other.
Liu Wangxue and Wenxi helped to set the table and put away the cups.
This kind of lively farmhouse meal is very distant in Liu Wangxue's memory. The last time she ate it seemed to be in high school. During the Spring Festival of her first year in high school, her aunt's family, her uncle's family, everyone was there, and the whole family was noisy.
It was the same thing. We set up two tables but still couldn't accommodate everyone. My uncle joked, "Why don't we just sit down? Let's all stand and eat. It's more convenient to pick up food. Just walk over to the dish you want to eat."
In the end, the chairs were actually removed, and adults and children, holding chopsticks and bowls, gathered around the table to eat.
Later, some were busy with their studies, and some were busy with work, so we rarely got together.
Wenxi had never eaten this kind of farm meal before. He set the table with great interest and asked Liu Wangxue, "Does this feel like a buffet? When I have time next year, I will go to the ethnic minority areas to collect some information. I have seen documentaries in which some villages would set up long tables during festivals, and the whole village would eat together."
"Okay," Liu Wangxue smiled, "Let me know in advance when you go. I also want to experience that kind of scene."
Wenxi made an “OK” gesture.
During the meal, Tao Huayu opened a bottle of red wine and poured it for everyone, except for his sister: "Let's raise a glass to celebrate my brother-in-law's winning the first Jingshan Cup lotus root digging competition in Taojia Village, Qiushui Town!"
"Jingshan" is the name of Du Yunkai's studio.
Everyone joined in the booing. When the award was presented just now, they forgot to let my brother-in-law give a speech. Now they were all clamoring for him to say a few words.
"Quiet, quiet, quiet," Tao Huayu held the cup and made a downward gesture, "Brother-in-law has double happiness. There is another happy event to announce. Please come in, please come in."
"Well," my brother-in-law held the cup and scratched his head with one hand, feeling a little excited and a little embarrassed. He said, "Hua Xin is pregnant. We just found out the day before yesterday."
Is it because New Year's Day is coming? There seems to be an open-air concert near the community. It has been going on for a whole day and I am tired of listening to it. (End of this chapter)
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