Chapter 140 You two can do it!
Su Manman had just come back from outside. As soon as she entered the door, she smelled a delicious fragrance and followed the scent all the way to the kitchen.
"Cousin, what are you doing? It smells so good!"
Xu Zhiyi looked at Su Manman who suddenly appeared in the kitchen and was almost scared by her: "I'm boiling the oil residue. It's almost done. Bring the small clay pot over to fill it with oil."
"Hey" Su Manman jumped out of the room happily after hearing that. She remembered that her grandma took the small oil can from home with her to escape the famine. Although she had only filled it with oil a few times, she was reluctant to throw it away.
When Xu Zhiyi took the oil can handed over by Su Manman and opened it, he smelled a moldy smell of oil that had been stored for a long time. He had no choice but to brush it with his hands and wipe off the water with a towel before he started to scoop the oil in.
Su Manman had been watching from the side. After Xu Zhiyi had served all the oil, he picked up the lard residue next to him, took out two large pieces and handed them to Su Manman.
"Cousin, this oil residue smells so good!" Su Manman took the oil residue and took a small bite carefully. She was immediately happy! The last time she ate it was a year ago.
The family could only make lard residue twice a year. Her grandmother would make a bowl of lard each time, hoping to use it for a year. Every time she cooked, she would just dip a small amount with chopsticks.
Xu Zhiyi also took a small piece and started eating. Hmm, it was very fragrant, but she liked strong flavors. If there was some pepper and salt sprinkled on it, it would be great!
After eating one piece, he couldn't help but take another piece. Then he handed another piece to Su Manman, found a wooden basin to cover the oil residue, and waited to eat some fried shepherd's purse in the evening.
Before covering the wooden basin, he thought for a moment, took out two larger pieces, then followed Su Manman out of the kitchen, and came to Shen Changan and Shen Wuyou's room.
"My wife!"
The two brothers were sewing clothes when they suddenly felt the light was blocked by the door. They looked up and saw that it was Xu Zhiyi. They couldn't help but shout with a smile.
"Hey, one piece each. I just cooked some fried dough sticks. You two can try them."
Upon hearing this, the two of them took the oil residue and started eating it with exaggerated expressions to show their respect.
"My lady, it's delicious!"
Xu Ruyi chuckled: "Stop joking, both of you! Be serious."
Then he picked up the clothes they were sewing and watched the two people sewing the clothes in a very professional manner. He was very surprised. When he saw the needle holes that formed wavy lines, he couldn't help but sigh: "You two are good! The stitches are very wavy!"
The clothes she sewed always ended up crooked no matter what. She had tried before to draw a straight line with chalk and then sew along the line.
It looked perfect on the back, but when I turned the clothes over, the front was still a little crooked. But now when I see the wavy lines these two people sewed, I realize how good my sewing is.
Shen Wuyou also quickly handed over what he had sewed, looking like he was begging for praise: “Madam, I sewed it.”
Xu Zhiyi looked at the crooked thread and said, trying not to smile: "Very good, each stitch has its own idea."
Shen Wuyou: "Hehe, it's my father who taught me well. When I was a child, my brother and I had clothes sewed by my father. He sewed very well."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyi held his forehead helplessly and said, "Oh my God, I'm not praising you!"
Shen Changan pulled Xu Zhiyi's sleeve and said, "Madam, do you have any clothes to sew? If you have any, bring them here and I'll sew them for you."
"Huh?" Xu Zhiyi looked at the way the two grown men held the needle and thread, and the clothes being sewn, which looked like a wavy line, and was simply unbearable to watch.
"No need, let me sew it for you! If you sew it like this and wear it out, people will just think it's funny for a woman like me to sew clothes."
Xu Zhiyi snatched the clothes, unsewn the stitches, and then re-sewed them. Although her sewing was not perfect, at least it could be worn out to meet people!
After Shen Changan and Shen Wuyou saw the clothes Xu Zhiyi had sewn, they compared them and finally realized how ugly their sewing was!
Shen Wuyou: "Brother, it turns out that Dad lied to us. He even praised us for sewing beautifully."
Shen Changan: "Uh, it seems that Dad's sewing is uglier than ours."
In the evening, Xu Zhiyi asked Su to go into the kitchen to prepare dinner. He thought of the shepherd's purse and oil residue picked by Qin, which was just right for making shepherd's purse and oil residue stuffed pancakes.
"Mom, let's chop up the oil residue and wild vegetables and make stuffed pancakes with them tonight!"
Su, who was preparing to make dough in the kitchen, paused when she heard Xu Zhiyi's words. She then looked at the lard residue that Xu Zhiyi was holding, and was reluctant to part with it:
"Zhiyi, there's a whole plate of oil residue. How can we eat it all in one meal? How about making wild vegetable soup? Put a few pieces of oil residue in each meal and cook them together. It will be delicious!"
Xu Zhiyi: "Mom, I want to eat wild vegetable and oil residue stuffed pancakes"
Hearing this, Su looked at Xu Zhiyi, then glanced at the plate of oil residue, and finally compromised: "Okay! Then mother will knead the dough first..."
"Hey, Mom, let me wash the wild vegetables and chop them into stuffing later."
After Shen Wuyou came out of the room, she saw Xu Zhiyi washing vegetables at the kitchen door, and hurried over to pull her up: “Madam, don’t wash, I’ll do it, this water is very cold, your hands have never been warm, why are you touching cold water?”
“Your hands aren’t cold anymore?” After Xu Zhiyi gave up his seat to Shen Wuyou, he squatted aside to help fold the vegetables.
"My lady, I am different. I will freeze if I touch cold water now, but I will be warm after a while of washing!"
After Xu Zhiyi quickly folded the older vegetable leaves, he washed his hands and went back to the kitchen to chop the oil residue into pieces first.
After Shen Wuyou washed the shepherd's purse, he boiled water to blanch it, squeezed out the water, and then began to chop it up and mix it with the oil residue. There was not much seasoning, so only some salt could be added.
After Su kneaded the dough, he washed the dishes and prepared to use them later.
Shen Wuyou was making the fire, while Xu Zhiyi and Su were wrapping the pie, randomly pinching it twice to wrap the stuffing in, and then pressing it into a palm-sized pancake.
After the pan is hot, add a little oil, and then put the prepared dough in: "Wuyou, don't add firewood, you have to use a low heat, otherwise the dough will be burnt, but the inside will not be cooked."
Shen Wuyou: “Okay”
Because not a lot of oil is used for frying, when both sides are a little browned, you can sprinkle a little water on it, then cover it with the wooden lid and simmer it for a while.
Until the last pot was fried! Xu Zhiyi picked up one, broke it in half and handed it to Shen Wuyou: "Wuyou, try it, is it okay?"
"Mom, you eat too"
After Shen Wuyou took it, he took a big bite. Then, the rich meaty aroma instantly invaded the entire mouth. Every chew was an extreme temptation to the taste buds. Xiang nodded: "It tastes good, it smells good."
Su on the side also nodded vigorously. It was really delicious, but that was enough oil residue to eat for several meals. When frying the pancakes, the pan was shiny with oil. How could it not smell good?
"Mom, it smells so good! Did my cousin make something delicious?"
Qin: "How old are you? And you are still as greedy as a child."
Xu Zhiyi heard the voices outside and hurried to the kitchen door. He saw that it was the Su family who came back from the fields: "Where are my uncle, aunt, grandparents?"
Su Ze put down the hoe and replied, "They are behind us and will be back soon. Let's go divide up all the ridges of the field today to prevent anyone from digging and taking advantage of it in the future."
Su Manman: "Cousin, I weeded a piece of land this afternoon. Tomorrow I will dig the land and sow the vegetable seeds. Then we will have vegetables to eat soon!"
Xu Zhiyi smiled when he heard this: "Okay, let's go plant some vegetables tomorrow. Also, I'll give you two more pancakes as a reward tonight."
After hearing this, Su Manman immediately smiled happily.
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