"Mom, I'll get you some sausage!"
Zhuangzhuang saw Xiaoguo took the rice bowl and he was fine, so he saw the sausage on the wall and wanted to take it.
But the small fruits were hanging too high, and even Zhuangzhuang couldn't reach them even with a small stool.
Helplessly, he looked at Xiaoguo for help.
"Let me do it."
After receiving Zhuangzhuang's call for help, Xiaoguo walked to the sausage with a knife and cut off two pieces of original sausage neatly.
When Zhuangzhuang saw Xiaoguo coming, he jumped down and returned to the stove with the small stool.
Xiaoguo knew that Zhuangzhuang liked to watch her cook, so she let Zhuangzhuang follow her. Zhuangzhuang brought a small stool and stood in front of the table, watching Xiaoguo wash and cut the sausage.
There were two sausages in total, and the small fruit was sliced diagonally to create a large bowl. The sausages were neatly arranged on the rice, leaving a blank space in the middle for the eggs to be added.
Xiaoguo took the two eggs that Zhuangzhuang handed to him and cracked them in the middle.
"Okay, just make the sauce!"
With the help of Zhuangzhuang, Xiaoguo quickly prepared a salty and sweet sauce and poured it evenly on the sausage.
"Okay, start cooking!"
Zhuangzhuang helped to light the stove, and Xiaoguo placed the casserole on it and cooked it for half an hour.
Before the clay pot rice is cooked, it’s time to brush the mooncakes with egg liquid. The task of beating the eggs is given to Zhuangzhuang, while Xiaoguo takes out the mooncakes from the oven.
Because it was very hot, Xiaoguo used a rag, wrapped it thickly around his hands, and then pulled out of the iron net in one go.
The surface of the mooncake began to change color and the fragrance began to waft out.
Zhuangzhuang just came over with some egg liquid. Xiaoguo didn't let Zhuangzhuang brush the egg liquid on him because she was afraid that the heat would burn him.
The purpose of brushing with egg liquid is to add color to the mooncakes. Just as the egg liquid was used to brush all the mooncakes, Xiaoguo handed the bowl to Zhuangzhuang, and then pushed the mooncakes back with his hands wrapped in a rag.
Continue to cover the pot. The temperature inside is sufficient to keep hot for an hour, so there is no need to heat it any further.
The aroma of the clay pot rice in the house also wafted out. Zhuangzhuang wandered around the yard, and was seduced by the two aromas, going in and out of the house from time to time.
Xiaoguo reached out and grabbed Zhuangzhuang who was running into the yard, "Okay, let's eat."
The rice was ready, and seeing how strong and cheerful the little dumpling looked, Xiao Guo thought it would be better to let him eat one thing first to prevent him from feeling uneasy.
While Zhuangzhuang went back to the house to set the table, Xiaoguo went to the vegetable garden to pick some rapeseed, brought it back to the house, blanched it in hot water, and put it in a casserole after it became soft.
The clay pot rice was ready, and Xiaoguo brought it into the house. Zhuangzhuang was already sitting on the table, waiting for Xiaoguo to feed him.
Looking at Zhuangzhuang's unhappy appearance, Xiaoguo found it a little funny. He put down the casserole and said something to Zhuangzhuang.
"It's time for dinner."
After dinner, Zhuangzhuang went to wash the dishes, and Xiaoguo came to the oven. He estimated that the time was about right and the mooncakes could be taken out of the oven.
"Zhuangzhuang, Zhuangzhuang, the mooncakes are almost ready."
Xiaoguo knew that Zhuangzhuang was waiting for the moment when the mooncakes came out of the oven, so she didn't open it alone, but called Zhuangzhuang to come out to witness it together.
Zhuangzhuang groaned loudly in the room. Xiaoguo prepared to wrap his hands and waited for Zhuangzhuang to come out.
Zhuangzhuang came over quickly, afraid of missing it.
As Xiaoguo opened the lid, hot air mixed with the aroma of mooncakes penetrated into his nose.
“It smells so good~”
Zhuangzhuang couldn't help but sigh.
All the mooncakes were dressed in golden yellow. Xiaoguo saw that each one was evenly colored, and there was no mooncake without color.
Zhuangzhuang wanted to eat it very much, but he couldn't eat it now. He could only watch the small fruits being put into the jar and placed on the kitchen cabinet.
Because you have to wait overnight for the oil to return.
The next morning.
After breakfast, Zhuangzhuang was studying hard, and Xiaoguo was sitting next to him thinking, the day after tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, why not cut some mutton and marinate it.
Thinking of this, Xiaoguo left Zhuangzhuang to study and went to the kitchen by herself. While Zhuangzhuang was away, Xiaoguo slipped into the space.
After taking all the mutton out of the refrigerator, Xiaoguo looked at the mutton that took up half of the table. They had bought five kilograms of mutton before, and then bought ten kilograms, a total of fifteen kilograms of mutton. The eight of them could not eat so much.
Xiaoguo was calculating how many skewers to prepare. According to her experience, one pound of mutton can be skewered into about 30 skewers.
Zhuangzhuang is still young, and he probably can't eat much. Besides, there are more girls, so about twenty skewers per person would be enough. Qin Anming and Uncle Xu are men, so about forty skewers would be enough.
In addition to lamb skewers, Xiaoguo also plans to grill something else, including sausages and vegetables. There are so many vegetables at home, so it's just right to have both meat and vegetables.
After some calculations, Xiaoguo decided to pickle eight kilograms of mutton. He decided to pickle a little more so that there would not be enough for everyone. If he couldn’t finish it, he could put it in the refrigerator without worrying about it going bad.
He placed the five pounds of mutton he had bought at the beginning on the table, and cut about three pounds from the other ten pounds.
I put the remaining mutton back into the refrigerator and slipped out of the space with the cut meat.
Xiaoguo put the meat on the table and took the knife to the corner to sharpen it for better use.
Xiaoguo took the sharpened knife, returned to the table and started cutting the mutton.
Cut the lamb into the required size, and stop when you have cut half of the small fruit.
Because I was too tired, my hands hurt from holding the knife in the same position.
After rubbing his hands and waiting until the pain eased a little, Xiaoguo continued cutting the mutton.
After all the mutton is cut, put it in a large bowl, filling it up.
Xiaoguo added the spices she bought and mixed them evenly. It was difficult to mix a large pot of mutton, and Xiaoguo couldn't stir it with chopsticks, so she had to put down the chopsticks, wash her hands, and mix it with her hands.
After mixing everything, I carried the basin back to the space. The basin was too big to put in the refrigerator, so I found two smaller basins in the space, divided them into portions, and successfully put them in the refrigerator.
When I came out, I took the big basin with me. The longer the mutton is marinated, the more flavorful it becomes. If I marinate it now, all the spices will be absorbed into it when I grill it the day after tomorrow. It will taste absolutely great.
The mutton is done, the next step is the skewers.
Xiaoguo was going to the mountain to chop branches for the mutton skewers and would peel them himself when he came back.
Actually, why do we have to go to the mountain? Xiaoguo is thinking about catching a fish. Grilled fish is also very delicious. I don’t know if I can be lucky enough to catch one.
He left Zhuangzhuang at home to study while he headed up the mountain carrying the basket on his back.
Zhuangzhuang originally wanted to go with them, but Xiaoguo decided to go by himself, thinking that the earlier he went, the sooner he would be back, and he would be back soon, so he asked Zhuangzhuang to wait for him at home obediently.
Zhuangzhuang nodded in agreement reluctantly.
Xiaoguo quickly reached the mountain with the basket on his back, and went to the river as he remembered. He hadn't been there for a long time, so he didn't know if there were still any fish.
I approached the river carefully, but after looking for a long time I didn't see any fish.
Feeling a little disappointed, when she was about to leave, a fat fish swam into her sight.
Xiao Guo really wanted to laugh out loud three times with his head tilted up to the sky. This fat fish had simply walked into a trap. Now that it had met him, there was no way it could leave.
The fish was caught quickly. Xiao Guo put away the basket. The fish was still struggling inside, still quite energetic.
Xiaoguo left with the basket on his back, feeling very satisfied. The next step was to chop some branches.
He chopped branches as he walked, and soon the basket was full. Xiaoguo carried the branches on his back and walked briskly towards home.