Chapter 92 Chapter 92-Two-in-one fried ingot dumplings
Lin Duoer washed her face and was pulled over by Lin Chuntao to sit over here. The crispy meat was made very quickly. The Yuanbao cake she wanted was actually just a dough made by mixing flour, eggs and some meat filling, then scooping it into a fried dough ball in a frying pan.
It was not difficult to make. Lin Chuntao went to get the meat, washed it and prepared to cut it.
Lin Chunxing said, "Sister, let me wash it, you mix the noodles."
"Alright."
Lin Chuntao gave her the meat and took a clay pot to make noodles.
Lin Chunxing took the meat, placed it in a clay pot, and carried it out. Lin Duoer, standing at the door, met Lin Chunxing's gaze and pouted. Lin Chunxing whispered, "Pretending to be wronged and deceiving Big Sister? You're done!"
Lin Duoer was about to fight back when she saw Lin Chuntao, who was clearly scooping flour with her back to them, suddenly turned her head. Lin Duoer was startled and her expression control failed.
But Lin Chuntao pretended not to see it.
"Duo'er, how many of those Yuanbao Baba do you want to eat?"
Lin Duoer no longer cared about Lin Chunxing and quickly walked to Lin Chuntao.
"Can you make a big bowl? I can eat it tomorrow too."
Lin Chuntao said helplessly, "Sure, as long as you can eat it." Then she scooped out a full bowl of flour and poured it into the clay basin.
After scooping out the flour, she called Lin Duoer to get the eggs.
"Take six."
With so many eggs mixed in the noodles, it must be delicious. Lin Duoer felt so light when she walked with the eggs in her hand.
Lin Chuntao took the egg from her hand and cracked it very quickly with one hand.
Lin Duoer widened her eyes when she saw Lin Chuntao like this.
Lin Chuntao saw her expression, but remained calm and pretended not to see it.
"Duo'er, are you still feeling aggrieved?"
Lin Duoer was about to ask Lin Chuntao how she beat the eggs with one hand when she heard Lin Chuntao's question faintly above her head.
Lin Duoer swallowed her saliva. Lin Chuntao finished beating the eggs and started stirring them in the clay basin with chopsticks, but her eyes were looking at her.
Lin Duoer felt guilty when she met Lin Chuntao's eyes.
Lin Chuntao asked, "Were you not sad at all when I jumped into the lake last time?" Lin Duoer thought of that day and her face turned pale. How could she not be sad? Lin Chuntao was out of breath when she was brought back. She was scared to tears, and her second and third sisters were also scared.
"I guess you must have been very sad and scared at that time."
Lin Chuntao's voice was gentle, and Lin Duo'er slowly lowered her head. She continued, "If it was you who fell, we wouldn't have known you went to the lake to play, and you'd be dead by the time we found you. Do you think your second and third sisters and I would be very sad?"
"Duo'er, our sadness is actually secondary. We might become numb after one, two, five, or ten years of sadness, but your life will be ruined. Look, we're going to build a new house, and my second sister's stall is doing great business, and my sister's sauce is going to sell. In the future, we will make a lot of money and live a good life. If something happens to you, you won't be able to live like that."
"Cherish your life, you only have one life."
Lin Duoer lowered her head and rubbed the ground gently with her feet that had nowhere to rest.
"Sister, I know I was wrong. I will never go to the lake to play in the water again."
Lin Chuntao touched her head and asked softly, "Isn't it true that I can trust you?"
Lin Duoer looked up at her and nodded solemnly.
"Well, I definitely won't go."
Lin Chuntao smiled and walked outside with the basin in her hand. As she walked, she asked, "Have you chopped the meat filling yet?"
Pei Ying replied, "It will be ready soon."
As he spoke, he turned around to look at Lin Duoer, who was following Lin Chuntao like a little tail. She looked so obedient that she must have really known she was wrong.
Lin Chuntao had just beaten the eggs and stirred them in, and hadn't added water to knead the dough yet. Now she scooped some water in and stirred it, waiting for Pei Ying to chop the meat filling. Lin Chuntao poured a little wine into the meat filling and added some pepper powder, mixed it evenly for a while before pouring it into the kneaded dough.
Lin Chuntao added some salt and stirred it. She looked at the rice in the steamer and saw that it was almost done. She asked Lin Duoer to get the pot and put it on the stove.
Pei Ying was cutting the meat strips for the crispy pork. He was very good at cutting meat. Lin Chunxing was washing the onions and ginger, which she would use for marinating later.
On the stove side, the oil in the iron pot was already hot. Lin Chuntao took a spoon and scooped some into it. It quickly took shape and changed color in the hot oil, and then fell off the spoon, so she moved on to the next one.
After a while, many golden ingots floated in the oil pan.
Lin Chuntao doesn't like this thing very much, but she has eaten enough of it. Every year before the Chinese New Year, she will fry a pot of it and keep it. On weekdays, she will roast it over the fire, steam it and dip it in water, cook it in broth, cook it in chicken soup, and also use it to cook vegetables.
When grandma got older, she loved eating this thing because it was very soft and fragrant after being cooked into soup. Lin Chuntao started eating a lot of it as well.
When it is freshly fried, the skin is crispy and the inside is very soft. It is addictive and children love it.
It looked like it was almost cooked, and the aroma filled the entire yard.
Lin Chunhe sniffed and came closer, "Sister, what did you put in it? Why does it smell so good?"
Lin Chuntao said, "I added some eggs and pepper."
Lin Duoer added: "It also contains meat."
Lin Chunhe smiled when she heard this, "No wonder it smells so good."
Every household would fry this stuff during Chinese New Year. When Tian used to fry it, Lin Jialang and his cousins would eat it with their mouths greasy, while they could only watch from the side. They always thought it smelled so good! If only they could have one.
But now, compared with what Lin Chuntao fried, I suddenly feel that it is just so-so. What Lin Chuntao made is much more delicious than that. Others can’t eat it, but if they want to eat it, their sister will make it for them.
Lin Chuntao asked them to bring a big bowl. She put the noodles in to fry and took out the ones that were fried until golden brown.
"Go get some chopsticks and eat it."
Lin Chunhe quickly went into the house to get it. It smelled best when it was piping hot. She picked one up and gave the chopsticks to Lin Duoer. Lin Duoer looked at Pei Ying and then at Lin Chunxing.
Pei Ying said, "You guys eat first. I'll finish cutting the meat and then eat."
Lin Chunxing was still angry and was about to get the chopsticks herself when she saw Lin Duoer quickly poking one and walking towards her, "Second sister, here."
Lin Chunxing glanced at her and didn't want to argue with her, but she was still angry.
"I'll pick it up myself."
Lin Duoer pursed her lips and apologized to her: "Second sister, I was wrong. I shouldn't have contradicted you and ignored your words. I've already scolded you. I'm sorry."
Lin Chunxing snorted lightly. They had heard what Lin Chuntao said just now from outside, so they didn't argue with her anymore and reached out to take it.
Lin Chunxing took it, and she went back to pick up another one to feed Lin Chuntao.
Lin Chuntao said, "You guys eat first, I'll eat later."
After hearing that, the three sisters started eating.
In the past, our family used cornmeal to fry this, but Lin Chuntao used wheat flour. The inside is whiter when fried, and tastes more fragrant than the one made with cornmeal. In addition, there is meat in it, and a little salt makes it salty. After finishing one, you want the next one. Just like the fried crispy pork, it is very addictive.
Lin Chuntao watched them eat so much and said with a smile, "We'll have to fry some crispy pork later, so why don't you save some space?"
Lin Chunxing felt that she didn’t need to cook anymore, as she could be full just by eating this.
Lin Duoer smiled foolishly.
Pei Ying had cut the meat into strips and, following Lin Chuntao's method yesterday, hammered the strips with the back of a knife before putting them into a bowl. He added the green onion and ginger, a small amount of wine and Sichuan peppercorns, and began to mix them together to remove the fishy smell.
"The meat is marinated."
Lin Chuntao turned around and smiled, "Wash your hands and come over to have one."
Pei Ying's hands were greasy, so Lin Chunhe went to help him scoop some water into the clay basin. After he washed his hands, he came over and picked one up. It smelled really good.
Pei Ying tasted one, then calmly ate another. He vaguely recalled how his appetite had grown since he arrived. He had initially wondered if Guangling, being so far from Yizhou, would be difficult to adapt to the food.
There is indeed a big difference in taste. People here like to eat peppercorns and chili peppers, and they also like sour food, but overall it is not particularly spicy. Besides, Lin Chuntao's cooking skills are so good that even if it is a little spicy, he can't stop eating it.
Zhang Dayong was right. He had lived here for half a year and couldn't live without chili peppers. They were right. Now he felt something was wrong when some dishes didn't have chili peppers in them.
Lin Chuntao's taste is also very varied. It seems that she eats and cooks all kinds of flavors. No matter whether it is heavily seasoned or lightly seasoned, as long as it passes through her hands, it will become delicious.
After eating two, he asked Lin Chuntao, "Is there any other way to eat this dough?"
Lin Chuntao laughed when she asked this question. Lin Chunxing next to her said, "After frying them, you can roast them over a fire, steam them, or cook them with vegetables."
Lin Chuntao listened to Lin Chunxing's words and smiled: "Yes, all the ways Chunxing mentioned are fine. You can also cook it with chicken soup or meat soup, which will be more fragrant."
"Then you can fry more to eat in the future," Pei Ying said.
Lin Chuntao asked, "Is it delicious?"
Pei Ying looked at her and smiled, "How could my wife's cooking not be delicious?"
Lin Chunxing raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and gave a slight gesture to Lin Chunhe and the others. The three sisters ran to sit at the table over there, leaving Pei Ying standing by the stove. He held the food in one hand and took the spoon from Lin Chuntao with the other. "I'll scoop the fried food, you take a break."
Lin Chuntao handed him the spoon and stood aside to scoop out the fried food.
I didn't make much of this dough, but it became a lot when it fried up.
Seeing that the frying was almost finished, Lin Chuntao said, "You do it, I'll go pick out the noodles for the crispy pork."
"Well, go ahead."
Starch needs to be added to the dough for the crispy pork. There was also some that was exchanged yesterday, so Lin Chuntao simply scooped it up and mixed it together. The color was not much different, so they all thought it was pure flour.
Lin Chuntao was very skilled in making this dish and finished it in a short while. She checked the meat and found that a lot of blood had come out of the marinade. She poured out the blood, fished out the ginger, beat in the eggs, added the peppercorns, stirred and mixed well.
After Pei Ying finished frying the Yuanbao dumplings, Lin Chuntao prepared to fry the crispy pork directly, but the oil temperature was a little high, so she removed some of the firewood from the stove and waited for the oil temperature to drop.
The meat had not yet been poured into the noodles. She slowly poured it in and mixed it when the oil temperature dropped.
Lin Duoer and the others ate too much dough. After a person is full, his desire for delicious food decreases. When the crispy meat was being fried, they no longer stood in front of the stove and watched.
He came over to take a look, then left...leaving only Pei Ying and Lin Chuntao to deal with it.
Lin Chuntao laughed.
"Help me cut the loofah I washed last night, and then help me wash the cabbage."
The crispy pork was fried, Lin Chuntao fried some loofah and eggs, and cooked some crispy pork and cabbage soup, and then the meal started.
Just after they finished eating, Aunt Guizhi and the others came back, and Meng Yun came with them.
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "I don't have anything to do this afternoon, you can come over later."
Meng Yun said, "I think my lady should steam the beans today. I'll finish it with you before we go back."
She insisted. Lin Chuntao thought that she might be afraid that she would say "go back" but would be unhappy in her heart, so she had to give up.
When Aunt Guizhi and the others came back, they brought her four new winnowing baskets. Knowing that she would need them, they washed them for her and put them on the rack to dry.
There were still a lot of fried dough balls on the stove. Lin Chuntao brought them over and asked everyone to take one to try, but no one wanted any.
Aunt Guizhi laughed and said, "I just had a full meal and can't eat anymore."
Lin Chuntao didn't force it and said with a smile, "Then let's have lunch later."
There was a lot to do, so everyone picked up their own things and started working. Lin Chuntao and the others continued to steam beans.
Pei Ying went to get some stones and prepared to raise the two stone mills a little higher so that they would be more convenient to use.
The steamer can steam more each time and it is much faster.
They finished around 3 p.m. and they all breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Chuntao also slumped in a chair to rest.
Lin Jiahui would not be back until after twilight hours. Meng Yun rested for a while before asking Lin Chuntao if there was anything else she needed to do. Lin Chuntao said, "Go back and rest for a while. You've worked hard today."
Meng Yun smiled and said, "Thank you, Madam Lin. It's my duty."
After Meng Yun left, Lin Chuntao waited for the last pot of beans to be steamed. When it was almost cool, she added flour and started mixing the beans. After that, she covered them with gauze and put a mark on them. Then the two hundred kilograms of beans were finished.
This time I have to make at least 700 kilograms of bean sauce, soak another 250 kilograms in the evening, and soak it again tomorrow. I have to divide it into three days.
Aunt Guizhi and the others couldn't help her either, as the beans had to be picked out before they could be washed and soaked.
After this time, Lin Chuntao thought that next time she would find two people to do it together.
After sitting for a while, Lin Chuntao called out to Sun to take her to see the fir tree. Sun smiled and said, "I'll go with you after I finish my work."
Lin Chuntao said, "We'll be resting after a busy day, so let's go and take a look now."
Sun had no choice but to get up and accompany her. She said it was the back mountain, not far away, and there were rows of fir trees in a large area.
Sun said, "Those on this side of the valley are from our village, and those on the other side are from the village next door."
Lin Chuntao asked, "Have the fir trees been divided among the families?" This was what she wanted to know most. If they had been divided, that would be fine. But if they hadn't, and she had used a lot of them to build a house, some families in the village would be unhappy, which wouldn't be good either."
Sun looked at her and said, "It was probably divided. Your ancestors did it once. Our branch owns the upper plot, which is growing very well. They even drove stone stakes at the boundary when they divided the land."
Sun led her down to see. The stone pile was not big, but it was still very clear as a dividing line.
Lin Chuntao said, "If I cut them down and use them, I might need several of them. I'm afraid my cousins will have some objections."
Sun thought of Li Honghua and the others. If someone built a new house and cut down one or two trees for the elderly to make a coffin, the other families wouldn't dare to object. But if Lin Chuntao and the others wanted to cut down several trees, they wouldn't be unhappy. After thinking for a moment, Sun said, "I'll go back and talk to your great-grandfather tonight. Should I invite each family to sit down and ask about it?"
Lin Chuntao had no objection. She was building a house and didn't want to be bothered or argue with anyone. It was best to discuss some things in advance.
"How many trees are there in our branch?"
Sun said, "At the end of last year, your great-grandfather came to count them, and there seemed to be over 160 trees, large and small."
Lin Chuntao nodded, then said, "If we're going to ask our uncles and aunts to come and talk, should we also ask Lin Miaomiao and Lin Jialang to come along?"
Sun said, "Well, call them together when the time comes."
After that, Sun asked, "Our fir trees are big. I heard you talking with that couple the other day, and I estimated that we would need to cut down four or five of them."
Lin Chuntao said, "I'm not sure about this. I feel like four or five trees aren't enough. I haven't decided whether to use fir or pine for the beams."
"It's better to use a fir tree. Just cut a slightly smaller one."
Lin Chuntao looked at the fir tree that she could only hug with her arms and said, "It would be a shame to cut down the small one."
Sun smiled when she heard this, "We are a little reluctant to cut it down, but our ancestors planted it for future generations to use. After we cut it down, we can transplant some smaller ones and plant them well, so they can still be used in the future."
"Well, I'll have to trouble my great-grandmother and great-grandfather to ask my cousins tonight."
Sun said, "After dinner, I'll call them home. You can come too."
Lin Chuntao and Sun also took a walk in the fir forest. In fact, many of the trees were very big, and the few smaller ones required at least three hands of an adult to surround them.
After coming back from visiting the fir trees, Sun and the others continued to pick beans. Lin Chuntao weighed 250 kilograms of soybeans, washed them and soaked them.
When Lin Jiahui came back, Meng Yun came with him.
After finishing the work, it was time for dinner. Everyone was ready to go home for dinner. Lin Chuntao took out the money and counted the money for them today.
Sun asked Lin Chuntao and the others to come over after dinner. On the way back, she also told Lin Miaomiao and Lin Jialang to come over after dinner.
Lin Miaomiao looked at Sun and asked, "Grandma, is there something wrong?"
Sun didn't hide anything and said directly: "Chun Tao and the others are planning to build a house and need to cut down a fir tree. That fir tree belongs to our whole family. Let's sit together and discuss it."
When she heard that it was about Lin Chuntao, Lin Miaomiao said lightly, "Oh."
After returning home, Sun immediately told Old Man Lin about Lin Chuntao's concerns. Lin Cunzheng said, "She's more thoughtful. Then go and call the second, third, and fourth sons to come over after dinner."
Chen Dongniang had already steamed the rice and was preparing to stir-fry a few dishes for dinner.
Taking advantage of the break in cooking, Old Man Lin went to the three families to talk about the matter. Several families were preparing to eat, and they all said to Lin Cunzheng: "Uncle, we will go over after we finish eating."
After Lin Cunzheng left, the people from these families looked at each other with different expressions.
Wang was still feeling unhappy because she failed to talk to Lin Chunxing last time.
Third Aunt Lin Qingqing guessed what Wang was thinking, but no one had revealed her conversation with Lin Chuntao that day, so Third Aunt Lin didn't know either. At this moment, Third Aunt Lin raised her eyelids and immediately smiled: "Oh, Chuntao and the others are quite impressive. They saved enough money to build a house so quickly! If this house is built, I'm afraid the door will be blocked by people proposing marriage."
Wang frowned slightly, then said, "Whether it's powerful or not, doesn't it also require people to know the ropes and understand the tastes?"
Aunt Lin was instantly happy when she heard this. Why did she feel like she had hit a snag?
"What do you mean, Second Sister-in-law? Isn't Chun Xing a nice person?"
Wang said, "Chun Xing is not bad, but she has an unsympathetic sister who says she wants to marry someone whose parents are both deceased. Do you think this is funny?"
Aunt Lin San just thought that Wang had hit a snag, but she didn't expect that it was Lin Chuntao who erected a stone stake, directly blocking the way for people, and said such harsh words.
"Oh, who said that? Chun Tao? That's really too much. It's a wedding, and yet she curses someone's parents!"
Aunt Lin San didn't know about the conversation between Wang and Lin Chuntao that day, but Lin Changhua knew.
Wang's nephew had told her long ago that it was inappropriate and asked her not to get involved in these things, but she didn't listen and insisted on talking to him.
Lin Chuntao refused directly without even seeing the person. If Wang had brought the person to her, she might have said something even more unpleasant.
But Lin Changhua said it was not suitable, and Wang Shi also said to him that everyone in his family was good, and other people's families were not as good as his. How could a few yellow-haired girls without parents be decent?
It's good enough that they can find a family that doesn't look down on them, and they are still using Qiao to gain power.
After hearing what she said, Lin Changhua didn't bother to care anymore.
Later, she went to see Lin Chuntao but was turned away. She came back and cursed all night long. To this day, she still can't get over it.
Seeing his sister-in-law about to instigate him again, Lin Changhua said calmly, "What's the big deal? They're talking about finding someone without parents, not about letting their parents die after you've chosen them. There's a difference."
"I also heard that those who are orphaned want to marry into the family because they want to marry a son-in-law. But who would want their son to marry into the family if they have parents? I think what they said is nothing. It's not deceptive or harmful."
Lin Jiaye was unaware of the tension and agreed with his uncle with a smile, "That's right, if there are families like this in the future, we can introduce them to them."
"And I heard that Sister Chuntao won't let Chunxing get married yet. She'll have to wait at least four or five years."
Wang was so angry that she clenched her teeth and glared at Lin Changhua fiercely.
The old lady looked at the different thoughts in the courtyard and said calmly, "Let's eat. After dinner, we'll go over and listen to what they have to say."
After a pause, the old lady added, "If you help a girl get married and you help her to be a matchmaker, you will get a pair of wedding shoes to wear. If she doesn't want to get married and you insist on going and causing trouble, you will only make things difficult for her."
After the old lady finished speaking, the table became quiet and everyone ate in silence.
Wang was so angry in her heart.
Li Honghua and her friends next door weren't much better off. As soon as Lin Cunzheng left, they started saying, "Didn't we always just cut down trees ourselves? Why did we have to come and discuss this?"
Li Honghua said, "You didn't go to the housing lot allocation. Almost all of that land was allocated to her. If she built a house on that land, she would have to cut down a lot of trees. It wouldn't be just one or two trees."
After hearing what Li Honghua said, everyone felt a little uncomfortable. If they built a big yard on that large piece of land, it would be the most magnificent thing in the village in the future.
If someone else's house was built, it wouldn't be so uncomfortable, but it's just a few helpless girls. It feels like the ant at your feet claims to be the king and is bullying you, which is very unpleasant.
Because they had to discuss the tree-cutting matter, Lin Chuntao and her friends had to postpone their original plan of frying chicken in fir oil and would fry it later when they came back.
The grass that covered the house in the morning had not been taken away yet. Now that no one was at home, Lin Chunxing went to take the grass and looked at the delicious and thick chicken mushroom cover and swallowed her saliva.
"Sister, let's cook a meal."
Lin Chuntao: "Sure, then let's make fried chicken and meat with mushrooms?"
Lin Chunhe echoed from the side: "Okay, okay, let's have fried chicken and meat with fir mushrooms tonight."
Lin Chuntao walked over with a colander, picked up what was probably over two pounds of fir, and handed it to them. "Wash and fry quickly. We still have to go to Grandma's house. We need to cut down a lot of trees to build the house. That fir forest belongs to several families. If we cut down too much, other families will have objections. Let's go and ask them in advance. If they are not happy, then we can divide it up and take out what belongs to us."
The sisters nodded, and Lin Chunxing said, "This seems a bit too much. Let's wash a little less."
That’s what she said, but if she washed a little less, she would bring back three flowers.
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