Chapter 113 Chapter 113 Garlic Spare Ribs - Harvesting Soybeans
Upon hearing this, Pei's mother glanced at Pei Jing. They were aware of the undercurrents that had arisen between him and Pei Jing when Pei Ying came home last time, and they felt they could understand it.
They felt that both Pei Jing and Pei Ying needed time to slowly accept each other. They could not ignore Pei Jing just because Pei Ying came back, but they also could not abandon Pei Ying just because of Pei Jing's existence. If they did not want him, they would not go to find him.
Pei Ying was lively and cute when he was a child, and he was a chatterbox. Later, when Pei Ying was found, it seemed that he was very embarrassed to call out "Dad" and "Mom", and he found it difficult to open his mouth.
The child had been lost for so many years, and no one knew how much suffering he had endured outside. But when asked about it, Pei Ying just said lightly that it was in the past, as if he was blaming them.
Pei's mother tried hard to get closer to him, but Pei Ying's silence and coldness also made her uncomfortable. She always thought that she should wait and see. After a while, when the whole family got to know each other well, everything would be fine.
But they didn't wait for that day to come, they only waited for Pei Ying to leave.
Not long after Pei Ying left, his family moved south to Yizhou. Pei's mother thought that unless Pei Ying came to find her himself, she might never see him again in this lifetime.
Unexpectedly, Pei Ying also came to Yizhou and was met by Pei Jing.
When Pei Jing encountered the important matter, he did not hide it but told them.
Mother Pei took Pei Jing's hand and patted it gently, as if to comfort him, and as if to express gratitude, "Mother knows."
Pei Jing said, "Don't worry, mother. My eldest brother is married and in Yizhou. Let's go see him tomorrow. Even if he doesn't come home, he's still close enough that we can see him anytime."
Mother Pei nodded slightly, "Jing'er is thoughtful."
"Mom, this is what a son should do. If my eldest brother can come back, we two brothers will have a companion."
His tone was calm and gentle, as if every word came from the heart. Father Pei said, "Jing'er is right. You're not feeling well. Don't be too anxious. Calm yourself down. We'll go look for Ying'er together tomorrow."
Pei Ying came back early today and it was already lunchtime.
Lin Chuntao told Lin Jiaye and the others to rest, and she went to cook and would be ready for dinner in a while.
Because they had to wash and fry the mushrooms, it would take a while to eat. Since the fields were close, they had eaten a big bowl of noodles in the morning and were not hungry yet. Lin Jiaye said to Lin Chuntao, "Sister, you cook and we'll go back and pick some more mushrooms."
Lin Chuntao was about to say she would take a rest, but Pei Ying smiled and said, "I'll go with you."
Since Pei Ying wanted to go, Lin Chuntao didn't stop them. The rice was not steamed yet and it would take a while to prepare the dishes, so she let them go.
Lin Chuntao soaked the dried bamboo shoots, poured a basin of mushrooms from her backpack, and took it to the backyard.
The rice was still steaming, and Lin Chunxing brought Lin Chunhe and Lin Duoer to wash them together. Picking mushrooms was not as tiring as washing them. Their waists ached after washing half a basin of mushrooms. Fortunately, there were many people, so they washed a little faster.
After washing, it needs to be rinsed with clean water twice, so Lin Chuntao asked Lin Chunxing and the others to do it, and she came back to prepare the meat first.
Cut the pork belly into squares and stir-fry until it changes color. Add garlic cloves, ginger slices, bay leaves and other ingredients and stir-fry together. After the flavor comes out, add the soaked dried bamboo shoots, add water to cover the dish, add a small amount of salt, cover and start cooking.
Lin Chunxing bought three pieces of pork belly, which also came with ribs. Lin Chuntao separated the meat and ribs, took a knife and chopped the ribs into small pieces, chopped half a bowl of minced garlic, added cold water and set it aside.
Lin Jiaye and the others are all teenagers, and it seems that they would prefer fried food rather than stewed meat. Lin Chuntao is going to fry some garlic pork ribs.
Garlic-flavored spare ribs are also easy to make. Chop the ribs into small pieces, add a small amount of salt and a small amount of pepper. Lin Chuntao exchanges some starch and baking soda and sprinkles them on the ribs. Finally, stir the minced garlic in the bowl and pour the water soaked with the minced garlic into the basin.
Reach out and mix the ribs evenly, then add two spoonfuls of flour and continue mixing.
After preparing the ribs, Lin Chuntao washed the half bowl of minced garlic again and set it aside.
The meat dishes were stewed meat and spare ribs. After marinating the meat a few days ago, Lin Chuntao soaked a few pieces of salty tofu, which was now half dried. Lin Chuntao took a piece, washed it, cut half a bowl of thin slices, cracked a few eggs into it, and stirred them evenly for later use.
After she finished all this, Lin Chunxing and the others came back with the washed mushrooms.
"Sister, do you want to stir-fry the mushrooms plain or with some meat?"
Since the mushrooms were still clean, they would be good stir-fried, so Lin Chuntao asked, "How would you like to eat them?"
Lin Chunhe said: "I feel that adding a little bit of meat will make it more fragrant."
Lin Chuntao said, "Then cut some meat and stir-fry it together."
After saying that, Lin Chunxing went to cut a small piece of lean meat and cut it into thin slices. Lin Chuntao looked at the stewed meat. It had already boiled, but it still needed to be cooked for a while.
The rice has been steamed and the fire next to it is burning. Lin Chuntao is preparing to fry the ribs first.
To make garlic-flavored spareribs, you must first fry the garlic. Fry the minced garlic until it turns slightly yellow and then use the remaining oil to fry the spareribs directly. The fire should not be too big and the oil temperature should not be too high, otherwise the outside of the ribs will be burnt and the inside will still be raw. The ribs will not be crispy and will not taste good.
After frying on low heat for about a quarter of an hour, the ribs were fried until golden brown and the fragrance filled the entire yard. Lin Chuntao took out the ribs, added a small amount of peppercorns and dried chili segments and stir-fried them until fragrant, then poured the minced garlic that had just been fried back in with the ribs.
After stir-frying evenly, the ribs were served with golden and peppery flavor, and Lin Duoer's face was full of surprise.
"Sister, this smells so good."
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Then eat a few more pieces later."
The spare ribs were fried and the meat stewed with dried bamboo shoots was almost done. The meat was already soft and there was still a lot of soup. Lin Chuntao added some firewood and cooked it over high heat until the soup thickened. Then she served the meat.
Lin Chunxing cut the meat into slices, and Lin Chunhe broke the mushrooms into small pieces.
Lin Chuntao cooked over two fires, one for stir-fried meat and mushrooms, and the other for fried eggs and tofu slices.
After the tofu skin was fried, water was added. Lin Chuntao cut half a bowl of sauerkraut and put it in to cook together. After these two dishes were cooked, there was still some bean curd cooked yesterday, so Lin Chuntao prepared to stir-fry some cabbage and then start eating.
Pei Ying and the others hadn't returned yet, so Lin Chuntao turned around and said to Lin Duo'er, "Duo'er, go call your brother-in-law and the others. It's time for dinner."
Lin Duoer responded and ran away.
As soon as she ran out of the courtyard, she saw Pei Ying and Lin Jiaye walking home. Lin Duoer turned around and ran back, "Sister, my brother-in-law and the others are back."
Lin Chuntao said, "Then get ready to eat with bowls and chopsticks."
As she spoke, Lin Chunxing brought the spare ribs and stewed meat from the stove to the table. The mushrooms were fried and Lin Chuntao also served them. The sauerkraut and bean curd were still cooking. Lin Chuntao went to cut some green onions and garlic and made some dipping sauce.
Now that the weather is hot, the bean curd can be eaten directly cold, which is more refreshing.
Lin Chuntao had just served the dishes when Pei Ying and Lin Jiaye came in. She leaned out and called out, "Put down the backpack and clean it up later. The meal is ready, come and eat first."
Pei Ying led them to wash their hands. When they came in, Lin Chuntao and the others had already served the food.
Of the six dishes on the table, three contained meat, and they could smell the aroma as soon as they entered the yard.
Looking at the golden fried spareribs, Lin Jiayang swallowed his saliva. His family raised sheep, which were not cheap, so they often ate pork at home. However, they only fried a bowl of pork each time, and it was not like the one on Lin Chuntao and the others' table, which was full to the brim, as if it was too much for everyone to eat.
Lin Chuntao invited them to sit down and eat. Everyone was of similar age, so they might have been a little reserved in the morning, but since they had worked together that morning, they were dazzled by the fragrance and could not be polite at all.
Everyone was eating the rice steamed by Lin Chuntao.
Even Pei Ying was obsessed with the freshly made garlic-flavored spareribs. After eating several pieces, he asked Lin Chuntao, "Do you have any spareribs at home?"
Lin Chuntao knew what he meant when she heard it and said with a smile, "We can have a fried meal tonight."
Pei Ying didn't say anything after that. Lin Duoer asked, "Sister, are there going to be explosions tonight?"
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Fried it. If you want to eat it, just fry it. It's not difficult to make."
Lin Jiayang and the others just listened without saying anything. They even wanted to ask Lin Chuntao if they would hire someone to pick the corn. They could do it too. The beans would be picked in a few days.
After lunch, the weather was not yet at its hottest, so Lin Chuntao and the others took advantage of this time to go and pull out the weeds a few more times. When the sun was at its hottest, they rested at home for half an hour, watching the sun move westward little by little, before they went back to the fields.
There was not much difference between the work done by the little boys and that done by the adults. On that day, all the bean sprouts from the three fields were brought back home.
When the bean sprouts were pulled up, they were tied into bundles of more than ten plants each, carried back and piled up against the wall.
In the evening, Lin Chuntao was cooking dinner. Pei Ying set up a bamboo pole on the ground and took Lin Jiaye and others to hang the bean sprouts up and hang them neatly on the pole.
When they returned home after dinner, it was already dusk. The adults were still thinking that Lin Chuntao made the children work without resting early, and the children must be tired and wanted to cry.
But I didn't expect that when they returned they were grinning, and they didn't look like they had just worked a day, and they were in a good mood.
Aunt Shitou made fun of Lin Jiayang and the others.
"Are you happy to eat the meal cooked by your sister Chuntao?"
Lin Jiayang chuckled, his eyes curved with laughter, "Today, Sister Chuntao made stewed meat with dried bamboo shoots and fried pork ribs. The pork ribs she fried were so fragrant. She fried a big bowl of them in the morning and fried them again in the evening."
Lin Jialiang also agreed, "When we went there this morning, Sister Chuntao picked up a basket of mushrooms. We even had two meals of stir-fried mushrooms with meat. Hehe, we'll go again tomorrow."
Uncle Shitou shook his head helplessly, "It seems that she is very satisfied with the meal. Did you help her with the work? Don't just eat and not help her do the work well."
Lin Jiayang smiled and said, "It must be ready. We went there this morning, and Sister Chuntao even cooked us a bowl of noodles with meat sauce. We ate three meals today!"
Aunt Shitou hissed coldly, "You've eaten three meals?"
Lin Jiayang said: "Chun Xing and the others came back late, so if we have breakfast later, they will eat early."
Lin Chuntao worked all day picking beans. She wasn't very tired, but her palms had turned green from pulling the bean sprouts.
If I wait until all the beans are picked, will my hands still be white?
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