Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Woohoo~Sister, it’s so delicious…………
Lin Chuntao took her sister and walked along the side of the mountain. Pei Ying was waiting at the intersection early, holding two pheasants caught in a vine net in his hands.
"Did you weave a vine net?" Lin Chuntao asked as she approached.
"Well, weave a vine trap first, and catch it quickly when it comes to eat the wheat."
Pei Ying repeated it, and Lin Chuntao could only think about it. When she lived with her grandmother, people in the village went to catch pheasants, but they used traps, unlike Pei Ying, whose method required more skills.
"Brother-in-law, are you still going to take these two pheasants to the city to sell?"
Pei Ying didn't want to sell it. If he wanted money, he could go out to work. He just wanted to cook and eat the mountain products he got.
But now he and Lin Chuntao are husband and wife. After observing her for the past two days, he felt that Lin Chuntao was more interested in making money. She carried all the mushrooms she picked to sell.
In the past, the butcher always told him that he was an orphan and that he would have a family if he got married.
Now that you have a family, you can't act on your own.
Seeing Pei Ying looking at her again, Lin Chuntao smiled helplessly and looked at Lin Duoer: "Brother-in-law caught him and he makes the decision. You still have to ask brother-in-law if he knows how to kill a chicken."
Before Lin Duoer could ask, Pei Ying looked at her and said, "If you can kill me, I can do it too."
"I'll kill it and clean it up when I get home."
Lin Chuntao took over the conversation: "Wash the mushrooms in the bamboo basket, and then scoop out a bowl of chicken soup to make them. It will definitely taste delicious."
After hearing what she said, Lin Chunhe and the others started drooling.
Pei Ying had never eaten mushrooms before, but they were mountain products after all, so they must be delicious. He suddenly became excited.
Because they were going to kill a chicken, Lin Chuntao and the others walked back very quickly. As soon as they entered the yard, Lin Duoer went to get some firewood and prepared to boil water to scald the chicken feathers.
But they didn't have a bucket, and the only thing they could use to carry water was an iron pot and two clay basins, which were not enough to boil water and carry water.
Lin Chuntao thought that she had to quickly get two buckets to fetch water, otherwise it would be too time-consuming and laborious to carry the water.
Although they don't have much work to do and are idle, they don't have to carry water again and again just to sit there and do nothing.
Pei Ying also felt that it was too troublesome to bring water over, and it would be too slow. It would be better to wait until everyone was asleep, then take the pot to the back of the well to light a fire, and quickly bring it back.
He thought about it and told Lin Chuntao.
After hearing this, Lin Chuntao agreed with the proposal.
Lin Duo'er was a little disappointed. Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Tonight we still have oil residue and lard mixed with rice. We can make a fire to boil water and soak the rice."
When he heard about lard residue and lard rice, he instantly perked up and started working.
After soaking the rice, Lin Chuntao asked Pei Ying for a knife, simply cut the small piece of lard into cubes, put it in the iron pot and started to boil the oil.
There is very little fat in a pound of meat, so in order to extract more oil and ensure that the oil residue is golden and not mushy and tastes good, Lin Chuntao still used the water boiling method.
Simmer over low heat until the thick white soup gradually becomes clear, and the lard will be boiled out. The oil residue that slowly floats up will still be white.
Lin Chuntao stirred gently and kept an eye on the heat. She had to take the pot off the stove quickly before the oil residue turned golden brown, otherwise the oil residue would start to burn in the next second.
If there was a colander, she would have scooped up the oil residue immediately when it turned yellow, but now there was no colander, so she could only judge by staring at it with her naked eyes, then take it down and slowly pick up the oil residue so that it would not get sticky.
Lin Chuntao put the oil residue into a bowl, sprinkled a little salt in it and stirred it. The whole house was filled with rich aroma. The sisters stared at the bowl of oil residue and drooled.
"Let it cool down a bit before eating." She handed the bowl to Lin Chunxing. Chunxing took it. Duo'er's eyes followed the bowl. Chunhe also swallowed and looked at Lin Chuntao, "Sister, we can have a few pieces."
There is not much fat residue from a pound of fat.
"Each of you should have two pieces. We'll have some rice with lard later."
After getting the message, the two of them followed Lin Chunxing away. Lin Chuntao placed the iron pot steadily. The freshly boiled oil was still very hot and had to cool down before pouring it into a clay pot for storage.
She stood up to check on the soaking rice. It was almost done, so she prepared to take the steamer and clay basin to the well to wash it.
Lin Chunxing hurriedly shouted, "Sister, eat one piece before you go."
As he spoke, he picked up some oil residue and handed it to Lin Chuntao. Lin Chuntao opened her mouth and ate two pieces. Seeing Pei Ying tying up the two pheasants, Lin Chuntao said, "I'll take it to your brother-in-law and give him two pieces too."
Lin Chunxing looked back at Pei Ying and nodded.
Lin Chuntao chewed the oil residue and quickly left the yard.
In the evening, every household came to fetch water. Villagers lined up at the wellhead to draw water, including Zhang's youngest son Lin Jiabao.
They were all surprised to see her carrying a brand new steamer and clay basin.
"Chun Tao, what are you doing?"
Looking at the person asking the question, Lin Chuntao replied, "Auntie, there is no bucket at home. I will wash the steamer."
The woman nodded. Lin Jiabao, who was standing in line, leaned over to look at the steamer and clay basin she was talking about, then smiled and said, "Lin Chuntao, you've been telling everyone that your grandparents kicked you out of the house and gave you nothing. Where did these steamer and clay basin come from?"
Lin Chuntao frowned, raised her eyes and looked at him steadily. After a while, she said, "Lin Jiabao, your brain is not filled with large intestines, right? You want to say that this was given by your grandparents? Everyone in the village saw us being driven out. We came out of your house holding the steamer and clay pot."
After being scolded, Lin Jiabao's face turned ugly. He pointed angrily and said, "You didn't come out with the steamer, but you must have stolen money. Otherwise, where would you get the money to buy a new steamer and clay pot?"
After hearing this, Lin Chuntao felt that talking to such a person was a waste of time.
She looked at the villagers queuing for water, thought for a moment, and then smiled, "Lin Jiabao, you're not trying to accuse me of being a thief just because I saw you stealing eggs from the villagers, are you?"
"Aunts and sisters-in-law, you must keep an eye on your chicken coops. Lin Jiabao and his brothers will raid everyone's chicken coops. When they find eggs, they sometimes eat them raw, and sometimes take them to the mountains and roast them!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the women all looked at Lin Jiabao and started talking at once.
"I was saying, my six chickens should have five or six eggs, but lately, I've only had two or three."
“It’s the same at my house, sometimes there’s only one.
"Oh, I really can't tell on a normal day. Jiabao, you are a grown man, how come you still do such petty thefts?"
"I was wondering where all my eggs went! They ended up in your stomach, you bastard!"
Lin Jiabao was surrounded and accused by the women. His face flushed as he explained that he didn't do it, but no one believed him. He was so angry that he ran away with the bucket without even getting any water!
Seeing Lin Jiabao running away, the women looked at Lin Chuntao.
"Tao girl, why didn't you tell me earlier when you saw him stealing eggs? He ate them for nothing."
Lin Chuntao sniffed and squeezed out a few tears. "Please forgive me, aunts. I'm a motherless child living under someone's thumb. How could I dare to say anything? And if I say something and he doesn't admit it, I'll definitely get a beating. I might even have been kicked out long ago."
Everyone looked at Lin Chuntao's pitiful appearance and quickly joined in, saying, "This isn't Chuntao's fault. Look at how the four sisters are living at home. If they want to ask for money, they have to go to Lin Changhai and Zhang!"
"That's right, Chuntao, come and get some water for you to wash."
Lin Chuntao carried the clay basin over, and the man brought a bucket of water and poured it into her basin. She took it to the side and started washing the steamer and the basin.
When she finished washing, the people carrying water had already left. She fetched a bucket of water, poured it into a clay basin, and carried it back.
After returning home, Lin Chuntao quickly steamed the rice and squatted in the yard with her sisters to start washing mushrooms.
As for that little episode by the well, it’s not worth mentioning.
Washing mushrooms is a technical job. They must be washed clean and the caps cannot be crushed by hand.
Lin Chuntao, who loves picking mushrooms, has to wash a lot of mushrooms every year, and practice makes perfect.
The three younger sisters squatted beside her, and Lin Chuntao taught them how to wash step by step, and they soon got the hang of it.
Seeing that they had washed it clean, Lin Chuntao got up to check the rice in the steamer.
The rice cannot be cooked in one go if steamed in a steamer. After steaming one batch, pour it out, break up the rice grains, sprinkle warm water on it, and then pour it back into the steamer to make the rice soft and fragrant.
The rice was steamed twice, and soon the aroma of the rice filled the entire yard.
The sun had already set, and only colorful clouds remained in the sky. Lin Chuntao poured the cooled lard in the iron pot into a clay pot, scooped in the steamed rice, and started mixing the rice directly in the iron pot. The oil stains quickly coated the hot rice grains, making them plump and oily, and looking extremely appetizing.
She sprinkled some salt, stirred it evenly, and then asked the few people squatting nearby to bring the bowls over. Each person received a bowl, and the rest was poured into the big bowl.
Quickly add a little oil and start frying the mushrooms.
The mushrooms were fresh and soon after being put into the pot, they produced a delicious and fragrant mushroom juice. Lin Duoer stood by and swallowed her saliva madly.
Lin Chuntao watched as it was fried, then quickly added some salt and served it out.
"Pick up your chopsticks and start eating."
In the instant the voice fell, the sisters had already brought over a bowl full of rice.
There were no tables or chairs in the room. The small stones that everyone sat on were brought by themselves. Pei Ying got a relatively flat stone that could hold three or four bowls, which could be used as a table to place the dishes.
Several people gathered around the bowl of mushrooms on the stone slab and started eating them quickly.
Lin Chuntao was not greedy for these things, but her body was really lacking in oil and water. She was a little surprised by the delicious taste of the lard rice she fed into her mouth.
The same is true for these mushrooms. Not much oil is added, but the taste is very fresh. The texture of the blue-headed mushroom is crispy and tender, the taste is smooth, and there is a hint of elasticity when chewing. It is coated with thick soup and it is extremely satisfying to eat it with rice.
"Woo woo woo~ Sister, it's so delicious..."
Lin Chuntao knew it was delicious, but seeing Lin Duoer's bulging cheeks and the noise she made, she still felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"Don't talk while eating."
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