Chapter 172 Shh, Something's Going On
In some places, there is a custom of "seeing three new things", which means eating seasonal fruits and vegetables. The common three new things are: cherries, broad beans and bamboo shoots.
At this time, the wild cherries in Yingtaogou Village are ripe. A few days ago, Gao Xiulan and her friends made an appointment to take the bus there to pick cherries. After returning, each family brought back a full basket of wild cherries.
The taste of these wild cherries is just okay, not very sweet, but quite juicy. Gao Xiulan even made two jars of wild cherry wine.
The children in the alleys are addicted to the game of "egg fighting" again. There is a saying: If you hang an egg on your chest at the beginning of summer, you will suffer from summer heatstroke.
After the beginning of summer, the heat of summer can make the elderly, young and the weak especially prone to loss of appetite, irritability and qi deficiency.
At this time, eggs are the most common nutritional supplement, and eating eggs can be considered a tonic.
After the boiled eggs were cooked, the women in each family skillfully used colorful silk threads to weave them into net bags.
The children put the eggs into net bags, hung them around their necks, and went out proudly to find people to fight for eggs.
Many children also like to draw on eggshells, including chicks, ducklings, rabbits, tigers, and all kinds of animals.
It depends on whether your drawing is realistic and whether others can recognize it.
Hu Tou and Wu Jiabao ran to the Xia family in the east early to ask Teacher Xiaoyue for help in painting eggs.
Xia Yue was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry, but looking at the two little kids, she still carefully drew a lion and a tiger for them.
The two little ones were so happy that they cried excitedly.
When Hutou went out, he was still thinking: Why hasn’t my uncle married Teacher Xiaoyue yet? He is so stupid.
If he were a little older, his uncle would have no place to go.
He is so confident, like a little adult.
Hu Tou was thinking, but he still kept running out of the yard. He thought that the children should be busy playing games, and let the adults solve their own problems.
To put it simply, the game of egg fighting is to see whose eggshell is harder. The pointed end of the egg is the head, and the slightly round end is the tail.
Head to head, tail to tail, fighting one by one.
Whoever's eggshell breaks loses and has to eat the egg. Finally, the "Egg King" will be decided.
When Gao Xiulan came back from buying groceries, she heard Wu Jiabao's loud voice before she even got close.
He shook his head and came back with a smile.
"Hey, you bought some meat today."
Jin Qiaofeng was washing eggplants by the pool in the front yard. Guan Lamei was standing next to her, chewing a cucumber with a crunch.
Jin Qiaofeng's sharp eyes immediately noticed the meat wrapped in the oil paper on the top and she exclaimed in surprise.
"It's a holiday, let's have a good meal. Your fish is pretty good, and quite fresh. Where did you buy it?"
Gao Xiulan looked at the fish jumping and shivering in the pond, her tone full of envy. She didn't see such a big fish when she went there today.
Jin Qiaofeng waved her hand and said, "How can this be mine? This belongs to La Mei's family. I'll help clean it up."
Guan Lamei finished eating the cucumber, listened to this and smiled at Gao Xiulan, the flesh on her face trembling.
“Fresh fish tastes good no matter how you cook it.”
Gao Xiulan also bought a fish at noon today and planned to make steamed fish when she got home.
It's hot now so I want to eat something light, but braised food tastes a bit salty and greasy.
"That's right. Let my winter melon make fish ball soup today."
Guan Lamei now depends on her son to prepare everything for her to eat, so she helps him by washing the vegetables first.
"Your Donggua's cooking skills are getting better and better. You can smell the aroma in the whole courtyard."
Gao Xiulan: To be honest, everyone in this compound knows that the kid from the Guan family is learning a craft from Old Qian.
Guan Lamei also said that she would find a partner for Donggua after he finished his studies, and she had already told Jin Qiaofeng about this matter a long time ago.
After standing and talking for a while, Gao Xiulan carried her things back to the backyard.
It was so hot that I started sweating after standing for a while. I drank some cooled mung bean soup to cool down.
I sat on the chair at the door for a while, took a break, and then went to the kitchen to cook.
The morning passed by in a flash, and soon it was time to get off work.
"Mom, I'm back."
Lin Xiaotong pushed her bicycle to the backyard with a cloth bag hanging on the handlebars.
Gao Xiulan poked her head out of the window and said, "You're back. Go wash your hands by the well and come back to drink some mung bean soup."
"Hey, Mom, I'm here."
She responded, put the bag in the room, went out to wash her hands, and then went to the kitchen to help.
After a while, Xie Da Jiao also came back, and there were three people crowded in the kitchen.
Xie Xiaoju also came over with his little paws and lay down at the kitchen door.
Today's meal was also very rich, with four dishes and one soup, cold eggplant puree, steamed cake, steamed fish, stir-fried pork with beans, tomato and egg soup, and a plate of tea eggs on the table.
The staple food is fried noodles with soybean paste, topped with various shredded foods, such as carrots, cabbage, cucumber and bean sprouts.
Put the meat sauce made from fresh meat on top and stir it when eating so that the sauce can coat the noodles. It’s so satisfying to eat it in big mouthfuls.
“It’s delicious.”
Lin Xiaotong didn't even raise her head while eating, and continued eating after she finished speaking.
"Eat slowly, Lao Xie, have some fish. I bought it specially today."
Gao Xiulan picked up a piece of fish belly meat with chopsticks and gave it to Xie Dajiao.
"Xiu Lan, you eat too."
Xie Da Jiao moved her favorite baogao in front of her. The baogao was made of buckwheat flour and didn't look very good.
Eat it cold when the weather is hot. Cut the pao into pieces and top them with pickled carrot shreds, mashed garlic and chili oil.
The taste is also very good, and you can fry it in oil when the weather is cold.
After a meal, I feel sleepy because I am full.
After sitting and resting for a while, Gao Xiulan prepared to go back to the house to take a nap.
When I opened my eyes on the chair, I saw the gifts being handed to me, the same for each person.
"Mom, this is for you."
"Xiu Lan, let's go back to the house and take a look."
"Oh, we're all family, why are you still doing these empty things?"
Gao Xiulan smiled crookedly and reached out to open the bag that Lin Xiaotong handed over.
When I shook it open, it turned out to be a new set of clothes.
Gao Xiulan was naturally delighted when she touched it: "This material feels smooth and looks cool. I'm afraid it must cost a lot of money."
Lin Xiaotong waved her hand generously and said, "It's not much. Mom, just tell me if it looks good or not."
"It looks good, how can it not look good?"
Gao Xiulan was reluctant to let it go after seeing it, so she put it on her body to try it out, and found that the size was just right.
"Hey, here's a pair of sandals."
Xie Da Jiao also saw it and thought to himself: Xiaotong doesn't know how to keep it. He should give this gift to her in private.
"You kid, you still spend so much money."
"What's the big deal? When the weather gets warmer, you can wear it, Mom."
Xie Da Jiao began to look forward to the birthday present Xiaotong would give him on his birthday.
This daughter is more considerate than his son. He began to envy the gift when he saw it.
"Listen to Xiaotong, when we go to the park, wear this and take a photo."
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Recently, Qian Yu and Guan Dongliang both come back home together after get off work.
"Hey, Winter Melon, wait a minute."
"What's the matter?"
"Hush—keep your voice down."
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