"Fei Fei, where is your brother-in-law?" Xuemei walked to the door of the room and asked Fei Fei who was reading a book.
"I went to Wangjia Village with Ruirui to deliver meat to my second uncle's house. We've been gone for almost an hour and should be back soon!" Feifei replied.
Xuemei said, "Okay, I know! You continue reading! I'm going to the kitchen to see what delicious food Dad and Mom are making. It smells so good."
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When Xuemei walked to the kitchen door, she saw Qingya picking up a piece of meat with chopsticks and putting it in her mouth. After tasting it, she smacked her lips and happily turned around in front of the table. It was obvious that the dish tasted good.
Xuemei looked at Qingya like a child, quietly ran behind Qingya and patted her on the shoulder, but Xuemei found that Qingya was not scared at all.
Qing Ya turned around helplessly and said, "Sister, I noticed you were coming a long time ago! You always know how to use this trick."
Xuemei scratched her head sheepishly, then changed the subject and asked, "What were you eating just now? No wonder I didn't see you when I came back. So you went to the kitchen to eat something delicious!"
"This roe deer meat was just fried by mom! Big sister, would you like to try it?" After Qingya said that, she picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and fed it to Xuemei.
Xuemei tasted it and gave Liu's mother a thumbs-up, saying, "Mom, it's delicious! Not a bit fishy! And it's fragrant and spicy!"
Liu's mother replied, "Of course not. I soaked the roe deer meat in cold water for several hours. A lot of blood came out of it, so I blanched it again before frying it. I also added a lot of oil. I spent a lot of money on it today, so how could it not be delicious?"
Father Liu continued, "Your mother has also made carrot soup with wild roe deer bones. Wait for Xiaochen and the others to come back and have dinner in the kitchen today. Let's have some hot pots today. One with bone soup and one with roe deer meat. I've washed the cabbage, and the mung bean sprouts your mother started a few days ago are ready too. I even bought a piece of tofu from the tofu shop to boil in the soup."
Bozi pot is usually eaten in very cold weather. After the vegetables are fried, they are placed in a clay pot with oil and soup left in the clay pot. When eating, the clay pot is placed directly on the stove to cook, and the stove is usually kept on low heat.
If you don't want to cook in the kitchen, use a brazier or a small, specially made ceramic stove. Light a fire and place a few pieces of charcoal on top. If using a brazier, place a wire mesh over it and then place the casserole on top. If using a ceramic stove, simply place the casserole directly on top.
These two methods of eating from a bowl pot are rarely used by country people, as they waste charcoal and money.
When eating, you can put cabbage, mung bean sprouts, tofu and other things into the clay pot and eat them by yourself. When eating the pot, you should pay attention to keep the oil in the pot and do not boil it dry.
"Then we are in for a treat today! Thank you for your hard work, Dad and Mom!" Xuemei expressed her gratitude.
"It's okay, we are going to eat together anyway. What did you want to do with Xiaochen just now? We heard you calling him in the kitchen?" asked Liu's mother.
"Uncle Lin sent a telegram today. He said that we are welcome to go to Beijing to celebrate the New Year, and the things he sent to us should arrive in a few days. He also said that Han Chen's second sister and her family will also go to Beijing to celebrate the New Year this year!" Xuemei replied.
"Then their family will have a lively New Year's celebration this year, with so many people? You two should bring some more meat from home!" said Liu's mother.
Xuemei nodded. Father Liu frowned and asked, "Xiaochen's mother hasn't replied yet!"
Xuemei shook her head. Just as Father Liu was about to say something, he heard Xiao Huang's cries and Ruirui's voice in the yard, so he swallowed what he was about to say.
Mother Liu quickly said, "Xuemei, they're all back. Go call Feifei to come to the kitchen for dinner!"
It was Han Chen’s first time to eat Boziguo. He said it was a bit similar to the copper pot mutton hotpot in their Beijing city.
After dinner, Liu's father and Han Chen went to Wu Jianye's house with two ginseng roots and a few eggs, hoping to get him to bake them. Liu's father and his family said they had bought them from hunters in another village and wanted to bake them for the elderly at home. Whether Wu Jianye and his family believed them or not was unknown.
After examining the two ginseng roots, Wu Jianye remarked that they weren't very old, only about fifteen years old, but they were still very valuable, after all, they were ginseng! Wu Jianye had originally wanted one for his own use, but when he heard that Han Chen was going to take it back to the capital to give to a veteran soldier, he didn't ask for it.
He had been a doctor in a military hospital for so many years and knew how hard it was for soldiers, especially those of their generation.
There is no need to talk too much about the major and minor injuries suffered on the body. There are many hidden injuries in the body that will accompany soldiers until they are old. As they get older, these injuries become more harmful and the physical reactions become more and more obvious.
When Han Chen returned from Wu's house, Xuemei was sitting in front of the brazier, warming herself by the fire and reading. Han Chen also pulled a chair from the desk and sat beside Xuemei, warming himself by the fire.
Twenty minutes later, Xuemei closed her book and stood up to stretch her legs when she heard Han Chen ask, "Xuemei, are Uncle Lin and his group the only ones who sent telegrams today? No one from my mother's side?"
Han Chen saw Xuemei shaking her head, with a hint of loss in her eyes. Han Chen despised himself in his heart and said: If you had known what kind of person she was earlier, you should have had a little hope in your heart. Now she only has that family in her heart.
Han Chen raised his head and his eyes returned to normal.
Xuemei knew Han Chen was upset, so she sat down, hugged him, patted his head, and said, "Wait a little longer. Maybe your mother will send a letter? No rush!"
"Xuemei, I'm fine! She probably won't reply. We have sent packages several times, but she didn't respond at all. I have no expectations of her now, and I won't be sad because of her!" Han Chen hugged Xuemei and said like a vow, more like he was making up his mind.
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