Chapter 126 Sausage
Spring has arrived and the weather is getting warmer. One day, Jiang Xinbai was drying clothes in the yard when she vaguely heard someone knocking on the door. She paused while holding the clothes and listened carefully. Someone was indeed knocking on the door.
"Coming, coming, I'll be there in a minute." After drying the last piece of clothes in the basin, Jiang Xinbai shook off the water droplets on his hands and ran to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, she saw a petite young girl standing at the door, looking at her with a smile, "Hello, sister, I live next door to you. This is the sausage made by my mother. It's delicious. Let me give you a taste."
"Ah, this, I can't accept it, you take it back!" She didn't dare to accept the meat even though it was given to her out of the blue!
Li Lele smiled and said, "It's nothing, sister. Last time I had to go out for something, Yaoyao had no milk to drink, so you fed him. My mother-in-law told me about it. This sausage is the only good thing in the house, but it's a little spicy. I don't know if you can get used to it."
After hearing what she said, Jiang Xinbai finally reacted, and pointed to the yard next door, saying with a smile: "So you are Aunt Sun's daughter-in-law! Oh, it's okay, I just happen to have milk, it's okay to feed the child, you can take the sausage back!" Jiang Xinbai knew that a lot of meat was used in the sausage just by looking at it. How could she just take other people's things like that!
"It's okay. This is also made by my mother. You can try it. People who are used to it will think it's delicious. You can soak it in hot water first, then boil it for about 20 minutes. When it's not too hot, just slice it and eat it. I love it."
Jiang Xinbai touched her nose a little embarrassedly. To be honest, she seemed to have eaten this kind of sausage in her dream. It was quite delicious. She was drooling just talking about it.
"You're still a little embarrassed. I'll accept it. If you have nothing to do, come in and sit for a while!" Jiang Xinbai moved aside and welcomed Li Lele in.
Li Lele looked around the front yard curiously and said with a smile, "My mother-in-law always says that your yard is bigger than ours. She says you guys know how to live."
"Well, they're all the same. They look pretty much the same to me. It's just that there are more people living in your house, and there are more things, so it's crowded." Jiang Xinbai had also seen it. In fact, the layout of the courtyards of the two families was similar. The difference was the number of people.
"Yeah, that's right. There are nine people living in our family, including the children. It is indeed a bit crowded." Li Lele smiled, but compared to other families who live in a more crowded place, she is still satisfied.
"Sit down and have some tea. I don't even know your name. My name is Jiang Xinbai, and I will be twenty this August. What about you?" Jiang Xinbai made her a bowl of sugar water, then asked with a smile.
Li Lele first took a sip of water, and when she tasted the sweetness, her eyes curved with smiles, "Then I should call you sister. I'm just nineteen this year, and my birthday just passed in March. By the way, my name is Li Lele, and you can just call me Lele, Sister Xiaobai."
"Well, okay, then I'll call you Lele. Well, I don't know why, but the first time I saw you, I felt that we would definitely get along well. It's really a pity that we met too late!"
What Jiang Xinbai said was not false. The fate between people is hard to predict. With some people, even just one meeting is too much, while with some people, you feel close to them after just one meeting. This is how she feels about Li Lele. Of course, sausage may also be partly responsible, hehe!
"Me too. You feel close to Sister Xiaobai." Li Lele responded with a smile.
"Then let's visit each other more often. By the way, aren't you from here? We don't seem to make this kind of sausage here." It's true. Jiang Xinbai has lived here for twenty years and has never seen sausages like this, not even in his dreams.
Li Lele smiled and nodded, "Yes, my mother is from Sichuan Province. When she was young, she followed my grandparents to escape famine and came here, and settled down in the village below. This sausage is a specialty of our Sichuan Province, and there are also some pickles and so on. They are all delicious, but Sister Xiaobai, you may not be used to it. My mother-in-law doesn't like it very much. She thinks it's too spicy." Hehe, it's okay if she doesn't like it, just leave it all for her.
"Oh, you made me drool, but my mother also knows how to pickle radishes. They are crunchy, crispy and delicious. I'll bring you some when the radishes are harvested." Jiang Xinbai likes to eat these pickled vegetables. When they are mixed with some seasonings, they are very appetizing.
"Okay, then thank you Sister Xiaobai. I have to go back first. Yaoyao is home alone, and my mother-in-law needs to glue matchboxes together later. I need to look after the child."
"Okay, then come back next time when you're free! I'm at home on Sundays. Of course, you can come and play with me in the evenings after get off work."
"Yeah, okay."
After everyone left, Jiang Xinbai looked at the sausage on the plate and felt itchy. After thinking about it, he poured a basin of hot water to soak it and prepared to cook it at noon.
"Oh, what's that smell so pungent? A-choo, but it smells quite good." At this time, Yang Jinsheng came in holding the child, and looked into the pot while asking Bai Na.
Jiang Xinbai picked up the sausage with chopsticks and put it on the plate. He took a deep sniff and said, "It smells so good!"
"Where did it come from?" Yang Jinsheng also came over and smelled it. It smelled quite fragrant.
"It was given to me by Aunt Sun's daughter-in-law next door. She said she wanted to thank me for breastfeeding her son last time. She's quite generous. This whole piece of meat is made of meat. Let it cool down a bit before cutting it. I'll stir-fry some vegetables and make a soup later."
"Ah, ah~" Yang Jiabao on the side screamed and threw himself towards the sausage with such force that Yang Jinsheng almost couldn't hold him.
Jiang Xinbai smiled and tapped his little nose, "You can't eat this, it's spicy. Mommy will make you some porridge and add your favorite egg yolk, okay?"
As he spoke, Jiang Xinbai took out a can of milk powder from the cupboard. It was filled with pre-ground rice flour, which now needed to be boiled with water.
"He's eight months old now, can he eat noodles? Why don't you make some noodles for him!" Yang Jinsheng remembered that his nieces ate noodles when they were very young, so it stands to reason that Xiaobao should also eat noodles.
"Noodles? That's fine too. Let's make noodles and cook them until they are a little mushy." Jiang Xinbai thought about it and agreed. He couldn't just eat noodles every day!
Soon, a small bowl of hot noodles came out of the pot. Jiang Xinbai put the bowl on the table after serving it and told her husband, "Jinsheng, you feed Xiaobao first, and I'll stir-fry some vegetables."
When Jiang Xinbai cleaned up the kitchen and brought in the dishes, the child had already fallen asleep.
"Hey, Xiaobao is asleep? Hurry up and take him to bed! We also need to eat."
Yang Jinsheng smiled helplessly, "This kid just eats and sleeps at the same time. There is not a single drop of this bowl of noodles left."
Jiang Xinbai served the food and sat down at the table. He stared at Yang Jinsheng and asked, "How does it taste? Is it acceptable? I couldn't help but eat two slices when I cut it just now. It's spicy and numbing, so satisfying!"
"Ahem, water," Yang Jinsheng was choked by the spiciness as soon as he took a bite. He took a gulp of cold water to recover.
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