"Grandpa, I want to eat more tomorrow, and I also want to give some to my brother." Goudan saw that the lunch box was almost empty, and his grandfather and father hadn't eaten yet, so he didn't take any more. After hearing Chen Yitang's words, he immediately responded.
"Goudan still wants to eat, right? Okay, grandpa will go buy meat tomorrow, and then you can ask your Grandpa Chen to make meat buns for you!" Chen Yintang touched Goudan's head and said with a smile.
After the family had breakfast, Chen Yitang happened to have nothing to do, so he stayed at home and played with Goudan.
Zeng Wenjuan turned over the tofu and found that the moldy tofu was almost done. The outside of the tofu was covered with white hairs, which is an edible mold.
She said to Zhao Jianguo, "The tofu is almost fermented. Why don't we make some moldy tofu and put it in the jar when we have time today?"
"Sure! The dried chilies haven't been ground into foam yet, so I'll grind them into pieces. You can see if there is a clean jar and find one." Zhao Jianguo nodded and said.
"I washed and dried the jars two days ago. Let me help you! It's a good time to process the radishes." Zeng Wenjuan covered the tofu again, stood up and said.
When two people work together, they can accomplish anything they want.
Zhao Jianguo held the pepper pounder and pounded the peppers rhythmically again and again. When the first pot of peppers was poured out, he could smell the full fragrance of the peppers.
"This pepper is grown really well and has been well dried. After being pounded, it's bright red and smells quite pungent," Zhao Jianguo said with satisfaction.
"Then I'll mix these peppers first, and you continue pounding here." Zeng Wenjuan picked up the basin and the salt jar and went out of the living room.
Put salt in the right proportion, and then stir the chili powder evenly, then sweep the fermented tofu into the basin one by one, letting them be coated with the chili powder. When it is almost done, put them into the jar piece by piece.
Goudan squatted aside and pointed at the moldy tofu in the basket and said, "Mom, can we eat this even if it's moldy? Is there no food at home? Goudan can eat less. Can we throw this moldy thing away? It will hurt your stomach if you eat it."
"No, this is it. This white hair is an edible fungus. It's delicious. Our ancestors ate it a long time ago." Zeng Wenjuan explained to Goudan.
Then, afraid that Goudan would eat everything he saw, he said, "Don't eat anything when you go out! This is the only thing you can eat, the rest are garbage."
"I got it, Mom. Can I eat it now?" Goudan was a little curious about what this hairy food tasted like.
"Not yet. It's not fully prepared yet. We have to wait for a while before we can eat it." Zeng Wenjuan quickly refused and stretched out Gao Goudan's hand to take it and eat it.
"Okay!" Goudan felt a little regretful when he heard that he was rejected.
Zeng Wenjuan, Zhao Jianguo and Chen Yitang worked together in this way, and finally at around twelve o'clock they had marinated all the fermented tofu and put them in jars, just enough for two small jars.
"Dad, bring a jar back when you go home today. It will taste better if you add white wine and dried radish to it." Zeng Wenjuan said as she put one of the jars on the dining table.
"Okay, I won't be polite with you. It just so happens that your mother loves this. Even if there are no vegetables at home, as long as we have this fermented tofu, we can have two bowls of rice together." Chen Yintang joked with a smile.
"You are so good, Chen Yitang, you come to make up rumors about me in front of my daughter! If I hadn't come here today, I wouldn't know you were making up rumors about me. Weren't you the one who ate two bowls of rice with that piece of moldy tofu?" Zeng Yike just walked in from outside, looking straight at Chen Yitang, as if to say, keep making up rumors.
"When you were pregnant with our daughter, there was nothing to eat at home, so you ate fermented tofu with two bowls of rice by yourself. I only ate like this when I was in puberty, but I don't eat like this now." Chen Yintang defended himself with a smile.
"How dare you say that? If you can't even cook a meal properly and all the ingredients at home were wasted by you, would I be in such a hurry? How dare you say that?" Zeng Yike got angry when this was mentioned.
Chen Yitang scratched his head awkwardly, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, don't be angry. Your body is your own. If you get angry, both my daughter and I will feel bad. My daughter, don't you agree?" He turned around and winked at Zeng Wenjuan, wanting her to say a few nice words for him.
"Mom, don't be angry." Zeng Wenjuan stepped forward and took Zeng Yike's arm, and then asked, "You haven't eaten yet! This is a good time for my dad to show off his skills and apologize to you at noon."
"Yes, yes, yes. I'll go cook now. Jianguo, come to the kitchen and help me." Chen Yitang came down immediately when he saw the stairs.
Goudan followed behind, jumping up and down: "I want to help too. Mom is very tired today. Let her rest."
"Dad, there is a fish jelly for lunch, and it will be almost done if we stir-fry two dishes." Zhao Jianguo said to Chen Yitang.
"Okay, I see there is some lettuce here, so let's stir-fry some lettuce, mix some lettuce leaves, and steam an egg." Chen Yintang said as he looked at the existing ingredients in the kitchen.
"Okay, Goudan likes to eat steamed eggs." Goudan said happily, jumping up and down.
"Goudan likes to eat eggs! Grandpa will make two more so that our Goudan can eat enough." Chen Yintang took out all seven eggs in his hand, which originally held five eggs.
While cooking, Chen Yitang frowned and said, "It's inconvenient for you to live on the second floor. It would have been great if I asked you to live at my place. Goudan likes to eat eggs and we can raise a few chickens."
"This house has family housing. If you don't live there, people will gossip. It's better for you to come back home and live there." Zhao Jianguo could see that Zeng Wenjuan had some conflicts with Chen Yitang and Zeng Yike at that time. If they lived together and there were more frictions, their relationship would probably not be as good as it is now.
"I will buy some chickens and ducks in the spring and wait for them to lay eggs. Then I will give them to Goudan and Nannan to nourish their bodies." Chen Yintang told him his plan.
"I'll go buy some in the spring and raise chickens in the yard. You won't have any objections, right?" Zhao Jianguo knew about raising chickens and ducks. They poop everywhere, and the house will definitely smell bad.
"No, if your mother knew that Goudan wanted to eat eggs, she wouldn't say anything. If it weren't allowed now, I'm afraid she would even raise a few more." Chen Yintang was absolutely confident in this regard.
"Grandpa and grandma are so nice. When we raise chickens at home, I will dig earthworms for them to eat." When Goudan heard that his family was going to raise chickens, he immediately said happily.
"Okay, then feed the rooster until it's fat. Then give Goudan a big chicken leg during the festival." Chen Yintang said approvingly.
At this time when many people are still hungry, earthworms are the best food for roosters, and it’s meat!
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