Chapter 64

Why are you still staring at so many persimmons?

Jing Xian is tired.

"Iron Egg?"

Tiedan turned around when he heard the shout: "What's going on?"

"Pick some persimmons to eat." Jing Xian shouted.

After she finished speaking, she saw Tiedan's body stiffen. Jing Xian smiled secretly and deliberately said, "Pick a few ripe ones and stir-fry them. Pick two green tomatoes and we'll make soup."

Tiedan was dumbfounded and asked, "Can green tomatoes be eaten?"

"Yes, but you can't eat them raw. Hurry and pick them in. We're waiting to cut the persimmons and cook them." Jing Xian really wanted to walk over and see Tiedan's expression. It must be very interesting.

After a while, Tiedan came in with a few persimmons that didn't look very good, and took the initiative to go out with a basin to wash them.

After washing it, he placed it on the chopping board and left without even looking at it.

Jing Xian curled her lips, cut a tomato, reached out to pull Tiedan back, stuffed it into his mouth, then touched Tiedan's little head and told him to go out and play.

Tiedan was a little confused.

After a while, he finally smiled, straightened his back, suppressed the smile, and walked into the house proudly.

Jing Xian: “…”

She really didn't know that iron eggs were so interesting.

Jing Xian thought that her kindness to the children was actually superficial.

In the past, she thought that it was enough to feed and clothe the children, but she just realized that this was far from enough. Tiedan was not like Fusheng and liked to stick to her, so she naturally paid more attention to Fusheng.

The two older children are the type who do things quietly. They are not silent at all, but they are very talkative.

It's okay if there are few children.

If there are many children, children like this will get very little attention.

After she finished teasing Little Tiedan, she suddenly thought of a dish that he would definitely like. She looked at the eggplant seedlings in the yard and saw that they were still quite small. This was the result of her stimulating them to grow. When others asked her about it, she said that she had already started to grow seedlings in the house.

It may take some time for the small eggplant seedlings to grow into eggplant trees that are one meter tall.

It will take at least twenty days.

Looks like I'll have to work harder on the eggplants tomorrow.

Otherwise, if you eat tomatoes every day, your iron egg will suffer internal injuries.

Jing Xian also didn't expect that Tiedan would like eating tomatoes so much that he would regard tomatoes as his life.

After dinner, it’s still early.

Jing Xian rarely took time off from her own business; she went to the east room to watch the children do their homework.

"Whoever finishes first, show it to me." After Jing Xian said this, the children instantly became nervous, and each one wrote more seriously than the other, all wanting to perform well in front of Jing Xian.

Fusheng is slow in doing things. He is not slow in doing questions, but he is not very fast in writing.

Da Mao has more homework than his brothers, and it is more difficult, but his speed is neither fast nor slow. Tiedan writes very fast, and he is always in a hurry no matter what he does. Xiao Mao is the youngest, but he writes the best, and he does his homework quickly and well.

After Jing Xian checked them one by one, she said with satisfaction: "Now that we've finished our work, let's go plant corn!"

There is a piece of land behind the house, which is suitable for growing corn.

The cob is corn.

Before Shang Nanchen left, the land had been plowed and leveled, in ridges and mounds, ready for farming.

Jingxian used a pickaxe to dig a hole in front, while Da Mao threw the seeds, and the three young men were responsible for leveling the hole with their feet. There wasn't much land in the backyard, so it took less than an hour to plant it, which was much faster than soybeans.

By the time I finished my work, it was already very late.

The children were not tired yet and ran out excitedly.

Tiedan was about to run away but Jingxian grabbed the clothes by the back of his neck and stopped him abruptly.

"Mom, what else?"

Jing Xian said, "Go pick some persimmons to eat."

Tiedan looked reluctant and said, "Mom, persimmons ripen slowly, and we don't have enough to cook every day."

"Enough, go pick them. A few persimmons are enough for you to eat." Jing Xian rubbed his head and threatened him, "If you don't like them, I'll pick them and give them to you.

People have gone. Now other people’s houses have no persimmons or cucumbers. It’s just right for me to pick a few…”

“I picked them and ate them.”

Tiedan didn't wait for Jingxian to finish, he picked some tomatoes, washed them and ran outside to share with his brothers. Li Yu and Gousheng'er also ate half each, Gousheng'er was envious.

"My grandmother only planted a cucumber field for me, but no persimmons. My mother is really speechless. She said that there was not enough food at home and she insisted on growing food. Fortunately, my grandmother planted other vegetables, so my mother didn't say anything."

Gousheng'er is now becoming more and more disgusted with his mother.

Tiedan didn't say anything. He ate the tomatoes so seriously that not even a drop of soup fell out. Naturally, he didn't bother to talk to Gousheng'er.

Fusheng said slowly, "My mother grows a lot of delicious food. We also have wild grapes. My mother said that the wild grapes will be ripe next year. Do you see that thing over there? That's raspberries! My mother said that we can eat raspberries in August! Have you eaten raspberries? This year my mother will also make dried apricots for me. I don't know what dried apricots taste like."

Gou Sheng'er: "Can I be your mother's son?"

Li Yu: "Count me in."

Xiao Mao snorted coldly, Tiedan clapped his hands and looked at his two friends: "The sun hasn't set yet, what are you two daydreaming about?"

"Why!"

Gousheng'er sighed.

Then he sighed again, and Li Yu stretched out his fair arms in front of Tiedan: "Dan'er, look at me, I've lost weight!"

Tiedan said expressionlessly: "You have grown more than half a head in the past six months, how could you be fat!"

This trick didn't work, so Li Yu simply changed his trick and hugged Tiedan's arm and acted coquettishly: "Dan'er, Shang Aiguo, let's discuss it. Next time our mother makes something delicious, can you let me have a taste of it?"

Tiedan was so disgusted that he tore Li Yu's hand off his body and said coldly: "That's my mother, don't scream."

"Aren't we good brothers?"

"no."

Tiedan unilaterally broke off his friendship with Li Yu.

Li Yu immediately looked at Fusheng, who turned his head away. Da Mao chuckled and followed suit. But Xiao Mao's face was colder than iron, and his eyes looked like they were filled with ice.

Li Yu hung his head in despair.

It was difficult for him to have a bite of delicious food.

When he got home, Li Yu said to his mother, "Mom, can you learn a few more dishes from my aunt from Tiedan's family?"

Lin Qingwen said without raising her head: "No time."

Li Yu and his father looked at each other, and both sighed in agreement.

That day, Jing Xian came back from get off work and met Li Yu on the way.

"Dayu, why didn't you go home for dinner?"

Li Yu ran up to Jing Xian and said, "My mother is on duty tonight. Auntie, can I become your disciple?"

Jing Xian was surprised: "Do you want to study Chinese medicine or become a pharmacist?"

"I want to learn how to cook from you." Li Yu was a little embarrassed, but thinking of his own stomach, he still plucked up the courage to say, "My mother's cooking is terrible. Usually it's just at the level of boiled vegetables."

Jing Xian smiled and said, "Okay."

Li Yu was particularly happy.

"We're going to cook a big dish today, you can follow and learn from us." Jing Xian took Li Yu back.

Tiedan saw Li Yu following his mother and frowned. He walked over and asked in a low voice, "Why are you here?"

"I'm learning how to cook from my master!" Li Yu said proudly.

Iron Egg: “…”

Really great!

Jingxian went to the market last time and bought a lot of seasonings.

There is also a small amount of pepper.

Jing Xian planted the peppercorns in an inconspicuous corner and secretly encouraged them to grow a lot.

"I bought a piece of beef today. Let's make boiled meat."

The children had never eaten beef, let alone boiled beef. They watched Jingxian eagerly as she cooked. There was cabbage at home, and bean sprouts were always available. Jingxian also bought two pounds of dried tofu for the boiled beef.

Jing Xian cut the side dishes and started cooking.

The process is more complicated than cooking but the taste is very good.

Jing Xian was doing it while Li Yu was taking notes. When the aroma of boiled meat came out, several children sniffed helplessly.

"This dish needs chili peppers. Without them, the flavor will be lacking. If you can't eat spicy food, put less." Jing Xian didn't put much in. The important thing was that several children were going to eat it, and they couldn't stand it if it was too spicy.

Finally, a large pot of boiled beef came out of the pot, topped with fried soybeans, and the aroma was overbearing.

“Try it!”

Jingxian handed the chopsticks to Damao and asked him to share them with the other children.

She mixed a pot of green bean sprouts, stir-fried a plate of Chinese cabbage, and mixed two cucumbers and tomatoes.

"Pour a spoonful of oil on the cucumber salad, add vinegar and chili peppers. If you have any, add some fried peanuts. The key to this dish is the seasoning. If the flavor is well seasoned, it will naturally be delicious. The only drawback is that it wastes a lot of oil."

After Jing Xian finished cooking, she asked Li Yu to eat here, but Li Yu said he didn't want to eat anything.

He waved his notebook and said, "Master, I will go home and cook now. My father must have bought some meat."

"This child."

Jing Xian didn't keep anyone and asked the children to eat.

It is best to eat rice when making boiled meat.

Jing Xian bought a lot of indica rice last time, and this time she was willing to spend it and directly cooked a big pot of rice.

"Mom, why did you make so many delicious foods today?" Fusheng asked softly.

Jingxian had been cooking mung bean soup on the stove for the entire afternoon, and it was now cool enough to drink.

She held a bowl of mung bean soup and said, "Today is Da Mao's birthday. The food factory happened to have beef for sale, so it was like celebrating Da Mao's birthday. Mom wishes Da Mao to be happy and safe every day in the future."

As she spoke, she took out a pen and handed it to Damao: "This is your birthday present from your parents. Before your dad left, he told me to give you this present. He may not be able to come back, but the gift has been prepared in advance."

Damao had been stunned since Jingxian started talking, and when he saw the gift, he couldn't stop crying.

"Thank you, Mom and Dad."

Fusheng also picked up the bowl and said, "Happy birthday, big brother! I have prepared a gift for you too."

A diary was placed in front of Da Mao.

Tiedan said: "Happy birthday, big brother."

Then put a slingshot on the table.

When it was Xiaomao's turn, he gave a penny.

Da Mao, who was originally moved, said: "???"

Everyone else looked towards Xiao Mao.

Xiao Mao said coolly: "Happy birthday, big brother. Go buy whatever you want and eat whatever you want!"

Da Mao: “…”

Jing Xian didn't want to create any sadness. She smiled and rubbed Xiao Mao's head, then called the children to eat: "Eat quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

After eating and drinking, Fusheng asked eagerly, "Mom, can my second brother and I celebrate our birthdays on two days?"

It's a pity to waste a day.

Jing Xian teased him deliberately: "That won't work."

Fu Shengsheng lay on the kang with no desire, not moving at all.

He would not admit that he was being bullied.

After leaving Jingxian's house, Li Yu ran back home in one breath and saw that there was indeed meat in the house.

Without saying a word, he asked his father to help.

"It's okay if you waste vegetables, but your mother will definitely be angry if you waste meat." Captain Li reminded his son.

Li Yu said angrily: "How dare my mother say that to me? She has wasted so much flesh."