After arriving home, Jianshu threw the backpack on the ground, then grabbed the pheasant hiding in the middle and went into the kitchen.
Previously, because she was worried that the chickens' cries would reveal her identity and she didn't want to arouse suspicion, she killed the two chickens and threw them into the bushes.
A dead chicken is definitely not as fresh as a live chicken, but there is nothing we can do about it. For other people, having meat to eat is already very good. Why be so picky?
Since it's already dead, it's better to eat it as soon as possible, otherwise the taste will definitely deteriorate when you eat it.
I happened to have picked a lot of mushrooms today, so I finally had chicken stewed with mushrooms, and added some vermicelli. After stewing it until it was soft and tasty, the soup was perfect with rice.
After thinking about it, he took out a handful of wild amaranth from the backpack. Eating meat alone would be a bit greasy, so adding some cold wild amaranth would be refreshing and crispy, and could also help to relieve the greasiness.
As for the wild vegetables, pheasant eggs, mushrooms, etc. left in the backpack, Jianshu didn't care about them for the time being and would clean them up after dinner.
After spending the whole morning on the mountain, going back and forth three or four times, the porridge and bread I had in the morning had already been almost digested.
Pluck the chicken and remove the internal organs, then chop it into small pieces and clean it.
Heat the pan and pour in oil. Add onion slices, ginger slices, garlic slices and star anise. Stir-fry until fragrant. Then add the chicken pieces and continue stir-frying until the moisture in the chicken is dry and the chicken is fragrant.
Then add soy sauce and stir-fry the chicken pieces until they are colored, add boiling water, bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat for an hour. After the chicken is soft and tasty, add mushrooms and vermicelli, add table salt and continue to simmer. Finally, use high heat to reduce the sauce. The gurgling sound in the pot will make people salivate.
The rich red color of the sauce looked very appetizing. Paired with a bowl of rice steamed in a wood stove, Jianshu drank two bowls in one breath and almost ate too much.
After dinner, I had to go out and take a walk around the yard to help digest the food.
At almost the same time, the family next door was also eating enthusiastically around the dining table. In the middle was a large pot of chicken stew, which contained not only mushrooms and vermicelli, but Wu Xiufang also added a lot of potatoes, beans, corn, etc., filling the whole pot.
There is no other way. There are many people in my family. If we really want to eat chicken, two pieces per person will be gone. If we want to fill our stomachs, we can only add more side dishes.
In addition to the chicken stew, there was also a small pot of wild vegetables on the table. However, unlike the cold-mixed wild amaranth with all the seasonings in Jianshu, this pot of wild vegetables was just added with a little salt to make a pot of wild vegetable soup. I won’t talk about how it tasted. The fresh wild vegetables were not that bad, but they were not very delicious either. They were just for filling the stomach.
The whole family gathered around the table to feast. Tiedan was eating so much that he could hardly lift his head. His bowl was piled high with various dishes, all of which were praises from Wu Xiufang and others for his great contribution.
A pheasant weighs a little over three pounds, but after removing the feathers and internal organs, it weighs less than three pounds.
In order to get more for her family, Wu Xiufang chopped the chicken into very small pieces, making it look like there were a lot more. However, the two chicken legs and two chicken wings were intact and not specially chopped.
Among them, the chicken leg was undoubtedly in the bowl of the hero Tiedan, the other one was given to the youngest daughter, the remaining two chicken wings were given one each to the eldest and second sons in the family, the chicken neck was left to Wu Xiufang, and only the chicken head was left in Captain Zhao's bowl.
At the dinner table, the little daughter saw that there were no chicken legs or wings in her parents' bowls, so she clamored to share half of her chicken legs with them. "Mom, you can eat Yaya's chicken legs! Dad, wait a minute, I'll give you some after I finish eating!"
As he spoke, he held the chicken leg in his hand and put it towards Wu Xiufang's mouth.
Tiedan, who was standing by, also raised his chicken leg and said, "Dad, Mom, I'll give you mine too!"
Seeing their younger siblings being so filial, the eldest and second oldest children were not to be outdone. They directly put the chicken wings in their bowls into their parents' bowls and said, "Mom and Dad, you guys eat! We can just eat something else!"
As an older brother, how can I be outdone by my younger siblings? They are the most filial!
So, the four brothers and sisters got together.
Everyone looked wary of the others and vowed to be the first among brothers and sisters!
For a moment, the atmosphere at the table was very lively.
Wu Xiufang and Captain Zhao looked at the children with smiles on their faces and were very touched by their filial piety.
So what if they had a hard time? As long as they were together as a family and happy, that was happiness.
Wu Xiufang reached out and touched her little daughter Yaya's head. "Thank you, Yaya. Mom and Dad don't like chicken legs, I just like chicken necks. You can keep the chicken legs."
She did not show partiality. After touching her daughter's head, she comforted her other three sons in the same way.
Yaya sniffed the fragrance of the chicken legs and slurped her saliva, puzzled. "Chicken legs smell so good, why don't you like to eat chicken legs? I love chicken legs the most. I really wish I could eat chicken legs every day, every meal. I can eat ten in one go!"
Yaya is eight years old this year and is considered a big kid nowadays. If she were in someone else's home, she would have been able to help with farm work, washing clothes and cooking.
But she is the only girl in the Zhao family, with two older brothers and a younger brother. As the saying goes, scarcity makes things valuable. There are few girls in the family, so Yaya has been spoiled since she was a child.
I wouldn't say I had everything I wanted, but compared to many girls of that era, I could be considered to have grown up in luxury. Besides going up the mountain with my brothers to pick mushrooms and chestnuts, I'd never done any heavy work.
In addition, Wu Xiufang had no job and stayed at home all the time, so she had to do all the laundry and cooking, and she was never asked to share the burden.
Even at eight years old, she still had a certain naiveté about her personality, a stark contrast to her peers who had been forced to grow up. She was more like a child born in later generations, eight years old, who only thought about eating, drinking, and having fun, and loved pretty hairpins.
Under the protection of their parents, they grew up innocent and easy to be fooled, believing whatever they were told.
In front of her daughter, Wu Xiufang was much gentler. She tucked the loose hair behind her ears and said with a smile, "Yes, just like Yaya likes to eat chicken legs but not wild vegetables, and Mom likes to eat chicken necks and wild vegetables but not chicken legs. This is everyone's personal preference, and it's definitely different."
"Oh, I see. It's just like my younger brother likes to play soldiers catch thieves but I don't, and I like cat's tangle but he doesn't, right?" Yaya suddenly understood and quickly learned to apply what she had learned.
"Yes, our Yaya is so smart!" Wu Xiufang praised.
At this time, Tiedan on the other side heard the conversation between the two and made a disdainful "tsk".
You think you are so smart? You don’t even know that you are being fooled by your mother. How stupid!
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