Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Do what you say, ...
They did what they said. Su Li was the chef, and Su Hong, Su Tao and others helped out.
Tonight Su Li plans to divide the five pounds of mutton into three parts, one part to make steamed mutton with rice flour, one part to make stir-fried mutton with green onions, and one part to make braised mutton, and then use the bones to stew soup and eat hot dishes.
Su Li first asked her grandfather, Old Man Su, to split the mutton bones, then washed them and stewed them on a small stove. Then she fetched water to soak the large piece of mutton to remove the blood and mutton smell. This step was very critical, as most of the mutton's mutton smell depended on whether this step was handled properly.
But fortunately, it is still early today, and cooking is quick, so there is no need to rush.
Su Li planned to make a simple version of hunger-relieving pills first, and then give them to her father and the others to carry with them. If they really encountered a desperate situation on the road, they would have a better chance of survival than others.
Speaking of this thing called hunger-saving pills, she knew about it when she was a food blogger. She even copied it at that time. It is also simple to make. The ingredients are only red dates and glutinous rice. It is a combination of high sugar and high carbohydrates. If you eat one after drying it, you will not feel hungry for the whole day.
Yesterday, Su Li and Chen made a batch and placed it in the yard. Today, Su Li bought some more and planned to make some more.
In addition, some brown sugar pot cakes and meat pot cakes need to be made. These can be eaten in the first few days, and the ones without meat can be eaten after the meal is finished. As for those that can be put in, Su Li roughly explained how to make them, and handed the pot cakes to her mother and eldest sister to make.
After she finished making the hunger-saving pills, she started to stir-fry the mushroom sauce. First, wash and dice the mushrooms, put them into the pot and stir-fry until the water is dry. Then pour oil into the pot, add chopped ginger, garlic and bean paste and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the minced pork chopped by her mother Chen and stir-fry together. When it is almost done, add the chopped mushrooms and stir-fry together. It takes at least 30 minutes to stir-fry. Su Li made a large amount, so she stir-fried it for almost an hour. When the oil becomes clear, add salt and sugar, which means it is ready to be served. The mushroom sauce that has been stir-fried to dry can be kept for a long time without going bad. It is just right for her father and others to take with them to eat with pot cakes on the road.
Su Li doesn't have any other great abilities, and the only thing she can do for them is to prepare these delicious meals.
"Zila." Su Li poured cold water into the mushroom sauce from the pot.
He washes the pot and scoops water in one go with smooth and efficient movements.
Grandma Wu still had some difficulty walking, so she came in from outside, holding a bucket for feeding chickens, which was empty.
"The chickens are fed and I picked up three eggs."
Chen, who was wrapping pot cakes, was very happy to see this.
"Mom is really amazing. She can always find it when she goes there, unlike me who can never find it."
The Su family's chickens were raised in the bamboo forest. They always laid eggs everywhere and liked to change the place where they laid eggs. Chen had to look for them for a long time every time.
"They've been growing in the grass next to that field lately. You definitely won't be able to find them."
"No wonder, that's how it is."
"yes."
"By the way, Wuya, it's almost dark, you can start cooking now."
After saying that, Su Li looked outside and saw that the afterglow of the setting sun had indeed entered the kitchen, and the aroma of cooking from the village wafted in from outside.
Su Li responded, took out the soaked mutton, divided it into three portions, and took out the glutinous rice and rice noodles that she had specially fried while frying the mushrooms. "Fourth sister, add some more fire."
After that, he added bean paste, minced ginger and garlic, and fried it with oil and set it aside. Then he added it to the chopped mutton, mixed it well and marinated it for a while. Finally, he put the sweet potato pieces grown at home at the bottom of the bowl, and then arranged the mutton pieces one by one and steamed them in the pot.
While waiting for the steamed mutton, Su Li started to cut the remaining two portions of mutton, and then made a sauce with salt, soy sauce, vinegar and starch. When the hot steamed mutton came out of the pot, she started to stir-fry over high heat until it was hot and fragrant, then added oil and stir-fried the green onions and mutton together to bring out the fragrance. The Su family can eat spicy food, so Su Li added some chilies in it, and finally poured in the sauce. The flavor came out instantly.
"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle..." Su Tao's stomach growled when she smelled the smell. She lit the fire and headed towards the stove. Oh my god, it smells so good. How could it smell so good?
Chen and Su Hong, who were making pot cakes nearby, were also attracted by the smell and kept looking into the Suli pot.
Not to mention the Su family father and son who had just returned from the fields. As soon as they put down their hoes, they asked loudly,
"What's this delicious? We can smell it in the field."
"Yeah, it smells so good."
"Hurry up and wash your hands and get ready for dinner. Your fifth sister went out to pick some mutton for you." Chen said as she poked her head out from the kitchen.
"mutton?"
"Will we have mutton tonight?" Su Qingshan and his brother's eyes lit up when they heard this.
Only Father Su looked at Chen with some confusion and doubt. As far as he knew, the family didn't have much money left, and almost all the money they earned these days was used to buy food for them to take away. Where did the money come from?
Chen seemed to have guessed what Su's father was going to ask, and she vividly described how her daughter took a job at a banquet in the county town and earned 20 taels of silver.
Upon hearing this, both Su's father and Su Qingshan were stunned. The three of them were shocked again, and at the same time felt a little ashamed. It was because of their uselessness that their mother and sisters had to go out to buy food and host banquets to support the family.
"Fifth sister, you're amazing!"
"Yeah." They both sighed.
At the same time, Father Su also came back to his senses and felt a little emotional, but at the same time he felt relieved. He was no longer afraid even if they left.
"By the way, after you wash your hands, go and call the Wang family next door to come for dinner." The father and son of the Wang family gave them goat skin, but refused to accept the money. It was only right to invite them to dinner. It happened that they were eating mutton today, and they were given goat skin, so it was only right for them to treat them to mutton.
"It should be."
After saying that, Father Su went next door to call the Wang family father and son.
When the Wang family father and son arrived, the dishes were ready.
"Come on, take whatever you want." Father Su asked the two to sit down.
"Brother Su is leaving tomorrow, so it's just two jars of wine."
After putting the wine on the table, the two of them sat down one by one.
"This first bowl of wine wishes Brother Su and his two nephews a safe and smooth journey." After saying this, Wang's father picked up the full bowl of wine and drank it all.
"The second bowl of wine is to wish Brother Su's nephew immediate success and a triumphant return."
"I won't drink the third bowl of wine. We'll continue drinking when you come back."
After saying this, Wang's father put down the jar of wine and sat down.
Father Su: "Okay, we'll drink this last bowl of wine later."
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On the other side, Su Qingshan and Su Qinghe also poured wine and started drinking with Wang Ergou.
"I don't know when I will be able to return. I hope Brother Wang Er can take good care of my mother and sisters. This bowl of wine is for you." Su Qingshan and Su Qinghe stood up and said to Wang Ergou,
"Brother Qingshan Qinghe, don't worry. My father and I live next door. If you have any problems, just let your aunt and sister call me."
"I feel relieved with your words."
After saying that, the two of them clinked their bowls and started drinking, everything was said without words.
While drinking here, Su Li and the others started eating meat. The steamed lamb with rice flour was soft and glutinous, the stir-fried lamb with green onions went well with rice, and the braised lamb was even more tender and fragrant. Then they drank a bowl of lamb soup stewed with lamb fat, the taste was unparalleled.
But this wonderful taste, when it comes to parting, no matter how delicious it is, adds a bit of melancholy.
"Come, eat more, this mutton is delicious."
"And this bone, there's so much meat on it!"
Chen said as she picked up some food for her two sons,
"Mom, you eat too."
"We have it in our bowl."
Chen responded and passed the steamed pork with rice flour to her husband. Not only she, but also Su Hong said,
"Second brother, third brother, can you get the braised lamb over here? Otherwise, I'll take it over to your side."
"And this stir-fried lamb with green onions, do you want more?"
"No need, big sister. We can all grab it."
"All right."
The only person at the table who was not affected was Aunt Lian. She was gnawing on the sheep bones, and her hands and face were covered with soup.
"Auntie, you eat." While eating, she did not forget to let Su Li next to her eat more.
"Well, Auntie is eating, Aunt Lian should eat more too."
Su Li replied that the mutton tonight was delicious, but for some reason Su Li couldn't eat any more after a few bites. Maybe it was because the weather was too hot or maybe it was for other reasons.
Since she couldn't eat, Su Li didn't force herself. She got up and went to the kitchen to continue making pot cakes for her father and others to take away tomorrow.
But not long after, my mother Chen, my eldest sister Su Hong, and my fourth sister Su Tao also came out to help.
Several people were silent, doing their work in the evening breeze. Occasionally, the sound of a few people talking drifted from the main room and then slowly faded away. The setting sun gradually set until a sky full of stars appeared in the sky. Until the Wang family father and son left, only silence remained.
When the pot cakes and other dishes were finally ready, the housework and outside work were done, and the Su family members had also finished washing up.
After closing the gate, Chen and Mrs. Wu packed up their son and grandson's belongings and food in the house. Each of them packed a large bag.
"You will be leaving tomorrow, so don't forget to take anything you haven't brought with you."
"I brought milk."
"Just bring it."
"By the way, have you packed the food drying outside?"
"Pretend, grandma."
"Okay, then..."
"Grandma, don't worry, I've brought them all."
Mrs. Wu finally gave up. Su Qinghe knew that Mrs. Wu was reluctant to leave them, so he went forward and hugged Mrs. Wu, just like when they were children.
"Grandma, Dad and I will definitely come back alive."
Mrs. Wu burst into tears and said, "Grandma will be waiting for you at home."
"good."
In another room, Father Su hugged Chen and said, "Fifth Mother, don't cry. Don't worry. I promised you that I would come back safely."
"Don't lie to me. If you lie to me, I will never forgive you in this life." Chen wiped her tears and said,
"When have I ever lied to you? Okay, stop crying. It won't look good if you keep crying."
"Bah, stop trying to tease me."
"I'm serious. You will always be the most beautiful in my heart. Really, I'm not lying to you." Father Su will always remember the first time he met Chen. She was so beautiful. After he returned home, he thought of her no matter what he did. He even cut his hand while cutting pig grass and was scolded by his parents.
But, he made her suffer after all.
"You've suffered a lot over the years of marrying me." This time, if he could come back alive, he would never make his wife sad again.
"It's not hard. I'm very happy following you." Although Chen often thought over the years that if she could marry a man from a well-off family, her life would not be so hard, but if there really was an if, Chen would still marry him, because he was the one she fell in love with at first sight.
"I was in such a hurry this time that I didn't have the chance to say goodbye to my parents-in-law. Please apologize to them on my behalf when you go back during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I'll go see them in person when I get back."
"good."
"I still have two daughters. If there's a good family, I must find out. It doesn't matter whether the family has money or not. What matters is that they are good people."
"good."
"If I can't come back, my parents will ask you to..."
Chen hugged Father Su and cried uncontrollably, "Okay."
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