Chapter 40 Chapter 40 In the kitchen,
In the kitchen, the first basket of buns came out of the pot. Su Li opened the wooden lid, and in an instant a white mist with dampness rushed out and then dispersed, revealing white and plump buns that were bigger than an adult's fist.
Su Li picked them up one by one with chopsticks and put them into the colander. Then she started to steam the next basket. In a short while, all the buns were steamed and picked out, filling up two colanders.
"Fifth sister, I'll bring it over."
Su Tao couldn't wait any longer. When she saw the buns were out of the pot, she said hello and impatiently picked up the colander and left the kitchen.
Su Qingshan, who was lighting the fire nearby, also washed his hands and took the bowl and chopsticks, and brought out the porridge in the ceramic pot.
Su Li cut four salted duck eggs that she had pickled some time ago before going out. These salted duck eggs were particularly good, all golden and oily. They were eggs laid by the ducks in Aunt Mo's house. When she took them, she put them down and left. There were a total of 8 eggs, not big in size, but they were all eggs laid by ducks that grew up eating fish and shrimp in the river. Su Li thought it would be a pity to cook them and eat them, so she washed a ceramic jar that had been used for pickling at home and pickled them.
Now that dad and brother are back, it’s time to eat.
"Eat, eat, Qingshan's mother, come and eat."
"Coming right up."
"Third brother! Come and eat quickly, or I'll eat it all."
"Sanlang, what are you dawdling about? Come and eat."
"Here I come, here I come."
The bustling morning begins like this, accompanied by the first ray of sunshine in the morning.
Su Tao couldn't wait to reach out and pick up a big, hot bun and took a big bite. In an instant, the filling inside was exposed, and a hot aroma came out. It was the sauerkraut vermicelli.
“It’s not too hot and it tastes good…”
The bun skin is so soft, thin, soft, fluffy and dense. It is so satisfying to bite into it with the skin and filling. The skin and filling are perfectly integrated together. The sauerkraut vermicelli is not greasy at all, sour and spicy and delicious, and there is some meat with grains. It is so delicious!
Su Tao couldn't help but take a big bite after swallowing it, biting the bun in her hand into a half moon shape.
Seeing her like this, the others all swallowed their saliva at the same time, picked up one each and started eating silently. Among them, Su Qingshan and Su Qinghe were the fastest eaters. The two young men finished a bun in just two or three bites, and they ate three in a row before they began to savor it slowly.
The two of them were so hungry just now that they ate a few in a hurry but couldn't taste anything. They just knew it was soft and delicious. Now they savored it slowly and found that every bite was filled with the aroma of meat and juice, which was so fragrant that they could hardly get lost.
Mrs. Chen and Father Su on the side had the same feeling. They had never eaten such delicious buns before, and they didn't know how their daughter made them. The dough was so soft and fluffy, even better than those sold in the county. A light bite of the rich wheat and meat aroma went straight to their hearts, and before they knew it, the whole bun was in their stomach.
Old Man Su and Mrs. Wu did not eat as fast as the others. As they were old, they ate with a mouthful of porridge and a mouthful of bun, and they ate comfortably and contentedly. After finishing a bun, they each picked up half a salted duck egg to eat with their porridge.
Unexpectedly, the old couple were infatuated with the taste after just one bite. The duck egg yolk was delicate and dense, salty and delicious. It melted slowly in the mouth after one bite, and the fragrance spread to the entire taste buds.
Old man Su used chopsticks to put all the salted duck eggs into the porridge. He took a mouthful of porridge and a mouthful of the fragrant salted duck eggs. It felt like his whole day's energy was awakened by this delicacy.
“These salted duck eggs are delicious too!”
Finally, the deliciousness of the salted duck eggs was discovered by others. Everyone thought they were extremely delicious after taking a bite, especially when each person only had half an egg, they thought it was extremely delicious.
Su Tao finished eating and looked at Su Li eagerly.
"I've finished mine too." Su Li showed Su Tao the eggshells on her desk.
Su Tao looked at her second and third brothers again, "Fourth sister, I'll give mine to you."
Su Qingshan felt embarrassed when being stared at, so he gave half of his to Su Tao.
Su Tao cheered instantly, "Second brother is so nice!"
At this time, Su Qinghe picked up his half duck egg and placed it in front of Su Li: "Fifth sister, I'll give you mine."
Su Li looked up at her third brother, and her first reaction was to refuse, "No need, third brother, you eat it."
"It's okay. I don't like duck eggs. You eat them, Fifth Sister."
Seeing that he really didn't like it, Su Li said, "Thank you, Third Brother."
Su Qingshan on the side looked at his brother suspiciously. Isn’t duck eggs his favorite?
"You're not..."
Just when Su Qingshan was about to say something, Su Qinghe glanced at his second brother quietly.
"You can't eat any more of your buns, why don't you give them all to me?"
Su Qingshan's attention was indeed diverted to the only bun he had left, and he quickly walked away with the bowl in his arms.
"Who said that? I'll eat later."
Perhaps because he had been hungry for a long time, Su Qingshan felt full after eating only 4 buns and 2 bowls of porridge. If it were in the past with his height and weight, he would have to eat at least 5 or 6 and still not be full.
By this time, the others had almost finished eating.
Mrs. Wu suddenly said,
"I discussed it with your grandfather last night, and decided to go pick up your eldest sister and brother-in-law this afternoon to stay for two days. Your father and his family finally came back, so we should get together."
The eldest sister that Mrs. Wu mentioned is Su Hong, the eldest sister of Su Li, Su Tao and Su Qinghe. It has been 7 years since she married to the next village. Although it is in the next village, the next door is on the other side of the mountain, which is quite far away. It takes half a day to go back and forth, so Su Li, the eldest sister, rarely goes back to her parents' home. Every time she comes back, she stays for less than one or two days and leaves.
The image of this elder sister in Su Li's memory is very vague. She only knows that she is a very gentle person. She would hold her original body and catch butterflies everywhere. She would also hum songs to her when she was tired and coax her to sleep.
She has a gentle personality and good looks.
This was Su Li’s first impression of her elder sister Su Hong.
"It's time to bring him back for a reunion." Father Su also agreed.
Chen was worried, "I don't know if Daya's in-laws will agree."
To be honest, the family that Daya married into looked very good back then. Although they had no land, the father and son had skills and were all famous bricklayers. They could support a large family without farming. The son-in-law was also the eldest son in the family, and most of the family property would belong to him in the future. They were considered a very good family, so when the matchmaker mentioned it, Chen immediately thought it was a good idea. When her mother-in-law suggested asking more questions, she thought her mother-in-law was too suspicious and did not find out the temperament and character of the family clearly. She never thought that this would harm her eldest daughter.
Over the years, although the eldest daughter always reported good news but not bad news every time she came back, as a woman and a mother, how could she not know that Daya had a hard time, especially when Daya gave birth to a granddaughter 6 years ago. If she hadn't caught a chicken and cooked it for her, I'm afraid the family wouldn't even give her a chicken to eat while she was in confinement.
There were many other things like this. Every time Chen thought of them, she felt heartbroken and couldn't sleep all night.
Later, she treated Daya's in-laws even better, going along with them in everything and sending food and daily necessities to her daughter, hoping that her in-laws would treat her daughter and granddaughter better for her sake. In addition, her daughter gave birth to the eldest grandson of the Li family the following year, and her life became better.
"It's okay, I'll go pick her up myself." Father Su also knew something about this, but he was not as perceptive as a woman after all. He only knew that Daya's in-laws were a little too stingy and didn't like them going back to their parents' home, but generally there was no problem.
"Okay." Chen felt relieved when her husband went to pick her up in person.
After some discussion, Father Su decided to have lunch early in the afternoon and then set off for Lijia Village so that he could come back early for dinner.
The second elder brothers, Su Qingshan and Su Qinghe, were helping to clean up the house, such as chopping wood and repairing the roof. Although the weather was still dry and there was no heavy rain, the weather in August and September was like a baby's face. It might rain heavily one day, and it would be too late to repair the roof then.
As for Chen, Su Li, and Su Tao, they naturally had to go to the dock to sell food. But speaking of food...
In the kitchen, Su Li had prepared today's meals and the pickled fish was also ready. It was almost noon outside, so why hadn't her uncle brought the pig intestines for tomorrow yet?
Chen said as she lit the fire,
"Maybe your uncle was delayed by something."
Second brother Su Qingshan, who had just returned from cutting thatch in the yard, also comforted her, "It's okay, Fifth Sister. We'll be home when your uncle comes later. Just tell us how to wash the pig intestines and we can do it at home."
Grandma Wu and Old Man Su also echoed, "Yes, we are still here, it's okay, you can go your way."
This is when the benefits of having many people in the family are fully reflected.
Su Li felt relieved and carefully taught her second and third brothers how to wash the pig intestines. She then went out with Chen Su Tao pushing a wheelbarrow.
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At the dock, just as Su Li, Chen and the other two arrived, an old acquaintance came. The visitor was none other than Lin Jing, who had been climbing over the wall from the county school every meal time in recent days. Of course, Su Li was skeptical whether he really climbed over the wall. It was not that Su Li looked down on him, but Lin Jing was too fat. He was tall, fat and strong, which was really inconsistent with the image of Lin Jing climbing over the wall in his words.
But this is Su Li judging people by their appearance. Lin Jing really did climb over the wall, but he spent money to find five servants from the county school to carry him over the wall. How can it not be counted?
"Madam Su, what is this? It smells weird, as if it's gone bad." Lin Jing frowned as he looked at the pickled fish in the ceramic bowl on Su Li's table.
Seeing this, Su Li explained it carefully. "This dish is called Pickled Fish. It uses pickled vegetables and fish stewed together. It is particularly sour and spicy and appetizing. Would you like to have one, Mr. Lin?"
Lin Jing looked at the color of the pickled cabbage and hesitated. Could it possibly be delicious? His family often cooked fish, but he had never seen fish cooked this way before. It was so strange that he didn't dare to try it.
"Haha, forget it. I just want a serving of pig intestines and that rice." Lin Jing declined with an apologetic smile.
Su Li naturally wouldn't force anyone, so she prepared a meal for Lin Jing, one with meat and one with vegetable, and also poured some soup on it.
"Student Lin can go sit on the bench over there and eat."
Lin Jing then realized there were a few small tables and stools nearby. "You have a table at home?"
This was a great feeling, and Lin Jing happily went over with the food.
But the stool was too small. When Lin Jing moved his butt, the bamboo stool made a creaking sound.
Forget it, just sit down.
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