Rural earth stoves and large fire pots can cook meals very quickly.
One pot is used to cook rice, a small pot in the middle is used to boil water, and the other is a large iron pot that must be twenty-five years old and was used when I got married.
After so many years, it has been nourished by lard and is shiny. When stir-fried, it is smooth and silky and tastes good.
Today there are only about 10 or 20 people, so Wulan adds more food but not more vegetables (mainly because there are not many vegetables when the green season is not picking up), and every dish is served in a pot.
Not to mention the main dish, a big pot of fried bacon with milkvetch.
Logically speaking, the main dish should be stewed vegetables, but unfortunately, the lettuce pulled from grandma's vegetable garden is not of this quality, so the lettuce stewed with canned meat can only be ranked second.
Followed by scrambled eggs with leeks.
Yesterday, Song Tan harvested all the leeks, and the family spent several hours making various dumplings and leek boxes.
No, there is also a large plate of leek boxes in the lunch dishes, which serves as another staple food.
As for those who really don’t have any, I’ll just make scrambled eggs today.
The reason why it didn't become the main dish was simply because it didn't have meat and it didn't look grand enough.
Then there are the stir-fried twice-cooked pork with chili and stir-fried tofu with Chinese cabbage.
These are all the dishes that are available in the local area, and the rest are all driven to the town early in the morning to buy them. They are really not worth mentioning.
But despite this, the overbearing aroma of leeks, the unique crispy aroma of the leek box, and the various flavors stimulated by the fried meat with milkvetch... all present can't help but feel hungry.
If I didn’t have two points of self-control left, I would have snatched the chopsticks right now!
If nothing else, let me take a bite of the leek box first! I’m so hungry!
However, when all ten large basins were served, the eldest aunt and Sun Yanyan had not returned yet.
Everyone sat around the table holding chopsticks, not to mention how anxious they were.
The uncle’s face looked a little ugly:
"I'll make a call. Let's eat first."
But there is no reason to eat first?
Only when the corresponding phone rang in the yard did everyone realize that they had gone out to dig vegetables and didn't bring their mobile phones with them at all.
Wang Lifen was still puzzled: "The vegetable garden is only so big, and there aren't many lettuce leaves left. Is it because they haven't been pulled up yet?"
"Qiao Qiao." Song Tan smiled and said, "Go to grandma's house to see if auntie is there?"
When it comes to running errands, Qiao Qiao is still very active.
At this moment, he stood up without hesitation and acted like an adult: "Oh! You are so playful if you don't come back after eating!"
The uncle's face was already very ugly. Song Tan patted him and said, "Go quickly."
Qiaoqiao was tall and had long legs. She was running all the way, but after five minutes, she ran back panting again:
"No, there is no one at grandma's house, not in the house, not in the vegetable field, not in the big white house."
The focus of everyone present was where the person had gone. Only Song Tan glanced at Qiao Qiao and knew that he must have gone to Dabai's nest again.
Who knows that since Dabai moved to the mountain, no one has taken care of his shabby basket nest? He has to be looked after by his good brother Qiao Qiao.
The phone call couldn't be reached, and he didn't know where he was. Song Tan said: "Auntie said she was going to cut milkvetch this morning, but there is no more vetch in the field. Is she still looking for it in the field?"
So Qiao Qiao was sent to the door again to look into the fields.
Looking around, there is only a piece of brown soil left in the ground. Where are the people?
Someone's stomach rumbled, and Uncle Song's face became even more embarrassed, so he picked up the chopsticks and said, "No, no, no, no, let's eat first! You're welcome, my family."
Now he is both a family member and a guest, and those who are not here are still members of his family. When he talks now, everyone really can't hold it in anymore.
The boss in charge of farming had long heard that Song Tan’s food was good, but he never dared to believe it—who hasn’t been to the countryside? He ate a lot!
But as soon as the scent hit him at noon today, he immediately regretted it and just wanted to slap himself in the face!
——Telling you to be picky and asking you to go out for a living!
This milkvetch smells different. How many good things have I missed?
Thinking of yesterday when I plowed a plow with a tiller and ruthlessly buried them all under the soil, my hands and feet were trembling with anger——
But what if you are willing to cut a basket?
at this time!
Suddenly someone in the back mountain seemed to be shouting, shouting!
The voice was pitiful and full of fear. Everyone looked solemn, and Song Sancheng jumped up instantly: "My pig!"
The back mountain is all his treasure. He fed it spoonful by spoonful of pig food, and there is no room for any loss!
Although Qiao Qiao did not feed pigs, he still had chickens, ducks, his big white brothers, and the main compost he had just learned - pig manure!
They are all still on the mountain!
At this moment he also stood up instantly.
But my face was so red that I couldn't remember what I should say first.
My king? Or my Dabai? Or my pig manure, chickens and ducks?
After a moment of silence, the shouts from the back mountain became louder and louder. Now no one could sit still and hurriedly ran outside.
Just after turning around the back mountain, before everyone could express their surprise at the buzzing bee boxes on the side of the trail, they saw two grey-headed and extremely miserable women emerging from the forest.
At this moment, they were crying and shouting, and then stumbled down.
It wasn't until he saw someone that he sat down on the ground.
"You...what are you doing?"
Uncle Song was simply suppressing his anger, and his voice was trembling when he spoke.
Mao Li said "ouch":
"Almost...almost died, dead!!!"
Sun Yanyan also had a look of fear on her face, her eyes were blurred by crying: "It's just that, dad, you don't know, there is a monster on the mountain behind, don't mention how scary it is!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was another rustling sound in the forest. Everyone held their breath and concentrated. Sun Yanyan and her eldest aunt huddled together, looking frightened.
Then, another loud "quacking" sound came, and its white head with a little yellow hat was first revealed.
When Dabai saw Qiao Qiao, he quickly spread his wings, held his head high, and rushed out.
Although it is just a goose, it has the momentum of thousands of troops.
Qiao Qiao cheered, squatted down and opened her arms, and the two brothers hugged each other in a familiar manner.
Only then did Dabai calm down.
That's it?
This is an ordinary big white goose, not a lion-headed goose. If you are afraid, you won’t scream like this, right?
Everyone looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and they felt strange for a moment.
At this moment, there was a subtle sound in the bushes.
Song Tan raised his head and saw a huge dog's head sticking out, quietly looking at the group of people in front of him.