This time there was no melon rind, so everyone ate more heartily. There was a big bowl full of it, and it was all eaten up in a short time.
The seventh cousin originally wanted to persuade them to take it easy, but before he could say anything, he saw that the pot was empty, and in the end he could only change his direction——
"You guys are really good at eating."
Those who could eat were not satisfied at all. While burping, they held their stomachs in their hands and were preoccupied with waiting for the cold watermelon rind at noon.
Seeing this, the seventh cousin could only sigh helplessly:
"Why don't you prepare a meal for lunch? Let's make porridge. I see you don't have much to eat. The porridge is being cooked now. It will cool down after a nap. It would also be good with cold watermelon rind."
On a hot day, it's not easy to have an appetite, and it's not easy for them to squat in front of the stove to cook.
good idea!
As soon as this proposal came out, everyone agreed.
It's too hot at noon now, so everyone doesn't work. It's normal to sleep in until 3:00 in the afternoon and get up.
However, you can eat porridge after lunch break, and you must try the cold watermelon rind now.
When the seventh cousin heard this, he couldn't help but be speechless.
At this moment, I simply put the melon rind in the basin, and then handed out two scrapers: "Since you want to eat it, just scrape off the green skin on the outside."
With food in hand, the two strong young men Zhang Yanping and Xin Jun were very active.
But here, the seventh cousin took Qiao Qiao with a kitchen knife in one hand, and pressed the skin of the melon with the other, pressing it against the green skin, and slowly and steadily cut it along.
Soon, a complete piece of emerald green melon skin was separated out. It was so thin that it would be too thin for a pig to eat.
But...this technique is quite good.
The seventh cousin sighed in admiration, and then ordered: "You and they will slowly clean the skin of the melon."
"I'll prepare some ingredients first."
Cold melon rind is an extremely simple dish. He took out two red peppers from the vegetable basket, patted a few cloves of garlic, chopped some minced ginger, chopped green onions, etc., and everything was ready.
The melon rind is almost done.
The seventh cousin simply stacked the thin melon rinds together, and then kept using the kitchen knife——
Dodo dodo!
Soon, the red, white and slightly green melon rind was cut into even slender strips, and then he sprinkled a handful of salt on it and marinated it in a basin.
At this time, on the other stove, the rice in the pot had just emerged.
It’s not easy to stand in front of the stove on a hot day. There were beads of sweat on Qiao Qiao’s fair face. Now she stirred the pot with a big spoon and looked down at the fire:
"Cousin, don't worry about the fire in the stove."
When the fire goes out, the pot of porridge is ready. Cover the pot with a lid to prevent dust from falling, and eat it after everyone gets up from sleep. It's just right.
After the melon rind was pickled for less than half an hour, all the moisture inside was squeezed out.
This time, Qiao Qiao, who was already good at several kinds of cold dishes, fished it out and wrung it out without any instructions from the seventh cousin.
The seventh cousin took advantage of the situation and taught him to pour in salt, cooking wine, light soy sauce and chili pepper.
Just mix it with chopsticks——
"Snapped!"
The basin was placed on the table: "Try it."
Bright red peppers, pink watermelon pulp, and slightly cyan white melon skin - these are really the most beautiful colors in summer.
At this moment, it is so simple to mix it, and it will be very delicious immediately.
Everyone eagerly stretched out their chopsticks——
"Well!"
It's hard to tell what this smells like.
The moment it enters the mouth, the savory aroma of salt and sauce first spreads in the mouth, and then, the pink melon flesh is bitten, and the sweet juice is mixed in the mouth.
Sweet and salty are intertwined, but it doesn't feel weird at all, but has clear layers.
When the sweet aftertaste has not dissipated, the freshness and crispness of the white melon skin burst out between the lips and teeth. The more you chew, the more refreshing it becomes, and then you swallow it in one gulp, and the spicy taste wrapped in red pepper slowly burns out of your mouth.
stand up……
Even though it is such a simple dish, when everyone ate it, they found it extremely satisfying and refreshing.
What else is there to say?
What kind of porridge should be served with it? This kind of cold dish should be eaten on an empty stomach!
After a while, everyone stared at the empty basin and looked innocently at the seventh cousin.
"That is to say...Cousin, when we wake up in the afternoon and eat porridge, what should we eat?"
The seventh cousin almost laughed angrily: "I am worthy of you all eating!"
However, while he was laughing and scolding, he felt two points of pride in his heart: Look! This family can't survive without me.
So he turned around and ordered reservedly:
"I'll go pick a few more cucumbers from the garden later and put them in the refrigerator. Let's eat cold cucumbers when we wake up in the afternoon."
Think of the refreshing taste of cucumbers in the vegetable garden. Even gnawing 10 cucumbers a day is not enough. Everyone is instantly salivating!
Hey! There are so many delicious things, why do I still have this one stomach?
If my belly hadn't been so bloated that I couldn't help it, I might have started eating again by now.
But when everyone was drooling, Song Tan's face was serious and his expression was deep.
Zhang Yanping couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you?"
I heard her let out a long sigh: "If you let me taste the cold melon rind, this watermelon shouldn't cost only 20 yuan per catty."
Everyone:...just be a human being!
A melon weighing three to five kilograms is worth a hundred yuan!
…
After waking up at noon, we had a meal of warm porridge and iced cucumbers. As expected, everyone was full of energy and gearing up.
After finally waiting until the sun was no longer so strong, Song Tan looked at the time and said, "Let's go up the mountain to pick watermelons!"
"By the way, Qiao Qiao doesn't need to go yet. You go to the back mountain first and bring a few more bundles of straw to spread out the back of our car."
"Okay!" Qiaoqiao nodded solemnly. For Ultraman, he accepted this task!
Fortunately, it's only the end of May and it's not that hot yet. Otherwise, even at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature would still soar to thirty-seven or eighty-seven. So why pick melons? Just lie down and pull them down.
While picking melons, Zhang Yanping did not forget to take out his mobile phone to count:
"There are almost 150 people who have placed orders through the mini program, and I always calculate the price by five pounds. I will refund the amount and replenish the amount. Our melons are expensive, so we don’t need to pick too many... I guess I can pick 200 today and that will be enough."
"OK."
The melons were very ripe, and Song Tan didn't plan to pile them up and press them tightly, otherwise the ones on the bottom might explode, so he just counted between 230 and 250.
After all, in addition to giving away, there are also 20 melons from Zhu Jun!
With everyone working together, 200 melons can be made very quickly. The Zhang Wang family is responsible for driving the mistress to show off their power——
Who made it impossible for the pickup truck to go up the back hill?
When the car came over to move the melons, Song Tan specially picked a few big ones and put them in the back seat first.
After thinking about it, it didn’t seem right to just give one to my uncle’s family. She, Tantan, is not that ignorant!
So I picked three particularly small ones and put them aside.
In this way, relatives will have a bowl of water!
However, whether he eats it or not, the uncle must behave well when building a house for his grandfather.
Otherwise...she will be angry.
Finished! Good night! Okay, it’s very late. Good morning!