In the quiet forest, a brown hare with irregular black-brown spots all over its body and long erect ears wandered around vigilantly, seeming to be observing whether there was any danger around it.
After seeing no danger around, it carefully grabbed something under a tree. After a while, it took something out and it turned out to be a vegetable leaf.
The hare's red three-petal mouth squirmed and ate the vegetable leaves with relish.
However, in the next second, a figure fell from the sky and pressed it to the ground as quickly as lightning. The rabbit became anxious and kicked its legs hard, but it had no effect at all.
Su Zhan took out a hemp rope, tied it up with Wuhuada, and put it into the bamboo basket nearby.
In addition to the hare that was just put in, there are several hares of similar colors in the bamboo basket.
Su Zhan smiled with satisfaction. There were so many rabbits, enough for several meals. Looking up at the sky, it was almost time to go back and cook.
After returning home, she quickly disembowelled the rabbit, then washed and cut the rabbit meat into pieces, put water in the pot and boiled it, then blanch the rabbit meat and set aside.
Put the snow-white lard that the original owner was reluctant to put into the pot. After the snow-white solid lard melted in the pot, he put in the ginger, onions, garlic grown by the original owner, and the farmhouse that Su Zhan borrowed from the villagers.
Stir-fry with homemade sauce.
Wait until the aroma comes out, then add the rabbit meat and stir-fry, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, and add salt when it is almost cooked.
To accompany today's meat dishes, Su Zhan specially cooked two bowls of rice.
At this time, there was no electricity in rural areas, so there were no rice cookers.
Su Zhan used an earthen stove to cook rice. He washed the rice, poured an appropriate amount of water into it, brought it to a boil over high heat, and then poured the boiled rice into a container.
This container has countless small holes, which can perfectly keep the rice at the top and allow the boiled rice soup to flow downward.
Next, Su Zhan fried a few more green vegetables. During this process, the rice was almost drained. After all the vegetables were fried, Su Zhan poured the half-cooked rice back into the pot.
Use chopsticks to make a horizontal line on the rice, up, down, left, right, and in all directions. Finally, pour a little water around it and cover the pot.
The fire at this time is very particular. If it is too big, the rice will be cooked in black. If the fire is too small, the rice will be cooked.
However, this was not the first time that Su Zhan had used this kind of earthen stove to cook. She knew that the heat was almost done until the pot made a subtle crackling sound and the aroma of rice floated in the air.
There is another advantage of the earthen stove. For example, if you have cooked a meal, but the diners have not come for a long time, you only need to put the food you cooked on top of the rice in the pot and cover the pot.
It can keep the temperature of vegetables for a certain period of time.
But Su Zhan obviously didn't need to do this. As soon as she turned off the engine, the little boy came back with a bamboo pole and a small bucket with a smile on his face.
"Mom, come and see, I caught a lot of crayfish today." Before the person entered the door, he was already shouting with a loud voice.
After Su Zhan went out, he looked into the small bucket and saw that it was not just a little girl boasting.
In order to facilitate carrying water in rural areas at this time, the buckets at home were all very large, as high as an adult's waist. Although this small bucket is small, it is only relative to this kind of bucket.
In fact, the height of this small bucket should be above the little girl's waist and below her chest.
I saw that the small bucket was densely packed with lobsters, and each one was waving its big pincers and baring its teeth and claws. It looked very energetic at first glance.
It was okay when I went there, but when I came back I didn't know how the little girl brought this back.
"What's the point?" the little girl said disdainfully, "Gouzi and I each gained a lot, so I asked them to leave two of them there to watch the results of all of us, and then replace the rest along the way.
Bring this back."
Su Zhan looked up and saw several little carrot heads leaving.
"Mom, I won't tell you any more. Gouzi and the others helped me, so I have to help them too." After saying that, the little girl ran away in a hurry, leaving Su Zhan unable to say a word.
This kid is very smart and loyal.
Su Zhan looked at her leaving figure with a smile, pursed his lips and smiled. It wasn't that Su Zhan didn't want to help the children. If Su Zhan went, of course he could help them complete their workload quickly and take the lobster home.
But this is diplomacy that belongs to a little girl. As long as there is no danger, she should let her do these things by herself.
Su Zhan lifted the small bucket and took it into the kitchen. Fearing that the crayfish would be dried to death, she scooped some water in.
She has already finished today's lunch, and it won't be too late to save the crayfish for dinner.
After a while, the eldest boy came back with his schoolbag, which was full of stuff. Before Su Zhan could ask more questions, he opened the schoolbag with a straight face and took out a bunch of peaches.
The tail of the peach is bright red, and it looks fresh, delicious and juicy at first sight.
"I accidentally saw this on the mountain, so I picked it back." Before Su Zhan could ask, Liu Xinxuan told the story of the peach in detail.
Su Zhan didn't know what to say to these two children.
Although he is still so young, he already knows how to do things for his family.
Even the children she had raised before were all sensible, but the brother and sister in front of her were so sensible that it made her heartache.
"Mom, don't be angry. I didn't use school time to pick it. This is what I saw accidentally on the road. I wanted to pick it for you to eat." Seeing that she didn't speak for a long time, Liu Xinxuan thought she was angry and anxious.
said.
Su Zhan shook his head and said to him gently, "Mom is not angry. She must be exhausted after walking such a long way. Go wash your face first. When your sister comes back, we will eat."
Having to walk so long to go to school every day, Su Zhan was thinking about the current price of bicycles and wondered if her family's savings would be enough for her to buy a bicycle.
No one in Xiaoliu Village has bought a bicycle. To the villagers, this small village is the sky and the earth. They have never thought about going out, so Su Zhan can't find anyone to ask.
Su Zhan originally thought that Liu Xintong would take some time to come back, but she didn't expect that after just a while, she would come back with a depressed look on her face.
"What's wrong?" Su Zhan caught a glimpse of the frustration on her face and couldn't help but ask.
"Gouzi's father is here and he helped us get the things back." The little girl looked a little depressed.
"Isn't this a good thing? You don't have to carry such heavy things and you can go home. Why are you so unhappy?" Su Zhan asked deliberately.
"No, I promised them well and I will help them." The little girl was frustrated and angry. "I have broken my promise now."
