The two brothers refused to wash, so Sheng Xiping simply took off his shirt, bent down to scoop up the water in the basin, and washed his hair in twos and twos.
Over there, Zhou Qinglan quickly took Sheng Xiping's clothes aside, shook them, hung them on the garden stick, and planned to take the clothes to the river to wash them later.
"Qinglan, please put those clothes aside for now.
When you go to the beam tomorrow, you will still have a disgraced face, and even if you wash it off, it will be in vain."
Sheng Xiping finished washing his hair and was wiping it with a towel.
Seeing Zhou Qinglan entering the house looking for soap, she guessed that she wanted to wash his clothes, so Sheng Xiping hurriedly said.
"It's best to wash it, otherwise these clothes will be full of sawdust. How will you wear them tomorrow?"
Zhou Qinglan turned around and saw Sheng Xiping's shirtless appearance. Her face felt inexplicably hot and she hurriedly turned around and said.
"It's okay, just shake and hug me more.
Don't go to all that trouble, just wait until the beam is finished tomorrow.
I have to mix the mud with the sawdust and loess tomorrow morning for the shed, and then I will have to dress it up again." Sheng Xiping said with a smile.
"Okay then." Zhou Qinglan could only give up.
So I went over to change the water that Sheng Xiping used to wash his hair, mixed it with another basin, and asked him to wipe it on his body.
Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang also took turns washing their hair and wiping their bodies, and changed into cleaner clothes.
Tomorrow we have to prepare food for the beam.
The pheasants and rabbits brought back by Sheng Xiping need to be stewed to a certain temperature, otherwise they will not become mushy, so they have to be prepared in advance.
Fortunately, Sheng Liancheng set up another stove in the yard according to Zhang Shuzhen's request, which was very convenient.
The pot in the yard is big, and the roe deer head, ribs, spine, thighs, etc. are put on it. The bones are reserved for eating at home tonight, and the good meat is reserved for tomorrow.
The remaining roe deer meat is being pulled out in cold water. Tomorrow, it will be cut into slices and fried with some green peppers.
On the stove in the east room, rabbit meat is stewed, and on the stove in the west room, a Liuyin pot borrowed from a neighbor's house is stewed with pheasant.
Zhang Shuzhen listened to her son's words and put enough ingredients into the stew.
This guy fills the yard with fragrance, and makes anyone passing by twitch their noses and drool.
The small repair shop was a little busy today, and Sheng Liancheng didn't take care of his family. He didn't come home from get off work until half past five.
Before I even entered the yard, I could smell the aroma wafting all over the yard of the Sheng family.
"Good guy, if you don't know better, you might think that our family is celebrating the New Year, and it's time to kill the New Year pig."
Sheng Liancheng stepped into the hospital and said with a smile.
"Well, all that's left is a pig." Zhang Shuzhen, who was fishing out bones in the yard, laughed when she heard this.
"Hurry and wash your hands, tidy up and we'll eat later. We don't have a pot to cook tonight, so let's eat pancakes.
I just chopped some roe deer meat and will make meatball soup later.
There are also these roe deer bones and so on. Let’s chew them at night.”
"Hey, after hearing what you said, those who don't know would think that our family is living a good life, and eating meat is called dealing with it?"
Sheng Liancheng laughed as soon as he heard this, washing his hands with soap and chanting at the same time.
"This is our Xiping. If it were anyone else, who could eat like this?"
Speaking of which, during this period, the family did not stop eating meat, and their living standards improved significantly.
"Isn't that why Qinglan is still at our house?" Zhang Shuzhen was also happy.
The new house is being built soon, the daughter-in-law is about to move in, and life is getting better day by day. Who wouldn’t be happy?
As Zhang Shuzhen spoke, she took out all the bones in the pot and put them into a quite large basin.
Put the meat soup into another basin, then add some water to the pot to brush it again.
Scoop out the dirty water and pour it into the ditch in front, and finally use a brush to sweep out the remaining water in the pot.
Add fresh water to the pot, throw a few pieces of firewood at the bottom of the pot, and heat the water.
When there are a layer of small bubbles at the bottom of the pot, take a handful of the meat filling that has been mixed with egg white, broth, salt, etc. and stir well in your left hand.
Then take a spoon in your right hand, hold the meatballs in your left hand, and scoop them into the water with the spoon.
The water in the pot has not yet boiled, and the meatballs will not fall apart when put into the water. The meatballs will become tender only if they are cooked slowly over low heat.
I saw that Zhang Shuzhen moved very quickly. After a while, the pot was filled with meatballs of the same size.
Zhou Qinglan held a water ladle with cold water in it.
Zhang Shuzhen said she needed some cold water, so she quickly poured some cold water in to keep the water in the pot from boiling.
There was foam floating around the pot, so Zhou Qinglan used a spoon to skim off all the foam.
With her to help, Zhang Shuzhen can concentrate on putting meatballs in the pot.
The two of them cooperated very well, and soon all the meatballs were in the pot.
Put all the meatballs into the pot and add some salt to taste.
When the meatballs are cooked, add some chopped green onion, coriander, and MSG, and serve them out.
It's already hot in August, and there are rabbits and chickens stewed in the house, which makes the heat even more uncomfortable.
Let's just eat dinner in the courtyard, where it can be cooler.
The table was placed in the middle of the yard, with a basin of freshly cooked roe deer bones and a basin of steaming meatball soup.
Inside the basket is a thick stack of pancakes, as well as scallions, miso and so on.
The whole family just sits on a small bench or wooden pier, sits around the table, and eats happily.
"Qinglan, let's have a bite tonight, please eat more.
In the past few days, my family has been building a house, and you have been very tired, and I have lost weight."
Zhang Shuzhen stood next to Zhou Qinglan and kept asking Zhou Qinglan to eat more.
"Auntie, if this food is still for everyone, then I don't know who else in our forest farm can eat such good food?"
Zhou Qinglan has been to the Sheng family many times, and after getting to know the Sheng family, she is no longer so reserved.
Upon hearing Zhang Shuzhen's words, Zhou Qinglan said with a smile.
"I've been eating at my aunt's house recently and I've gained weight."
"It's good to be fat, but women should be fatter and look better.
Let me tell you, you can come over to eat from now on. It’s a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks. We have a large family and the meal will be lively."
Zhang Shuzhen looked at the girl beside her, the more she looked at her, the more she liked her.
Even though Zhou Qinglan is a city girl, she has a bright eye, is very hard-working, and is good at talking and doing things, so she can get along with her everywhere.
Sheng Liancheng and his son were gnawing bones here. Seeing Zhang Shuzhen and Zhou Qinglan getting along well on the other side, Sheng Xiping was also very happy.
How wonderful this is, the family can live a peaceful and down-to-earth life.
"Well, the meat is so delicious, and the meatball soup is even better. Brother, it would be great if you could go hunting in the mountains every day."
Sheng Xitai muttered vaguely while chewing the roe deer ribs.
For a foodie like him, this kind of life is so wonderful that he wishes he could live like this every day.
"You'd better chew the bones and don't make a wish there.
Our brother is busy every day, how can he find time to go hunting in the mountains?"
Sheng Yunfang picked up a bone and put it in front of his younger brother, asking him to chew on the bone more and talk less.
Sheng Xitai didn't care what his sister said at all. After finishing chewing the stick in his hand, he just picked up the next one and continued to chew.