"Yes, there are many, many dishes. Mother, please come over and take a look."
Xiao Lingbao's voice was light and sweet. For a moment, not only Shen Su'e, but also Jiang Qingshan, who had been squinting and yawning before, immediately became energetic.
They rushed to the Lingbao House and saw that the floor was piled with things.
The sun has not yet come out. In the cold small mountain village in the early morning, it is gray outside. Shen Su'e can't see clearly, so she guesses and asks: "Is it a radish?"
After asking, she bent down to pick up something on the ground, took a closer look, and said in surprise: "It's really a radish? What a big radish!"
"There are not only radishes," Jiang Qingshan pointed to the other side of the bed, "there are also a lot of vegetables piled there."
After hearing this, his wife hurriedly looked in the direction of his finger and rubbed her eyes twice, "Oh, it's too dark. What kind of dishes are those?"
Lingbao picked up a piece of celery and handed it to her mother, "Mother, it's celery!"
"Oh, yes, yes, it's celery," Shen Su'e smelled the fragrance of celery and sighed, "It smells so good! I haven't eaten celery in a long time."
Jiang Qingshan on the side also took a deep breath, "This dish is delicious whether in noodles or porridge, just add a little salt..."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and sighed: "It's so fragrant! Every time the vegetables sent by the gods are more delicious than what we grow ourselves, the sauerkraut before was much more delicious than what we pickled at home. It’s sour, sweet and crispy, and the celery this time smells better than ordinary celery!”
"Isn't this nonsense?" Shen Su'e said, "Can the vegetables sent by the gods be the same as the vegetables we grow at home? Since the gods live in the sky, they must also farm in the sky. The fields in the sky must be better than our fields on the ground. Okay, right?”
After she finished speaking, her daughter handed her a large bag of rock candy.
"Mother, this was also given by the gods," Lingbao said in a clear voice, "This time the gods even talked to Lingbao..."
For a moment, her parents were so excited that their eyes widened, and they asked eagerly: "What? Lingbao, did the god talk to you? What did he say to you?"
Shen Su'e couldn't help but worry in her heart, "Lingbao, the gods don't want to take you away, right? He...could he give us these foods because he thanks us for taking care of you during this time, and then he wants to Did I take you away?"
When her husband heard this, his nerves immediately became tense, "No, it can't be right? Didn't we agree that Lingbao would be our daughter? How can we still take her away?"
After saying this, he quickly put the radishes in his hand on the ground, "Then I don't want these radishes, radishes are not as good as my daughter!"
"I don't want anything anymore! Lingbao, don't follow the gods. Tell the gods, let us continue to raise you, okay?"
Little Lingbao blinked his eyes blankly, "Ah? The god didn't say that he was taking Lingbao away. He just said that these dishes were used to prepare this pork feast."
At this point, she pointed to the rock sugar, "And this bag of sugar, too. The god wants my mother to add vegetables and sugar to the pork, so that all the uncles, aunts, grandparents, brothers, sisters, brothers and sisters in the village can eat it." Eat enough."
Her parents breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, "Oh, that's it. It scared me to death. I thought the gods were going to take you away."
"But we have a wild boar, and we also received a bunch of corn and peanuts yesterday. Is that enough to prepare a pork feast? Do we also need to add radishes?"
After Shen Su'e finished speaking, her husband said: "After all, this is a banquet prepared for the official introduction of Lingbao. Even if there are corn and peanuts, there is only one soup!"
To be honest, the dry steamed pork is too boring. It's not even called a dish, it's just meat. The gods must think that our preparation is too shabby."
"That's right. Since it's a banquet, we have to prepare some dishes. With these radishes, we can make pork belly and stir-fried shredded radish."
“Can celery also be used to stir-fry meat slices?”
"That's right! Stir-fry celery and lean meat, and it's two dishes and one soup!"
The couple discussed the dishes prepared for the banquet. Jiang Qingshan thought and said: "I remember hearing people say before that in those big restaurants, rock sugar is used to make braised pork. The sugar is melted in deep-fried oil first, and then After the meat is stewed, it will be brown in color, I don’t know how delicious it is.”
"Oh! I'm afraid there's not that much pork belly, right?" Shen Su'e frowned, "You saw the wild boar cut out yesterday. It's so strong, it's basically lean meat, not much fat."
"Then instead of making braised pork, put some radish in it and make braised pork with radish. This will definitely have enough pork belly."
A bunch of ideas came to Jiang Qingshan's mind, "You can use half of the rock sugar to braise the pig head! Let the pig head meat cool and slice it, then mix it with celery. This is another dish and can be served first! And that..."
Hearing what he wanted to say, his wife interrupted anxiously: "Wait, wait, how many dishes are there? Is it too late today?"
"One stir-fried pork belly with radish, one stir-fried pork belly with celery," Jiang Qingshan said with his fingers, "One stir-fried pork belly with white radish, braised pork head meat, and a corn and peanut pork ribs soup. There are five dishes in total, are they almost ready?"
"Isn't the number five auspicious? How about making up six?"
Her words made Jiang Qingshan stunned for a moment, "Ah? This..."
Xiao Lingbao said at this time: "Mother, the number five is very auspicious. It is the most auspicious number among the five elements. It represents fortune and longevity, like five blessings coming to the door and a good harvest. These are all good words."
"Oh, we Lingbao are still knowledgeable. Yes, yes, I have also heard of this 'good harvest'. We rural people like this word!" Shen Su'e's eyes were full of love for her daughter, "Then let's cook five kinds of dishes. La! "
As she was about to move the radishes out, her husband stopped her and said, "Now there is a big problem. How do we explain to people where the radishes come from?"
"That's right," Shen Su'e stopped what she was doing, "I almost forgot, you can't tell outsiders about this magical thing..."
The two of them frowned, neither of them came up with any good ideas.
"What should we do?" Seeing the time passing by, Shen Su'e said anxiously, "When everyone is here, there is really no way to explain this."
"Don't worry, I'll call Da Dongzi and the others over. They are young and full of ideas, and they will definitely be able to come up with a solution!"
After Jiang Qingshan finished speaking, he quickly ran out the door and called his sons up.
After a while, everyone gathered in Lingbao's house. After listening to his parents explain the current situation, Wu Chaozi was the first to speak: "Let's just say that these radishes are all bought by our family! Just like the second brother bought white noodles last time. …”
"Last time, the white flour only weighed more than ten kilograms. This time, it's hundreds of kilograms of radishes. Look at these vegetables on the ground. Can we afford them?"
As soon as Shen Su'e finished speaking, the little Lingbao next to her said: "Mom, radishes are not expensive. A pound of radish only costs one cent and three cents, and a hundred pounds only costs one dollar and three cents. Dad gave Lingbao the gift last time. Bao’s red envelope is enough to buy them.”