Alpine pasture

Chapter 57 Pickled Salted Duck Eggs
After cleaning the jar, Ju An wiped it with a piece of dry cloth inside and out, and then placed the jar on its side under the porch, with the mouth of the jar facing the sunlight, so that the water vapor in the jar would evaporate faster.

When I walked into the house, I said to my mother, "The jar has been cleaned, and I wiped it with a cloth. Wherever I go to dig mud, I will dig it."

My mother smiled and said, "This time we don't use mud to paste the eggs, this time we use grass ash mixed with wine and salt to paste."

Ju An said in a puzzled way: "Isn't it always made of mud before, how can I use plant ash this time?"

My mother said: "In the past, the old method in the family used grass and wood ash. Later, when no one burned grass and firewood for cooking, it was changed to mud. Now you have pine wood ash here. Better, pickled eggs. Taste better".

"Mom, I was thinking about the pine wood ash at home some time ago. After a few barbecues, the ash mother put it away. She just kept the pickled duck eggs, so this time you don't have to go dredging." The elder sister said with a smile.

Hehe laughed twice: "Mom says yes, then it's okay to listen to Mom".After finishing speaking, I saw that my mother was preparing to fry tofu, and said, "Mom, fry a few more pieces. Now, get me two pieces first, put salt and pepper, and relieve my cravings."

Mom smiled and nodded and said to the sister next to her, "I'm going to get a piece of tofu, the one left over just now."I took the tofu from my sister and washed it in the water, cut it into pieces about three or four centimeters wide and one centimeter thick. After a while, the golden yellow tofu fried on both sides came out of the pot, my mother sprinkled salt and pepper on each piece of tofu, put it on a plate, and handed the plate to Ju An: "Here, go to Senior Brother. I didn't bring anything back there, I brought back a bunch of tofu."

Ju An put a piece of tofu in his mouth, and found it was very hot. After a few breaths, he ate the tofu in his stomach. At this time, the elder sister also came over with chopsticks, and the siblings ate around a plate of fried tofu. stand up.

Ju An said while eating, "Mom, you know how expensive American tofu is. A pound of tofu is this kind of soft tofu, and it costs more than ten yuan to co-author."

As soon as my mother heard this, she immediately picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of tofu from Ju An's plate and tasted it: "This is nothing special, the tofu at home is only one dollar, and it is not better than the home one. A piece of tofu is more than ten pieces, isn't it a scam?"

"It is estimated that Americans eat less and cook less, so of course things are more expensive." My sister thought and gave an answer.

Mom also nodded.After a while, the fried tofu on the plate was swept away by the siblings, and Ju An said, "It's really delicious."Listening to the mother and sister laughed.

At noon, there were only three people in the family eating, Ju An's mother and sister, and my mother made a few homemade tofu and gave Thomas a plate each. My mother was afraid that the oily tofu would go bad outside, so she went to the bathroom. I burned a lot at one time, and took a few foreigners to try it along the way.

After lunch, my mother and sister finished their housework and started to pickle the salted duck eggs. Ju An was there to help. My mother took out all the duck eggs collected during this period and put them in a big pot. Put water on and let Ju An and her sister carefully clean each one, and then check if there are any bad ones. After washing, wipe the water on the duck eggs with dry gauze, and place them on the table to dry.

My mother found the pine ash she had collected, added wine and salt to the pine ash, then added some cold water and stirred it into plaster, and then waited for the duck eggs to dry and smeared it directly.

While everyone was chatting, Nancy came back to drink coffee and brought the plate over. Seeing a few people laying more than [-] duck eggs on the table, she asked strangely, "Are you going to boil duck eggs to eat?"

Ju An explained: "Either we are preparing to pickle the salted duck eggs, or put them in a jar, wrap them in mud, and leave them for a month."

Nancy asked strangely, "Aren't the duck eggs stinky, and are they still edible? It's terrible."

Ju An couldn't take it anymore because of her choking, so she had to say, "When it's done, you can try it. It's delicious, much more delicious than fresh duck eggs."

Nancy shook her head and said, "I don't want to eat it, it's terrible." After speaking, she said to Ju An, "Please tell your mother that the food delivered at noon is delicious. I like it very much. By the way, what is its name? I also want to learn to cook and eat by myself.”

Ju An said: "Home-style tofu is a type of tofu that is baked with ham sausage, fungus, etc. First, cut the oily tofu in half, so that it is easy to taste, then cut the ham sausage into small cubes, and soak the fungus. Well, then put in some water and let it boil."

Nancy said: "It still sounds easy, and I will learn it when I have time."

Ju An said with a smile: "Yes, I can teach you if you want to learn."Nancy said thank you, put down the plate and turned and left the room.

My sister asked, "What did I tell you?".

"Praise the home-made tofu made by my mother is good. If I want to learn it, I said I can teach him. When I first came, I asked what we were doing. I told him to pickle duck eggs, and then told her to pickle one. Month, she thought that the food would go bad after a month, and she couldn't eat it," Ju An said.

My sister and mother laughed when they heard it.

Ju An followed up: "Lao Mei's last newspaper article mentioned that preserved eggs are the most terrifying food in the world. They can't accept the taste, color, etc. They say it has a pungent smell, weird taste, and is the devil's egg. ". '

The mother and sister laughed again, and just after laughing, the mother became worried: "The third child, let's get a Chinese daughter-in-law, you married a foreigner, you can't eat that or that. Eat, how are you spending your day?"

Ju An was stunned for a moment and said, "Why are you involved in this aspect again? It depends on what you are worried about. It's alright. It's estimated that the duck's eggs are dry. Let's spread the mud."After saying that, he left the house and brought the jar in.

Rub it into the jar with your hands, and it works just fine.

Then, Ju An and her sister started smearing mud on the duck egg skin. Once they had been smeared, they handed them over to the mother to put them in the jar. After smearing the whole thing, it took more than half an hour before and after. It's too strict. It won't work if it's thick or thin. It hurts Ju An to rework more than ten duck eggs to make my mother satisfied. When my mother puts the duck eggs in the jar, Ju An takes a look, what a coincidence Well, just put a small jar.

My mother found another thick plastic sheet to cover the mouth of the jar, took a piece of cloth and said to Ju An, "You are so strong that you tied the mouth of the jar tightly."Tighten the mouth of the jar as my mother said, and then move it to the corner of the kitchen, the place designated by my mother, and this final work is completed.

After all this was done, the three of them completely relaxed and made a pot of tea. Ju An, his mother and sister sat under the porch to rest.

Ju An said to his mother, "Mom, you just don't want to go back. Let your sister and brother-in-law take Tongtong back. It's so tiring to fly for more than ten hours."

The elder sister also said, "Yes, Mom, you and Dad can live here in San'er. The air is good here, and Dad likes to ride horses."

Mom thought for a while and said, "You and Ran Rantongtong have both gone back. It's so boring for me and your dad to be here. I don't understand what the American devils say. Dad, are the two chatting? I don’t know anyone here, and everyone lives so far away that they can’t even hang out with each other.”

Ju An thought about it and said, Mom is comfortable here, but who is Mom and Dad looking for to chat with, I guess there are not many Chinese people in Lewistown other than himself, and after thinking about it, he said, "That's fine, I Send you home with your father, sister, and brother-in-law, and then I'll come back."

My mother smiled and said, "Just send it to the airport. You can come back when we get on the flight back to China. It takes a day's flight to go back and forth and you're exhausted. When you get to Jiangnan, will your brother-in-law know the way home?" .

My sister also said: "Well, you can just take us on the plane back to China. When we arrive in Jiangnan, we will get in the car and go home directly."

"How did Ran Ran go back, did my brother say that?" Ju An asked.

The mother replied: "Your elder brother said that he will go to Jiangnan Airport to pick him up. Then he will take Ran Ran to the south directly. If there is no time to pick him up, he will go home first. He or your sister-in-law will take a few days off to pick up Ran Ran."

Ju An did some calculations and said, "If you have any problems in Jiangnan, find a big hotel to live in first, don't worry about saving money, your son and I are always five-star, too small, four stars or more. I'm down, do you understand?" Ju An told her mother with a smile.

My sister smiled and said, "Why do we have to spend two days in Jiangnan. I'm so old and haven't lived in a five-star hotel yet, so let's take our two children to play in Jiangnan for two days? Anyway, someone is thinking about paying."

"You just think about playing, there are people everywhere, I won't be blamed for that." Mom touched Ju An's head and said happily: "Our third child is very good, and I know that I hurt my mother. If only I could have a grandson soon."

Ju An was taken aback, why did he go around and come here again? After thinking about it, he understood. Just like what Ju An saw someone said before, Chinese women start looking forward to raising a son after they are 25 years old. The grandson, since then has had an extraordinary desire to be a grandmother.

And last time my brother took his parents to the capital to play on the National Day. In the end, my mother came back very tired and said that she would not go out anymore. Where is the tourism? I have suffered.So now when the word travel is mentioned, both my father and mother can't help shaking their heads and answering that you don't go, don't go.

After thinking about it, he said, "I'll call Wang Fan in two days, and let him pick you up when you arrive in Jiangnan. If you want to play in Jiangnan for two days, let him take you with him."

My mother thought for a while and said, "It's better not to trouble this child Wang Fan. He is also busy with work, so it's not good to trouble him."

Ju An said: "Farewell, you can just listen to my arrangements for this matter."

(End of this chapter)