Soul Travel: I was bought by the fierce man in the village to farm

Dingjiacun is quite quiet on weekdays, with only the sounds of children playing around heard.

After waking up in the morning and washing up, they started steaming steamed buns. Li Yunshan and Ding Azhuang were responsible for chopping the fillings.

When steaming the steamed buns, Mao Xiaosui steamed two bowls of custard with frozen eggs. When the eggs were solidified, he poured some salt water, chopped green onions and sesame oil on them, and then steamed them for a while.

The egg custard was steamed for a few children. They ate some freshly cooked white flour steamed buns. Li Yunshan and Ding Azhuang finished their work with the meat filling and went to the butcher shop.

Mao Xiaosui adjusted the filling and waited until the two pots of white flour steamed buns were finished steaming before starting to steam the buns.

After the children had eaten, Ding Pingshun took them to read and write.

Li Ankang is the most literate among them, so Ding Pingshun has to listen to him.

Mao Xiaosui found it quite interesting and joked a few words with Aunt Ding.

After steaming the buns for a while, he heard someone shouting "Pingshun" at the door. Mao Xiaosui went out and took a look and found that it was a seven or eight-year-old girl.

The little girl was still looking at the door. Aunt Ding didn't go out. She just sighed when she heard the sound.

"What's wrong?" Mao Xiaosui asked.

Sister-in-law Ding said, "This girl is from a neighboring village. When she came to buy meat last year, her mother joked that she would give her to Pingshun as a wife. For this reason, the family always talked about the marriage. We didn't want to take it seriously at first. The family may have found out that Pingshun was not at home, so they kept asking questions. A Zhuang thought it was nothing, so he said nothing. The girl came last year, and recently she keeps coming to the house."

"Is she relying on you?" Mao Xiaosui asked, "Is her family poor?"

"Very poor." Auntie Ding was also obviously unhappy.

Mao Xiaosui chuckled, "They don't care about their shame. Why are you so embarrassed?"

Sister-in-law Ding was already gentle, but she just said, "This girl is still young, so I can't say anything unpleasant."

"What do you mean by smooth?" It's not uncommon here for people to shamelessly stick to someone else's wealth.

"What can he have in mind?" Aunt Ding shook her head.

The little girl had already walked in, and Ding Pingshun also opened the curtain and came out with several children. Li Ruyi naturally took Ding Pingshun's hand.

The girl called out, "Brother Pingshun." Then she came over.

Ding Pingshun asked her, "Why are you here?"

"I'm here to find you." The girl walked up to Ding Pingshun.

Mao Xiaosui thought to himself that what a good child would become if he was taught by the unscrupulous adults at home.

She walked out, squatted in front of the little girl and asked her, "Why did you come to Pingshun?"

The little girl glanced at her with clear eyes, "My mother asked me to come."

"Where's your mother?"

The little girl shook her head.

Ding Ping'an snorted, "I don't want you to be my sister-in-law."

"Sister-in-law?" Li Ruyi looked at Ding Pingan.

Ding Ping'an glared at the little girl, then leaned forward and whispered to Li Ruyi.

Mao Xiaosui's eyes widened when he saw her, and his face bulged. He suddenly stood in front of Ding Pingshun and shouted, "I don't want you."

Ding Pingshun touched her head comfortingly and said to the little girl, "Go home and don't come to me all the time."

The little girl was a little scared after being scolded by Li Ruyi and Ding Ping'an, with tears welling up in her eyes. Mao Xiaosui did not comfort her, but just whispered, "Go home, don't come to Pingshun, you know."

The little girl cried in fright, turned around and ran away.

Li Ruyi still looked angry, and Mao Xiaosui was happy, "Pingshun isn't even angry, why are you angry?"

Li Ruyi was unhappy and pulled Ding Pingshun into the house.

Mao Xiaosui stared at the hands held by the elder and the younger, and asked Aunt Ding uncertainly, "Is this damn girl too protective of her calf?"

Auntie Ding stuttered, "Okay... I guess so."

Steamed buns with mushroom and cabbage fillings, pure meat fillings and beans and meat fillings.

When it was time to eat, Li Yunshan and Li Yunshan didn't come back. Mao Xiaosui simply picked it up on the plate and let Ding Pingshun take it.

Li Ruyi clung to Ding Pingshun and followed them every step of the way. Li Ankang and Ding Ping'an sat on the threshold and did not move, just complaining that they didn't want to write.

"If you don't want to write, then just write." Mao Xiaosui said with a smile, "As long as Qin An doesn't beat you up."

Li Ankang pouted and stopped talking, and his mouth for biting buns grew wider.

Ding Pingshun and Li Ruyi never came back after they went out. Ding Ping'an even took a look. When Mao Xiaosui found out, all the children were gone.

She didn't care, and she and Aunt Ding finished steaming the buns and started frying the meat.

Cut the pork into long strips as thick as your finger, marinate them with Sichuan peppercorns, salt and eggs for a while, then mix half a bowl of white batter, put the meat strips in, coat them in the batter, and deep-fry them in an oil pan over low heat.

Fry until browned and take it out. The freshly fried crispy meat is hot and fragrant. Mao Xiaosui first fed Heizi two mouthfuls and then let him go and call the babies.

After waiting for a long time, the children did not come back, but Li Yunshan and Ding Azhuang came.

There was a lot of fried pork, so Ding Azhuang went straight to drink with it. After they finished cleaning up the kitchen, Ding Pingshun and the others came back with two fish in their hands, and their faces were blue from the cold.

"Where?" Auntie Ding asked.

"Caught in the river." Ding Pingshun said, "The Dagui guys are catching it, and I'm going to join in the fun."

The fish was still alive. Mrs. Ding carried it and put it in a bucket to keep it. It was fried until it was crispy and meaty, so the few of them had dinner with steamed buns.

After spending a day in the kitchen, Mao Xiaosui was so smoked that he had no appetite, so he made himself a cup of brown sugar water.

Ding Azhuang saw it and asked, "What was that you brought last time? It tastes better than brown sugar."

"Honey." Li Yunshan said, "I find it in the woods. It's the kind of bugs that like to bite people. Honey is squeezed out of their nests."

Ding Azhuang was shocked when he heard this, "That thing?"

Li Yunshan nodded.

Auntie Ding was also surprised when she heard that, "There are so many of those things in the summer. If you accidentally get bitten, it hurts and itches..."

Mao Xiaosui reminded, "You have to wait until the flowers bloom in summer, so that there will be honey."

Ding Azhuang: "I'll give it a try next year."

Li Yunshan: "Get more and leave a can for us."

"Sure." Ding Azhuang responded.

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As the New Year approaches, there are many things to be busy with.

Early in the morning, the two of them started busy again. They cooked the big bones in one pot, stewed the water in another pot, and had to clean up the hemp seed pancakes.

Pick out the hemp seeds you bought, clean them, pour them into a small pot and stir-fry them over low heat until fragrant.

The rest of the hard work was left to Li Yunshan and Ding Azhuang. They took turns using stone hammers to pound the hemp seeds into mud and dug them into a basin. They stir-fried the chopped green onions with sesame oil, added the seasoning and mixed well. Finally, they wrapped them in Roll the dough into cakes and bake.

Before the cakes come out of the pan, the kids are so greedy for just the hemp seed mud in the basin that they lick their fingers from this one and squirt from that one.

Auntie Ding looked in admiration. It's not difficult to make this thing, but the hard part is to figure it out.

Auntie Ding said, "If you are not in the rabbit skin business, you are good at cooking."

"You can try it." Mao Xiaosui smiled at her, "I'm serious, you can use rabbit meat as you like. The cost is not high, and it should be easier than raising pigs."

Auntie Ding shook her head, "That's good. I'm a little tired, but I feel at ease."

Mao Xiaosui understood that Aunt Ding had also experienced ups and downs in life. She wanted a stable life more than a better life.

Perhaps the life in front of her is the best.