Joe's Farming

When Gu Feng started to boil water and cook dumplings, Qiao Yu prepared the dipping sauce. Because everyone in the family can eat spicy food, Qiao Yu added some red chili oil from the pork lung, some soy sauce, some green onions and salt to mix well, and a bowl of fragrant dipping sauce was ready. It was a pity that I couldn't find Sichuan peppercorns, otherwise I could fry some sesame oil, and spicy and numbing would be the perfect match.

In this weather, if the dumplings are raw, they will go bad easily, so Qiao Yu put them all in the pot and cooked them. Then the four of them sat in the yard, eating dumplings in the sun and breeze.

Gu Feng had never eaten cold lung slices before, but because he trusted his husband's cooking skills, he still took a big piece.

The sliced ​​lung has a soft texture, which complements the crispness of the shredded radish. The stimulation of red oil and chili makes it very appetizing.

Qiao Yu: "Are you still used to it?"

Gu Feng: "It's delicious. Everything Qiao'er makes is delicious."

Gu Xiaoxue: "Yeah, everything mom cooks is delicious."

Gu Xiaoyan: "Yes, everything mom cooks is delicious."

Qiao Yu: .... I knew it.

In the end, Gu Feng ate 40 dumplings, Qiao Yu ate 15, and the two children ate 6 each, leaving 33. Qiao Yu put them away and heated them up in the evening. The longer the stewed food is stewed, the better it tastes, so Qiao Yu gave up his lunch break and went into the kitchen to prepare the marinade.

Prepare the spices and wrap them tightly with gauze. When the peppers, onions, ginger and garlic are sautéed, add water. When the water boils, add the spice bag, and then add the chopped pork bones, a large piece of pork liver, pork stomach, and large and small intestines. Then cover the lid, add one or two pieces of firewood, and control the fire to a low level. Gu Feng also entered the kitchen at this time, "Qiao'er, go to sleep for a while, I'll keep watch."

Qiao Yu shook her head: "I'm not sleepy, you go and have a rest. I'm just here to watch the fire. Just make sure it doesn't go out."

Gu Feng didn't leave after hearing this, and sat on the stool behind him. He said a little uneasily: "Qiao'er, you are not from Shangtian Village, right?"

Qiao Yu's heart skipped a beat. Oh my god, my husband is so sharp that he can tell at once that I am not the original owner? But she didn't show it on her face and pretended to be calm: "What's wrong? Are you going to divorce me just because I'm not you?"

"No, no. I just saw that many of the things you made these days, and the spices you asked for in town today are not what ordinary people use, so I was wondering if you were from another place before." Gu Feng hurriedly expressed his doubts, otherwise where did his husband learn these things from? Although Qiao Laosan is from Shangtian Village, his husband's mother doesn't seem to be.

Qiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief. "My mother taught me all of this, but I was still young at the time and don't remember it very clearly, so I just added some things I learned from books."

Gu Feng was surprised: "Qiao'er can read?"

Qiao Yu was stunned for a moment and almost forgot that this was an era when most people were illiterate, so she lied: "My mother taught me, but I don't recognize much." Qiao Yu observed Gu Feng and saw that he didn't question it, so she pretended to be pitiful: "The book also belonged to my mother, and I can't find it anymore." Anyway, the person was gone and no one could expose it.

Gu Feng automatically imagined the pitiful life of his husband's mother, then hugged his husband from behind, "Qiao'er, I will have you from now on. Your husband will buy you books. You can also teach the children to read."

Qiao Yu felt her husband's strong arms and said yes softly. Then she remembered that according to the age of the two children, it was time to get ready for school.

Qiao Yu: "Brother Gu, let's send Xuebao and Yanbao to the town school next year." Qiao Yu knew that studying was very expensive in the Great Yan Dynasty at that time, but no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education. Although most people study for the imperial examination, he doesn't have that idea.

Gu Feng was silent for a while before he said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

After braising for half an hour, the two children woke up from their nap. As soon as they arrived in the yard, they smelled the fragrance from the kitchen, and the two children jumped towards the kitchen.

Gu Xiaoxue: "Mom, what are you doing? It smells so good."

Gu Xiaoyan nodded wildly.

Qiao Yu: "This is called stewed food. Go wash your hands first. I'll give you some pork liver to try." The pork liver tasted bad after being cooked for too long. Qiao Yu opened the pot and took out the pork liver and put it in a basin to cool. Then she cut it into four small pieces. The children were not hungry, but they just wanted to taste it. Qiao Yu directly picked up a piece with chopsticks and gave it to Gu Feng, who immediately opened his mouth and bit it. Qiao Yu put the rest in small bowls for the children and let them pick it up and eat it by themselves. Finally, she tasted a piece herself.

Although there were no peppercorns, it was still fragrant, and Qiao Yu was quite satisfied. The stewed food was relatively salty, and he poured a glass of boiled water for everyone. The children were still flattering him as usual, and Qiao Yu was already immune to it. "Brother Gu, how is it?"

"It smells good." Gu Feng said concisely. "It should be good as a side dish for drinking."

Qiao Yu felt safe all of a sudden. "We'll eat this pot ourselves. When the pig's stomach and pig intestines are ready, we'll send some to Auntie and her family, and then send some to Wen Ge'er. Oh, isn't Wen Ge'er's home too far away? I'd like to hear his opinion."

Gu Feng: "Not far, I'll go and take you there."

Qiao Yu thought about it and originally planned to meet Wen Ge'er the day after tomorrow, so why not change it to tomorrow? "No, my aunt's family goes to the village to sell tofu every day. Let them tell Wen Ge'er tomorrow morning when they go there, and they can just come to our house for lunch tomorrow."

Gu Feng smiled when he heard this. Knowing that his husband loved him, he couldn't help but kiss his husband's little face: "I'll listen to you."

Gu Feng hadn't been in the mountains for several days because of Qiao Yu's matter, so he planned to go up the mountain, check the traps he had set before, and hunt some small wild animals. He could see that his husband loved to eat and his cooking was delicious. After eating the delicious food made by his husband for the past three days, Gu Feng was already a little afraid to think about what to do without his husband.

As a result, when Qiao Yu heard that they were going to go hunting in the mountains, she excitedly expressed that she wanted to go with them. But there was still food in the pot, and Qiao Yu was worried that it would be too late to stew the food. Gu Feng comforted her, "I will also go to the mountains tomorrow. I will go hunting, and you and Wen Ge'er will pick chestnuts. I know where there are the most chestnut trees."

Qiao Yu could only say okay, but she also felt that she had become more and more pretentious after she came here. She felt a little reluctant to let Gu Feng go after he left for a while.

When the pig intestines were almost done, Qiao Yu turned off the fire and put the pig liver back into the stew to make it more flavorful. He closed the lid and finally had a rest.

Seeing the ten kilograms of dried chilies in the yard, Qiao Yu remembered that she didn't have a stone mortar at home. Well, I'll put it on the list to buy. Then I started soaking the seeds and sifting out the bad ones. When I went to the backyard to make room for the seeds, I found that there were too many radishes, so I kept two of the strongest ones for seeds and pulled out the others. Of course, the two children contributed a lot. They not only helped pull the radishes, but also helped scoop water. It's just that when you work, clothes do get dirty easily. The new clothes I changed yesterday have obvious stains today.

Qiao Yu and the children were still washing radishes in the yard when a group of people rushed in aggressively.