My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 220 Pineapple

   Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan did not come by themselves.

The    was sent by Wang Qingzhong and his wife. They used two pack horses to pull the cart. They got up early in the morning and drove here, and they arrived at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

  Wang Susu really didn't expect her parents to come, and she didn't send a letter in advance.

   And it was the second brother and the second sister-in-law who came all the way to send their parents over.

   She was so excited.

   It is said that the eldest brother Wang Qingwen and his wife are unable to leave the course recently, otherwise they will definitely follow.

   made Chen Ling sigh to himself.

   This is the family.

   It was replaced by another family, the old man took care of his daughter and gave birth to a baby, and it was strange that the daughter-in-law didn't talk about it.

  Guang is thinking about his daughter, but the little grandson at home doesn't care?

   This is the problem.

In a word, Chen Ling is both moved and happy that his father-in-law and mother-in-law can come here. There is no way. He has no father and mother at home. The experience, how can it compare to the mother-in-law coming here in person.

  It’s all right now, and I feel a lot more relaxed all of a sudden.

   But what made him helpless was that the old couple came over with no empty hands. In addition to the large and small ones, they brought him a lot of wild boar meat. Wang Qingzhong and the two also piled up on the carriage, and it seemed that they did not bring much.

   "Father, mother, there is no shortage of food at home. What are you doing with these things? It's a long way, not to mention occupying space, and it's so troublesome to go down the mountain."

   He finished speaking.

  Wang Susu also followed with some blame.

  Wang Cunye and the old couple just laughed when they heard it, saying that they had been here for a long time this time, and they accidentally brought a lot of things with them.

   This excuse made Chen Ling and his wife sigh, and then they had nothing to say, and did their best to receive the second old man.

   After learning that they hadn't eaten lunch yet, Chen Ling went to the kitchen again, and Wang Susu gave him a start, and soon the dishes were ready.

   The old husband and the second uncle were both there, so Chen Ling put the wine brewed years ago on the table, each poured a bowl, and the rich mellow fragrance immediately wafted away.

  The hot meal, mixed with sweet wine, made a few people who had been hungry for a long time feel more comfortable.

   "This wine is delicious, and it has no astringency at all." Wang Cunye and his son took a few sips and carefully tasted the taste. They only felt that the wine tasted sweet and full of taste, and there was no strange taste at all.

   "How did you make Lingzi?"

   "Oh, it's made from wild grapes on the mountain. I put a lot of sugar in it."

   "That's right."

   Hearing this, the two of them were not surprised immediately. They had seen how Chen Ling cooked vegetables. The oil used by that guy for a meal can catch up with the oil used by ordinary farmers to cook for a month.

   Sugar is definitely not to be used in winemaking. It’s no wonder that this wine is not good.

   After a long time, the family was full of food and drink, and the family made tea and sat in a chat.

Not long after, Wang Zhenzhen also ran home with the little yellow dog. She happened to be on Sunday today. After her parents came over, the first thing she did was to take the little yellow dog raised by Wang Cunye out of the village to run wildly. , This little yellow dog loves to play like Heiwa. Now that he is four months old, he has grown into a big dog. He is still lively and mischievous, and has a real temper with Wang Zhen.

  He led the little yellow dog to run around the mountains at home during the Chinese New Year, and now it does not stop for a moment.

   "Where did you run away? My parents came, and I didn't know if I would sit down and accompany them to talk, but I knew they were running around outside with the dog."

  Wang Susu saw her sister was sweating profusely, so she blamed: "Come, come and drink some water."

   "I took the dog to touch the snails, and wanted my brother-in-law to burn a fragrant snail for my parents to eat."

Wang Zhen is really active. She has been going to touch the snails after school these days, and she brought them back to feed the chickens, because Chen Ling promised her that she would raise a few old hens by herself, and the money she laid eggs would be regarded as her pocket money. Money, these old hens are her "chicken **** bank", she is very interested.

   But in the face of Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan, she didn't say that, but chose the good ones, saying that she picked up the snails and asked Chen Ling to cook for her parents, not to play crazy.

   This guy coaxed the old couple into a happy mood and couldn't close their mouths.

   In fact, how can the old couple not know the mind of the youngest daughter, but seeing her innocent and witty appearance, even if they are fooled, they are happy.

   Seeing that he had deceived his parents, Wang Zhenzhen turned around and wanted to run, "Hey, I'm going to wash my hands, and I'll clean up the house for my parents."

   After he finished speaking, he ran out with the little yellow dog wagging its tail and sticking its tongue out.

   Guo Xinping was instantly happy when he saw this, and said to Wang Susu: "See, this girl, her little mouth is so sweet, she is the best at coaxing my mother and father."

  Wang Qingzhong also grinned and said, "That's not true. She is the best at our family. During the Chinese New Year, she helps my mother make dumplings and roll noodles and steam the New Year's buns. That guy also dislikes my sister-in-law's poor craftsmanship."

   When everyone heard this, they all burst into laughter.

  …

   "Sister, elder sister..." Everyone in the main room was laughing, and Wang Zhenzhen hurried over again.

   "What's the matter? Seeing as you are so anxious, you are still running around at home, and you are not afraid of tripping over you." Wang Susu frowned.

   "Sister, did you see the pineapple on my table?" Wang Zhenzhen asked eagerly.

   "Pineapple? What is a pineapple?"

  Wang Cunye and the others were at a loss.

   "It's the fruit from the south. The aunt in Beijing gave it a few days ago." Wang Susu explained.

   "Oh, the fruit in the south is incredible. After all, it's a rich family who can get fruit so far."

  Wang Zhenzhen didn't care to listen to their sighs, and kept saying that the pineapple was gone.

   "Two pineapples, all gone. I wanted to share one with Kiko and the others."

   "Ah? Your pineapple is gone? By the way, I remembered that your brother-in-law was eating pineapples in the morning. It is estimated that your brother-in-law ate it."

Wang Susu lowered her head and thought for a while, and suddenly remembered that when she was milking the goat in the morning, Chen Ling walked around the yard with a pineapple, nibbling non-stop. Drink half a bowl of pineapple juice.

"Ah, stinky brother-in-law, bad brother-in-law, it's you again, and you stole my food again." When Wang Zhenzhen heard that Chen Ling ate it, he ran up to him and teared up, full of anger: "You are the one who knocked melon seeds. It’s over, you’ve also finished eating the instant noodles, you’ll pay me…”

   The more she talked, the more distressed she became, the little girl had tears in her eyes.

In fact, this is not what Chen Ling deliberately ate, but Wang Susu who said that she was afraid that her sister would get angry by eating too much melon seeds. She also brought instant noodles to school, always crushed them and ate them dry, and mixed the seasonings in one breath. .

   I have said it several times and it doesn’t stop. The temptation of melon seeds and instant noodles is greater, and I always eat them secretly behind my back.

   What line is this?

   I let Chen Ling eat it all, and then I simply didn't buy it for her, it was over.

   As for the pineapples, Chen Ling really didn't pay attention. He threw them into the cave and planted them, and then picked two more and took them out to try them out. They ate all the delicious ones, and forgot to pick two and put them back for her.

  …

   After Wang Susu whispered to his parents and the others next to him, several people who learned the reason couldn't help laughing and couldn't help but laugh.

Gao Xiulan advised: "Okay, don't make a fuss anymore, I heard from your sister last year that you are always fighting with your brother-in-law. If you are so ignorant, then go back and follow your brother to study in the town, I think this way. , your sister and your brother-in-law spoiled you."

   "That is, how good your brother-in-law is to you, playing with this food for you all day long, and buying that food, what's wrong with eating your two pineapples." Wang Cunye quickly echoed.

   "But I promise others."

  Wang Zhenzhen burst into tears and said, "Xizi hasn't had a birthday. I gave her a pineapple for her birthday, and it's gone now."

   "Who is Xizi? Is it really a classmate in the county seat?" Wang Qingzhong asked.

   "No, a little girl in our village has no father or mother. She is very pitiful. She used to like to come to the house to find Susu. She often sits beside Susu for a long time. Now she plays with Zhenzhen's **** all day long."

  Chen Ling shook his head and said to the little girl, "Don't cry, I'll go to Aunt Hongyu's house to get you two pineapples, okay?"

   "Okay, but I still want to eat glutinous rice noodles." Wang Zhenzhen wiped away tears and choked.

  Chen Ling couldn't help but smile: "Okay, the fried noodles is the fried noodles, and we all eat the fried noodles at night."

   Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan stopped them from going.

   "Lingzi, don't pay attention to her, there's nothing to give to her, and it's too accustomed to not give it in the future."

   "It's okay, mother, we are happy today, we can make whatever we want, and there are ready-made things at home."

   looked up at the time, it was not too early, Chen Ling got up and said, "I'll go to the village to find a cooking bed, and when we come back, we will burn the noodles."

  The 饸銷子 is the thing for making 饸銷面, which is made of wood and iron.

Roasted noodles are made of buckwheat noodles or sorghum noodles. Compared with noodles made of wheat flour, they have less gluten, are firmer, and are easy to break into sections. Put it on the baking bed, and squeeze out the noodles through the hole with the honeycomb hole.

   This is something Chen Ling planned to buy before, but Lao Wang. After all, there are quite a lot of glutinous rice noodles in the county, and every time you can eat two bowls of it, you don’t need to make it at home.

   There are very few things in the village.

  Chen Lingdong looked around, but couldn't find anyone who had it, and finally asked Cui Laizi.

   That's what I asked.

  Cui Laizi said that Chen Sangui's family had it. The old man used to like to eat it, and he was a carpenter, so he made it himself. But since his son Chen Baoshuan married his wife, all the coffins have been emptied, and he has no intention of cooking noodles anymore.

  I don't know if I can borrow it now.

   All the way to Chen Sangui's house, the old house was renovated last year, the courtyard wall has not been built, that is, it is surrounded by fences, but the courtyard is not small.

  Chen Ling stopped at the door and shouted, "Uncle Sangui, are you at home?"

   As soon as he finished speaking, two big geese jumped out of nowhere, flapping their wings, rushing towards him with a loud roar, wanting to peck at his calf.

  Chen Ling hurriedly took two steps back, reached out to grab the heads of the two geese, and threw them aside.

  Compared to dogs, the big goose's ability to watch the house is not much weaker, and this thing is not afraid of people at all, and its combat effectiveness is very strong. Even many dogs have to give it three points. It belongs to the famous village bully.

In this regard, Chen Ling has a lot of say. When he was a child, he was chased by a goose several times on the way to school. That guy's mouth was incredible. They are all bruised, because as long as you hold them, you can twist them in circles, which can make people cry.

   "Who is it?" With the voice, an old man with hunched back came out.

   "It's me, Uncle Sangui."

   "Oh, it's rich and noble, the furniture will be ready for you soon, and I told you to come and see it some time ago."

   "Are you in a hurry?"

  Chen Sangui was wearing reading glasses, covered with sawdust, and stood by the door leaning on his waist, apparently just working as a carpenter at home.

  Because his son Chen Baoshuan had too many troubles, the old man had lost weight in half a year. He lost his clean and neat appearance. He had white hair in a mess, and his dry body looked like a hunched prawn.

   "Don't be in a hurry, don't worry about the furniture, Uncle Sangui, I'm here to see if there's a crib at home, and I want to use it."

  Because Chen Ling still has to put some commonly used furniture in the room of the farmhouse, he made an agreement with Chen Sangui last year and asked him to make the furniture as soon as possible.

   This old man thought that Chen Ling came to urge him.

   "Bringing the bed, come and sit at home for a while, I'll find it for you."

  The old man continued to speak slowly, then drove away the two big geese and took Chen Ling home.

  Chen Ling followed to the main room, when he heard a weak voice: "Uncle Fugui."

   Turned his head to look, a thin little girl with wet hair came out of the kitchen.

   "Where's Xizi washing her hair? Why haven't you found your little aunt to play with for the past two days?"

   "There are lice on the head."

   This girl is seven years old during Chinese New Year, but compared to a normal six- or seven-year-old girl, she is more than a head shorter, dry and thin like a hemp, which is typical malnutrition.

   But the little girl is very good at studying, and she is very sensible. Even when she is playing outside, she is very quiet and always silently follows Wang Zhenzhen and the others.

   Even so, no one in the village has ever bullied her. In the past, the boys in Kinmen Village urinated in Xizi pencil boxes and were even beaten by Liu Nier and the others.

   "Do you have lice powder at home?"

   "Yes, grandpa bought it."

   "That's good. Your little aunt also had lice on her head last winter. I took lice powder and washed it with hot water a few times."

After    and Chen Sangui sat down in the main room, Xizi came over with a kettle and poured tea for them.

   "Xiko is so sensible. It's almost her birthday, isn't she? Come, eat toffee."

  Chen Ling said, took a handful of toffee from his pocket and stuffed it into the little girl's hand.

   I knew that I came to Chen Sangui's house, so I bought it temporarily from Cui Laizi.

   Who knew that he was gently pushed away by Xizi: "I don't want it, Aunt Susu gave it during the Chinese New Year, and I haven't finished eating it yet."

  Chen Sangui also quickly pushed and said, "Why do you give her that, how expensive is the toffee."

   However, Chen Ling still forced it to the little girl.

   and Chen Sangui chatted a few more times, and were taken to look at some laid furniture.

  The old man found the glutinous rice cooker for him, and put it in the innermost of the cabinet, and it was still clean.

   It can be seen that although there are many troubles at home, this is still the serious and careful old carpenter.

   When Chen Ling left, he sent him out the door again.

  The old man didn't talk much, but he was very grateful to Chen Ling in his heart. This year and year after, if Chen Ling didn't ask him to do carpentry work and gave him half of the money in advance, their family would really not be able to open the pot.

   When making furniture for Chen Ling, it was a hundred or two hundred efforts.

  Chen Ling was very satisfied after reading it once, and said in his heart that he really did not find the wrong person.

   If you can find a carpenter in the city, it will be quicker, but the job will definitely not be so good.

  …

   After Chen Ling returned home with the glutinous rice cake, Wang Susu, Gao Xiulan and Guo Xinping had already baked the glutinous rice noodles.

Both soba noodles and sorghum noodles were bought from Chen Yuqiang's house. Yuqiang's wife and sister-in-law said last year that they would open a noodle shop to sell noodles in Jishanghe county. Very well, they were ready when the price of grain dropped again and again last winter.

  After the two kinds of noodles are exchanged, soba noodles are mixed with flour and sorghum noodles, and the dough is kneaded with three-in-one noodles.

When the baking bed is cleaned, pull the dough into evenly sized doughs, pick up a dose of dough and put it in the baking bed, press it hard, the noodles are squeezed into a root like toothpaste. The gray glutinous rice noodles are baked.

   The taste of glutinous rice noodles is one aspect, and the more important thing is the quality of the noodles.

  The soup with boiled meat in the noodle stew is the key to delicious food.

  Chen Ling's family has never been short of meat, and the broth is said to be able to boil a large pot.

  In addition to the broth, the side dishes in the noodle stew should also be rich enough, such as soybean mouth, fried tofu sticks, cooked pork belly, cabbage, etc. When the head is out of the pot, sprinkle some spinach leaves and add sesame oil.

   This fragrant glutinous rice braised noodles is poured into the cooked glutinous rice noodles without changing the meat in the bowl.

  During dinner, the whole family sucked the smooth and glutinous fried noodles, and then drank two mouthfuls of sour, spicy and salty noodle soup, it was really delicious.

  The next morning, when Wang Qingzhong and his wife left, they ate another meal of fried noodles for breakfast, and then they left satisfied.

  The second uncle and brother left, but the old husband and mother-in-law stayed behind.

With the second old man taking care of Wang Susu, Chen Ling felt a lot more relaxed. During this period, the family took time to go to the hospital for another check-up. Wang Susu's condition was still good, and the rest of the family were relieved. Chen Ling was busy in the fields. , ploughing the land, planting grain, waiting for the farm to be completed.

   (end of this chapter)