My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 96 Before Meals

   Taking advantage of the ice watermelon, Chen Ling went to kill the eel.

  Han Chuang and Jiang Xiaoqing were too embarrassed to be idle, so they came to help. But after getting started, it can be seen that Han Chuang has really never done any work. He is clumsy and can't catch the eel. On the contrary, Jiang Xiaoqing was very agile, attacking Chen Ling, and quickly killed the eel.

Then he squatted by the well and helped Chen Ling pick up the crayfish. Jiang Xiaoqing is now a technician at the Agricultural Bureau. Although he has just entered, she has heard of the name of crayfish. She never thought that this thing could still be used. eat.

   But Wang Susu told her that Chen Ling could do it, and it was delicious, so she dubiously helped the two clean up.

   Rinse a large pot of crayfish several times. After washing away the sludge, use a brush to brush it back and forth a few times. After washing it thoroughly, cut off the head of the shrimp, pull off the black stomach sac, and remove the gills.

  The plump shrimp meat is exposed, which looks really appetizing.

  The crayfish is very dirty, so it still needs to be washed twice at this step, but it cannot be rinsed at this step, it has to be rinsed, otherwise the shrimp will be easily washed away.

After    rinsed, Jiang Xiaoqing asked again: "Brother Ling, do you need to draw the shrimp line?"

   "I can't smoke it now. After the shrimp line is pulled out, the shrimp meat will become very loose and not tasty. If you smoke it again when you eat it, the taste will be much better."

  The crayfish was cleaned up, and the zongzi in the kitchen were out of the pot, but Wang Susu knew that she was going to eat watermelon later, so she didn't bring out the zongzi.

   There was no watermelon, so I steamed the dumplings.

   Now that the watermelon has been put on ice in the well, if you want to bring out the zongzi for people to eat, it will not be hospitable, but it will force people to have a stomachache.

Chen Ling sat with Han Chuang and the two in the yard, nibbling melon seeds and talking, while Wang Susu went to get some dried chili pieces and cut them up. To make this dish, chili is indispensable, and the chili can't be placed whole, it has to be cut open, otherwise the flavor of the chili will not come out, and the crayfish will not taste good.

   After Wang Susu finished cutting a large bowl of peppers, the watermelon was frozen, and Chen Ling pulled the two large watermelons out of the well.

   Han Chuang couldn’t even help with killing fish and washing shrimp. He was still able to cut a watermelon, so he took it out of the bucket and cut it with a kitchen knife.

  The watermelon has just ripened for a few days, and it is not sandy, but it tastes very sweet. After being frozen by well water, the whole person will feel refreshed. The only bad thing is that the skin of the melon is very thick.

   "Well, this melon is delicious and really sweet." Han Chuang nibbled on a piece of watermelon in his arms. After three strokes and five divisions, only the skin was left. He reached out to take it and continued to nibble.

   Seeing Han Chuang's devoured food, Jiang Xiaoqing was so angry that he couldn't hold back, he twisted his waist hard.

  Han Chuang picked up another piece of watermelon and was nibbling on it happily. Suddenly, his lower back hurt and he couldn't help screaming. When he turned around, he saw Jiang Xiaoqing glaring at him.

   scared him and immediately shrank his neck: "What, what, what is it, Xiaoqing?"

Jiang Xiaoqing didn't expect him to shout so loudly, so he smiled at Chen Ling and his wife embarrassedly, then turned and glared at Han Chuang again: "I can't help you with some work, and you don't have a good look when you eat. A guest? I'm not afraid that Brother Ling and sister-in-law will laugh at you. "

  Han Chuang blushed suddenly, unable to speak.

   "It's okay, Chuangzi, what's the matter? It's okay to come to my house without giving birth. Just like in my own house, you can eat whatever you want. Come and eat another piece."

  Chen Ling hurriedly handed Han Chuang a piece of watermelon and comforted him.

  Wang Susu also followed suit.

   "Brother Ling, sister-in-law, Chuangzi is fine, you don't need to persuade him at all, he just stutters, and the words are stuck in his mouth and can't come out..."

   Jiang Xiaoqing explained out loud when he saw that Chen Ling and his wife were uncomfortable.

   As soon as he said these words, Han Chuang's face turned even redder, and then I, I, I, I didn't come out for a long time.

   Seeing this situation, Chen Ling couldn't hold back for a while, and laughed directly.

   Wang Susu and Jiang Xiaoqing couldn't help laughing along.

   The more they laughed, the more anxious Han Chuang became, the more speechless he became.

   In the end, Han Chuang gave up, holding the watermelon with his head down and nibbled hard.

   After waiting for a while, he calmed down before saying the complete sentence: "I, I can't help with cooking, can't I still work hard? I'll come to help Lingzi harvest wheat in two days."

  Chen Ling smiled when he heard the words: "What wheat is harvested, my family didn't plant it this year."

   "Ah? Then what are you doing at home all day long? I saw that you didn't go to the county town for a while, so I thought you had been busy in the fields."

  Han Chuang was immediately puzzled.

   The last time I met Chen Ling, he said that if he couldn’t do it, he would go to his own cannery. As a result, he said that he would farm at home in the future. Han Chuang really thought he was going to work in the fields all day.

"I don't have anything to do at home. I just exchanged 30 acres of land with someone this year. After planting fruit saplings, I basically grow vegetables, herd cattle, and then go up the mountain to collect herbs, and there is nothing else to do. of."

   "If that's the case, then come to my cannery. Anyway, it's 300 yuan a month, and then let my father arrange an easier job for you."

  Han Chuang brought this up again.

  Chen Ling didn't say anything else after hearing it, just told him not to worry about himself, saying that he didn't plan to do anything else this year, he just wanted to stay with his wife at home.

   Then he got up and cut half a watermelon, changed the subject and talked about his marriage to Jiang Xiaoqing.

  Han Chuang also knew that Chen Ling had been away from home every day before, and now there is nothing wrong with thinking like this, so he followed Chen Ling's words and chatted enthusiastically about his pre-marriage preparations.

   "Xiaoqing and I are going to buy a TV in the city for a while, hehe, when you buy it, you can go to my house to see it, the color machine is very exciting."

   "Come on, how can you buy a TV set for your wedding and let people watch it? But you two finally went to the city to buy a TV set?"

"Motorcycles, bicycles, and radios have all been bought, and the jewelry has been ordered. When I go back to the city, I will buy a TV, and then take pictures. My father said that when the time comes, he will divide the family for me and give me the tractor. "

   Several people were nibbling on the watermelon and chatting freely. After eating the big watermelon, Han Chuang stood up and volunteered to throw the watermelon rind.

   "It's okay, you don't have to throw the watermelon rind out, just put it in the stone trough outside the chicken coop. When the chickens and ducks come back, they will eat it by themselves."

   Wang Susu reminded aloud.

When Han Chuang heard this, he walked to the chicken coop with a pot full of melon rinds and poured it into the stone trough. When he saw a hatchet leaning against the wall, he asked, "Sister-in-law, this melon rind is such a big chicken. Can you eat it? Do you need to chop it up before feeding it?"

   "No, no, you can wash your hands and rest, they can finish eating with their mouths."

  Wang Susu explained, and then walked to the door, "Duh...duh...duh..." softly aroused the chickens.

   After a while, chickens, ducks, and quails came back in swarms. They also knew that this was going to be fed, so they went straight to the chicken coop when they entered the yard.

When I saw the watermelon rinds in the stone trough, I immediately surrounded the stone trough. In the blink of an eye, the stone trough was full. You squeezed me and I squeezed yours. My head moved quickly and pecking at the watermelon rind. Happy real.

  Jiang Xiaoqing washed his hands and came to see it. He saw a few quails mixed with chickens and ducks, which made him interested.

However, these quails are obviously unable to grab chickens and ducks, especially ducks. Not only are they strong, but their mouths are like hoeing the ground. Every time they open their mouths, they can eat a large piece of melon rind. squeezed out.

   forced a few quails to do nothing, chirping anxiously, then jumped up and stepped on the chickens and ducks, and went to the stone trough to compete with them.

  Cuckoo, quack, chirp, chickens, ducks, and quails chirped together, and immediately a strong pastoral atmosphere came out.

  Han Chuang and Jiang Xiaoqing watched with relish, until the melon rind in the stone trough was completely eaten, they returned to the stone table and sat down, helping Wang Susu peel the garlic and prepare the seasoning.

   During the chat, seeing that it was almost noon, Chen Ling got up and went into the kitchen with the seasonings and ingredients to prepare lunch.

Today's first dish is braised eel segments. Chen Ling first heated the wok, poured in peanut oil, and then added Chinese pepper aniseed. After frying until fragrant, add eel segments and **** slices while the pan is hot. Stir fry in the pan, then pour in dark soy sauce, cooking wine, soybean paste and water and simmer for a few minutes. Finally, add salt, chopped green onion and garlic cloves, and simmer for a while.

When the lid was lifted, the aroma was overflowing, and the whole yard was filled with the smell of meat. Originally there were guests at home, and Heiwa and Xiaojin were called by Chen Ling to lie under the eaves. At this time, they couldn't help but run over with their respective rice bowls , squatting behind him, looking at him eagerly, drooling non-stop.

   "What are you doing, the guests want to eat even if they haven't eaten, have I not fed you? Hurry up and go."

   Chen Ling scolded, and the two dogs immediately grabbed the rice bowl and ran away.

   These two little things never lag behind when eating, and they have never lost their share in any big fish or meat, and now they pretend to be pitiful with him.

   The next dish to cook is Chen Ling's specialty, twice-cooked pork. He was tired of eating it himself, but it was still a good dish to serve to guests.

  After frying the double-cooked pork, it was today's highlight, spicy crayfish. Han Chuang and Jiang Xiaoqing had never eaten this stuff, so they ran over to watch when Chen Ling started cooking crayfish.

   At this time, Chen Ling just washed the big iron pot on the stove twice. Today, there are many people and a lot of crayfish have been caught, so I can't use a normal iron pot for frying.

  Add firewood and light it. After the pot is hot, pour the oil. After the oil is hot, Chen Ling poured the prepared crayfish into the pot.

   "Zi La..."

   In the crackling oil pan, the crayfish quickly turned from the original blue-gray to an attractive red.

   The color alone made Han Chuang and Jiang Xiaoqing drool.

  Jiang Xiaoqing no longer questioned whether or not crayfish can be eaten, but just muttered in his heart whether these crayfish would be a little less.

   (end of this chapter)