Crossing the green wheat ears

At night, grandma boiled cabbage and potato soup in a big pot, and corn cakes pasted on the side of the big pot.Because it is made from new corn with a stone mill, it has more or less the taste of new grain, and it tastes delicious.

Eating corn tortillas and taking a sip of soup, Xiyuan's eyes suddenly lit up, yes, cabbage, cabbage is grown on an acre and a half at home, and he can make spicy cabbage for sale.

Xiwon’s hometown in his last life is next to the Korean ethnic minority settlement. Xiwon’s mother and fellow Koreans learned how to make Korean kimchi. At that time, Xiwon’s favorite was spicy cabbage. Before he left home, he made kimchi every autumn. My mother always made kimchi, and Xiyuan always followed suit, and he was fascinated by it. There is no need to learn it, it will be done automatically.

However, we must first find out whether there is anyone here who can cook this kind of food. If not, you can make less money by relying on spicy cabbage.

Xiyuan and his family described the taste and method of spicy cabbage, and everyone was at a loss. After reconfirming that no one can cook spicy cabbage, Xiyuan started to take action.

First of all, you have to prepare the other ingredients you need. Carrots, onions, ginger, garlic, and peppers are all available at home. Xiyuan’s house is located at the head of the village, which is a little bit out of the way. There is a large vegetable garden with the size of an acre and a half of land. Because it does not belong to the big field, the products in the garden do not need to pay taxes.

Grandma planted an acre of potatoes in the garden. Potatoes have a short growth period, and they were dug out by grandparents long ago and stored in the cellar.Then the Chinese cabbage planted on it.

Grandma thought that cabbage is not easy to store in winter, but it can be pickled into sauerkraut. If there are too many vegetables, it can indirectly save food.

On the remaining half acre, in addition to common farm vegetables such as cucumbers, eggplants, and beans, grandma also planted two rows of peppers, two rows of onions, and two rows of garlic.Together with the carrots in Datian, these are enough for Xiyuan to make spicy cabbage.

The tricky thing is that I don't have apples and pears at home. It must be very expensive to buy them, not to mention the cost is too expensive. Even if there are local buyers, there is no such spare cash now.

From this day on, Xiyuan took Xi Wei for a walk in the field during the day to see if he could find wild pear and apple trees.

"Brother, what are we looking for?" Tired of walking, Xi Wei lay on Xiyuan's shoulder and walked slowly with Xiyuan on his back.

"Look for the apple and pear trees and see if there are apples and pears."

"Apple? What kind of fruit is an apple?" Xi Wei has never eaten an apple, but the name must be delicious.

"It's a very big and round fruit. It's red and sweet."

"Is it like the crabapple fruit from Grandpa Wang San's house?"

"Begonia fruit?" Xiyuan's eyes lit up!Yes, if you can’t find apples, you can use crabapple or sand fruit instead.Apple trees are rare in this place, but many people have two sand fruit or crabapple trees in front of and behind their houses. Because they are common, they are very cheap, and they are not worth much if they are sold, so they are left to the children and adults. Picked and ate.

Xiyuan hurriedly ran home with Xi Wei on his back, and told his grandfather that he wanted some sand fruits and crabapple fruits.Xiyuan has always been a sensible child, and in his grandfather's memory, this was the first time he asked what he wanted to eat.Fortunately, these two things are not precious. My family does not have them, but several other families in the village have them.Grandpa picked up a few big radishes that had just been recovered from the field today, put them in a basket, and carried them to another house to exchange for fruit.

Xiyuan waited at home anxiously, and after a while, grandpa came back with a basket full of crabapple fruit.According to Xiyuan's visual inspection, it weighs five or six catties.But these fears were not enough, so Xiyuan ran again to tease his grandfather, until he got enough of the expected amount before giving up.

The next day, before Xiyuan started to look for pears, Xi Wei ran back from the outside on short legs and threw himself on Xiyuan like a small cannonball.

"Brother, I know where there are pear trees." After repeated threats and temptations from Xiyuan, he finally stopped shouting "brother, brother, brother" like a repeater.

"Ah?! Where is it?"

"There are two trees on the edge of the forest in the east." To the east of the village, there is a large forest eight miles away from the village. It is overgrown with bushes. It is said that wolves often come and go, so the villagers seldom go there.

"Really? Who did you listen to?" It couldn't be someone who lied to Xi Wei, after all, there is still a relatively high risk factor in the big forest.

"Wei Cheng said it. He said that he picked pears there and ate them. He didn't need to go into the woods, it was on the edge of the woods. I gave him two baked potatoes before he told me." Xi Wei's eyes brightened, and he tried hard to beg praise.

"That's right, Xiao Wei is smart." Silly boy, even if there are no pear trees there, when you settle accounts with others, the baked potatoes will be gone.

Regardless of whether what the child named Wei Cheng said was true or not, Xiyuan decided to give it a try.There is danger there, he must not let Xi Wei follow.

The next day, before Xi Wei got up, Xi Yuan set off.He carried a basket on his back, and held a sickle and a scythe in his hand, because animals are afraid of fire, and if they encounter wolves at that time, they can light a pile of fire to scare the wolves away.

The road became more and more desolate, and slowly it was full of wormwood and bushes.Xiyuan doubted the authenticity of what the child named Wei Cheng said. After all, which adult would trust the child to come to such a place? Even Xiyuan himself came out behind his back.

After walking for about an hour, I finally reached the edge of the forest, but luckily the journey was safe and sound.Xiyuan didn't go any further, but stood at the same spot and inspected the edge of the forest. At the northwest edge of the forest, about 50 meters away, he found two pear trees, which were full of pears. But they are very small.

After observing for a while, Xiyuan felt that there was no danger, so he hurriedly ran towards the pear tree, and then climbed up the tree with hands and feet.

Xiyuan picked the pears quickly, specially picking the bigger ones, looking at the juicy ones.It was almost noon, and Xiyuan's pannier was already full, so he didn't dare to delay any longer, so he hurriedly jumped off the tree and walked back.After all, being alone and in the body of a child, encountering wild animals is no fun.

Not long after walking, Xiyuan heard the sound of "crash, clatter" from the bushes in front of him. Xiyuan became nervous and anxious, and his mind went blank. He didn't know which Java country to go to for the countermeasures he had planned up.

"Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan!"

It's Grandpa's voice!At this time, Xiyuan's nose was sore, and he answered his grandfather's words with a trembling voice: "Master, master, I'm here!"

Grandpa strode over and hugged Xiyuan in his arms: "You child, you have such a good idea, you dare to come to this big forest! Come on, come back with Grandpa." Grandpa said while carrying Xiyuan on his back. Take the pannier on your back and carry it on your back.

"Yeah!" Xiyuan didn't try his best at this time, and followed his grandfather obediently.

It wasn't until they reached the safe zone that Xiyuan and Grandpa's nerves relaxed. "Grandpa, lord, how do you know that I went to the big woods?"

"Xiao Wei, I didn't look at you when I got up in the morning, but where can I find it? Your grandma and I didn't care at first, but later, we panicked because we didn't look at you anywhere. Xiao Wei cried and said that he told you yesterday There are pear trees in the big forest, you must have come here to pick pears. I rushed over here in a hurry. Tell me how courageous you are! See if you go back and beat you!"

Xiyuan listened to his grandfather's reprimand without saying a word, just kept laughing foolishly, but felt warm in his heart.

As soon as the two of them reached the village, they saw grandma and Xi Wei waiting under the tree.As soon as Xi Wei saw their figures, he ran over crying, hugged Xi Yuan and did not let go.Xi Yuan patted Xi Wei's head and picked him up.

"Don't cry, don't cry, look, brother, it's all right."

"Brother!" Xi Wei hiccupped at Xi Yuan with tears in his eyes.As soon as I spoke, the snot bubbles came out.

"Oh, look at our little Wei, who can blow out such a big snot bubble." Xi Yuan teased Xi Wei with a smile.Xi Wei lay on Xiyuan's shoulder shyly all of a sudden, and didn't raise his head when he said anything, brother is so bad!

"Laugh, laugh, and still laugh! You scared me and your grandpa to death!" Grandma hit Xiyuan on the back twice with her fist.

"Grandma!" Xiyuan still smiled, Grandma didn't use any strength at all, and didn't hurt at all.

The aftermath of this incident is that Xi Wei has been Xiyuan's little tail since that day, following wherever he went, Xiyuan didn't wait for him in the morning, and as soon as he moved, Xi Wei immediately got up, "Brother, Where are you going?"

Xiyuan: "..." I didn't want to go anywhere, okay?

With the ingredients ready, Xiyuan started to make spicy cabbage.Rinse the whole cabbage and prepare the salt.And cut a short section of cabbage from the root, and break it into two pieces by hand.In the same way, divide the two petals of cabbage into two petals.Get four small petals.Spread salt evenly on each cabbage leaf, and put it in the washed and sun-dried jar that grandma used to pickle pickles.

After marinating for one night, the cabbage becomes soft. Pour off the oozing water, shake off the excess salt, and squeeze it vigorously with your hands to remove the excess water.

Then peel and shred the carrots, mince the scallions, peel and cut the crabapple and pears into small pieces, and put them in a basin.Ginger and garlic are mashed into mud in a stone mortar, and chili is ground into chili powder with a stone mill, and then put into a pot, and then sugar and an appropriate amount of salt are added.Stir well and let stand for a quarter of an hour.Stir again until smooth.

Lay out the drained cabbage and spread the sauce one by one.Spread each slice evenly.Finally, roll up the smeared cabbage petals from the bottom, put them in a jar, and cover them with a lid.

Seeing Xiyuan skillfully cooking spicy cabbage, the family members were very puzzled, where did this kid learn the skill?

The explanation Xiyuan gave was: Last year there was a blind man who told fortune-tellers in the village, and he learned from him.

As soon as the blind man was mentioned, grandpa got angry, because at that time, the blind man had no place to rest at night after being poor with the villagers, so grandpa temporarily relented and took him to his home.

The blind man stayed at Xi's house for two nights, and left on the third day. Before leaving, he walked away with his grandfather's favorite boxwood pipe pot, which made him angry!Until now when I think of it, my beard is still sticking out.

This is what Xiyuan heard Xi Wei told him, so he used it as a shield. The blind man is not a local, and because he has done bad things, so the chance of seeing him again is very small. Xiyuan can make up whatever he wants.

Ten days later, Xiyuan lifted the lid of the jar, took out a piece of spicy cabbage from it, cut the spicy cabbage into small pieces with a kitchen knife, and served it to the family.

"Don't tell me, it's quite delicious. Xiaoyuan is capable." Niang Xiyuan took a sip and did not forget to praise her son.When he and her husband came back from the field that day, they heard about Xiyuan's "heroic deeds", and their faces turned pale with fright.

"Grandma, you have a taste."

"Can it be delicious?" Grandma was very skeptical.

"It's delicious, mother, you'll know after one bite." Xiyuan's father also helped his son.

"Don't say it, it's good. We have another thing to eat in winter." Grandma affirmed the fruits of Xiyuan's labor while chewing.Xiyuan couldn't help grinning when he heard grandma's words - he didn't make spicy cabbage just for the family to eat.

Two days later, Xiyuan found out that Dong Laoqi's family in the same village was going to drive a carriage to the county seat.His son Dongyue wants to marry a wife, because the conditions of the family are relatively good in the village, and the son is helping a relative's grocery store in the town, and he is more promising than a farmer looking for food in the soil, so the marriage is planned. Be decent, some things are not available in the town, so you have to go to the county to buy them.

Xiyuan begged his father to take Dong's carriage to the county town with him. He planned to sell spicy cabbage, and he agreed to take a ride when he went there. When he came back, because the car had to pull things, the two of them walked back.

The village where Xiyuan's family lives is called Lianhua Village. It is said that there used to be a pond next to the village where lotus flowers bloomed in summer.But now the pond is almost dry, let alone the lotus.Ten miles to the southwest of Lianhua Village is Wande Town, and 25 miles to the south is the county seat of Yansui County.Xiyuan thought that Wande Town was too small, there were few rich households and restaurants, and spicy cabbage might not be easy to sell, so it would be better to go to the county town.

Father was tortured by Xiyuan and had no choice but to brazenly tell Dong Laoqi about the ride.Although Dong Laoqi said that he was a bit domineering, he was not bad-hearted. Anyway, he didn't pull anything when he went, it was an empty car, and it didn't matter if there were two more people, so he agreed.

The next day, Xiyuan and his father got up before dawn.Both of them carried a basket with spicy cabbage inside. Xiyuan thought the jar was too heavy, so he asked his grandma to sew two bags with oilcloth, and he and his father carried the spicy cabbage weighing less than thirty catties alone.

It took less than an hour for the carriage to trot for a distance of 35 miles.When entering the city, everyone paid two yuan for the entrance fee, which made Xiyuan's father feel bad, and he didn't know if Xiaoyuan's so-called spicy cabbage could be sold, it would be a loss if it couldn't be sold.

Xiyuan ignored his father's entanglement, and separated from Dong Laoqi after entering the city, and went shopping.Xiyuan first went to a grocery store and bought a small jar, and asked the clerk for some water to clean the jar, then found a place where no one was around, and took two pieces of spicy cabbage that he was carrying and put them in the jar with his father.

After finishing everything, Xiyuan asked passers-by how to get to the big restaurant in the county.Some people listened to him inquiring about restaurants and looking at Xiyuan and his father's clothes, but they didn't even pay any attention to him;Xiyuan's father's face was flushed with embarrassment, but fortunately, he had just finished his farm work and his face was tanned, so it was hard to see it.Xiyuan didn't care about other people's attitudes, he asked people when he saw them, and some kind people pointed him the way.

Xiyuan and his father went to two or three restaurants. The work in the restaurant saw the clothes of the father and son, and they didn't even let the door in. Now Xiyuan is very angry, these dogs look down on people!

Turning across a street, Xiyuan saw a restaurant in front of which said "Judelou Restaurant" on the plaque. This restaurant does not seem to be very large. It is already noon, and there are not many people eating in it.Xiyuan and his father came to a corner in front of the restaurant, put down the basket on his body, and let his father watch here, and he walked in with a jar containing spicy cabbage.

"Guest officer, what do you want?" The shopkeeper at the counter raised his head while talking, and saw a child who looked to be eight or nine years old standing in front of him.

"Kid, what's the matter with you?"

"Shopkeeper, I have a kimchi here and I want to ask your restaurant if you can buy it or not." Xiyuan said as he hurriedly opened the jar, picked up a small piece of spicy cabbage with chopsticks and handed it to the shopkeeper's mouth—we must seize the opportunity, Biejia The restaurant didn't even give him a chance to speak, so he was kicked out.

"Hey, you kid!" The shopkeeper was a little speechless, looking at Xiyuan's bright eyes and smiling face, he couldn't say any ugly words for a while.

"Kid, go while you have nothing to do, don't bother the shopkeeper here." The busy guy at the side saw the situation here and hurried over to Xiyuan.

"Shopkeeper, just try it, it's really delicious, I swear!" Xiyuan had no choice but to continue blinking his eyes and acting cute.

"Okay, I'll try it, but I don't have to buy it." The shopkeeper had no choice but to compromise.

"Hey, don't say it..." The shopkeeper stopped talking, and waved his hand at Xiyuan, and Xiyuan followed the shopkeeper to a room behind the counter.

"Don't talk about this dish, it's okay. How do you sell it?"

"Ten cents a catty."

"Ten cents? It's a little expensive. Isn't this what you are made of cabbage?"

"But my ingredients are expensive, why can't I make such a delicious taste. If you want them all, I'll give you two recipes using spicy cabbage, and keep your guests' favorites."

The shopkeeper led Xiyuan to the kitchen with a dubious attitude.

The restaurant's business is not doing well right now. Weiweijuxin, a street away, invited a chef. It is said that the food tastes very good, and many diners go to his house.Two days ago, the owner was thinking that if he could not make ends meet like this, it would be better to close the restaurant.Now, let Xiyuan try it, that is, treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Xiyuan rolled up his sleeves and made two dishes. One was spicy cabbage ribs soup: blanch the ribs with water, take them out and drain them.Put an appropriate amount of water in the casserole, pour a little of the spicy cabbage soup in the jar, add a spoonful of cooking wine and ginger slices, and simmer over high heat.Soak a small amount of vermicelli in hot water, slice potatoes and carrots, slice green onions, and slice garlic.Pour the oil into the pot. When the oil is hot, add the shallots and garlic. When the aroma comes out, turn the heat up and add carrots and potato slices. At this time, pour the stewed eight-rib rib soup into the pot, cook on a low heat for a while, and add vermicelli after boiling the pot. , Put the spicy cabbage in after opening the pot again, cook slowly on low heat for a while to taste, and it will be ready.

Then I made another stir-fried pork belly with spicy cabbage: slice the pork belly, chop the spicy cabbage, cut the green onion into sections, put a little oil in the pan, add the green onion to sauté until fragrant, add the pork belly and stir-fry until the meat changes color and serve it out , Put the spicy cabbage in the pot and stir fry, then put the meat in, fry it with the spicy cabbage twice, finally add the spicy cabbage juice, drop a few drops of sesame oil, and take it out of the pan.

As soon as the dishes were ready, before Xiyuan could act, the shopkeeper couldn't wait to take a bite with his chopsticks, and then couldn't stop.Xiyuan pursed his lips and kept silent.Now that the weather is getting colder, drinking some spicy cabbage pork rib soup is warm and appetizing, and the fried pork belly with spicy cabbage is fragrant and not greasy.

After eating the dishes made by Xiyuan, the shopkeeper named Xiyuan returned to the original room.I don't bargain with Xiyuan anymore, these two recipes given by Xiyuan are worth more than these spicy cabbage.The shopkeeper made an agreement with Xiyuan, and now I want all the spicy cabbage Judelou brought, and asked Xiyuan to come back in a month.

Xiyuan hurried outside to call his father in. The two of them brought more than 60 catties and sold them for a total of 620 Wen, which is worth more than a cart of Chinese cabbage. of.Six hundred Wen, he and Xiyuan's mother were so exhausted that they worked for others for more than a month, and they didn't earn that much.

After earning money, Xiyuan bought some delicious food for Xi Wei, but the family still had foreign debts to pay off, so Xiyuan had no choice but to buy two bunches of candied haws for Xi Wei and put them in the basket.

The father and son walked all the way until dark and finally arrived home.

Xi Wei went to the village early to wait. Seeing his father and brother running over quickly, they took his brother's basket and carried it on his back like adults. Xi Yuan was really tired, so he didn't talk to him. decline.

Xiyuan sat on the kang, sipping porridge with a bowl in his hand, watching grandpa, grandma, mother and Xi Wei counting the copper coins on the kang together.Xiyuan taught Xi Wei how to count now, but he could only count to fifty, so he put fifty copper coins in a pile, and he put fifty copper coins in a pile, which looked like a lot.The candied haws Xiwei bought was reluctant to finish eating all at once, so he only ate one, and his father stuck the rest outside. Now that it's cold, it won't melt at night.

The author has something to say: some food refers to the practice of Du Niang.hey-hey