No pain no gain

Da Zhuang put the boiled radishes and bones in a small casserole and put them on the stove.The stove is lit with the charcoal that is caught every time the charcoal is burned, and the charcoal is also burned. Of course, there will be no coal balls or the like here.

There was some embers in the fire, and Er Zhuang and Da Niu'er carried the twins out of the house and stood by the stove together.

"Big brother, Er Zhuang, open the door quickly, what are you eating inside, it smells so good!"

Da Zhuang was about to take out the hot steamed buns and announce the meal, when there was a "bang bang" knock on the door outside the yard.

Er Zhuang muttered in dissatisfaction: "It's the third brother, he must want to come to eat again, every time our family cooks delicious food, they will come over..."

"Er Zhuang, open the door!" Da Zhuang said sternly, but a boy shouldn't be so stingy.

Er Zhuang reluctantly opened the door.

Before entering the kitchen, I heard a few children chattering.

Da Zhuang shook his head helplessly, mixed two bowls of noodles, kneaded them into balls, poked the rice cooker a few times, added two sticks of firewood, heated up the fire, and used the little bone soup left in the pot to cook A pot of sliced ​​noodles.

There were two children who came, the third and fifth children of the uncle's family. Apparently the third child was playing outside with the fifth child. When they smelled the smell of bone soup in their own kitchen, the two little guys ran over.

There are five children in the uncle’s family, the eldest and fourth are girls, the second, third, and fifth are all boys, the eldest cousin is 12 years old this year, and the eldest aunt is planning to marry her, the eldest cousin is ten years old this year, It is already half of the labor force, and he goes to the fields with his uncle on weekdays.The two little guys who came today, one is seven years old, the other is only three years old, and the fourth little girl rarely goes out, and she is not yet five years old this year.The children of the uncle’s family didn’t choose proper names, and they kept calling them the second, second, and third sons. This time, they found the eldest sister’s husband’s family, so they named them Wang Xiaomei. For this reason, the eldest aunt also specially mentioned some The steamed buns with red dots were distributed from door to door, so that everyone in the village knew that the eldest sister had chosen a name.

In any case, it was the guests who came, and Da Zhuang took out a small piece of lean meat, sliced ​​it into thin slices and cooked it in a casserole, filled half a bowl of noodle soup for each little guy, and asked them to eat around the stove. Zhuang took care of him first, and trotted to the uncle's house to talk to their family members.

The uncle yelled towards the kitchen: "His mother, San'er and Wu'er are having dinner at his uncle's house. Bring some corn buns back to Da Zhuang."

Da Zhuang quickly declined.

The eldest aunt muttered in the kitchen for a long time, but she didn't come out.

"Wait a minute!" The uncle simply went in by himself, and came out with five big steamed buns, stuffing them into Da Zhuang's hands without saying a word.

"Their two children's family, how can they eat so many steamed buns..." The eldest aunt stood at the door of the kitchen, and said a little angrily.

The hall sister called "Mother" inside, and pulled the eldest aunt inside.

Aunt You was muttering something in the kitchen in disbelief.

The uncle looked at Da Zhuang, hesitated to speak, and finally patted Da Zhuang's head and said, "Hurry up and go home for dinner!"

Da Zhuang nodded, said goodbye to the big sister and big cousin in the kitchen before leaving.

When he got home, Da Zhuang looked at Er Zhuang, dumbfounded, as he tightly guarded the basket containing the steamed buns, and the bowls of the little guys were all eaten up.

"Er Zhuang, what are you doing?" Da Zhuang scolded.

"We have to wait for the eldest brother to come back to eat together." Er Zhuang said with his head down, still not letting go.

Da Zhuang was taken aback for a moment, a feeling of soreness welled up in his heart.

"Okay, let's eat, let's eat!" Da Zhuang greeted his two cousins.

He added a few pieces of charcoal to the stove, and after putting the bean sprouts in, Da Zhuang let the twins sit in a shallow basket, filled a bowl of radish himself, and fed the twins while blowing it cool.

San Niuer grabbed a wooden spoon and ate by herself, while Da Niuer looked after her.

After dinner, the eldest cousin came to pick up the two cousins ​​to go home.

Da Zhuang filled a bowl with the leftover radishes and bean sprouts in the pot for his taciturn cousin.

The big cousin didn't push it too much, and took it, and it was resolved in two or three bites.

Before leaving, the older cousin pulled Da Zhuang and yelled: "Brother, the radish you cook is so delicious, next time, I will bring over our radish and let you cook it for me... ..."

Da Zhuang joked with him with a smile, and sent the three brothers out of the courtyard before going in to clean up the kitchen.

Here, after the three brothers came home, the eldest aunt took the third brother for training.

"It's just that your bones are itchy. Isn't there no food at home? Can you eat enough at their house? Tell me, how many steamed buns did you eat tonight?"

The third child is a different kind of uncle's family. He doesn't care about this kind of reprimand that he only sees thunder but doesn't see rain. What he is afraid of is the slap of the old man who usually doesn't make much noise. He made a face and shouted: "We Eating meat and bones is much more delicious than Niang’s roast!"

After speaking, he ran away in a hurry.

The eldest aunt was so angry that she kept yelling and scolding behind her.

The next morning, Da Zhuang used the remaining bone broth to cook a pot of batter, and the children still ate deliciously.

A few days later, the eldest cousin brought seven or eight radishes with his two cousins ​​and brought them over.

"Big brother, take these radishes and eat them, they are not enough for our family!" The eldest cousin put the radishes in the kitchen and said dully.

Da Zhuang thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow I will cook bone soup, big brother, come over and eat!"

The third cousin yelled happily, jumping up and down in the yard and shouting crazily.

The eldest cousin nodded and took the two younger ones away.

Da Zhuang cleaned up the radishes, sat down and continued weaving wicker baskets.