Through the wild age

Recently, Maixi got a little tired of eating steamed eggs, so she told Chen Qiao.

"Father, I don't want to eat baby birds."

"Why, I don't like to eat now."

"Papa, baby bird, is so pitiful."

"But what did you say at the beginning: baby birds will be eaten anyway when they grow up." With relish, that's how Dila teased him, but Dila's knowledge was too shallow, and Mai Xi blocked him with a single sentence.

"Then wait until they grow up and then eat them, okay?" The two innocent big eyes on Maixi's pale face flickered, making Chen Qiao's heart soften.

It just so happened that the stone mill had just been finished today, and Chen Qiao went to grind corn flour after serving the young master.Although this stone mill works well, it takes a lot of effort to grind corn kernels into a powder that can be used to make corn paste. If one grind is not fine enough, then another grind is needed...

In the evening, Mai Xi drank two bowls of corn porridge mixed with honey, which made Chen Qiao very happy.The remaining bowl was given to Dila, the two adults can forget it, let's eat taro.

The next day when Chen Qiao got up together, he saw Baya grinding corn flour under the awning in the yard. He was strong and quick, and a small jar of fine flour had been ground beside him. Chen Qiao looked happy , decided to make polenta to drink this morning.

It's a very simple method. Slowly sprinkle cornmeal into the boiling water, stirring while stirring. Considering that it's winter, Chen Qiao made it a little thicker.

I fried a plate of minced meat with mushrooms. Breakfast is just like this. You don’t need to be too particular, but after a meal, everyone eats deliciously.

The weather was fine today, so I took the corn out to dry in the sun. Chen Qiao sat in the yard and slowly rubbed the corn to separate the corn grains from the cob.Dila and Macy were also sitting on the side basking in the sun. Dila was still fiddling with his things, and now the guy he was fiddling with was getting bigger and bigger, like a little carpenter.

Mai Xi has been relatively quiet recently, sitting next to Chen Qiao and watching him work, she felt a little drowsy watching him.

Baya was still grinding cornmeal, looking at his posture, as if he wanted to grind all the corn in the house into flour in one day.

While working, Chen Qiao wondered whether to give Dila a set of carpentry tools. Since this child likes to do these things, let him do what he likes to do all his life. There are not so many things in this world. , can earn enough food to feed a family.

There is always a shortage of food in winter. No matter how delicious these things are at home, you will get tired of eating them all winter. You need to make more tricks...

In the afternoon, they eat corn bread, because they get up late in the morning, and in the afternoon, the dinner time is brought forward a little bit, and it is almost the same. If someone is hungry at night, they can get something to pad their stomachs.

Because they don't need to go out to work now, their lives are more lazy and casual.

Dinner is soft and delicious Wowotou, served with a jar of boiled taro and a plate of fried mountain mushrooms.Wowotou is a very good staple food. Chen Qiao and the others are too embarrassed to eat alone at home. They will grind some corn flour and send some to everyone. When corn is planted in the village next year, everyone's food will be greatly improved. Life will not be so hard.

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Qiao and Baya went to the beach to pick up the sea. I heard people say that they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea. There is no reason why they rely on the mountains and the sea, but they still have to worry about three meals a day.

The harvest this time is not bad, some sea shells and three big crabs.

After returning home, Chen Qiao kept the crabs in jars first, cleaned the seashells and fried them.Add ginger and spicy herbs, fry the seashells until they open, sprinkle a little wine, add some salt and start the pot.The seashells fried in this way are spicy and delicious without any fishy smell.

Let Dilla and Macy each drink a little corn porridge to fill their stomachs, and then encourage them to try sea shells. Both children resisted at first, but the food smelled delicious, so they ate it bravely One, and then one after another couldn't stop.

Chen Qiao was worried that they would get sick if they ate too much seafood for the first time. Seeing that it was almost done, she quickly moved the plate away and didn't eat too much.

"Father, I still want to eat!" Macy said almost exactly what he said at home because of his poor health these days.

"No, you'll have a stomachache if you eat too much."

"Why?" Dad must be lying to him again.

"Because you haven't eaten it before, you can eat more when you get used to it."

"Then why didn't we eat it before?" Dad was too much, why didn't he eat such delicious food before.

"Our family didn't have any hot pot before." What a helpless thing, Mai Xi had no choice but to let it go...

In the evening, Chen Qiao cut the three crabs in half, put them in the pot with the cut side down, and fry them in the pot until the crab shells turn from green to red. Sprinkle with cooking wine and salt, pour a bowl of water into it and cook To tasty.

at dinner time.

"Father, will eating too much of this cause a stomachache?" Mai Xi asked worriedly while eating the crab roe and crab meat that Chen Qiao helped him choose.

"Yes."

"Then how many can I eat?"

"Half."

"Hmm..." He ate more and more slowly...

After a few days, when the corn at home was almost done, Chen Qiao asked Baya to invite everyone from the village to their house. There was no room for them to sit in the house, so they moved a few tables from another house and made three tablespoons in the yard. table.

Chen Qiao asked a few women and young men who usually cook by themselves to help him make steamed buns, and taught them the skills by the way.Then I took out a dozen or so crabs that had been accumulated recently in the jar, and cooked them in front of everyone according to the old method.

When it was time to eat, everyone was shocked. It turned out that there are still so many things that can be eaten in the world.

By the way, I also proposed to distribute the seeds to everyone next year and plant corn together.Corn has no requirements for soil and is very easy to plant. The only difference is the level of yield.After eating, let every family bring some corn flour back.

After finishing all these tasks, Chen Qiao started to make a set of tools for Dila.Mai Xi basically doesn't have to worry now, Chen Qiao used to think of ways to get him to eat more every day.Now, huh, huh.

"Dad, let's eat crab at night." That kind of thing called crab is really delicious.

"There are no crabs at home today."

"Where are the shells?"

"It's finished too."

"Where's the discus?"

"How dare you eat discus when you are so angry recently?"

"Well, Dad, shall we eat steamed buns?" If he disagreed, he would cry.

"Okay, let's eat steamed buns." Just like that, Chen Qiao felt that she could rest assured. With such a good appetite, what could be the matter?

Let's go pick up the sea tomorrow morning, and catch some more crabs for this kid. If there are no seashells, seashells are also fine. Marine life is relatively rich in nutrition. Hey, it would be great if I could catch fish and shrimp.

When he is free, he will go to Ada's place and ask her to help make a few molds.He had to get Dilla's set ready before spring came.