Fields of Gold

Chapter 76: Great!

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Glancing over with his eyes, he found that his daughter's speed was not slower than his own, and the pulling was cleaner than hers, and he was secretly surprised.

Just kidding, and I don't even look at what Xiaocao did in the previous life. The roast chicken made by her stewed vegetable shop is a masterpiece, and she has to clean up thirty or forty chickens every day, so it's no wonder that she is not skilled!

Xiaocao rolled her eyes, answered with a smile, "I don't want wages, Aunt Zhou, please give me the internal organs of these forty chickens!"

"What do you want chicken offal for? You don't really want to take it back to eat!...Cao'er, mother knows that the family is in a bad situation, and she hasn't tasted meat for many years, but she can't eat this dirty thing either! How about it, next time mother Sell the embroidery, cut a catty of meat back, and give you a tooth-beating sacrifice..." The smile on Liu's face gradually faded, and a trace of self-blame and guilt rose in his eyes.

"Mother, don't worry about it, I really use these offal!" Xiaocao was secretly surprised, didn't it mean that there were cases of eating offal in ancient times? Is this a rumour

Fang smiled to smooth things over, and said: "The child is old enough to have her own ideas, Sister Mu Yun, let her try it! Xiaocao, you take all these chicken blood and internal organs back, and you will be paid accordingly! "

Yu Xiaocao shook her head and said, "Aunt Zhou, we can't ask for wages. Last time we moved house and held a banquet, you and sister Linglong worked hard all day, and didn't even bother to eat lunch. We need wages for this small favor Wouldn't it be too mean? Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and neighbors should help each other!"

Mrs. Liu echoed, "Cao'er is right! Auntie, if you ask me to raise wages again, I'll turn my back on you and leave..."

Seeing that the mother and daughter insisted, Fang stopped talking about wages. Forty chickens were slaughtered, and all of them were plucked to remove their internal organs. The two big and three small ones were busy for a whole hour and a half. Among them, Xiaocao's speed and quality are better than her mother's, and it is comparable to the old hand Fang Shi who is used to it. Fang looked at it and praised it again and again...

After finishing her work, Fang went into the house and took out a bag of pastries that she bought in the town this morning, and stuffed them into Xiaocao's hands, making sure that she would take them back. The Zhou family sells both chickens and eggs, and the men work as shopkeepers during the off-season. Their home is the only one in the village, and they can buy some pastries from time to time for the children to satisfy their cravings.

Holding the wooden basin full of chicken offal, Mrs. Liu frowned as she watched her daughter hold the clay basin filled with chicken blood in one hand and the pastry in the other, and said, "Do you really know how to cook with chicken blood? Don't brag. Haikou, if you can’t get it out, let Aunt Zhou and sister Zhou make fun of it.”

"Mother, don't worry, when did your daughter talk big?" Xiaocao struggled to hold the clay pot with one hand, so she bit the rope that tied the cakes with her mouth, held the pot with both hands, and walked forward quickly.

When they got home, Xiao Lian had already cooked the meal, and they just waited for the two of them to go back to have dinner. Xiaocao proudly shook the clay pot in her hand, and said with a smile: "Don't start the meal, let me make something delicious for you to add."

"What a good thing?" Xiaoshitou stood up from the stool, rushed over quickly, saw the contents in the basin clearly, and wrinkled his face in disappointment: "This is chicken blood! Second sister, you said it was delicious, You don't mean this, do you?"

"What kind of expression is that on your face? Don't believe my sister? Don't eat it after you make it!" Xiaocao pretended to be angry as if glaring at him.

Thinking of the second sister's extraordinary craftsmanship, Xiao Shitou apologized regretfully: "Second sister, I was wrong. The dishes made by the second sister are absolutely top-notch and delicious. Second sister, don't be as knowledgeable as my brat..."

"Go, go! Go to Er Gouzi's house and buy tofu for a penny!" Xiaocao sent him away with a smile, and went into the kitchen with a pot in her hands.

Xiao Lian also followed in and said, "I'm here to help too! What do you need me to do?"

"Boil the pot with water, I'll blanch the chicken blood!"

The chicken blood in the clay pot has formed red blood clots, and Xiaocao cut it a few times and divided it into several "tofu cubes". Take out one of them, cut it into small pieces carefully, blanch it in boiling water, and take it out when it changes color.

She made "hot and sour chicken blood". There was no sour chili at home, so she used the sauerkraut sent by her grandmother last time instead, cut it into small cubes, and prepared dried chili, shredded ginger, and crushed garlic ready to use.

Xiaocao scooped out a small spoonful of oil from the oil tank, put diced sauerkraut, shredded chili, ginger and garlic into it, sautéed until fragrant, then added chicken blood and stir-fried gently. Chicken blood can't be fried too old, the tender taste is like tofu, but it tastes much better than tofu.

After thinking about it, she cruelly took some vinegar to remove the fishy smell, added salt and soy sauce, stir-fried until it tasted evenly, and it was ready to serve.

"It smells so good!" Xiao Shitou bought tofu and ran all the way back, panting heavily, but kept sniffing, with a greedy expression.

Xiaocao made another "Chicken Blood Tofu Soup". The snow-white tofu floated on the soup, and the dark red chicken blood was faintly visible, and it was decorated with green chives.

"Dinner is ready! Dinner is ready!!" Xiaoshi rushed to the dining table impatiently, but was held back by Xiaocao.

"Don't worry! Come with me to deliver food to Aunt Zhou!" I made an extra serving of both dishes, and of course Zhou's is indispensable.

Little Shitou pouted, holding "Hot and Sour Chicken Blood", and walked closer to smell the aroma. Xiaocao laughed and said: "Greedy cat, be careful to be seen by others, don't lose face!"

Xiaoshitou pursed his lips and smiled, suppressing his greed, and said, "Second Sister, chicken blood can also make such a delicious taste. In the past, when the chicken was killed at home, the blood was thrown away, what a waste! By the way , can the chicken viscera brought back by your mother be cooked and eaten?"

"Yes! Do you dare to eat it?" Xiaocao squinted at him and said with a half-smile.

Xiao Shitou nodded vigorously, and said: "Dare! Why don't you dare!! As long as the second sister can make it as delicious as chicken blood! Why don't you dare?"

"That's a good idea! Those are for money, how can I give them to you?" Yu Xiaocao wrinkled her nose at him, made a grimace, and knocked on the door of Zhou's house.

"Here we come! Hey, Xiaocao, have you eaten yet?" It was Fang who opened the door. She was surprised when she saw the fragrant dishes in the hands of Xiaocao and her brother.

"Aunt Zhou, the chicken blood is ready. The little stone is carrying hot and sour chicken blood, and this is chicken blood tofu soup. You haven't eaten yet, right? Just don't cook." Xiaocao walked into the yard with a smile, Handed the dishes to Zhou Linglong who came out of the kitchen.

The Zhou family had just finished killing chickens, and the meal hadn't been cooked yet, so she came just in time.

"It's so delicious! You really use chicken blood to cook?" Zhou Coral, who was about the same age as Xiaocao, leaned over to sniff in disbelief, showing an intoxicated expression.

Yu Xiaocao nodded with a smile, and said: "Yes! Auntie, from now on your family will kill chickens and keep the blood and internal organs. I will teach you how to cook delicious dishes. Let's go, when Auntie Panziming comes to visit our house, Just bring it over."

This meal made Xiaocao's family mouth full of oil. The hot and sour chicken blood has a strong taste, which has both the umami taste of chicken and the tenderness of blood tofu. It is hard to stop chewing in the mouth. Even if you can't eat spicy small stones, tears and nose come out because of the spicy food, you still don't want to stop.

The chicken blood tofu soup is bright in color, delicious, delicate and refreshing, and the soup is rich, and the whole family is full of praise. Even Liu Shi, who always wanted to save good things for the children, couldn't stop drinking an extra bowl. A large pot of chicken blood tofu soup was almost wiped out by Xiaocao's family, except for the pottery pot given to Fang.

Little Shishi stretched his stomach like a small watermelon, lying on the bed and humming contentedly. Liu was worried that the little guy would be stretched out, so she sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed his belly. Yu Hai hiccupped at the side, smiled a bit bitterly, and said:

"It's been a long time since I've eaten so full. The craftsmanship of the second girl is really amazing. She actually makes something that people throw away so delicious."

Thinking of her little daughter, Liu's face was full of tenderness: "Since Cao'er lost her memory after hitting her head, it's like a different person. Not only is her body better, but she's not so timid anymore. A lot of new ideas. Just yesterday, we persuaded her that there are no wild vegetables now, but she just doesn’t believe in evil, and she really made her dig a lot of shepherd’s purse.”

"It's okay to change. I used to wrong your mothers at home. Xiaocao was timid at that time, and maybe it was for this reason. I was useless and couldn't protect your mothers..." Thinking of the stepmother's partiality and meanness, the sister-in-law Greedy and lazy, Yu Hai's eyes dimmed.

Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "Don't say that, our mothers are still waiting to live a good life with you. By the way, those chicken offals that Xiaocao brought back are also for food, right? Smelly stuff, I dare not eat it!"

Xiao Shitou turned over, sat up and said with a smile, "Second Sister said that those things are to be exchanged for money."

"Exchanging money? Cao'er won't think about money and go crazy, right? If someone else has a problem, they will have to sue. Her father, take good care of her, don't always think about money. We are poor. You can't earn money that is unconscionable." Liu frowned, worried.

Yu Hai was not in a hurry, according to his observation these days, the second daughter was not a person with a vicious heart. He calmly said: "What kind of person is Cao'er, don't you, a mother, know? Don't let the child listen to this, or you will be sad! Don't worry, I see that The child has a plan in mind, so don't worry about it."

Xiao Shitou also nodded vigorously, supporting the second sister and said: "Mother, the contents of the chicken belly are not necessarily inedible. It's like chicken blood. Didn't we all throw it away before? Didn't the second sister also make it so delicious?" ? My father and I are from the same country, and I trust the second sister."

"Yes, yes! The good guys told you to do it, and I'm the bad guy!" With the corners of Liu's mouth curled up, she glared at the father and son before leaving the room.

In the yard, the twin sisters are picking up the chicken viscera brought back by the well in the backyard! Xiao Lian came out with a bucket of water from the well, and watched her sister separate the chicken liver, gizzard and intestines with her mouth pursed, and finally couldn't help but said: "Are you sure these are edible? Those seasonings you bought, won't be just For this, right?"

Xiaocao rolled her eyes and said, "Don't worry, trust me, you can't go wrong!"