In the countryside, there are earthen stoves, big fires and big pots, so cooking is very quick.
One stove is used for cooking, the small pot in the middle is used for boiling water, and the other large iron pot is about 25 years old and was used when they got married.
After so many years, the lard has made it shiny and oily, and the dishes cooked with it are so smooth and tasty.
There are about 20 people today. Wulan increased the quantity but not the dishes (mainly because there are not many dishes during this period of lean season). Each dish is served in a bowl.
The main dish is undoubtedly a big pot of sweet clover fried with bacon.
Logically, the main dish should be the stew, but unfortunately, the lettuce picked from grandma's vegetable garden is not of this quality, so the lettuce stewed with braised pork has to be ranked second.
Next up was scrambled eggs with leeks.
Yesterday Song Tan cut all the leeks and the whole family spent several hours just making various dumplings and leek boxes.
Look, there is a large plate of leek dumplings in the lunch menu, which serves as another staple food.
As for those that were left unwrapped, I just scrambled them all with eggs today.
The reason why it failed to become the main dish was simply because it didn't contain meat and it didn't seem grand enough.
Then there were stir-fried pork with chili peppers and stir-fried cabbage with tofu.
These are all the vegetables available on the farm. The rest were purchased by driving to town early in the morning. They are really not worth mentioning.
But despite this, the overbearing aroma of leeks, the unique aroma of crispy leek boxes, and the various flavors that were stimulated by the stir-fried meat with astragalus... made everyone present feel hungry.
If I didn't have a bit of self-control left, I would have snatched it away right now!
If nothing else, take a bite of the chive pie first! I'm really hungry!
However, by the time all ten large bowls were placed on the table, my aunt and Sun Yanyan had not returned yet.
Everyone sat around the table, anxious and worried.
The uncle looked unhappy:
"I'll make a phone call, everyone eat first."
But why should we eat first
It wasn't until the corresponding phone ring sounded in the yard that everyone realized that the two of them went out to pick vegetables and didn't bring their cell phones with them.
Wang Lifen was still wondering: "The vegetable garden is so small, and there aren't many lettuces left. Is it because they haven't been pulled out yet?"
"Qiao Qiao." Song Tan smiled and said, "Let's go to grandma's house to see if aunt is there?"
When it comes to running errands, Qiao Qiao is still very active.
He stood up without hesitation, pretending to be an adult: "Hey! You haven't come back yet after dinner, you are so playful!"
The uncle's face looked very bad, Song Tan patted him and said, "Go quickly."
Qiao Qiao was tall and had long legs. He was running all the way at a trot. After only five minutes, he came back panting.
"No, there is no one at grandma's house, not in the house, not in the vegetable garden, and not in the big white house."
The focus of everyone present was where the person had gone. Only Song Tan glanced at Qiao Qiao and knew that he must have gone to Dabai's nest again.
Since Dabai moved to the mountains, no one has taken care of his small nest, so he has to rely on his good brother Qiao Qiao to look after it.
The phone call was not connected, and the person was nowhere to be found. Song Tan said, "Aunt said this morning that she was going to cut astragalus, but there was no more in the field. Is she still looking for it in the field?"
So Qiao Qiao was sent to the door again and looked into the field.
Looking around, there was only brown soil left on the ground. Where did this person come from
Someone's stomach growled, and Uncle Song looked even more embarrassed, so he picked up the snack and said, "No need to wait, let's eat first! We're family, you're welcome."
He is now both a family member and a guest, and those who didn't come are from his family. When he spoke now, everyone really couldn't hold back any longer.
The boss in charge of the farmland had heard that Song Tan’s food was delicious, but he never dared to believe it - everyone has been to the countryside, and he has eaten a lot!
But when the fragrance hit him at noon today, he immediately regretted it and wanted to slap himself twice!
—I told you not to be picky, I told you to just eat for free!
The smell of this sweet clover is different. I have missed so many good things.
When I think about how I drove the tiller and plowed them all yesterday, cruelly and mercilessly burying them all under the soil, my hands and feet are shaking with anger.
What if you are willing to cut a basket of it
Just at this moment!
Suddenly, it seemed like someone was shouting and calling out in the back mountain!
The voice was miserable and full of fear. Everyone's face became serious. Song Sancheng jumped up instantly: "My pig!"
All the pigs in the back mountain are his treasures, which he fed them spoonful by spoonful, and he cannot afford to lose any of them!
Although Jojo didn’t feed the pigs, he had his chicks and ducklings, his big white king brother, and the main composting tool he had just learned—pig manure!
They are still on the mountain!
At this moment he also stood up instantly.
But my face turned red and I couldn't think of what I should say first.
My Dawang? Or my Dabai? Or my pig manure, chickens and ducks
After a moment's silence, the shouting from the back mountain became louder and louder. No one could sit still anymore and everyone ran outside.
Just after turning the back mountain, before everyone had time to express surprise at the several beehives buzzing beside the path, they saw two women, covered in dust and looking extremely embarrassed, rushing out from the woods.
At this moment, the two of them were crying and shouting for their parents, and then they stumbled down.
Only when he saw someone did he sit down on the ground.
"You... what are you doing?"
Uncle Song was simply suppressing his anger, and his voice was trembling when he spoke.
Mao Li cried out:
“Almost… I almost died, I’m dead!
!”
Sun Yanyan also had a face full of fear, her eyeliner was smudged from crying: "That's right, Dad, you don't know, there is a monster in the back mountain, don't even mention how scary it is!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rustling sound in the forest again. Everyone held their breath and concentrated. Sun Yanyan and her aunt huddled together, looking like frightened birds.
Then, another loud "ga ga ga" sound was heard, and its white head with a little yellow hat popped out first.
When Dabai saw Qiao Qiao, he quickly spread his wings, held his head high and rushed out.
Although it is just a goose, it has the momentum of thousands of troops.
Qiao Qiao cheered, quickly squatted down and opened his arms, and the two brothers hugged each other again as if they were familiar with each other.
Only then did Dabai calm down.
Just... this
This is just an ordinary white goose, not a lion-headed goose. It wouldn't cry like this if it was scared, right
Everyone looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with strange eyes for a moment.
At this moment, there was a slight sound in the bushes again.
Song Tan raised his head and saw a huge dog's head sticking out, quietly looking at the group of people in front of him.