This time, without the melon rind, everyone enjoyed the meal even more. The bowl was full and it was eaten up in no time.
The seventh cousin originally wanted to persuade them to take it easy, but before he could even open his mouth, he found that his words were empty, so he could only change direction.
“You guys really can eat.”
Those who could eat were not satisfied at all. They burped, held their stomachs, and waited eagerly for the cold watermelon rind at noon.
Seeing this, the seventh cousin could only sigh helplessly:
"Why don't you prepare lunch? Let's cook some porridge. I see you guys don't have much appetite, so let's cook the porridge now. It will be cold after a nap, and it will be delicious with cold watermelon rind."
It's not easy to have an appetite in such hot weather, and it's not easy for them to squat in front of the stove and cook.
Great idea!
As soon as the proposal was made, everyone agreed.
Nowadays it is too hot at noon and no one works, so it is normal to sleep until 3:00 in the afternoon and get up.
However, you can eat the porridge after your lunch break, but you must try the cold watermelon rind now.
Upon hearing this, my seventh cousin was speechless.
At this moment, he simply put the melon peel in the basin and handed over two scrapers: "Since you want to eat it, scrape off the green peel outside."
With food hanging on their shoulders, the two strong young men Zhang Yanping and Xin Jun were extremely enthusiastic.
Meanwhile, Uncle Seven took Qiao Qiao and held a kitchen knife in one hand and pressed the melon rind with the other hand, letting it stick to the green skin, and cut it slowly and steadily.
Soon, a whole green melon rind was separated. It was so thin that it was too ugly to be fed to pigs.
But... this technique is pretty good.
The seventh cousin exclaimed in admiration, and then instructed: "You work with them to slowly clean the melon rind."
"Let me prepare some ingredients first."
Cold-mixed melon rind is the simplest dish. He simply took out two red peppers from the vegetable basket, smashed a few cloves of garlic, cut some ginger and chopped green onions, and everything was ready.
The melon rinds have almost been cleaned up.
The seventh cousin simply piled up the thin melon rinds, and then kept using the kitchen knife to cut them.
Dodo dodo!
Soon, the red and white melon rind with a slightly green hue was cut into evenly spaced thin strips, which he then sprinkled with a handful of salt and pickled in a basin.
At this time, the rice in the pot on the other stove had just started to turn into popcorn.
It was a hot day, and it was not easy to stand in front of the stove. Beads of sweat appeared on Qiao Qiao's fair face. She stirred the pot with a big spoon, then lowered her head to look at the fire:
"Uncle, don't worry about the fire in the stove."
When the fire goes out, the porridge is done. Put the lid on the pot to prevent ash from falling, and eat it after everyone has a nap.
After the melon rind was marinated for half an hour, all the moisture inside was squeezed out.
This time, Qiao Qiao, who was already good at making several kinds of cold dishes, didn't need her seventh cousin's instructions. She took it out and wrung it dry as she pleased.
The seventh cousin took the opportunity to teach him to pour in salt, cooking wine, light soy sauce and chili peppers.
Just take the quick and mix it up -
“Bang!”
The bowl was placed on the table: "Try it."
Bright red peppers, pink watermelon flesh, and slightly green watermelon rind - these are truly the most beautiful colors of summer.
Just mix it simply and it will immediately taste delicious.
Everyone couldn't wait to reach out their fingers -
“Hmm!”
It's hard to tell what this smell is.
The moment it enters your mouth, the salty aroma of salt and sauce spreads first, and then the pink melon flesh is bitten open, and the sweet juice mixes in your mouth.
The taste is a mixture of sweet and salty, but it doesn't feel weird at all. Instead, it has distinct layers.
Before the sweet aftertaste fades, the freshness and crispness of the white melon skin bursts between the lips and teeth. The more you chew, the fresher it becomes. After swallowing it in one gulp, the spicy taste wrapped in red peppers slowly burns in your mouth...
Even though it is such a simple dish, everyone finds it extremely satisfying and refreshing when eating it.
What else is there to say
What kind of porridge should be served with it? This kind of cold dish should be eaten alone!
Soon, everyone stared at the empty basin and then looked at the seventh cousin innocently.
"That is to say... Uncle, when we wake up from our nap, what should we eat with the porridge?"
My seventh cousin almost laughed out of anger: "I deserve you guys to eat my talent!"
However, while he was laughing and scolding, he felt a little proud in his heart: Look! This family really can't do without me.
Then he turned around and ordered reservedly:
"Go pick a few more cucumbers from the garden and put them in the refrigerator. Eat some cold cucumber salad after you wake up from your nap."
Just think about the refreshing taste of cucumbers in the vegetable garden. Eating 10 cucumbers a day is not enough. Everyone's mouth starts to water instantly!
Oh my! There are so many delicious foods, why is my stomach still the same
If my stomach wasn't so bloated, I would probably start eating again right now.
While everyone was drooling, Song Tan's face looked serious and his expression was deep.
Zhang Yanping couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you?"
I could only hear her sighing: "If I had tasted the taste of the cold melon rind earlier, this watermelon shouldn't be only 20 yuan per pound."
Everyone: ... Be a human being!
A melon weighing just three or five kilograms costs over a hundred yuan!
…
After waking up from a nap, we had a bowl of warm porridge and some chilled cucumber salad, and everyone was full of energy and ready to go.
After waiting for a long time until the sun was not so strong, Song Tan looked at the time and said, "Let's go up the mountain to pick watermelons!"
"Oh, Qiao Qiao, you don't have to go yet. Go to the back mountain and bring back a few more bundles of straw to spread on the back of our car."
"Okay!" Qiao Qiao nodded seriously. For Ultraman, he accepted the task!
Fortunately, it is only the end of May and not that hot yet. Otherwise, even at 4 or 5 in the afternoon, the temperature can still soar to 37 or 38. What's the point of picking melons? Just lie down and forget it.
While picking melons, Zhang Yanping took out his mobile phone to count:
"There are about 150 orders placed through the mini program. I charge based on 5 kilograms, and refund if there are more. Our melons are expensive, so we don't need to pick too many... I estimate that picking 200 today should be enough."
"OK."
The melons are ripe, so Song Tan doesn't plan to pile them up and press them too tightly, otherwise the ones at the bottom will burst. He just needs to count between 230 and 250.
After all, in addition to giving away gifts, there are also 20 melons for Zhu Jun!
With everyone working together, 200 melons were harvested very quickly. Zhang Wangjia was in charge of driving the tricycle.
Who made the pickup truck unable to go up the back mountain!
When he drove the car over to move the melons, Song Tan specially picked out a few big ones and put them in the back seat first.
After thinking about it, she felt that it would not be appropriate to send only one gift to her uncle's family. She, Tan Tan, was not such an ignorant person!
So I picked out three particularly small ones and put them aside.
In this way, all relatives are treated equally!
However, whether he eats melons or not, my uncle has to behave well when building a house for grandpa.
Otherwise... she would be angry.