Rebirth of farming for a living

Chapter 8 Big Bone Face



When we arrived at Lijiazhuang, we saw Awang looking around from a distance.

Wang and Li Qiuyan quickened their pace, and Awang rushed over. Li Qiuyan took out the meat pie and shook it with a smile, and Awang's eyes lit up.

"Have you taken good care of dad?" Li Qiuyan asked. "Yes, I'm a good boy." Awang said coquettishly.

Mrs. Wang quickly heated up the meat pie and went into the house. After making money, the worries hanging over her head seemed to have dissipated a lot, and she kept smiling. "Master, in the morning Yanyan and I went to the drugstore to sell honeysuckle and made a total of 280 Wen. We don't have much honeysuckle left here. I thought about asking his uncle to come over and help me pick all the honeysuckle before we go there. My parents' side picks some to sell." "Just make up your mind. I think Yanyan has her own ideas. Just let her do whatever she wants." Li Xiangnan was happy, but at the same time he felt a little guilty that he couldn't help. . "You have to tell me, Yan Yanfei bought me scented soap today, but I haven't used it yet." Ms. Wang was very happy.

At this time, Li Qiuyan came in with the hot meatloaf and said to Mrs. Wang, "Mom, let's make bone soup later. Dad has recovered well after drinking it. When my uncle comes tomorrow, he will make dumplings again." Where's Mrs. Wang? Li Xiangnan also felt very considerate.

After eating, seeing that it was getting late, Li Qiuyan simmered the bone soup, squatted in the yard and began to think about life.Honeysuckle can only be picked once more, and it probably weighs less than ten kilograms.What should we do while waiting for the next flowering?What if we sell too much honeysuckle and Deshengtang refuses to accept it?I bought brown sugar and a clay pot. Do you want to try making wine?

"Sister, look what this is." Li Qiuyan, who was deep in thought, was awakened by Awang's little voice. She took a closer look and saw that it was a tree stump in the vegetable garden. "It's a tree stump, little Awang." Li Qiuyan was not annoyed at being interrupted, she just thought Awang was so cute. "No, sister, what is that black thing?" Awang said curiously.Hearing this, Li Qiuyan stepped forward to check carefully. He saw a small black patch, which seemed to be a fungus? "This is the fungus. It will appear after it rains." Li Qiuyan patiently explained to Awang.But then I thought about it, it hasn’t rained in the past few days.

"Boji, you are really my sister's little lucky star." Li Qiuyan excitedly grabbed Awang and kissed him on the face. "Sister, what are you doing?" Awang's face turned red with embarrassment.

Li Qiuyan just wanted to laugh. She suddenly thought that the fungus was growing on the tree stump even though it hadn't rained. Was it because she had splashed the water used to wash the fungus on it?We still need to experiment again. If the fungus can be grown, we will surely be able to make a lot of money.

Li Qiuyan was having a silly laugh when he was knocked on the forehead: "Yanyan, what are you enjoying?" Looking up, it was his fourth uncle Li Xiangbei who came with his fourth aunt. "Why is the stew so fragrant?" Fourth uncle Li Xiangbei was doing odd jobs in the city and had not been in the village a few days ago.It wasn't until I got back that I heard about Li Xiangnan's broken leg, so he came over with his fourth aunt.

When she heard the commotion, Mrs. Wang put down her sewing and hurriedly went out to greet her, "Fourth brother, fourth brother and sister, why are you here?"

The fourth aunt, Mrs. Zhou, had the temperament to smile before she said anything, and handed the basket in her hand to Mrs. Wang: "I don't worry about Ah Bei coming back. Bring me here to see the third brother." After a few pleasantries, Mrs. Wang went After leaving the kitchen, I planned to leave my fourth brother and his wife to eat.

"You know, it's too late to make dumplings now." Mrs. Wang was worried.

Li Qiuyan smiled, "Mom, dumplings are not necessarily the best. We can roll noodles."

Wang's eyes lit up, and she did as she was told. Under Li Qiuyan's guidance, she made a large piece of dough using pure white flour mixed with cornmeal.While Wang was mixing the noodles, Li Qiuyan went to prepare the side dishes.

Soaked some fungus in hot water, and cut some fat meat into half lean meat.I went to the vegetable patch to pick spinach and leeks and wash them.Heat the pot, use the fat to make oil, stir-fry the chopped green onions, then stir-fry the shredded pork marinated in salt and autumn oil and remove from the pot.At this time, the noodles are also rolled out. Bring another pot of water to boil, put the noodles in, and when it is almost cooked, add tender baby spinach and blanch it.The noodles are scooped directly into a coarse porcelain sea bowl, poured with boiling bone soup, then topped with some fried shredded pork and sprinkled with chopped leeks.A bowl of hot noodles is ready.He quickly blanched the fungus and chilled it, then scooped out the stewed bones and ordered them to be served on the kang.

Seeing several large bowls of steaming noodles, Li Xiangbei couldn't say goodbye at all. Several people were slurping the fragrant noodles and eating them enthusiastically.

"Mother, when did you become so good at your craftsmanship?" Li Xiangnan sat on the edge of the kang, chewing on a bone.

"It's not just that I'm good at my craftsmanship, but that I'm smart in my words. I wanted to stew bones to help you with your legs, and I also used soup to cook noodles. They taste pretty good." Mrs. Wang smiled.

"Yanyan's cooking is really good. I've never had such delicious noodles outside." Li Xiangbei said while sucking.

Awang nodded fiercely, and Mrs. Zhou also smiled.

Hearing this, Li Qiuyan's heart moved.

After eating and drinking, Li Xiangbei told Li Xiangnan to take good care of his injuries, and also paid for Li Xiangnan: "Third brother, we have been closest since childhood. It was when you were in trouble. I paid my salary and had money on hand." Li Xiangnan recommended. Unable to give in, he signaled Wang with his eyes. "I really don't need the fourth brother. I accept it with my heart. You and your siblings also need money. You can take this money. When we have the money, we will pay you back what we borrowed before." The two people pushed back and forth, and finally the old man Si dropped a bunch of money and took Ms. Zhou away.

Wang was holding the money and didn't know what to do. Li Qiuyan took it and said, "Mom, we'll pay it back to my fourth uncle after we make money." Wang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You're still afraid that my mother will spend it randomly." "Just take it. The fourth child is sincere." Li Xiangnan said carelessly.Mrs. Wang gave him an angry look and opened the basket again. Half of the basket inside was filled with fifty or sixty eggs: "Fourth is very kind to us. Let's return it to him when we have the chance."

After packing up their things, the whole family took a rest.


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