After Xiang Jin mixed the beans, he chopped two cucumbers and mixed them with a pickle, then he picked up the bamboo basket and told Xiang Nan again.
"Mom, when they come back later, let them eat first? I've already done everything."
Xiang Nan asked, "What are you going to do again?"
"I'm going to cut the hogweed."
Aunt Liao helped her family with work again today. Naturally, she had to help her get the pigweed back, otherwise it would be exposed to people when the weather got bad.
"Oh, how about I come with you?" The little girl hesitated.
Xiang Jin waved his hand, "No, just take care of your house at home. If nothing happens, go pick a handful of green peppercorns from the pepper tree next to it. I'll use them at noon."
She planned to go back to the fields later to find some cowpeas and steam them a meal of cowpea meat buns for lunch today.
Aunt Liao's cowpeas are growing very well and they have to be hunted almost every three days, otherwise they will grow old and become unpalatable. Today is the time to look for them again.
"okay!"
Xiang Jin hurriedly went to the fields to collect a basketful of pigweed. After returning, he carried the basket on his back and went out to look for cowpeas.
When she came back again, Xiang Nan was clearing away the dishes in the kitchen, so she asked, "Have they all had breakfast?"
Xiang Nan answered her while washing the dishes, "After eating, they said it was half cloudy and half sunny today, not too hot, and they had to work all day. Mom asked us to cook lunch for them."
"okay!"
Xiang Jin took a few mouthfuls of rice indiscriminately, and after cleaning it up quickly, he called Xiang Nan over and asked her to choose cowpeas with her, saying that he would steam buns for her at noon.
Xiang Nan felt happy for a moment, and quickly pulled up a small bench and sat there to start picking.
After a while, Aunt Liao came back and said that there was no more boiling water. She came back to get two pots of boiling water.
Without even needing to explain to Xiang Jin, Xiang Nan quickly got up and went to the kitchen to boil water. Then Aunt Liao sat down where Xiang Nan was and started picking with her.
Then I asked her what the cowpeas were for, whether to make dried cowpeas or to steam the dried cowpeas for lunch.
Xiang Jin said, "No, I plan to steam cowpea buns for everyone at noon."
Aunt Liao was startled, then nodded, "This is a good idea, but it's just a bit troublesome."
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, as long as we get the things that need to be prepared, it will be quick."
Aunt Liao said, "Then I'll go and make peace with you guys, so that you, a little kid, won't be able to make peace later because you don't have much strength. There are so many people and it's not enough to just make peace with them."
Xiang Jin thought for a while, then smiled, "Thank you, Auntie."
Aunt Liao glared at her, "Thank you for what?" She stood up from the stool and started to roll up her sleeves.
Xiang Jinquan picked out the intact cowpeas, poured them into a large basin, quickly washed them and dried them there, and then went to wash the onions, garlic, and peppercorns.
As soon as she finished doing this, Xiang Nan said that she had boiled the water. In order to prevent her from being scalded, Xiang Jin went in and put the boiling water into two thermos bottles.
After she followed her, she went to pull up a few pieces of pork from the well that the people in Tuowan had weighed on the street two days ago.
She smelled it, well, it had no smell, it was ice cold, and it was as fresh as fresh. It had to be said that this deep well was a large natural refrigerator, with an excellent preservation effect!
After cleaning the meat, she took it to the kitchen to cut it, cut the onions into minced pieces, crushed garlic cloves and fresh peppers, then chopped some bean paste, and then mixed it with salt, soy sauce, and some clear oil.
marinated together.
Finally, she cut the cowpeas that had almost dried out into small dices, sprinkled them with some salt, and marinated them again to dehydrate them.
After Aunt Liao made the noodles, she went back to the construction site with boiling water.
After marinating the cowpeas for about ten or twenty minutes, Xiang Jin squeezed out the excess water, then mixed them with the previously marinated diced pork, sprinkled them with seasonings and mixed them evenly.
While the dough was fermenting, Xiang Jin went to clean a few baskets by the well, and then put the rice in the pot for Xiang Nan and let her burn it.
The porridge at noon was not a little dry as usual, but a little thin, with some dried sauerkraut in it. She completely cooked it in the style of half a bowl of soup and half a bowl of rice.
Because they have to eat steamed buns, if the rice is overcooked, it will be difficult for them to swallow it, and they will easily feel thirsty in the afternoon.
Then she put a large pot of water into another large pot, and then went to brush all the baskets with a layer of oil. After all the preparations, the noodles were just ready.
Following Xiang Jin, he grabbed a lump of dough and started to roll it out. Every household here has a big rolling pin that is seventy or eighty centimeters long, not the small rolling pin like those from the north, which can be turned in circles.
Xiang Jin was not very comfortable with the rolling at first, but gradually he found the feeling.
At noon, Xiang Jin steamed three large baskets of steamed buns and a large basket of white flour steamed buns, at least one hundred and twenty.
After the two baskets were ready, she took a bowl and gave Xiang Nan one to taste.
After Xiang Nan tasted it, she said it was so delicious that she wanted to swallow her tongue.
Xiang Jin glanced at her funny, "How can it be so exaggerated?"
Xiang Nan said with a smile on his face, "It's true!"
Xiang Jin didn't bother to pay attention to her compliment, and then directly found a clean small dustpan, picked out twelve buns and three steamed buns, and covered the buns and steamed buns with a piece of clean white gauze, and then
So he ordered Xiang Nan.
"Go, wash your hands, then wash your face, and take this to Grandma Mo and her family."
"Send it to Grandma Mo's house?"
Seeing her reluctance to give up, Xiang Jin said "Yeah", "You ate other people's pumpkins and winter melons, shouldn't you give them back some gifts? Don't worry, there are plenty, enough for you!"
Go ahead and don’t be stingy!”
"okay!"
When Xiang Nan arrived at the door of Mr. Zeng's house, he called out, "Grandpa Zeng, Grandma Mo, are you at home?"
Grandma Mo was also preparing to make lunch in the kitchen. When she heard someone shouting outside, she walked out holding a handful of green onions. When she saw it was her, she said, "Is it Nan Nan?"
"Well," Xiang Nan carried the dustpan up to the eaves of their house, "Our family has steamed some buns, and my sister asked me to bring some to you." As she said that, she stretched out her arms and pointed the dustpan towards her hands.
Passed it over.
Looking at the dustpan full of buns under the white gauze, Grandma Mo felt a little embarrassed and said, "Hey, look at you guys, just steam them and eat them by yourself. There are many of you, why don't you bring some to us?"
?”
Xiang Nan said, "We make a lot of steaming at home. We have four large baskets, which is enough to eat!"
Grandma Mo just laughed and said, "Wait a minute, I'll wash the hands and pick up a pot."
"okay!"
Grandma Mo was about to turn around when Mr. Zeng and Yan Chen suddenly came down from upstairs. When Mr. Zeng saw Xiang Nan, he said with a smile on his face, "Is Xiang Nan here?"
"Well, hello Grandpa Zeng, hello brother Yan Chen!"
Yan Chen nodded slightly towards her.
Grandma Mo smiled at Mr. Zeng and said, "You're here just in time. You can go to the kitchen and stir the pot for a while. My hands are dirty."
Mr. Zeng nodded, and Yan Chen said, "I'll get it."
After saying that, he went directly towards the kitchen and came back soon. Several people went into the room. When the top layer of white gauze was lifted, everyone present except Xiang Nan couldn't help but froze.
After a while, Mr. Zeng asked, "Oh, so many? Did your sister make it?"
Xiang Nan nodded, "Yes, my sister made it."
"Yeah, awesome, capable!" Mr. Zeng praised without hesitation.
Grandma Mo also said, "Yes, look at how skillful this child's hands are. He makes these buns look so nice. They are big and round, and they are all the same size. And the steamed buns are also white and fat.
, they look better than the steamed buns in the restaurant on the street."
Yan Chen also thinks this bun looks good.
Xiang Nan couldn't be happier when she heard that they all complimented her sister on how beautiful the buns were. In fact, she also wanted to say that the buns were delicious, but she suddenly remembered what her sister often told her about her character.
You must be humble and low-key. Don't let others praise you and then you will become complacent and start to feel complacent.
So, she just stood aside and looked at them with a smile.
After sending Xiang Nan away, Mr. Zeng took the lead and picked up a bun and started eating it. Then he was startled, "Well, it's delicious! Chenchen, try it quickly! Do you think it's more delicious than your grandma's buns?"
After hearing what he said, Grandma Mo couldn't help but slap him in the face and scolded him with a smile, "You damn old man, if it's delicious, it's delicious, and you're dragging me along?"
Watching the two bickering, the corners of Yan Chen's mouth curled up, and then he picked up a bun and ate it. Well, it was moderately salty, delicious, and the meat was smooth, tender and refreshing. This bun was indeed delicious.
I didn't expect that her cooking skills were so good! This girl really refreshed my understanding of her again and again.