Chapter 1313 [1312] Buried Female Farming Record 40 (5000)

Two days later, Wei Ying and Xiangzi returned home with a full load. They not only shot three pheasants and four hares, but also brought back a basket of crabs, river shrimps, tortoises and river clams.

"Did you go to the river this time? So many hard goods?"

Xiangzi excitedly pointed to the big tortoises in the basket and said.

"Most of the animals are hibernating, so it's not easy to find game. I didn't expect to find so many good things in the river."

"Hey, this crab is quite big. Oh, this old turtle is also big. And this river mussel, are they dug out from the mud? They are so big!"

"My brother Ying took off his clothes and went into the water and held his breath to touch him. I was afraid that he would catch the cold, but you see, he seems to be fine and his body is very strong!"

Cui Xiang looked at Wei Ying with admiration, while Wei Ying subconsciously looked towards Bai He and felt a little disappointed when he saw that she was looking at the fresh fish in the basket with excitement.

Bai He was a quick person, so he immediately found a few pots and sorted the river fresh food. When he saw San'er reaching out to catch crabs, he quickly said to Xiangzi.

"Just take the kid aside and let him play with the river shrimps, but don't let him put them in his mouth. These old turtles and crabs can bite."

These river fish are not completely dead yet, at least the crabs and old turtles are still alive, and the river mussels are spitting out some bubbles from time to time. Only the shrimps are not jumping around much. They are not as big as sea shrimps, but one is as big as a little finger.

It can be considered a hard product, but this kind of shrimp is more suitable for frying.

Wei Ying waved his hand towards Cui Xiang. He knelt down to help Bai He sort out the river fish. He needed to put some water in each basin. The crabs needed to be washed with a brush. The river mussels needed to spit out sand. The old turtles were still alive and could be raised.

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The rabbit was still alive and was thrown directly into the rabbit nest. The two pheasants were wilted and their legs were tied and thrown into the yard without attention.

Anyway, these are still alive, so it doesn’t matter if you don’t eat them today. You can just boil a pot of water on a nice day.

"You just came back and why don't you go and rest? You do the same. Why are you going down to the river in such a cold day? Aren't you afraid of freezing?"

Hearing Bai He's caring words, Wei Ying felt warm in his heart.

"You are the doctor, what should I be afraid of? Besides, I'm fine if I get the cold, but I'll find an opportunity for you to take care of me."

Bai He saw that he was still acting like a rogue and was a little speechless: "You are so old, why are you still acting like a child? I will pry open these clams in a while, along with these river shrimps, and bake some river fresh onion pancakes for you to eat.

, it just so happened that my godfather came over at noon and brought tofu, and then made a soup with spicy cabbage and tofu. When you are warm and full, go up and sleep quickly, and you will be fine if you sweat a little."

Bai He hasn't pried clams for a long time. Wei Ying wanted to help, but she quickly refused: "No, I just enjoy this process. It's super healing. Oh, you don't understand. I can do it myself anyway. You have to be really busy."

, just go and clean up those shrimps. Cut off their tentacles, useless arms and legs."

Bai He found an iron piece that came handy and went to the big basin to count. There were about a dozen river mussels, each of which weighed half a catty. They were really big. They looked very plump and smelled delicious.

It smells like a river, and something like this needs to be marinated well, otherwise it won't taste good.

While the river clam was opening its mouth slightly, I threw the iron piece inside, then took its buttocks and pried it hard, eh~ it opened!

Expose the milky white meat inside, scoop it out and remove the internal organs, then throw the meat directly into the porcelain basin prepared next to it.

One, two, and three, in less than a quarter of an hour, all thirteen river mussels were opened, and a small basin full of mussel meat was harvested.

She got up and took the gourd and gourd to the water tank to scoop some water. After cleaning the mussel meat, she went directly to the chopping board and cut it into small cubes with a knife.

After Wei Ying cleaned the river shrimps, she mixed the two kinds of meat, cracked two eggs, poured some flour into the mixture and stirred it into a paste, then sprinkled some seasonings and set it aside to marinate.

Then she went down to the cellar and got a lot of green onions that were enclosed inside. These green onions were super eye-catching. They said they were grown, but in fact they were all grown in space. They were buried here while they were still fresh. She would come over every once in a while to add more.

Once, so as to ensure the freshness of vegetables.

If there wasn't plastic sheeting in this era and we couldn't build plastic greenhouses, it wouldn't be so troublesome to grow vegetables. I always felt sneaky, afraid of these people asking, but in the end, I thought too much about such common vegetables.

Variety, they couldn't even remember to ask.

In addition to the green onions, I also took out a piece of spicy cabbage from the pickle jar. After putting it up, I sliced ​​the cabbage gang part of the spicy cabbage and put it into the casserole. Then added tofu and mountain spring water and started to stew. Chop the remaining cabbage leaves.

Add to the batter you just mixed.

Heat oil in a pan, pour in the river fresh batter, and spread a layer of washed green onions on top. When the bottom is almost cooked and it’s time to turn over, pour a layer of batter on top of the green onions. When the bottom is browned, turn the green onion pancake over.

Once both sides are browned, transfer to a plate.

After the tofu and cabbage in the casserole were completely combined, the soup turned into a red and white color, which was very beautiful. At this time, she would add some washed and dried kelp to stew together, and the taste would be even more delicious.

After the browned scallion pancakes are cooked, throw the chopped scallions and coriander into the casserole, flip the spoon up and down twice, and the delicious kimchi and tofu soup is ready.

"Okay, it's time to eat."

The scallion pancakes were cut into convenient eating sizes and placed on a large bamboo plate. The casseroles were all extra-large, enough for their family to eat, and they were scooped out bowl by bowl and put on the table.

Pickled fish with black bean paste and spicy pork jerky were also served as side dishes.

I gave San'er two small pieces of tofu and rinsed them in plain water to wash away the spiciness, and the tofu was ready to eat.

The three grown men ate an astonishing amount of food. Not only did they finish all the fried scallion pancakes, but they also ate all the steamed wild vegetable steamed buns yesterday, not to mention the tofu soup. It was straight to the bottom, spicy and hot, and it was so delicious.

It was so enjoyable that beads of sweat broke out on everyone's forehead.

After the meal, Cui Xiang went to clean the kitchen, and Wei Ying went to heat the pot and kill the chickens. The rabbits were in good spirits, so they won't kill them for the time being. Both pheasants were male, and their vital parts were injured by arrows during the hunt.

It's gone now, so I have to kill it quickly.

Before killing the chicken, you have to boil water and scald the hair with hot water before you can pluck it out.

After Bai He put San'er to sleep, he also picked up eight eggs and twelve quail eggs. Of course, he had to leave one in the nest, otherwise he would not lay any eggs.

The two sheep have been milked in the morning and will be milked again in the evening to complete today's quota.

Xiaomang and Liu'er, who had killed chickens in the afternoon, drove the donkey cart home with smiles on their faces. Liu'er said happily when he saw her.

"Sister, I sold ten copper coins and three cents. The shop owner also said that in the future, as long as we embroider it, she will want it, and she can embroider as much as she wants. I also got back a lot of red thread this time, and I pressed it

Five copper coins is enough for me to spend during the Chinese New Year."

Bai He rubbed her head: "It's good. You don't need to give it to me. You can keep it yourself. Has Xiaomang's brother received it?"

"I got it, I got it, but he asked us to come back first. He also wants to help people deliver things. Maybe he will be home in the evening. He is riding a horse and asked about Brother Wei Ying."

Wei Ying had been a soldier before, and they were from the same village, so naturally they knew each other!

Xiao Mang led the donkey to the backyard, fed the donkey hay, then turned around and carried the bamboo basket up the mountain.

"Master, I'll go get some grass and come back."

"Oh no, it won't matter if I fight again tomorrow. You'd better go home and rest. Aren't you tired after traveling all the way?"

"It's okay. Why am I tired? There is a New Year's gift prepared by my mother for you over there. Remember to put it away."

Xiaomang carried a bamboo basket up the mountain. There was no fresh grass at this time of year, but there was a lot of hay. Donkeys, rabbits, and sheep all needed to eat grass, so their family had to beat the grass every day.

, she has been lazy these days and uses the plant poles in the space to feed her. Now that they are back, this task has been taken up again.

"My godmother also prepared a New Year's gift for us? What kind of New Year's gift?"

When Bai He curiously opened the seal on the bamboo basket and poked out four living creatures, Bai He was startled.

"This is...a duck and a white goose?" When Bai He looked towards Liu'er, Liu'er pursed her lips and smiled.

"Yes, they are more than two months old. My godmother said that our family is not short of meat, so she gave us four females to keep for laying eggs in the spring."

Bai He looked at the almost full chicken coop, then at the four new members who were keeping their own rules, lowered his head and touched their necks, finally getting a cry of dissatisfaction from them.

"It turns out you guys can scream. I thought you were all mute. Okay, since you gave them to us, let's keep them. You can throw them into the chicken coop and let them out when they are ripe."

Fast forward to the New Year's Eve, which falls on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In later generations, people will eat sesame cakes and sesame candies.

She made some sesame candy with cane sugar, and Cui Xiang and his sister made sesame cakes with various fillings in the yard, including spiced ones, spicy ones, and ones filled with jujube paste and persimmon bean paste.

I gave some of the prepared sesame candy to my mother-in-law, and kept the rest for myself to eat. It was crispy and sweet, and with sesame as an ingredient, it was fragrant and sticky to the teeth.

"Sister, I learned another trick from you, but the cost of this thing is too high and it is not suitable for sale."

Sugar in ancient times was more expensive than salt. This kind of sesame candy was only suitable for people in my family. This was because there was sugar cane in the space. If she was asked to buy it, she would not be willing to buy it. She also bought the wild honey at home in the summer.

I make a big pot of herbal tea for everyone every now and then. I won’t eat it unless necessary in winter because wild honey is so hard to come by.

In fact, the mountains are very suitable for raising bees, but she has never done it before. She has to go everywhere to catch the flowering season. It is not easy to make money, and it is unnecessary.

After the Little New Year comes the New Year, and sacrifices to the Stove are held on the 24th. When offering sacrifices to the Stove, affix the New Year picture paper of the Stove King, place an incense table at the ancestral memorial tablet at home, and place fruits, snacks, dumplings, sesame candy and other precious incense gifts.

, usually eight plates, for offering incense.

The last snack tastes the best. As for how good it is, it may be due to the blessing of the Stove King and the blessings of his ancestors. However, Bai He has no ancestors, so the spiritual tablet of Cui's mother is placed at home. As for Cui's father,

The brother and sister symbolically ignored it.

If it hadn't been for the mother's surname in ancient times, I guess they both wanted to change their surname. This is why Bai Yusheng took her surname. In Cui Xiang's view, Yusheng was delivered and raised by her. Without her, there would be no life.

This little guy's future, so it was natural for him to take her last name.

On the day of worshiping the stove, they also had to clean the house. They had a large family, so they cleaned their own house first, and then they all went up the mountain to Wei's house.

If you are born in the year of Baihe, you don't have to do any work, you just need to take good care of San'er.

The piles of firewood at home are neatly arranged, and the poultry manure in the yard is also cleaned up. The manure from the chicken coop, rabbit nest, sheep pen, and donkey shed is all cleaned up into the ground in the backyard. When the ground is plowed in spring, the nutrients in this land will also be soaked.

Almost there.

When cleaning every year, the kitchen is the hardest hit area. Fortunately, we have her special dish soap and loofah brush, and we keep it clean on weekdays, so there are basically no stains left.

Twenty-five steamed dumplings. I fermented all kinds of dough at home the night before. The next morning, I started to prepare the stuffing. I steamed dumplings, bean buns, steamed buns, and steamed buns. There were many people in the family, so several stoves would not be idle a day.
To be continued...