Mulberry, sweet and sour and juicy, with black eyes.
Although Taoyuan Village is far from the county seat, it is close to the mountains, which is actually very good for rural people. At different times and different solar terms, you can always find different delicacies in the mountains.
In the past few years, Li Qingshan has picked a lot of wild fruits, and he seems to have figured out his experience.
Anyway, when they found those mulberry trees, no one had picked the fruit on them.
The mulberries on a tree are red, black and blue.
Li Qingshan would pick the ones with a little red in the black, saying that this tastes the best.
"Pick more, bring some to Mother and Eldest Sister tomorrow, and give some to Brother Fang
and the others." Cong Chunhua is still sleeping in the shop with Li Suzhi because she also wants to sell marinated green beans at night.
"En." Li Qingshan nodded.
The two picked a big basket and went home. Some of them were asked by Li Qingshan to bring to the shop tomorrow, and some were given to Li Lerong and the others.
The rest I washed and ate by myself. It was sweet and sour, and the taste was really excellent.
The willow fish was also fed to the big horse mule. After eating it, it happily rubbed the willow fish, which showed that it liked it.
Then Li Qingshan went to carry water to irrigate the vegetable field, Liu Yu and Mrs. Guan washed the peas he bought from the county together.
After drying, it will be ground and refined, and after filtering and drying, it will be made into pea powder, which is then sold as jelly.
The days are so busy but seem to be passing slowly.
Today, Liu Yu and Mrs. Guan were cutting wicker on the river bank, and they were going home to weave some small baskets for pancakes, fruits and snacks.
After cutting for a while, I heard two women who came to wash clothes with wooden basins say: "Hey, brother Yu, where are you?
" Come back with the car! Let me see, it's stronger than the ones we usually use!"
Liu Yu smiled, and these days they made a lot of money selling stewed green beans and cold pork head meat at night, so they were willing to spend three taels of silver for it. Got a bigger and stronger cart.
This kind of cart is also faster to pull, and it can hold more, especially when the wheat is harvested, it should be of great use.
It's never too late to cut wicker, so Mrs. Guan and Liu Yu go home first.
Walking to the door of the house, Li Qingshan was greeted by Li Qingshan who was late because he was talking to people all the way.
As for Cong Chunhua, Liu Yu asked in surprise, "Mom, why are you back?"
The marinated green beans should still be sold for another three or four days, and Liu Yu will return in another three or four days as Cong Chunhua.
When Cong Chunhua saw him, she couldn't see her teeth with a smile, "It's a bit dry today, I think it will rain tonight or tomorrow." So,
she cleverly cooked some green beans today. The leftovers that are not stewed can be eaten evenly.
Cong Chunhua came forward, pulled Liu Yu around and looked at it for a while, and became even happier, "That's right, I'm fat!"
She hasn't been home for almost ten days, but she misses it, for fear that Liu Yu won't be able to eat well and sleep well. not good. Every day when Li Qingshan went to the shop, she would drag him and ask him about every detail.
"I bought two chickens, one to fry at night, and the other to wait until it rains. I'll go to the mountain to see if I can pick up hazel mushrooms, and I'll make chicken stew with mushrooms for you to eat." Li Qingshan looked at the pair and said, arm in arm
. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who entered the house couldn't laugh or cry.
Who can remember to open the gate for him?
In the evening, as expected, the thunder was billowing, and the sky quickly turned cloudy.
Immediately afterwards, big raindrops fell.
Cong Chunhua, who was cooking, stood at the door of the stove with a spatula and looked at the rain outside, and said anxiously: "Don't let it rain too much." In a few more sunny
days, the wheat will be harvested soon. The previous heavy rain was tantamount to a catastrophe for farmers who depended on the sky to eat.
"Probably not." Liu Yu, who was sitting by the stove burning a fire, also poked his head out to look at the rain, "This rain is urgent, and it should come and go quickly."
Cong Chunhua was relieved by his words, the pot heated up, Oil, don't need to heat the oil too hot, just insert chopsticks into it and it will bubble. At this time, pour in the marinated chicken drumsticks with spice powder, soy sauce, green onion and ginger and fry until golden brown and remove.
Then add onion, ginger, garlic and a lot of dried peppers to sauté until fragrant, stir-fry the chicken nuggets, sprinkle some white sesame seeds before serving, a spicy and dry dish, and the super spicy diced chicken is ready.
Liu Yu was choked and coughed, and Mrs. Guan and Cong Chunhua kicked him out.
Cong Chunhua specially removed two chicken legs for this dish, which is specially made for the willow fish who loves spicy food recently. Cong Chunhua quickly fried some radish balls with the oil used to fry the chicken nuggets.
Turning around, I added these radish balls to the braised chicken with soybean paste made from the leftover chicken. This soybean paste was newly made on March 3 this year. When it is fragrant, the stewed chicken nuggets and mushrooms are very fragrant.
As soon as the rice was ready, Li Qingshan who went to the field for a walk also came back, Liu Yu hurriedly wiped his head with a cloth towel.
"Fortunately, I think the wheat in our village is still a little short of heat, and it doesn't matter if it rains."
"That's good." After Liu Yu found dry clothes and helped Li Qingshan change into them, the two went to the main room for dinner together.
Spicy chicken cubes are dry and fragrant, braised chicken in soy sauce is tender and fragrant, and the soup is mellow. The stewed mushrooms in it have the texture and taste of meat. The meatballs have absorbed a little soup but are not soft. Serve with dry rice.
"Crack" thunder, the rain became heavier, and the used bowls and chopsticks were not cleaned for the time being. The family sat in front of the main room and chatted, rubbing the straw ropes that tied the meat with the light.
"When it's time to cut the wheat, you send the meat to the shop, and your eldest sister and I will watch the shop sell it. If you send it over, hurry back." Even if someone is hired, there are still
family members who are there to watch and feel at ease. .
Li Qingshan nodded.
After two quarters of an hour the heavy rain gradually turned light, and at night when Li Qingshan and Liu Yu slept, it was still drizzling.
The room was lit, and the father-to-be was lying on Fulang's stomach, trying to hear the movement of his baby.
The little brother who was the husband couldn't stop laughing, he touched his big head on his stomach and said: "Yue is still young, what can you hear?
" He talked a lot about the pregnancy period, and he already knew that the baby would not move until it was four months old.
"Listen if you can't hear it." Li Qingshan sat up, moved forward and held Liu Yu in his arms and said: "I have to let him know that his father likes him and looks forward to him!" The corners of Liu Yu's
lips He became more warped, touched his stomach, and he was looking forward to it too.
...
The next day was still cloudy, and it rained for a while in the morning.
Li Qingshan didn't kill the pig, he went to the field first after getting up. Although it didn't rain for a long time, it was quite heavy in the two quarters of an hour yesterday.
At this time, the wheat is "top-heavy", and because of the rain, the soil is moist and a little lodging.
Fortunately, there were only a very small part, Li Qingshan carefully straightened these slightly crooked wheat.
After walking around the field and coming out again, the sandals were covered with mud.
Li Qingshan wiped off the mud on the rocks in front of his house before returning home.
The courtyard is now filled with the aroma of white rice porridge, and Liu Yu is peeling green beans at the door of the kitchen.
Seeing this, Li Qingshan washed his hands and hurried to help him, "What are you going to do?"
"Green beans fried with bacon."
The leftover green beans from yesterday were distributed to Uncle Li's family and the big farmer's family. If there are leftovers, it is better to eat them earlier while they are fresh.
After hearing this, Li Qingshan yelled at the kitchen: "Mother, steam a bowl of custard for Xiaoyu, he loves it!
"
Now the family earns more money than before, and the chickens in the family lay more eggs, so naturally they are willing to eat.
The egg custard was served in a bowl for each person, and Cong Chunhua sprinkled some green beans on it ingeniously.
Four bowls of white rice porridge, four bowls of custard, a plate of fried bacon with green beans, two salted duck eggs, and a few pancakes are the family's breakfast.
After eating breakfast, Cong Chunhua excitedly took a small basket and went up the mountain to pick mushrooms with Mrs. Guan.
Although it is very good to make money by running a shop in the county town, it is not tiring, and it seems lighter than those who are busy at home. But in comparison, she still prefers the days of picking up this and that at home.
Of course, if she was asked to choose, she would naturally choose to make money!
Before his grandson is born, save more money for him!
After the rain, the roads are muddy and slippery, so the willow fish will not go. They cook pig food at home and feed pigs and mules.
As for Li Qingshan, he was called away by other men early on, saying that he wanted to catch fish together.
The air is fresh after the rain, and it is the time when the fish, which have been sweltering for a long time in summer, are most active, and it is easier to catch them than usual.
As soon as he arrived at the place, Li Qingshan naturally became the person in command, "The big cows and the two bulls cast the net in the middle, and the five small stones and the five nobles guard the fish cages on the left and right. Be smart! I'll catch the fish." Li Qingshan
chose This place is a small river that forks from the Wubai River, and it is only waist deep. Fortunately, the fish are too boring, and the water here is shallow, Li Qingshan threw a stone in the direction opposite to the fishing net, and the water surface was immediately full of fish bubbles.
"Be good." Daniel was stunned and said: "This is a big deal!"
"Don't talk." Li Qingshan reminded him softly, and when the water surface calmed down again, he began to beat the water surface with a bamboo pole.
The fish under the water were startled and started to scurry towards the fishing net.
Da Niu Er Niu, who was holding the rope of the fishing net, felt the weight of the fishing net under his hand most intuitively, and couldn't help getting excited, but he still kept in mind Li Qingshan's words, guard quietly, and don't scare the fish away.
In summer, the weather always changes quickly.
It was cloudy and rainy in the morning, but by noon the sun had peeked out from the clouds.
Willow, who was cleaning the soles of his shoes in the yard, looked up at the sunlight shining through the gaps in the dense leaves, and smiled slowly.
On the other hand, those who lowered their nets to catch fish also got a "big harvest".
"Obey." Erniu, who had the same catchphrase, looked at the once again full fishing net, and praised: "Li Qingshan, you are amazing!" "
Specially recruiting fish!"
Li Qingshan loved to hear this.
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