Chapter 119 119. Rapeseed flowers and bamboo forest
The size of this bamboo forest is large or small, long or short, and it occupies about one or two acres of land.
Entering the bamboo forest, the air suddenly became humid, and there was a smell of fermented bamboo leaves in the forest. It felt soft when you stepped on it.
It is now early April, and many of the spring bamboo shoots have grown more than one meter high. My aunt avoids them and only picks the small and tender ones.
Having taken aim, he went down with the **** and pried out a fat bamboo shoot.
For Qiaoqiao, this is like a treasure hunt. He also holds a **** and digs out the fat ones.
Auntie was still laughing when she saw it: "Our Qiaoqiao is becoming more and more capable now!"
“That’s right,” Song Tan said proudly, “I taught them all.”
Indeed, she taught most of them.
With Qiao Qiao like this, Wu Lan and Song Sancheng asked him to do some washing and washing at home, so as not to be a little spoiled.
What's more, they also have a lot of work to do every day, and they rarely have free time to teach their sons bit by bit.
We can’t teach each other even a few words, and both of them will collapse.
But Song Tan is different. If nothing else, she has very good patience now. She doesn't do it twice once, and she doesn't do it four times... As for farm work, she still needs to do more.
Carry him with you in everything you do. Over time, Qiaoqiao himself has become much more flexible.
While digging bamboo shoots, my aunt lamented: “I hated this bamboo forest when I was a kid.”
“Why?” Song Tan was puzzled.
Her memory of this bamboo forest is probably when she was a child. Song Sancheng tied two pieces of hemp rope to the bamboo, and put a wooden board in the middle to make a simple swing for her to play here.
A little older, and you can even pull a hammock in it in the summer. The hammock was bought for two yuan and stayed with Song Tan for many summers.
Had it not been for the one time when I was dangling above, a fat caterpillar shook out from among the bamboo leaves and landed on my face... I'm afraid this beautiful memory would have lasted for a few more years.
The aunt sighed and said, "Life was better when you were a child, and there were many ways to make money, but before you were born, people wanted bamboo like ours, and it cost eight cents a piece."
“Your grandfather is responsible for cutting bamboo in the bamboo forest, and grandma you chop off all the branches on the bamboo branches.”
“As for me, I don’t have to do any strenuous work, but I have to drag this long bamboo all the way to the place where people receive the goods.”
“Even though the bamboos here are not as thick as the bamboos in the south, they are also heavy. I can only drag two or three at a time... At the end of the day, my legs are so swollen that I can’t even lift them up.”
This is real rural life.
Song Tan was silent for a while and then asked: "What about my dad and the others?"
Song Hongmei laughed: "Can your dad and the others still run? They have to be responsible for loading bamboo into the car for others. It is really strenuous work. At the end of the day, they can't straighten their backs."
“Tantan, don’t look at your aunt as annoying. She also suffered hardships with your uncle in the early years.”
Song Tan said "hmm".
She has seen a lot, and everyone has a different role in the eyes of different people. There is no need to force it, just ask for what goes well.
She originally thought that her aunt was going to say something more sensational, but she didn't expect that her attitude changed:
“It’s just that your aunt is getting older now and her brain is getting worse!”
“Let me just say, when you get older, you can’t take care of your children at home every day and do housework. If you have nothing to do, go out for a square dance or set up a stall. It’s better than squatting at home. There’s no quality at all..."
The aunt was obviously very resentful and muttered: "Is it easy for your grandma to grow some vegetables?" Song Tan laughed:
“Yes, my aunt is good at it. If you blanch the bamboo shoots at home and dry them in the sun, you can still eat them for a long time!”
"Yes." The aunt looked at the bamboo forest with nostalgia: "No one has bought bamboo in the past twenty years. You see, the bamboo forest grows densely. Too many are not good. When you see spring bamboo shoots, dig more. Make room for them too.”
I was still thinking: "I cut the tender bamboo shoot hearts diagonally and blanched them, then stir-fried them with pickled peppers and some beef. Oops, this is ready for dinner!"
Think again: There are lettuce leaves too!
“Let’s eat these bamboo shoots with pickled peppers and stir-fried lettuce leaves tonight. I’ll steam a Sophora japonica egg first and make a Sophora japonica cake tomorrow…”
Thinking about it this way, it seems that I will have food for half a month and save hundreds of dollars in food expenses!
As soon as the aunt figured out the calculation in her mind, she wielded the **** with more and more heart!
Song Tan originally didn't think much about the spring bamboo shoots. It was difficult to practice. She was not willing to give too much of her spiritual energy this year. But when her aunt said this, she couldn't help but feel a little greedy.
Just when I was thinking about asking Qiaoqiao to dig two more and go home, I saw that this silly boy had already emerged from the other side of the bamboo forest and came over with a handful of **** flowers:
“Sister, I’ll give it to you.”
I broke off a piece of cabbage and ate it.
Song Tan also laughed: "When I was a child, my mother always fried the buds and moss of rapeseed flowers, and I didn't like to eat them."
Auntie laughed: "When you were a child, you had to think twice about eating meat at home. You were still farming, so how could you have the time to cook it carefully? It will definitely not taste good."
“Eating is different now, what do you say? Keep in good health!”
Auntie has been setting up a stall in the city for decades, and her skill in making egg pancakes is unknown to her, but her cooking skills have obviously been honed by her stingy spirit.
Looking at the handful of rapeseed flowers, I thought of several dishes:
"I'm telling you, pull a handful of rapeseed flowers, then go to the mountain to see if there are any wild onions, dig one back. Blanch the rapeseed flowers and cook them, then cut the onions, mince the **** and garlic, and take them Add some chili noodles, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, MSG, etc., and when it’s cooked, add the green onions and some sesame oil...it’s delicious!”
This describes...
Song Tan was drooling just thinking about it, but...
“Auntie, the way you mix vegetables is as delicious as the soles of your shoes.”
Auntie laughed loudly: "Then you can use this to make poached eggs and it will be delicious. Cut the rapeseed flowers into small pieces and mix them with the eggs..."
“If that doesn’t work, boil the rice soup you cook at home and put the rapeseed flowers in it, sprinkle some green onions, pepper noodles, etc..."
Speaking of careful budgeting, my aunt is really an expert. None of the ingredients used here are expensive, but she can make the food delicious.
Song Tan sighed: "Auntie, you know so much..."
The aunt laughed: "What am I doing? You have never seen a banquet cook in our village before. That master is amazing!"
“I can make good dishes with whatever I have on hand. One spring, we cooked fish tail stewed with rapeseed flowers. Oops, that made everyone praise it!”
“I have remembered it for decades.”
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