A lucky wife born again from a farm family

Although the dining place is simple, the food is rich. There are fried crispy pork, braised pork, crystal sweet and sour pork, sweet and sour chicken, braised bamboo rat, and stewed chicken. These are all meat dishes, and the portions of each meat dish are the same. There are many, either two large pottery basins or two large pottery bowls.

Naturally, vegetarian dishes are also indispensable, including pan-fried five-spice tofu, fried eggs with chives, Chinese cabbage in vinegar, fresh bean sprouts stir-fried in chicken soup, and rice noodles with gravy specially made for Shang Yuanyuan by Gu Jinli.

When making tofu at home, Gu Jinli took off the tofu skin and made a three-wire spring roll with the tofu skin. The inside was stuffed with blanched bean sprouts, shredded eggs, shredded chicken, and shredded green onions, and then smeared a little caramel and simmered with fresh fermented glutinous rice sauce. The sauce becomes a spring delicacy.

Everyone in the family knew that Shang Xiucai's family was coming today. As long as there was no stall selling tofu, they all came to keep company. The Qin family also came.

However, only Mr. Qin and Qin Sanlang came, and Qin Erlang still didn't come. He was still repelling them as before.

On the fire in the yard, Qin Sanlang was roasting three hares and four carp on the iron plate.

He went into the mountains to hunt rabbits the day before yesterday, and fished carps from the river in Dafeng Mountain this morning. They are real delicacies from the mountains and rivers.

The method of grilling fish was taught by Gu Jinli. Qin Sanlang has grilled it several times and now he has learned it.

He was busy in front of the fire alone, sometimes sprinkling seasoning on the rabbit, and sometimes applying sauce to the grilled fish. His movements were not hectic, but seemed to be flowing smoothly.

Shang Xiucai saw this interestingly and came over and asked: "Are you... grilling fish?"

He had never seen this method of grilling fish on an iron plate. When I went to attend cultural gatherings in the past, there were also those crazy people who grilled fish, but they always skewered the fish on branches and grilled it directly on the fire. It looked wanton and crazy, but the taste of the grilled fish was really unflattering. .

Qin Sanlang nodded: "Well, Xiaoyu said that the fish grilled on the iron plate is delicious. There is no smoky smell, only a burnt aroma."

Shang Xiucai was interested and stood aside to watch.

Fish and rabbit were grilling in the yard, and the hall was already filled with women and children from several families.

The third mistress knew that Ms. Jiang was a lady from an official family, and was afraid that Mr. Chen and the others would be too rude and offend Mr. Jiang, so she set up two tables in the main room.

At one table, Lao Yan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Chen, and their children ate, and at the other table, she, Mrs. Cui, Gu Jinli, Gu Jinxiu, and Brother Cheng accompanied Mrs. Jiang and her daughter.

Gu Yumei was originally assigned to Chen's table, but she stood and refused to leave. The third grandmother was afraid that something would happen, so she had to let her sit down.

Because Jiang's father was a county captain, the family members did not dare to speak while eating and ate carefully for fear of being embarrassed.

Yuan Yuan was not afraid of food. He still remembered what Gu Jinli said that there was something more delicious than sweet bean curd. Looking at the table full of food, he asked Gu Jinli: "Sister, sister, are all these things better than bean curd?"

She pointed her chubby hand at the plate of rice noodles with crystal clear gravy and asked, "Is this it?" It looked a bit like sweet tofu pudding, both of which were shiny.

"Yes, this rice noodle dish with gravy also counts." Gu Jinli nodded, pointed at several dishes with his hand, and said: "And this crystal sweet and sour pork, sweet and sour chicken, and bean skin spring rolls are all for Yuan Prepared by Yuan.”

"Wow~" Yuan Yuan almost drooled when he heard that there were so many dishes specially prepared for her, and said to Mrs. Jiang: "Mother, mother, if you want to eat, eat."

Ms. Jiang hugged her and said, "Don't move around. Mom will clamp it for you."

Mrs. Jiang saw that the gravy rice noodles were very soft and glutinous, suitable for children, so she picked two pieces, put them into Yuanyuan's small bowl, and fed them to her.

Yuan Yuan stuttered, took a piece of rice noodles into her mouth, chewed it with her millet teeth, and after eating, said to Mrs. Jiang, "It's glutinous, delicious."

Mrs. Jiang smiled and nodded her forehead: "Greedy cat."

He gave her two more pieces of crystal gourd meat, and Yuanyuan fell in love with them as soon as she ate them: "It's sweet and delicious."

After hearing this, Ms. Jiang ate one. It was really sour and sweet, and very delicious. She sighed: "Are these the food from your hometown? It's really delicious, delicious, and very appetizing."

Many of the dishes on the table were things she had never seen before.

The third grandma smiled and said: "Where is the food in my hometown? Xiaoyu figured it out by himself."

Mrs. Jiang was very surprised when she heard this, but thinking about it, it is not surprising that this child can make tofu and several fresh dishes.

She praised Gu Jinli a few times and ate all the dishes on the table. The more she ate, the more delicious they became.

When the third grandma saw that she was happily eating, she was relieved.

Outside the house, the men also ate happily. Although Shang Xiucai was a scholar, he could drink wine and eat meat with them. He even carried a wine flask and a knife to cut the roasted rabbit. He was quite a fanatic. mean.

But Shang Xiucai’s favorites are rice noodles with gravy and grilled fish.

The grilled fish on the iron plate did not have the smoky smell of grass and wood, only the burnt aroma and the deliciousness of the fish. When it entered his mouth, it was crispy, fragrant and juicy. It was so delicious that he ate half of it.

Next is the crystal sweet and sour pork, which is sour and sweet, and very appetizing. There is also the fried bean sprouts in chicken soup. The crispy bean sprouts and the deliciousness of the chicken soup are really refreshing.

Especially in February, when there is no harvest, it is really uncomfortable to suddenly eat bean sprouts after eating cabbage and radish all winter long.

This meal was a feast for both host and guest.

After eating, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. Shang Xiucai's family of three sat at Gu's house for another half an hour. When the time was approaching, they said goodbye and left.

The third grandmother and Mrs. Cui packed up a return gift and took it back to Shang Xiucai's family: "It's all home-made tofu, spices, bean sprouts and the like. It's not worth much. You can take it home to eat."

Shang Xiucai and his wife did not refuse and accepted the return gift.

Gu Jinli wrote down an embroidery piece by Gu Jinxiu, as well as the recipe for rice noodles, soy milk, and bean sprouts, and gave them to Mrs. Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang was surprised to see that she actually wrote down how to make these three things. In Dachu, almost no one would tell anyone about their skills. She hesitated whether she should accept them?

Shang Xiucai said: "Take it, this is the child's wish."

Since we are going to have old friends, we can't be so polite.

Mrs. Jiang happily accepted it and promised: "Good boy, don't worry, my aunt will never spread these three things to anyone."

Gu Jinli didn't care, it was just some food with no technical content.

Several families sent Shang Xiucai and his family out. Yuan Yuan was reluctant to leave. He grabbed the door of the courtyard and said, "I can't leave, I want to eat delicious food."

The food at Sister Xiaoyu's house is so delicious that she wants to keep it instead of going back to eat steamed eggs.

Mrs. Jiang patted her hand gently and said in a pretended sullen tone: "You are so greedy, your sister Xiaoyu's family doesn't want you."

When Yuan Yuan heard this, he immediately looked at Gu Jinli with tears in his eyes and said pitifully: "Sister Xiaoyu... Yuan Yuan usually eats very little."

Gu Jinli almost couldn't help laughing. He took out a piece of fried five-spice tofu wrapped in yellow paper and handed it to Yuan Yuan: "Here, my sister left this for Yuan Yuan. Yuan Yuan can eat it on the way. After eating, Let’s play at my sister’s house again.”

Yuan Yuan let go of the hand holding the door leaf, hugged the bag of fried five-spice tofu, and nodded heavily: "Well, Yuan Yuan will come to my sister's house to play after eating."

Ms. Jiang was so angry. How could she have given birth to a daughter who loved eating so much?

After such a fuss, the Shang family finally left.

Until he left, Shang Xiucai did not ask Gu Jinan, Gu Dexing and Gu Dewang individually about their knowledge, nor did he talk about accepting disciples.

Gu Dewang breathed a sigh of relief, Gu Dexing was disappointed, and although Gu Jinan was also disappointed, he thought that since Ajiu had accepted the words and articles they wrote, Shang Xiucai would definitely read them. As long as he waited patiently, there would be results.

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At Village Chief He’s house, He Dacang said to Village Chief He: “Dad, Jiang County Lieutenant’s son-in-law’s family has left.”

Shang Xiucai came to visit the Gu family with two carts of things. There was quite a commotion. Everyone in Dafeng Village knew about it, including the head of He Village.

"What have you given away?" Village Chief He asked.

He Dacang said: "The people who went to see the moving things said that they had given away a lot of things, including rice, noodles, meat, vegetables, iron pots, farm tools, carts, and wheels."

Village Chief He was surprised that he even gave away iron pots and farm tools and wheels. These were big items and could not be purchased with less than a few dozen taels of silver.

However, given the wealth of the Shang family and the Jiang family, a gift of dozens of taels is nothing. The most important thing is to see what happens next.