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Chapter 11 Chicken Soup

"Brother Jinchen, what is it?" Ming Sheng asked.???    ????

"Bat, don't know if it's right?" Su Jinchen looked at Taohua with a smile on his eyes.

"Well, Mr. Su is right." Taohua nodded. Thinking that this small problem naturally would not make him difficult.

"Then I'll tell you one more, okay," said Mingsheng.

"Mingsheng can also guess riddles? Then tell me." Su Jinchen looked at Mingsheng and said with a smile.

The group arrived at the village just talking and laughing.

From afar, I saw Zhang standing under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, walking back and forth uneasy. When I saw a crowd coming back, I hurried over to greet him. The few of them comforted me again. When I got home and took off the items, Jin Dazhong thanked me again and wanted to invite Su Jinchen and A Sheng to sit in the house, but Su Jinchen politely declined.

Back in the kitchen, Zhang blew a brazier in the house. Although there were no candles, they were also bright.

Zhang looked at Mi He Noodle and said happily: "I bought so much food and can eat it for several months."

Kim Dazhong said: "That's not the case, thanks to Taohua who caught those rabbits."

"There are also me and me." Mingsheng was eager to seek credit, fearing that he would be forgotten.

"Yes, yes, and we Xiao Mingsheng." Zhang smiled and hugged Mingsheng in his arms, "Will you stew chicken soup for you tomorrow?"

Zhang stayed at home and cleaned up the pheasant. He thought that a few of them would come back in the afternoon and stewed them tonight, but he didn't expect that he would come back so late, so he had to keep them until tomorrow to eat.

Taohua also smiled and said that she had been here for a while and hadn't eaten meat.

Then Lihua told Zhang about the discussion with the embroidery shop. Zhang was even happier. The two of them calculated the income they had in the future, and the happier they were talking. Jin Dazhong and Jingsheng were also very happy. The night wind was cold outside, and the whole family surrounded the brazier and looked forward to the future.

Until Mingsheng yawned, Zhang hurriedly said, "Okay, you guys hurry up and clean up. I boiled hot water in the pot and washed it while it was hot. Go to bed quickly. I will definitely be exhausted after running for a day." Zhang said.

"Well, okay." Lihua said reluctantly, full of expectations for the future.

The day just passed like this, busy and happy.

The next day, Kim Dazhong and Jingsheng stayed at home and did not go to the dock to work because they stewed chicken soup at noon at home, which was also a feast for the Jin family.

After breakfast early in the morning, Lihua swept the yard. Jin Dazhong couldn't rest, so he went to the field to see the growth of wheat. Jing Sheng also went out, not knowing what he was doing.

Taohua helped Zhang wash dishes. Mingsheng squatted beside him and looked at the pheasant clean in the basin. He didn't know what he was thinking, and was giggling.

"Look, I'm so greedy for this kid." Zhang cursed with a smile, then his face became a little darker. Alas, these children have not eaten well for a long time. This is too unqualified for her mother.

Seeing that Zhang's face was wrong, Taohua hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Mom, let's discuss with my second sister later what to do with those rag heads."

When Zhang heard Taohua mention this, he smiled again and said, "Okay, then let's clean up quickly, come and pour the water."

Taohua agreed and hurriedly brought out the dirty water from the bowls and poured it into the yard, just pressing down the dust raised.

After packing up, my mother and mother sat around the stone table in the yard, rummaging on the pile of rag heads to see if there was any better one.

"Oh, this piece is still thick!" Li Hua said happily, holding a piece of scarlet cloth in her hand high.

"Let me see, it's true." Zhang took it in his hand and looked around: "Although it's a little small, it's enough to make a purse."

Taohua was calculating on the side that a thick purse would cost about one or two taels to sell, but it was unlikely that five hundred ci for sale to the embroidery workshop, but it would be impossible to sell it to a 300 ci, but it would have to be 300 ci. So, I can earn at least three hundred ci, which is not bad.

With this good start, my mother and wife are more motivated, but after searching, they couldn't find another piece better than cotton.

"This is not bad. There are five larger ones here, which can be used as embroidered squids, and seven or eight smaller ones. They can barely make purses. No matter what, they are better than we expected. There is also a finale, a thick purse that can be sold for 300 cents, which is more valuable than our few rabbits." Taohua said optimistically.

"Haha, that's not the case. It's too much money to earn simple embroidery work than us." Zhang said, why didn't he expect this idea before? It seems that his daughter was really opened up by the Bodhisattva.

"Well! These are too broken, we can sew them together to make inner clothes, anyway, they are worn inside." Lihua is very frugal and can't waste these cloths.

"My second sister is so good at living!" Taohua exclaimed, looking at Lihua with a playful look.

"No, it's not. Whoever marrys my daughter in the future will be blessed." Zhang said.

Taohua nodded in agreement.

Li Hua refused to rely on her and kept shouting that Zhang and the others would bully her together.

The three mothers and mothers talked and laughed, but they did not forget the work they were doing.

The sun moved slowly from the east, and it was almost noon.

"Okay, it's almost noon. Your father and the others should come back later. Let's go cook." Zhang looked at Tianse and said.

Peach blossoms went to the back yard to pull radishes, and then took them to the river to clean them. It was easy to use when stewing chicken at noon. Peach blossoms still went to the stove to burn the fire. If the peach blossoms were not burned well, it either made the house full of smoke or the fire was too big or extinguished, which made Peach blossoms very depressed.

Zhang cut the washed radish into pieces and put it aside. It will be useful when stewing the soup later. Seeing that the oil in the pot is hot, put the peppercorns in and fry them to bring out the fragrance, pour in shredded ginger, scallions and salt, then pour the chicken pieces in and stir-fry for a while, and see that the heat is almost done. Zhang has some water in and it is almost full of the pot, and then cover the pot.

"Why do you get so much water?" Taohua asked. There is no need to stew so much chicken soup.

"This pheasant meat is hard, not as good as a domestic chicken. It can only be eaten if it is stewed more," Zhang explained.

At this time, Mingsheng, who was surrounded by the pot, interrupted and said, "It doesn't matter how long it takes to stew, just eat the meat."

My mother looked at each other and laughed.

It just so happened that Kim Dae-chung came back from outside and followed Jing Sheng.

"Are you back?" Zhang looked out and said.

"Well, peach blossoms are coming out soon. It depends on what your elder brother has caught?" Jin Dazhong shouted.

Taohua and Mingsheng hurried out to see.

"Oh, it's shrimp." Taohua said in surprise. The bucket full of small river shrimps in Jing Sheng's hand was dug from the gullies in the fields, and this thing is the most.

"So many." Mingsheng also looked at Xiaogong and said.

"They were caught by Erlang. These were big. There were a lot of small shrimps under the bucket. I turned around and let my mother stir-fry them for you to eat." Jing Sheng said.

"Thank you, brother, wow!" Taohua said excitedly, and almost blurted out the words I love you. Fortunately, I remembered that it is ancient times, so I stopped my mouth in time.

Kim Dae-chung entered the kitchen.

Jing Sheng nodded unnaturally, put down the bucket and wanted to fetch water to wash his face. Taohua hurriedly went to help.

Then Taohua and Mingsheng chatted around the small bucket and discussed how to eat it. Finally, the two thought that they should sort the shrimps and take a bath first.

When the two of them brought a basin to Qingshui River at the door of their house to wash shrimps, Zhang and Kim Dazhong looked through the kitchen window with a smile, and did not help. It was better for these children to make their own things. Didn’t they love to take care of these things when they were young?

When Taohua and Mingsheng brought the washed shrimps back, the chicken soup was stewed.

The whole family surrounded the table and looked at a large pot of chicken soup in the middle. The chicken soup was very fragrant and the soup was bright. Everyone was smiling. Mingsheng swallowed exaggeratedly, which made Li Hua laugh for a while.

Zhang picked up the bowl and served one for Jin Dazhong first, then served a full bowl for each of the children in turn, and finally served for himself, but now there was not much meat in the pot.

"Mom, I can't finish it, so I'll give you a piece." Li Hua said, then grabbed a piece of meat from her bowl and gave it to Zhang.

Before Zhang could say anything, Jingsheng, Taohua and Mingsheng both picked up a piece from the bowl for Zhang.

Jin Dazhong looked at Zhang and put a piece in her bowl, and his voice choked: "Children, you have suffered so much over the years!"

"This, I..." Zhang looked at Jin Dazhong and the child, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

It seems like nothing needs to be said.

A meal is warm and happy.

"My mother cooked the rice is so delicious!" Mingsheng said with oily mouth and touching his bulging belly.

"Of course, otherwise why did you grow up so old and you can't drink all day long." Taohua said.

Lihua sneered and looked at Zhang and said, "Look at how peach blossoms can do it."

"Neng" is a local dialect, which means intelligence, but mostly refers to derogatory meaning. Here is a compliment.

"You can do it too!" Zhang replied.

"Haha." Taohua was happy.

Lihua pouted and said, "I can do it."

Now, everyone was happy.

In the afternoon, Taohua put the shrimps on the dustpan and took them to the yard to dry. Mingsheng watched from front and back. Jin Dazhong went to the back mountain to pick up firewood to see if he could catch some wild game. Jingsheng also followed. Zhang cleaned up the dirty clothes in the inner room and prepared to go down to take them to wash.

"What are you doing when you dry it? If you want to eat it, let your mother stir-fry it for you tonight." The pear blossoms embroidered with a handkerchief. Seeing the peach blossoms working hard, they were puzzled. The merchants usually don't have many snacks at home, so they just stir-fry some peanuts, sunflower seeds, etc., or grab some shrimps and stir-fry them. They are all produced by themselves, or they don't have to spend money.

"I left some of them in the house and fry them back and fry them. Dry them and put them in a little while when making soup. It should be more delicious. And we can also add a little while when we drink porridge on weekdays to change the taste." Taohua said, in fact, when she saw the shrimp, the key was that this thing was particularly calcium-enhancing. Her small body was too weak. Not to mention the others in the family, she must replenish them well. In the future, the elder brother would have to catch more.

"That's right." Lihua nodded, then lowered her head and embroidered her carefully.

Taohua continues to work hard.

I thought about making spicy shrimp for everyone to eat at night, which is also her specialty. In her previous life, she loved shrimps and knew a variety of different ways, but she liked spicy food the most. However, she didn’t have too many seasonings at home, so it probably tasted not as good as in her previous life.

Zhang took a large basin of clothes to clean in the river, and Taohua went to help. Mingsheng saw that it was boring and ran out to play again.

Zhang put down the basin, took out the clothes one by one and put them into the river to rinse, then placed them on the bluestone, took out the wooden stick and hammered them, and rubbed them with his hands a few times in the dirty places. In fact, there were soap beans in this era. I saw Taohua last time when I went to the county town. I originally wanted to buy some, but the sale was too expensive, and it cost five cents per yuan, so I was reluctant to buy it. I thought it would be too late to buy it if I had too much money in the future.

Taohua looked at Zhang's movements, and then took out a small dress and rubbed it hard.

Zhang looked at the peach blossom movements and told her to slow down, otherwise she would be tired later after a while.

The mother and daughter were talking in a low voice, and suddenly they heard footsteps coming from behind, and then a sound came over.
Chapter completed!
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