dognovel Chapter 10 The Smell of Food
Chapter 10 The Smell of Food
After a while, Zhou Mingyuan came back, his whole face looked like a ghost's painting.
Old Mrs. Zhou cried out, came out from the stove, scooped a basin of water for him to wash his face.
"Big sister, second sister, what are you doing?"
Zhou Mingyuan understood it at a glance. They were trying to pull out the snail meat.
He took a snail from the bowl, put it in his mouth and chewed it. It had a fishy smell of earth.
"Pooh, pooh, it tastes so bad..."
Third sister wants to eat this, this fishy and black meat, is it really edible?
"Don't be disgusted. This meat will smell good when it's cooked. If you don't believe me, just smell it."
After Zhou Mingqi finished speaking, Zhou Mingyuan pricked up his nose and took a good sniff around the kitchen. It was really delicious.
"This... is this also the taste of sheep dung snails?"
Oh my god, I can’t believe it’s so fragrant. I wonder if it will be even more fragrant when I eat it.
But the snail meat in this bowl tastes really bad.
"It smells so good. I'll have to eat a few more bites later."
"If you don't work, you won't get more food. There are sticks over there. Hurry up and work. There are still many snails in this basin that haven't been pried out yet."
After Zhou Mingqin said this, Zhou Mingyuan immediately rolled up his sleeves and started working.
Who would sit idle when there is delicious food?
After Zhou Mingshu washed the Viola yedoensis, he hurried home.
The stir-fried snails in the pot are ready to be served, and she is going to make something else next.
After she took the snails out of the pot, she received a burst of exclamations.
The smell was so strong that it went straight to their heads. How could they, who were used to eating wild vegetable porridge, stand it?
The visual and taste impact made them drool.
"It's hot. Wait until everything is ready before eating."
As Zhou Mingshu spoke, he poured the chopped water celery in the basket into the pot and stir-fried it.
Rinse the snail meat twice in clean water, then pour it directly into the pot and stir-fry over high heat.
There was some leftover soup from the stir-fried snails, so Zhou Mingshu only slightly adjusted the flavor this time.
After a while, the fried snail meat with water celery was also out of the pot.
At this time, the wild vegetable and corn porridge in the big pot was ready. Feng was about to take it out of the pot, and Old Lady Zhou got up to call her sons and grandsons from the fields to eat.
Zhou Mingshu scooped up some clean water and cleaned the pot twice. After rinsing off the earthy smell of the snails, he boiled some clean water, put some Viola yedoensis in the hot water until cooked, then rinsed it with cold water, chopped it up and served it cold.
This side dish is very simple to make.
Feng was stunned watching from the side, she didn't know that wild vegetables could be eaten like this.
She originally wanted to steam or fry the remaining ones, but unfortunately there was neither flour nor eggs at home.
Make bricks without straw.
She could only make do with stir-frying the vegetables.
Four dishes were prepared at once, plus corn porridge and wild vegetable steamed buns, it was a rare good meal.
Old Mrs. Zhou called her son and came back to take a look.
Oh my god!
She hadn't noticed for a moment, and the grass the sheep were eating was already on the table?!
"Old Third's, why don't you stop him..."
Feng is really the one who has to take the blame. How can we blame her for this?
Seeing that her mother-in-law went to get a stool and didn't seem to really blame her, she didn't say anything.
The dish has been prepared, it would be a shame to throw it away. If everyone is eating it, then she will have a bite too.
If they were going to die, they could die together. There was no point in her living alone.
A group of people returned home in a mighty procession, and the yard became lively for a moment, with some washing their hands and some going to the toilet.
But everyone thought of the same thing, that is, there would be something delicious today.
Because the aroma of food is already wafting in the yard.
The weather in early summer is already very hot and the days have become much longer.
After Zhou Laoer and Zhou Laosan received their wages for today, they went to the grain station to buy some grain.
With grain in hand, don't panic in my heart.
Although the two brothers were tired after a day's work, they felt very at ease.
This time, the family no longer has to go hungry.
Thinking of this, Zhou Laoer and Zhou Laosan quickened their pace, thinking that the meal at home must be ready by now.
There were green mountains and clear waters, and the leaves on both sides of the road made rustling sounds from time to time. The two brothers did not say much. After carrying the heavy bags for a whole day, their physical strength had already been overdrawn.
The setting sun stretched the shadows of the two brothers very long, and their shadows gradually approached Lianglin Village.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I smelled the tempting aroma of food.
"Mom, we are back."
Zhou Laoer shouted, and all the adults and children in the house looked over here.
"Uncle and uncle are back."
"Look, the uncles are back."
"Abba~"
……
The children called out in unison, and Zhou Laoer and Zhou Laosan also responded enthusiastically.
Old Mrs. Zhou took the cloth bag handed to her by Old Man Zhou, untied it and took a look. There were several pounds of corn inside.
She really wanted to cry, but she held it back.
"Second brother, how many kilograms did you buy? I weighed it and it must be at least five or six kilograms."
"Mother, my third son and I earned forty cents today. The price of corn at the grain station is relatively cheap, two cents per pound. We agreed to buy five pounds. Here's thirty cents. Mother, you keep it."
Zhou Laoer handed over the money, took out a scale from the corner, hooked it on the bag of corn, and saw if the amount was enough.
This weighing is pretty good. I will buy from him next time.
"Yes, all right. You can continue working tomorrow. They have paid you. Go to the market and buy some eggs to feed the children. You should also feed the third brother's family. Don't feel sorry for the money. If you keep going like this, you will die."
In fact, Old Mrs. Zhou felt very distressed, but when she thought of the pale faces of her family, her heart ached even more.
Our family lived well in the past few years, but has not lived so well in recent years. After being used to the good life, the hard times are particularly difficult to endure.
Especially since several of the older family members have reached the age to get married, but no one has come to propose marriage, which makes this old lady very worried.
"Okay, Mom, don't worry, we will bring eggs back tomorrow."
After everything was done, the family sat around the table and started eating.
Needless to say, everyone enjoyed the other dishes very much.
On the contrary, no one ate the most delicious snails in shells.
This is a good deal for Zhou Mingshu.
She took a skewer and started to eat the snails while prying the meat apart. She enjoyed the meal very much, which made Zhou Mingjie next to her extremely greedy.
"So this is how you eat sheep dung snails. I'll try it too."
Following suit, they picked up the sticks one by one.
They had smelled the fragrance a long time ago, but the shell of the sheep dung snail was too hard and the snail was too big, so they really didn't dare to eat it.
"Here, eat the meat in the front, and don't eat the intestines in the back, because they are the snail's feces."
After she said that, no one in the back dared to eat anymore. They only ate the tiny bit of meat in the front.
Old Mrs. Zhou was shoveling the corn porridge in the bowl, eating it with a "hula hu hu hu" sound.
"Humph, you guys will have diarrhea soon and scramble to go to the toilet."
She is old and is full with just a bowl of porridge at night.
Out of sight is pure.
After dinner, she went to visit her neighbors.