Pampered Consort of the Fragrant Orchard
Chapter 9
Niujing took the hare, and a man in black behind Han Mingyi came forward to take it and took it to the kitchen.
Du Xiaoli took out a piece of silver and handed it to Niujing. Niujing was not polite this time and took it. Then he poured Du Xiaoli a glass of water and asked, "how''s your treatment?"
"Most of the things are almost the same. Uncle Shi and uncle Shi are helping us move. Even the house on the mountain is too small to put down." Du Xiaoli is also thirsty. He takes a glass of water and drinks it. When he finishes drinking, he answers Niu Jing''s words.
Yesterday evening, because the time was too short, not all the things were moved up. But fortunately, there are many people. After moving twice, there are not many left. This morning, Shi Da and Shi Er also had several former neighbors to help them move. Now they are almost done.
Han Mingyi lay on the imperial concubine''s chair and didn''t speak. He heard Du Xiaoli''s crisp voice, looked up at her, and then closed his eyes to rest.
Du Xiaoli, with the sharp feeling of her previous life, knew that Han Mingyi looked at herself. She returned the cup to Niu Jing and said, "Grandpa Niu, you have guests, I''ll go back first. Goodbye, Grandpa Niu."
Then she left and went to the old house to see if there was anything missing.
The house Du Hai built at the beginning was quite large in the village. At that time, he came back from the outside with some silver in his hand. Du Xiuheng said that Du Hai didn''t want Su Suxin to live badly, so he built such a house.
Today is not as busy as yesterday afternoon. Du Xiaoli stood outside and looked at the design of the house. Looking at it, she suddenly felt that the house is somewhat different from the house in the village. It is somewhat like the house structure in the ancient town seen in the north.
"It was designed by my mother." Du Xiuheng came to Du Xiaoli and said.
Du Xiaoli looked at Du Xiuheng and asked, "is your mother from the north?"
Du Xiuheng''s body suddenly stiffened and said unnaturally, "yes, my mother is from the north. Let''s go and see what else to move."
Du Xiaoli felt that Du Xiuheng was unnatural, but he didn''t say it. He followed him in the yard and found that there was nothing to need. They went back to the mountain.
At noon, I hastily ate some wild vegetable porridge. In the afternoon, several villagers came to repair their houses.
Everyone knows that the abandoned house on the mountain is very old, but they haven''t come up to see it. This time, they helped Du Xiuheng and them carry things up. When they saw the appearance of the house, some parts of the house are still wet. I thought that it rained for several days last time, and there were still a lot of rain later, Several farmers discussed coming to repair their house in the afternoon.
After a busy afternoon, the holes on the roof were covered with straw. In order to be firm, the shelves were tied with thick bamboo poles before laying straw, and then all sides of the shelves were fixed on the roof. Finally, straw was laid.
The original straw in the house has been cleared out, and now there is furniture everywhere.
After a tired day, the bones are going to scatter. It''s good to have a bed. Du Xiaoli lies in bed and thinks.
This house has two rooms. The previous one can''t live because the roof is empty. Now that the roof is ready, Du Xiuheng moved the bed, and the two brothers and sisters have a room each.
Du Xiaoli lay in bed for a while, and Du Xiuheng came in. Seeing Du Xiaoli lying motionless in bed, he said, "I''ll cook some porridge and make do with it tonight."
Last night, because it was too late to finish the hare, I just cooked some wild vegetable porridge. Fortunately, I took back the seasoning yesterday. Although it was still porridge, at least it had some other flavor.
Thinking of such a slightly hot weather, it''s not good to put the hare meat for a long time. Du Xiaoli got up and said to Du Xiuheng, "brother, if you don''t eat the hare meat, it''s going to be bad, and the mushrooms will be bad. I''d better get it tonight."
"OK." Du Xiuheng turned and went out. When Du Xiaoli came out, he had taken out the soaked mushrooms from the water tank. After a day''s immersion, the many mushrooms that happened before had already opened a little too much, while the one that didn''t grow yesterday now opened just right.
The hare also took it out and put it aside.
"Brother, I''ll come." Du Xiaoli said, looking at Du Xiuheng who didn''t know how to do it.
"Do you know how to do it?" Du Xiuheng knew that his sister had never been in the kitchen and should not do it.
Du Xiaoli took the knife in his hand and said, "do it by feeling."
Then she cut the Hare into small pieces with a knife. Because her body strength is relatively small now, she has to look for the gap between the bones to cut. After she cut the meat, she saw Du Xiuheng stunned.
She sighed in her heart. Yesterday she saw that he killed rabbits, skinned them, and then dissected them. Now he looks like this again. She looked at the sky, estimated that it was going to be dark, and thought about moving quickly, otherwise it would be dark before the meal was cooked, and she had to raise a fire in the yard to light it as yesterday, which would be troublesome at that time.
When Du Xiuheng knew he was going to stew, he went to set the pot on fire and filled most of the pot with water. After Du Xiaoli cut down the hare, he put it in the pot.
Then Du Xiaoli tore the mushrooms into small pieces. When the hare meat was ready to stew, he put all the mushrooms in the pot and cooked them together. Finally, he put some salt. "Brother, it''s OK." about half an hour later, Du Xiaoli took a piece of rabbit meat, tasted it and said to Du Xiuheng. Du Xiuheng withdrew all the fire and asked, "how''s it going? Is it good?" "it''s OK." Du Xiaoli said. He filled Du Xiuheng with a large bowl of meat and soup with a spoon, and then filled himself for another night. Although there is no ginger, but with salt, it tastes good, especially with fresh mushrooms. The taste is very different from the wild vegetable porridge eaten before. After taking a bite, Du Xiuheng was attracted by the taste, ate all the meat in his bowl, drank all the soup, and then ate the second bowl. Du Xiaoli watched Du Xiuheng eat so happily regardless of his hot mouth. The corners of his mouth couldn''t help rising. Such a warm and quiet life is the life she wants! The next morning, Du Xiaoli got up. After a simple wash, he went outside to prepare breakfast. Du Xiuheng hasn''t got up yet because he was too tired yesterday. She peeled the sweet potato she moved back yesterday, cut it into small pieces, and then put it on the pot with a bamboo steamer. Soon after steaming, Du Xiuheng woke up. "Sister, why don''t you wake me up?" Du Xiuheng rubbed his eyes and said. "I think you were too tired yesterday and the day before yesterday. I want you to sleep more. The wash water is in the basin. Go wash first." Du Xiaoli said while adding firewood to the temporary stove.