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46. Chapter 46
A few foodie kids are very motivated, over there Li Muwu just cut off the antlers, over there Mingbei has found a brazier with a deep bottom and a narrow mouth, just enough to stick the iron plate on it, Zhen Zhen suddenly became interested , instructing Ming Bei to chop firewood, let Ming Nan build a small shelf with firewood in the yard, and cut dozens of wooden signs out. Over there, Li Muwu bleed and peeled off the skin. Seeing that the children couldn't wait, he first cut a piece of tender meat and threw it to them, and let them toss.
Zhen Zhen didn't think it was bloody, she took the venison to the kitchen to wash it, and when she picked up the kitchen knife to cut the meat, it happened that Wang Sufen went back to the house to drink water, and as soon as she entered the kitchen, she saw her little ancestor picking up the kitchen knife. The frightened soul flew away, and quickly went up to grab the kitchen knife and coaxed her softly: "Bao'er, this thing is not playable, this guy is old and heavy, if it falls to the ground, it will chop your feet off. How can I fix it? You say you want to cut it, and Mom will cut it for you."
Mrs. Li also came out when she heard the movement. She took a cigarette bag and pot and knocked Mingnan and Mingbei who were watching: "Your sister doesn't know the severity and you don't know? She is so old that she will serve your meals with a knife. Eat, do you think you deserve to be beaten?"
Mingnan and Mingbei, who were tall, were beaten by the short and thin old lady Li, who stood at the door of the kitchen angrily, pinching their waists and yelling at them: "That is, your mother saw it early, if you came out late To let Zhen Zhen cut my hands to see if I cut you to death!"
Ming Nan hid in the Westinghouse and stuck out his head with a wry smile: "Nah, we were wrong, I really didn't react. Seeing Zhen Zhen rushing to wash and cut the meat looks like that, we all Forget about her being a little girl."
"What? Are you still washing the meat?" Mrs. Li pulled Zhen Zhen over in shock, and covered her little hand in her palm, it was really cold: "Don't stand there like a wooden stake!" Mrs. Li Not bothering with his grandson, he directed them to go round and round: "Mingnan pours a basin of hot water for your sister to bubble hands, and Mingbei goes to pour honey water for your sister, which will make her drink warm and warm."
Zhen Zhen hugged Mrs. Li's arm, dumbfounded, "Nam, I'm really fine, I'll warm up in a while, and when the meat is cut, I'll have to go out to barbecue."
"It's really good." Mrs. Li muttered dissatisfiedly: "Let your brother bake it for you, and you wait in the house to eat."
"I won't be able to eat it when they bake it." Zhen Zhen wrinkled her nose at Ming Nan who came over with hot water: "And it's fun to bake by yourself, last time I was with my brother and the others. Roasting hares on the mountain is especially interesting.”
"If you like to eat and play, I really can't help you." Madam Li looked at Zhen Zhen with a doting face, and after testing the temperature of the water, she put her little hand in the slightly hot hot water, and her little hand was slightly prickly. Pain, and then a warm comfort spread. Zhen Zhen soaked her hands in the hot water, and said to Mrs. Li with great interest, "I haven't eaten roasted venison before, and the book says it's very delicious."
The old Li family didn’t eat venison very often. The last time they ate venison was seven or eight years ago. At that time, Li Muwu caught a deer and came back. The family ate it for more than half a month. That winter, Mrs. Li didn’t have chills. Hands and feet are always warm.
"Vison is a good thing. I'll let your mother cook a pot at night. If you eat two more pieces, your sister-in-law will eat more. This mother's food is very nourishing, and her milk is also good." Mingnan and Mingbei were at the same time, and Mrs. Li sneered: "Silly boy has a lot of firepower, you two should not eat too much, you will have a bad night."
Ming Nan was seventeen or eighteen years old, and he immediately figured out the reason. He hid with a big red face and a hat. Ming Xi was setting fire in the yard, looking at Ming Nan as if his butt was on fire. He ran out and asked him in a confused way, "Didn't you say go into the house to warm up? What are you running out for at this time? I haven't set the fire yet."
Mingnan squatted on the ground in embarrassment and snatched the foreign fire and oilcloth from Mingxi's hands: "What, second brother, go inside and warm up, I'll just set the fire."
When Ming Dong heard the two younger brothers talking, he turned around and looked at Ming Nan with a straight smile: "Needless to say, this must have been cut by milk."
In the kitchen, Wang Sufen quickly cut a plate of meat for skewers according to Zhen Zhen's request. Zhen Zhen was afraid that the sun would set and it would be colder outside, so she didn't have time to marinate, so she put some salt and sprinkled on the meat. Pepper, poured a little wine, put in some oil and stirred it well, then called the family, and in ten minutes, a hundred skewers of meat were made.
The men in the family are all experts at barbecue, so there is no need for Zhen Zhen to say more, Mingxi just put the meat on the skewer and put it on the prepared rack. Although the weather is cold outside, Mingnan has set up several fires, and the family does not feel cold when they fall around the fire. Zhen Zhen ran into the house, took out a small porcelain bottle and a small cloth bag from the cabinet, ran out and handed it to Mingxi: "This is the seasoning that I asked my mother to make for me in the fall. I baked mushrooms, dried and ground them. The powder, this is cumin, you sprinkle on top to ensure that the taste is old and fresh."
There used to be a lot of Lao Maozi (Russians) who came to Hei Province, and then cumin was also very popular in Hei Province. Nowadays, some supply and marketing cooperatives also sell it. Although the price is a bit more expensive, there is no ticket. However, in this era, every household is mainly hungry for a full stomach. This kind of cumin is not a necessary seasoning for daily use, because not many people are willing to buy it, and usually the supply and marketing cooperatives do not put it outside. This is the last time when Zhen Zhen went to the hydrolysis factory to play, heard Yu Wanqiu talk about cumin, and hurriedly went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some back.
Mingxi unscrewed the lid and smelled it, and hurriedly sprinkled the mushroom powder and cumin evenly on the meat, and the meat tasted even more intense.
One person divided a dozen skewers of grilled venison, and they all ate them before the meal started. Zhen Zhen first removed three strings from Li Mingzhong and put them in his small bowl, then picked up one string and bit into pieces of meat. Some of the scalding venison sticks out her tongue, but the tender and fresh taste makes her tongue heat up, so she can't wait to take a second bite.
The family kept standing, sitting or squatting, and quickly finished eating the barbecued meat in their hands. Except for the burp of the meat bun, the others touched their stomachs and felt even hungrier than before.
Wang Sufen turned around and went to the kitchen to bring a small half-pot of thin venison slices she cut and handed it to Ming Bei: "This is what your sister asked me to cut, so hurry up and bake it."
Mingxi and Mingnan hurriedly went outside to put the vigorous firewood in the brazier and carried it to the Westinghouse, Mingbei put the cleaned subway plate on the brazier, and looked at Zhen Zhen expectantly: "Then what should I do? ?"
Zhen Zhen poured some lard on the iron plate, took a piece of oil gauze and handed it to Ming Bei: "Wipe the oil evenly." Several kids in the family are very familiar with this kind of work. , For stir-frying green vegetables, use oil gauze to dab a little oil on the bottom of the pot, and it is considered to be draining the oil.
Waiting for the oil to be smeared evenly, the thick iron plate is also heated, Zhen Zhen took chopsticks and put the thin venison on the iron plate, and sprinkled some salt and pepper evenly on it, the iron plate released There was a rustling sound of oily flowers, and soon a smell of meat came out. Zhen Zhen handed the chopsticks in her hand to Ming Bei to turn the meat, and went to the kitchen to bring over some washed and slightly yellow cabbage hearts.
Wang Sufen stewed the venison in the pot, and also came to watch the fun. Mrs. Li sat on the kang and looked at the pot of cabbage hearts and shook her head: "It took four or five pieces of cabbage to get so many tender cabbage hearts. Our family can eat cabbage every day for the past two days, and it counts when the five pieces of cabbage are eaten."
Ming Bei stared straight at the roasted meat on the plate, and said without turning his head: "It's alright, tomorrow my father will kill the pig, the stewed noodles with pork and cabbage is very fragrant, and I won't get tired of eating it for a month. ."
While talking, the first batch of venison was roasted, Zhen Zhen took a pair of clean chopsticks and put the venison piece by piece on a plate and put it on the small table next to it. She took out a piece of cabbage heart, put a piece of venison, rolled up a piece of venison and handed it to Mrs. Li.
Madam Li ate three venison skewers just now and felt a little tired on her cheeks, she saw Zhen Zhen handing over another cabbage leaf roll and waved her hands quickly: "Eat all of you, my teeth are sore."
Zhen Zhen handed the meat to Mrs. Li's mouth: "You can try it, it's so easy to bite your teeth."
Madam Li couldn't stand the coaxing of her granddaughter the most. Seeing that Zhen Zhen wanted to eat it for herself, she lowered her head and took a bite. This time, it was different from the venison skewers just now. The fresh venison was only sprinkled with salt during the roasting process. And pepper, the hot iron plate quickly cooks the meat, which not only allows the venison to retain the most delicious original taste, but also retains the juice and nutrition of the venison itself. The crispness of the cabbage is mixed with the deliciousness of the venison. The taste is very delicious, and it is tender but not greasy. After taking a bite, Mrs. Li actually felt a little unsatisfactory. She took the half-eaten roast meat in Zhen Zhen's hand and stuffed it directly into her mouth. While chewing, she nodded repeatedly: "It's delicious, it's more fragrant than grilled venison skewers."
Mrs. Li didn't pay much attention to appetite. She usually only eats three pieces of braised pork at most at home. Even she said it was delicious. The whole family couldn't help it. Light. Wang Sufen hurriedly went to the kitchen and grabbed the chopsticks and put them on the table. One person took a pair and snatched up the pieces of meat in a moment.
Zhen Zhen came a step late and the meat was snatched away. She saw that the meat on the iron plate was slightly browned, and quickly turned the meat over. Seeing that it was almost cooked, she quickly put it on the plate.
After roasting three plates in a row, all the old and young at home tasted the taste. Everyone said that it was delicious. Mrs. Li didn’t dare to eat it after eating two pieces. She was afraid that she would not digest it at night and would cause her stomach. He took his cigarette bag and asked Zhen Zhen, "Is it also taught in books to eat venison like this? It's a bit of a toss, but it's really fragrant."
Zhen Zhen smiled and said: "I heard from my classmates, this is how his father learned to eat with Lao Maozi." The whole family has no doubts about such a statement. In the 1950s, there were many Lao Maozi in Hei Province. This is where they live, and what they love most is eating meat and drinking.
Wang Sufen rolled three pieces of meat in a row, and then reluctantly put down her chopsticks and wiped her mouth: "You guys can eat, I have to go and warm up the pancakes." Seeing the children eating without raising their heads, she couldn't help smiling and shaking her head. : "I don't think it's necessary to heat so much dry food, just cook some rice, noodle, and porridge, and you'll be full of meat in a while."
Zhen Zhen's hands were slow, she ate one, Ming Bei could finish three, how could she not be able to grab Ming Bei's anger, Zhen Zhen didn't even want the heart of cabbage, she just took a piece of roasted meat with chopsticks and put it in her mouth inside.
Ming Bei patted his head and smiled angrily: "I was taken to the ditch by Zhen Zhen just now, and they all followed her to learn how to eat venison wrapped in cabbage. You said it would be good to eat meat directly, what do you want the leaves of this cabbage for? , delay things."
Zhen Zhen eats with bulging cheeks, chewing like a little hamster. She swallowed the meat in her mouth, and then replied to Ming Bei in a hurry: "I'm not afraid that the barbecue will be greasy after eating too much. It's good to have this cabbage that is refreshing, greasy, and delicious."
Mingnan and Mingbei immediately became happy when they heard it, Mingxi put an arm around Zhen Zhen's neck and said earnestly, "Old girl, why don't you know your brothers for so many years, don't say It's barbecue, even if a pot of braised pork comes up, we won't get tired of eating it with our mouths empty."
Except for Ming Dong who was still smiling and did not speak, Ming Nan and Ming Bei nodded desperately, Zhen Zhen was amused by their expressions, and threw the two pieces of meat that were specially cooled to Li Mingzhong, A new round of roasting starts right away.
A large plate of meat was devoured by the four young men, and with the help of Li Muwu and Zhen Zhen from time to time, it soon came to an end. Mingbei shoved the last piece of meat into his mouth, and was a little reluctant to bite. After tasting the last piece of meat solemnly, Mingbei licked the oil on his fingers and looked at Li Muwu pitifully: "Dad, I'll give it to you tomorrow. Let's have a piece of meat."
Li Muwu took a piece of paper and rolled a cigarette, but it didn't light it between his fingers. He looked at the silly fourth son with a funny face, and said with a slightly teasing smile: "If you don't have a nosebleed tonight. I'll give you another piece of tender venison tomorrow."
Silly boy Ming Bei immediately patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, Dad, I always fall asleep when I touch my pillow."
Ming Dong and the others immediately burst into laughter, Zhen Zhen pretended not to understand, and dragged Mrs. Li to drink water, Mrs. Li didn't care about laughing at her grandson, she took her granddaughter's soft and tender hands to make honey for her water to go.
After eating so many barbecued meats, the family was not too hungry, and Mingbei even burped. Li Muwu went to the yard and picked up a piece of venison and handed it to Mingbei: "Go out to digest the food when you have enough, and send the meat to your third uncle's house by the way, and ask your third uncle to come home for dinner at night."
Mingbei put on a leather jacket and hat and rowed a sledge to Li Musen's house. Li Musen looked strange when he saw his nephew coming: "Didn't he say that he would go to your house tomorrow? Why did he come at this time, and his face turned red when he saw it. Xiulan, hurry up and cook a poached egg in sugar water for Ming Bei."
"Don't eat Uncle Third, I just burped after eating a stomach of roasted venison. Aunt San will just pour me some hot water to drink." Mingbei took down the small basket he was carrying and handed it to Li Musen: "My family is red. I dragged a red deer in the middle, and my father asked me to bring you a piece of venison, and by the way, he asked you to come to my house for dinner."
Looking at the sturdy venison frozen in the basket, Li Musen became envious: "Your family's Hongzhong can be considered to be raised, and they are good at hunting and housekeeping, and there is no dog more capable than Hongzhong in our film. already."
Liu Xiulan handed Mingbei a bowl of warm white sugar water, Mingbei thanked him, and took a few gulps while blowing it.
"You said they were all dogs in a litter. Why is the big fool in my family so far away from Hongzhong?" Li Musen sat on the kang and wondered, "The big fool was never scared by anything when he was a child, why is he so ingenious? Well. You said I'll lead it up the mountain to catch rabbits, it runs quite fast, but it doesn't know how to catch rabbits, so it runs off Erli Road chasing a grasshopper."
Ming Bei laughed tears out, he drank the sugar water, put the bowl on the kang, and rubbed the heads of all kinds of silly dogs that were sticking out their tongues and wagging their tails around his thighs: "Third Uncle, I think The main reason is that your name is not good, even if you call it a big black rhubarb, but you have to call it a big fool, can it be stupid?"
Li Musen looked annoyed: "I don't think those sunspots and Hanako are too simple and ordinary, just in this street, if you shout a big black, you can run out ten dogs. I was thinking about calling someone different from other people's houses. the same."
Li Mingguang, the eldest son of Li Musen's family, sighed at the big fool and couldn't help but scolded his father: "There are so many different names, why did you think about it for a long time to come up with this name? I said this name at the beginning. No, you still won't let me change. You look at my second uncle's dog. His real name is Li Mingzhong and his nickname is Hongzhong. Either name will be loud. But come to our dog and shout. Big fool, it's the most fun to run, and what kind of rabbits do you catch, it would be good to go home by yourself if you don't get lost."
"Then what do you want to name it?" Li Musen looked at his dog, whose IQ was a little off-line, was really worried, and decided to change it to an auspicious name: "No, I'll change it today. Why don't you just follow the red, what do you think of making a fortune?" Before waiting for others to talk, he himself said no: "Oh, no, I won't let you say this now, but the white board doesn't sound very auspicious. Don't just call it a bullshit."
Ming Bei almost admired Li Musen's ability to name him, he looked at Li Mingguang with a desperate look, and kindly suggested to Li Musen: "Third uncle, the fart is not very good, or it's Tianhu. ."
"Tianhu is good! Tianhu is good!" Li Musen repeatedly praised: "Just call this." He patted his thigh, and the silly dog immediately stood up and put his front paws on his knees. Li Musen rubbed its head: "Remember, you will be called Tianhu from now on, do you hear me?"
The silly dog stuck out his tongue, with a silly look on his face, looking at Ming Bei Zhile.
Patting the silly dog's head, Li Musen stood up: "It's getting late, let's go to your house in Mingbei, your father is still waiting for me to drink." Liu Xiulan hurriedly took out a The brand-new flashlight was handed to Li Musen: "It's not easy to walk in the dark at night, take a flashlight."
Li Musen put on a leather jacket and took over the flashlight. Just as he was about to go out, Liu Xiulan stopped him again: "Let's go with our big fool. If you come back late, I can show you the way."
"You can pull it down, it's not bad if it doesn't lead me to the ditch." Having said that, Li Musen still shouted a silly dog: "Tianhu, go out with me."
The silly dog lay on the ground and looked at Li Musen cheerfully.
Li Musen shouted: "Tianhu, hurry up and go out."
The silly dog stood up, yawned, circled the stove, and lay down again.
Ming Bei laughed and his stomach hurt. Li Musen thought about the brave Hongzhong, and then looked at this stupid dog of his own. He was not angry: "Come here, big fool." The stupid dog immediately jumped up. , suddenly jumped to Li Musen's side, looking at him expectantly.
Helplessly covering his forehead, Li Musen really didn't use his own dog: "I don't think the name should be changed, the province's white blind Tianhu name."
The two uncles and nephews brought the dog home. A steaming pot of stewed venison with carrots was already on the table. The few boys were basically full after eating the barbecued meat, except for Ming Dong and Ming Xi who came to the table to drink with Li Musen. , Zhen Zhen, Ming Nan and Ming Bei didn't come to the table to eat, the three brothers and sisters sat on the kang in the east room and wentssiping.
Ming Bei excitedly told Ming Nan about how he led Zhen Zhen to the hydrolysis plant, and he even mentioned Yu Wan Qiu's name several times. Ming Nan looked at him mockingly: "I haven't watched a movie this year, or I'll go to the hydrolysis factory to watch a movie tomorrow, and I'll pay for it."
Ming Bei's face was full of confusion when he heard the words. Actually, the movies weren't that good. There were only a few of them over and over again, and there weren't any new movies. But if he went to the hydrolysis factory, he might be able to meet Yu Wanqiu. It has been three or four months, and Mingbei sometimes dreams of her at night. But now that the snow is so thick, it takes five or six hours to go back and forth. If you go to the hydrolysis plant, you will basically miss the noon killing pig.
Seeing in late autumn and eating pig-killing vegetables Mingbei is really difficult to choose. After thinking about it for a long time, Mingbei said hesitantly: "Tomorrow, the family is not killing pigs, why don't we go to the movies the day after tomorrow."
Ming Nan made it clear that he wanted to tease him, and shook his head resolutely: "I don't want to go the day after tomorrow. If I want to watch a movie, we'll go tomorrow.
Zhen Zhen looked at Ming Bei so tangled that she almost scratched her head, she immediately leaned back and forth happily, Ming Bei glanced at her angrily and muttered, "What's so funny? I don't want to watch movies and eat again. Kill the pigs!"
Zhen Zhen winked mischievously: "Fourth brother, you are going to take the senior high school entrance exam anyway, haven't you heard the saying that you can't have both the best of both worlds after so many years of study? How can there be so many good things in the world that have the best of both worlds. "
"That's right." Ming Nan tapped Zhen Zhen's head: "We didn't buy this radio for nothing, and he can even say such difficult words."
Watching Ming Nan and Zhen Zhen sing and run against him, Ming Bei finally made up his mind: "Go to the hydrolysis factory tomorrow to watch a movie."
Mingnan was instantly happy: "Oh, my silly brother finally got enlightened."