She picked out a piece of mutton chop and a piece of clean meat, went back to the house, put them in a basin, and poured them into the water to soak them.
After that time, Shen Gongqi never mentioned that he wanted to hunt in the mountains again. He might have been frightened by the way she rushed towards the prey.
Fang Nuo didn't feel anything at all. Now that he saw the flesh, he had to act quickly.
She wanted fresh mutton, and there was nothing wrong with that.
When Shen Gongqi came back from buying tofu, she had soaked the mutton and returned to the house.
Shen Gongqi cut the tofu he brought back into pieces, put it on a clean wooden board in the yard, spread the cut tofu on it, and waited for a while until it was completely frozen.
"I'm back. Let's have mutton hot pot tonight. I thawed the meat and cooked it." Fang Nuo said when he saw him walking in.
"Okay, we can make whatever you want to eat," Shen Gongqi said.
"Then do you have anything you want to eat? Prepare some together," Fang Nuo asked.
"I eat everything, I'm not picky," Shen Gongqi said.
"Okay, after I finish mending this dress, let's go to the shed and pick all the vegetables we need to eat first, and then we can stew the mutton first," Fang Nuo said.
"We'll do it together then"
"Okay, then you want to sit over and warm up for a while," Fang Nuo said.
It took her twenty minutes to mend the clothes on her hands.
After finishing folding the clothes and putting them in the closet, I put on my thick socks and got on the kang. I put on my shoes and went out with Shen Gongqi to the vegetable shed in the backyard of the old house.
The two got some coriander, Chinese cabbage, bitter chrysanthemum, lettuce, and green onions, picked a full basket, and carried it back to the kitchen in the front yard.
Fang Nuo handed the dishes to Shen Gongqi to wash. She looked at the thawed mutton. Seeing that it was almost thawed, she boiled a pot of water, cut the mutton into small pieces, and then blanched it in the pot. , and also put some ginger slices and cooking wine together to cook to remove the fishy smell.
After the pot boils, cook for another ten minutes, then skim off the foam on the soup surface, take out the mutton and wash it twice with clean water.
Then change a pot of water, put the mutton in cold water, put a piece of ginger in it, cover it and bring it to a boil, then turn down the heat and simmer for another hour and a half.
She didn't cut the other piece of mutton into slices now, for fear that it would freeze again soon.
She changed a basin of water and continued to thaw the frozen vegetables. Over there, Shen Gongqi also washed the vegetables.
I added two large pieces of firewood to the stove and went back to the house.
Fang Nuo returned to the kang, took out wool and started knitting clothes.
She was knitting it for Shen Gongqi. She knew the size last time, so she knitted it according to the number of stitches she knitted last time.
Shen Gongqi went to the kitchen from time to time to check on the stove fire and the mutton in the pot.
After the mutton was stewed, Yaya also woke up.
After packing it up for her, Shen Gongqi took care of the child in the room, while Fang Nuo went to the kitchen to cut the mutton slices and put them in basins, then filled some charcoal in a small clay stove and carried it into the room on the table next to the kang.
I didn't put it on the kang table to eat because I was afraid that Yaya would accidentally touch it.
So they set up a table next to the kang and sat Yaya on the kang.
After the charcoal fire was prepared, Fang Nuo went back to ladle out the mutton soup in a casserole and carried it to the clay stove to continue cooking.
After bringing all the side dishes into the room and setting them up, she also diluted a bowl of sesame sauce and brought it out.
Got myself a spicy dip dish and a tahini dip dish.
After asking Shen Gongqi, he just ordered some sesame sauce, mixed it, and brought a tray to the house.
The staple food they ate today was rice. Yaya was given mutton soup that had not been rinsed with vegetables before soaking a bowl of rice.
"Okay, let's start eating," Fang Nuo said after putting everything on the table.
Yaya got the bowl and said, "Dad, I want to eat some meat."
"Okay, I'll tear it up for you," Shen Gongqi replied.
Then he put a piece of mutton into an empty bowl, cut it into small pieces with chopsticks, blew it to cool it down, and then poured it into Yaya's bowl.
"Okay, let's eat. Do you want vegetables?" Shen Gongqi asked.
As a foodie, there is nothing Yaya doesn’t want to eat.
This is something Fang Nuo usually controls and does not allow her to be picky about food.
Shen Gongqi gave Yaya some cooked vegetables and asked her to chew them for a while before swallowing.
Fang Nuo's meat was already blanched, so he put some in his bowl and said, "Okay, you can eat it quickly."
"Well, you eat too"
Fang Nuo took a sip of the mutton soup first and sighed: "Well...it's so wonderful to have a sip of mutton soup in winter."
"This soup can warm your body. If you like it, I'll make it for you tomorrow. Anyway, we still have a lot of mutton at home," Shen Gongqi said with a smile.
"No need. If you eat too much mutton, you will get angry. Just stew it and eat it from time to time," Fang Nuo said.
She didn't want to apply too much and cause a nosebleed.
"That's it, then let's eat it every once in a while."
"Well, eat quickly. If you want a spicy dipping dish, just dip it in this one." Fang Nuo pushed the spicy dipping dish in front of him closer to the middle.
Shen Gongqi said he knew and then started eating meat.
"This is too fragrant. I won't be able to use up much of today's rice. I'm full just from the meat," Fang Nuo said while eating the stewed mutton.
After finishing the meal, there was still a lot of rice and stewed mutton.
The pot Fang Nuo just scooped up was finished, but there was still a lot in the iron pot in the kitchen.
After dinner, the family walked around the house to digest, then boiled water, washed and rested.
Because she ate mutton today, Shen Gongqi pestered Fang Nuo that night. He was so tormented that he fell asleep before letting her go.
The next day, Fang Nuo sat up from the kang and felt the soreness in his waist. He scolded Shen Gongqi a hundred times in his heart.
She took some clothes and put them on, got off the kang and walked out of the inner room. She saw Shen Gongqi sitting on the kang outside.
She was still a little angry, so she ignored him and walked out of the room.
When Shen Gongqi saw that his wife was ignoring him, he quickly put on his shoes and followed her out.
"Daughter-in-law, where are you going?" Shen Gongqi asked
"I'm going to the toilet, what, you want to follow me?" Fang Nuo turned around and replied.
"Go to the toilet. You go ahead. I'll mix some water for you first," Shen Gongqi said, touching his nose in embarrassment.
"Humph" Fang Nuo snorted and continued walking towards the backyard.
The toilet in their house was later demolished by Shen Gongqi, enlarged and rebuilt.
The water in the bathroom was also led into the thatch pit through a dark ditch, so that it could be scooped out to water the ground when sowing vegetable seeds.
The toilets at Fang Nuo's previous home were rarely used.
But after marrying Shen Gongqi, it was inconvenient for her to go to the toilet in the space, so she had to use the toilet at home.
Fortunately, both of them are very clean people, and the toilet is kept clean. Although there is still some smell, the bugs are not easy to see.
Because Shen Gongqi will sprinkle some lime powder on the ground every once in a while, and then clean it, it can be maintained for a period of time.
After returning from using the toilet, Shen Gongqi entered the room and handed her a wet towel to wash her face.
"I want to wash my hands first" Fang Nuo refused and said
