"Why did Auntie have time to come over today? What's the matter?" Fang Nuocai asked after they both sat down.
"Hey, this is not the marinade you gave me last year. I didn't keep it well and it went bad in the summer. This year your uncle brought back a lot of pig heads and pig's trotters. He still wants to eat the braised pork, so I came here shamelessly. I want to ask, have you done it this year?" Aunt Dahua asked a little embarrassedly
"That's it. Just ask Auntie first. What's the point of being embarrassed? I've already marinated the pig's head we brought back yesterday. There happens to be a lot of marinade. I'll go scoop it up for you right now. "Some" Fang Nuo said and got up to go to the kitchen.
Aunt Dahua also stood up and followed, "This is too troublesome for you, Xiao Nuo. It's also your uncle and the others who are too greedy. He hasn't eaten the braised pork you made in the past two years, and he hates it when there are some dishes on the table." I didn’t expect that this year, I would take the initiative to buy a lot of them. I said it was ready and I would send some to my eldest son’s family in the army.”
"Brother Wang and the others won't come back to celebrate the New Year this year?" Fang Nuo asked.
"Didn't I just come back and get married this summer? I said that I have used up all my vacation this year and spent this year in the army. It happens that your sister-in-law's family is close to that place. They will go there to spend time there and come back here next year." Auntie Dahua said
Yes, Aunt Dahua's eldest son came back once in a hurry this summer. At that time, he brought his partner back to show his parents, and they were about to get married.
After staying at home for five days, I hurried back.
"They can't do anything without holidays," Fang Nuo said.
"Yes, my father and I don't blame the children," Aunt Dahua said.
The two of them arrived in the kitchen, and Fang Nuo was going to get an empty clay pot to fill Aunt Dahua with marinade.
"Xiao Nuo, there's no need to go get things to pack. I can bring some myself." Aunt Dahua pulled her and said.
"Come here, auntie, I'll take out the marinade and put it in for you," Fang Nuo said.
Taking out the marinade that had been frozen for a long time, Aunt Dahua saw that there was still a layer of oil on it, so she was about to scrape it aside.
"Auntie, just take the first scoop and scoop it like this. A little oil is better," Fang Nuo said.
"How about this? I'll ask you for the marinade. Then I can scoop out the meat oil and keep it for stew," said Aunt Dahua.
"There's still a lot of stew here. Auntie, just take over the ladle. We won't stew it later," Fang Nuo said.
Finally, Aunt Dahua was ready to scoop out the oil, so Fang Nuo took the spoon from her hand and scooped it for her.
Aunt Dahua thanked her and said, "That's enough, that's enough."
Fang Nuo grabbed her hand that was about to take away the clay pot, and then filled the clay pot with it. Then he said, "These may not taste enough. If you want to marinate more, you have to add another marinade bag. Auntie's house Anything else?"
"We also need to add the marinade packets. We lost all the marinade packets last year. Who knew we didn't keep the marinade, so we wasted all the marinade packets," Aunt Dahua said embarrassedly.
"Auntie, wait until the taste is light, then add more marinade packets. If it's heavy, don't throw them all away. I have two more packets. I'll go get them back for you, auntie. When the time comes, add some water and throw in the marinade packets." Nuo said, went to the cupboard, took a small gauze bag and handed it to Aunt Dahua.
"Then you keep these two yuan and use it as the money for me to buy the marinade package. I'm still busy cleaning the pig's head, so I won't keep any more." Aunt Dahua put the two yuan into her hand, fearing that she would refuse, and finished. Then he took the basket and left.
Fang Nuo looked at her running away, smiled, put the two dollars into his pocket, and then continued to clean.
The next day, Shen Gongqi got up before dawn.
Fang Nuo felt the person next to him getting up, opened his eyes and asked, "What are you doing up so early?"
When Shen Gongqi heard her voice, he bent down and looked at her and whispered, "We are fishing in the village today. Didn't I tell you that I wanted to go fishing together?"
"We're going fishing, then I'll get up and make breakfast for you before we go," Fang Nuo said, getting ready to get up.
Shen Gongqi supported her, laid her back on the bed and said, "You sleep in your bed. I will bake two nests for breakfast today. You wake up, wait until about nine o'clock, and then go to the river to share the fish."
"Okay, then be careful, bye." After Fang Nuo said that, he couldn't resist the sleepiness and coldness, so he turned over and continued to sleep without any hesitation.
Shen Gongqi was amused by her turning over and falling asleep. Seeing her hugging the quilt tightly, he knew that she felt cold.
So he put on his clothes and went to get firewood to re-burn the kang in the house.
Then after washing up, I went to the kitchen to find two nests, burned some firewood, heated up the nests, poured a can of boiling water and took it with me, and then went out.
When we arrived at the fishing river in the village, there were already several people there.
If everyone is acquainted, they will gather together to talk. If there are no acquaintances, they will be alone.
Shen Gongqi walked to the fire, found a seat and sat down, took out the nest and warm water bottle, and started eating his breakfast.
Fang Nuo woke up again, and it was already broad daylight outside.
She got up and checked the time. It was already past eight o'clock. She quickly got up and poured water to wash up.
I went to the kitchen to make a pot of brown sugar ginger tea.
I cooked something simple for myself to fill my stomach, then went to the house to wait for Yaya to wake up.
It didn't take long for little Yaya to wake up under her mother's gaze.
After packing it up for her, Fang Nuo went to put the brewed ginger tea in a jar, put it in the basket, and took Yaya out.
When we arrived at the river, many people from the village had come over, and people on the ice were already setting up nets.
Fang Nuo saw Aunt Dahua standing by a fire, so she pulled Yaya over.
Aunt Dahua saw the two of them and Yaya, the little one, was having difficulty walking in the snow, so she walked a few steps over and hugged the child.
"Why did you come out alone with your child? Where is your Shen Gongqi?" Aunt Dahua asked.
"I'm helping with fishing over there. I'm not worried about Yaya being alone at home. I just hugged her for a while on the way because she wanted to come down and walk by herself," Fang Nuo explained.
"That's it. Then come over and have a roast by the fire. Look, your little faces are all red from the cold." Auntie Dahua said, holding Yaya in her arms and walking ahead.
Walking to the fire, Fang Nuo took out the pickles and poured a small cup for Aunt Dahua: "This is the ginger tea I brewed myself. Auntie, drink some to go away the cold."
"Don't you put less sugar in this thing? Just drink it yourself," Aunt Dahua refused.
"I stayed up longer and didn't add much sugar. If you don't believe me, you'll know after you try it." Fang Nuo passed the cup forward.
Seeing that many people around her were watching, Aunt Dahua stopped giving in. She took the cup and drank the ginger tea in one sip.
When the ginger tea entered her mouth, it had a strong sweetness. She looked at Fang Nuo and said in her eyes, 'I just believed your lies, so I believed you didn't put enough sugar in it.' But there were many people around, so she didn't say anything. come out.
