Chapter 74 Desire
Yang Chao and Yang Qian were warmly welcomed. Even two birds and a dog were circling around them. Zhuifeng was still howling loudly, showing off his presence.
Dabao showed off, "Brother Chao, sister Qian, look, this is my Zhuifeng, so cute."
He said to Qiqi and Huihui, "Quick, learn how to howl like Zhuifeng. If you learn it well, I will give you delicious food."
Qiqi and Huihui stood in front of Zhuifeng and stretched their necks to howl. The sound was exactly the same as Zhuifeng's.
Zhuifeng was confused again. He stopped howling and running. He stared at Qiqi and Huihui with his eyes wide open. His expression was extremely confused.
Yang Chao and Yang Qian laughed so hard that they stamped their feet.
Chen Afu secretly complained that Zhuifeng was so silly. He was not a bodyguard protecting the family. He was obviously a cute pet. It seems that Jin Yanzi's vision is not always accurate.
Old Uncle Yang, Lidong, and Huang Mama took out many things from the carriage, including five catties of mooncakes, five catties of apples, two pieces of meat, and two rouge geese from the Xile Restaurant.
Chen Afu invited the two children to the new courtyard, and asked Dabao and Alu, as well as the two birds and one dog, to play with them, and brought them fresh dates to eat. Chen Ming chatted with Old Uncle Yang and drank tea, while she followed Wang, who had returned from town, to the kitchen to work.
The dates soaked in the morning were already soaked, so Chen Afu took them out, cut them with a knife, but could not cut them, and took out the core. Then add sugar water to the glutinous rice flour and make a soft glutinous rice ball. Then pinch a small piece of glutinous rice ball into a long strip and stuff it into the cut red dates. Put half a bowl of water in the pot, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, boil it, and put the glutinous rice and red dates into the pot to continue cooking.
While she was doing this, Wang fried white sesame seeds in a small pot beside her.
The laughter of the children and the sounds of the two birds and the dog came into the kitchen from time to time, which made Chen Afu feel extremely satisfied and sweet. In her previous life, she was particularly eager to have a lively home.
Especially after the age of 30, she often dreamed of a room full of children. In her half-awake and half-dreamy, the laughter of the children would linger in her ears. She wanted children, wanted to have more children, both boys and girls. Even though she was not married in her previous life, she was dissatisfied with the policy of only having one child. Later, the policy was relaxed to allow a second child, and she was secretly happy. Who knew that she would lose her life... Fortunately, she already had a big baby in this life.
Her eyes were misty, like tears, and also like steam in the pot.
After a quarter of an hour, she opened the lid of the pot. The glutinous rice dates had already absorbed the juice, and she sprinkled osmanthus and sesame seeds and stirred them evenly.
The glutinous rice dates were really sweet and fragrant. Chen Afu tasted one and felt that it was much more delicious than what she made in her previous life. Wang and Chen Ming tasted it and nodded repeatedly, saying it was delicious.
Chen Afu took a small plate to the new courtyard for the children to eat. He didn't dare to let them eat too much because it was almost noon. He took another plate for Old Yang Bo, Lidong, and Huang Mama to eat.
The glutinous rice dates were highly praised by everyone. Chen Afu pursed his lips and smiled secretly. It seemed that this snack should not be available in this era.
After the children finished eating, they still wanted more. Chen Afu said, "I will make some more for you to take home. But you can't eat it now. It's time for lunch soon."
Both children nodded obediently.
Because they came late, they made sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice dates, so lunch was simpler. They made golden pork chops, Gongbao pork cubes, black fungus and pork slices, stir-fried green beans, radish soup, and cut half a rouge goose. They also steamed a bowl of minced meat and egg custard, which was made for the little girl Yang Qian.
A Lu led the children to eat, Huang Mama held Yang Qian to feed her, and Chen Ming drank with Old Changbo.
Because of the short marinating time, the golden pork chop was not delicious, but the children all exclaimed that it was delicious. Especially Yang Chao, who said that their restaurant did not have such delicious meat.
Not to mention the children, even Wang was puzzled. The lean meat tasted dry and had no oil. How could it be so delicious after her daughter made it like this, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and beautiful, golden yellow. I didn't expect that the simplest steamed bun residue could make something so delicious and beautiful.
A few days ago, foodie Chen Afu thought of the golden pork chop in his previous life. Thinking that the ribs and lean meat in this era were cheaper than fat, he wanted to make this dish.
There were no modern bread crumbs in this era, so she decided to make steamed bun crumbs instead of bread crumbs. The day before yesterday morning, she specially steamed white flour buns, and there were two left. After drying, she cut the buns into small pieces, put them in an iron pan and stir-fried them on low heat. When they were hard and golden in color, she picked them up, put them on the chopping board, crushed them into crumbs with a rolling pin, and then sieved out the coarse particles with a sieve, and they became homemade bread crumbs.
She also told Wang that this was called fine bran, and asked her not to tell anyone how to make it.
She made the fine bran, put it in a small porcelain jar, and sealed it with wax.
It was just that she had a lot of things to do these two days, and she hadn't waited to buy lean meat or ribs. Just then, Yang Chao and his sister came and brought pork tenderloin, so she made this dish. As she expected, this was the children's favorite. She also gave this dish a new name that suits this era, golden slippery meat.
Chen Afu and Wang didn't eat with them, and they had to make some more glutinous rice dates for them to take back to eat.
When Yang Qian heard that Aunt Chen was making dates for them again, she ran to the kitchen and said, "Aunt Chen, can you please make more? These dates are delicious, and Sister Qian wants Dad and Grandma to eat more."
The little girl wore a green embroidered bodice, a white midi, and a small bag with a green ribbon tied on her head. Her little face was white, plump and rosy, her big eyes were bright, and her voice was soft and sticky, which was so lovely.
Chen Afu likes beautiful girls, but all he has known in his life are brats. There was Chen Daya. Because of the Hu family, she was unwilling to mess with that child. Therefore, as soon as I saw Yang Qian's little appearance, I fell in love with her.
And according to her words, she only feeds her father and grandma, so she must be another child without a mother. No matter what era, a child without a mother is pitiful.
Chen Afu knelt down and smiled at Yang Qian, "Hey, Sister Qian is really a filial child. Okay, Aunt Chen will make more. Not only will your father and grandma eat more, but also Sister Qian will eat more."
After hearing Chen Afu's words, Yang Qian grinned and said, "Thank you, Aunt Chen."
Huang's mother followed and said with a blushing face, "Sister Qian, don't say that, you will make people laugh." Then she smiled at Chen Afu and said, "Ms. Chen, my sister is joking."
Chen Afu said with a smile, "Mama Huang, you are too polite. Sister Qian is childish and has a very filial heart. Uncle Yang is lucky to have such a good daughter."
Huang's mother laughed out loud. Mother Huang is Yang Qian’s wet nurse.
After eating, Mother Huang, Old Uncle Yang, and Lidong said it was time for their brothers and sisters to leave. The two siblings started crying together and didn't want to leave. They hadn't played enough with Dabao, Qiqi, Huihui and Zhui Feng.
Thank you to skyblue08 for the sachet, thank you to Goddess Aaah, Xiao Huan'er, Jane and Rose, Hera Qianlin, and Gentle Lazy Pouch. The deletion and repair work of "Peasant Girl Splendid" is finally completed, and flowers are scattered. But Qingquan basically doesn’t have any manuscripts in hand, and they are about to be put on the shelves. Qingquan also wants to save some more articles, so he has to apologize and say that he will only update them for the time being these days, and wait for May Day to be released on the shelves for more updates. Some readers say that the male protagonist appears too little, please be patient. This book should be the one with the most interaction between the female protagonist and the male protagonist in all Qingquan's books.