A small breakfast shop in the street market, supporting the family and making money

"Yan girl, wake up, come and eat the roasted sweet potatoes!"

Leng Su and others in the kitchen saw her and hurriedly called her over.

Leng Yan was very hungry, so he ran over in two steps.

After a simple wash with warm water in the kitchen, she didn't care about the heat and directly picked up a sweet potato and broke it in half. The sweet and delicious taste made her squint her eyes.

After she finished eating a roasted sweet potato with satisfaction, Leng Su pointed at the stove again.

"I've left breakfast for you in the pot, go and eat it."

"it is good."

Leng Yan responded and went to serve the meal, which included peanut porridge and fragrant scallion egg pancakes.

Leng Yan ate the porridge and the pancake with great relish. Halfway through her meal, she couldn't help but wonder, "Why is the house so quiet today? Where are Grandpa, Dad, Mom, and my uncle?"

In the kitchen, apart from the younger sister-in-law, Leng Jiaren and Leng Nianzhi, even Leng He was nowhere to be seen.

Leng Su smiled and said:

"Won't Zhan Jiang next door get married in a few days? Dad and my elder and second brothers should clear the snow on the road outside the door while it's not snowing today so that we can walk easily when the time comes."

Leng Su explained, "My eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law are at Aunt Liu's house, helping to decorate the new house."

"That's it."

Leng Yan nodded in understanding, quickly finished his breakfast, said "I'm going out to take a look", and ran out.

As soon as she walked out of the hospital, Leng Yan found that there were not only her grandfather, her father, and her uncle on the road in front of the door.

At this time, many villagers gathered on the road, each holding a broom and shovel, busy cleaning the snow and ice on the road.

The Zhan family is well-liked in the village, and it is estimated that these villagers came here spontaneously.

She also saw the figure of Village Chief Lan in the crowd, and then Zhan Jiang, who was in high spirits as he was celebrating the good news, and was leading his sisters Zhan Ying and Zhan Jin, carrying kettles and bowls, pouring hot water for the villagers one by one.

Some gossipy men and women would make jokes and teasing remarks when they saw Zhan Jiang.

Words like congratulations, Zhan Jiang, you are finally getting married. You must love your wife well and have children soon.

Zhan Jiang, a tall and strong young man, blushed at the teasing.

Leng Yan watched from a distance for a while and felt that Zhan Jiang, who was still shy, would definitely have to get used to these casual jokes, otherwise there would be other jokes and teasing on the big day.

I just wonder if there are wedding pranks in this era?

Hopefully not!

After looking for a while, Leng Yan turned and found the place where her family was clearing the snow. Her grandfather, father, and uncle were working vigorously.

She wanted to help but couldn't. Her uncle and brother did a good job, but they were cold and had a rope around their necks, with a thumb and a glove for the other fingers at both ends of the rope.

Gloves of this era were all like this, and almost everyone had one. At this moment, Leng Qi was wearing gloves and holding a shovel that was taller than him, and was working hard to clear the snow on the road.

Although Leng Yan was not tall, she was very strong. Seeing this, she took the shovel from the younger brother so that he could take a break and she would work for a while.

I have been eating and sleeping recently, and I haven't exercised for a long time. Now is a good time to move around.

Leng Yan was working vigorously when he saw Village Chief Lan and Zhan Jiang and the others coming over here. They first poured a bowl of hot water for Old Man Leng, and then for the others.

Leng Yan also got a bowl, and found that it was not hot water, but brown sugar ginger tea.

Brown sugar was very precious in that era, and the Zhan family was generous enough to use brown sugar to entertain the villagers who came to help spontaneously.

No wonder the villagers who had just finished drinking the brown sugar ginger tea worked harder.

Leng Yan drank half a bowl in one breath. She hadn't digested her breakfast yet and couldn't drink any more, so she handed the remaining half bowl to Leng Qi who was already making a snowman nearby.

Leng Qi took it and drank it happily, then continued to squat beside and make a snowman.

Leng Yan worked hard for more than an hour. Seeing that it was getting late, she wanted to go home to make lunch. Then she turned around and saw that the snowmen made by her younger brother were so neatly arranged that they could form a reinforced company.

Leng Yan was a little amused and didn't know where she got the patience from.

She walked over and picked the person up, and found that the little hand was frozen.

Leng Qi smiled foolishly, with a proud look on her face: "Big sister, look at the snowman I made, isn't it super awesome!"

"Yes, yes, that's amazing!"

Fearing that he would catch a cold, Leng Yan finally took him home first, thinking that everyone in the family had worked hard all morning, so she had to make some delicious food as a reward.

After they got home, Leng Yan found the sheep's trotters she bought yesterday. She then put them on the stove one by one to burn off the stray hairs and get rid of the fishy smell.

After the sheep's trotters are cooked, they can be placed in a basin and scrubbed clean with clean water.

Just at this time, Leng Su and Leng Jiaren and her brother had just returned from feeding the chickens and ducks in the backyard.

Seeing this, Leng Su brought out a loofah and helped to clean it.

After cleaning the sheep's trotters, Leng Yan split them in half with a knife, so that the trotters can be better flavored and cooked.

Then blanch the sheep's trotters in cold water and add more rice wine to remove the fishy smell. As the water temperature gradually rises, some foam will float on the surface of the water. These are the blood and impurities in the sheep's trotters.

Use a spoon to skim off the foam and cook the lamb's trotters until they are almost 50% cooked.

Then she started another pan of oil, put in onions, ginger, and appropriate amounts of spices such as fennel, angelica, bay leaves, peppercorns, and dried chilies, and stir-fried them over low heat to slowly bring out the aroma.

Then add more soy sauce and cook it along the edge of the pot to stimulate the aroma of the soy sauce. Then pour in enough water and add appropriate amount of white pepper and salt for seasoning. After the water in the pot boils, add the blanched lamb's trotters.

Then cover the pot and simmer on low heat for half an hour. When Leng Yan sees that the time is almost up, he turns up the heat on the stove to let the sauce thicken a little. Then he turns off the heat and lets the lamb's trotters soak in the soup for a while. In this way, a spicy, fragrant, soft and boneless lamb's trotter is ready.

Taking advantage of this time, Leng Yan quickly fried some minced meat and sour beans, as well as shredded radish and meat soup, and stewed some rice.

When the meal was ready, Leng Su and the others smelled the aroma of the food and became hungry.

Outside the courtyard gate, the voices of families calling their children to go home for dinner had already been heard.

Seeing this, Leng Su also called Leng Qi, Leng Jiaren and others to ask their family to come back for dinner.

Upon hearing this, the two little ones happily went out.

After a while, the whole family rushed into the yard carrying shovels.

Afterwards, Leng Jiaren also called back Chen Yueshu, Li Cuiniang, and Leng He. Aunt Liu's family originally wanted to invite them to stay for dinner, but when they saw that the Zhan family was busy, they naturally refused.