Traveling through the mountains and farming

The next morning, today was the day when Lin Wan's family held a residence renovation party.

Lin Wan and the other two got up early as usual. They first started making ice jelly, and then exercised and practiced archery.

Afterwards, Lin Wan hurried to the pork shop in Taohua Village to buy pork and ribs.

On the way back and forth, she secretly complained about this miserable era countless times in her heart.

There were no refrigerators and no convenient means of transportation. If you wanted to eat pork, you had to walk back and forth for more than an hour. It was so inconvenient.

When she returned home, breathless, the two siblings had already prepared breakfast and set up the table and chairs for the afternoon.

Seeing her come back, they immediately ran over to take the pork and ribs from her hands, and told her to have breakfast quickly, and then ran to wash the pork and ribs.

Lin Wan looked at the two sensible siblings, smiled happily, then quickly walked to the table to have breakfast.

Aunt Li had informed the list of people who would be participating in the wine reform a few days ago.

At that time, Aunt Li said that she had already invited guests for her, mainly the group of people who helped her build the house, and each of them would bring one or two children.

As to why they did not accept the invitation to come with the whole family, Aunt Li explained that when a banquet is held here, usually only one person from a family will go, and at most one child will be brought along. This is an unwritten rule that has been formed over a long period of time.

Lin Wan guessed that this was to reduce the burden on the host family.

She could understand everyone's good intentions, so she didn't force it.

However, she specially invited Aunt Li's family to come again.

Finally, under her sincere invitation, Aunt Li and her family gladly agreed.

After confirming the number of guests a few days in advance, she planned the dishes and prepared eight dishes, a combination of meat and vegetables, four meat and four vegetable.

The meat dishes include braised pork, sweet and sour spare ribs, beggar's chicken, and pan-fried fish.

Vegetarian dishes include pickled cabbage, cucumber, fried eggplant and amaranth.

After a while, she finished her breakfast, and the two siblings washed the pork and ribs and came to ask what to do next. After she explained the division of labor, they began to prepare for the work.

Lin Wan first started to prepare the meat ingredients that required a long time to stew.

She very skillfully cut or chopped the cleaned pork and ribs into suitable sizes, then put them into the pot for blanching, and finally took them out and set them aside for later use.

Li Ke is responsible for washing all kinds of vegetables. She carefully selects amaranth, cabbage, etc., then washes them together with cucumbers and eggplants, and then puts them neatly aside in a wooden basin.

Li Chongle was responsible for processing the wild pheasants they caught.

Because of his rich experience in slaughtering chickens, he can now skillfully perform a series of operations such as bleeding, scalding, defeating, gutting and cleaning the internal organs. The whole process is as smooth as flowing water.

After processing the two pheasants, he called his sister-in-law for help and guidance, and then marinated the chickens.

Next, he took a lotus leaf and carefully wrapped the marinated chicken, and then carefully wrapped it with mud to form an oval-shaped mud ball.

Just wait for Lin Wan to give the order and then put it in the bread oven to bake.

After that, he was not idle and continued to process the small fish caught from the small river in the morning.

In this way, the three of them were busy, and before they knew it, it was noon.

As time was tight, they only ate some cakes and goat milk, and then continued to prepare for the Jugai wine.

In the afternoon, Aunt Li and her two cousins ​​came hurriedly to help, and saw that they had already arranged the venue in a very neat and orderly manner.

I saw that the vegetables had been washed, the meat had been cut and blanched, and the whole scene seemed particularly orderly.

Aunt Li hurriedly asked Lin Wan and the other two what kind of work they could do.

So Lin Wan introduced to them in detail the dishes she was going to cook.

After listening to it, the three of them said that except for amaranth and eggplant, they had never heard of the cooking methods of the other dishes before, let alone making them.

However, they soon found their own positions and were responsible for helping Lin Wan with cooking, cutting vegetables, and lighting fires.

They quickly divided the work. Aunt Li was responsible for cooking, Second Aunt Wang Yu Niang was responsible for cutting vegetables, and Third Aunt Chen Lian was responsible for lighting the fire and also helped to wash the tableware that would be used later.

With their concerted efforts, the preparation of the meal went very smoothly.

After a while, the aroma of rice wafted from the pot in the kitchen.

After the rice is steamed, it is Lin Wan's turn to cook.

Although she started cooking only after she started working in modern times, she still has more than ten years of cooking experience, and the dishes she is going to cook today are all her specialties.

So when she cooked one dish after another, Aunt Li and the other two beside her were all stunned.

They stared with their eyes wide open, looking at the delicious dishes in disbelief.

Aunt Li couldn't help but praise, "Oh my, this craft is amazing!"

The two aunts also nodded continuously, their eyes full of admiration and praise: "This cooking skill is not inferior to that of the chef in the restaurant!"

After hearing this, Lin Wan felt that it was a bit exaggerated, although her cooking skills were indeed quite good.

But it was more because every household in the village usually cooked mainly light soups and rarely prepared big fish and meat, and what she made were all new dishes, which made them feel that they could compete with the chef of the restaurant.

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After Aunt Li and her friends arrived, the two siblings left the kitchen and took their friends to play in the front yard.

The children had not been to Lin Wan's house since the cobblestone path was paved last time. When they entered the yard today, they found that many fun things had been added to the yard, including swings, slides and climbing frames.

Li Ke saw that his friends were staring at the new toys, so he pulled them over to play.

He patted his chest and said to them: "Haha, these are all made by my sister-in-law, you can play with them as much as you want!"

Li Chongle smiled happily on the side, and then took Li Chongping and several other little boys to play on the climbing frame.

Li Ke, Li Tao and Luo Xiaoya were having a lot of fun on the slide. They lined up and slid down one after another, chasing each other happily, and their laughter filled the entire yard.

During the play, the brother and sister will actively demonstrate to their friends how to play more interestingly. Under their guidance, everyone plays happily and heartily.

At this time, Li Chongan noticed the target in the yard and asked curiously:

"Hey, Xiaole, why is there an archery target at your house?"

"Oh, we now practice archery every morning and run to exercise our bodies," Li Chongle replied.

"Yes, my sister-in-law and I are also participating." Li Ke, who was pushing the swing, echoed.

Li Chongan quickly asked: "Can I join?"

"It should be no problem. Just get up early tomorrow and come to my house to join us."

When Li Chongan heard this, he jumped up excitedly, "Great! Then I will definitely come early tomorrow!"

When the other friends heard their conversation, they all gathered around.

"We want to join too!" Li Chongping shouted from the side.

"Yes, yes, we also want to practice archery and running!" everyone said at once.

Li Chongle and Li Ke looked at each other and said with a smile, "Of course, it's more fun when there are more people together!"

"Then we can exercise together every day from now on!" The friends cheered.

"But everyone must do what they say and don't be lazy!" Li Chongle warned seriously.

"Don't worry, we can definitely do it!" the friends responded in unison.

In this way, the prototype of a small boy archery team was established.

At this time, the rich aroma of food wafted out of the kitchen, attracting the children to peeking inside through the kitchen door and windows.

They swallowed their saliva from time to time and gathered together to discuss what delicious food they would be able to eat later.

Every time a new dish comes out of the kitchen, the two siblings in the yard will rush to introduce the dish, including its style, taste and Lin Wan's meaning.

Their actions made the friends so hungry just by listening and smelling the food outside that they hadn't even started eating yet.

I wish I could go to the field right away and pull the adults from home over so that the feast could start earlier.