The little ancestor of the family

Under everyone's eager anticipation, the head of the village finally reached out and picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks.

He imitated what Ye Xinran had done just now and put the meat into the pot. However, the meat disappeared as soon as he put it in. He quickly looked for it and picked the meat out.

When he took it out, the headman's hands were shaking slightly.

It's really awkward to have so many people staring at me while I'm eating.

If you eat the wrong thing, you will be laughed at.

tension!

His condiment dish is made of sesame oil.

He dipped the meat in it and put it in his mouth.

Use your eyes to signal everyone: I’ve eaten everything, let’s start!

As soon as we picked up the chopsticks, we heard someone say "hmm" over there.

When I looked over again, I saw the man nodding his head and exclaiming, "Delicious! Delicious!"

Li looked at him and smiled at Ye Xinran: "You haven't eaten meat for a long time. You are surprised by what you have seen. Don't laugh at me!"

Ye Xinran also quickly said: "It's okay, it's okay, everyone, eat quickly."

When Li put the dish into his mouth, he found that the old man was not exaggerating, this thing was really delicious!

When the water celery is blanched in the pot, the fresh soup flows through the leaves, slightly spicy with a fresh fragrance, and paired with the sauce, the taste is something they have never tasted before!

It turns out that food can be eaten like this!

Ye Xinran brought Changsheng and the village head and his wife to eat spicy hotpot.

Xiao Huaian brought the clear soup pot for the other three children.

The clear soup pot uses chicken soup as the soup base. Although it is not as fragrant as the spicy hot pot, it has its own unique flavor.

At first, the head of the village and Mrs. Li were a little reserved and ate very slowly.

Later in the meal, the pleasant atmosphere made everyone relax and start eating and drinking.

The meal lasted from the time the sun was about to set until the time the moon rose above the willows.

In the end, everyone put down their chopsticks because they couldn't eat any more.

After dinner, several children ran to the side to play hide-and-seek, while Ye Xinran expressed her demands to the village head and his wife.

"Uncle Lizheng, I plan to go to the mountain with Huai'an to look for medicinal herbs tomorrow. These three children can't cook. Can you let them eat at your house for a few days, two meals a day, and let them go home to sleep at night?"

"Okay, what's wrong with that? I thought it was something else!"

The head of the village agreed readily.

"The village head uncle has agreed, so I feel relieved. If they don't obey in the next few days, the village head uncle will punish them."

"Hey, I think these kids are always pretty obedient, especially Changsheng, who is good at studying and sensible. I love him so much!"

Ye Xinran looked at Li again, "Boys can eat, I plan to bring them five dou of rice, if it's not enough, I'll make up for it when I come back, is it okay with Aunt Lizheng?"

"Oh, how can we use so much? Two dou of rice is enough!"

Li waved her hands repeatedly, but the village head pushed her back with his hand: "What rice do you want? I have rice at home, just eat from my house."

Li was a little embarrassed and quickly said, "Yes, yes, no need to bring it, no need to bring it!"

"How can that be possible!" Ye Xinran refused: "I'm already embarrassed to ask you to help take care of it, you must accept this rice.

Uncle Lizheng doesn't need to worry about us having a hard time. I'm pretty good at budgeting."

"Humph!"

The head of the village had no intention of saying anything, but upon hearing this, his beard raised again.

"Anyway, I've never seen you live like this, Huai'an, do you think she's right?"

When Xiao Huaian heard this question, he didn't hesitate at all and immediately said, "Yes!"

"Good good!"

Now Li Zheng completely lost his temper.

"Anyway, I have no right to interfere in your family affairs, so be careful when you go up the mountain and come back early. Do you hear me?"

"Don't worry, Uncle Lizheng!"

Ye Xinran agreed readily.

*

The next day, Ye Xinran got up early.

I made the dough rise before going to bed last night, so I’ll make steamed buns today.

This way, we have both breakfast and dry food to bring up the mountain, which saves effort.

There are two kinds of fillings for buns, one is pork and cabbage, and the other is diced bamboo shoots and pork.

Each bun is as big as a fist, and they are white and plump after being steamed, which is very cute.

After the children got up, Ye Xinran asked them to collect the remaining vegetables and money at home, put them into a backpack together with five dou of rice, and then Changping carried it to the headman's house.

Faced with their uncle and aunt who were about to leave, the three children felt reluctant to let them go.

When Second Uncle left alone before, they all thought it was normal and didn’t miss him very much.

Now that their aunt is gone, they feel like something is missing from their lives.

"Aunt, you must come back soon!"

Changan sniffed in a baby voice.

Changping also said: "Aunt, don't worry, we will be obedient. Come back early."

Faced with the children's sadness of leaving, although Xiao Huaian didn't say anything, he couldn't help feeling a little lost in his heart.

It turns out that your child really doesn’t want to leave you, and it will show.

After finishing breakfast, Ye Xinran wrapped all the remaining buns with oil paper. Xiao Huaian packed some rice and took the tools needed to go to the mountain, and the two of them went out.

"Let's go to the village head's house for dinner tonight. If you're hungry at noon, Changsheng will cook some porridge. I've put some pickles in the jar near the chopping board in the kitchen. You can have some with your meal."

"Aunt, we got it, don't worry."

Perhaps they were really used to separation, so when Ye Xinran and Xiao Huaian left, the three children did not try to keep them.

Ye Xinran was wearing a set of old clothes.

She asked Chen to help her shorten one of her skirts so that she could wear it with pants to make it more convenient for walking.

Xiao Huaian took her all the way out of the village. When they passed Dongshan, they found that there were indeed villagers hanging around there.

Ye Xinran thought of what she had said to the headman yesterday: "I have already told the headman to help me harvest the ice spirit flowers in the next two days. All the harvested and planted ones should be recorded in the account first.

But the village head uncle was quite resourceful and came up with the idea of ​​having everyone supervise. "

"Simple and effective." Xiao Huaian also looked towards Dongshan, "There is an old fox inside!"

Ye Xinran nodded in agreement.

The two of them were silent all the way.

After walking for a long time, we started to climb the mountain.

The way up the mountain is relatively easy to walk on.

Ye Xinran looked up and found a trampled path from the foot of the mountain to the top.

There were sturdy plants on the roadside. When encountering steep places, Ye Xinran would grab branches or grass roots to gain leverage and climb up.

Xiao Huaian walked in front without looking back, like a piece of wood!

Such a good opportunity to help each other and promote feelings, but he seemed to not care about it at all and just wanted to go his own way.

"You're the only one who can climb mountains. You're a cripple, but you can climb so fast!"

Ye Xinran was walking and complaining in her heart, but she slipped and the branch she had just grabbed could not bear the weight, and with a snap,

Broken!