Quick Wear: Passerby A's Daily Life of Eating Watermelons

"Sister, help me get higher scores!"

"If you don't want to play today, play by yourself."

When Xiao Zhi heard this, he immediately came up to Jiang Yue and acted like a spoiled child: "Sister, just play with me. I can't play without you."

Jiang Yue rolled her eyes helplessly, "I already said I don't want to play today, you can play by yourself for a while."

Seeing that Jiang Yue really didn't want to play, he ran away decisively. Jiang Yue packed up and went to find Li Juan to play for a while. When she arrived at her house, there were quite a lot of people there. They greeted Jiang Yue when they saw her. Everyone in the village knew each other. Jiang Yue tried to attract business for her studio which had not yet opened.

They played together for a while, and then watched the supermarket for Jiang Ma during dinner. After the meal was ready, Jiang Ma brought the food to Jiang Yue. She was supposed to eat here, but Jiang Yue didn't let her watch it by herself.

There are still four or five days before the Chinese New Year. Supermarkets close early, and usually few people come to buy things in the evening. Especially during the Chinese New Year, families have enough cigarettes, alcohol and other necessities. Even if they are short of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, they can borrow from neighbors instead of making a special trip to the supermarket.

In the evening, the family discussed the New Year's goods they had prepared. Most of the items were available in their own supermarket, so they didn't have to go out to buy drinks, vegetables, and meat. Although there weren't many varieties of fruits, they were enough to eat. Jiang's father and mother were considering whether to send some more things to the elders on both sides of the family.

Finally, Jiang's mother said forget it, they had already sent a wave of gifts before, and besides, they also had other sons and daughters, it was impossible for them to send all the things, so let's talk about it after the New Year.

When I got up early the next morning, it was snowing outside. No wonder I slept a little cold last night. Dad Jiang had already swept the snow in the yard, and the trees on the street were covered with snow. I originally wanted to take a walk around the town today, but now I don’t want to go out.

Jiang Yue didn't want to go out but Jiang Zhi did, so Jiang Yue drove him to the market, where all kinds of things were sold. Jiang Zhi wanted to eat hot pot, so he bought some beef and mutton rolls, and also some hot pot dishes that were not available in the supermarket at home. He didn't need to buy hot pot meatballs and the like because he had them at home.

I bought a bag of frozen pears to eat at home. They were bought by Jiang's father and mother, but they were all eaten by my sister and brother in the past few days. I passed by and bought a few strings of candied haws. I also bought some from someone selling frozen fruits, such as strawberries, persimmons, etc. When I went into the meat stall, they were slaughtering a cow. Jiang Zhi got naughty again and wanted to eat the cow's head and hooves.

"You want to eat this?"

"Hmm, hmmm, sis, I've never eaten it before and I want to try it."

"This is not easy to handle. I'll buy it for you and you can go find your dad and ask him to help you handle it."

"give it to me."

I spent more than 13 yuan to buy a cow's head and four hooves. When passing by the lamb ribs, Jiang Yue thought they were pretty good. They were 70 yuan per pound and weighed it for more than 90 yuan. I also bought a smaller pig's head for yuan. I had a lot of things on hand, so I put them back in the car first.

After putting the things away, they continued walking forward. There was a wide variety of things for sale inside, including cotton-padded clothes, cotton pants, bowls, chopsticks, and plates. Jiang Yue remembered Jiang's mother's request to buy a fish plate, as the previous one had broken when it was being cleaned. After buying the fish plate, they were both freezing cold. It was too cold. After buying most of the things, they prepared to go home.

As soon as I got in the car, I received a message on WeChat. Several friends learned that Jiang Yue was going out, and asked her to help buy some things. The list was ready. Jiang Yue sighed and said, "It would have been better if I hadn't seen it. Since I had seen it, how could I pretend not to see it?" However, before going out, she still stayed in the car for a while, turned on the air conditioner and warmed herself up before going to buy things.

Fortunately, all the items on the list were available here. The two of them divided the work and bought everything in a short while. As for the remaining weight, they could weigh it themselves when they got home. The weather was too cold, so Jiang Yue didn't weigh it by herself. They calculated the total weight of the same items and weighed them together. This saved trouble, since they had a scale at home anyway.

After arriving home, he first unloaded all his belongings and notified them via WeChat to come and pick up the things. When unloading the things, Jiang's father saw the pig head and the cow head and asked, "Who bought this?"

"I!"

"I knew it was you, you handle this yourself!"

"Dad! Dad! Dear dad! If you don't help me I will go find my grandpa!"

"Rebel!"

"hey-hey."

After all the things he brought were taken away, Dad Jiang took out a blowgun to cook the cow and pig heads. The hair had to be burned before eating. Dad Jiang couldn't do it quickly by himself, mainly because there was only one blowgun at home, and Dad Jiang had to do other things from time to time. By the time he finished, it was already evening, so he could only start cooking tomorrow.

We had hotpot for dinner in the evening, but in the end we didn't buy enough meat, so Jiang Yue ran to the supermarket and got two boxes of beef and mutton rolls. The taste of these beef and mutton rolls was not as good as the freshly cut ones bought from the store, but we were almost full so we didn't care too much.

It is very enjoyable to eat hotpot, but it is really a hassle to wash the pot. I washed the pot twice. I have to cook a bull's head tomorrow, which is another hassle.

"Get up, get up. You are still sleeping. Check what time it is."

It has been a while since Jiang Yue came back. She has gone from being a treasure of the family to being a weed in the family. She no longer has the privilege of sleeping in. After getting dressed and having breakfast, Jiang's mother went to check on the store. Jiang Yue and Jiang's father began to prepare the cow's head and pig's head. Jiang Yue added water to the pot on the stove at home, and Jiang's father found the stove outside, cleaned it, and prepared to cook the cow's head.

The first thing to do is to blanch the vegetables, clean them after blanching, and then you can cook them. With a wood stove like the Jiang family's, these two things will take several hours to cook. When adding the seasoning, Jiang Yue adjusted it a little, so that the taste will be better when it is cooked.

While the food was cooking, Jiang Yue called her grandparents over. Grandpa came to help early in the morning and blamed Jiang's father for not calling him yesterday because he was not old enough to help. Jiang's father was scolded and promised to call him next time. Jiang Yue and Jiang Zhi watched from the side, ignoring Jiang's father's pleading look.

After simmering for four or five hours, the ox and pig heads were cooked until they were soft and boneless. While my grandpa and grandfather and Jiang's father were fishing and cutting the meat, Jiang's mother, grandmother and grandmother also prepared drinks and some necessary dipping sauces, as they were afraid that the food would be too greasy. It was a pity that there was no dog at home, otherwise the bones would not be wasted.

Because of the seasonings Jiang Yue added when cooking the meat, the meat tasted particularly delicious this time. Everyone noticed this when eating it, and praised Dad Jiang for his improved meat-cooking skills. Dad Jiang was quite confused at first, but later he really felt that his skills had improved, and he was very proud of it.

Dad Jiang and the others drank a little during the meal. After the meal, Mom Jiang took all the meat out of the pot and asked them to take some away when grandma and grandpa left, so that they could have it as a cold dish during the New Year. Finally, she gave some to grandpa and grandma as well, so that they could have it as a side dish when grandpa drank when she got home.