The casual life of the flat space

After playing all the games, Bai Tieying took Bai Tiexiong to the Sanheyuan to take a bath and change clothes. Bai Tiexiong suddenly cried when he was lying on the soft bed. Bai Tieying asked him what was wrong, and he said it was nothing, he just missed his parents. Bai Tieying touched his head and sighed: "Yeah, I miss you too..." Although it has been several years, she still often thinks of her parents without knowing when she is touched.

"Sister, do you think the place where mom and dad went has such a big house and such a soft quilt?"

Bai Tieying, whose thoughts were brought back by Little Potato, took a deep breath and said, "Yes, of course there is. Aren't these all given by my parents? My parents are such good people. Although they have suffered a lot here, the merits and blessings they have accumulated not only allow them to live in a big house and cover themselves with soft quilts, but also give some to both of us! So, we should listen to our parents, live happily, and grow up peacefully, so that our parents can feel at ease there."

Bai Tiexiong nodded, and suddenly said, "Sister, I want to eat sour soup, is that ok?"

"Okay, what's wrong with that? Why do you want to eat sour soup?" Bai Tieying asked casually.

"I just suddenly remembered that my mother would make it for me every birthday and even make me an egg!"

"birthday?"

Bai Tieying thought, that's right. The first day of June is Bai Tiexiong's birthday. She had thought about it before going to the county town. She even bought a birthday gift and thought about giving it to him. Unexpectedly, she forgot about it in the end. Not to mention that she forgot about it, she dragged her brother to move books for half a night that day... Why do you always forget things recently? Besides the New Year and other festivals, the child's most anticipated birthday is birthday. She is such an incompetent sister.

"I'm sorry, Tiexiong. I forgot your birthday. Can you give me a chance to make it up to you?"

"Sister, it's okay, no need to apologize, can you make me some sour soup?"

"Of course it's no problem! Come, help me and I'll make you a delicious meal!"

"Sister, what is a feast?"

"It means we are going to eat lots of delicious food."

Before Bai Tiexiong's cheers had stopped, the two sisters arrived at the mud house. Seeing that the two sisters looked like they were about to cook, Mu Qingqiu stopped practicing and went up to ask if they needed help. Bai Tieying was not polite and directed the two to wash the vegetables and prepare the food while she ran back and forth between the mud house and the courtyard. The two iron pots and the small stove were not idle, and all the kitchen utensils that had been bought before were used this time.

I have been here for almost half a month, and I have been busy every day and have not cooked a good meal. It is a good opportunity to make a hearty meal. Bai Tieying first caught rabbits, hazel grouse, and river fish for them to prepare, and then cut a piece of mutton and pork bought in the county town. After kneading the dough and letting it rise, he went to the vegetable garden to plant and pick a batch of vegetables.

After a busy meal, the background of the space was turning to the evening. Although there was a time controller to help, many things still had to be done by myself to have fun. This afternoon, the two assistants also cooperated well, not staring at each other like at the beginning.

When the table was fully laid, Bai Tieying asked Bai Tiexiong to sit in the main seat. She brought out a nearly one-foot-long brown sugar and jujube steamed cake from the kitchen, on which she stuck a candle she had bought earlier. She wrapped the candle in oil paper and stuck it into the steamed bun. After leaning over to light it, she clapped her hands and sang to her brother:

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you... Happy birthday to Tiexiong! Tiexiong, happy birthday to you! Make a wish first, then blow out the candles in one breath, and your wish will come true!"

"I think……"

"Shh... the wish will only come true if you pray silently in your heart!" Bai Tieying tried to stop them, "And do it like your sister." She then demonstrated to Bai Tiexiong by closing her eyes and praying.

Bai Tiexiong followed his sister's example and closed his eyes to think for a while, his mouth opening and closing but no sound came out, then he opened his eyes, puffed up his cheeks and blew out the candles. Bai Tieying clapped and cheered beside him, saying that his wish would definitely come true. Then he was taught to cut the "birthday cake" and share it with everyone. The sense of ceremony was full, and Bai Tiexiong had tears in his eyes.

Not to mention Bai Tiexiong, Mu Qingqiu next to him also looked at it curiously, thinking that Bai Tieying had a lot of strange ideas! Not to mention Bai Tiexiong, even he wanted to celebrate his birthday like this! And that little tune, although simple, but after listening to Bai Tieying singing it once, he kept repeating the tune in his mind. Well, I learned it, and he will sing it to his mother on her birthday.

In addition to being clean and tasty, the ingredients used in cooking are also solid. The aroma of dates plus the unique flavor of brown sugar, and perhaps because of the special meaning of "birthday cake", Bai Tiexiong couldn't help but drop the golden beans. Seeing this, Bai Tieying quickly invited the two to eat and asked them to judge which dish was the best.

Bai Tieying prepared two cold dishes, four hot dishes, a soup, a dessert and a drink. The braised rabbit in the hot dish was also her first time to cook. Because there was no pepper, she could only add more seasonings to cover up the earthy smell of the rabbit meat. Fortunately, it was quite successful. The hazel grouse was naturally stewed with hazel mushrooms, which is a well-tested northern specialty. The fish was sweet and sour, the lamb was cumin, and there was also cucumber tofu meatball soup, cold bracken, sautéed celery, honey-fried cherries and honey birch juice.

Mu Qingqiu had wanted to eat it for a long time, but he had been holding back until now. Seeing that the brother and sister had started eating, he also stretched out his chopsticks to eat the sweet and sour fish that he had been looking at for a long time. The crispy skin and the tender and juicy fish meat formed a strong contrast, and the sour and sweet sauce made Mu Qingqiu want to ask Bai Tieying for the recipe again.

Bai Tiexiong was eating so slowly without even raising his head that Bai Tieying couldn't even find a moment to raise her glass to toast him. But after thinking about it, she gave up and told them to eat slowly since she was only half full as she still had to go to the kitchen.

Now she was very familiar with the kitchen and had gradually adapted to the way of cooking here. Apart from the fact that there were no vegetables that she usually ate in her original life, she really liked the food here because the food cooked with firewood had a unique smoky flavor.

Originally, Bai Tieying wanted to make sour soup for Bai Tiexiong, but then she thought that since it was his birthday, he had to eat longevity noodles, so she changed the recipe and made three longevity noodles with three different flavors using "three doughs and two oils".

Bai Tiexiong chose scallion oil, Mu Qingqiu chose fried bean paste, and Bai Tieying ate the hot soup. He also told his brother not to bite it off, and to eat it whole for good luck. This made Bai Tiexiong very tired, and his little mouth kept chewing like a little mouse. Mu Qingqiu also secretly paid attention and finally finished the longevity noodles in one breath. Looking back, Bai Tieying was eating the soup noodles, slurping them up most easily.