The eldest sister-in-law became rich by farming in the mountains

"Cherry, what's wrong?" Mrs. Zhou asked nervously.

Xu Yingtao smiled and nodded: "It's all settled. We will resume setting up the stall tomorrow and continue the cooperation with Hongbinlou."

The Zheng family suddenly cheered.

Jiang also breathed a sigh of relief.

Village Chief Zheng stood with his hands behind his back, looking pleased: "I told you that you can do it, but your grandma was so anxious that she got angry."

Mrs. Zhou laughed and said, "I don't know who was so anxious that he kept circling the yard!"

The crowd burst into laughter again.

They only knew that Xu Yingtao would go to the town to ask the Ge family for help today, but they didn't know whether she would succeed. No one dared to ask too much before, for fear that they would not be able to help, but would cause trouble for her instead.

Now everyone is relieved.

Xu Yingtao shook the mutton in her hand and said with a smile, "Let's have lunch at my house."

Mutton is very expensive, so the Zheng family was not willing to give it to them. They immediately ran away and threatened that no one was allowed to send it to their house, and they would not accept it even if it was sent to them.

Xu Yingtao shrugged helplessly and looked at Jiang: "Mom, has Aunt Xue come today?"

Jiang's expression was also much more relaxed. Hearing this, she shook her head and said, "No, it's already this hour, I'm afraid he won't come."

A moment later, smoke rose from the thatched cottage at the foot of the mountain.

Xu Yingtao first washed the scallions and cut them into sections, then cut the mutton into thin slices. She heated the pan and added oil, and put the meat slices, scallions, minced ginger, and minced garlic into the pan in turn. She then added rice wine, soy sauce, and vinegar and stir-fried them evenly. When the mutton changed color, she drizzled a little pepper oil and continued to stir-fry. After a while, a dish of stir-fried mutton with scallions that was both colorful and fragrant was ready.

Xu Yingtao didn’t know what others thought, but the unique aroma of mutton, like the wind on the grassland, brought with it wild passion and unruliness, instantly made her saliva overflow.

She couldn't help but take a bite, and the background music of "Cooking Master Boy" instantly sounded in her mind.

Wow!

The originally spicy onions are transformed into a refreshing and mellow sweetness after being stir-fried in hot oil, which perfectly complements the deliciousness of the mutton, forming an indescribable harmony.

All in all, it’s delicious!

Half of the mutton is used for stir-frying with green onions, and Xu Yingtao will not miss the other half.

Pour rapeseed oil into the pot. When the oil is hot, gently slide the marinated lean meat slices into the pot. With a "sizzling" sound, the meat slices quickly come into contact with the hot oil, releasing a rich meaty aroma.

The spatula gently stir-fried the meat slices, and the meat gradually turned from pink to golden yellow, and the meat texture became firmer.

Xie Li ran back at some point, staring at the pot and swallowing hard.

Xu Yingtao found it funny: "Where's your second brother? Call him for me."

After that, he poured the chopped green onion, black fungus and cucumber slices into the pot and stir-fried until they were about 60% cooked. Then he poured in rice wine, soy sauce, ginger juice, salt, the previously fried eggs and a little water. After stir-frying a few times, the Mu Shu Pork was done.

When Xie Bai entered the room, he saw Xu Yingtao putting two bowls of mutton into the food box.

Xie Bai understood that this was going to be sent to Zheng's house again.

Xu Yingtao handed him the food box, but said something unexpected.

"Send it to Aunt Xue's home in Beixi Village with Ah Li. Take the bamboo sticks, walk faster, and be careful on the road."

Xie Bai was stunned.

But since it was his sister-in-law's order, he naturally had no reason to refuse, so he called Xie Li and ran out of the yard together.

Jiang was a little nervous: "Cherry, are we being too proactive?"

Xu Yingtao smiled and said, "Mom, you have to fight for your opportunities yourself. If you still can't get them, at least you won't have any regrets."

After saying that, she took a piece of bloody rabbit meat and went to feed the eagle in the chicken coop.

Xu Yingtao always felt that this golden eagle understood human nature.

Otherwise, why would a bird of prey like it, which could tear off a piece of her flesh with one claw, easily expose its injured wing and let her change the bandage so obediently, without any sign of pecking or scratching her?

Xu Yingtao bandaged the golden eagle's wound with trepidation and threw the rabbit meat at its feet. Only then did she heave a sigh of relief and said, "Get well soon. The vast world is waiting for you."

It was not known whether the golden eagle understood or not. Its sharp eyes flickered slightly in the sunlight. Its eyelids closed and opened lightly, staring at Xu Yingtao for a moment, and then began to tear the rabbit meat.

Xu Yingtao gently closed the cage door and patted her chest.

He really is worthy of being the king of birds of prey. His eyes were so sharp that they made her feel a little frightened.

It was because the golden eagle was injured, otherwise the small bamboo cage would not have been able to trap it.

the other side.

Beixi Village is only about two miles away from Nanxi Village.

The brother and sister ran all the way there quickly and asked passers-by and soon found Xue Qingqiu's home.

At this moment, Xue Qingqiu was cooking in the kitchen.

She originally wanted to go to Nanxi Village to buy some food, but then she changed her mind and realized that if she went out to buy food every day, the villagers would gossip about her sooner or later. Since she had decided to stay here for a long time, she couldn't not even know how to cook.

Therefore, Xue Qingqiu gritted his teeth and decided to hone his cooking skills.

Just as he was about to light the fire, he suddenly heard his daughter in the yard saying in surprise, "Why are you here? What are you doing here?"

Xue Qingqiu washed his hands and quickly walked out of the kitchen to check, and saw Xie Bai standing at the gate of the yard with sweat all over his forehead and a food box in his hand.

As for Xie Li, she had been pulled aside by her daughter and generously shared the candied fruits.

Although she was surprised, she still went forward to greet him enthusiastically: "Poor thing, how come you are sweating so much after running? Come here, I will get you a basin of water to wash."

Xie Bai bowed and handed over the food box with both hands, saying in a gentle voice: "Aunt Xue, my sister-in-law made some mutton and asked me to bring some to you. Mother and sister-in-law are still waiting for us to go back for dinner, so we won't disturb them."

When Xue Qingqiu heard that it was mutton, her eyes were full of surprise. Her husband loved mutton the most. Just when she was about to turn around and call her husband, she saw him standing at the door of the main room without her knowing when.

Xue Qingqiu suddenly came up with a plan.

She said softly, "Xiao Bai, since you rarely come here, I have to test you. Do you still remember the Thousand Characters I taught you yesterday?"

Xie Bai nodded and recited the Thousand Character Classic from beginning to end slowly and steadily.

Xue Qingqiu's eyes were full of admiration, and she smiled and said, "Then I'll teach you to recite something else. Listen carefully, I'll only recite it once. Nature is destiny, following nature is the way, and cultivating the way is teaching..."

She recited nearly one-fifth of "The Doctrine of the Mean" in one breath without pausing for even a moment.

Xie Li felt dizzy after hearing this and asked Yan Yunlan, "Sister Yunlan, what is your mother reciting?"

Yan Yunlan curled his lips and said, "The Four Books and Five Classics, we don't want to learn those, they are not good things."

Xie Li nodded vigorously.

As Xie Bai listened, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Although he did not understand the meaning of every sentence, just listening to the rhythm of the arrangement of the words made him inexplicably feel his blood boiling.

Xue Qingqiu stopped and asked him, "Did you remember it?"

Xie Bai nodded and recited Xue Qingqiu's dictation word for word.

Just as Xue Qingqiu was about to praise him, she heard her husband scold her angrily in a deep voice: "That's just nonsense!"