The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

After leaving the uncle's house, they went to the other two uncle's houses to deliver the meatballs. The uncles' houses were all close to each other, and their house should be the furthest away.

When they arrived at the houses of the two uncles behind, they didn't go in to sit in the house.

At this time, everyone was cooking dinner at home, and they were going to sit for a long time, and it was okay for others to keep them for dinner, or not, so after saying hello and delivering the things, Qiao Minglang brought a few younger brothers and sisters gone.

"Hey, Minglang Xiaohui, wait a minute, what are you doing running so fast?" Aunt Wu chased her out, holding a basket in her hand, which contained eggs and two Chinese cabbages, and put them in her nephew's hand. Li Yi stuffed it and said, "Take this back and eat."

"No, no, Auntie Wu, you can just keep it for food, don't give it to us." Qiao Minglang pushed it back, refusing to accept it.

"You child, when I came to deliver things, I refused to ask you to come in and sit down, and I refused to ask you to stay for dinner, for fear that Auntie Wu would eat you. If you push me again, I will get angry." Uncle Wu The mother put the basket into the nephew's hand and said, "Take it back and eat."

"You are not in good health. These eggs are for you to nourish your body. Your two cousins ​​are as strong as cows, so there is no need to mend them. It would be a waste for them to eat them."

Qiao Minglang knew that Aunt Wu raised a lot of chickens, and usually the eggs laid by the chickens were sold for money, so there was no way to take other people's eggs for nothing.But seeing that Aunt Wu would really get angry if he pushed it again, he had no choice but to take it and thanked him, "Thank you Aunt Wu, so we will take it back, what can we do later?" I'll bring you something to eat."

"Thank you, silly boy." Qiao Wuniang was straightforward, seeing that they refused to eat at their place, she gave them something and let them go back.

"Goodbye, Fifth Auntie."

"Okay, you guys go slowly, remember to go back and cook."

Qiao Xiaohui and Qiao Xiaofen both like this fifth aunt, because compared to the other two aunts, fifth aunt is the most generous to them.

After delivering the things, they headed back home.

***

When they got home, it happened that the eldest brother came to their house carrying a big bag of rice.

"Big brother." Qiao Minglang is quite familiar with this big brother, maybe it was the first thing he saw when he woke up, and he felt a little closer to this big brother in his heart.

"Hey, I'm back."

"I'm here to help."

"No, no, no, this is too heavy. You can't carry it. I'll pour it into the rice jar for you." Qiao Mingshan saw that his cousin had no strength, so he walked into their kitchen with a big bag of rice in his hands. He untied the mouth of the bag and poured the rice into the rice jar.

All the rice in a bag was poured in, and it was full of rice in a one-meter jar. The rice in this one-meter jar was enough for them to eat for a month, so they didn't have to worry about running out of rice.

"Eat this rice first, and tell us if you don't have enough. I'll go back first." Qiao Mingshan delivered the food, and reached out to touch Qiao Xiaobao's face. His son is a few years older than this little cousin month.

"Big brother, go slowly." Qiao Minglang sent the big brother to the door, followed by a group of young people.

Qiao Xiaobao and Qiao Xiaomei occupied his brother's two legs, one on the left and the other on the right. Qiao Minglang had difficulty taking a step, and looked at the two little guys dumbfounded.

"Don't hug brother's leg, you two let go quickly, so that brother will not be able to walk." Qiao Xiaohui covered her mouth and smiled, and pulled her brother and sister apart so that her brother could walk.

"I'll go to the kitchen to cook first, Xiaocheng, you wash the dishes. Xiaohui and Xiaofen, you can play with Xiaobao and Xiaomei."

"Brother, you go and rest, I will do it."

"You don't need to do it today, just me and Xiao Cheng."

"...That's fine."

"Oh, yes, Xiaohui, you send a bowl of meatballs to Aunt Fang's house." Qiao Minglang remembered the bowl of fish balls he specially left for the neighbor's house and asked the second sister to deliver it.Qiao Xiaohui said hello, and went to the next door with the fish balls.

"Aunt Fang, we have fish balls at home, and my brother asked me to bring you a bowl."

"Hey, why are you still sending it to my aunt? You can just keep it for your own food."

"We still have some at home. Auntie, I'm going back. There's no need to deliver them." After delivering the things, Qiao Xiaohui ran back home.

"This child." Seeing the little girl who had run away, Chen Fang smiled. Seeing the smoke coming from the chimney next door, she knew that cooking was also going on in the yard next door.She took the meatballs home and went home. She didn't cook much, so she boiled a soup in the water, chopped a handful of green onions and sprinkled it in, and added some salt. The soup tasted fresh and fragrant.

At this time, every household in Sanwan Village is cooking dinner, and the smoke from the chimneys is rising.

Here, Qiao Minglang and his younger brother Qiao Mingcheng were cooking in the kitchen. Qiao Mingcheng was in charge of setting the fire, sweating profusely from the heat.

"Persist a little longer, and it will be fine soon." Qiao Minglang looked at his sweaty younger brother, and quickened his movements.

The fish balls are already prepared, just put them in the soup and cook them.Stir-fry the fish head and fish bones, then pour the water into it to cook the soup, the soup is thick and white, then put the fish balls and cabbage in, wait for the water to boil for a while, then you can pick it up.

It would be better if there is tofu, and the fish head tofu soup is also very good.

Can they make tofu some other day?

Qiao Minglang still remembered that there were two little fellows at home, he filled out the vegetables and fish balls, and poured some soup into it, and put the fish heads and fish bones in another basin.When the soup is ready, the rice is ready. The kitchen is too hot, so he doesn't plan to cook any more. Rice and soup are enough.

There was no sun outside, so they put the table in the yard to eat.

"Well, brother, this cabbage is really delicious."

"It's the first time I've eaten such delicious cabbage."

"This soup is delicious."

"Be careful if there are any fishbone in the dish, don't get stuck." Qiao Minglang saw a few young ones gobbling it up, he was a little afraid that there might be fishbone in the dish, so he had to remind them.

"No stab..."

***

They are eating here, and Uncle Qiao and Uncle Qiao's are also eating.

For dinner on this day, the bowl of fish ball soup on their dining table is very popular. The fish balls are smooth and tender, with a fresh and sweet taste, without any fishy smell.

There are old people and children at home, and Mrs. Qiao was reluctant to eat too much, so she tasted one. As soon as she took the fish ball, she almost swallowed it with her tongue. She couldn't help asking: "Oh, why are these balls so delicious?"

"How do you look at this fish ball? It's so smooth."

"This fish ball is well beaten, not old or tender, just right. It's not fishy at all, and I don't know what's in it." Uncle Qiao can also make fish balls, but the fish balls produced are not as good as today's fish balls. The fish balls are far from good, and I don’t know how my nephew’s fish balls are made. No wonder I sent them a bowl specially.

Grandpa Qiao ate the fish balls brought by his grandson, and felt that today's meal was more delicious than usual.

Grandma Qiao just ate in silence, and she didn't eat less fish balls.

"Grandma, I want more, more." The eldest grandson pestered her to ask for more fish balls. Mrs. Qiao had no choice. Although a bowl of fish balls seemed like a lot, it couldn't hold back the fact that there were so many people in their family. One bite is all it takes, and the bowl is empty by now.

"Let's eat something else, let's eat a la carte." The child's mother saw that the child was pestering the mother-in-law to eat, and this was all gone, so there was nothing else she could do.

"Oh, no, I want fish balls." The two-year-old child was crying for fish balls when he was being unreasonable.

Seeing her grandson crying, Aunt Qiao couldn't bear it anymore, she hurriedly coaxed her eldest grandson, and promised to get it tomorrow. Fortunately, there was still some soup in the bowl, so she made rice for her eldest grandson.Seeing that her mother-in-law had made so many promises to her son, Chen Mingzhu said a little dumbfounded: "Mom, don't make so many promises to Jungle, be careful that Jungle will ask you for it tomorrow."

"Isn't it just a few meatballs? Let's make it ourselves tomorrow." Aunt Qiao didn't care.

Uncle Qiao couldn't help pouring cold water on his wife, and asked, "Can you make such delicious fish balls?"

"..." Mrs. Qiao, held back for a long time before she could say, "Isn't it still you who said this? Later, you can ask Minglang how the fish balls are made, and can't you just make them like this?"

Uncle Qiao snorted and felt that it was easy for Mrs. Qiao to speak.

The other little grandson is still young, only eight months old, but he can eat now, and he is holding a ball and eating it deliciously.

Uncle Qiao and Aunt Qiao have three sons and two daughters. The two eldest sons are married, and the two daughters are also married, leaving the youngest son undecided.

The youngest son's marriage has now become their top priority, and they have been thinking about finding a wife for the youngest son on a blind date all day long. Qiao Mingyong was so naughty by his parents that he dared not run away from home, and stayed outside all day, only eating When I come home, I will have a meal at home.

After the family finished eating, they couldn't forget the taste of that bowl of fish balls.

In fact, it’s not just my aunt’s family who can’t forget the taste of this fish ball. Uncle Qiao and Uncle Qiao’s family ate fish balls, and they were also deeply impressed by the taste of this fish ball.

When my nephew delivered something today, Uncle Qiao hadn’t come home yet. After eating today’s fish balls, Uncle Qiao asked his wife curiously, “Why are the fish balls so delicious today? Where did you get these fish balls?” yes?"

"It was delivered by Minglang today, and they said they made it themselves. Well, it's not bad, the fish balls are really good." Qiao Erniang didn't expect how the fish balls could be so delicious. The three daughters of their family all After getting married, he was the only one left in the family to sell the couple to eat.

More than half of a bowl of fish balls went into her stomach, but after eating so much, she still felt that it was not enough and wanted to continue eating.Qiao Erniang felt that she had been poisoned by this fish ball, but to be honest, this fish ball was the best fish ball she had ever eaten.

This night, several families were lying on the bed, talking about the bowl of fish balls.

Aunt Qiao was still nagging in the man's ear at home, "Remember to ask Minglang how to make that fish ball tomorrow." She promised her eldest grandson to make fish balls tomorrow. I was in a hurry with her.

That child has been very accurate in remembering what to eat since he was a child. If they have such a good memory for reading in the future, they don't have to worry about it.

"You promised, you can ask yourself." Uncle Qiao turned over, he didn't want to talk to his wife, and asked you to pick the stars and the moon for your grandson casually, can you pick them?You have to teach me a lesson.

"..." Mrs. Qiao endured it, so she didn't kick the man who was sleeping outside, turned over, turned her back to her man, closed her eyes angrily, and went to sleep.

Seeing that there was no movement next door, Uncle Qiao moved his head, glanced at his daughter-in-law whose back was facing him, smiled, folded his hands on his chest, and lay down to sleep.