Chapter 340： With their friendship, don't they deserve a box of

Chapter 340 With their friendship, don't they deserve a box of snowflake crisps?

"It smells so good, brother and sister, I heard you bought rice field eels?"

Ling Jiang returned home at some point, and went into the kitchen looking for the scent.

Yunmo replied with a smile, "Yes, we will eat eel tonight."

Looking at the fleshy rice field eel, Ling Jiang couldn't help feeling, "Not to mention, I haven't eaten rice field eel for many years. When I was young, I used to go to the fields in the countryside with Chuanzi to catch, what rice field eel and loach Frog, anything that can be eaten can't escape the eyes of me and Chuanzi."

Yunmo laughed, "Brother, I bought six large eels today, and I will keep you full."

Ling Jiang chuckled, "Sister and brother, what can I do for you?"

"It's just right, brother, go and light up the stove outside. There are seven people in total, and seven stoves are lit. Use the unused charcoal from the last time I ate mutton. I put it in the first warehouse on the left."

"Row."

After Ling Jiang went out, Yun Mo glanced at Ling Chuan who was picking celery leaves, and couldn't help laughing when she thought of what Ling Jiang said just now.

"Ling Chuan, you were so miserable when you were young, and your stomachs couldn't be filled. It's hard for you to grow so tall."

Ling Chuan blushed slightly, "Actually, when I was very young, life wasn't that hard."

Seeing her curiosity, Ling Chuan began to talk about his family situation when he was a child.

"When my great-grandfather was still there, my family was a well-known big family with tens of acres of fertile land, as well as grain shops and cloth houses. Later, when the world was not peaceful, my great-grandfather was worried that the family property would be targeted by others, so he gave away the land deeds. And all the shops were transferred out, all exchanged for gold, and the family was divided among my grandpa and uncle.

When I was born, my family still had a little wealth. Although it was not as rich as my great-grandfather, it was no problem to have enough food.

When I met WG later, the things at home and the house were set on fire. My father was forced to have no choice but to live in his hometown, so he had to take Auntie and us to hide in the city. I lived in the north of the city, and later moved to the old street in the east of the city, and I have been living like this. "

It was the first time Yunmo heard Ling Chuan talk about these things, and she still couldn't get enough of them.

"Then what happened next?"

"Actually, we had a younger sister. We were too poor at that time. The bark in the country was stripped off, and the family had nothing to eat for several days. My father finally went to the tree to dig out a nest of bird eggs and boiled them. I gave it to my mother, but my mother was reluctant to eat it, so she gave the bird eggs to me and my elder brother.

At that time, the eldest brother was only less than 10 years old, and he didn't understand anything. He forgot everything when he saw the bird's egg surname. As a result, my eldest brother and I finished eating the eggs, my mother was so hungry that her legs were weak, she fell down while walking, and she bleed all over the place, and my sister just disappeared. "

The man's tone was full of loss, guilt, and regret.

It’s no wonder that the brothers seem to love Ling Chunhua more than Ling Jiale, their daughter (niece), presumably with a bit of guilt for their unborn sister.

After chatting for a while, Ling Jiang had already heated all seven stoves with charcoal fire.

Yunmo placed seven casseroles lined up on the stove, scooped two scoops of eel bone soup in each casserole, grabbed two handfuls of soaked sticky rice, and finally put a little lard and fine salt.

After that, put the seven casserole pots on the stove and start cooking.

Avoid rice grains from sticking to the pot. You need to stir it with a spoon from time to time during the cooking process.

Within a few minutes, the rice and bone broth in the casserole began to boil, and bursts of aroma wafted in the yard, attracting everyone to gather around to watch.

Uncle Luo: "I've lived for such a long time, and this is the first time I've seen someone cook like this. Seven of us eat, and there are exactly seven pots, one pot for each person. It's interesting!"

While continuing to stir the rice soup in the casserole, Yunmo explained: "This is called casserole claypot rice, which is a traditional Cantonese delicacy. This method can not only preserve the aroma of the rice itself, but also eat the rice at the bottom of the pot. Burnt crispy rice."

Listening to Yunmo's introduction and smelling the rich aroma of rice in the air, everyone swallowed silently.

"Girl Xiaomo, how long are you going to cook this meal?"

Yunmo picked up some rice grains with a rice spoon and looked at them, "It's almost half-cooked now. When it's half-cooked, spread the marinated eel slices evenly on the rice, cover the pot and cook over low heat. Let it simmer for four to five minutes and it will be ready to eat."

"Okay, okay, it should be soon."

Seeing that everyone was a little hungry, Yunmo turned and asked Ling Chuan to fry up the eel segments that had been cut earlier, "Make the eel dry-roasted, let's fry some cabbage."

"it is good."

Ling Chuan used to work as a helper in a restaurant, so it's easy to cook a dish of dry-roasted eel.

First fry the cut eel with rapeseed oil until both ends are rolled up and the skin is slightly burnt, then remove it from the pot, drain the oil and set aside.

After that, pour an appropriate amount of new oil into the pot again. After the oil emits a small amount of blue smoke, add ginger, onion, garlic, peppercorns, and fermented soybeans in turn, and stir-fry until the aroma is released. Then add bean paste and kimchi, and continue to stir-fry. Pour the fried eel segments into the pan and stir fry together.

Wait until the squid is fully and evenly covered with the sauce, then pour the onion, celery, garlic and other side dishes into the pot.

As the sky gradually turned dark, Yunmo lowered the heat in the stove, then spread the marinated anchovy fillets on the rice in each casserole, and covered the pots one by one.

"Aww—ow—"

"Quack quack!"

I don’t know whether it’s because of the smell of the claypot rice, or because I’m hungry, but the dog and the big goose are making restless noises.

"Chunhua, haven't you fed the dogs and geese today?"

Ling Chunhua stuck out her tongue blushingly, "Auntie, I forgot, I'm going now!"

"good."

After Ling Chunhua finished feeding the dogs and geese, the claypot rice on the stove began to emit the smell of burnt rice crackers. If you listen closely, you can still hear the crackling sound when the steamed rice cakes condense on the bottom of the pot.

Yunmo used tongs to remove all the unburned charcoal from the stove, and put them in a baking pan for everyone to keep warm.

Waiting until the sila in the casserole completely disappeared, Yunmo put on gloves, put the casserole on a plate, and then served it to the dining table one by one.

"dinner's ready!"

One pot of meaty claypot rice per person, plus dry-cooked eel on the table, vinegared cabbage, and three fresh egg drop soup, a simple and not delicious meal.

Eating and drinking enough, each went back to each house, each looking for each mother.

Yunmo sent Xie Xia to the street corner to take a taxi, and took a walk to digest food.

Seeing that she was about to walk out of the gate of the courtyard, Xie Xia couldn't help turning her head to remind Yunmo, "Have you forgotten anything?"

Yunmo thought about it seriously, "No? What's wrong?"

No matter how thick-skinned Xie Xia is, she is too embarrassed to take the initiative to ask for snowflake crisps, "...it's okay."

"Then let's go."

"..."

Seeing Xie Xia's deflated appearance, Yun Mo almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

Those snowflake crisps were originally intended to be sent to Xie's house tomorrow, so there is no need to share an extra one for Xie Xia to take back.

But Xie Xia didn't know the inside story, and was secretly depressed when she went back.

With their friendship, don’t they deserve a box of snowflake crisps?

(end of this chapter)