Chapter 42 The Zhang Family (1)
Speaking of this, Ma Yuan paused, looked at the ribs in the pot, and then continued: "Fortunately, Si Ya sold it to the Rong family. Mrs. Liu is very polite and not only gives you a lot of money to sell yourself, what is it called?
Oh, yes, it’s called monthly money, and it’s also a lot of monthly money. Every year during the festival, I will give some cloth, silk, rouge, water powder, etc. to Siya. There will be additional red envelopes during the Chinese New Year.
I heard from the big girl that they usually have at least one hundred big money in their New Year red envelopes.
The three masters of their family, from Mrs. Liu to the Rong family's brother, are all kind-hearted people. They don't make any master's spells, and they won't beat and scold their servants. Si Ya said she was a slave in the Rong family, but she was afraid that she would do less work than she did at her family!
After all, you can calculate it. In addition to their own brother Cai, Brother Tan, the four boys of the Cai family and Fushou and Fulu, the Rong family also hired five brothers of the Feng family to help.
Their family has only a few acres of land and not much farm work. The vegetable field in the yard is only half of our vegetable field. There are no chickens, ducks and livestock at home. It is just a horse. I am afraid that these strong laborers can easily complete all these tasks.
As for washing and cooking, you Aunt Lu and Aunt Luo are also there. Among the girls, Yunying, Yunxing, Yunxing, Zimei, are all diligent people who are the same. Big Girl and Si Ya are at their house, which is to help Yunying and Zisida and do chores, and they are very leisurely!"
Speaking of this, when Ma Yuan saw that the ribs had been sugar-colored, he added boiled hot water to the pot. The amount of water was less than that of the ribs. Then he added aged vinegar, soy sauce and pepper, covered the lid, and turned to low heat and simmered for about three quarters of an hour.
When the soup is cooked until almost a little left, Ma Yuan added an appropriate amount of salt to taste, and then collected the juice. When the ribs are finished, you can start the pot and put it on the plate.
After putting the sweet and sour pork ribs on the plate, her subordinates kept starting to make bean beef, and continued to say to Ma Jingui: "This is Si Ya who met a good family in the Rong family, and she has such a good fortune. But if she met those bad families, wouldn't she even lose her life?
But what about her best parents? She never thought about her daughter’s life or death!
The couple could only see Xiao Shuan, the precious son. In their eyes, these five daughters were all worthless money-lossing goods! But they really didn't look like their biological parents at all!
Yes, it is worthless to put our women's lives in this farm. Many elderly people prefer boys over girls. They think that a son is worth a bunch of daughters. They think that they will rely on their sons and grandchildren to pass on their family line in the future and support them in their old age and see them off. But even so, there is no reason for the village to sell their daughters!"
While talking, the angry and excited Ma Yuan did not forget the main thing - cooking. She first prepared the ingredients she wanted, namely a piece of beef, two pieces of homemade tofu, a handful of watery green onions, a handful of coriander just picked from the vegetable field, two pieces of ginger, five or six cloves of garlic, and a chopped pepper.
Then, she and Ma Jingui washed the beef and cut it into small diced cilantro, green onion, ginger, garlic and chopped pepper, then cut it into minced minced minced whilst cleaning the tofu. After washing it, soak it slightly in light salt water, then cut it into small diced diced minced, then blanch it in boiling water, then take it out and drain the water.
Afterwards, Ma Yuan turned on the fire, put the pot on the heat, put peanut oil, wait until the oil is hot, add minced ginger and garlic, and after the aroma is revealed, add a spoonful of bean paste made by the Rong family, which was sent by Lu's mother, and stir-fry evenly.
Then add the diced beef and chopped pepper, stir-fry until it is 70% mature, add half a bowl of water to boil.
Then put the tofu into the pot and boil it again.
Then add salt and soy sauce, and finally sprinkle with coriander and chopped green onion, and this dish of bean beef is finished.
After Ma Yuan put the bean bean beef into the big sea bowl, he continued to say to Ma Jingui: "This is something that happened a few years ago. After Si Ya and Da Niu were sold to the Rong family, many people in our village were secretly talking about the couple in the Zhang family who were jealous of money and sold their own daughters for the sake of money.
As a result, my daughter worked as a slave at other people's house. The couple, who are parents, are lazy and don't know how to go out for odd jobs to pay off their debts. Instead, they just rely on their daughter's monthly money and the income from the fields to live like this. They never thought that after going out to make money, they would find a way to redeem Si Ya's sales contract."
As she said that, her subordinates kept making steamed eggs that her little daughter liked to eat.
Ma Yuan picked three larger eggs and prepared soy sauce, salt, sesame oil, warm water and chopped green onion. Then he knocked the eggs open, beat the egg liquid into a steaming bowl, and beat the egg liquid with chopsticks.
Afterwards, Ma Yuan added half a spoonful of salt and a little soy sauce and sesame oil, and then used chopsticks to stir the condiments and egg liquid evenly.
Then, she ordered Ma Jingui to add warm water to the bowl, and while adding water, she stirred the water and egg liquid clockwise with chopsticks.
Afterwards, Ma Yuan used a spoon to scoop away the foam floating on the surface of the egg liquid, then put an appropriate amount of water into the steamer. After the water boiled, he put the steaming bowl in and steamed over high heat for about a quarter of an hour.
A quarter of an hour later, he opened the lid and brought out the steamed bowl. Ma Yuan sprinkled a little chopped green onion on the steamed water egg, and then drizzled a little soy sauce and sesame oil on the surface of the water egg. This bowl of steamed water eggs was ready.
Ma Yuan put all the prepared three dishes into the pot to keep them warm, and sighed: "The couple in the Zhang family are also thick-skinned. The people in this village are pounding their backs behind their backs, but they still live their leisurely life at home just like they don't know."
ps: I left the house in the middle of the morning and didn't come back until the afternoon. I took a break and had time to write. As a result, I was urged by Awu to review the exam next week...
I always feel that life is a constant test after exam, and Awu has been battered...
The collection has been falling all the time, and Awu's heart is almost broken! Fortunately, I made a recommendation this afternoon. I don't know what the result is. I hope the little angels will support me and don't let Awu die on the recommendation, otherwise I'm afraid that Cherry Sauce will not love me anymore!
Chapter completed!