018: Sour Radish Pork Dumplings

Anqing County is where the north and the south meet, and eating habits are naturally influenced by the north and the south.

There are many people who eat rice, but everyone also eats noodles. The planting area of ​​wheat is only a little less than that of rice. Wheat is also a must when handing over public food every year. The flour that rural people eat is ground by themselves, and the color of steamed buns and dumplings is not as good as that made by Fuqiang flour, and it is not as good as refined white flour.

The taste is not as delicate as Fuqiang powder, but the original aroma of wheat is stronger.

Aunt Xia Xiaolan is very good at making kimchi.

The red-skinned and white-hearted carrot is the main ingredient. There is salt and brown sugar in the kimchi water. Li Fengmei will also add some red peppers. The sweet and sour radish that comes out is slightly spicy, which is very appetizing. It's drooling just thinking about it with meat.

It was Liu Fen's job to make the noodles, and Xia Xiaolan took over the stuffing. For this reason, she got up an hour earlier, washed, chopped and chopped in the kitchen, and packed two catties of dumplings. There was only so much meat at home, so Xia Xiaolan packed two enamel jars full of dumplings. She ate a few of them herself, and kept the rest for Taotao, who hadn't woken up.

She is quite embarrassed:

"I'll buy some more meat when I come back today."

Meat is quite expensive, but eating a pound a day is not unaffordable.

Xia Xiaolan knew that the money was saved, but she couldn't make money without spending it at all. She can avoid looking at those good clothes, not buying face cream, and keep her personal supplies simple, but she can't make her family hungry.

Li Fengmei chased her away, "Your uncle has already packed up and is waiting for you at the door. Let's go quickly. Where do I want you to buy meat? I asked the butcher to keep half a pair of pig livers yesterday. You and your uncle will come back early."

Liu Yong's family's rice is almost finished, and today he has to ask others for help. Li Fengmei will definitely cook a few dishes in the evening.

Liu Yong had already packed all the eggs and waited for her with a bicycle.

"You sit in the back seat with your back to me. Be careful not to smash the eggs in the baskets on both sides. Your mother felt distressed while cleaning up the broken eggs last night."

How can you not feel bad when dozens of eggs are broken?

These eggs are not wild duck eggs picked up for nothing, they are all collected for money. Xia Xiaolan also worked hard to travel to the countryside. They all said that the 1980s were full of opportunities, but no matter how well-earned the money was, it took sweat and hard work.

Xia Xiaolan held two enamel tanks in her arms and sat firmly in the back seat.

Liu Yong just laughed, "Isn't it enough to eat a few dumplings in the morning? Just hold on, when you arrive in Anqing County, my uncle invites you to eat well!"

Xia Xiaolan thought to herself, Liu Yong ran to the county seat, in addition to inquiring about the news, most of the time, he would also solemnly thank both Zhou Cheng and Kang Wei. No matter what time of day, the way to express gratitude is to treat guests to dinner. It's just that this meal that Liu Yong invited can no longer be a simple bowl of noodle soup.

She used her uncle to pay back the money, and she wanted to make him spend it. Xia Xiaolan felt strangely uncomfortable.

"Uncle, you are so kind to me."

He is small, but to Xia Xiaolan, he is more like a "father" than the tall Xia Dajun.

Liu Yong stared blankly at the bicycle, thinking that this girl is talking nonsense again.

He loves Xia Xiaolan as much as he loves his son Taotao. They are all children of the old Liu family. Can he not hurt?

If he had woken up a few years earlier, he would have been able to make his family live without food and clothing, how could Xia Xiaolan earn the hard-earned money of reselling eggs!

Liu Yong rode halfway, and when he saw someone waiting on the side of the road from a distance, he was immediately vigilant. It's almost dawn, what kind of kid is so idle? Could it be the gangster's accomplice yesterday, waiting to find trouble with his niece on the only way? !

"Xiaolan, look at the person in front of you, do you know him?"

Xia Xiaolan twisted her neck to see, in the morning light, the iconic small flat head and the unforgettable appearance, who else but Zhou Cheng?

"It's Brother Zhou Cheng, he and another comrade saved me yesterday!"

Liu Yong quickly braked, and Xia Xiaolan jumped out of the back seat:

"Brother Zhou, why are you here?"

The dew in the early morning wet Zhou Cheng's shoulders, and he didn't know how long he waited here. Anyway, there were seven or eight cigarette butts on the ground.

Seeing Xia Xiaolan, Zhou Cheng threw his half-smoked cigarette on the ground and stepped on both feet:

"Didn't I tell you to go out later?"

He looked at Liu Yong again, and Xia Xiaolan quickly introduced: "This is my uncle. He said he would come to thank you both. Uncle, this is Brother Zhou Cheng."

Zhou Cheng was a little helpless.

Xia Xiaolan is fair and tall, but Liu Yong is short and dark, so it's not like her uncle. Zhou Cheng was not mentally prepared to meet his parents so soon, but he was an unruly and casual person. He opened his mouth and called Xia Xiaolan:

"Uncle, I'm Zhou Cheng."

The lad is good looking.

He must be 1.85 meters tall. He was a bit dangling at first, but he straightened his back all of a sudden, looking really energetic.

Just talking to him, Liu Yong had to raise his head, very tired.

Liu Yong looked enthusiastic, "Comrade Zhou Cheng, thank you so much, I said at home that I have to bring Xiaolan to thank you two, this girl doesn't know the importance, the life-saving grace will be solved by eating a bowl of noodles? Right? , and another Comrade Kang Wei?"

Don't sleep in the morning, wait for Xiaolan halfway?

Liu Yong had a smile on his face, a bowl of noodles could not offset the life-saving grace, nor could he compensate his niece.

Liu Yong is just an uncle, but if he can stand up for Xia Xiaolan, the relationship between his uncle and nephew must be very good, and Zhou Cheng did not neglect:

"We stayed at the Anqing County Guest House last night with a truckload of goods, and I asked Kang Wei to guard it.

. Hearing that Xiaolan was going to the city today, I was afraid that those hooligans had accomplices yesterday, so they came to wait for her on the way. "

Liu Yong nodded.

"Let's go, let's go into the city and talk about it."

Zhou Cheng had come to pick up Xia Xiaolan on purpose, and Liu Yong was not considered by him, but now that Liu Yong is here, he will talk to his "uncle" seriously. He took the bicycle with eggs from Liu Yong and pushed it slowly, trying his best not to peek at Xia Xiaolan.

When he got to the county seat, Zhou Cheng also knew about Xia Xiaolan's situation.

Knowing that she and her mother are temporarily staying at her uncle's house, they only started to sell eggs a few days ago. Because of the busy farming, the family can't tell anyone else in the family. Xia Xiaolan is a loner, and she only met a hooligan yesterday - Zhou Cheng's brow Wrinkled, she is coquettish and charming. She travels to the countryside to collect eggs. Isn't this sending herself into danger?

When he arrived at the guest house, Kang Wei was already looking forward to seeing it.

Seeing Xia Xiaolan, his eyes lit up, but when he looked at Zhou Cheng who didn't speak, Kang Wei was a little lethargic.

Xia Xiaolan handed Kang Wei the sour radish and pork dumplings, and introduced her uncle. Kang Wei didn't even think about it, and called him "uncle".

Zhou Cheng coughed lightly, "What nonsense, you have to call Uncle Liu."

Liu Yong remained silent.

He could see clearly, Zhou Cheng's wolf ambition, he didn't want to hide it at all!