The ancient farming life of liberal arts scum

Chapter 9

The weather is hot and the food is difficult to store, but it will be much better if it is boiled and made into sauce.

Manzi cut the cooked venison into pieces. Shen Ge looked at it and thought it was all right, so he put it on a plate and put it aside with another big plate, signaling Manzi to start a fire.

Chen Ge cooks the pumpkin first, then Manzi fires up the pot, then pours oil, then pours the pumpkin, stir-fries it until it is half-cooked, and then boils it in water. When it is soft, put salt and serve it.

After the pumpkin was cooked, Shen Ge asked Manzi to increase the heat, then put ginger and garlic in the hot pot with cold oil, and after frying the aroma, pour in the bird meat that had been marinated for an afternoon and quickly stir-fry until the bird meat changed color slightly, pour rice wine, and then put Continue to fry the eggplant, chili slices and dried bamboo shoots. Since there is no starch to thicken the sauce, Shen Ge only puts a little water. After the water boils dry, he puts in salt and soy sauce, stirs well and then serves.

When serving, Shen Ge specially took a sea bowl to serve it first, and then put the rest of the dishes on the plate.

There was still oil at the bottom of the pot, and Shen Ge was not willing to waste it. Without washing the pot, he continued to put oil in the pot, put ginger and a lot of garlic, and then poured the cooked meat into it and slowly fried it.

When frying the venison cubes, the fire was very low, Shen Ge patiently fried it dry, until the whole room was full of aroma, then asked Manzi to turn off the fire, and covered it with a heavy wooden pot.The ashes that are not yet cold underneath will continue to volatilize heat and boil away the moisture in the meat, so he can just get up in the morning and watch.

"Okay, dinner is ready." Shen Ge poured the big bowl of bird meat into the water tank, brought the rest of a large plate of bird meat and pumpkin, and signaled Manzi to bring the small pot for cooking.

Chen Ge cooked late today, and it took time to cook the dishes. Now it's completely dark, and it's okay for Manzi to have a meal. Chen Ge smelled the fragrance, and his stomach growled.

Shen Ge is familiar with Manzi, and Manzi is too young, Shen Ge is not embarrassed, he put down the dishes and ran quickly to get the bowls, chopsticks and rice spoon, Manzi took it and filled two bowls of rice, and the two ordered in the living room Eat by lamp.

As soon as the table was served, Shen Ge picked up a large piece of meat with chopsticks for Manzi: "Come, try my handicraft."

Shen Ge's workmanship is naturally not bad, you can tell by smelling the scent, moreover, with so many ingredients, and it's meat, how can it be bad.

"It's delicious." Manzi took a bite of the meat, and took a big mouthful of rice into his mouth. The meat was fresh and fragrant, and there were bamboo shoots and eggplants to relieve the greasy taste, adding a special umami taste.

The most peculiar thing is that the meat has a spicy taste, but it is not spicy like garlic and ginger, nor is it pungently spicy like mustard, but a kind of fresh spicy with a sweet aftertaste. Manzi can't tell That smell, but still feel extraordinarily delicious.

In order to cater to Manzi's taste, Shen Ge only put in two chili peppers. The chili peppers were not considered spicy, but Chen Ge still tasted the long-lost spiciness. He bent his eyes contentedly, and his appetite whetted.

The bird meat was spicy and delicious, and the pumpkin was sweet and soft. It was the first time for Shen Ge to eat such a delicious dish in this world, so he couldn't help but speed up his eating.

In fact, the food eaten at Xun Feiguang's place at noon is also delicious, but Shen Ge is a little more cautious there, far less free and refreshing than eating at home, without any psychological burden.

Shen Ge not only ate by himself, but he also didn't forget to bring some food for Manzi. He didn't continue to persuade Manzi after he finished three bowls of rice. A new history of appetite.

The two of them ate all the pumpkins, but there was still some bird meat left, which could be boiled in water for breakfast tomorrow.

Manzi went to wash the dishes, wrapped himself in a quilt and slept on a chair in the living room, while Shen Ge went into the next room to sleep.

The next day Manzi got up very early, and got up just after dawn. He walked to Shen Ge's bed and took a look. Seeing that Shen Ge was still awake, he didn't call him.It was Shen Ge who woke up by himself, and in a daze asked Manzi to take the sea bowl of bird meat home for Aunt Niu and the others to eat, and fell back to sleep after Manzi agreed.

Shen Ge woke up again and the sun was rising again. He got up and brushed his teeth with green salt, and heated up the leftover rice and bird meat from last night in a small pot. After eating, he went to see the situation of the venison in the big pot .

The venison in the pot was extremely dry. Chen Ge twirled one and threw it into his mouth. It was delicious and had no fishy smell. The only drawback was that there was no chili pepper, so the taste was a bit weak, and he had to wait a second time. processing.

Shen Ge scooped up the venison and put it in the cupboard, then used the small pot for cooking rice and tea to cook five useless clay pots in turn.

These small clay pots were bought when Chen Ge's mother was around. At that time, the house was just built, and the house was short of everything. Oil tanks, rice tanks, water tanks, etc. were bought temporarily. Clay pots serve as heads.

These small earthenware pots are too small, and they are useless to take home. Shen Ge's family has always used them to hold small things such as sugar, salt, beans, etc., and now they are just right for meat sauce.

After sterilizing with boiling water, Chen Ge aired the jar out and came back to process the peppers.

The most important thing for Chen Ge is the chili seeds. He took out the seeds from all the dried chili peppers, soaked them in water, and prepared to germinate the chili seeds when they were soaked in enough water.

After removing the seeds, there was only a layer of pepper skin left. Chen Ge was afraid that it would not be easy to preserve, so he simply mixed all of them with venison to make sauce.

I don't know what kind of chili pepper Xun Feiguang's house is. It's a bit like two vitex. It's not too spicy, but it has a different kind of sweetness. Chen Ge thinks it's okay to add it all to the venison.

Making chili sauce is a hassle. The step of cutting the chili is very troublesome. The knife is blunt and the skin of the chili is tough. Shen Ge is miserable after cutting the chili. After cutting the chili, Chen Ge has to chop garlic and ginger again. Ge chopped in most of the garlic stored at home. There are three or four catties of chili peppers, three or four catties of garlic, and less ginger, which should be more than one catty.Cutting so many spicy ingredients together made Shen Ge's hands burn with pain.

When it was time to make the sauce at the end, Chen Ge Shao said that he poured half a catty of oil into the pot, put in the dried venison cubes, peppers, ginger, garlic and salt on the lowest heat, and boiled it slowly until the oil in the pot was gurgling. When bubbling occurs, pour sugar and filtered rice wine and continue to boil.

Chen Ge boiled it for more than an hour, and finally the whole house smelled fragrant and spicy. For lunch, Chen Ge ate only white rice with venison chili sauce.Chen Ge ate the long-lost chili, the tip of his nose turned red, and his forehead was dripping with sweat.

After Shen Ge finished eating and washed the dishes, he went out and brought in the dried earthenware pots. These earthenware pots are a bit like pickle jars, the edges can be recessed, and water can be poured to seal them, and the airtightness is not bad.

Chen Ge satisfactorily filled five full jars with a half bowl of chili sauce, and put them in the cupboard one by one for storage, like a squirrel preparing for the winter.

After making the venison chili sauce, Shen Ge fell asleep for a while, then got up and moved a stool to read a book under the eaves.Shen Ge has been reviewing his previous books one after another these days. He is a major in Chinese Language and Philology, and he has previous memories, so it doesn't seem difficult.

When the sun was about to set in the afternoon, Shen Ge carried a basket with a jar of venison chili sauce, a few cucumbers and loofahs, all of which were to be sent to Xunjiazhuang.Perhaps Xun Feiguang didn't appreciate the little help he gave Shen Ge, but Shen Ge couldn't help but be grateful.

When Shen Ge climbed to the village of Xun’s family in the middle of the mountain, the sunset had already come up, Shen Ge knocked on the door, and when the gatekeeper came out, Chen Ge smiled and handed the things to him, “Brother, I am Shen from Shenjia Village. Song, I made some venison chili sauce today, and brought it to Mr. Xun to taste, please give it to Guanshi Xun."

Shen Ge just came to Xunjiazhuang as a guest yesterday, of course the doorman remembered him, and said with a smile, "Wait a minute, I'll go find the manager."

"Hey, no need, just hand it over to Guan Xun. It's getting late, and I have to go down the mountain early."

Shen Ge was busy calling for someone, but the little brother made a bow to Shen Ge, and ran in quickly, leaving Chen Ge standing at the door, neither entering nor exiting, he could only stand there dumbfoundingly waiting for someone.

Xun Guanshi came very quickly, Shen Ge stood in front of the door and bowed to him from a distance, "Xun Guanshi."

Manager Xun smiled, "Come in and have a cup of tea."

Shen Ge repeated what he said to the little brother who was guarding the door, and then said: "It's getting late, I have to go back first, and come over to bother me next time."

"It doesn't matter, it's okay to stay in the manor for one night. My master heard you coming just now and ordered you to come in for dinner. Shen Ge'er, don't be too polite."

When Guanshi Xun said this, Shen Ge couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to hand the basket to the little brother who was guarding the gate, and followed Guanshi Xun in.

Xun Feiguang was still in the quiet room, seeing Guanshi Xun bringing Chen Ge in, he nodded with a smile: "I have a heart."

Shen Ge shook his head, a little embarrassed, "Actually, my craft is not very good, so I just brought it for you to try."

On the table in front of Xun Feiguang was a piece of paper, on which was a landscape painting. Shen Ge couldn't help but glanced at it curiously. Under the dim light, he could still see the tranquility and distance of the painting. The color is quiet and solemn.

This painting is a typical literati painting, but it is different from those literati who like to be lively and the scenery covers the whole picture. Xun Feiguang's setting is very restrained.

Xun Feiguang saw that Shen Ge's gaze was fixed on the scroll, "Chen Geer has learned painting?"

"I learned a little bit, but now I have forgotten all about it." Shen Ge smiled, "You draw really well."

Shen Ge did learn it, but it was a matter of his previous life.At that time, quality education was being advocated all over the country, and various interest classes sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. There were both in-class and extra-curricular classes. Shen Ge's parents followed the trend and enrolled Shen Ge in two classes, one in art and one in art. a martial art.

Shen Ge has no talent and is not interested. He started to learn from sketching with the students in the interest class. He knows a little about sketching and sketching. He also learned gouache, but he didn't learn it very well. It's almost the same, but there is still a little more aesthetics.

Xun Feiguang saw the light in his eyes, and asked with great interest, "Where is it good?"

Shen Ge looked at him and smiled, and replied: "Comfortable."

A trace of surprise flashed in Xun Feiguang's eyes, and he couldn't help but also laughed, "I'm really at ease with my heart free."