novelaction Chapter 157 Dividing Buns
Chapter 157 Dividing Buns
The fence surrounding the yard has been completed, except for a gate. However, it is much better than in the morning. Zhou Guo looked at the house and felt that it was not in good condition yet. He would ask someone to fix it in the next few days.
The Zhou family was busy moving things into the house.
"Come, move into this room and put it on the bed. The roof of this room is wide and there are not so many holes. Be careful with these cloths and don't drop them, otherwise the materials will get dirty before the clothes can be made." Li gave the orders while holding a quilt.
Zhou Guo carried a quilt in one hand and went into the house quickly.
When she put the things down and came out again, the cart was empty. The horses and cows were led into the yard and the cart was unloaded. It was really efficient.
"Sir, aunt, uncle, Guoguo, and my brothers will be ready to eat soon." Zhou Xing shouted from the side. Her meal was almost ready, so she came back just in time.
Zhou Guo looked towards the corner of the yard and saw the old man sitting on a stone, scraping a piece of rabbit skin in his hand.
She walked over, squatted down and looked at the piece of snow-white rabbit skin in his hand. There were two other pieces like this next to it. It was so white that she fell in love with it at first sight. She smiled and asked, "Master, are you going to give me this rabbit skin after it's tanned?"
The old man glanced at her and lowered his head again, his hands not stopping, "You are not polite at all. You are thinking about it before the tanning is finished. Fortunately, I am a pauper, otherwise I would doubt your real purpose of becoming your disciple."
He said that, but he didn't deny it.
Zhou Guo smiled happily, and took out a large paper bag from his bag and opened it. "I knew that Master was the best. Come, look, the meat buns I bought for you are delicious."
The old man immediately looked up, his eyes lit up when he saw the oil paper bag in her hand, and he reached out to take one.
Zhou Guo turned his hand away and said, "It's cold. I'll go heat it up. You don't have to work anymore. It's time to eat."
Holding the paper bag, he went to find Zhou Xing and said, "Sister, I bought a lot of steamed buns. Can you heat them up for me?"
He took out all the paper bags from the bag, and the bulging bags immediately deflated.
When the Zhou family heard that there were buns, they all came over and said, "There are buns. Let me see... Guoguo, how many buns did you buy? So many paper bags?"
On the way back, they ate three buns and five steamed buns, and there were seventeen buns left. Five steamed buns, five buns in one paper bag, a total of five bags.
Zhou Guo opened the paper packages. "Twenty buns and ten steamed buns. We ate a few on the way. There are still seventeen buns and five steamed buns left." She took out the buns and steamed buns and handed them to Zhou Xing. "Sister, they are all hot, right?"
More than twenty steamed buns were placed on the steaming mat, which was quite spectacular.
The Zhou family members gathered around the pot and didn't move. Buns, how long has it been since they last had buns? How many years, right?
In the past, the elders would go out to look for work during the slack season. When they were paid well, they would bring back two strings of candied haws, a few candies, snacks, and a few buns, which they would share with the whole family.
I've never eaten a whole one, and I've never seen so many. It doesn't feel like buying buns, it feels like selling buns.
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "Now that we have the buns to eat, I don't even care about the pot of rabbit meat I made."
Zhou Guo looked into the pottery cauldron, which was full of rabbit meat and various fresh wild vegetables. She turned her head and asked the old man beside her, "Master, are all the rabbits you caught in the mountains today here? Where did you go? Is the mountain big? Are there many prey? I'll go with you tomorrow."
The old man nodded and said, "Duo, Da, if I have nothing to do some other day, I will take you for a walk so that you can get familiar with the surrounding terrain. Don't go to a new place and know nothing. If the barbarians come and attack us, you will have a place to escape."
As he said this, he didn't turn his head, but stared at the pot, waiting for the meat buns to come out of the pot.
She actually felt a little pity for her master when she saw him like this. She recalled the simple and delicious meals she had eaten and thought that if she had some free time one day, she would cook a good meal to reward her master, as he worked very hard.
Soon, the buns were ready. They only needed to be heated up once they had cooled down. The fire was still on.
As soon as Zhou Xing opened the lid of the pot, the aroma of the meat buns spread along with the hot steam, and everyone closed their eyes and took a deep breath.
"Oh, it smells so good!"
“It really tastes like meat buns!”
I was even more reluctant to leave the pot because I had to smell the fragrance a few more times before it dissipated.
Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Alright, alright, one for each of you. Hurry up and wash your hands after working all afternoon. Then you can eat the buns."
Zhou Guo had eaten two steamed buns and a steamed bun at noon, but now he only wanted one steamed bun and one steamed bun, since there was still so much rice left. The big pot of rabbit meat stewed with wild vegetables in the earthenware pot was a delicacy that was hard to get at other times.
Each person got a steamed bun and a steamed bun. If there were not enough steamed buns, some people would eat two buns. The two sick children of Mrs. Xu naturally ate two buns. Mrs. Li also got two for the old man, and Zhou Dacang also got two. After all, he did not eat the meat bun he had at noon and gave it to Zhou Guo.
After looking around, he gave the remaining one to Zhou Mi. After all, Zhou Mai was older than Zhou Mi and was his older brother.
Zhou Mi took a look, silently broke a bun into two halves, and put the other half into Zhou Guo's bowl.
Zhou Guo was stunned and took the bun back, "Third brother, I have it. I ate two at noon."
"You had lunch and you're not eating now?" Zhou Mi said and then divided the remaining half of the bun into two halves and put the other half into Zhou Mai's bowl.
Zhou Mai took a look and took out half of his steamed bun and gave it to him.
The two brothers smiled at each other. In the past, when there was delicious food every year, the brothers and sisters in the family would divide it in this way.
Zhou Guo was filled with emotion, thinking that his family members were so nice. They shared the bun with others and gave half of it to himself, putting the other half in his elder sister Zhou Xing's bowl.
The eldest sister raised her head and smiled at her gently, her smile was so beautiful.
Li smiled and said, "Alright, alright, eat quickly, or the food will get cold."
The old man picked up a piece of rabbit meat with chopsticks and took a bite, and then the Zhou family members started to eat the buns in their bowls. The soft dough wrapped around the juicy, rich and salty bun filling was so delicious that people couldn't stop eating it, and everyone's eyes lit up.
At this time, half of the sun's face had not yet set, and the rays of light filled the dilapidated courtyard. The family was eating a contented dinner around the pottery pot.
After dinner, everyone went about their own business. Zhou Guo planned to go and see what she had bought today. She had not yet seen the farm tools her uncle had bought.
As I approached the house, I saw Zhou Dacang quietly fiddling with the farm tools he had bought.
"Uncle, have you bought a saw? The roof beams are broken and need to be re-laid. We need to pick a day to go into the mountains and cut down trees."