Cheng wanted to marinate the meat slices with starch and egg white, blanch a handful of bean sprouts in hot water, stir-fry two spoons of bean paste in a pot, boil the water over high heat, add the marinated fish fillets to the pot, and stir them up.
Cook for three to five minutes, remove from the pan, sprinkle with Sichuan peppercorns and chili segments, heat the pan with oil, pour it onto the prepared fish fillets, and sprinkle with some green onions.
The fragrant boiled fish fillets are ready.
Zhou Jinhua kept lighting the fire, and Cheng Xiang ignored her. At first, she kept talking, but then she watched Cheng Xiang cook.
When the fish fillets came out of the pan, I couldn't help but swallow.
"This girl is really good at cooking, isn't she just showing off her beauty and food?" Zhou Jinhua muttered in her heart.
Cheng Xiang was minding his own business, stir-frying some green vegetables but missing some tofu soup, and took out the flatbread he had eaten in the morning and heated it up. The meal was ready.
Cheng thought of calling the children back for dinner outside.
The children ran in the door happily. When they saw Zhou Jinhua standing at the door, they all stopped smiling and went back to the house honestly.
Cheng Xiang took off his apron, looked at Zhou Jinhua, and asked politely: "Cousin, do you want to have a meal here?"
Zhou Jinhua walked straight to the dining table with her head raised and sat down on the main seat: "Eat."
Cheng Xiang was really dumbfounded now. He was just being polite. He had never seen such a thick-skinned person.
As soon as she sat down, the children became more obedient, and the usual atmosphere of laughter and laughter during meals was completely gone.
Zhou Yang didn't even dare to speak.
Zhou Jinhua took a bite of the food, her eyes lit up, and she looked at Cheng Xiang in disbelief.
Cheng Xiang ignored her look and continued to eat by himself. Looking at the children's reserved expressions, he thought for a while.
He cleared his throat and said, "The last person to finish eating today washes the dishes. The one who finishes first will be rewarded with 2 white rabbits."
When Zhou Yang heard this, he finished the flatbread in two or three mouthfuls, and then ate vegetables and soup.
Not to be outdone, Zhou Tianxing and Qing'er began to eat in a panic.
Zhou Jinhua looked dumbfounded as the children devoured their food, then turned to look at Cheng Xiang, who was chewing slowly and smiling slightly.
I just took a bite of the pie in my hand.
Zhou Yang put down his chopsticks and said, "Mom, I've finished eating." He didn't even have time to wipe the rice residue from his mouth.
Zhou Tianxing had just swallowed the last mouthful of soup, and Qing'er had just stuffed a piece of cake into his mouth. They both looked at Zhou Yang stupidly, with anger coming out of their eyes.
Qing'er shouted aggrievedly: "Mom, look at my brother, he swallowed it without even chewing it. He cheated."
Zhou Yang raised his neck and said, "Who said I didn't chew it? I have a thick throat, so I don't need to chew it so much. Who told you to have a thin throat?"
Cheng Xiang put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Have you finished eating? They all behaved very well. Mom decided to reward each person with two white rabbits today."
The children clapped their hands happily.
Cheng Xiang took the children to get the candies and planned to go out for a walk. When he passed the dining table, he looked at Zhou Jinhua who was still eating and said, "My cousin hasn't finished eating yet? I'll trouble you to wash the dishes. I'll take care of the children." We went for a walk."
After saying that, he led the children out of the door, leaving a confused Zhou Jinhua: "Do you include me in your relationship? I am Zhou Tianlei's eldest sister, your eldest aunt, you want me to wash the dishes?"
Zhou Jinhua looked unconvinced and turned around to get angry. Cheng Xiang could no longer see the shadow of returning the children.
Cheng Xiang took the children for a walk on the path outside the village.
The children let out a long sigh of relief when they were outside the house.
"Hey, why is this aunt here again?" Qing'er said sadly.
"Yeah, my butt hurts when I see her." Zhou Yang pouted and said.
"Why?" Cheng wanted to ask.
Zhou Yang sighed and said, "I haven't been beaten by her before. She slapped my butt hard with the sole of her shoe."
While talking, he rubbed his butt.
Cheng Xiang was surprised that she was really a vicious aunt?
Zhou Tianxing next to him said to him, "Why didn't you tell me why you were spanked? You ran into the river to play and a leech got into your butt. If my aunt hadn't arrived in time, she would have spanked you with the sole of her shoe and forced the leech out. , your blood has been sucked dry by leeches now."
Zhou Yang scratched his head in embarrassment: "I think she was seeking revenge and took the opportunity to hit me."
Zhou Tianxing: "That's not because you were disobedient and insisted on going into the river to catch fish. Your feet got tangled in water plants. If my aunt hadn't jumped in to save you, you would have drowned. She was so angry that she beat you."
Zhou Yang pursed his lips and snorted: "Anyway, she really hit me every time, so hard, unlike my mother who always raised it high and dropped it gently, reluctant to hit me."
"Hey, I asked you why you refuse to change despite repeated admonishment. So it turns out that I didn't hit you hard enough? I understand, Tian Xing, go back later and help me find a thicker wicker stick for later use." Cheng Xiang said jokingly.
"Okay" Tian Xing agreed with a smile.
Zhou Yang was dumbfounded, slapped his mouth twice, and begged for mercy: "Mom, Mom, I was talking nonsense. My mouth just stopped working, so I was talking nonsense."
Qing'er took over and said: "Brother, your mouth is just as disobedient as you are. It's just because the beating was too light. Do you want my help?"
Little ghost, Cheng Xiang laughed and rubbed Qing'er's head.
"So, this aunt is very good to you?" Cheng wanted to ask.
Zhou Tianxing nodded: "Actually, my cousin is very nice, but she has a hot personality and loves to be anxious. My eldest brother grew up with her when he was a child. She didn't want to eat what she had, so she gave it to my eldest brother. Later, he became a soldier. I'm leaving, please take care of me.
My mother died at that time, and that woman would always beat me when she came into the house. She would beat me in the dark for fear of being seen by my father. Once, she saw the wound on my thigh, and she led me to confront the woman. , the woman refused to admit it, and my father even scolded my cousin, saying that she was causing trouble and stirring up trouble.
Later, my cousin intercepted the woman on the mountain road outside the village and beat her, also in the dark. She also warned the woman that if you dare to speak out, you will beat her again, every time you see her, until she is beaten. She played until she was honest.
Later, when the woman saw her cousin, she hid away. The cousin's reputation as a shrewd woman spread throughout the villages, and she never found her husband's family. When she was almost 30, a man from out of town fell in love with her and married her. "
Cheng Xiang listened quietly. He was indeed a shrewd one. He smiled and said to the children, "I see you are so afraid of her. You thought she was also an evil aunt."
Tian Xing smiled and said, "She is very strict. She is not allowed to go into the river, climb the tree, or play truant. If you don't obey, you will be beaten."
Zhou Yang said leisurely: "If you fight with others, if you lose, you will also get beaten."
"Huh?" Cheng Xiang laughed wildly.
"Yes, I promised to be rewarded with chicken legs, but if I lost, I would be punished by standing." Qing'er added at the side.
Cheng Xiang thought that maybe his aunt felt that the children were weak in the village because they had no mother, so they should practice their courage to avoid being offended.
