The rooster was bought and raised after the autumn harvest last year. It was fed with bean dregs and is now quite big and fat. Li Ping'an chopped it into pieces and put it into an earthen jar. After adding ginger and water, he covered the mouth of the jar with kraft paper and tightened the lid. He passed a wooden stick through the handle of the earthen jar and put the earthen jar into the earthen stove.
In his previous life, he grew up with his grandparents in the countryside. When he was a child, his grandmother used firewood to simmer chicken soup like this, but it was only in this life that he actually made it himself. The three Li Erlin brothers separated early, and they each lived their own lives when Li Pingan was seven years old. As the eldest son of the second wife, Li Pingan took the initiative to help share the housework early on.
After adding a piece of firewood to the stove, Li Pingan walked out of the kitchen again, put on the raincoat and bamboo hat he had taken off before and went to the backyard. The backyard was half an acre in size. Except for a chicken pen, most of the remaining land was planted. There are quite a lot of varieties of vegetables, such as ginger, garlic, onions, leeks, lettuce, spinach, artemisia, fern, mustard, etc.
After cutting the leeks and plucking the green onions, Li Ping'an returned to the kitchen and took out a few eggs from a small basket on the shelf. He planned to fry scrambled eggs with leeks later, and make some green onions to mix with tofu.
Looking at his eldest brother busy with other things, Li Fugui, who was cooking in the small stove, looked ashamed. His eldest brother had basically done all the work at home. At most, he was only a helper. A child of his age in the village could not Few people can be as relaxed as he is.
"Brother, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have made you unhappy."
"Don't do this next time." After a pause, Li Pingan said again, "I also want to apologize to you. I shouldn't have kicked you just now."
Fugui waved his hand quickly, "No, no, no, it doesn't hurt me at all when you kick me."
That's still a soft kick...
Li Ping'an complained secretly. He was indeed angry just now, but he still held back his strength when he kicked him. After all, as an adult mentally, let alone Fugui being his biological brother, even if he wasn't, normally he wouldn't use it. Kick an eight-year-old as hard as you can.
Before lunch was ready, Mom and Dad came back. When Chen Dajuan saw the pile of chicken feathers under the eaves of the kitchen, her eyes widened.
"Li Ping'an, you killed the chicken again!" She knew without thinking that it was Li Ping'an who killed the chicken. No one in the family dared to kill her chicken without telling her, including Li Erlin. Only the brave Li Ping'an did this, and this wasn't the first time.
Such a heavy rain could not extinguish the anger in her voice. Ji Xiang Ruyi and Xing Long who were playing in the main room were startled. Fugui in the kitchen trembled and looked at Li Ping'an worriedly.
Li Ping'an didn't panic at all, and walked out with a playful smile, "Mom, this chicken deserves to be killed. Today it dares to kick Xiao Ruyi, tomorrow it dares to kick Xinglong, the day after tomorrow it dares to kick Jixiang, and in a few days, it dares to fly You pooped on my head!"
As he said that, he patted his thigh in annoyance, "Oops, I forgot to catch those two roosters to watch me kill the chickens. Mom, how about we kill another one tomorrow? I will definitely kill them in front of all the chickens tomorrow." Kill the chicken for the noodles.”
Chen Dajuan couldn't hold back any longer and laughed out loud. She pointed at Li Ping'an and said, "Hey Li Ping'an, just kill me a chicken. Do you want to kill another one tomorrow? Do you have to kill again the day after tomorrow?" One, huh?"
"If you don't kill me, I won't kill you, and I won't kill you tomorrow." Li Ping'an gave up as soon as he could, but he couldn't really make me angry. In this era, beating children is simple, crude, common and normal. He has nothing to do on this rainy day. She was idle, but when she became anxious, she really took action.
After glancing at my mother, he said cautiously: "Mom, what you just said is just kill a chicken..."
"Huh~?" Chen Dajuan's tone fluctuated and she stared at Li Ping'an, "Do I mean this?"
"Mother~"
"Forget it, forget it." Chen Dajuan waved her hand. Seeing that Li Ping'an's expression became relaxed, she glared at him again, "If you keep going, let's see if I can beat you up!"
"Thank you, mother!" Li Ping'an smiled and turned back to the kitchen.
He knew that my mother was acting like this just because the thunder was loud and the rain was small. If she really wanted to care about her like that, how could she let him continue cooking without even hiding the eggs?
Chen Dajuan sighed inwardly. This eldest son is good at everything. He is sensible, smart, considerate and good at making money. But he is too greedy. He has to eat three meals a day, at least one of which is dry rice. He also eats an egg and candy snacks a day. There is no shortage of purchases.
It’s a good thing that he can pick some things and cut firewood from the mountains to sell, and he can also find a living for his family to make tofu and bean cakes. Otherwise, how can ordinary families stand up to his work, not even the richest village chief’s family in the village? Eat like this.
Forget it, he can spend whatever he wants with the money he earns. In the past few years, the family has saved a lot of money by selling tofu and bean cakes, and there is no need to worry about him not having enough money when he wants to get married in a few years.
"Mom, please don't scold Da Guo!" Little Ruyi stumbled to her mother's side, grabbed her mother's hand and shook it, while she begged for mercy for her elder brother in a milky voice, "Da Guo is helping me take revenge. , Da Guo even gave me and my brothers and sisters some candy to eat!"
"Mom, I know, I won't scold your eldest brother anymore!" Chen Dajuan bent down and picked up Xiao Ruyi, pinching her little nose lovingly, "I know you only have your eldest brother in your eyes!"
Little Ruyi shyly pressed her face against the side of her mother's face and said loudly: "I like your mother so much too~"
Chen Dajuan was speechless for a while, her ears were almost deafened by your yelling. Do you like your mother like this?
After being tired of kissing her mother for a while, little Ruyi twisted her body to get off the ground, and Chen Dajuan put her down. Little Ruyi walked into the kitchen with crooked steps, found Li Ping'an and asked for credit: "Big pot, big pot, mother said no." I scolded you."
Li Ping'an: "...I understand, get out quickly."
Xiao Ruyi didn't leave, "Da Guo, I still want to eat candy~"
"It's gone today, it won't be there until tomorrow!" Li Ping'an knew that the little guy must be asking for something when he took the initiative to ask for credit.
Xiao Ruyi pursed her lips with a look of disappointment, but she didn't insist on insisting. Just when she turned around and was about to leave, she heard the third brother say, "I still have some candy here, give it to you!"
"!!!" Li Ping'an was stunned as he watched Fugui take out a piece of candy wrapped in oil paper from his chest, "Is this the piece I gave you just now?"
Seeing Fugui nodding, Li Ping'an showed disgust. Just now he clearly saw Fugui put a whole piece of candy in his mouth!
But Xiao Ruyi doesn't know, but even if she knows, she won't dislike it. This is sweet candy, so it's good to have it.
Li Ping'an couldn't stand it, "Forget it, Ruyi, don't eat the third brother's candy. Brother will give you a piece after eating the morning meal."
Xiao Ruyi was very obedient and obediently gave the candy back to Fugui. Then she found a small stool and sat down. She supported her chin with her hands and looked at Li Ping'an with her big eyes.
Li Pingan was so cute that she couldn't resist. He felt soft and put down what he was doing. After washing his hands, he went back to the room and took out four more candies. He couldn't just give them to Xiao Ruyi, they also wanted to give them wealth, good luck, prosperity and prosperity. .
When he returned to the kitchen, Chen Dajuan had already taken over the work he had just done. He looked around and found no other work. He gave the candy to Fugui and drove him away. He sat down and pushed the burning wood towards the stove. , asked curiously: "Mom, why did uncle ask you to go?"
