noffsinger Chapter 117 Oyster Omelette
Chapter 117 Oyster Omelette
Xiaoqi swallowed his saliva and stood by the stove.
Lin started to process the oysters again. The oyster meat was mixed with shell residue and had to be cleaned with water.
The oysters are big and plump, and you can tell they are very fresh just by looking at their color.
"Aunt San, is this also seafood?" The oyster meat in the water was soft, and Xiao Qi couldn't help but want to poke it.
Xiaoliu leaned over to the basin, wrinkled his nose, took a deep breath, and looked intoxicated.
"These are oysters. They're so delicious when you cook them into soup that they'll make your eyebrows drop."
Seafood such as crabs and oysters are very common in the county town. When they lived in the city before, their mother often bought them to make soup. Even if he didn't eat the oyster meat, he could drink two bowls of soup at a time.
Xiaoqi couldn't imagine the taste, so he followed Xiaoliu's example and sniffed the basin.
The two little heads covered the pottery basin tightly, and Lin smiled and shook her head.
"Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi, go to the vegetable garden and pick some green onions. Wash them while you're at it."
The two children went out happily and ran into Cui Zhaozhao who had just returned.
"Second sister, mother bought a lot of crabs and oysters. We will have oyster soup tonight." Xiaoliu was very happy and went into the vegetable garden after saying that.
Old Mrs. Cui has made the vegetable garden lively. The cucumbers have started to climb on the trellis, but the green onions have not grown up yet, with only a few rows of green onion tubes.
Cui Zhaozhao had just finished feeding the chicks. Some of the chicks regained their spirits and began to wander around the house.
Lin scooped two bowls of flour and prepared to divide the oysters into two parts, half of which was used to make soup, and the other half was used to beat a few eggs and make oyster omelette.
"Mom." Cui Zhaozhao washed his hands before entering the house. "I'm always worried when you're not home."
Lindong County is a long way away, so it’s considered a long journey.
When he helped the county find water before, he was protected by the constables, so nothing serious happened. This time, Lin and Cui Jingwen went out alone, and Cui Zhaozhao had no appetite for lunch.
Lin smiled and said, "This morning in the county town, I met a constable named Li, whom you know. He helped us find a security company. We can go back and forth by carriage, which is quite safe."
"That should be Li Shi." Cui Zhaozhao thought of another thing and told Lin about the situation of the chicks. The disease was cured, but their fate was a bit tricky.
A few dozen cents is not a small amount in the village.
When the village head handed the sick chicken to Lin last night, he probably didn't think it could be cured.
Lin added two sticks of firewood to the stove and said, "I'll ask the village head later when I deliver the crabs."
As the crabs were cooked, the whole house was instantly filled with the smell of seafood.
After picking out the crabs, Lin immediately started to make oyster omelette.
A large table was set up in the yard. A group of children lay by the door of the east room, watching Lin busy at the stove, their mouths watering.
Old Man Cui had already sat down, his smile showing from head to toe, sweeping away the gloom brought by the locusts.
The autumn harvest is coming soon, and there is no shortage of food and drink at home. Life is getting better and better.
Just waiting for the eldest and second oldest to come back.
Thinking of the second son, Old Man Cui couldn't help but look at the children from the second wife.
Wulang secretly touched the crab and licked his fingers quickly. Wulang's eyes were full of disappointment, and Erlang smiled helplessly.
They don’t know what they will do when the second brother comes back.
After all, there are still four acres of land.
Old Man Cui couldn't help but sigh.
If you want the oyster omelet to be delicious, you must not skimp on oil and eggs. Lin beat six eggs and added a lot of oil. The oyster omelet came out of the pan golden and shiny.
Lin divided the fried oysters and crabs into several portions, put them on plates, and called the children who were waiting eagerly at the door to come in.
"Silang, you and Xiaowu, take these to your aunt."
Silang brought the plate and took Xiaowu away. His uncle's family's house was not far away, and the oyster omelet smelled so delicious that he wanted to come back early to eat it.
Lin worked tirelessly, cleaning the pot. The remaining children each took a plate of fried oysters and served them out.
A pot of vegetable porridge was placed on the table in the yard. Old Mrs. Cui stood with her hands on her hips and stared at the children: "Drink the vegetable porridge first. It's not easy for your Third Aunt to earn money. You can't eat that oyster omelet as a meal."
Just now, when Old Mrs. Cui saw Lin putting white flour into the basin, her eyelids twitched violently.
Two large bowls of white flour were boiling, weighing at least one and a half pounds, and costing more than forty cents!
Old Mrs. Cui subconsciously wanted to say a few words, but Old Man Cui was staring at her from the side. She had a lot to say but couldn't, so she turned around and went back to the house to cook a big pot of vegetable porridge.
Lin is capable of making money, so she has no say on what to eat, but others have to eat the vegetable porridge first.
Lin smiled and did not expose Mrs. Cui's little thoughts.
"Dad and Mom, you guys eat first. I'm going to go to the village head uncle's house."
Oyster soup also needed to be cooked, so Cui Zhaozhao stayed at home to make the fire, while Lin called Cui Jingwen to go and deliver crabs to the village head.
The fat and fresh crabs made the village head swallow his saliva hard, but Lin's next words surprised him so much that he didn't care about his greed.
"What! The chickens were cured? Not a single one died?"
The village head freed one hand and cleaned his ears.
Lin cured the plague that couldn't even be cured in the chicken coop in just two days. He spoke in a light tone, as if it was a very ordinary little thing.
Cui Jingwen also rubbed his ears. The voice was so powerful that it hurt his ears.
The village head was stunned.
Lin smiled and said, "It's not completely cured, but a few of them have regained their spirits. The rest will probably be almost well by tomorrow."
Li Zheng immediately said, "Since you've cured them, these chicks are yours. If it weren't for you, they would have been buried in the pit long ago."
He was the head of the village and had always won people over with his virtue. Although he didn't believe that Lin could really cure the disease at that time, he would never go back on his word.
The headman's wife was yelled out of the house, and as soon as she came out, she saw Lin standing at the gate of the yard with a smile on her face.
"There are seventeen chicks in total. I'm keeping seven to cover my medical expenses, and I won't take the remaining ten."
The village head frowned and said, "That won't work. I told you at the beginning that if you can cure me, I'll give it to you."
The fried oysters continued to emit an enticing aroma, and Cui Jingwen's stomach growled twice at inopportune times.
He really wants to eat.
The food would get cold if they didn't eat it soon. Lin said quickly, "Xiao Liu is feeding the chickens at home. He's only a few years old, and he can't feed more than ten chickens. It's settled. I'll bring the chickens to you tomorrow."
After saying that, he turned and left without giving the village head a chance to speak.
"Hey..." The village head opened his mouth, "You can take the plate away."
"Stop looking and go back to the house to eat."
The headman's wife took the plate and carried it back to the house. The whole family, young and old, were sitting in front of the dining table. At this time, every family was having dinner.
As the head of the family, the village head picked up his chopsticks first and picked up a piece of fried oysters.
He had eaten oysters before, but this was the first time he had eaten them prepared in Lin's way. It was even more delicious than the original oysters.
"Compared to Cheng Liang's wife, I can't even eat the food at home."
The dinner prepared by the headman's wife was vegetable pancakes. Every family in the village ate almost the same food, and those who could afford vegetable pancakes were considered to have a good diet.
But since the fried oysters were served, the vegetable pancakes have been moved to the corner of the table.
Three palm-sized pieces of fried oysters were gone in just a few bites by each person, while Li Zheng was savorying the taste in his mouth.
"I remember oysters weren't expensive. I'll ask Cheng Liang's wife how she makes them, and then we can buy a basket of them."
The village head's eldest son answered, "They're sold in the city. I think they're ten cents a basket. I'll go into the city and buy one tomorrow."
The village head's eldest daughter-in-law couldn't help but pour cold water on the price: "It's not the oysters that are expensive, it's the ingredients in the pancakes."
Men just taste it, but only women who cook all year round can figure out the tricks.
The village head's wife picked up the last piece and broke it open for everyone to see: "To fry this, you need a lot of oil. To get this golden color, you need at least several eggs. The most important thing is the white flour. Just these three pancakes must cost at least twenty coins."
The second daughter-in-law nodded and said, "Mom is right. I heard that eggs are very expensive now. In the city, one costs four cents. Twenty cents probably won't be enough."
The men were stunned. They should have eaten more slowly.
Youxi was quick-witted and broke off a piece of vegetable cake and scraped off the oil drops on the bottom of the plate.