Chapter 124: Stir-fry 1 dish
Chapter 124: Stir-fry 1 dish
Shen Miaozhu noticed Grandpa's movements and quickly changed the subject, "Grandpa, I pickled a lot of beans at the end of summer. I'd like to see if I can sell them in food stores or restaurants."
"Okay, bring it to me." Grandpa likes his granddaughter to inherit his talent in cooking.
When Shen Lingzhu received the signal from her senior sister, she quickly put down the bowl and moved the pickled vegetable jar.
After a while, after trying the pickled sour beans, grandpa said that Dazhuzi had inherited his true skills, and used it to make a special dish of stir-fried sour beans with pork liver.
This dish is sour, spicy, smooth and very appetizing, so much so that Mrs. Hu, who had eaten it once, was still thinking about it a few days later.
Then one morning, just after waking up, she said to Shen Huai who was getting dressed, "Today I really want to eat stir-fried pork with sour beans.
Well, it’s not Miaozhu’s, it’s the one Uncle Huang cooked.”
"Haha, how about we find a reason to visit him and ask Uncle Huang to make a dish for us?" The closer the due date is, the weirder my wife's taste becomes.
Shen Huai teased her deliberately. Last time she said she wanted to eat it, but after Miao Zhu cooked it, she didn't take many bites with her chopsticks. She told him privately that the taste was different.
But the next moment, his laughter stopped abruptly, because just as Mrs. Hu lifted the quilt, she immediately withdrew her hands, supported her belly, and said, "The baby is coming! Hurry and call the midwife."
Seeing that the master was still stunned and motionless, she had no choice but to shout at the top of her voice: "Miaozhu, Lingzhu, I'm giving birth!"
"What?" In the west room, Shen Lingzhu, who had been picking grapes for several days, was still lying in bed. When she heard her aunt's call, she sat up from the bed and rushed into her aunt's room without even putting on her shoes.
Mrs. Hu was at a loss when she saw her barefoot rushing towards her. Then she saw that the master couldn't even tie his belt, so she couldn't help but stroke her forehead and said, "Go find your second sister."
"Oh oh." Shen Lingzhu didn't notice any big changes in her aunt, and went straight to the kitchen.
Finding her senior sister wasn't there, and the west wing door was open but no one was there, she ran towards the main door again. In the blink of an eye, she bumped into her senior sister who was carrying a fishing basket. "Senior sister is about to give birth!"
"..." When Shen Miaozhu heard her junior sister's words, her mind froze for a moment, but she came to her senses quickly and immediately realized that her aunt was about to give birth.
So he threw down the fish basket and ran to the main house: "Go to the village and ask Granny Ding for help."
"Okay." Shen Lingzhu forgot that she was not wearing shoes and rushed out the door without noticing that there was a live fish jumping on the ground.
She was running too fast and was hit by a stone when she rushed down the gentle slope. Only then did she realize that she was not wearing shoes.
I bent down and brushed off the stone. Fortunately, it just hit my foot and I wasn't injured, but it hurt!
When she stood up and limped back home, her eldest brother and a group of cousins came back from chopping firewood.
Shen Xianzhu dropped the firewood on his shoulders and went to pick up his barefoot sister, who was only wearing an undershirt. "Xiao Zhuzi, what's wrong with you?"
Then he shouted to the young men behind him: "Stop, turn around."
"No, my aunt is about to give birth!
Cousin Zhi, if anyone knows where Grandma Ding lives, please ask her to deliver the baby.
Call the second grandmother again. "Shen Lingzhu held her eldest brother down, but when her eldest brother heard the first sentence, he left her and ran home. She had no choice but to turn around and tell Huang Xunzhi that the Chang family brothers were fine, as they didn't recognize many people.
The young men turned around quickly, and Huang Xunzhi said, "I know where Granny Ding lives. Fourth brother, come with me to get some help, and fifth brother, go get Second Granny.
"Little Bamboo, stop running around and go boil some water."
Then, after experiencing the hustle and bustle of his mother giving birth to his younger brother, he arranged for the Chang family to quickly drop the firewood and go home to fetch buckets of water.
Shen Lingzhu agreed with his plan and added, "Cousin Chang'an, take someone with you to the Qixing Temple to invite Taoist Zhiyuan. Don't forget to ask him to bring the two nuns along."
"Okay." The brothers went their separate ways.
When she returned home, she saw her uncle in the kitchen, with the stove packed full. He didn't even bother to put on his shoes and took over the task of boiling water.
Seeing the eldest brother who was kicked out running to the kitchen in a panic, his behavior was not exactly the same as his own just now, but very similar.
So Shen Lingzhu said, "Brother, go pick up Grandma Ding."
"Okay." Shen Xianzhu received the task and turned to leave. Just as he took a step, he turned back and said, "Second sister asked me to boil some water."
"My uncle and I will boil the water. Someone will go and call Granny Ding and the doctor. You just need to go and get the nearest midwife." She held down her uncle's hand as he was adding more firewood to the stove.
He comforted her, "Don't be afraid, uncle, brother. We are all here. Nothing will happen. Come, take a deep breath... inhale... exhale..."
While the father and son inside and outside the kitchen were breathing steadily under her instructions, Shen Miaozhu in the main room was also teaching her aunt to breathe steadily.
Mrs. Hu smiled and said, "It's okay, the amniotic fluid just broke, and the time for delivery hasn't come yet.
You've taken good care of me these past few months."
"Then I'll cook some fried eggs for you?" Shen Miaozhu felt her pulse and looked at her expression. She didn't look like she was going to give birth anytime soon.
But she couldn't leave, so she quickly walked out of the inner room and shouted to the yard: "Brother, cook a pot of fried eggs."
"Got it. Do you need it?" The eldest brother had already gone to pick someone up, and Shen Lingzhu responded from the kitchen.
Shen Miaozhu paused for a moment, then suddenly changed into a living person, "Who's going to ask for the midwife?"
"Cousin Zhi." Shen Lingzhu moved quickly and boiled two pots at the same time.
She brought a clay pot and cracked a dozen eggs. After a while, she boiled them, poured them out, and added sugar. She said to her uncle, who was in a state of anxiety, "Uncle, have a bowl of water too. I'll take it to my aunt."
"No, I'll do it." Shen Huai calmed himself down, picked up the tray and took food to the main room.
Seeing him come back, Mrs. Hu couldn't help but stroke her forehead and said, "You go wait outside, it's not time yet."
"I'll feed you." Shen Huai didn't leave.
Mrs. Hu said, "I haven't washed my face or rinsed my mouth yet."
"I'll wash it for you." Shen Huai put down the bowl and turned to look for the washbasin.
Shen Miaozhu, who was fed with dog food, really didn't want to disturb them, but her uncle had no choice but to keep circling an empty bowl back and forth.
She had no choice but to shout loudly for her senior sister to bring hot water again. Unexpectedly, Shen Lingzhu, who had just washed out a pot, thought she was giving birth, so she scooped out a bucket of hot water from another big pot and brought it in.
It was only then that Shen Miaozhu realized that her junior sister was walking barefoot. She pinched her brows and said, "It's not time yet. Don't be so flustered. Go put on your clothes and shoes."
When Shen Lingzhu had packed up and came out, Grandma Ding was carried into the yard by her cousin.
A professional midwife arrived and also determined that it would take a while longer for the baby to be born.
Immediately afterwards, the second grandmother came with her daughters-in-law, followed by the eldest grandmother and Master Shen.
So Shen Lingzhu and her senior sister were suddenly treated like their uncle and elder brother and were kicked out of the room together.
"I'm sure everyone hasn't had breakfast yet. Xiao Zhuzi and I will go cook." There are many pots at home, and Shen Miaozhu is also planning to build a temporary stove as a backup.
Shen Huai suddenly thought of something and chased after his two nieces, saying, "Your aunt wants to eat stir-fried pork liver with sour beans."
Shen Miaozhu nodded: "Okay, I'll go get ready."
"I'll ride my donkey to ask grandma to weigh fresh pork liver." Shen Lingzhu also called her cousin Zhi to join them.
Shen Huai said: "No, let your eldest brother go with you, and ask grandpa to help fry a dish."
The two sisters looked at each other and nodded in unison.
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