Things about village flowers

"Brother, I’m coming!"About half an hour later, Uncle Zhao walked into my grandfather's house carrying a baggage. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted into the yard. The sound was like a loud bell, which could be heard by the whole village.

Everyone came out of the room together, and Uncle Zhao had already left. When I entered the yard, I saw him with a red face and a cheerful smile. He was holding a bundle in his right hand and swaying his left hand like a beat, shouting,"I'm here, let's see what treasure I bring!""

"Okay, okay, stop shouting, I’m afraid the whole village won’t know you’re coming!"My father stepped forward and grabbed Uncle Zhao's left hand and shouted. His voice was louder than Uncle Zhao's, but he couldn't help but stare at the baggage he was holding in his right hand. He saw a casserole wrapped in the baggage, and he vaguely smelled something in the casserole. The meaty aroma wafts out, a bit like chicken. It could be casserole chicken stew, but it is much more fragrant than ordinary casserole chicken stew.

"Hehe, do you see clearly, brother?"Uncle Zhao then stared at his father and smiled.

"You see clearly, it’s just a casserole."My father shook off Uncle Zhao's hand and responded calmly. He deliberately didn't say casserole stewed chicken. He was not sure. He was afraid that he would make a mistake and be laughed at by Uncle Zhao.

"Needless to say, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance. I’m just asking if you can guess what’s in the casserole?"Uncle Zhao specifically mentioned the burden to his father and asked

"Hey, his uncle, isn’t there a casserole with chicken stew? Everyone can smell the smell of chicken."Grandma stepped forward and pointed at the baggage and said.

When grandma said this, everyone agreed and praised Uncle Zhao for stewing the chicken well.

At this moment, the fragrance of the chicken was getting stronger and stronger, and I found that the baggage was a little wet with water. It must be The chicken soup overflowed from the casserole, and the whole yard was instantly filled with fragrance. The magpies on the old elm tree screamed very happily, and they must have been smoked. Don't tell me

, Uncle Zhao's chicken is really well stewed. I'm so greedy that I started drooling. , couldn't help but reach out to help Uncle Zhao take the baggage, but Uncle Zhao refused to let him go, and then said to everyone:

"Yes, it is indeed stewed chicken, so who can guess what kind of chicken is stewed?"

"Domestic chicken, old hen."Grandma touched the baggage in Uncle Zhao's hand again and said

"Well," my father said, crossing his arms and staring at the casserole,"this chicken stew is really fragrant, and the heat is just right. Most people can't stew it like this."My father also confirmed that it was chicken.

"Haha, that’s right, my (wife) is the best at making chicken stew!"Uncle Zhao said proudly

""Hey," my father suddenly clapped his hands hard and said,"Look, I should have thought of it a long time ago!" I was almost fooled by your old business guy."

"ah?"Uncle Zhao couldn't help shouting. He probably couldn't hide it from his father.

"Pheasant!"The father shouted loudly.

Uncle Zhao listened and nodded with a smile.

The father then said,"I had eaten it during the war before. At that time, I was really greedy, so I took a gun and went up to the mountain to hunt pheasants."

"Haha, eldest brother is still awesome! Today, we brothers will use it to drink wine and get drunk!"Uncle Zhao said with a smile. Then he handed the baggage to grandma who was waiting eagerly to take over. Grandma took the baggage and went to the main room.

""Hey, mother," my father caught up with grandma and said,"Share some more for everyone to try. Haha, a little wine is enough. Let our Sissi eat more. I didn't hear that this chicken It was her Uncle Zhao who made it specially to thank our Sissi."

"Haha, okay, okay, mother knows."Grandma responded and walked into the main room.

"Yes, yes, eldest niece, your hard work has paid off, and you are the most qualified to eat this chicken today. Eat more, haha."Uncle Zhao said to his sister who was following closely.

The sister smiled without saying a word, and then walked to the pot house with Ling Simei and Zhao Qingmei to continue busy with dinner.

At this time, my grandfather returned home from the cattle farm and smelled the fragrance of pheasant. And he guessed it was pheasant at once, because he was a well-informed old man. Grandpa simply washed his hands and went directly to the main room with my father, Uncle Zhao and me. The first half of the pot was given to grandma to stew pheasant. Drink wine with one dish, and other dishes can be served later. In fact, this dish alone is enough, and other dishes will have no taste.

"Hey, I said, Uncle Zhao, how did you get this pheasant?"My father asked as he arrived at a piece of pheasant to eat.

"No," Uncle Zhao chewed the pheasant and said,"My second son went up the mountain to shoot it with a slingshot this afternoon."

"ah!"I couldn't help but exclaimed,"It's so powerful! I have only heard of people using slingshots to shoot housekeepers (sparrows) and seasonal birds (cicadas), and I have done so. This is the first time I heard of people using slingshots to shoot pheasants."

"Well," my father said after swallowing a mouthful of pheasant that he had chewed for a while,"it is quite powerful. Pheasants are very vigilant and will fly away early at the slightest sign of trouble. They are very difficult to fight. I know this. Back then, Fortunately, I shoot with a gun. It doesn’t matter if it’s far away. Our marksmanship is accurate. It will definitely hit the mark every time. Every shot will be accurate. We can’t waste a bullet. Bullets are more expensive than pheasant gold. It’s just that everyone is hungry and anxious. In particular, the sick and wounded were in urgent need of nutrition and had to be beaten as a last resort. At that time, bullets would not be easily exchanged for pheasants, and bullets had to be kept to hit the enemy."

"Hey, stop just talking, come and drink!"Grandpa raised his wine cup to everyone and said. Grandpa usually doesn't talk much and only enjoys a few sips. Now he can't wait.

Grandpa first drank a cup of wine in one gulp, and then exhaled a big breath of wine, which was pretty He looked cheerful. My father looked at grandpa and smiled, and then quietly drank all the wine in the wine cup. Uncle Zhao and I were busy eating chicken, just holding the wine cup without moving our mouths.

"Hey, you two look so good holding wine glasses!"Grandpa picked up the jug and poured wine for my father and himself, and then urged Uncle Zhao and me. Grandpa is used to drinking wine in a hurry, one cup after another, but he doesn't drink much, and he stops drinking after a while. Sitting on the side, smoking a cigarette pot and enjoying watching others drinking and chatting

"Oh, just drink it now. Why does this pheasant taste more delicious the more you chew it? I really can’t bear to swallow it, haha."Uncle Zhao was still holding the wine cup while chewing and talking.

I drank the wine without waiting to swallow the pheasant.

My father stared at Uncle Zhao's still squirming oily mouth and said,"Don't tell me, this pheasant is still here today. It really smells like that of the past. Hey, time flies so fast. I haven’t eaten pheasant in twenty or thirty years. I didn’t expect that we would catch up today. It’s so worth it to go home this time!"

"Come to think of it, it’s not just because of your niece Sissy!"Uncle Zhao finally swallowed the chicken that he had been chewing for a long time and said to his father.

"Oh," his father clapped his hands to Uncle Zhao across from him and said,"By the way, I almost forgot. Uncle, you said this pheasant was a thank you to Sissi. What's going on? Tell me quickly.!"

"Oh," Uncle Zhao picked up the wine cup and said to his father,"After I drink this cup of wine, I will talk slowly."