Chapter 241 Fried Meatballs
The day after tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. Old Mrs. Shen got up early in the morning and started chopping meat to prepare frying meatballs.
Mrs. Shen promised her children to make more meatballs this year. She felt that five kilograms of meat was enough for making meatballs.
The meatballs are eaten by several families together, and everyone from the first, second and third rooms has to contribute one pound of meat.
In fact, you can't make many meatballs with five pounds of meat. After all, they have a large family, and meatballs are the most delicious food for them. After frying, each person can eat two and they will be gone. It is estimated that they will not be left until New Year's Eve.
Shen Shuyu got up early. She was really lucky today. The meat stall still had three pounds of lean meat, a pair of pig ears, half a pig's trotter, six pounds of shanks and ribs, and a piece of pig's blood.
Shen Shuyu waved his hand and took out the money and bought it all.
She was so generous that the butcher looked at her several times in surprise. No wonder the uncle was surprised. There were not many people who bought meat like her these days. Most people bought one or half a pound of meat, and there were also many people who bought several ounces of meat.
The uncle weighed the meat, calculated the money, and put the meat and bones into Shen Shuyu's backpack.
Shen Shuyu felt that the meat was not enough, so she went to the black market and bought two pig's trotters and five pounds of pork belly.
When Old Mrs. Shen saw that her eldest granddaughter had bought so much meat, she didn't say anything like there was no need to buy so much. She smiled and asked her daughter to hang up all the meat and keep it for later consumption.
Meat is not something you can buy whenever you want. Her little girl is lucky today as she can buy so much meat. In this weather, the meat can be stored for several months without any problem. Whenever she wants to eat meat, she can just cut some out and have it at any time.
There is not much meat on the shanks and ribs, as the butcher has already removed all the meat from them.
It's okay to use it to make soup, but if you want to eat the ribs, you can only chew the bones, there is no meat.
Shen Shuyu loves to drink soup made from pork ribs and pork shanks, with two white radishes and a handful of mushrooms added in. The soup is very fragrant.
"Grandma, I want to drink pork rib soup tonight."
"Row."
The meatballs have been fried in the pan, and the smell of frying wafts out, very fragrant. Today, Shen Qiu did not go out to visit friends and relatives. She stood at the kitchen door, waiting to see when she could eat the meatballs she had been craving for.
Goudan and a group of other kids came over to play with their brother Jiandong. When they smelled the fragrance, they were unable to move their legs and instead rubbed their hands together and sniffed the aroma.
Frying meatballs requires a lot of meat and firewood. Even if the New Year pig has been slaughtered and every household has meat, few people are willing to make it during the New Year.
If the children at home hadn't been greedy, Grandma Shen would have been reluctant to cook it. It really wastes oil. Grandma Shen covered her chest while frying. There was nothing she could do because her heart ached too much.
Shen Shuyu went into the kitchen and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, how about frying some fried dough twists? I want to eat them."
The supply and marketing cooperative didn’t have fried dough twists for sale, so Shen Shuyu wanted to eat some and had to make them herself.
Shen Qiu also shouted, "Grandma, I want to eat fried dough twists. I haven't eaten fried dough twists in several years."
Liu Pan looked at it and said, "Mom, your grandson wants to eat fried dough twist."
The meatballs have been fried, so it doesn't matter if I fry some fried dough twists. Anyway, the oil has been poured into the pot. "You are all greedy cats. OK, I will make some fried dough twists. You all go back to the house and get a pound of white flour."
The food is made for four families to eat together, so naturally each family contributes a little bit of white flour.
Every family took out some, it was very fair. The first, second and third wives went back to their rooms and took out the flour readily.
During the Chinese New Year, we always have to eat something good. Life should get better day by day and year by year.
Old Lady Shen fried meatballs, Shen Chunling and her three younger siblings began to knead the dough, Shen Shuyu and Shen Qiu watched from the side, and Gu Jiandong and Bai Luobo also came in.
Shen Chunling thought the three children were getting in the way, so she pinched a small piece of dough for each of Shen Shuyu and the others and sent them out, saying, "Go out and play. When you've had enough fun, remember to bring it back to me. You can make several fried dough sticks with the dough in your hands."
Shen Shuyu had no interest in playing with dough, so she returned the dough to her second aunt and went out to play snowball fights with Goudan and the others.
Shen Qiu also felt that it was not fun. She was already past the age of playing with dough, and Second Aunt still treated them as children.
Gu Jiandong happily kneaded the dough in his hands and made various shapes, sometimes a rabbit shape, sometimes a puppy shape. Old Mrs. Shen and the others were very supportive.
"Our Jiandong is so smart that he can make so many shapes out of the dough. Wait a minute, the dough is ready. You can make it into any shape you want and Grandma Shen will fry it for you."
Liu Pan thought to himself that her mother-in-law really treated Gu Jiandong as her own grandson.
Old Lady Shen fried the meatballs and called Shen Qiu in, "Xiao Qiu, take the bowl of meatballs out and let the kids playing in the yard have a taste."
It is called a bowl, but in fact it only contains three meatballs. Old Mrs. Shen cut the meatballs into small pieces so that the children can have a taste.
It’s not that Old Lady Shen is stingy, it’s just that the conditions don’t allow it. She was able to take out three meatballs for each child to taste, and Goudan and the other children were all smiling from ear to ear.
After they finished the meatballs in their bowls, they ran back home one by one, and soon they all had food in their hands.
Some brought the soybean paste made by their mothers, some brought the dried beans, and some brought the cakes. Shen Jinbao, an honest child, brought the only goose in the family.
I imitated the tone of an adult and said, "Auntie, I ate your meatballs. This goose is a little gift from me. Please take it."
This made Shen Shuyu and the others laugh very happily.
Old Mrs. Shen wanted to hold back her laughter, but when she saw the goose being pinched by his neck, she laughed out loud, "Okay, okay, Jinbao, I appreciate your kindness. Take the goose home quickly."
This honest child, if he doesn't take it back, Shen Datian will come with a whip.
It’s no wonder that Shen Shuyu likes these children and is often healed by them.
Just like the last time she applied frostbite medicine to them, the children went home and brought their parents to thank her.
They are all good children who are sensible and know how to be grateful.
Shen Jinbao was persuaded to carry the goose home.
Old Mrs. Shen accepted the things that Goudan and the other children brought with a smile.
We are from the same village, no need to be so polite.
Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, the children left the Shen family and went to play somewhere else.
White Radish also ran out to play with the children.
Shen Qiu ate a meatball and ran out to visit friends and relatives. She couldn't stay at home.
Half an hour later, he came running back in a panic, "Grandma, Dad, Mom, Goudan fell into the river!"