Life is a Game

When Jiang Feng returned to the kitchen with the bowl, he found that the old man was draining the glutinous rice in the basin. He soaked this pot of glutinous rice last night before going to bed, and was going to soak it overnight to make glutinous rice lotus root for Grandma Jiang this morning.

"Come here? Get rid of the goose." The old man pointed to the big white goose on the chopping board that hadn't even plucked its feathers.

"Grandpa, I'll help grandma make the glutinous rice and lotus root first, and I'll deal with the goose later," Jiang Feng said.

"I'll make the glutinous rice lotus root." The old man took out the washed lotus root from the sink and began to peel it, "Since last night, your grandma has been talking about glutinous rice lotus root for a whole night. If you don't like what you make, I'm sure it will be another day." I have to talk about it all night, I will cook this dish, and you will deal with the goose."

Jiang Feng could only boil hot water to pluck the goose.

Jiang Feng did a lot of hair plucking, but in the past he plucked chickens and ducks, and there were very few opportunities to pluck geese, but the principle was the same.

After pouring hot water, pluck the hair manually.

If it was not easy to clean the kitchen while plucking, Jiang Feng would grab the goose and carry hot water to the yard to pluck the hair. When plucking, he happened to meet Jiang Ran who had just woke up and came to the kitchen to touch the food.

"Little brother, do you have anything to eat in the morning?" Jiang Ran asked with a chicken nest on his head.

"There are noodles in the pot, and marinated water in uncle's room," Jiang Feng said.

"Why is the bittern in the uncle's room?" Jiang Ran expressed doubts.

"Auntie thought it was cold outside and went to the house." Jiang Feng decisively chose to let the aunt take the blame, "When eating noodles, remember to pour some marinade and mix it with it, it is very delicious."

Jiang Ran nodded and made a note, went into the kitchen, came out two minutes later with a large bowl of noodles, and rushed to Jiang Jianguo's room.

Cold is the best magic weapon to improve people's work efficiency. Jiang Feng quickly plucked the goose feathers against the cold wind, and soon two clean, bare, fat and tender big white geese appeared in the basin. Jiang Feng carried the basin back to the kitchen. At that time, I saw the old man holding a sugar jar and sprinkling sugar into the soup pot.

Just by looking at the way the old man sprinkled sugar, Jiang Feng knew that the glutinous rice lotus root must be not only 4 catties sweet, but at least 10 catties sweet. I don't know if Grandma Jiang's teeth can bear this 10 catties of sweet glutinous rice lotus root.

Moving forward, Jiang Feng found that there were more than two lotus root joints in the soup pot, which was more than half full. This is the soup pot used by Jiang's family to hang high soup on weekdays. According to visual inspection, there are about 10 knots of lotus root.

"Grandpa, how do you do so much glutinous rice lotus root?" Jiang Feng was shocked. The sweetness of glutinous rice lotus root is really unbearable for ordinary people.

Jiang Jiankang and Grandma Jiang were the only ones who ate sweets in the Jiang family. This pot of glutinous rice and lotus root allowed them to eat until Lantern Festival.

"Eat." The old man said concisely, picked up another can of sugar and sprinkled it into the pot.

Jiang Feng: ...

"Grandpa, you can't finish eating so much." Jiang Feng wanted to persuade the old man to give up this terrible idea.

"It's not for you, it's for your sister Meimei." Grandma Jiang explained with a smile, walking out from behind Jiang Feng, she didn't know when she came to the kitchen.

"Sister Meimei?" Jiang Feng looked puzzled, wondering where I got Sister Meimei from.

"You child, I haven't seen you for two years. I forgot about your sister Meimei. It's a pity that she stuffed you with so many snacks when you were young. Zhao Mei, your cousin's daughter, you are here This cousin will not even forget his cousin, right?" Grandma Jiang was in a hurry.

"Oh, oh." Jiang Feng immediately realized that Zhao Mei naturally remembered.

The only daughter of his only cousin, Zhao Zhuangshi, who was surnamed Zhao, spent a lot of time playing together when she was young, but she had little contact with her since she was in high school. Zhao Mei is much older than Jiang Feng and only two months younger than Jiang Zaide, because her hands are not fast enough and she often can't get a ticket to go home during the Chinese New Year after work, so Jiang Feng hardly sees Zhao Mei when he goes to his uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings. After a long time, I forgot about this cousin.

"Sister Meimei got a ticket for the Chinese New Year this year?" Jiang Feng asked.

"What are you talking about? Your sister Meimei is about to give birth and is raising a baby at home. She came back a long time ago." Grandma Jiang laughed, "Some time ago your uncle and grandpa called and told me about your sister Meimei's taste after pregnancy. It becomes very weird and very spicy. I don’t like sour or spicy food, but I like sweet food. It just so happens that this glutinous rice lotus root is sweet, so I will ask your grandpa to make more and bring it to sister Meimei tomorrow. .”

Jiang Feng was really shocked this time: "Sister Meimei is pregnant?! When did she get married?"

Grandma Jiang: ...

Why didn't she see that this little grandson had a potential for Alzheimer's.

"You sister Meimei got married just after graduating from university. You told me you didn't know? How many years have you been married?" Grandma Jiang shook her head, thinking that her little grandson might be hopeless, so she left.

Jiang Feng stood there thinking for a long time, and finally remembered that Comrade Jiang Jiankang once told him in high school that he had a cousin who was getting married on the weekend and asked him if he wanted to attend the wedding. At that time, Jiang Feng and Chen Xiuxiu had agreed to go to the newly opened fried chicken restaurant to eat fried chicken, so they just found a reason to avoid going.

Thinking about it now, it really shouldn't be, Zhao Mei was so kind to him back then, she was the only sister who would take the initiative to stuff him with snacks when he was a child.

She is completely different from the other three brothers who only know how to pin the blame on him, and the other two younger sisters who are determined to deceive him. She is an angelic sister.

Feeling deeply ashamed, Jiang Feng took the initiative to find the bag of sugar in the cupboard, walked up to the old man with a stack of sugar in his arms, and said sincerely, "Grandpa, wouldn't it be enough to put so many lotus roots with such a little sugar? Do you want to add more?"

Grandpa:?

"Go and chop up the goose."

"Grandpa! Really don't want to add more sugar?"

"Chop goose."

The big white goose that Jiang Feng chopped eventually became the big goose stewed in iron pot on Jiang's lunch table.

Here Jiang Feng has to boast that the two sisters Jiang Junqing and Jiang Junlian are really top-notch in other skills than stealing things. The quality of these two geese obtained from their uncle is really good. They are big, plump, and tender. The places that should be fat are fat, and the places that should be strong are strong. They are born to be stewed in iron pots.

It's a pity that these two sisters were born in the wrong era. If they were born in troubled times, the two sisters would easily dominate the hills and engage in robbing houses. With their size and skills, it would only be a matter of time before they became the overlord. It's a pity that they were born in a peaceful society ruled by law, so they could only rob their cousins ​​or uncles, and let down their talents.

There was only a small plate of glutinous rice and lotus root on the lunch table, and everyone just thought it was an ordinary sweet taste, and didn't pay much attention to it. There were geese, meat, and fish on the table. Except for the sweet-loving Jiang Jiankang who stretched out two more chopsticks at the glutinous rice lotus root, everyone else just tasted it. After all, the old man didn't cook this dish before.

After eating, Jiang Feng put the bowl into the kitchen. When he entered the kitchen, he happened to bump into Grandma Jiang stealing the syrup from the pot with a spoon. She seemed not too satisfied.

Grandma Jiang was a little surprised to see Jiang Feng coming in. Maybe she didn't expect him to finish his meal so early. But as the pinnacle of the Jiang family's acting skills, Grandma Jiang was unhurried and unhurried, drinking sugar water in a leisurely manner, as if she was not stealing food but tasting food.

"It's a bit sweet." Grandma Jiang not only tasted the dishes, but also commented on them.

"Um?"

Grandma Jiang put down the spoon: "It seems that your grandfather hasn't made glutinous rice and lotus root for a long time. If you add too much sugar, the syrup will be a bit sweet."

Grandma Jiang was still a little disappointed.

Since Grandma Jiang said it was sweet, it means that the glutinous rice lotus root that the old man made today is really sweet.

"By the way, Xiaofeng, don't make dumplings this afternoon, but make some sesame glutinous rice balls for sister Meimei, and don't make too many. About 10 catties is enough." Grandma Jiang said.

"Good grandma." Jiang Feng accepted the task.

"Go to bed early tonight, get up early tomorrow and go there early, Sister Li Meimei is still waiting for the appetizer of glutinous rice balls and glutinous rice root." Grandma Jiang said, "This woman suffers when she is pregnant, but you, Sister Meimei, don't eat sour or spicy food. Yes, I just love sweets, is this pregnant with a boy or a girl?"

"It should be a boy. When I was pregnant with your father and the others, I also liked to eat sweets. I drank brown sugar water every day." Grandma Jiang looked thoughtful.

"It must be a boy!"