Chapter 666 The young widow who inherited her dead husband’s estate (6)
The young widow who inherited her dead husband's estate (Sixteen)
Song Ning put the box down and took out three new incense sticks.
He was already very skilled at lighting and offering incense. After all, he had done this dozens of times during this period of time.
A wisp of green smoke rose up, and the top of the incense flickered with a faint red light. Song Ning changed the incense with a feeling that he couldn't explain.
【Thank you Ningning. 】
Energy faster and stronger than before quickly filled his body. Lance didn't expect that Song Ning would bring him back a new fragrance that he particularly wanted after going out. For a moment, he couldn't help but chuckled.
Song Ning's pupils dilated instantly.
"Who?"
He turned around suddenly and looked around, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Did someone talk in his ear just now?
Lance was also stunned?
He looked down at himself and found that the incense was actually too effective. His body became much more solid than before.
But it’s not completely solid yet, so Ningning can hear it?
As soon as he thought about it, he missed the opportunity to speak out again to prove his existence.
At this moment, Song Ning just thought that he was too sensitive and therefore heard it wrong.
"You've been so sensitive lately. Is it because you've been living alone for too long? I'll ask Dong Dafu to come stay with you for a few days."
Song Ning muttered to himself and put away the remaining incense.
It turned out that there was still a lot of incense left. After thinking about it, Song Ning decided not to throw it away. He thought that he might use it later, so he just kept it tidy.
The trip to the Taoist temple turned out to be quite rewarding. Song Ning took out two amulets, one for himself and kept the other for the time being and would give it to Dong Dafu next time he came.
As for the fortune stick he was asking for, Song Ning thought about it and searched online what the "Phoenix fortune stick" was.
As a result, he found that the interpretation of divination was not the same for everyone. Each family had their own interpretation. However, when he searched for the word "Phoenix", most of them interpreted it as an extremely good fate for women in the past. This made Song Ning laugh and cry, and he had to continue searching.
He is not a woman, and because of the difference in gender, he might have asked for the wrong fortune from the beginning.
After a busy morning, two geese came in looking for someone.
"Here we go, is it time to cook?"
Song Ning was gently pecked and stood up quickly. It didn't hurt. It was the goose reminding him that it was time to be fed.
"You two are more or less creatures from before the founding of the country. It's okay in front of me, but you can't be so smart when someone comes to visit us in the future. Otherwise, if they really catch you, I won't be able to do anything about it."
Song Ning got up to mix the feed, and secretly fed some to the clingy goose.
Two big geese, one male and one female, followed him closely in front and behind. Their two green bean-sized eyes, although I couldn't tell whether they understood what he said or not, showed a clever look in them anyway.
Song Ning always felt that they seemed to understand what they were saying, but he didn't take it too seriously.
After feeding the chickens, ducks and geese, Song Ning took a palm-sized piece of beef from the refrigerator.
I bought this on the way back from the Taoist temple. The vendors here are not limited to the farmers' market. Sometimes they set up tables in front of their homes to sell. After seeing this many times, Song Ning gradually became familiar with the simple lifestyle of the villagers.
The beef was slowly sliced against the grain and marinated with ginger slices, scallions, cooking wine and soy sauce. Song Ning also collected the dried mushrooms from the roof.
The mushrooms had been dried after being exposed to the sun for several days. He grabbed a handful, rinsed them and soaked them in hot water. As soon as the hot water was applied, a mushroom fragrance filled his nose.
The vegetables planted in the front yard were of some unknown kind, but they had already grown to seedlings that were half the height of a palm. Song Ning picked a small handful at random, enough for himself to eat, and he didn't feel bad about it.
He intends to eat the vegetables from this field himself. Although they have not yet grown to the right size to sell, the vegetables he eats are more delicious if they are tender. This is the significance of growing vegetables by himself.
After washing the vegetables, Song Ning dug out two pieces of chicken fat that he had picked from the chicken he had killed yesterday. He had worked as a handyman in a company cafeteria during the summer vacation. Although he had never learned how to cook, he had heard the chef say that cooking with animal oil is the most fragrant.
"So next time I can buy some fat and make some lard for cooking."
Song Ning took note of this incident while refining the chicken fat.
The chicken oil produced was not much, so Song Ning took half of it from a small bowl and put it in a pan with oil and stir-fried the fresh and tender vegetables over high heat. After they were cooked, he just added a little salt and soy sauce and served it.
Song Ning took a bite himself. The vegetables were crispy, sweet, and salty. They were much better than the vegetables he had eaten in the university cafeteria.
“Should I say that these are vegetables that I grew myself?”
Song Ning smiled with her eyes curved. She put the dishes on the table and started preparing stir-fried beef.
Vegetable oil is suitable for stir-frying beef, but Song Ning didn't plan to keep this chicken oil for too long, so he just poured it in and used it.
Slightly sauté the shredded ginger, then add the meat slices and stir-fry quickly after the oil temperature rises. If the beef is stir-fried for too long, it will become tough and hard to chew, so when it is 70% to 80% cooked, Song Ning adds the prepared mushrooms and chili peppers, stir-frys them for a few times, and then simply adjusts the seasoning before serving.
The beef is fried just right, and it is crispy, tender, salty and fragrant when eaten. The mushrooms are soaked and then squeezed dry before being fried. They absorb the aroma of the gravy and taste even better than the meat.
The spiciness of the chili pepper was just enough to relieve the slight greasiness. After just one bite, Song Ning wanted to have a bowl of rice to eat with it.
He turned around with a happy smile and was about to put the beef on the table, but his expression paused when he saw the vegetables on the table. There were a few less vegetables.
Song Ning's hand holding the plate of food trembled slightly, and the corners of his mouth straightened from a curved arc.
Something was wrong, there must be something wrong. He clearly remembered that when he was serving the dish, he accidentally let a piece of vegetable hang on the edge of the plate, but he thought he was going to eat it himself so he didn't pay much attention to it. The vegetable should have been on the edge of the plate when it was placed on the table.
But now there is only a tiny bit of oil on the edge of the plate, and the vegetable is gone.
Song Ning felt a chill in his heart. He tried to maintain his composure and put the dishes on the table. With a bitter throat, he quickly touched the amulet on his body and found it was still there.
What on earth is nearby?
Song Ning clutched the amulet in his hand and lost his appetite for food for a moment. He hurried to the room to look for his cell phone which he had just put aside to charge.
He had only taken a few steps away when a nearly solid figure appeared beside the table.
Lance felt a little guilty for a rare time. He just looked at the dish Ningning cooked and wanted to try it. He thought it was just a vegetable and Ningning might not pay much attention to it. He didn't expect that he would actually scare Ningning?
He thought about it and decided to chase after him.
Shouldn't he have scared anyone? In this case, he still had to think carefully about how he should appear in front of Ning Ning. Is there any more appropriate way?