Li Wenquan shook his head, "No, your cooking is really delicious."
Chen Miao didn't know what to say. She watched Li Wenquan leave before closing the door. She took off her coat and placed it in the yard. It was covered with dirt.
I slept until about three o'clock before I got up. There was still too much work to do, and I had to wash the mustard greens. I was also going to pickle the mustard cherry blossoms into pickles. I have several of them in the big tank at home, so just pickling a few more is enough.
Today I am going to clean up the mustard greens, wash them and let them wilt for two days before pickling them.
It's still the same as shucking corn. Although it's tiring to stand like this, you can still work.
It was almost six o'clock when I was done with it and I was just halfway done.
I threw down the kitchen knife and opened the door. After a while, the chickens, ducks and geese would come back.
Just when I heard a knock on the door, Chen Jiang came over.
"Third sister, did you dig the corn stalks yourself?"
"No, we met Comrade Li the day before yesterday. The village chief and the two of them dug it up, and they helped pull him back today."
"I thought you did it yourself. Don't get too tired."
"It's okay, there's someone to help. How's the situation at home?"
"I brought back two acres of corn today. My sister-in-law almost got into a fight with my mother again."
"What did you do again?"
"My sister-in-law wanted food, but my mother wouldn't give it to her. She offered to give her another piece of land, but she refused. She said the corn she harvested today was good."
Chen Miao twitched the corner of her mouth, there was really no way, what's the use of worrying about this? Junior, you and your elders are worried about this, the elders have many tricks waiting for you.
Chen Jiang squatted down and helped wash the mustard greens.
"Are you going to eat here? There are two pancakes left, and I'll make pimple soup."
"Okay, Third Sister, I'm just hungry."
Chen Miao was cooking, and Chen Jiang was outside getting mustard greens. There was no farm work that children in the countryside couldn't do, and Chen Jiang was particularly agile in his work.
Chen Miao put more oil in her cooking this time, so she could eat more to satisfy her cravings.
"Stop it, let's eat."
"Third Sister, there is one more thing, I will eat it after I finish."
"No, let's eat now." It's not an easy day's work.
Chen Jiang was so satisfied eating pancakes and drinking pimple soup with floating oily flowers.
After eating, Chen Jiang helped wash all the mustard greens and put them in the basket.
This saves Chen Miao a lot of work, but he is a little worried that Chen Jiang has not washed it thoroughly, so he can just wash it again tomorrow.
The next day, I washed the mustard greens and mustard seeds again and put them in the yard to control the water. I can pickle the pickles tomorrow.
Carrying the basket on my back, I went to the fields and took back the big radishes and cabbages, bit by bit slowly.
From a distance, I saw someone driving a donkey to plow the land in my own land.
I'm really embarrassed. I haven't thought about plowing the ground this winter. I can't do it myself. There is quite a lot of land at home, and Chen Jiang is too busy to do it.
"Comrade Li, thank you very much."
"It's okay. I can finish it in one day. What are you doing here?"
"Go out and pick up big radishes and cabbages. Don't be in a hurry and take your time. Comrade Li, I'll go back and cook and bring them to you later."
Li Wenquan smiled and nodded. Chen Miao's cooking is really delicious.
I pulled more than ten radishes and three cabbages and went back to cook.
On the way, I was thinking about what to eat, and finally decided on leek and egg dumplings.
People in the village are harvesting in autumn. There are people in every field. Everyone will look at Chen Miao, mainly because Li Wenquan works for her. They are all young men and women. In fact, no matter what age, everyone is curious about the affair.
Also keen to discuss such things.
Chen Miao noticed that everyone was looking at her strangely, and she immediately knew why.
She sighed inwardly, she was really trying to avoid such a thing. But it was inconvenient now, and people took the initiative to help, and they also tried to avoid being alone with her. How could she avoid this? Forget it. If you are upright, you are not afraid of slanted shadows.
Just think whatever you love.
I was not in a hurry when I got home. There were leek and egg dumplings in the space. I took advantage of this time to wash the radishes and pickle some radish pickles to eat.
The time was almost up. Then I started cooking the dumplings. Finally, I brought a jar of dumpling soup with me.
When she got to the fields, she saw that she would finish plowing them in just an hour.
After putting down the rice, Chen Miao continued to pull radishes and cabbages.
"Comrade Chen, please pull it out and put it aside. I will send it back to you in a moment."
Chen Miao thought about it and realized that it was not impossible. This would save her effort.
In this case, I will put away half of it and wait for the rest later. It can grow longer. The radishes now are a bit spicy. If you wait until the frost comes, they will be juicy, crisp, and not spicy at all.
The two of them were still working in the fields. When Li Wenquan finished plowing the ground, Chen Miao also stopped pulling radishes and cabbages.
Li Wenquan also helped to send them all in. It was not good to stay in the woman's house for too long, so he left quickly.
In the next two days, Chen Miao made three jars of pickles and one jar of radishes and mustard greens. They used the space to move them to the west room.
In this situation, I can't help others with work. I've found out that there's a big gathering tomorrow and I just want to go there.
The only thing I was worried about was where to put the donkey cart. Finally, after thinking about it, I decided to walk.
In the morning, the chickens, ducks and geese were released, and they locked the door and left with their baskets on their backs.
There were not many people going to the market at this time, as most families were harvesting in autumn. There were really not many people I met on the road.
I know the general direction, and although there are few people on the road, I can still run into them.
When walking on the road with such a big belly, many people still look at her.
When we arrived at Daji, there were not many people selling things. But what made Chen Miao most happy was that there were actually meat sellers.
There is a lot of space, but I can't show it to anyone. I wanted to stew meat for Chen Jiang, so I bought ten kilograms of meat. In this day and age, not many people buy ten kilograms of meat at once. There are three portions in the big collection.
She bought all the eggs from the seller and put them in a basket, which actually fit into the space.
We went to the livestock market and walked around. It was really nice to look at the sheep, but it was really inconvenient to keep so many living animals. Anyway, there was a lot of milk powder in the space, which could be fed by ten children.
I saw a cloth vendor selling white cotton cloth made by the elderly at home. Even though it was said to be white, I still bought two pieces. I can use this for my children's diapers and so on.
After walking around, I saw someone selling fried twists. You can buy more of this. Although it is expensive, it is not always available.
Finally, I stood in front of a stall selling stone mills. I asked about the price of a small stone mill for two yuan. If I grind grain at home, it will definitely be enough.
"Master, can you send me home?"
"What do you want?"
"A stone mill, a pig trough, and a trough for humans and livestock. Can it be used by the little donkey?"
"Yes, but you have to find someone to build a platform. You can't let the donkey lower its head to eat. It's convenient for you to feed." The stonemason is also a practical person.
