One hundred and twentieth chapters acid hoe boarder
Xu Shiyan dug out the sewing ticket from the cabinet, "Fortunately I didn't lose it. I'll go to the Forestry Bureau store another day and buy one."
Lao Liu has been learning how to cut for so long. I dare not say anything else, but there will definitely be no problem with using a sewing machine.
If you buy it, it won't sit idle and no one will use it, so just buy it.
"Ah? Third brother, do you want to buy a sewing machine? No, that thing is too expensive."
A sewing machine costs one hundred and fifty yuan, why spend that money?
"You can't calculate the accounts like this. Once a sewing machine is used, it will be fine for decades.
If our family had a sewing machine and you knew how to cut, then the whole family would be able to make their own clothes. Wouldn’t it save money in a few years?
Besides, how many people in Donggang know how to cut and sew?
When you finish learning, you can buy that set of tools. If nothing else, you can set up a small tailor shop in our house and make clothes for others. Wouldn't it be great?"
Xu Shiyan smiled and shook his head. One hundred and fifty yuan was still very easy for him to come up with.
A sewing machine, one of the three major items in this era, must be purchased sooner or later.
Xu Shiqin was a little moved by what his brother said, "Third brother, are you really planning to buy it?"
"Buy, I'll go there sometime in the next few days and plant our vegetable garden first."
The Xu family’s vegetable garden is quite big. It’s not enough to just grow vegetables. How can a few people eat so much vegetables?
Xu Shiyan plans to plant some yellow cigarettes, sweet potatoes, corns, etc. in the vegetable garden. The yellow cigarettes can be sold, and the sweet potatoes and corns can be eaten as food.
A while ago, Xu Shiyan got up early every day to plow the ground. The vegetable garden was almost ready, and all the vegetables that needed to be planted were planted.
At present, the only thing I don’t have is yellow tobacco seeds and sweet potato seedlings, so I have to go back to the big house to find some.
Su Anying will be pregnant in a few days. Zhou Guilan has lived here for more than a month and must go back to the big house.
Xu Shiyan planned to pick up some yellow tobacco seeds and sweet potato seedlings when he sent his mother home.
"Okay, brother and sister, stop nagging there and hurry up and pack up for dinner."
Zhou Guilan had already prepared dinner and greeted the brother and sister with a smile to come and eat.
"I was busy talking to Lao Liu, and I forgot about the real thing.
Mom, we’ll eat later. Today I picked up a few handfuls of celery and some wild eggs. Let’s make two more dishes.
I have only been eating small tofu for the past two days, which makes me feel sick."
Xu Shiyan suddenly remembered that he still had something in his backpack, so he hurriedly went to the outhouse to find the backpack and took out the large leaf celery and wild eggs inside.
"Oh, this big leaf celery is not too tall.
The solar term here in Donggang is later than that in the big house, so if you put it there at this time, it’s almost impossible to eat it.”
Zhou Guilan looked at the half-foot-tall big leaf qin and muttered.
"Well, the solar term here in Donggang is later. I think it can be about ten days later than the big house."
The altitude here in Donggang is high, it is close to Changbai Mountain, and the temperature is low, so the solar terms are indeed several days later.
"Hey, Lao Liu, I even picked up a pickle hoe board and gave it to you."
Xu Shiyan took out an acid hoe board from his pocket and handed it to Xu Shiqin.
"Now that I'm not in a big house, I don't have anywhere to pick a big neck for you."
Big neck is also a plant that tastes sour.
A single stem with a big leaf growing on it, most of them grow under the stone mulch by the river.
The stems are one and a half feet tall and can be eaten when they are tender. They are sour and slightly astringent.
In an era when snacks are scarce, it is also a joy to be able to eat a big neck.
In addition to sour hoe boards and big necks, there are also tiger polygonums that can be eaten in spring.
Tiger polygonum is actually a raspberry seedling, a tender seedling that pops out directly from the ground, about half a foot tall and as thick as a chopstick.
Remove the leaves, peel off the skin and thorns on the outside of the stems, and eat the tender stems inside.
The good ones are fragrant and a little sweet, while others are bitter and astringent, it all depends on luck.
Anyway, the children in the mountains have long developed the ability to eat anything.
In the spring, there are sour hoe boards, big necks, tiger polygonum seeds, in summer, mountain sesame flowers, cow bald flowers, pallets, and jujubes.
Some people eat the mountain grapes, Schisandra chinensis, soft dates, and even the smelly black plums in autumn.
Especially smelly plums, which are sour and astringent that you can't even move your tongue after eating them, and will stain your tongue purple and black.
If you eat too much and you can't poop, there are still a lot of children who like to eat it.
In an era of scarcity, children could not eat shrimp chips, potato chips, popcorn, or drink Coke, Sprite, and Mirinda.
But they will try their best to find everything they can eat to obtain simple happiness and satisfaction.
"It's better to be my third brother, think of me in everything." Xu Shiqin quickly took the sour hoe board, pinched one and put it in his mouth to chew.
The slight sour taste spreads in the mouth, and the saliva suddenly becomes rich.
"This thing is really appetizing." As he said this, Xu Shiqin took the sour hoe board and walked into the house.
"Don't give it to your third sister-in-law. She is in confinement and cannot eat this."
Sour hoe is cold in nature, and the whole plant can cure burns. Su Anying is still in confinement, so she can't eat it.
Xu Shiqin agreed, put the sour hoe board in the west room, then took the sickle into the vegetable garden, cut two handfuls of leeks, picked them, washed them, cut them into sections, and kept the wild eggs for frying.
Zhou Guilan took a handful of celery and shook it, then picked off the leaves and grass, washed it with water, and scalded it in a pot.
Then take it out, soak it in cold water, squeeze it dry, cut it into sections and mix it with some chopped green onion, some salt and soy sauce.
Wild vegetables like a lot of oil. If they are fried without oil, they won’t taste good. It’s better to mix them as a cold dish.
"There seems to be some bacon at home. I'll chop it up tomorrow and let's make buns to eat.
Big leaf celery is best eaten in cabbage, steamed buns or dumplings." Zhou Guilan kept her hands on it and said while mixing the vegetables.
Xu Shiyan wanted to say, what kind of buns should I make? Dumplings are delicious. The big leaf celery dumplings are one of a kind.
But then I thought about it, what should I use to make dumplings?
The meat is okay, I still have the meat coupons Guo Shouye gave me last time, so I can buy it. Where's the white noodles?
There is only a little white flour left at home. Last time my father-in-law and mother-in-law came over, they made dumplings. What dumplings are there without white bread?
Forget it, let's just stick to steamed buns. Vegetable steamed buns with corn noodles are also pretty good. Don't think too much about them these days.
Waiting for the spring of next year, I will catch two piglets and raise them. If not for anything else, just eat some meat at home.
I didn’t dare to raise her this year, mainly because Su Anying was giving birth to a baby and I was afraid of tiring her out. Furthermore, my family had a weak foundation and didn’t have much food. How could I feed her?
There were two extra dishes for dinner, cold celeriac and stir-fried wild eggs with leeks. Unfortunately, Su Anying couldn't take a bite of these two.
Chives are good for breast-feeding, and postpartum women should not eat cold vegetables for fear of diarrhea.
Su Anying just watched helplessly, with a pitiful look on her face.
"Daughter-in-law, you can eat the cabbage buns tomorrow, but you can bear with them tonight.
You'll be pregnant in a few days, and I'll be fine when you're pregnant. You can eat whatever you want."
Xu Shiyan, who was eating vegetables, suddenly looked up and saw his wife's resentful eyes, and quickly comforted her.