The next morning, Xu Shiyan rode away early again.
At seven or eight o'clock, Su Anying followed Xu Shiyan's instructions and hung the cow hair to dry in the open space in the yard.
Anyway, the Xu family has a big place, so they have room to do whatever they want.
Before going to bed in the evening, Xu Shiyan told Su Anying how to show off her talents. Su Anying was smart and knew it as soon as she heard it.
During the day, I would go to the neighbors with my son in my arms to see how they rubbed and dried their skin, and later followed suit.
Drying cow hair does not mean drying it directly, which will leave a line, which is not required at the purchasing station.
The hair is so dry that I have to keep rubbing it, even if I rub it hard, I still can't get over it.
Knead with a gunny bag underneath. When it is half dry, step on the gunny bag once. Then knead it into balls and dry it in the sun.
The kneaded and sun-dried beef hair is wide, purple-red, and curled up in a ball, which makes the dish look thick and good-looking.
Xu Shiyan went up to the mountain to gather vegetables, while Su Anying coaxed her children to dry the cow hair at home.
The young couple is thinking about one thing and working hard on the same thing. Are they still afraid that their life will not be good?
On June 9th, the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, Su Anying took advantage of the opportunity to dry the cow hair and went to the back woods to break off a basket of oak tree leaves.
The glutinous rice and large yellow rice were soaked in water separately. Xu Shiqin came back early in the afternoon, and the two sisters coaxed the children to cook and make rice dumplings.
In these days, when eating rice dumplings, there are not so many things to pay attention to, and there are no candied dates to put in. Jujubes are rare.
Fortunately, Su Anying had an idea. She soaked the white beans in advance and boiled them with some sugar.
When making rice dumplings, put some beans in them to make them taste sweet, soft and glutinous, and have a good texture.
The rice dumplings were wrapped and the rice was cooked. Xu Shiyan came back just in time. He ate the rice quickly and had to blanch the beef.
"If I don't wait until this time next year, I will set up the pot in the yard and put it back outside to scald the beef.
Otherwise, on this hot day, the kang will be so hot that no one can sleep at night."
Xu Shiyan complained while working.
He actually didn't think about going to Niu Mao Guang this year. Originally, he didn't have a bicycle at home. How could he go such a long way without a bicycle?
After I bought a car, I hurried into the mountains to gather vegetables. I didn't have time to set up a stove, so I had to make do with it.
"Let's go back early tomorrow. I'll buy some screens and nail the windows.
When it’s too hot at night, I leave the windows open and put up screens to keep mosquitoes out.”
The weather is hot, and the kang is also hot. It’s really hard to sleep at night.
Open the window. You're afraid mosquitoes will come in and bite you. Don't open it. The room feels like a steamer. It's so hot at night that I can't sleep.
If you set up a stove outside and do all the things that require firewood outside, and the kang in the house is heated once a day and ventilated, at least it won't be that hot.
Everyone understands what Xu Shiyan said.
Especially lately, I have been scalding two pots of Niu Maoguang every night, and the hot pot is hot to the touch.
Fortunately, the kang was big, so I tried my best to sleep on the end of the kang. At least it was a bit stronger. If I slept on the end of the kang, I would be cooked.
The three of them were eating beef outside, while rice dumplings were cooking in the pot.
After the fire was over, no more firewood was added, and the pot was kept tightly covered.
After a long night of boredom, I ate it right away when I got up early. It was neither cold nor hot.
On the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Su Anying boiled six eggs. There was no need to cook anything else in the morning. She could just eat the rice dumplings and eggs directly.
After dinner, the three of them packed their things, and Xu Shiyan took off the bicycle and tied it firmly to the back of the Big Golden Deer bicycle.
Then I put my son inside and pushed him around so that he would feel comfortable without having to be held by anyone.
There are two Dulu rice dumplings hanging on the front handlebar, both of which belong to Jiang Mi.
This stuff is rarely seen, so I took it home for my parents and the kids to try.
Xu Shiyan pushed the cart, while Su Anying and Xu Shiqin walked. Taking advantage of the fact that the morning was not too hot and the road was not too painful, they returned to the big house.
When they went to the river to take the boat, Su Anying held the child in her arms, and Xu Shiyan carried the bicycle to the boat.
Uncle Liu saw Xu Shiyan and the others and was quite enthusiastic, "Since you moved out, you haven't been back for some time.
Hey, did you buy this bicycle by yourself? Otherwise, San'er must be capable, and he has already purchased the bicycle, okay."
The group of people crossed the river together with their bicycles. This time they no longer had to put the child in the stroller. Su Anying hugged her and soon arrived at Xu's house at the east end of the village.
"Dad, Mom, we're back." Xu Shiqin shouted first after entering the door.
"As I said just now, I wonder if you guys will come back for the holidays? Come on, let me see little Yuanyuan."
As soon as Zhou Guilan heard the noise, she quickly came out of the house and took her grandson over without saying a word.
"Hey, this fat boy, take a look, he's white and fat, just follow Yingzi."
Su Anying was born white, and she did not get tanned by the sun, but her skin became red.
People call this kind of skin color that makes people angry with the sun, but it is actually cold white skin.
Xu Haiyuan slept all the way and woke up when he was crossing the river. He was very energetic now.
Being held in grandma's arms, she neither cried nor fussed, looking around with her big black eyes.
As soon as he entered the house and saw the situation inside, the child burst into tears.
Everyone was stunned, "What's going on? I remember that Yuanyuan didn't like to cry. I never cried when I held him."
Zhou Guilan was also confused. She had been taking care of her during the confinement period. Her little grandson was so easy to coax. What was going on?
"Maybe he's hungry? He slept all the way and just woke up."
Su Anying took the baby and went to the side to nurse her. The baby finally stopped crying.
Here, Xu Shiyan handed the rice dumplings to his mother.
"Mom, this is Lao Liufa's benefit. I have two pounds of glutinous rice and made rice dumplings. I will bring some back for you to try."
I got up too early, the store wasn't open yet, and I didn't bring anything else.
Zhou Guilan took the rice dumplings with a smile and quickly called her granddaughter.
"Feng'er, go to your second uncle's house, call Xiaobo and Xiaotao, and tell them that your third uncle has brought rice dumplings for them. Jiangmi's, come and try them."
In these days, glutinous rice is a rare commodity, and glutinous rice dumplings are even rarer.
It doesn't matter whether adults eat this bite or not, leave it to the children to taste it.
As soon as Xu Jinfeng heard about the glutinous rice dumplings, he immediately put on his shoes and went to the ground, then quickly went to Li's house in the west end of the village to find his two cousins.
Here, Xu Shiyan sat down and talked to his mother about Xu Shiqin's work.
"Mom, there is another good thing I want to tell you. The sixth child has a job and was left in the tailor shop by her master.
As an apprentice, the salary is not high, but it will gradually increase in the future."
In the beginning, they were called apprentices, and they were not paid, but now they are called apprentice workers, which means they are paid apprentices and receive the same benefits as workers, but that is definitely different.
When Zhou Guilan heard this, she was very happy, "Really? Oh my God, that's great. My daughter is going to be successful and become a worker."
Originally, among the six children, Zhou Guilan was most worried about the third and sixth children.
Now that the third child has moved to Donggang, life is getting better and better, and the sixth child's job has also been arranged.
Workers of the Forestry Bureau, this is a good thing that many people only dream of, even if they leave the farm and have a stable job with food supplies.
"Old girl, you have to thank your third brother. Without your third brother to take you out of this broken ravine, how could you become a worker?"