But there is nothing to do in winter, and peeling chestnut shells is a time to kill.

Ning Xiguang instructed Mingguang to pick up everything he could on the ground and not waste it. Like a little monkey, she rubbed up the tree, and she could see the shadow with her hands fast, but in a few moments she picked the chestnuts in a half-basket.

The chestnuts in the basket were too heavy to be handled, so she went down the tree and poured all the chestnuts into the basket on the ground, and climbed up the tree again.

After going back and forth a few times, the two finally packed up two large baskets of chestnuts and came out.

It seems like a lot of chestnuts, but in fact, after removing the shells, it would be nice to be able to peel off most of the nuts in the back basket.

Ning Xiguang felt that the amount was too small and not enough to eat, so he decided to come back in a few days and pick up two more baskets to go back.

For a whole winter, roast chestnuts and fry chestnut chestnut cakes, plus use chestnuts to cook, this will consume a lot of chestnuts, not to mention picking two more back baskets, that is, picking four back baskets, their family can also digest it.

And this thing is durable, you can store more and keep it for the next year.

Ning Xiguang pondered so much in his heart, he felt that the four baskets were not enough to eat, so he thought that next time he went up the mountain, in addition to the baskets, he would carry two more sacks.

That's what she thinks, and that's what she does.

The next day, I went up the mountain with Mingguang again, and I carried two baskets and two sacks of chestnuts on my back.

There were so many chestnuts in the house, and the cellar was so full that there was no room for anything else.

"Moonlight said, I originally thought about digging out the cabbage and radishes in our yard and piling them in the cellar, but now it's okay, there is no empty space at all. ”

"There are still empty spaces, just move things. There are also these chestnuts, don't look at the place they occupy now, but if you peel off all the chestnut shells, they actually occupy a limited amount of space. ”

Yueguang said, "Then you can't peel it all in one go, you can't eat so much at once, won't you be eaten by insects when you peel it off?"

"Then peel less, get a pocket and put it in the kitchen first, let's peel a little if we have nothing to do, and when the time comes, it will be convenient to eat, and now we can make some space." ”

"Okay. ”

So the three of them were busy carrying the chestnuts out of the cellar out of two baskets. This freed up a lot of space, so the three of them went to the field to dig some cabbage and radishes, and stored them in the cellar. As for the rest of the radish and cabbage, Ning Xiguang dug a big pit and buried them all in the courtyard.

The winter in Liushutun is very cold, and these radishes and cabbages are left outside, and they are quickly frozen and inedible. Dig a pit and bury it deeper, and dig out one when you want to eat it, then the cabbage will be stored very well, and it will taste good when you eat it.

It's busy, and soon it's half an afternoon.

Ning Xiguang is worried about eating chestnut stewed chicken, but now there are only chestnuts at home, and there are no chickens - there are chickens at home, but those two chickens are well raised, Xiao Qi worries about digging earthworms to feed them every day, and those two chickens have laid two eggs a day so far, and she is reluctant to kill.

Ning Xiguang thought, why don't you go up the mountain again and go hunt a pheasant and come back?

She thought that this idea was feasible, and just as she wanted to talk to the moonlight, she went up the mountain herself, when she heard a movement outside the gate.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she thought that it might be the marshal! But then she thought about it, no, the marshal had gone to the front line, and now she had only been gone for less than a month, so she would come back so soon.

She asked Mingguang to open the door, and after a while, she saw a little warrior behind Mingguang, and the two came in talking to each other.

And in the hands of the little warrior, he also carried a hare, a pheasant, and a roe deer that had just breathed.

When the little warrior saw her, he saluted first, and then blushed and scratched his head and stumbled to tell her.

It turned out that before Fu Siyan left the mission, he explained to the secretary general of the army's procurement, and sent some chickens, ducks, and fish over every once in a while.

But now this chicken, duck and fish are limited, so it's easy to buy there. Even if I bought ten or eight, it was not enough for hundreds of men in the army to stuff their teeth.

simply relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, the big guy came up with the idea of hunting.

No, it was good to receive the goods on the mountain today, and the secretary saw that the battle was quite fruitful, so he urged the little soldier to come over and send some things.

Ning Xiguang understood what he said, and smiled, "Then thank you." It's just that we have a small family and can't eat so much, so just leave the pheasants and rabbits, and you can take this big robe back. There are many troops, and you share the food. ”

The little warrior said that he would not take anything back.

The people in their army are grateful to Ning Xiguang, because she has a good temper and never hides her selfishness, and the big guy asks her how to use medicine when she thinks about what joint pain and rheumatism her family has, and she says it in detail, afraid that they won't remember it clearly, and she deliberately wrote it down on paper for them.

So when I heard that he had come to deliver meat, no one in the army was stingy, and they had to ask him to bring this roe deer as well.

The little soldier ran away as if a ghost was chasing him.

Ning Xiguang smiled, thinking that these soldiers were still cute.

It's a pity that now that the marshal is not at home, it is not good for her to go to the army alone. There are some big men everywhere, and it is inconvenient for her to be a woman in the past.

But the next time the little soldier comes to deliver something, she can ask him to go back with a message, so that anyone in the army who is uncomfortable or seriously injured can just come to her.

Thinking about this in his heart, Ning Xiguang's movements did not stop.

She neatly boiled hot water, scalded chickens, and plucked chicken feathers. The moonlight and the bright light peeled the chestnuts non-stop.

When she had disposed of the pheasants here, she peeled enough chestnuts to come out.

That's enough.

"Rest in the moonlight, you can eat enough. The rest is free to peel again, not in a hurry at this time. ”

Yueguang said, "Anyway, there is nothing to do, and this work is not tiring, I will do it while burning the fire, and I will not delay it." ”

Okay, peel it if you want.

The chestnut stewed chicken gives off an enticing aroma, and when I was a child, it was already dark. Xiguang quickened the movement in his hand and made another dish of sweet potatoes, a dish of hot and sour cabbage, a pepper and salt mushroom, and a seaweed egg drop soup.

When the meal is served, the little one can eat the chestnuts vigorously.

Ning Xiguang also felt that chestnuts that had absorbed the juice were delicious, but chestnuts could not be eaten more, it was difficult to digest if eaten too raw, and it was easy to stagnate if eaten too much cooked.

He asked him to eat something else, and gave him a piece of stewed crispy chicken.

Looking at Moonlight and Mingguang again, these two people are especially keen on sugar, no, the plate of shredded sweet potatoes is almost eaten by the two of them at this moment.

She said, "It's not good to eat too much sugar, and you have tooth decay, so you have to count it in your own hearts." ”

"Well, I got it, big sister. Mingguang said.

Yueguang also spoke, "Sister, you really can't finish your heart." ”

Ning Xiguang rolled his eyes, "It's not that you are too young and ignorant, if you are older and can take care of yourself clearly, you see that I still care about you, and I still don't care so much." ”

And he muttered, "You think I want to worry about it? I wish I didn't care about anything. You two hurry up and put the portal up, so that the eldest sister and I can enjoy the blessings. ”

Moonlight and Mingguang both listened impatiently to the eldest sister's chatter, and the two glanced at each other, with the same wry smile in their eyes.

The eldest sister is now more and more nagging, and I don't know who I learned this problem from.

The two of them sincerely missed their brother-in-law at this time.

It's better that my brother-in-law is at home, as soon as my brother-in-law is at home, the eldest sister's two eyes are on my brother-in-law, and I can't take care of them at all.

Thinking about it at that time, they would still be sad and gloomy about it, and now they feel that it is really a blessing in the blessing.

Winter is really coming, and it is snowing outside the window, staining the distant mountains and woods with snow.

Mingguang went out to the toilet and came back, and his face, nose, and ears were red from the cold.

Seeing this, Yueguang felt related, "So you should drink less water, otherwise if you run back and forth a few times, the heat on your body will be gone." ”

Xiguang smiled when he heard this, "Then you shouldn't drink less water." It's a cold day, so drink plenty of water to warm your hands and feet. Besides, we have a fire in the house all day long, and if we don't drink water, it will catch fire sooner or later. ”

The siblings were talking while eating roasted chestnuts and roasted sweet potatoes.

Because of the heavy snow blocking the mountain, Mingguang had a holiday a few days ago. They now revise their homework at home and go back to school for their final exams in a few days when the snow melts.

After the final exams, it's time for annual leave.

Xiao Qi was also distressed at this time, and he officially went to school at the beginning of the year, but he didn't have a big name yet.

Ning Xiguang couldn't help patting his forehead when he heard Xiao Mi's troubles.

Not to mention, this is really a serious matter, but unfortunately, why didn't she think about it earlier.

So he immediately opened his mouth to let Yueguang and Mingguang come up with an idea, and see what kind of name he would give Xiaomi.

Moonlight said, "I think the morning light sounds good." ”

Mingguang said, "Xuguang is also good. ”

Xiguang said, "It can also be called dawn, glory, glory, and glory......"

Moonlight and Mingguang burst into laughter, "What the hell are you talking about, eldest sister, why did you even come out to win glory." ”

Xiao Qi also giggled, and shouted loudly, "Study hard, make progress every day, serve the motherland, and win glory for the country." "It's the slogan they shout at the school run.

In the end, a few people couldn't argue, so they simply wrote their names on a slip of paper and asked Xiao Mi to draw lots, and if they caught that, they called that.

As a result, Xiao Qi grabbed a piece of paper with the word "morning light" written on it.

Ning Xiguang made a decision, "Okay, you will be Ning Chenguang in the future." Xiao Qi excitedly turned his head in the kitchen, "I have a big name, I have a big name." ”

Xiguang, Moonlight, and Mingguang didn't stop him from going crazy, but just pulled him when he was about to fall or hit the wall.

The little classmate was crazy enough, so he wanted to run out to show off his new name to his friends, but he was naturally ruthlessly suppressed by the three brothers and sisters.

The little one was upset and a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Xiguang said, "Can you light the fire for the eldest sister? It's going to be eleven o'clock soon, it's time to cook, can we eat bacon rice today?"

Xiao Mi was happy again, smiled and nodded and said "Okay".

Moonlight asked, "Eldest sister, can we eat our bacon?"

"It's been smoked for more than 20 days, and it should be ready to eat. ”

The bacon at home was smoked from roe deer meat sent by the little warriors earlier.

The roe deer was big, and the weight was not light, it weighed one hundred and fifty pounds.

The four brothers and sisters of the Ning family couldn't finish eating for a while, so Ning Xiguang thought about simply making some bacon and filling some sausages. Bacon and sausages are durable, even if the spring is warm next year.

And in order to make sausages, she also made a special trip to the county seat, bought a lot of large intestines and came back, poured a lot of sausages into the house, and hung two rows of ropes densely, both of which were hung in the vacant utility room, which looked very impressive.

Since he was making bacon rice, Ning Xiguang asked Yueguang to wash the potatoes and Mingguang to get mushrooms in the cellar.

Wash the mushrooms and then soak them in warm water.

When the potatoes are peeled and cut into small pieces, and the carrots are cut and set aside, the mushrooms are soaked.

Moonlight cut the mushrooms into well-proportioned cubes, and asked Xiguang, "Sister, what else do you have to do?"

"No, you can rest for a while, and I'll do the rest. ”

She skillfully cut the bacon into small slices, and when the pot is hot, she first puts the fat meat on low heat to stir out the oil. Then put in the lean meat, fry until it changes color, then add cinnamon star anise and so on to stir-fry, then pour the potatoes, carrots, and diced mushrooms into it together, stir-fry for one minute, then release the raw soy sauce, cook and get out of the pot, directly pour the fried bacon and potatoes and radish mushrooms into the washed rice, add an appropriate amount of water and put it on the grate in the cauldron to steam.

Xiao Mi twitched his nose vigorously at this time, and said loudly, "It's so fragrant, I'm going to drool." "Throw all the depression that I had to go out and not be able to go out before.

Moonlight and Mingguang nodded in agreement, "It's so fragrant, big sister." ”

"yes. In fact, it will be more fragrant when the rice is cooked. ”

When Yueguang heard this, he said with a wistful face, "The bacon rice is so fragrant, isn't the sausage rice even more fragrant." ”

"It's pretty much the same. ”

"Then let's eat sausage rice tomorrow, okay, eldest sister?"

"Okay. Anyway, there are a lot of things at home, and you can eat as much as you want. ”

Ning Xiguang said it loudly, so he naturally had to carry it out to the end. So, during this time, the Ning family ate bacon and sausages in different ways. After eating for a while, a few small ones were a little tired, so Ning Xiguang changed to other meals.

Time flies, and I see that it has reached the root of the year.

It's already twenty-two years old, and tomorrow is the new year, Fu Siyan hasn't had the slightest news, so he really can't come back this year.

Ning Xiguang was melancholy for a moment, then let go of the matter, and instead thought about whether to go to the county seat tomorrow and buy some New Year's goods back.

She was thinking about it when there was a cry of surprise from the moonlight, "Sister, come out quickly, the Xiaoding warrior is here to send us New Year's goods." ”

Xiao Ding was the little soldier who had to come to the house every ten days and a half months before this to deliver some meat. After two months of getting along, he is now very familiar with the people of the Ning family, and he will not be shy and blush when he enters the door, and he will stammer.

Ning Xiguang walked out quickly, and saw that this time it was not only Xiao Ding who came, but also soldiers from two units who came with him. She has also seen those two people, and she returned the bones to the bones when she injured her legs and feet before.

When Xiao Ding met, he saluted Ning Xiguang as usual, and the two of them also saluted and said, "Hello Doctor Ning."

Ning Xiguang hurriedly replied, "Hello, hello, come into the house, it's cold outside."

The three of them even said "no", and then neatly put down the many New Year's goods they were carrying and carrying behind their backs.

Ning Xiguang glanced at it with wide eyes, and saw that one of the back baskets actually contained a whole slaughtered sheep. In the other back basket, there are chicken, duck and fish, and a large fan of pork ribs.

Among the things placed on the ground, there were rice, oil, sugar, pastries, canned food, and malt cream, and there were a lot of miscellaneous things, and a large piece was placed on the ground.