The three hardships of life, striking iron, supporting the boat, and grinding tofu!

To this day, I finally feel one of these sufferings deeply.

For several days by the refining furnace, not to mention the heat, I had to carry a hammer weighing a few pounds, waving my arms from morning to night, and my arms, by the third day, were so painful that I couldn't do it, and my palms were all calloused, and then the blisters were grinded out, and finally the blisters were worn out, and the blisters were hot.

This made Tian Qiuqiu, who gave me medicine, frowned, distressed, distressed, and didn't even have to work the night shift at night, and several women joined forces to drive me back to my own room to sleep.

I was hoping to get some comfort from the gentle country. As a result, I had to sleep on a cool couch.

Fortunately, on the sixth day, I had all the utensils I had. At this time, I can be regarded as having endured it to the extreme, and if I can't fight again, I'm ready to be lazy for the New Year. Roasted by the fire, I felt that my whole body was dark, and it was also thanks to the ancient blacksmiths who circled around the hearth all year round.

The hammer was the first to be made, because there were no tools at the time, and it was not done well, and then after making the axe, the hammer was returned to the furnace.

I made an axe, then a kitchen knife, and then I made two woodcutters, a shovel, a hoe, and a vegetable spoon.

After all, I am not a serious blacksmith, I have never even visited before, and I have no skills in my hands. It's just that by using these tools and relying on memory, a piece of iron was hammered into a certain shape.

Often sometimes it is crooked, or it looks like it looks like it is not like it, and it has to be burned red again. Therefore, it took several times more time.

Of course, I can't count on my cousin, although my cousin reads a lot, she is also rich in theoretical knowledge, involving some practical methods and techniques, she is not as good as me.

My thirty or forty pounds of iron, after punching out these kinds of equipment, is basically gone, otherwise I want to make a few more things. In the future, production and life will be used.

Axes, kitchen knives, machetes, etc., that need to be quenched, are all quenched.

I put together all the fruits of my labor and showed them to the women.

It's not very beautiful, but you can barely see it.

I also specially hit two ear ears for the iron pot, which is easy to carry.

I put the iron pot on the stove and proudly said to the women, "I can finally eat stir-fried vegetables in the future, and I don't have to eat soup at every meal." ”

So that night, in order to reward me for my hard work in the past few days, the women made a fried banquet with this iron pot to comfort me.

The dishes that are fried dry, cooked in fresh oil, naturally have a crisp and fragrant taste compared to those boiled in water.

There are two days left, Chinese New Year's Eve.

During the meal, when talking about this, I discussed with the women how to make the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in two days.

During the days when I was striking iron, Su Wu, the New Year's goods purchaser, led Tian Xiaxia and Kexin, and basically prepared the materials that should be prepared. The three women, propping up the boat, went to dig winter bamboo shoots and pick mushrooms.

I asked the women for their opinions: "In addition to cooking a delicious meal, what else do you want to eat? What did you all eat when you used to spend the New Year at home? For example, making dumplings or snacks and so on? Now that we have rice, we can take advantage of these two days to make some of it!"

But Xin was the first to say: "I want to eat crisp corners! very, very delicious!"

Crispy corners?

The rest of us didn't quite understand what this crispy corner was, so we asked her, "How, will you?"

But Xin's eyebrows fluttered and explained: "Of course it will! Peanuts and sesame seeds are filled with sugar, and then a package of dough is used, and then fried in an oil pan, scooped up and cooled as a snack, very crispy! My mother makes it every year!"

I laughed and said, "Sugar can barely be replaced with honey, but where can we find peanuts and sesame seeds?"

But the little tongue spit out: "Is this...... That doesn't seem to be going to work. ”

Tian Qiuqiu followed and spoke: "Is it good to eat dumplings, you can use lean meat, shiitake mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots as filling." Our family used to eat dumplings for Chinese New Year's Eve. I miss it a little, don't you, sister?"

Tian Xiaxia on the side nodded: "I miss it a little, and I still love to eat at home." Eat the most every time. ”

Well, there are two people who want to eat dumplings.

I turned my eyes and asked Su Wu, "What about you, what do you eat at home?"

Su Wu smiled: "I'll eat dumplings too." My family used to eat glutinous rice balls, but we can't make our own food for whatever we want. So much trouble and life, if the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is eaten by each holding their own things, how can there be the taste of reunion dinner. ”

My cousin chimed in: "Yes, I'm also in favor of making dumplings." It's better to have dumplings together for Chinese New Year's Eve. Then get some snacks out. Xin'er said that we don't have enough materials to make the crispy corners, but this kind of fried food, we can make steamed noodles, that is, we directly use oil to fry noodles, and the fried noodles are also crispy and delicious. ”

I patted my head when I heard this: "By the way, when our family used to be in the countryside, didn't we all make steamed buns to eat." Later, I became a soldier and didn't go home during the Spring Festival, and I haven't eaten for several years. So be it, it's easy to get started, and we still have the right craft. ”

So in the end, I decided to make dumplings and steamed buns!

The steamed buns are made first, this kind of fried food can be stored for a long time, and it is no problem to eat until the Lantern Festival, so you can fry it first.

The next day, we picked about a dozen catties of high-quality rice, scooped it into flour, then added honey, and made noodles, cut them into strips, as big as a little thumb and as long as a little thumb.

Then put the pan in oil.

The oil is the animal fat boiled out of the wild animals that go into the mountains to hunt during these days, and it is packed in two large jars, and the vegetables are usually cooked, which is enough for us to eat for two or three months. Fried buns will cost some, but not much.

But this little girl can't make the crisp corners she likes, so she was a little unhappy. But after our steamed buns came out of the pot, we tasted one of them, bit into them and crunchy them in our mouths, and soon became happy again: "Wow! It's delicious! It's as delicious as a crispy corner!"

I twisted her ears: "You little glutton! Can you bear with it first, wait a few hours, and then eat it when it's cold?" Now it's just out of the pot, it's very hot, be careful to burn your mouth full of bubbles, you won't be able to eat anything until the New Year!"

Tian Qiuqiu, who was helping to fill the pot on the other side, smiled when he saw this: "It's okay, let her taste it, I'll boil a pot of herbal tea later, eat this fried food, and drink some herbal tea, you can neutralize the heat." ”