Chapter 56: Storing Autumn Vegetables and Harvesting Badly
The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the end of autumn. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Grandpa, do you feel so cold!" Ye Xiaohua was wearing a long-sleeved single coat and felt that it was still a little cold. I don't know if it's because I've been staying in the south before I was reborn, although it's only late autumn and winter hasn't arrived yet, Ye Xiaohua still feels that it's starting to get cold!
While stomping his feet, he helped his grandfather put the potatoes in the box and then put them in the vegetable cellar. In the Northeast, almost every family has such a vegetable cellar, but also with this vegetable cellar, in the cold and long winter Northeast people can also eat fresh vegetables, the vegetable cellar is generally selected to dig in the yard, the yard is small, it is also possible to dig outside the yard, the vegetable cellar is generally not far from home, mainly to take the food conveniently. The depth of the vegetable cellar is mostly three meters, and the vegetables are frozen when they are dug shallowly, and the vegetables are frozen, which cannot achieve the purpose of preservation. Vegetable cellars are not all the same style, there are also like digging a well directly down the hole, digging to less than two meters, and then digging a few holes horizontally, the effect of storing vegetables is also very good.
The shed cover is usually made of thicker logs as beams, and then wooden sticks are placed horizontally on the beams to make purlins, and then covered with bud rice straw. At the exit, leave an opening that can be passed through by adults, about half a meter in size, and finally press the soil on the top of the shed to step on it, and it is completed. Larger vegetable cellars should leave a chimney pipe thick ventilation hole at the end of the cellar, and after the entrance and exit of the vegetable cellar are covered with thick straw curtains, several bundles of corn stalks should be pressed to keep warm.
Dig a vegetable cellar, which can generally be used for two or three years. When the old vegetable cellar is used again in the second year, it must be opened for a few days, and an oil lamp is put down before people go down, or a wax is lit to go down to the cellar, if the fire is extinguished, it means that there is no air in it, and people will die if they go in for lack of oxygen.
This vegetable cellar of Xiaohua's family was also dug last year! It's not big, but it's enough for the two of them to eat.
"yes? This year's winter is a little colder than usual! I don't know how everyone should live? Ye Jianqiang looked at the gray weather in the sky and couldn't help sighing. This year's autumn vegetables are obviously not as happy as in previous years, after all, this year's land is also a lot drier than in previous years, most of everyone's harvest has received a small impact, their own family is just right, the most serious is Wang, Wu two, this year's harvest is not very good? I don't know how everyone should spend this year?
"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Seeing that Ye Jianqiang's mood seemed to be a lot lower, and it seemed that he was a little absent-minded, Ye Xiaohua couldn't help asking.
"Nothing."
"Oh!" Looking at Grandpa's expression, it didn't seem like something important, and Ye Xiaohua didn't bother anymore, "Grandpa, why do we still have to store so many autumn vegetables this year!" There's everything in the space, and besides, it's not delicious for a long time! ”
In previous years, when she didn't have space, she could understand storing autumn vegetables, but now she just doesn't understand why she has so much food in the space! They still have so much autumn vegetables to store! Looking at the radishes and cabbage that were put aside to be cleaned up, Ye Xiaohua couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
"Xiaohua, how can this autumn vegetable not be stored?" Ye Jianqiang frowned, he didn't want to tell her these things, after all, the child's family, what does it have to do with her? But looking at Ye Xiaohua's appearance of being neither light nor heavy, Ye Jianqiang still felt the need to tell her about these things.
"This year's autumn vegetables are not well harvested, grandpa knows that you have these in the space, but people come and go, and the whole village is so big, which person in the village has something that everyone doesn't know! We still have to do what we have to do as usual, you know? Grandpa doesn't talk at home, so you don't go in there, you know? Although Ye Jianqiang felt that Xiaohua might not need him to tell her that she would pay attention to it herself, Ye Jianqiang still said it again.
"Is everyone's harvest bad this year?" Ye Xiaohua frowned, why hadn't she heard about it? But also, she is mostly in school, how can adults tell children about these things! Naturally, she didn't hear from her! She wondered why the village was so quiet. I have the impression that storing autumn vegetables when I was a child is a very important thing for everyone in a year, and storing autumn vegetables means that everyone can have a good year in the next winter, which also carries the joy of a bumper harvest after everyone's hard work in the second half of the year.
"It's not, it's just that this year's harvest is a lot less than in previous years." Ye Jianqiang frowned when he saw Xiaohua, and smiled to say that it was okay.
"Grandpa, you don't have to worry! Isn't there still me (space), the villagers in the village will definitely be able to have a good year. Ye Jianqiang said it, Ye Xiaohua naturally wouldn't believe that there was such a thing! No matter how much or less, most of the people in the village should be affected! Otherwise, Grandpa wouldn't be like this!
"Let's talk about it!" Ye Jianqiang smiled, and didn't say good, nor did he say bad. After all, he was born and raised in this land, how could Ye Jianqiang have no feelings at all? It's just that...... Until the last moment, Ye Jianqiang definitely couldn't agree to let Xiaohua take out things for everyone at the risk of exposing the space, and in Ye Jianqiang's opinion, the matter has not reached such a serious point, everyone may not have a good year this year, but they can still live.
"Alright! Grandpa, let's hurry up and pickle these Chinese cabbages first! I think it's about the same! It's been sitting for days! Ye Xiaohua looked at the cabbage drying in the yard and hurriedly said.
"Yes. That's it! We'll stack them later, put half of them in the cellar, and pickle the remaining half of the sauerkraut! Don't you like sauerkraut the most! Let's pickle more this year! Ye Jianqiang looked at the moisture of the vegetable leaves and said.
"Good! All right! Let's marinate more! Although I haven't eaten it for a long time, I can't help but salivate when I think of the taste in my memory, although pickled sauerkraut has always been a woman's work in the countryside, but the Ye family has always only had grandpa and Xiaohua, which has been grandpa's work for Xiaohua since ancient times. The sauerkraut pickled by Grandpa Ye is more sour and crispier than the ones that Xiaohua Qixiaohua has eaten, and the mouth is more crispy, even after so many years! Xiaohua still seems to be able to remember this taste.
"Alright! If you like, we'll pickle more. You first break off the two pieces of cabbage outside, and I'll go get a knife and the jar first. ”
"En, Roger! Grandpa, hurry up! Ye Xiaohua nodded and said as she immediately began to clean up the vegetable leaves, thinking that she would be able to eat these delicious sauerkraut in the near future! Ye Xiaohua couldn't help but feel a little excited.
Ye Jianqiang looked at Ye Xiaohua's anxious appearance, and couldn't help but be as happy as her. Turning around, he walked quickly to get the jar and those things.
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Ye Xiaohua handed the cabbage to Ye Jianqiang, and Ye Jianqiang was responsible for cutting the cabbage in half and putting it into a large vat filled with rice washing water layer by layer, spreading a layer of salt, and then spreading a layer until it was full.
"Grandpa, wait." Finally spreading, Ye Xiaohua saw that Ye Jianqiang was going to pour the cool boiled water into it, and hurriedly stopped, "We don't put this water." ”
"Don't let this go?" Ye Jianqiang was a little dizzy, this is a trouble! In previous years, it wasn't all like this, "Which one should I put it?" ”
"Let's put this." Ye Xiaohua felt that the things made by her grandfather were originally delicious, and it would be even more delicious if she changed it to space water! It's beautiful to think about.
"Alright! If you want to put this, just put this! Looking at the plate full of space water in Ye Xiaohua's hand, Ye Jianqiang shook his head, feeling that she didn't think this water was good! Also, the well water that has been mixed is incomparable to hers.
Ye Xiaohua smiled and slowly went down the water, and only after soaking the cabbage did she seal the jar with her grandfather, watching Ye Jianqiang push it to a cool corner and put it, and then took a big stone to press it, Ye Xiaohua was satisfied and began to wait for the delicious sauerkraut half a month later.