Early in the morning, the weather was a little cool, but Lian Kee's business was extraordinarily prosperous. As autumn begins, Lian Kee's recipes are slightly adjusted with the seasons. The staple food has not changed, except that the porridge has been changed from mung bean porridge in summer to millet porridge, and the soup has also been changed from sea fungus soup to radish shredded bone broth.

As the sun rises higher and higher, the coolness of the morning gradually dissipates and the dew is gone.

Lian Man'er and Lian Zhi'er carried a basket and came out of the shop to pick beans in the vegetable garden behind. Now is the season when lentils come down in large numbers, and the vines are full of verdant, fat and tender lentils, and there are clusters of white and purple carob flowers.

Lian Ji has hired enough people, and it is enough to have Zhang and Lian Shouxin to take care of them, so in Chapter 387, the Qiuliang sisters don't need to help in the shop.

After a while, the two sisters picked two baskets full of lentils.

This is not something that is picked and eaten.

Back in the backyard of the shop, Lian Man'er took a large wooden basin, fetched water, and washed the two baskets of lentils. In those days, there was almost no air pollution, and there were no pesticides for farming and vegetables, so the lentils growing on the vines were very clean and could be rinsed a little.

Lian Zhi'er moved the vegetable pier and the small bench, and the sisters each had a kitchen knife, and sat on the bench while laughing and cutting shredded beans.

The shredded beans should be evenly spread out in a mat or dustpan and exposed to the sun. After the water in the carob shreds has been dried, then put away the carob shreds in a cloth bag and store them in a cool and dry place, which is reserved for eating when there are no fresh vegetables in winter.

To dry one pound of carob shreds, you need about ten pounds of fresh lentils.

Drying vegetables may not seem very technical, but only the eldest girls and little daughters-in-law of the village who are diligent and can live a good life do this, in order to add some dishes to the family's dinner table in winter. Those who are lazy rarely do this. Anyway, it's the 387th chapter of autumn and winter. There are also enough potatoes and Chinese cabbage to eat.

After cutting two baskets of lentils, Lian Man'er took an iron pickaxe and went to the vegetable garden to cut two baskets of mustard gnocchi. Mustard gnocchi is similar to radish in that it is also a tuber buried in the ground. It tastes slightly spicy, astringent, and a little bitter.

Even so, when processed, mustard gnocchi is a delicacy.

The most common thing for the Zhuang families in Thirty Miles of Yingzi is to pickle mustard gnocchi into pickles.

There are also two ways to pickle pickles with mustard gnocchi, the first is very simple, which is to clean the mustard gnocchi. Dry the water, then throw it into the miso vat, marinate for a while, and after absorbing the flavor, you can eat.

The second method is to put it in a tank with cabbage, radish, etc., and marinate it in salted water for a winter. At the beginning of spring in the second year, it was taken out and cooked, and its bitter, spicy and astringent tastes were all gone. All that remains is the appetizing salty aroma.

It's not yet time to pickle pickles, and even the mustard gnocchi that the vines have to cut and dry into dried vegetables.

Mustard gnocchi cut into thin strips. Expose to the sun like shredded lentils, then put them away. In winter, as long as you soak it in water and fry it in a pot, this mustard shredded mustard will be soft and delicious, and the nutritional value is very high.

Although Lian Man'er also likes to eat pickled mustard gnocchi, she knows that it is not good to eat too much pickled food, so she prefers to dry shredded mustard greens. This can retain the nutrients in the mustard gnocchi to the greatest extent, and the bitterness, spiciness, and astringency of the mustard gnocchi can also be removed after drying.

Mustard gnocchi is extremely high in fiber. It is effective in the treatment and prevention of constipation, and it is also a good dietary therapy for eye diseases, and it can also prevent cancer.

Therefore, don't underestimate these seemingly inconspicuous dishes on the dinner table of the villagers, all beings are equal in front of nature, and sometimes. The land under our feet secretly favors the farmers who live in its arms without barriers.

When the sun was about to rise and it was hot outside, Lian Man'er and Lian Zhi'er finished their work and returned to the shop.

The shop has already closed, and Zhang and Lian Shouxin are leading people to clean up.

Lian Man'er went directly into the back room, and Lian Shouxin followed suit. Even the trustworthy counted the money, and even the man'er kept accounts. After today's income and expenditure are settled, Gorou and Xiaoqi also came back from private school.

The two children carried a school bag on their backs, and one of them carried a basket of wild vegetables and weeds on his arm.

Putting down their schoolbags and baskets, the little brothers went on their own to find work.

Gorou carried two baskets, the wild vegetables were to be chopped, and the bran was added to feed the chickens, and the wild grass was added to the little cattle.

Xiao Qi took another basket and went to the woods to pick up duck eggs.

At this time, the Zhang family had already led people to clean up and stop, and the guys all said goodbye and left, leaving only Zhao and Lian Ye'er, and began to prepare the meal they were going to eat at noon.

Pour the oil into the big iron pot and heat it, put in the garlic cloves, and then pour a small half bowl of sauce into it, the oil will sound in the pot, and the aroma of the sauce and garlic will be spread far and wide along the wind. Then put the peeled and cut potatoes and the lenttils without the tendons into the pot, quickly pull them with a spatula for a while, then pour in water and close the lid. Burn the fire until it boils, simmer for a while, and a pot of fragrant potato stewed lentils can be out of the pot.

Put the dining table, set the dishes and chopsticks, Lian Man'er's family, plus Zhao and Lian Ye'er, all sat down at the table and began to eat lunch.

The staple dish is sorghum rice, the main dish is a large pot of potatoes stewed lentils, and green onions dipped in sauce that are essential for every meal. Lian Shouxin likes to eat this the most, and if he doesn't have other dishes, he can eat three bowls of dry rice with green onions dipped in sauce.

Today, Zhang also cooked an extra salted duck egg for everyone.

The salted duck eggs that have been marinated for a long time, knock them open, and gently poke them with chopsticks, and the oil in the egg yolk can come out.

Xiao Qi loves to eat salted duck eggs, and when he finished eating his own, he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, and when he looked back, he saw an oily salted duck egg yolk in the rice bowl.

After eating, Zhao and Lian Ye'er used a flatbed truck to push two buckets of swill back to the old house, where there were still 20 chickens and 6 pigs to feed.

Lian Man'er's family promised to give Zhao's a pig, as long as Zhao fed the three pigs, the feed was from Lian Man'er's family. Zhao felt ashamed, and took over the work of feeding the three pigs of Lian Man'er's family.

"The three heads are also fed, and the six heads are also fed, which is not bad." That's what Zhao said.

After Lian Man'er's family finished eating, they talked and ate to eat.

"Brother, you and Xiaoqi will go to school in the town in the afternoon, see if you can go to Brother Youheng's, and ask this year's bitter girl when his family will receive it." Lian Man'er said to Wulang and Xiao Qidao, "The bitter girls in our land are almost familiar." ”

"It's time to ask, I think someone has come to collect it, not from Doctor Wang's family." Zhang said.

"Well, I'll take Xiao Qi to find Brother Youheng first, and then go to school." Gorou said.

"Sister, you want to pick the bitter girl, and when my brother and I take a break, we will pick it." Xiao Qi said.

When Wulang and Xiaoqi came back from school in the evening, they said that they had seen Wang Youheng the next day.

"Brother Youheng said that his family has begun to accept bitter girls, and he can send them over whenever he wants."

"Then tomorrow I will pick the bitter girl?" Even keep your word.

"Dad, wait one more day, the day after tomorrow, Xiao Qi and I will rest and we'll pick it together." Gorou said.

"That'll do fine." Even Shouxin agreed.

At this time, Mr. Lu came down from the mountain, and the big guy hurriedly let Mr. Lu go to the kang and served good tea and fruits to entertain, Wulang and Xiaoqi put their desks and began to do their homework, and asked Mr. Lu for advice from time to time.

Zhang, Lian Zhi'er and Lian Man'er, mother and daughter, prepare dinner.

Now their family's dinner is also eaten at the shop, because Mr. Lu is eating with them, and this dinner naturally has to add vegetables.

Mr. Lu is a southerner, and he prefers stir-fried vegetables to stewed big pot dishes.

Stir-fried fungus with eggs, stir-fried lentils with garlic, which is specially made for Mr. Lu, as well as fried winter melon with dried shrimp, fried stuffed tofu, fried dried tofu with sharp peppers, and cabbage vermicelli soup.

The cooking skills of the mother and daughter are extraordinary, coupled with the special seasonings made by Lianji, this meal is Mr. Lu, who has eaten delicacies from the mountains and seas, and he is also very satisfied.

After the meal, Lian Shouxin put the tables and chairs in the courtyard, and Lian Man'er sat with Wulang and Xiaoqi to listen to Mr. Lu's teaching.

A little farther away, Zhang and Lian Zhi'er were doing needlework, and Lian Shouxin was cutting forage for the little cattle.

Everything was quiet and nice...... The next day, Wulang and Xiaoqi rested, and only the Zhang family was left in the shop to take care of them, and the rest of the family of five drove the small oxcart to the ground. Before he reached the ground, he saw a large area of fiery red in the distance.

Lian Man'er's family is to open more than three acres of wasteland to plant bitter girls, this bitter girl is vigorous, and she has a large area of left and right shade, and now the bitter girl is ripe, and the red lantern-like fruits form a red ocean.

When they arrived at the field, the family got out of the car with baskets and sacks.

Lian Man'er tidied up the straw hat on his head, straightened his straw hat again, and went into the bitter girl's field.

Only the reddest and most ripe bitter girls were picked, and when the basket was full, they were poured into the sack, and when the sack was full, they tied their mouths and sent them to the car. When the car was loaded, it was driven to the town by Lian Shouxin.

Near noon, Zhang, Zhao and Lian Ye'er brought steamed buns, dried tofu and bone broth from Sanhe noodles, and the family hurriedly ate them and continued to work.

Towards the evening, all the ripe bitter girls were picked, and the last car, Lian Man'er was sent to the town with Lian Shouxin.

"This one is specially planted, and it grows better than in the ravine." Wang Youheng said.

"This is the first crop," Lian Man'er said, "in another half a month, another crop can be harvested." ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper Wang took the abacus and the account book and came in to report the accounts.

"Congratulations to the fourth master and the third girl, this year's bumper harvest...... Send one more first, and there will be two more in the evening, asking for pink. (To be continued)RQ!!