Chapter 241: Sauerkraut
After harvesting the rice, the villagers did not have time to spare and began to prepare to plant cabbage and radishes. There are very few vegetables that can survive in winter, only cabbage and turnips. Yao Huang wanted to build a greenhouse to grow vegetables, so that he could eat more varieties of vegetables in winter. It's a pity that there is no plastic cloth in this world, and the glass process can't keep up, so it is impossible to make a large piece of glass to build a shed, and the greenhouse plan can only be stranded. If he is hungry for vegetables in winter, Yao Huang will go deep into the Rodin Mountain to find some wild vegetables to improve his diet.
Yao Huang remembered the general recipe for making glass, wrote it out and let Heiyun's people experiment with it, and it took half a year to finally make glass. Due to the limitations of the process conditions, the glass produced is more impurities and less transparent than modern glass, and the maximum is only the size of two palms, but it is enough to surprise the people in this world. The small mirrors made of glass are much clearer than copper mirrors, and the first batch of mirrors made by Heiyun were all robbed, and many young ladies and ladies from rich and noble families sent people to guard outside the shop, and they hurried to grab them after the second batch of mirrors were put on the shelves. The price of each mirror is sky-high, but people who buy it flock to it, and it is often out of stock.
Yao Huang and Wenren Chiba signed a cooperation agreement with Chun Yu Jinfeng and Puyang Moshi after making the first batch of mirrors, and the shops of Chun Yu's family and Puyang's family sold mirrors, and the black clouds were hidden in the shadows, which not only benefited but would not be exposed under the emperor's nose.
By the time the cabbage and radish grow into green patches, the weather will also turn cooler. After harvesting cabbage and radishes, it is necessary to turn over the fields and plant winter potatoes. Yao Huang has several farming experience in the world, and is quite familiar with the farming tools of farming, and helps the people in the village to improve the plow. This doubles the speed at which villagers can plow their fields. Presently. This improved farm tool was paid tribute to Emperor Jingyuan by Chun Yu's family. It has been promoted to the whole country.
Cabbage is Chinese cabbage, also called ball cabbage, when the time comes, the leaves will be gathered into a ball one by one, stir-frying, making soup, pickling are all very delicious, there is "winter cabbage is as beautiful as bamboo shoots" said. After the cabbage is harvested, the families in the village start making sauerkraut. The sauerkraut was taught by Yao Huang to the women in the village, and the sauerkraut is not only delicious, but also easy to preserve. The sauerkraut can be eaten for a whole year, stewed tofu, fried and eaten, and dumplings...... It's delicious and delicious. Since the first year of making sauerkraut with Yao Huangxue, every winter, the women in the village have to cook a large amount of sauerkraut, which has become a regular activity in Qingshui Village, and gradually radiates to other villages and Anping County. At this time of year, the smell of sour rot wafts over the village, which makes some people with sensitive noses unbearable.
When making sauerkraut, the whole family goes into battle together. Tear down the cabbage, wash the cabbage, spread the cabbage...... Everybody is very motivated. Wenren Chiba moved the jar of sauerkraut to the yard, and the jar was specially customized. Half a person is more than a person tall, with a large belly and a small cylinder mouth. Best for pickling cabbage. Yao Hong took the small detachable cabbage, broke the old vegetable gang outside, cut off the cabbage head, and divided it into pieces for Yao Qing to move to the well to clean. Yingchun was lying on the crib to entertain himself, Yao Huang drew a drawing on the crib and asked Chen Amu to make it, and the finished product made the daughter-in-law and mother-in-law love it, and asked Chen Amu to help make one. Zhao Erniu had just taken home the crib he had ordered for his soon-to-be-born child two days ago. The warm winter sun shines on people very comfortably, and Xiao Yingchun spits out a bubble and is drowsy.
As a porter, Yao Qing doesn't feel hard at all. With the blessing of internal force, this pot of cabbage is like a light weight for him, after a trip, he found that there was nothing to do, so he took the initiative to bring clean water from the well and let Wenren Qianye and Yao Huang clean the cabbage.
After washing a pot of cabbage, Yao Huang sprinkled a handful of salt on the bottom of the jar, spread the cabbage into the jar one by one, and sprinkled a handful of salt on each two layers. Don't put too much salt, otherwise the pickled sauerkraut will be bitter. Some cabbages were too big, so Yao Huang broke them in half. The family worked together, and soon a jar of cabbage was full. Closing the lid, Yao Huang lifted the jar weighing two or three hundred catties with both hands, walked steadily to the corner of the wall, and put the jar in the corner of the shade.
"Second aunt is amazing!" Xiao Ke applauded Yao Huang's actions and was envious. Although he also practiced martial arts and had greater strength than other children, he was absolutely unable to carry such a heavy cylinder.
"Cut, I can move it with such a tank!" Yao Qing was jealous and wanted to pull his nephew's worship onto himself.
Yao Huang glanced at his younger brother: "You will move the next cylinder!" ”
"No problem!" Yao Qing puffed up his chest and looked proud, "Give it to me".
"Brother-in-law finished washing a pot of vegetables, why don't you hurry up and bring it over!" Yao Huang poured his younger brother's little pride with a basin of cold water, Yao Qing didn't have time to pose, and hurriedly ran over with a wooden basin.
"Eldest sister, after the sauerkraut is pickled, can you make us a sauerkraut hot pot? In winter, mutton shabu shabu is the most healthy. Yao Qing slipped a little saliva and said.
"Fish, eat sauerkraut fish hot pot!" Xiao Ke shouted loudly to express his opinion.
"For the husband Xisu, lady, just make a sauerkraut tofu." Hearing this, Chiba laughed and coaxed.
Yao Hong also smiled: "When the sauerkraut is ready, I will change it for you every day to eat." He turned his head and asked Yao Huang, "Erya, what do you want to eat?" ”
"Let's get dumplings! I want to eat sauerkraut dumplings! Yao Huang remembered the taste of sauerkraut dumplings, and his saliva was overflowing.
"Eat sauerkraut fish first!" Xiao Ke sticks to the authentic.
"Okay, when the sauerkraut is ready, let your uncle help you go to the river to catch fish." Yao Hong agreed.
Yao Huang snorted and laughed: "Xiao Ke, my aunt will tell you a joke, do you want to listen to it?" ”
"Listen, listen!" Xiao Ke nodded again and again.
"Once upon a time there was a mermaid who fell in love with a human son. In order to meet Childe, she found the witch, who gave her a bottle of potion and warned her that drinking it might turn into foam, but the mermaid did not hesitate to drink it. Slowly, she saw a lot of foam rising around her, she raised her head and saw her son, only to see her son looking at her affectionately and saying, 'Hey, the water is boiling, add some sauerkraut to Xiao Er's fish!'"
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The rest of the Yao family looked at each other, unable to think of anything funny about this joke.
Yao Huang looked up at the sky, life is really lonely like snow!
The first step of pickling the sauerkraut is completed, and after waiting overnight, add water to the cabbage jar, and the sauerkraut will be pickled in a month. At this time, farmers began to kill pigs in preparation for the New Year, and sauerkraut came in handy. Sauerkraut is put into the pig-killing dish, which is refreshing and greasy, and delicious in the world. (To be continued......)