Chapter 16: Growing Vegetables

Lin Xiaoliang and the house they were assigned to have a very good layout, not only ventilated to the sun, but also three balconies, one is a large public balcony, and the other two are small balconies connected to the master bedroom and living room respectively.

If you want to steam steamed buns, the gas stove in the kitchen is obviously not suitable, it is too expensive, and there is no earthen stove or wood stove here, fortunately, there is a half-old coal stove in the corner of the kitchen, and it is best to borrow some honeycomb coal to steam the buns.

"I'll borrow it." Seeing Lin Xiaoliang's entangled face, Shen Chi spoke.

He knows her, she is thin-skinned, and it's not that she can't do this kind of thing by borrowing things, but he must be uncomfortable in his heart.

Lin Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly, nodded and said, "Go upstairs to Jiang Wei's house to borrow it, I think his second sister-in-law is quite good." "She's really not very good at socializing with people she doesn't know well.

After Shen Chi left, Lin Xiaoliang began to put the steamed buns into the purchased steamer, she naturally wouldn't steam all the steamed buns, first, the steamer was not big enough, and second, she planned to put them in the refrigerator to eat slowly.

When Shen Chi came back, in addition to taking a basket of honeycomb coal, he also brought a large bowl of fried noodles.

"Sister-in-law Jiang is so enthusiastic, you have to bring this one back." Shen Chi looked helpless, God knew that this bowl of fried noodles was so full that he didn't dare to enlarge his steps when he went down the stairs.

"It's also a heart when people give it, don't neighbors just say 'courtesy exchanges'?" Lin Xiaoliang smiled.

Shen Chi put the things away, "You go cook dumplings, the coal stove is too smoky, let me have some." ”

Lin Xiaoliang nodded, thought of one thing, and hesitated: "Where to put this coal stove, it must not be put at home, it is too smoky, but ...... outside, although there will be no meat fragrance when the meat buns are steamed." But it will always attract people's attention, that is, no one steals it, and she doesn't want to attract onlookers, so she has to "cut the land and pay compensation" like just now.

"Put it on the balcony." Shen Chi chuckled and said, "I also just knew that in addition to our family, there is only Jiang Wei and their family in this family building. ”

He also knew about the red date cake. If you want him to say that his daughter-in-law is too good, people who have never met before, what to do to take out a good thing like red date cake to entertain, just have tea.

The magic capital looks prosperous, but in fact, the people in the city are a little inferior to the countryside in terms of food, after all, the people in the city have no land to plant. I have to buy everything, but now I am short of everything, and although the supply and marketing cooperatives in the city are fast, there are more people who buy them. Therefore, it is true that people in the city may be more diversified in their food. But it's really not as rich as in the countryside.

Moreover, even if you take out the jujube cake, you don't have to let people eat it, as long as you don't let go, will those people still be able to rob it?

Shen Chi didn't know what Lin Xiaoliang was thinking, but the visit of those military wives had no warning at all, and she was caught off guard and subconsciously came according to the behavior and habits of her previous life.

Subconsciously, there is a huge difference between her values and those of this era.

"So many houses. Why are there only two of us? Lin Xiaoliang was a little surprised when he heard this.

"This building was newly built last year, and because there is land to grow in the old building, many people would rather live in the old house than move it. Our building is the closest to the barracks but the farthest from the vegetable field, and no one is willing to move, Jiang Wei chose to live in this building because he has to go home every day to see his children, but there should be others moving in in the second half of the year. Shen Chi said what he heard from Jiang Wei.

In the evening, Lin Xiaoliang and Shen Chi ate dumplings, and the little rice cake ate the shrimp omelette fed by his mother.

Shen Chi is a carnivore. But it's also a person who can restrain his appetite, but it's one thing to be able to restrain it. Isn't it better to have meat to eat?

Therefore, he is in a really good mood. In particular, I ate meat buns that tasted far beyond my expectations early in the morning.

Because the steamer was not big, Lin Xiaoliang only steamed two large meat buns, three small meat buns, three fresh buns, three bean paste buns and three vegetable buns.

Since these buns were too many for their family of three, Lin Xiaoliang didn't cook porridge, but just cooked some rice soup to relieve dry mouth.

Knowing that Shen Chi would not eat vegetable buns, Lin Xiaoliang ate the three pocket-sized vegetable buns, and picked up a three-fresh bun to eat, but at this time, Shen Chi on the side stuffed a small meat bun, "Eat this." ”

Lin Xiaoliang was a little embarrassed and a little in a trance, this person was like this in his previous life, and he would bring her two delicious meat buns when he ate them.

"No, I want to eat three fresh buns." Lin Xiaoliang refused.

Shen Chi frowned, looked down at the bun in his hand, and suddenly ripped off a piece of the meat filling and stuffed it into Lin Xiaoliang's mouth, "It's delicious for you to taste." ”

Lin Xiao's mouth was blocked, and it took a lot of effort to swallow that big mouthful of buns, and he was suddenly a little angry.

Sensing his mistake, Shen Chi was stunned, and immediately handed the rice soup to her mouth and said, "Drink it quickly." ”

Lin Xiaoliang lowered his head and drank a few sips, only to feel that the discomfort of being stuck in his throat just now had subsided a little, and he glared at Shen Chi and said angrily: "You can just eat it yourself." ”

Shen Chi was a little frustrated, obviously trying to please Wanwan......

In the end, Shen Chi ate all the meat buns, and also ate two three fresh buns and small rice cakes to eat most of the remaining bean paste buns.

"You will return Jiang Wei's bowl and put these two buns on it, which can be regarded as a return gift for yesterday's fried noodles." Lin Xiaoliang took out the bowl that filled the fried noodles yesterday and put the remaining two bean paste buns into it.

It's not that she's stingy, if in the 21st century, it's naturally not good to give the leftover bean paste buns to others, but at this time, although the bean paste is not as good as meat, red beans are also a rare thing, and it is very easy to give them away.

Besides, between neighbors, whether it is expensive or not comes second, as long as the heart is there.

Shen Chi didn't feel anything wrong, put on his military uniform and took the bun and said, "I definitely can't come back for dinner at noon, you don't have to wait for me." ”

Lin Xiaoliang nodded, and Shen Chi bent down and kissed the little rice cake on the face, "Son, Dad went to work." ”

The little rice cake is very face-saving, during this time, the relationship between Shen Chi and Lin Xiaoliang is not easy to say, but the relationship with his son is getting better and better.

"By the way, the little rice cake got up early today, remember to let him sleep well." Hurriedly explained, Shen Chi opened the door and went out.

Lin Xiaoliang shook her head and sighed in the back, she didn't plan to let her son sleep any more, this child has been energetic recently, he gets up late in the morning, and he refuses to take a nap at noon, which is a toss. finally got up to wake up the little pig, and she naturally wanted to take the opportunity to let him break the habit of refusing to take a nap.

Shen Chi was no longer at home, and Lin Xiaoliang planned to decorate the house again in addition to planning to make the clothes of the two.

Although it was roughly laid out before, there were still some details that I didn't have time for.

Four rooms, the largest master bedroom is naturally her and Shen Chi's, the little rice cake is still small, and they only plan to live here for two years, so his room doesn't need to be considered, but he can arrange a game room, and the remaining two rooms One she plans to arrange as a study, and the rest is naturally a guest room.

At this time, the floor has not yet risen, not only the living room, but even the room is also pasted with tiles, Lin Xiaoliang is a little dissatisfied with this, because the tiles are not polished or glazed, and they are not slippery at all, and it is easy to fall if they are stained with water.

For the safety of her son, she had to buy a large number of carpets at the exchange shop to spread the house and facilitate the small rice cake activities.

There are a lot of toys that little rice cakes like in the game room, and cute little pillows and small blankets are also placed to facilitate him to rest when he is tired of playing, and the walls are also covered with beautiful cartoon patterns such as little stars and small moons.

When it comes to the study, it is not as troublesome as the game room, Lin Xiaoliang bought a large desk and a row of bookcases in the exchange shop, and the rest will be added slowly in the future.

The rooms are simpler, the beds are ready-made, and if you have guests, you just need to spread the futon.

The doorbell rang suddenly, Lin Xiaoliang was stunned, but when she opened the door, it was Wu Ermei standing at the door.

"Sister-in-law Ermei? Come in and sit. She welcomed people into the house.

Seeing that Lin Xiaoliang was about to pour tea, Wu Ermei hurriedly stopped: "Farewell Sister Lin, I don't like to drink that bitter leaf, just pour me a glass of white water." ”

Seeing that what she said didn't seem to be a kind word, Lin Xiaoliang poured a glass of warm boiled water and handed it to her, sat down and asked, "Is there something wrong with Sister-in-law Ermei coming over?" ”

"Didn't your family send a bean paste bun in the morning? The children at home are eating well, and I came to thank you. Wu Ermei smiled: "Then I want to ask if you want to open the ground." ”

"Open ground?" Lin Xiaoliang didn't know why.

"That's right, there is a piece of reserve land in the northwest corner of the garrison area that is vacant, and two years ago, someone reported to the top that he wanted to open up the land, and the top agreed after thinking about it, but he just asked that once the land was to be expropriated from above, there could be no trouble and no compensation from below." Wu Ermei took a sip of water and said: "So as long as you live in the military area, you can go there to open a piece of land, about a point big, and it is enough to grow some vegetables for your own food." ”

"Forget it." Seeing Wu Ermei's disapproval, Lin Xiaoliang smiled and said: "My sons are not yet one year old, I heard my family Shen Chi say that it seems to be quite far away, I don't have so much time to toss, and if you grow vegetables, you don't have to go so far, make a shelf and fill it with soil, and plant some on the balcony is enough for a family of three to eat." ”

In this era, vegetables were grown with "natural chemical fertilizers", and she couldn't do it when she went to the vegetable field to pick manure and fertilize it.

As for planting vegetables on the balcony, she was familiar with it in her previous life, and basically every family in the old city did this, so she didn't have too much experience, not to mention that there was space to assist.

"Can it still be like this?" Wu Ermei was stunned when she heard this, and said with some hesitation: "Can this work?" ”

Although her two sons have entered kindergarten, she has a lot of things to do, and if it weren't for the cost of buying vegetables, she wouldn't be happy to go all the way to work in the fields every day.

Seeing that she had some intentions, Lin Xiao obediently said: "Otherwise, I will plant first, and if I become a sister-in-law, I will plant it together?" (To be continued)