Chapter 102: Mustard
The kohlrabi in the field was completely cooked, and Li carried a basket on his back, followed by Jiangxi and Yuan Xiu, and set off to the vegetable field together.
"Xi'er, what kind of mustard are you talking about, can you really make it?"
"Don't worry, mother, when did I tell a lie."
Li thought about it, and it was indeed like that.
"Okay, let's dig out the vegetables in the field today and make them all into mustard, so that our family will not be short of vegetables to eat this winter."
Walking into the greenhouse, unlike the ice and snow outside, a warm breath came from inside, and the three of them all quickened their pace and slipped in.
"Whew! It's still warm inside. ”
Jiang Xi rubbed his hands together and prepared to start digging kohlrabi.
Li Shi glanced at her with a smile, "You kid, you are so thick and afraid of the cold, I haven't seen you so afraid at this time in previous years." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li and Jiang Xi were stunned together.
Jiang Xi thought of the poor child who starved to death, after all, she was not the one who stayed in this body last year.
Li thought more, maybe in previous years, Jiangxi was not cold because she knew that the family had no money to buy her winter clothes, so she would rather freeze silently than make trouble for her family.
His nose was a little sore, and Li looked at his daughter, and a heat rose in the corner of his eye, which was a sign of tears.
Turning his head quickly, Li choked up and said, "Don't talk about that, dig vegetables." ”
Jiang Xi and Yuan Xiu both heard that something was wrong with her voice, but neither of them pointed it out.
Jiangxi knew what the Li family was sad about, where could the Li family be blamed for the events of previous years, maybe the original Jiangxi itself was not afraid of the cold. She couldn't say these words.
For a while, the greenhouse became silent, and everyone was digging their own kohlrabi.
In addition to kohlrabi, Jiangxi also plucked a few radishes and lettuce, these two vegetables are also crispy after being made into mustard, although the taste is not as good as kohlrabi, but it can be added to it to occasionally change the taste.
In the morning, the old man came over and carried back several dishes, and the three of them dug up all the kohlrabi in one place.
When he went back and saw the big pile in the yard, Jiang Xi was stunned for a moment.
There are really a lot of dishes in her house.
I used to grow in the ground, and I didn't think much of it, but when I dug it up, I found that it was piled up like a hill.
Looking at that large pile, Li was very pleased. With so many dishes, it seems that this greenhouse is really not in vain.
At this time, other people's families can only eat Chinese cabbage and vermicelli, but her family has so many fresh vegetables, and she is proud of having such a smart daughter from the bottom of her heart.
However, Li still frowned, looked at Jiang Xi and said, "Xi'er, there are so many vegetables, let's make them all into mustard?" How long will it take? ”
I don't know what mustard is, but I think it's similar to sauerkraut, and it's the kind of dish that goes well with rice.
If so many vegetables are to be made into mustard, then you will have to eat them until next year, and maybe you won't be able to finish them.
In the summer, I don't know if this dish can be put in, and it would be a pity if it goes bad.
Jiang Xi had his own idea, and said: "Mother, there are not many dishes, maybe it won't be enough next year, let's make it first, if there are really too many by then, we can also sell them on the street." ”
"Xi'er is right, this mustard is not available everywhere, if we really sell it, maybe we can sell it at a good price, after all, after the spring next year, it will be impossible to make mustard. It is said that scarcity is expensive, I think we can try to see, even if it really can't be sold, then it can't be lost, and we haven't spent much money on this seed. The old man stood up and said.
In the end, the family agreed with Jiang Xi and the old man's statement and began to make mustard.
In fact, the process of making mustard is not complicated.
Dig up the vegetables, peel off the skin, wash them and cut them into small pieces, and marinate them with salt for a day or two. Then put it in a clean gauze bag, place the gauze bag on a clean stone slab, and press a few more large stones on it. Squeeze it for a few days, and when the moisture inside is almost squeezed out, it can be packed in the jar.
When you want to eat it, pick out a little more and mix it with red oil, it is crispy and spicy, refreshing and appetizing to eat.
However, the difficulty of this thing is in the peeling, and kohlrabi is notoriously difficult to peel. In the afternoon, Jiangxi and his family, a total of five people, all sat in the courtyard, facing the pair of kohlrabi, but in the evening, half of the skin had not been removed.
After moving the meridian bones, it was already dark outside, and Jiangxi stood up.
"Let's get here today, the rest of the vegetables will be piled up in the yard, these peeled, I'll get some water to wash them later." After dinner, my mother and I cut them again and marinated them early. Milk, I'm going to trouble you to cook today. ”
The old lady also stood up from the stool, waved her hand towards Jiangxi, and said, "Don't bother, don't bother, you're busy with yours, I'll do it." ”
The matter of fetching water, in the end, Yuan Xiu did it, Jiangxi was tired for a day, and he was too young to make up his hands, so he didn't hit it several times, Yuan Xiu looked at it and came over to help.
After washing the mustard and cutting it into pieces, and after eating dinner, it is already late at night.
Jiang Xi yawned and went to the kang, not even wanting to move his fingers again.
"Mother, let's make the second batch when the first batch of mustard is ready, this thing is too tiring." She said in a daze, and fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.
Li shook his head and smiled, came over to help her cover the quilt, and then blew the lamp and went to the pit.
The next day, it is a more important festival in this era, Laba Festival!
Li got up early in the morning, cooked bacon and peanut noodles, and prepared for the big meal in the morning.
I was so tired last night, Jiang Xi woke up, and the sky was already bright.
I packed up and walked out of the room, and before I got to the kitchen door, I asked about the smell of laba porridge.
Yuan Xiu came out of the kitchen and saw Jiang Xi smiling.
"Xi'er, you're awake, we just said we're going to call you, Laba porridge is ready, go wash your hands and eat."
In Yuan Xiu's hand, he was holding a bowl with white steam.
Jiang Xi snorted violently, it was so fragrant!
After washing his hands, the five bowls of rice were brought to the eating room, Jiang Xi sat down, and looked down at the bowl of laba porridge in front of him.
There are eight kinds of ingredients: crushed peanuts, crushed walnut rice, diced bacon, red beans, mung beans, rice, sorghum rice, and soybeans.
Although this is not the case with authentic Laba porridge, it is not easy to get together eight kinds of ingredients.
In the rice, a little salt was put in by Li's, and it tasted good, so there was no food.
One person ate two bowls of laba porridge, and Jiangxi's small belly was bulging.
After eating, Jiang Xi went to the kitchen to take a look at the mustard, after salting, a lot of water has come out, but this is not enough, at least until this time tomorrow can be pressed with a slate.
Back in the room, Yuan Xiu was already reading the medical technique, Jiang Xi sat at the table and took out a pen and paper, writing and drawing casually.
Unknowingly, she actually wrote a person's name - Song San.
When Yuan Xiu came to ask her about the words he didn't know, he saw the two words on the papyrus, and his face changed slightly.
"Xi'er, is this Song San a personal name? Who is he? ”
Yuan Xiu didn't say it, Jiang Xi didn't even find out that she wrote such a name. She looked down and remembered the note Song San left when she left.
A smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and Jiang Xi spoke: "A friend." ”
Immediately, his expression was a little gloomy.
"It's just that I don't know where he is now."
"Oh, it's your friend." For some reason, there was a very strong sense of depression in my heart, very uncomfortable, very tangled, as if something was blocking it.
That Song San should be a very amazing person, so that Jiang Xi can have a smile on the corner of his mouth when he mentions him, which is a happy smile from the bottom of his heart.
didn't ask that word again, and Yuan Xiu's mind was not in the medical book at this time.
Jiang Xi stood up suddenly.
"I'll go back to the room first, you can take your time."
She suddenly wanted to see the handwriting on the note.
The long time of winter has passed again, and finally on the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, the town is unprecedentedly lively. The shops were decorated with red lanterns and couplets on both sides, and everywhere was full of joyful red.
Today is a big day to buy New Year's goods, and once today's day passes, the market will not be open again before the beginning of spring. It will not be until after the Lantern Festival, on the eve of Qingming, that the town will slowly gather popularity.
The streets were full of people, most of the children, and groups of children were led by adults to the market, their eyes constantly on the lanterns hanging from the shops. Others, they went directly to the grocery store to buy artillery for adults.
Walking to the grocery store, the old man suddenly stopped and looked at the river stream with a kind face.
"Xi'er, do you want to buy a cannon too?"
After the New Year, Jiang Xi will be eleven years old, in the past ten years, she has never played with this thing, just now the old man looked at Jiang Xi from time to time towards the grocery store, thinking that she should also want to play, but she was embarrassed to say it.
"Uh......" Jiang Xi couldn't have imagined that the old man actually stopped for this. She was actually already in her twenties, how could she still like to play with these things like a child.
When I looked inside just now, I just thought that those children were naughty and cute, and the old man obviously misunderstood her.
It's just that, looking at the eyes that were already a little cloudy, with a loving light flashing in them, Jiang Xi couldn't bear to say the words of refusal.
"Okay, buy ...... Buy one. ”
Hearing her agree, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, went over with a few copper coins, and after a while, he grabbed a cannon in his hand.
"Come, you two take it." The old man gave Jiang Xi and Yuan Xiu half of each person, with a smile on his face.
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