Chapter 28: Autumn Bamboo Shoots

This time the storm was too big, and the house was damaged in a big way, and it was said that it was repaired, but in fact it was almost like rebuilding. At present, there are only a dozen taels of silver at home, and he has to build a big tiled house, and Ning Dazhuang is reluctant to take the silver out to repair the house.

However, if you don't fix it, where will the family live? Therefore, a ruthless heart still has to be repaired. Anyway, the land has already been obtained, and it is a big deal that the whole family will work hard for two years, tighten the belt of their pants for another two years, and save some money to build a big tile house.

made up his mind, and the next day, taking advantage of the sunny weather, Ning Dazhuang immediately found a few people to repair the house. Three days later, the thatched house was renovated, and Ning Xue'er's family moved in again, but unfortunately, it cost another three taels of silver to repair the house, and there were only a dozen taels of silver left in the house.

Looking at the small amount of savings, the whole family's face was shrouded in a dark cloud, Zhang gritted his teeth and said: "Father of the child, you will go to work in the town from tomorrow, I will continue to weave cloth at home, and I must be cautious with silver at home, white rice can not be eaten at once, eat more grains." Don't buy snacks, snacks or anything else. ”

The Zhang family is determined to minimize the family's expenses, but Ning Dazhuang doesn't care, anyway, he goes to the dock to move goods to take care of the food. But Ning Xue'er complained bitterly, a modern person actually doesn't eat white rice, but wants to eat coarse grains? It's, it's not torturous.

However, Ning Xue'er also knew that the Zhang family did this completely to save money to build a house, so she could only nod and agree.

Since then, the Ning family has lived a hard life, and only a small handful of rice can be placed in the porridge in the morning, and the porridge is so clean that it can be used as a mirror. At noon, sometimes I don't steam rice, just take some buckwheat to make gnocchi, and then serve it with some capers at home. In the evening, I can eat rice, but there is only a small bowl for each person, and it is accompanied by wild vegetables, mushrooms and the like that Ning Xue'er picked up from the mountains.

Eating every day, eating every meal, Ning Xue'er felt that she was about to be malnourished. She stood in front of the bronze mirror, pinched her little face, and lost a lot of weight.

Hey, Ning Xue'er let out a long sigh, she was still poor to put it mildly. Now, she is looking forward to the sweet potatoes on the ten acres of land to ripen as soon as possible, and she is also pointing to selling sweet potatoes to make a fortune.

However, she had already gone down to the field yesterday to take a look, and now the sweet potatoes are only the size of a fist, and it seems that if you want to have a good harvest, it will have to wait a little longer.

The ripening of crops has its natural laws, and this matter cannot be rushed, Ning Xue'er understands this truth. In desperation, she had to carry a basket up the mountain to find wild vegetables and firewood.

After walking all the way, Ning Xue'er felt a little tired, and recently she felt that her physical strength had dropped significantly, which may have something to do with not having enough to eat. She hurriedly entered the cave where she used to go to Zhang Yisheng and sat on the big rock to rest.

Ning Xue'er looked around and found that there was no one around, so she bought two ham sausages from the system's points mall and ate them regardless of the image.

"Tut-tut, host, you look ugly!" The system mocked mercilessly.

Ning Xue'er didn't pay attention to it, just chewed the ham sausage vigorously, fragrant, so fragrant! She couldn't even remember what the meat tasted like!

After gobbling it up, Ning Xue'er wiped her mouth and glanced at the points on the electronic board again, forty less well, okay.

"Host, you're stingy too!" The system couldn't help but complain again! For so long, Ning Xue'er didn't have the slightest idea of spending points every time except for the points that she had to spend. In the face of such a slamming host, the system is also cool and cool in his heart.

After eating and drinking, Ning Xue'er got up and prepared to continue working. She has been in the mountains for a long time, and she is familiar with the woods, and she knows where to find wild vegetables. Ning Xue'er squatted and picked vegetables all the way, the action was very neat, and suddenly, the system spoke, "Report the host, find autumn bamboo shoots!" ”

As soon as she heard that there was something to eat, Ning Xue'er was immediately alert, and she hurriedly asked, "Where?" Where are the bamboo shoots? ”

System: In the small bamboo forest in front, there are all bamboos underneath, and you dig slowly.

According to the prompts of the system, Ning Xue'er ran into the small bamboo forest, squatted down and excavated. After digging a few times, a yellow and clear head was revealed, Ning Xue'er was overjoyed, she pulled it out hard, and the autumn bamboo shoots came out and threw them into the back basket, and Ning Xue'er began to dig up the next one non-stop.

After digging a basket, Ning Xue'er went down the mountain satisfied.

Passing by Zhang Yisheng's house, Ning Xue'er was stopped by Zhang Mi'er, and she quietly stuffed Ning Xue'er with a pheasant. Ning Xue'er was flattered, immediately shook her head, and refused: "No, I can't ask for it, this is too valuable, you can keep it and sell it for money." ”

In these years, if a farmer can eat meat once a month, it is considered rich, and Ning Xue'er was so generous before because she was rewarded by the county lady, but fortunately, when Ning Xue'er had silver before, she often gave food to her neighbors, and she made a lot of good fate.

Nowadays, the family is in difficulty, and the neighbors will send some vegetables from time to time, and sometimes one or two eggs, but like the Zhang family, it is really rare to have a chicken as soon as it is shot.

Zhang Mitang smiled: "Sister Xue'er, what is our relationship, what are you doing politely with me?" The family is already much better, last time you gave the eldest brother ten taels of silver, our family's foreign debts have long been repaid, these days the eldest brother goes to work in the town every day, our family has saved a lot of money, you are welcome, take it, just when our family thank you. ”

At this time, Zhang Yisheng's mother also ran out, and she said kindly: "Good boy, take it quickly, look at your skinny, take it home and make up for it." ”

At this moment, Ning Xue'er couldn't say anything about the excuse, so she had to accept the pheasant. Then she took out two autumn bamboo shoots from the basket and handed them to Zhang Honey, "Honey, come, I just dug it, you can take it and eat it." ”

Zhang Mi stared at the autumn bamboo shoots handed over by Ning Xue'er, looking embarrassed. After seeing it, Zhang's mother exclaimed: "Silly boy, what are you digging this for?" This bamboo shoot is so astringent, it's about to be thrown away! ”

Ning Xue'er was a little surprised, the villagers here didn't know how to go to astringency! No wonder, no wonder. Just now, Ning Xue'er was muttering, such a good thing, why are there so many leftovers in the forest.

Thinking of this, Ning Xue'er decided to tell Zhang Mi and them the secret recipe for removing astringency, after all, everyone has given chickens, and she can't be stingy.

So, Ning Xue'er whispered in Zhang Mitang's ear, and Zhang Mi's eyes immediately widened, that's it? She looked incredulous, Ning Xue'er blinked her big bright eyes, "You can try it." ”

At dusk, smoke rose from every household in the village, and Ning Xue'er carried a pheasant into the house. She washed her hands and prepared to cook. Today, I was in a bit of a hurry, and I was afraid that it would be too late to make chicken, so Ning Xueer decided to stir-fry bamboo shoots. She quickly peeled the skin of the bamboo shoots, washed them, and cut them into small cubes with a knife for later use.

Then Ning Xue'er boiled a pot of water, blanched the freshly chopped bamboo shoots, then poured oil, fried garlic, stir-fried the bamboo shoots, and finally got out of the pot. After finishing the dishes, Ning Xue'er made pimple soup again, this time she put an extra small handful of rice, and when the pimple soup began to boil, the aroma of rice slowly wafted out.

As soon as Ning Dazhuang entered the courtyard, he smelled the fragrance, he hurriedly washed his hands and went into the house to eat. Ning Xue'er saw that Ning Dazhuang was back, so she hurriedly filled a bowl of pimple soup and brought up the dried bamboo shoots she had prepared before.

Ning Dazhuang drank porridge with dried bamboo shoots, not to mention how beautiful it tasted. Ning Xue'er hurriedly ran to the computer room to bring dinner to Zhang's before sitting down to eat.

Ning Xue'er only drank a bowl of pimple soup, and in order to be full, she ate a lot of dried bamboo shoots and barely filled her stomach.

After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Ning Xue'er sent a few autumn bamboo shoots to the second room, and she also told Ding's secret recipe for astringency by the way, and Ding was overjoyed when she heard it, and gave Ning Xue'er two duck eggs.

Early the next morning, Ning Xue'er went up the mountain with a basket on her back, and she was going to dig autumn bamboo shoots. Now there are not many people who will astringen the bamboo shoots, if the village spreads, then the autumn bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest on the mountain will be dug up by the villagers. Therefore, Ning Xue'er thought about starting early.

Walking to the foot of the mountain, passing by Zhang Yisheng's house, Ning Xueer ran into Zhang Mi who was about to go up the mountain. So, the two girls went up the mountain together.

In the morning, the temperature was still low on the mountain, and a gust of autumn wind blew, and the two girls invariably wrapped their clothes tightly. All the way up the mountain, as far as the eye can see, it is full of depression. The leaves on the trees had withered, and the wind was blowing, and the ground was covered with dead leaves. The grass on the side of the road is also yellow, the wild vegetables are old, and before you know it, late autumn has arrived.

"Sister Xue'er, you are so smart, you said that blanching bamboo shoots with water can remove astringency, I tried it yesterday, and sure enough." Zhang Mi looked at Ning Xue'er with a look of adoration, and Ning Xue'er smiled.

Zhang Mitang couldn't help but praise again: "Sister Xue'er, you know so much, it's amazing." Ning Xue'er gently touched Zhang Honey's little head and teased her: "The little mouth is like smeared with honey, and it really can talk!" ”

Zhang Honey couldn't help blushing and muttered in a low voice, "I'm telling the truth." ”

The two girls talked and laughed all the way up the mountain, and when they arrived at the small bamboo forest on the mountain, the two picked up small shovels and began to dig autumn bamboo shoots, one, two, three...........

An hour later, when the two men's baskets were full, the two girls sat down under the bamboo to rest.

"Sister Xue'er, what should I do next?" Zhang Mi asked while wiping her sweat.

Ning Xue'er thought for a while and said, "Honey, you carry your autumn bamboo shoots home, I'll continue digging here, and when you go back up the mountain, bring two more baskets." ”

"Good!" After the words fell, Zhang Mitang and Ning Xueer acted separately.

Zhang Honey carried the autumn bamboo shoots down the mountain, and Ning Xue'er continued to dig, however, when Ning Xue'er was digging hard, there were a few wolf howls from the mountain.

Ning Xue'er stopped vigilantly, she silently asked the system, what's going on?

The system said: "Report to the host, a hunter two kilometers away from you has encountered a wolf. ”

Ning Xue'er's eyelids jumped, and she felt bad in her heart.