42, busy autumn

Until An Ran left, the old shopkeeper continued to doze off, only the little earth dog lying at his feet lazily lifted his eyelids again and glanced at An Ran.

When he started writing his diary under the lamp that night, An Ran recorded Jiang Jieyun's convulsive expressions one by one as usual, and severely criticized, despised and spit on his unsteady, unkind, unobtrusive, boring, shameless, and unconstructive behavior.

Then he whimsically speculated that he would come up with such an unreliable proposal, as a kind of leisure activity, for example, this child was so impressed by her peerless cooking skills that he couldn't sleep at night, and was fascinated, so when he came to her again today, although he felt quite embarrassed, he couldn't bear to propose this deal, and after seeing her entangled, he finally couldn't resist the young man's fragile self-esteem, and took the initiative to cancel the proposal......

This little Super Marie Sue joke like this is self-amusement, stopping to laugh from time to time.

After writing today's diary, she casually looked at the diary for a period of time, reviewed the recent study and life situation, and summarized and reviewed whether there was anything that needed to be paid attention to and improved.

Then I saw her record of Jiang Jieyun's other two convulsions not long ago, and reread the diary of those two days with a little laughter, and couldn't help but think, if this continues, maybe when this guy is developed in the future, she can write a memoir such as "What I have to say to the local rich man NO1 in this city" or "What I Know Jiang Jieyun" and make a small fortune.

The bored self YY for a while, and then it was time to read and read, to make a mask to make a mask, everything was as usual, but unconsciously, Jiang Jieyun had added a new alternative impression in the past in Enron's mind, such as honor students, underworld reserves, and the future landlord of the city.

Autumn is as deep as a day, as if in the blink of an eye, the fallen leaves on the street have been spread a thick layer, and the market is full of all kinds of "special" vegetables used for pickles, thumb-length small eggplant buns, finger-thick cucumbers, bundles of snow red, large piles of green radish, pumpkins, nest melons, sweet potatoes......

In addition, there are a variety of seasonal fruits and dried fruits, and the prices are cheap and fresh.

In previous years, An Ran's family basically did not pickle pickles, on the one hand, Li Caifeng and An Guoqing were too busy with work and had no time. On the other hand, they are not good at it.

However, in the cold weather in the north, although it is not a problem to eat all kinds of out-of-season vegetables in winter because of the means of vegetable greenhouses, the variety is limited and the taste is lacking, so all kinds of side dishes and pickles have become necessary supplements.

In the past, if you didn't have your own homemade, you can go to the market and buy ready-made.

I have to say, it's really not a good choice.

The price is expensive, not cost-effective is only a small aspect, and more importantly, it is unsafe and unhygienic.

It looks like it's shiny on the surface, but God knows what those unscrupulous vendors added to it during production.

Consumers who are greedy for convenience can only meditately out of sight and out of mind, spend high prices, and eat food that is not conducive to health.

Now that An Ran, who has developed cooking skills into a hobby, is determined to do it himself this year and have enough food and clothing.

Of course, in addition, she also found a different kind of fun and sense of accomplishment in these seemingly simple and boring selections, sourcing raw materials, and finally making successful races, and regarded these as her own games, according to a book from a second-hand book stall that specializes in how to make all kinds of pickles, side dishes and kimchi, and had fun and full of energy.

Of course, no matter how good the pickles are, they are also pickles, which can only be used as side dishes, and eating too much is not suitable for the body, besides, there are only three people in the family, and they can't eat too much pickle.

After playing all kinds of side dishes, An Ran began to play with jam.

This is almost the most abundant and cheapest time of the year in the north.

Red autumn apples, sweet and sour, washed, peeled, cut into small cubes, put in a clean small pot, add water, do not pass the apples, then add an appropriate amount of sugar, simmer over low heat until viscous, so the simple and delicious applesauce is ready.

Put the finished applesauce in a dry and clean glass jar, seal it tightly, and put it in the refrigerator to store it for a long time.

It can be used as a filling for small snacks or spread on bread and steamed buns, and it is very delicious.

This method of making jam is very versatile, it can be used with orange jam, hawthorn jam, strawberry jam and so on.

Not only can you make jam for one fruit, but you can also put several fruits together to make jam.

An Ran was a little fascinated by jam, the fruit was sweetened, and the taste of boiling in the pot was very good, with a sweet and sour aroma, with the small bubbles in the pot, diffused in every corner of the room, it was a beautiful autumn taste.

Zhou Fanghua once tasted the jam she brought with her meal, and she was full of praise and immediately copied the production method.

However, it was not she who did it, but her mother who asked her to do it.

In Zhou Fanghua's words, no girl will have such strange interests like An Ran, such as liking cooking, insisting on practicing calligraphy, raising flowers, raising fish, if she mentions a bird cage, comes to a pair of chess, and wears a pair of reading glasses, she can pretend to be a retired old cadre.

An Ran laughed when she heard this, and took advantage of her to call her aunt.

Indeed, she may not be mature in dealing with people, but in fact, according to her actual mental age, she is about to enter the age of establishment.

In general, autumn is a busy season, in addition to pickling all kinds of pickles, making jams, but also drying dried vegetables, beans, eggplants, cucumbers, radishes...... After cutting or steaming, take advantage of the dry and refreshing weather in autumn, dry and air-dried, store in a ventilated and dry place, and wait until winter to put meat and vermicelli to cook together, which has a unique taste.

Of course, for traditional northerners, the above can be omitted, but there are two jobs that are almost mandatory for every family, buying cabbage and green onions.

Cabbage is prepared for pickling sauerkraut.

Every late October, early in the morning, as soon as the sky is bright, small trucks full of autumn vegetables drive into each residential area.

People also got up early, expecting the car of these vegetable vendors to drive into the yard, so they gathered in front of the car, asking about the price of vegetables, checking the color of the goods, and discussing whether the car was suitable for pickling.