"Sister, do we have to pick some fresh pepper leaves later? I remember the pickled chili leaves last year, and they were delicious. Yunni asked as she picked chili peppers.

Yunxue last year, after scalding all the chili leaves, tender chili peppers, and tender beans with hot water, they were mixed with green onions and pickled. When eating, the beans are crispy, the tender chili peppers are a little spicy, and the chili leaves are fragrant, which is very delicious. The children love it, that's why Yunni asked.

"Okay, then pick some of them, marinate them and put them in the cave behind, and you can eat them for a long time." Yun Xue also remembered. This doesn't take much work, it's delicious, and it's good to pickle more.

Over there, Yun Ting shouted, "Sister, don't forget to pickle garlic and eggplant and pickle celery root." ”

"This foodie, you know how to eat." Yun Xue couldn't help laughing.

In the farmhouse, the time to eat pickled vegetables is much longer than that of fresh vegetables. Every year, it is only from May to the end of August that there are fresh vegetables to eat, and the rest of the time, I live with pickles. Generally, the skillful daughter-in-law will prepare a variety of pickles in the autumn and save them for winter and spring.

Yun Xue is also a person who loves to ponder, and many things are pickled. And the pickles that are pickled taste much better than those made by others. These younger brothers and sisters in the family are very fond of eating, so Yun Ting shouted like this just now.

"By the way, I dug up a lot of ginger a few days ago. Eldest sister, don't forget to pickle all the vegetables when you pickle them. Tianfu also shouted over there.

Ginger is not spicy and is a plant with underground rhizomes that resemble ginger. This plant has another name, called Primrose. Experienced people say that this plant blooms for about ten days, and it is about to frost. Later generations also called this plant, called devil ginger.

Yun Xue calculated, it seems that ginger is not spicy and has been blooming for seven or eight days, right? Looks like it's going to be frosty. "Well, I'll remember it, and I'll wait to clean up and marinate together."

Ginger is not spicy, this thing is pickled, it is very crisp and raw, and it tastes squeaky and squeaky, which is also very good.

While everyone was talking, the work in their hands did not stop, and in the middle of the day, they picked the vegetables in the garden. "Okay, let's get mustard greens and turnips again in the afternoon, so as not to be beaten by frost and bran. Then it's all cleaned up, and I'll pickle the vegetables. Yun Xue looked at everyone's results and couldn't help laughing.

Everyone was busy all afternoon again, and in the evening, it really started to rain. It is said that it was an autumn rain and a cold, and the next morning, although the weather was clear, the temperature was terribly low. As soon as a person goes out, the breath he exhales is white.

Every family began to rush to their homes to harvest vegetables and vegetables, and in this kind of weather, it will definitely be frosty at night. At this time, if you don't hurry back, the frost-beaten dishes will not taste good, and they will not be boiled.

In the Han family's garden, except for the cabbage and green onions, everything else was recovered. The yard is piled with golden pumpkins like a hill, all round and round, and they are rare to look at. It is said that melons and vegetables are half a year's grain, which is not false at all, if it weren't for these things mixed in the grain last year, I am afraid that there are many people who will starve.

"Eldest sister, I've planted so many pumpkins this year, can I eat them?" Yun Lin looked at the pumpkins in the garden and asked with a smile. In the past, the Han family also planted these, but not as many as this year.

"It doesn't matter if you can eat it or not, you have to plant it. If it weren't for sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and potatoes last year, how could the family afford to raise so many livestock? There is little food, and even people don't have enough to eat, if there were no such things, the pigs would not have been killed long ago, where could they be raised until now? Yun Xue smiled, Yun Lin hadn't experienced this, he wouldn't understand.

"Eldest sister, you are at home, and you have suffered hardship." Yun Lin's voice was a little choked.

"Don't say stupid things, we don't suffer at home, you only suffer outside. If you are under the fence, you have to worry about the enemy, I don't dare to think about what kind of life you are living in the capital. Even if it's fine clothes and food, I'm afraid it's almost like a prison, right? Where are we at home, so free? Yun Xue stretched out her hand and patted Yun Lin's shoulder, "Fortunately, now that everything has passed, the eldest sister can be relieved to see you like this." ”

"Well, it's all gone." Yun Lin wiped his eyes and smiled.

"Okay, there's nothing for you to do at home, if you're idle, why don't you go up the mountain and have a look. At this time, there are a lot of good things on the mountain, so take the opportunity to go and row some back. Yun Xue looked at her younger brothers and raised her voice.

When the boys heard this, they immediately came to their senses, "Okay, I'm thinking about going to the mountains." Yunting, Tianfu, let's go into the mountain. Yun Lin said excitedly.

The guards brought by Yunlin, that Chen Ping hurriedly stepped forward, "Childe, it's too dangerous in the mountains, Childe better not go." ”

Yun Lin glared at him, "Before my son entered Beijing, I played in this mountain forest for six or seven years, and I closed my eyes and knew where there were trees and pits. Dangerous? What's in the danger? Come with you into the mountains, and it is not for you to be blessed when you come, but to go into the mountains to work. With that, Yun Lin went into the house, found one of Yun Zhen's old clothes to change into, and then took these people into the mountain.

The boys changed their clothes and went into the mountains in high spirits. The Yunxue sisters, on the other hand, are at home sorting out all kinds of vegetables and vegetables they picked up yesterday.

"Yunni, you pick the beans and eggplant, and keep the pickles for the ones that are too tender. The rest were packed in large baskets and waited to be placed in the cave behind. I picked the chili pepper and wore the red one. Yun Xue held a needle in her hand, and the back of the needle was wearing twine, and while picking chili peppers, she wore all the red ones.

There are a lot of red peppers, and Yun Xue wore several strings before it was over. The rest of the peppers, except for the particularly tender pickles, are loaded in large baskets, "Let Yunlin and them carry these to the cave behind them at night, and bury them with grass ash and grain grass, so that they can be kept for a long time without spoiling." ”

Yun Xue forgot where she saw this method, she did an experiment last year, and she felt okay, but this year she has done it all. In this way, you can still eat fresh food for a while. Moreover, Yun Zhen got married, if there were these, it would be able to solve some of them.

Yunni picked out all the beans, and the tender beans picked out two large pots, and there were more good beans, which were three baskets. "Eldest sister, we have planted too many vegetables this year, if only your method worked, then you can keep it for a while. Otherwise, if you put it in a cave, I'm afraid it will rot after a long time. That would be a pity. ”

Whether Yunxue is farming or tending to the garden, she is particularly willing to plant things in the field. If there is a seed, there will be a harvest, and it is better to not be able to eat it by then, than not to eat it. So there are really a lot of vegetables at home, and the vegetables picked yesterday are piled up into a hill.

"Fortunately, we have a lot of big baskets, otherwise, what would you use for these dishes?" Yunni said with a smile.

These baskets at home are all woven by Tianfu with wicker and so on. Tianfu's hand was learned from his grandfather, and at that time, in order to take care of Tianfu, the old man Song couldn't go to other people's homes. So he made baskets at home, and the old man would weave baskets of all styles. Tianfu has seen it since he was a child, and he has learned it a long time ago. Although it is not as delicate as the old man's weaving, it is completely okay to use it for life.

All kinds of baskets, back baskets, and large baskets at home are all woven when Tianfu is idle. Tianfu, a child, usually talks little, just works with his head bored. When the work in the field was done, he would take time to cut back the branches and weave baskets at home. Now the Han family has saved a lot of all kinds of baskets, and it is very convenient to load things.

"Yes, thanks to Tianfu Society's craftsmanship, if it weren't for his diligent hands, where would we go to make such baskets?" Yun Xue looked at these sturdy and durable baskets and sighed. "Tianfu, this kid, everything is fine, but he talks a little less. He works so hard and doesn't like to talk, how can he find this daughter-in-law in the future? ”

Yunni laughed, "Eldest sister, you can really worry. This person and person are all fate, you look at Tianfu boring, maybe there is that girl who is optimistic that Tianfu can work honestly. It's his marriage, and he can't run, and if it's not his, he can't ask for it. ”

"Yes, the eldest sister is used to worrying." Yun Xue also smiled.

It was close to noon, and the two sisters boiled a large pot of water, and scalded the young beans, peppers, pepper leaves, and celery with boiling water. Then put it in a large basin, cut several green onions, sprinkle with salt and mix. "Wait for the marinade to taste good, and then taste the saltiness, if it's almost the same, put it in the jar and put some up."

"In the afternoon, I had to repair the mustard greens and pickle them. Steam the eggplant in the evening and marinate the garlic eggplant. Tomorrow I will wash out the celery root and coriander root and so, and marinate them as well. Yun Xue took a look at it and arranged all the work.

"Fortunately, I went to the town a few days ago to buy a lot of salt, and when it comes to pickling pickles in autumn, I have to use a lot of salt." The price of salt is very high, and Yun Xue is very reluctant to chatter.

With the hot pot, Yun Xue put the food in the pot, covered the pot, and then filled the stove pit with a few pieces of firewood, "Okay, when they come back, let's have lunch." ”

At noon, Yunlin and the others really came back, carrying baskets on their backs, and the baskets were full of things. When these people went into the mountains, they rowed into the basket whatever they had. Hazelnuts, winter mushrooms, walnuts, pine nuts, hazelnuts, acorns, as long as they are useful, they all come back. Anyway, just pick it out slowly after getting home, and the most important thing now is to grab it back while the weather is good. "Sister, do we have to pick some fresh pepper leaves later? I remember the pickled chili leaves last year, and they were delicious. Yunni asked as she picked chili peppers.

Yunxue last year, after scalding all the chili leaves, tender chili peppers, and tender beans with hot water, they were mixed with green onions and pickled. When eating, the beans are crispy, the tender chili peppers are a little spicy, and the chili leaves are fragrant, which is very delicious. The children love it, that's why Yunni asked.

"Okay, then pick some of them, marinate them and put them in the cave behind, and you can eat them for a long time." Yun Xue also remembered. This doesn't take much work, it's delicious, and it's good to pickle more.

Over there, Yun Ting shouted, "Sister, don't forget to pickle garlic and eggplant and pickle celery root." ”

"This foodie, you know how to eat." Yun Xue couldn't help laughing.

In the farmhouse, the time to eat pickled vegetables is much longer than that of fresh vegetables. Every year, it is only from May to the end of August that there are fresh vegetables to eat, and the rest of the time, I live with pickles. Generally, the skillful daughter-in-law will prepare a variety of pickles in the autumn and save them for winter and spring.

Yun Xue is also a person who loves to ponder, and many things are pickled. And the pickles that are pickled taste much better than those made by others. These younger brothers and sisters in the family are very fond of eating, so Yun Ting shouted like this just now.

"By the way, I dug up a lot of ginger a few days ago. Eldest sister, don't forget to pickle all the vegetables when you pickle them. Tianfu also shouted over there.

Ginger is not spicy and is a plant with underground rhizomes that resemble ginger. This plant has another name, called Primrose. Experienced people say that this plant blooms for about ten days, and it is about to frost. Later generations also called this plant, called devil ginger.

Yun Xue calculated, it seems that ginger is not spicy and has been blooming for seven or eight days, right? Looks like it's going to be frosty. "Well, I'll remember it, and I'll wait to clean up and marinate together."

Ginger is not spicy, this thing is pickled, it is very crisp and raw, and it tastes squeaky and squeaky, which is also very good.

While everyone was talking, the work in their hands did not stop, and in the middle of the day, they picked the vegetables in the garden. "Okay, let's get mustard greens and turnips again in the afternoon, so as not to be beaten by frost and bran. Then it's all cleaned up, and I'll pickle the vegetables. Yun Xue looked at everyone's results and couldn't help laughing.

Everyone was busy all afternoon again, and in the evening, it really started to rain. It is said that it was an autumn rain and a cold, and the next morning, although the weather was clear, the temperature was terribly low. As soon as a person goes out, the breath he exhales is white.

Every family began to rush to their homes to harvest vegetables and vegetables, and in this kind of weather, it will definitely be frosty at night. At this time, if you don't hurry back, the frost-beaten dishes will not taste good, and they will not be boiled.

In the Han family's garden, except for the cabbage and green onions, everything else was recovered. The yard is piled with golden pumpkins like a hill, all round and round, and they are rare to look at. It is said that melons and vegetables are half a year's grain, which is not false at all, if it weren't for these things mixed in the grain last year, I am afraid that there are many people who will starve.

"Eldest sister, I've planted so many pumpkins this year, can I eat them?" Yun Lin looked at the pumpkins in the garden and asked with a smile. In the past, the Han family also planted these, but not as many as this year.

"It doesn't matter if you can eat it or not, you have to plant it. If it weren't for sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and potatoes last year, how could the family afford to raise so many livestock? There is little food, and even people don't have enough to eat, if there were no such things, the pigs would not have been killed long ago, where could they be raised until now? Yun Xue smiled, Yun Lin hadn't experienced this, he wouldn't understand.

"Eldest sister, you are at home, and you have suffered hardship." Yun Lin's voice was a little choked.

"Don't say stupid things, we don't suffer at home, you only suffer outside. If you are under the fence, you have to worry about the enemy, I don't dare to think about what kind of life you are living in the capital. Even if it's fine clothes and food, I'm afraid it's almost like a prison, right? Where are we at home, so free? Yun Xue stretched out her hand and patted Yun Lin's shoulder, "Fortunately, now that everything has passed, the eldest sister can be relieved to see you like this." ”

"Well, it's all gone." Yun Lin wiped his eyes and smiled.

"Okay, there's nothing for you to do at home, if you're idle, why don't you go up the mountain and have a look. At this time, there are a lot of good things on the mountain, so take the opportunity to go and row some back. Yun Xue looked at her younger brothers and raised her voice.

When the boys heard this, they immediately came to their senses, "Okay, I'm thinking about going to the mountains." Yunting, Tianfu, let's go into the mountain. Yun Lin said excitedly.

The guards brought by Yunlin, that Chen Ping hurriedly stepped forward, "Childe, it's too dangerous in the mountains, Childe better not go." ”

Yun Lin glared at him, "Before my son entered Beijing, I played in this mountain forest for six or seven years, and I closed my eyes and knew where there were trees and pits. Dangerous? What's in the danger? Come with you into the mountains, and it is not for you to be blessed when you come, but to go into the mountains to work. With that, Yun Lin went into the house, found one of Yun Zhen's old clothes to change into, and then took these people into the mountain.

The boys changed their clothes and went into the mountains in high spirits. The Yunxue sisters, on the other hand, are at home sorting out all kinds of vegetables and vegetables they picked up yesterday.

"Yunni, you pick the beans and eggplant, and keep the pickles for the ones that are too tender. The rest were packed in large baskets and waited to be placed in the cave behind. I picked the chili pepper and wore the red one. Yun Xue held a needle in her hand, and the back of the needle was wearing twine, and while picking chili peppers, she wore all the red ones.

There are a lot of red peppers, and Yun Xue wore several strings before it was over. The rest of the peppers, except for the particularly tender pickles, are loaded in large baskets, "Let Yunlin and them carry these to the cave behind them at night, and bury them with grass ash and grain grass, so that they can be kept for a long time without spoiling." ”

Yun Xue forgot where she saw this method, she did an experiment last year, and she felt okay, but this year she has done it all. In this way, you can still eat fresh food for a while. Moreover, Yun Zhen got married, if there were these, it would be able to solve some of them.

Yunni picked out all the beans, and the tender beans picked out two large pots, and there were more good beans, which were three baskets. "Eldest sister, we have planted too many vegetables this year, if only your method worked, then you can keep it for a while. Otherwise, if you put it in a cave, I'm afraid it will rot after a long time. That would be a pity. ”

Whether Yunxue is farming or tending to the garden, she is particularly willing to plant things in the field. If there is a seed, there will be a harvest, and it is better to not be able to eat it by then, than not to eat it. So there are really a lot of vegetables at home, and the vegetables picked yesterday are piled up into a hill.

"Fortunately, we have a lot of big baskets, otherwise, what would you use for these dishes?" Yunni said with a smile.

These baskets at home are all woven by Tianfu with wicker and so on. Tianfu's hand was learned from his grandfather, and at that time, in order to take care of Tianfu, the old man Song couldn't go to other people's homes. So he made baskets at home, and the old man would weave baskets of all styles. Tianfu has seen it since he was a child, and he has learned it a long time ago. Although it is not as delicate as the old man's weaving, it is completely okay to use it for life.

All kinds of baskets, back baskets, and large baskets at home are all woven when Tianfu is idle. Tianfu, a child, usually talks little, just works with his head bored. When the work in the field was done, he would take time to cut back the branches and weave baskets at home. Now the Han family has saved a lot of all kinds of baskets, and it is very convenient to load things.

"Yes, thanks to Tianfu Society's craftsmanship, if it weren't for his diligent hands, where would we go to make such baskets?" Yun Xue looked at these sturdy and durable baskets and sighed. "Tianfu, this kid, everything is fine, but he talks a little less. He works so hard and doesn't like to talk, how can he find this daughter-in-law in the future? ”

Yunni laughed, "Eldest sister, you can really worry. This person and person are all fate, you look at Tianfu boring, maybe there is that girl who is optimistic that Tianfu can work honestly. It's his marriage, and he can't run, and if it's not his, he can't ask for it. ”

"Yes, the eldest sister is used to worrying." Yun Xue also smiled.

It was close to noon, and the two sisters boiled a large pot of water, and scalded the young beans, peppers, pepper leaves, and celery with boiling water. Then put it in a large basin, cut several green onions, sprinkle with salt and mix. "Wait for the marinade to taste good, and then taste the saltiness, if it's almost the same, put it in the jar and put some up."

"In the afternoon, I had to repair the mustard greens and pickle them. Steam the eggplant in the evening and marinate the garlic eggplant. Tomorrow I will wash out the celery root and coriander root and so, and marinate them as well. Yun Xue took a look at it and arranged all the work.

"Fortunately, I went to the town a few days ago to buy a lot of salt, and when it comes to pickling pickles in autumn, I have to use a lot of salt." The price of salt is very high, and Yun Xue is very reluctant to chatter.

With the hot pot, Yun Xue put the food in the pot, covered the pot, and then filled the stove pit with a few pieces of firewood, "Okay, when they come back, let's have lunch." ”

At noon, Yunlin and the others really came back, carrying baskets on their backs, and the baskets were full of things. When these people went into the mountains, they rowed into the basket whatever they had. Hazelnuts, winter mushrooms, walnuts, pine nuts, hazelnuts, acorns, as long as they are useful, they all come back. Anyway, just pick it out slowly after getting home, and the most important thing now is to grab it back while the weather is good.