Wearing eighty books, the little widow turns into a rich woman

When the water tank was pulled to Yucai Road, Lin Guoliang left in a hurry.

Lin Lan cleaned the jars one by one, scalded them with boiling water, and dried them in the yard.

In the afternoon, Lin Lan, Qiaohui, and Tong Xinglan took the duck eggs back to Yucai Road in a folder.

Zhigang's hands can't be strong, and he can't go to the slaughterhouse to help. Brother Yong and Shuiqing can't butcher pigs, so Lao Li has no choice but to go to the slaughterhouse to kill pigs.

The next day, Mr. Gu's family went to the pastry shop again, bought pig's trotters, eggs, and some tonics for bruises, and insisted on Lin Lan accepting them.

Lin Lan had no choice but to take those things and gave them some pastries.

In just a few days, the store has collected hundreds of duck eggs, and Lin Lan also ordered a lot of fresh zong leaves.

After the store closed that day, Brother Yong helped to bring Duck back to Yucai Road.

Lin Lan asked him to carry the duck eggs to the small dam next to the well in the back garden. Brother Yong put them down and pulled the cart away.

There is a small dam in the back garden of the small western-style building. There are two brick houses built against the wall, and a stove is built against the wall.

When making steamed and fried food, Lin Lan came to the back garden to use a wood-fired stove. The big iron pot is convenient to use and the food tastes better.

Xiaodouzi looked at the duck eggs in the basket in surprise: "Mom, why did you buy so many duck eggs?"

Lin Lan said with a smile: "Salted duck egg dumplings, have you forgotten the egg yolk dumplings you ate last year?"

Xiaodouzi shook his head: "I haven't forgotten, egg yolk dumplings, bacon dumplings, red bean bacon dumplings, chestnut bacon dumplings, all of them are delicious."

Lin Lan didn't expect him to remember everything, so she kissed him: "My son has a really good memory." She thought, God is really trying to compensate her, so that she has a child like Xiaodouzi, who is sensible and filial, It never gave her a headache.

I used to help feed the chickens and pick up eggs in Lexing, and after I came here, I helped the old man water the flowers and pull the weeds. His understanding made people feel distressed.

"Hee hee!" Xiaodouzi, who was praised by the old lady, showed her millet teeth and smiled so hard that she couldn't see her teeth.

Lin Lan and the others carried the wooden basin and bucket in the house to the yard, and said to Xiaodouzi who was squatting in front of the basket, "Go and bring some small benches, mother and cousin wash duck eggs."

"Oh!" Xiaodouzi responded and ran away, and after a while, he and Lao Li came to the backyard with two small benches.

Seeing Lao Li coming, Lin Lan smiled and said, "Dad, Xiangyang said that the bacon you marinated is delicious. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, help me marinate a jar of bacon, and I will make bacon dumplings."

Lao Li nodded cheerfully: "Okay, tell me the number of dumplings, and I will marinate them for you in advance." He looked at the large baskets of duck eggs, thinking that they would not be cleaned up in two or three hours, "You wash them first. ,I went to cook."

"Okay, I brought some lettuce, rapeseed moss and a few rouge radishes in Lexing. There are meat and vegetables in the refrigerator. Let's see what you like to eat."

Lao Li took Xiaodouzi away, and Lin Lan took Qiaohui and Tong Xinglan to clean the duck eggs.

Some duck eggs are clean and can be washed with a light scrub, while some are dirty with grass and feces stuck on them, so they have to be soaked in water and scrubbed with cotton cloth to clean them.

Tong Xinglan buried her head in her work for a while, then sighed, "Oh! I never dreamed that I would have to wash duck eggs for another day."

Lin Lan glanced at her with a smile: "Young girl, there are many things you didn't expect!"

Tong Xinglan stuck out her tongue and turned to look at Lin Lan: "Cousin, I think you are so strange! Every time you say that we are teenage girls, it seems that you are much older than us."

Qiaohui nodded with a smile: "That's right, she's only five or six years older than us, and speaks old-fashionedly."

Lin Lan sighed: "Sister, I have an old heart, do you know that!" Two lifetimes add up to a sixty years old, how can you not be old!

Tong Xinglan said with a smile: "Everyone pretends to be young, but you just say you are old."

A few people were chatting and laughing, before the duck eggs were washed, Xiaodouzi came to ask for dinner.

While wiping her hands, Tong Xinglan asked, "Dou Zi, what delicious food did Grandpa cook?"

Xiaodouzi held up four fingers: "Two meat and two vegetables, stir-fried rapeseed moss, lettuce slices, cold radish shreds, and a pot of pea dumpling soup." He said and looked at the two with a smile, "My grandpa It’s delicious to cook.”

"We know." Tong Xinglan and Qiaohui mentioned Xiaodouzi, shouting "Sit in a sedan chair!" and ran to the front yard laughing.

Lin Lan smiled and followed the three of them to the kitchen. Old Li looked at them cheerfully: "The food is all on the table, so go sit outside. I'll come after I've mixed the dipping water."

"Okay!" Several people sat at the table, Lin Lan opened the rice cooker and started scooping rice.

Qiaohui handed over the white porcelain bowl with broken flowers: "Cousin, I heard from Sister He Li that the rice cooker is selling well."

Lin Lan nodded: "Yes! The rice cooker is convenient to use, and the rice is still delicious from the wood-fired stove." Going forward, the merchant still used the rice cooker to cook firewood rice as a gimmick.

Xiaodouzi looked at Lin Lan: "Mom, it's been a long time since you fried crispy rice for me. I like crispy rice!"

Lin Lan nodded with a smile: "I'll make it for you tomorrow."

After dinner, several people continued to struggle with the duck eggs. Lao Li and Xiao Douzi also took towels to help dry the freshly washed duck eggs.

Tong Xinglan and Qiaohui dried the dried duck eggs in a dustpan to dry the moisture on the surface of the eggshells. Several large dustpans were filled with duck eggs.

It was only after dark that the duck eggs were finally cleaned and dried in the yard.

"Dad, you and Douzi go back to the house to sleep first, we soak the duck eggs in a jar and go back to the house." Lin Lan said to Lao Li.

Lao Li nodded: "Qiaohui and Xinglan live here today, right?"

"Hmm! It's getting dark, and I didn't feel at ease living in the past, so I just stayed here."

"Then I'll lock the courtyard door." Lao Li led Xiaodouzi to the front yard.

Qiaohui fetched water from the well and poured it into the pot. Lin Lan poured in a bit of salt, a pinch of star anise, a handful of Chinese prickly ash, and a piece of cinnamon were put into the pot and boiled.

After drying, the jars were brought to the hut next to the stove and placed against the wall.Tong Xinglan and Qiaohui neatly stacked the dried duck eggs in the jar, and stopped half a foot from the edge of the jar. The duck eggs bought these days filled four large jars.

The two lifted the bucket and poured the cooled salt water into the jar until the salt water completely submerged the duck eggs.

Lin Lan took out four steaming sticks and handed them to Qiaohui: "Cover it on top of the salted eggs, and press a plate on top." After pressing on the steaming sticks, you don't have to worry about the duck eggs floating to the surface of the water, and you don't have to worry about soaking in salt water uneven.

"Yeah!" Qiaohui pressed the steamed bamboo sticks and clapped her hands, "It's done."

Lin Lan covered the mouth of the jar, looked at the time, it was already twelve o'clock, and said with a smile, "Are you hungry by now?"

Tong Xinglan rubbed his belly: "A little bit!"

"There are small wontons in the refrigerator. I'll cook them for you." Lin Lan turned off the light, and the three of them went back together. After cooking small wontons, they went upstairs to wash and sleep.