Return to the small mountain village in 1986

After Gao Mingcheng helped Grandma Xi and the others put down their things, he locked the door again and took Grandma Xi and the others to the clothing store for lunch.

This was agreed upon a long time ago, so Duo Mei who stayed in the clothing store started preparing meals at ten o'clock, but she was responsible for talking and Hu Yinchen was responsible for cooking.

In August, Hu Yinchen stopped working at Gao Mingwanjia and returned to Gao Mingcheng.

Compared with taking care of the baby, it is more relaxed to do some chores here, and to pass the time chatting and laughing with people I know well. After the kindergarten officially opens in September, Hu Yinchen will be in charge of the kindergarten's kitchen and take care of the children's three meals a day. In addition to her, she will also hire another person to help wash and cut vegetables.

When Gao Mingcheng brought people over, a sumptuous meal was already prepared, including old duck soup, braised pork, braised grass carp and other seasonal vegetables.

Nowadays, eggplant and pepper are almost essential dishes on the table. The yield is high, and they can be eaten every day. They are eaten almost every day.

Gao Mingcheng likes to eat bitter melon these days. He went to Yangcheng a while ago. Not to mention the heat, the food he eats outside is not good. Even if he buys big fish and meat, the taste is not to his liking or too greasy. Therefore, in the past few days, he wanted to eat bitter melon by name.

Bitter melon relieves summer heat and can be fried with eggs, minced meat, or plain. There are many ways to eat it.

Gao Mingcheng served a bowl of old duck soup to Grandma Xi, and gave the stewed duck legs to Xiao Xuxu and Xiao Yuanyuan. The two children did not serve it, so they sat in the yard to eat.

Grandma Xi looked at the table full of delicious food, and then at Gao Mingcheng and his wife. She felt very happy, and her sadness about leaving home disappeared in an instant.

Grandma Xi didn’t want to live in the county from the bottom of her heart, but she came anyway for the sake of her grandson, granddaughter-in-law, and little great-grandson.

Thinking that she had brought a lot of food and that the kindergarten had all the pots and pans, Grandma Xia said: "Mingcheng, Duomei and Shufang, you guys, come to the kindergarten for dinner in the evening, and let you Try Xiu Man’s craftsmanship.”

He Xiuman also immediately expressed her opinion and warmly invited them to have dinner with her.

Although the kindergarten house belongs to Gao Mingcheng, after they lived there, it was considered a new house and they should invite Gao Mingcheng's family to eat there.

Gao Mingcheng did not refuse, and agreed with a smile. He also said that he would close early today and go there to eat.

After deciding on this matter, He Xiuman mentally planned what to cook in the evening.

They brought a lot of vegetables, but most of them were fresh vegetables and dried vegetables made before. As for meat dishes, they only had chicken and dried fish.

It was already noon, and it was not convenient to go out to buy groceries. Furthermore, she didn't know where to go to buy groceries.

It seemed that they were not familiar with the county town, so Gao Mingcheng asked Hu Yinchen to go to the kindergarten in the afternoon to help Grandma Xixi and her family get familiar with the surrounding environment and the kitchen utensils in the kindergarten kitchen.

There were many people eating at home, and Hu Yinchen refused to eat at the table. She sat next to the stove with a bowl and ate. When Gao Mingcheng mentioned her, she immediately agreed.

Hu Yinchen is an out-and-out county person and is very familiar with the county. As for the kindergarten, she has also gone there to see it. After helping to cook together this afternoon, she is also familiar with the kitchen.

After all, that's where she will work from now on!
Gao Mingcheng said that when the kindergarten officially opens, Hu Yinchen will be able to take a vacation with the kindergarten. This kind of stable vacation makes Hu Yinchen very satisfied.

After lunch, because of the scorching sun outside, I didn’t go to the kindergarten right away. Instead, I stayed at the clothing store and talked with everyone.

Although Gao Mingcheng has the best relationship with Grandma Xi's family, Gao Shufang can also talk to Grandma Xi's family. After all, when they lived in the village, the two families were neighbors.

Even Zhang Jinling had lived in Gaojiacun for a while when she first married Gao Mingli. Although she wasn't very familiar with Grandma Xixi's family, she didn't know them at all.

Now everyone is sitting together chatting, and after a few words, the relationship between each other seems to have become much closer.

Gao Mingcheng opened the refrigerator and took out some homemade popsicles. In fact, the taste of these homemade popsicles was not as good as those produced by food factories, but they were healthy!

Gao Mingcheng has eaten ice cream from later generations, and he has to say that the taste is very rich and there are many varieties, but hey, you have to eat it, don't look at the recipe list!

Looking at the recipe list, if you understand what those additives mean, you may not be able to enjoy this ice cream.

The recipe for homemade popsicles at home is much simpler. Just boil a pot of mung bean porridge, add rock sugar, and after it cools, put it into a mold and freeze it.

You can also make milk popsicles. Melt the milk powder, add a little sugar, and then freeze it. The frozen popsicle is actually a piece of sweet ice.

But this icy and sweet taste is enough to win people's hearts after just one bite in the middle of summer.

Even Grandma Xin also ate a milk popsicle. The white milk popsicle tasted ice cold and had a milky taste.

After eating the popsicles, Gao Mingcheng sent Grandma Xixi's family back to the kindergarten, because they still had to clean up the house and prepare for the evening treat. In addition, Xiao Yuanyuan was still young and was used to taking a nap. If it weren't for the crowds and excitement, By this time, both she and Xiao Xuxu should have fallen asleep.

After Gao Mingcheng sent the children to kindergarten, he began to teach them how to use electrical appliances.

Grandma Xin is old and her eyesight is not very good, so she does not dare to touch those electrical appliances and only asks Gao Zhuang and He Xiuman to study hard.

"Grandma Xixi, these electrical appliances are very strong and can't be broken!" Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but smile when he saw Grandma Xixi's expression of not daring to touch them. He even took Grandma Xixi's hand to open the refrigerator door.

Because the refrigerator has just been plugged in, the temperature inside the refrigerator has not cooled down yet. After opening it, it looks like a cabinet.

Gao Mingcheng said: "When you take things out of the refrigerator in the future, you'd better be quick and close the door immediately after taking it out. Otherwise, power will be consumed and the refrigerator will easily break."

Hearing that the consequences were so serious, Grandma Xi quickly told Gao Zhuang and He Xiuman to remember not to leave the refrigerator door open for too long.

As for her, Grandma Xi said she would never touch the refrigerator!
Yes, in my heart, my grandma still dare not touch these expensive electrical appliances.

When Grandma Xi's family went to clean the room, Gao Mingcheng asked Hu Yinchen to cook a large pot of mung bean porridge and prepare to make popsicles.

The kitchen in the kindergarten is very spacious. After two freezers and a refrigerator are placed, there are still many empty seats. There is also a long table for the convenience of employees to eat.

The freezer and refrigerator have been plugged in, and Gao Mingcheng plans to make a large number of popsicles in the next two days. This year, there was a problem with the cold storage of the food factory, and the output of popsicles was low, making it difficult to buy popsicles on the market. Therefore, Gao Mingcheng decided that whenever parents bring their children to visit the kindergarten, they will give each of them a popsicle!
He bought a lot of molds, sticks and wrapping paper. The cost of making homemade popsicles was so low that even if they were delivered every day for a month, he wouldn't feel bad!

He brought the mung beans, rice and sugar to make the porridge himself. In addition, he also took a few packets of milk powder. After the temperature of the freezer dropped, he would make milk popsicles.

"Okay." Hu Yinchen said "ok" and started to work. She looked at the empty five-story shelf next to the stove and asked, "Mingcheng, is it time to prepare the rice, oil and seasoning? "

Gao Mingcheng also glanced at the empty shelves, where some vegetables and rice oil condiments were prepared. So he said: "I will buy it and deliver it later. We will start cleaning tomorrow. Every corner of the kindergarten must be cleaned. Everyone will have lunch here by then. You have to prepare it."

"Okay." Hu Yinchen responded as she started to do things, and asked her after she was in charge of the kitchen, who was responsible for buying the food, or whether Gao Mingcheng bought it and delivered it.

Gao Mingcheng found it troublesome, so he said: "You can do most of the shopping, but you have to keep a good account. If I have a lot of vegetables in the field, they will be sent here. After the garden opens, I will make some according to the season." , you are also responsible for making the menu. And for people to help in the kitchen, you can just call an acquaintance to come over, as long as the work is done neatly. "

"Hey, okay." Hu Yinchen's face smiled even more. Who wouldn't want to make money these days?
Government departments are not accessible to ordinary people, and factories are not accessible to elderly women. Therefore, there are still many middle-aged women without jobs in the county.

Hu Yinchen had no job before. It was because of Zhao Dongmei's introduction that she came to work at Gao Mingcheng's house. She has been doing this for more than two years.

While Hu Yinchen was making porridge, Gao Mingcheng drove away in his car to buy rice oil and seasonings.

Having a car is convenient. He can go anywhere quickly. And because he bought a lot of things, he was able to negotiate the price.

But after settling the accounts, Gao Mingcheng thought of a more trouble-free way.

Xiao Jinfeng's transportation company often travels to the provincial capital, and most of the seasonings in the county are purchased from the provincial capital, so he can ask Xiao Jinfeng to bring him a batch of seasonings in the future.

I didn't need it before, but now that the kindergarten is open, I need to use a lot of seasonings every day. Plus, if I use it at home, I don't have to worry about running out even if I have to buy it in boxes.

Gao Mingcheng made a trip and bought all the rice, oil and seasonings. He looked at the hundreds of eggs on the shelf and remembered that there were many salted eggs at home. He decided to bring some more salted eggs when he came over for dinner in the evening. Here come the eggs.

The clothing store was the first house he built. At that time, he was short of money and the land he bought was not large. Over the years, the place was filled with all kinds of things, so Gao Mingcheng decided to move as much as possible.

Apart from anything else, eggs no longer need to be sold in clothing stores. Except for home-cooked food, everything else can be placed here. By then, boil an egg for the children every day. The eggs will definitely be used up quickly, children. Looks good!
While Gao Mingcheng was busy with this, Gao Zhuang was also busy killing chickens and plucking their feathers.

They brought five chickens from home, and now they are going to kill them all, stew two chickens at night, and freeze the remaining three chickens to eat later.

It's not that they don't want to raise chickens. In fact, the kindergarten is quite large and has a small flower garden. However, raising chickens in the city is already a bit out of place, let alone raising chickens in a place like a kindergarten.

That would knock the kindergarteners down!

Think about it, chicken manure is everywhere, and there is a smell in the air. So, no matter how beautiful the house is, no matter how complete the facilities are, what can it do?

Therefore, Gao Mingcheng has long said that chickens cannot be raised here.

Grandma Xi and the others would never do anything to embarrass Gao Mingcheng, so they not only killed the chicken immediately, but also cleaned up the chicken droppings from the previous chicken.

When Gao Mingcheng saw that Gao Zhuang had already plucked the feathers from the chicken, he walked over to help and said, "Let me break it open!"

Gao Zhuang said hurriedly: "Brother Mingcheng, just rest and let Xiuman do it!"

He Xiuman came over with a knife, washed the chicken first, and then put it on the chopping board to break the body. There are two ways to break the chicken, one is to break the chicken from the back, and the other is to break the belly. He Xiuman is used to breaking the chicken from the back. The abdomen was opened because she felt it would require less force.

There are many bones in the back, so you need to exert enough force to break it open at the beginning, but not too much force, otherwise it will hurt the internal organs in the abdomen.

It doesn't matter if it hurts the heart and liver, but if it hurts the gall and intestines and contaminates the back of the body, the chicken will not taste good.

He Xiuman worked here very smoothly. She smiled and said, "Brother Mingcheng, your kitchen is so nice, spacious and bright! The sink for washing vegetables is also easy to use, and the chopping board is wide enough. "

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Just get used to it."

He glanced down at his watch and found that it was already four o'clock. Since he didn't need his help here, he was going to go back to the clothing store. At five o'clock, he would bring Duo Mei and the others over for dinner.

After saying hello to Grandma Xi, Gao Mingcheng left first.

When he left, a large pot of mung bean porridge had been cooked and placed in a large copper basin to cool.

Hu Yinchen also took the initiative to help He Xiuman, planning to stew the chicken first. These were old chickens and needed to be stewed for a long time.

In addition to stewed chicken, stir-fried chicken with chili is also a good dish to go with rice. After cleaning out the innards of five chickens, it can be just enough to make a plate.

In addition, fried dried fish with chili pepper, scrambled eggs with chili pepper, stir-fried cowpeas, loofah soup, sweet potato leaves, etc. are also provided.

But these seem to be missing.

So, Grandma Xiao took out two packets of powder. The powders were both white, but the contents were different.

The same is sweet potato starch, and the same is bitter oak starch.

After processing, the sophora is dried and ground into powder, which can be stored for a long time. When you want to eat it, dissolve it with water, put it in a pot, heat it to solidify, and then soak it in water to remove the astringency, and you can eat it.

The method of making sweet potato starch is more convenient. After boiling the water, pour it into the pot and stir until it becomes a solid paste. Place it on the chopping board, cut it into pieces with a knife, then put oil and chili in the pot. Fry them together and eat them. The texture is quite unique, sticky and chewy.

These sweet potato starches were saved from last year. As for this year, I probably won’t make them again. Although sweet potatoes are planted in the fields, I don’t raise pigs at home. They also came to the county to make sweet potato starch. Somewhat wasted. (End of chapter)