Fertile land

Chapter 81

Mrs. Zhou left with the jar in her arms, and she got up, put on her clothes and went out.

After being noisy for an hour, she made a lot of noise when she got up, for fear that the others wouldn't hear her, and for fear that they would sleep in.

Standing at the door, he called the first room, then the third room.

He just barely knocked on the door and kept saying over and over again:

Put the cornmeal and everything else somewhere, feed the chickens, do laundry, wash quilts, carry water, sweep the floor, shovel chicken manure, irrigate the vegetable garden...

When I have free time, I want to work as a female celebrity, that is, make purses, and then take them to the clothing stores in town to sell them.

One by one, they explained the tasks they had to do today...

The sharp and harsh shouting woke her up from her dream, and Luo Zhi'er covered her ears.

Zhou Paipi!
I was tossing and turning on the bed, but I couldn't fall asleep anyway.

When I went out, it was still dark outside, and I didn’t know what time it was!
Whose dog barks and bites non-stop!
She couldn't stop thinking about the pine nuts drying in the bamboo sieve. She had soaked the pine nuts in water after making the mushroom oil last night.

Since Mrs. Zhou was not at home, she just took the time to fry it. Li Sanmao didn't eat anything last night...

After she got up, she stretched the tendons in the yard, stretched her arms, twisted her waist, and jumped with her legs high!
The air in ancient rural areas was good, unlike modern traffic and pollution. The smell of orchids made you feel refreshed.

Then go to the kitchen to get some water and wash yourself up...

Maybe he was too tired yesterday. After doing physical work for a day, Li Sanmao was not woken up yet.

She went to the firewood pile in the back yard in the dark, found some kindling, lit a fire in the pot against the wall, and steamed the pine nuts until they softened!

Use another pot to bake some cakes for Li Sanmao and the others!

In the morning, Mrs. Zhou took out a ladle of cornmeal that she had eaten today.

Place it on the chopping board as usual.

In her opinion, this thing was always kept here, and Zhou even deliberately explained it loudly, or she was deliberately telling them not to sleep...

In addition, she deliberately let the neighbors hear her. Her mother-in-law had already gotten up and went to town, while her daughters-in-law were still sleeping in.

Even though she controlled the rice, flour, food and oil, she didn't let little wives like them go hungry!
Luo Zhi'er found the matsutake mushrooms picked yesterday, some shepherd's purses that she picked up on the way back, and the uneaten half of yam...

Mix cornmeal with water and stir into corn slurry. Wash the matsutake mushrooms and cut them into particles. Cut the shepherd's purse and yam into fine pieces and stir them into the corn slurry.

Then I went to the vegetable garden in the yard in the dark to collect some green onions and pulled out a white radish!

Wash and chop the green onions and sprinkle them inside, and simply add some seasonings you have at home...

Put animal oil in the pot, use a spoon to spoon the corn syrup into the pot, and fry until golden brown.

In a short while, a large plate of fried onion and mushroom tortillas will be ready!

The color is golden, the onion smells delicious, and it must taste crispy.

After frying the pancakes, cut the radish shreds into thin strips, blanch them in a pot, add some salt, pick them up, add condiments, and make pancakes with cornmeal!
After frying the shredded radish cake, go to the sauerkraut jar and scoop out a ladle of simmering water, boil a slurry soup, add some chopped green onion and salt, and eat this pancake in the morning, it is also delicious!

At least it can fill the bellies of a few hard-working men.

Smelling the sour soup, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva. She thought of the dried wild boar meat in the house!
It wasn't sold anyway, and Mrs. Zhou was still so stingy that when she brought it back a few days ago, she locked it up and put it in the side room next door.

Otherwise, make pork leg and radish soup early in the morning, how fragrant it is.

When Lao Li finished using the toilet, a coughing sound resounded in the yard.

Looking at the sky behind the mountains to the east, it was still dark, and I couldn't help but think of his old woman.

If you want to wake him up, why don't you just go to a town?Look what she can do!

He was really exhausted from digging yesterday!

I don’t sleep well at this age, and when I wake up, I can’t fall asleep again!

Now that he had gotten up, he planned to call Li Sanmao and Li Daqiang. It was time to get up and work uphill!

What's going on? I've only been squatting in the pit for a long time. Who's up?After walking a few steps towards the main room, I saw someone seemed to be in the kitchen and smelled the smell of food.

I thought strangely: This is strange, who is cooking in the kitchen?
No one in his family has ever gotten up so early to make breakfast!
The root cause is naturally that Mr. Zhou is not willing to work so hard.

The other one felt that the meal early in the morning was superfluous and a waste of food.

They all eat after they come back from work!

"Third wife! What are you doing?"

I quickly tied up my pants and walked in. It was indeed that fat figure busy on the stove!

The pot against the wall inside was cooking something, and it was steaming and smoking...

"Oh, Dad, I couldn't sleep. I saw that you were going to do farm work in the fields, so I got up and made some breakfast to fill your stomach! Although farm work is important, you have to eat well to have the strength to work!"

"Haha, the third daughter-in-law is really interested. What did you make? It tastes so good!"

Lao Litou felt warm in his heart and nodded!Hmm...no one has cared about his empty stomach in the morning for many years...

However, didn’t Zhou say that he only left cornmeal when he left in the morning?
Why does it smell so good?

"Dad, this is the tortilla I made, try it!"

Pick up the plate and hand it to him.

"Eh!"

When Lao Li Tou saw the yellow one, he immediately aroused his appetite. Without any politeness, he stretched out his hand and took one tremblingly and put it into his mouth.

When I took a bite, it was crunchy and the aroma of mushrooms lingered in my mouth...

"Is this made with cornmeal? It's so delicious!"

"Yes, Dad, this is shredded radish pancake, and there is vegetable soup in the pot. It will be ready soon. You drink some more soup, and I'll call Sanmao!"

"Eh! Eh!"

Lao Litou's eyes were filled with relief that this cornmeal could still make such delicious pancakes!
As for shredded radish, can it still be made like this?The eldest daughter-in-law added some salt to marinate it yesterday. In addition to stewing soup, they usually marinate it!
Seeing Luo Zhi'er's fat back walking out of the kitchen, he went to find a bowl under the chopping board and ladle out the soup!
Luo Zhi'er pushed the door open and entered the house. Li Sanmao was getting dressed and was surprised, "Daughter-in-law, why did you get up so early? Did you go to cook? Why didn't you call me?"

My wife's body smells like oil smoke, but it actually smells quite good...

"I saw that you were tired from work yesterday and didn't have dinner, so I couldn't sleep anyway, so I baked pancakes for you. Get up quickly, dad is already eating!"

"it is good!"

Li Sanmao got up, ran to the door of the main room, and called Li Daqiang to get up and have breakfast!

When the third grandfather had breakfast, she started frying her pine seeds. She stir-fried them in the pot until the water was dry. Then she added salt and other things to taste until the pine seeds opened. She tasted one. I thought it was ready to eat, so I scooped it up and cooled it down...

She felt that she had been busy for half an hour, and she was done!

Li Sanmao and the others had eaten breakfast and put it away to go out. They had not finished eating the cakes on the stove, leaving them for the children at home.

She put a few handfuls of fried pine nuts into Li Sanmao's pockets!Let him be quiet on the road!
"Daughter-in-law, hey, you are so kind!"

Li Sanmao was carrying a bag on his back and looked at her stupidly, giving the little snack of fried pine nuts to him...

My stomach is full this morning, so I feel very satisfied to work like this!

"Why don't you make some breakfast? Sanmao, it's a hot day, so drink more water and be careful of heatstroke!"

"Eh!"

Li Daqiang looked envious and looked at the door of the big room. His wife hadn't gotten up yet, and the door and windows were closed!
"Brother, you should also try these pine nuts, and keep your mouth shut when you take a breather!"

"Eh!"

Then there is Lao Litou too!
The three figures slowly disappeared in front of the Li family yard...

Miaomiao hasn't woken up yet. This little girl is getting tired as she grows up. She also wants her to sleep more!
I drank some pulp soup by myself, and of course I didn’t forget to boil the medicine for myself again. After boiling it, I drank it!
I went out and looked at the horizon. It was getting brighter!
There are also sounds of other villagers talking and greetings in the village. Some are working uphill, some are going to the fields to add water, some are fetching water from the river, some are fetching dung from the latrine, and some are going up the mountain to chop firewood...

Rural people are just hardworking little bees!
(End of this chapter)