The grand lady who time-traveled became a hot mom

Chapter 69

When Lin Qiu came to build the chimney of the greenhouse, the greenhouse was truly completed.Although the area is small, just the small vegetable garden that just covers the backyard, it is enough to supply winter vegetables for Fang Yumin's family of four.

Under Fang Yumin's command, Lin Qiulai, Xiaoyang and Xiaoming's father and son transplanted the leeks, cabbage, cabbage, shallots, etc. that had been sown in the vegetable garden in the front yard in advance into the greenhouse.The cold-resistant Chinese cabbage, radish and cabbage have also been planted. The colder the weather, the sweeter these vegetables will be.

After this work was done, Fang Yumin started thinking about soybean oil after being idle for a few days.Alas, she is a hard worker and can't stay idle.

Although soybean oil here is slightly more expensive than vegetable oil, it is still much cheaper than fatty pork.With Fang Yumin's current situation, not to mention soybean oil, even fried pig fat is affordable.It's just that when she thought of growing so many soybeans at home, how much money would she save if she could extract oil by herself?Moreover, the bean dregs after oil extraction can be fed to pigs, and can also be used as fertilizer. It is simply that the soybeans are squeezed out without any waste.

Fang Yumin ran to ask Lin Qiulai who was weaving baskets in the yard: "Qiulai, do you know how the soybean oil is extracted?"

Lin Qiulai shook his head: "Xiao Min, do you want to squeeze soybean oil? But this is usually an ancestral craft, and outsiders want to learn it first from a teacher."

"That's it." Fang Yumin frowned, why don't apprentices start as apprentices?What a hassle.

Fang Yumin, the ancient method of making soybean oil, has seen and played in Qingqing World.But how to make a hole with a huge piece of wood, stuff soybean flour in it, and then hit it with a wooden stake to force out the oil, how do you think the efficiency is very low, and the oil output rate is very poor, right?But how do you know if you don’t try?

Thinking of this, Fang Yumin began to point fingers and explain the principle to Lin Qiu.Although she talked about everything, but fortunately, she was a boy, and she always figured out these physics things quickly.

"Xiao Min, can oil be squeezed out like this?" Lin Qiulai raised his eyebrows, still a little puzzled in his heart.

Fang Yumin nodded affirmatively: "Yes."

Lin Qiulai's eyes and brows were full of smiles, and Fang Yumin praised: "Xiao Min knows so much."

Fang Yumin's heart skipped a beat, but she still raised her chin and said arrogantly: "That's right! I'm Fang Yumin!"

"Yes, yes, then I will talk to the blacksmith tomorrow." Lin Qiulai smiled and reached out to pinch Fang Yumin's face, but she avoided it.Originally, he wanted to try again, but felt that it was pointless.

Fang Yumin ran into the house and showed Lin Qiu the drawing of the hot pot that he had drawn a long time ago: "You can ask the blacksmith to make more of these small iron pots by the way tomorrow, and when the weather gets colder, we will eat hot pot at home. "

"Okay, this should be ready soon." Lin Qiulai picked up the blueprint and looked at it and said with a smile.

At this time, there were hurried and small footsteps outside the door, and the door was pushed open after a while, Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang ran in: "Father, mother, we are back."

Fang Yumin hurriedly stood up, and asked with a smile, "You're back, is it cold outside?"

"It was cold when I went to school in the morning, but it's okay now." Xiao Ming ran to Fang Yumin and hugged her waist coquettishly, "Mother, Xiao Ming is hungry."

Fang Yumin patted Xiao Ming's head, said with a smile: "I know, mother has already cooked the food, and you can eat it after frying." Then he said to Xiao Yang who was squatting beside Lin Qiulai and talking: "Xiao Yang , and Xiao Ming go wash your hands and get ready to eat."

"Okay." Xiao Yang came over with a smile and took Xiao Ming's hand and went into the house together.

"Qiu Lai, don't do it either."

"Okay, I'll go light the fire and beat you up."

Today's lunch is very simple, the main course is sauerkraut pork pot.Also made a shredded cabbage and a salted chicken stew with potatoes.

Sauerkraut is Chinese cabbage that has been fermented in a pickling tank for more than a month. It is refreshing and tough. When it is stewed with large pieces of pork belly, the sour and fragrant smell will whet the appetite.

The salted chicken was also marinated by Fang Yumin with salt and five-spice powder and dried more than a month ago. Whether it is stewed with potatoes or steamed, it is also salty and delicious.

Because the sauerkraut pork pot is a northern dish, Fang Yumin followed the northern custom and set a low table on the pit, and then served the sauerkraut pot connected to the small charcoal stove.

"Wow, it smells so good."

"Eat more if it smells good, you are all too thin, you will gain weight in autumn."

"Okay, hee hee."

The family of four sat cross-legged on the kang and sat around the sauerkraut pot, eating their mouths full of greasy food, extremely satisfied.A big pot of sauerkraut and pork belly didn't even have scum left.

Fang Yumin was originally not used to the white fat meat that was boiled like this, but she never expected that such a large piece of pork belly would taste oily but not greasy after being boiled with sauerkraut, leaving a fragrance on the teeth and cheeks.

Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang ate until their stomachs were full, and they spread out on the pit, groaning and groaning that they were too full to move.Because the sauerkraut is appetizing, I don’t feel full when I eat it, but when I stop the chopsticks, I find that I am too full to move.

Fang Yumin reached out and rubbed Xiao Ming's stomach, and said to Xiao Yang: "Hurry up and go for a walk in the backyard with Xiao Ming to digest food, next time I see you dare to eat so much."

"That's because the dishes mother made were so delicious, I couldn't help but eat too much." Xiao Yang said while helping Xiao Ming.

Lin Qiulai also touched his stomach and said, "Yes, Xiao Min, you have been cooking delicious food recently, you touch my waist, I'm fat."

Fang Yumin squinted at the father and son: "Can't control my mouth and still say that my cooking is too delicious? Then you will make dinner?"

"No!" It was all in unison.

Fang Yumin smiled, and was about to get up to clean up, but was held down by Lin Qiulai: "I'll clean it up, the water is too cold, don't wash the dishes."

Fang Yumin didn't refuse, so she went for a walk in the backyard with Xiaoyang and Xiaoming.

The rabbits at home are still breeding rapidly. When we first moved to the new house, the rabbit shed seemed too spacious, but now it is almost full.Originally, it was almost winter, and their breeding season had already passed, but because Fang Yumin was afraid of the cold, Lin Qiulai had already burned firewood to keep warm, and now even the rabbits were enjoying the blessings with Fang Yumin.In such a warm environment, the rabbits are warm and caring, and under the hard work of the rabbit parents, the rabbits are born one litter after another.

The rabbits raised by Lin Xialai have already been sold once, and Fang Yumin gave them a few more litters of newborn rabbits to raise.Anyway, her family doesn't make money by raising these rabbits now, and she doesn't want the two children to work too hard.Lin Xialai and He Shi are both quiet and hard-working people, and the two children have been taught very well. Fang Yumin still likes their family very much.

Seeing the salted fish piled up in the house, Fang Yumin began to think about when would be the best time to sell them?After the beginning of spring, Lin Qiulai and Lin Damin had to go to other counties to sell sweet potato flour, and the export of salted fish had to be postponed.

But this freshwater fish is different from sea fish, and it will not taste good after a long time.Fang Yumin didn't want to do business at a loss, so why not try it in Nantou County first?Shopkeeper Jin and Lin Qiulai bought fresh fish twice, and the cooperation was also very pleasant. Now his restaurant has almost become a specialty store for eating fish.It is estimated that selling this salted fish to him will be successful.

"Mother, what are you thinking?" Xiao Ming was dragged by Xiao Yang and walked slowly around twice, then jumped up to Fang Yumin and asked.

"Mother is thinking about when it is appropriate to sell these salted fish." Fang Yumin rolled his eyes and asked the two children: "Think about it too, how can you sell them at a good price?"

"Sell them to places where there are no fish." Xiao Ming blinked, "Mother said that rare things are valuable."

"Well, Xiao Ming has a good idea." Fang Yumin squeezed Xiao Ming's face approvingly, and said with a smile: "But there is no place where fish is sold is far away from our house, and it takes too much time to go back and forth. Not realistic."

"Mother wants to create a new dish with salted fish, and then sell it to restaurants. It's just like how Mother sold rabbits." Xiao Yang said slowly, "It's best to sell when the fish is in season."

"Well, Xiaoyang has a good idea. But when will it be considered that the catch is too late?" Fang Yumin patted Xiaoyang's head approvingly and asked.

"Our family has just sold fresh fish, and now is not the right time. Xiaoyang thinks it's best around the Chinese New Year, or at the beginning of spring." Xiaoyang said worriedly: "But we have a lot of fish here. The method of doing it is also simple. Mother, in this case, will the restaurant only buy it from us once?"

"Well, once is enough. Mother just wants to sell these. Next year, when your father is free, go to those places where there is no fish to sell. If there is a market, then we can sell dried fish all year round. .”

"Mom, can I go with dad when the time comes?" Xiaoyang asked, "I've grown up too, and I want to share the burden for mom and dad."

"No, you have to go to school." Fang Yumin patted Xiaoyang on the head and said, "I know Xiaoyang is good, but studying is very important to you, and even to our family."

"Firstly, reading can broaden your horizons and increase your knowledge; secondly, if you study well and pass the exams as scholars, Jinshi, etc., then our Lin family's ancestral grave will be smoked, so how prestigious is our family? At that time, even the county magistrate will give you face."

Imagining the beautiful future, the two children couldn't help but blushed with excitement, and their hearts were full of fighting spirit.

Fang Yumin went on to say: "Our family is a poor and white farmer. You have also seen that farming alone can only make a living. So my father and mother thought that when they saved enough money, they would move to Nantou County to buy a house and a shop. To make money from business, you also go to school in the county town, where the teachers are much better than here."

"Really move?"

"Of course we'll move. But if you're doing business in the county town, if you have nothing to do with it, you'll be bullied easily if you don't have a background. So you two brothers have to fight hard, and no matter what, you have to work hard to be a scholar. , father and mother will only be able to rely on you in the future, so the most important thing for you now is to study hard, you know?"

"Yes, mother. We remember, we will definitely study hard in high school." The two children said firmly.

After successfully fooling around, Fang Yumin smiled and praised: "I knew that Xiaoyang and Xiaoming are the best behaved."

(End of this chapter)