Zhou Huaian has made up his mind that he will not let his wife take care of anything at home and let her take good care of her health.

This saves you from having to worry about things at home and not being able to focus on your pregnancy.

Su Qingxue was thinking about things at home. The vegetables in the private plot had been almost harvested, and only the small piece in the backyard was left. There was really nothing else to do.

All that was left was to properly process the collected vegetables, which was not a hard job. After hearing what he said, I nodded.

Girls should be a little gentle sometimes and not be too tough, otherwise he will feel a lack of sense of accomplishment.

"Then I'm going to have to work hard for you during this period, husband."

I drank two large bowls of soup and felt like I was going to sweat all over my body. After I finished sweating, I felt very relaxed.

After Zhou Huaian finished his meal, he packed up the vegetables that Su Qingxue had left for him, as well as the chicken soup he had just cooked, and headed towards the cowshed.

Sun Rui, who was left alone, quickly cleared the dishes on the table.

Su Qingxue felt a little sweaty, so she filled a bucket with hot water and prepared to wash up properly.

Sun Rui saw her carrying the bucket and wanted to carry it into the bathroom herself, so he quickly took the bucket from her hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll do it. You take your time. Don't be in a hurry."

It was quite scary, with such a big belly and carrying such a big bucket.

They were already so familiar with each other and got along like brothers, so Su Qingxue didn't bother to be polite with him.

While he was fetching water, I went back to my room and found some clothes.

After taking a bath, I felt very comfortable all over, as if I was a little lighter. The ginseng is really a great tonic.

When I came out, I saw Sun Rui tidying up various things that were drying in the yard.

"Sister-in-law, how are you going to eat these radishes?"

“I want to make dried radish, and I also want to make pickled radish.”

"Okay, just sit there and watch. I'll clean them up."

Sun Rui went straight to the kitchen, got out a kitchen knife, a cutting board and a large wooden basin, and started cutting right under the eaves.

Su Qingxue couldn't sit still either. She couldn't just watch others work.

Find the salt, chili powder and other things needed to make dried radish and place them in front of Sun Rui.

Put the dried water spinach aside, move a stool and sit next to it, pick all the leaves of the water spinach and leave only the water spinach stalk.

By the time Zhou Huaian came back, almost all the leaves in the two large bundles of water spinach had been picked.

In fact, when they were half dried, the two large bundles had already become two small bundles.

"Wife, what are you going to do with this water spinach stem?"

"Go get a big jar with a lid and prepare to make a kimchi jar. You can put water spinach, radish, or beans in it to pickle."

This way you don’t have to get several jars and put them there taking up space; a large vat will do the job.

Pour boiled water into a large jar, add two packets of salt, pour in all the half-dried garlic and ginger, and then add a handful of dried chili peppers.

Stir to allow the salt to dissolve, then add the semi-dried vegetables.

Half of the jar was filled with water spinach stalks alone, and the rest was made by putting beans tied into small bundles, and adding some cut white radishes and carrots.

After they are all filled, they are placed in an empty storage room, which is deliberately a cooler room so that they will not spoil easily.

Chop all the remaining white radish into cubes.

Looking at that pile of leeks, even if some were given away, there were still quite a lot left, and it felt like I couldn’t finish eating them.

All other green vegetables and green leafy vegetables such as cabbage are put away and prepared to be dried tomorrow and eaten.

Zhou Huaian saw that there were only a few radishes left, but he didn't compete with Sun Rui for work. He looked at the half-dried chili peppers on the side and asked, "Wife, are you going to cut these peppers or dry them and grind them into powder?"

"It's all right. It's getting late now, so let's not do it. We can just take it out and dry it tomorrow."

"It's okay. I have nothing to do right now, so I might as well chop it up. Next time when I'm not free, you can pick the peppers and put them outside to dry."

I thought if I did more, my wife could rest more.

"How come you have nothing to do? Don't forget you still have to go to the captain's house!"

Zhou Huaian slapped his forehead and said, "If you hadn't reminded me, I would have really forgotten it. But it's okay. The captain's home is not far away and he will be back soon."

After saying that, he walked outside, but halfway through he hurried back and went to the storage room, picked up a small piece of bacon, about one pound, and continued walking outside.

After all, I went there to ask for help, and it would be a bit bad to go away empty-handed.

About one pound is just right. If it's too much, people will feel stupid and don't know how to live.

Sun Rui was so focused on arguing with those white radishes that he didn't say anything. He just concentrated on cutting them, and his speed was getting faster and faster.

Su Qingxue occasionally glanced at him, worried that he was moving so fast that he might cut off her hand.

"Sun Rui, don't worry, be careful not to cut your hand."

"No, I'm used to it. Besides, there aren't many left."

It would be better to finish cutting it sooner.

After cutting, mix in salt and chili powder, marinate overnight, and continue to put it outside to dry tomorrow.

Su Qingxue watched him stirring and thought that the flavor seemed a little lacking, so she quickly dug out a large bag of five-spice powder from her space and poured almost half a pound of it into it.

Continue stirring and you can smell a distinctly fragrant aroma.

"What kind of powder is this?"

Several times I wanted to ask what was added into it?

"It's a mixture of various spices that are dried and ground into powder. There are peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon, fennel, cloves, and the like. Next time you come across these, you can mix them yourself. They are also very delicious when stewed with meat."

Sun Rui was particularly shocked after hearing this. Nowadays, most people would try to hide their secret recipes, unlike his sister-in-law who told it directly.

"Sister-in-law, you told me directly, is it okay?"

Su Qingxue didn't think there was anything that couldn't be said. Maybe not many people knew about it now, but in a few decades, any recipe could be searched on the Internet. There would be no secret.

"Of course you can say that. We are all family. There is no need to hide it."

Sun Rui was deeply moved by these words. His sister-in-law was so nice.

"Sister-in-law, I will call you sister from now on. You are my real sister."