Chapter 82 Family
When Lin Chuxia arrived home, Qin's mother and sister-in-law were preparing vegetables in the yard.
They were some tender beans picked when the bean vines were being pulled out. The cucumbers planted by Qin's father in his private plot were also being pulled out, and there were some small tender cucumbers picked at the same time, totaling two large piles.
Next to it are peppers and other vegetables picked from their own vegetable garden.
Seeing Lin Chuxia coming back, Mother Qin pointed at the vegetables in the yard and said to her, "Didn't you say last time that the store wanted to prepare some pickles for the guests? Do you think these are enough? Your sister-in-law is good at pickling vegetables. Ask her to pickle more. It will last the whole winter."
Lin Chuxia knew that in those days, every household in the village pickled vegetables to eat in the winter when there was no food available. She didn't expect that Qin's mother and sister-in-law did this for her store.
She had only mentioned it casually last time, but she didn't expect them to remember it.
"That's great. I also think that my sister-in-law's pickled vegetables are delicious. I'm thinking of learning the craft from her in the future." The pickled vegetables made by Zhang Guilan have no peculiar smell. They almost taste like what they were pickled, which is rare among pickled vegetables.
When you want to eat it, you can prepare it carefully two days in advance. Whether it is pickled vegetables or spicy pickles, it will be delicious.
Zhang Guilan waved her hand. "Why do you need to learn this? It just so happens that there is no work in the fields these days. I can help you pickle it. It's not a laborious task."
Zhuangzhuang, who was playing with beans nearby, also raised his head and said, "Aunt, I can help too. I can move that big rock."
"Then you are really amazing," Lin Chuxia touched his smooth little face and couldn't help pinching it.
Xiao Zhuangzhuang frowned in embarrassment, "Aunt, I'm grown up now, you can't pinch my face anymore. But if you like, I can let you pinch it, but you can only pinch it secretly, not in front of outsiders. Last time, Aunt Yun from Second Uncle's family pinched my face, and Third Brother and Niuniu laughed at me."
Lin Chuxia found his conflicted look so adorable that Qin's mother and sister-in-law also laughed.
I couldn't help but pinch his little face again, "Okay, little auntie will remember it. In consideration of Zhuangzhuang's kindness to me, little auntie will give Zhuangzhuang a gift."
She took out the small military uniform from her bag, and the moment she saw the big green army cap, her bright eyes lit up, but she didn't dare to reach out.
He looked at the uniform with excitement and then at Zhang Guilan, his voice full of joy, "Mom, it's a uniform, look."
Zhang Guilan really didn't expect Lin Chuxia to buy clothes for the child, especially this little military uniform, which was different from ordinary clothes and not cheap.
"Sister-in-law, look at you, why are you still spending so much money?"
"Sister-in-law, I bought this for my child. Zhuangzhuang is so cute, I like buying things for him."
Lin Chuxia didn't explain much. During the time she was running her business, her elder brother and sister-in-law helped take care of the household affairs, especially the work in the fields, which really didn't allow her to worry at all.
She didn't say much, just because she didn't want to make it too awkward, but she knew it in her heart.
He took out the clothes, shook them out, and waved to Zhuangzhuang, "Come here and try to see if they fit you."
Zhuangzhuang wanted to go and see his mother again. Zhang Guilan nodded and said, "Go ahead," and then she ran over like a firecracker.
Lin Chuxia helped him put on his clothes. She had no experience in buying children's clothes, so the clothes were a little big. However, children can buy larger clothes, and if the child grows fast, he can wear them for two more years.
Qin's mother was very satisfied. "It's the perfect size. I can wear it as a cotton coat in winter and I can wear it again next year."
Zhuangzhuang was wearing a small military uniform and a small military cap, and was happily running around the yard.
Seeing Qin's father coming out of the house, he jumped and shouted, "Grandpa, Grandpa, look at me, I am a member of the People's Liberation Army."
Father Qin smiled and responded, "Well, our Zhuangzhuang is very capable. He can be a member of the People's Liberation Army at such a young age, but he still lacks a gun. Grandpa will make you a wooden gun later."
"Okay, okay, Grandpa, I want a gun. I want a big gun."
Once he has a gun, he will go around the village. His friends will no doubt be extremely jealous.
Last time, brother Jianye from my second uncle’s family took a wooden gun and played the game of police catching thieves with his friends, so he became a policeman. This time, he wore a small military uniform, so he must be a policeman too.
Several adults watched Zhuangzhuang running happily around the yard, and Qin's mother asked about what Lin Chuxia had said before.
"When are we going to Yangyang's place? I heard that it takes three or four days to go there by train. Yangyang's birthday is on the 28th of the month. Didn't you say you would go over to celebrate his birthday with him?"
It’s really not that Qin’s mother is worried about Lin Chuxia’s personal affairs. Seeing her eldest son’s children running around the yard, how could she not worry about her youngest son?
The younger son and his daughter-in-law lived in different places, and the younger daughter-in-law was so capable that she opened a bun shop in no time and hired so many employees to help with the work.
The eldest son was talking to his eldest daughter-in-law in the yard that day. Although his voice was low, she could hear most of what they said.
Compared to her eldest son, she had concerns in this regard a long time ago. It was not that she doubted the character of her younger daughter-in-law, but that she was too outstanding. The two children lived in different places and had no emotional foundation.
If she gets pregnant during this stay, the relationship between the two of them will be stronger with the child as a bond.
Lin Chuxia didn't expect that Qin's mother had thought so much and knew, "I plan to leave the day after tomorrow, so that we can celebrate his birthday there. But when I leave, the work in the fields will have to be left to my eldest brother and his wife."
Now is the busy farming season as we are planting wheat in the fields.
Zhang Guilan didn't care at all. "Don't worry, your big brother and I can help plant the small piece of land you have."
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Lin Chuxia said that learning how to pickle vegetables from Zhang Guilan was not just for fun, as their snack bar needed a lot of pickles and now was the season for pickling vegetables.
The next day she asked Sun Bingnan to buy two large jars, and asked him to go to the vegetable station to buy a cart of young cucumbers, young beans, and young peppers.
He invited Zhang Guilan to the courtyard and personally taught her how to pickle pickles.
Zhang Guilan felt dizzy when she saw the big vats and vegetables in the yard. The salt alone filled a snakeskin bag.
"I said the pickled vegetables at home were almost ready. It seems I was too naive."
"Sister-in-law, what you said is also thanks to you for thinking about it, otherwise I would have really forgotten it."
Zhang Guilan knew that her brother and sister-in-law got along well, so the two sisters-in-law didn't say anything else and just washed their hands and pickled vegetables.
Cucumbers and beans can be placed in the same jar, but the peppers should be pickled separately. Not only will the flavors be mixed, but the vegetables will also be too spicy.
It was the first time for Zhang Guilan to pickle so many vegetables. Although she had to prepare enough for the whole winter, the fact that a bun shop could consume so much pickled vegetables showed that the shop was doing good business, which made her more determined.
In less than half a day, the vegetables were pickled. The large jar was placed in a shady place at the foot of the wall. As long as it was sealed well to keep out dirt, it would be ready in a month.
Wait until the weather gets a little colder and pickle another jar of mustard greens and radishes, and that will be enough.
Lin Chuxia also took charge of the bun shop and cooked food. Especially the cooked food, all of which used her secret seasoning packets. During the time she was away, she left all the seasoning packets that would be needed to Su Wensong.
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