After hearing this, Tian Tian didn't say anything. She washed her hands and helped Old Lady Tian with the work. The meat was cut, and Lin Meiyu had also folded the mushrooms and was chopping them into small pieces with a knife. Seeing that Tian Tian had nothing to do, she just looked at the meat in the pot.
Today, Old Mrs. Tian asked Tian Lisong to take money to the county town to buy five pounds of meat. She cut off a small spoonful of meat two fingers wide and stewed it with cabbage. She chopped the rest into meat sauce.
Lin Meiyu separated from the family early. Although they were gone, the work at home was not reduced at all. In addition, with one less person, all the work had to be done by Lin Meiyu and Old Lady Tian together. Both of them were exhausted.
When Tian Tian comes back and has nothing to do, she will help them with some work, which can make their day a little easier.
While waiting for the cabbage in the pot to be stewed, Tian Tian took out all the cabbage and cleaned the pot.
Wait for Old Mrs. Tian to cut all the meat into small cubes, put some lard in the pot, wait for the oil to melt, pour all the meat into the pot, stir-fry, pour in various seasonings, wait for the meat to change color and release some oil, then pour in the chopped fresh mushrooms and stir-fry, finally pour in the soybean paste and simmer over low heat.
At this time, everyone cleared the table and had dinner, and sent Tian Zhuo to bring Chen Guihua a bowl of Chinese cabbage stewed with pork slices.
After they finished their meal, the meat sauce in the pot was ready. Old Mrs. Tian tasted it and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so she put all the meat sauce into glass bottles, more than a dozen bottles in total. After all of them were put in, she boiled water and put the bottles of meat sauce in them. After it had been steaming for ten minutes, she opened the pot and quickly screwed the lids on the cans while it was still hot. The meat sauce cans were then ready.
"When the time comes, you and your brother will take four bottles each. You can give two of the remaining seven bottles to your second uncle's family, and the remaining five bottles will be for our family to eat." Old Mrs. Tian put the cans of meat sauce one by one in the jar in the lower room.
In order to prevent the canned food from spoiling, Grandma Tian added a lot of oil and salt into the canned food. However, she still felt uneasy, so she put it in the cool lower room.
"I don't need to take so much. I can't finish it all by myself and it will go bad easily. I'll just take two bottles." Tian Tian said.
"Shouldn't you share some of the sauce with your classmates? You've taken two bottles and one of them has already been given away before you can finish it. What are you going to do with the remaining bottle? Take a few more bottles and eat some with rice throughout the day, and you'll finish it quickly." Old Mrs. Tian said.
"Just listen to your grandma and take four bottles of sauce. Your family can't afford to spend a lot of money to help you replenish your body. At least it's profitable to take the meat sauce." Lin Meiyu also followed Grandma Tian to persuade Tian Tian.
"You have already made a great effort to send me to college. I am willing to endure a little hardship." Tian Tian didn't want Lin Meiyu and the others to be under so much pressure. She was already very satisfied with her current life. She also knew that this was the greatest help her family could give her. The rest of the way was up to her to walk on her own.
"Mom, grandma, I won't take this meat sauce with me. We all eat in the cafeteria at school, and I don't have time to eat this sauce on weekdays. It would go bad very easily if I had it. After we leave, it will be time for the autumn harvest, so you should keep some of this meat sauce. If you don't have time to cook, you can eat a lot of it with the sauce." Tian Yuan said.
After training every day, I go straight to the cafeteria, go back to the dormitory to study for a while, and then turn off the lights and go to bed. I don’t have much time to eat this sauce.
After hearing what Tian Yuan said, Old Lady Tian no longer insisted on letting Tian Yuan take the meat sauce with him. Otherwise, she would feel bad if the meat sauce really went bad.
There is still some time before they go to school, so Tian Tian can still spend some leisurely time. However, Tian Yuan is not at home all day long. Tian Yuan went to the train station to buy train tickets for Tian Tian and Tian Yun.
I couldn’t buy a ticket for Tian Yun when I came back from school before, but now I’m going to school from home, I can buy the ticket for Tian Yun.
The days before school passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye they were leaving home to go to school.
Tian Tian carried a heavy luggage and was reluctant to say goodbye to her family one by one. She got on the bus to the train station with her brothers and sisters, and then squeezed on the train for a day and a night before returning to the familiar Shengjing.
When she came to Shengjing again this time, Tiantian was no longer as excited and nervous as she was the first time. After saying goodbye to Tian Yuan, she got on the bus to school as if she was familiar with the route. She went all the way to the school and went straight to the dormitory building.
She came back quite late and there were already quite a few people coming and going on campus.
After entering the dormitory building, Tian Tian greeted the dormitory manager and dragged her heavy body back to the dormitory.
Except for Qin Yu, everyone else in the dormitory was present. When they saw Tian Tian, they happily rushed over and hugged her one by one.
"You're finally here. I missed you so much!" Liang Dongqing didn't mind the smell on Tian Tian's body after sitting in the car for two days, and she held Tian Tian tightly.
They had never felt this before. They felt extremely happy to go home. After all, that was where they grew up, with their parents and good friends there. They really didn't think they would miss their roommates in the dormitory. But after arriving home, they often thought of their roommates in school. Especially when it was closer to the start of school, they missed everyone more and more. This emotion reached its peak when they set foot on Shengjing land.
"I miss you too!" Tian Tian also hugged them and said coquettishly.
She was sad from the moment she got on the train until she got off. She didn't want to leave home at all, but her enthusiastic roommates dispelled this idea and she felt a sense of belonging in the school.
"I brought you a lot of local specialties! It's filled a whole bag!" Tian Tian excitedly shared what she brought with her roommates.
"This is the meat sauce my grandma made. We will eat it together later. These are dried mushrooms. I picked them up on the mountain a few days ago. You can ask your parents to cook them for you when you bring them back home. These are hazelnuts and chestnuts. They are also from the mountain near our home. This is wild pecan. I just dug it out of the ground a few days ago. I just washed off the pecan skin. It smells really good, but the skin is a little thick, so it's hard to smash."
Tian Tian took out the things in her bag one by one, and soon the ground was filled with them.
"That's great, there's meat sauce too! My mom also made chili sauce for me, we can eat it together then." Chen Wanqing said excitedly.
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