But after she stayed in the countryside for a while, she found that the food scarcity law simply meant that the enjoyment foods available in this era were not as many as in the future, such as snacks like chocolate, and the types of vegetables that could be eaten in winter had increased.
However, people in rural areas are also very capable and smart in storing food for the winter.
Like the chili sauce in front of me, the homemade soybean paste, the bean flour cakes I ate yesterday, the sweet potatoes drying outside, and the pecans and hazelnuts picked up from the mountains.
Sliced and strung sand apples, red apples, and dried cowpeas and eggplants hung on clotheslines.
There are also bright red peppers on the curtain, twisted bunches of garlic and corn, and lush green cabbages and radishes in the fields.
There are also several large squash and gourds growing in the backyard, which can also be eaten as vegetables.
The whole yard was filled to the brim with food everywhere.
If anyone says there is nothing to eat at this time in the future, Tian Tian will be the first to disagree!
Although the food was a little scarce, they still managed to make a lot of delicious food through their hard work.
At noon, Grandma Tian kept her promise and steamed a pot of dry rice. She also put some red beans in it. The steamed rice was slightly red, and the aroma of the rice was mixed with the fragrance of the red beans.
The dish is stir-fried peppers, kidney beans, and small root vegetables pickled some time ago, plus freshly made chili sauce.
As soon as the aroma of rice came out, Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo were lying by the stove waiting.
The last time the family ate dry rice was during the Chinese New Year last year. Tian Baobao has some vague memories and knows how delicious dry rice is.
At that time, Tian Zhuo's memory was still young and he didn't remember ever seeing rice, let alone eating it.
These two days, when Tian Baobao was pounding rice, he also lay beside and watched, without worrying about being hit by the pounding hands.
Not to mention Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo, even the usually calm Lin Meiyu would occasionally peek at the steaming rice pot out of the corner of her eyes.
The meal was ready quickly, and after Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin came back from the mountain, their family started eating.
This time, Old Lady Tian did not say that she would have the power to distribute grain, but she said that the younger ones should eat less.
She directly served each person a bowl of dry rice, and put all the remaining rice in a basin, and brought it to the table. Whoever had finished the rice in the bowl could help themselves.
As soon as the food was served on the table, the family couldn't wait to pick up their bowls and start eating.
Unlike the other people in the Tian family who all ate rice with their dishes, Tian Tian peeled a little of the chili sauce that Old Mrs. Tian had just made and put it in the bowl, and ate the whole bowl of rice with the chili sauce.
When she first started eating, she symbolically took a few bites of the peppers and kidney beans with her chopsticks, and then didn't eat a single bite.
Tian Tian, who had eaten two bowls of rice, put down her chopsticks, leaned back, and sprawled on the quilt behind her. She touched her stomach and said with satisfaction, "This chili sauce is really delicious. You don't need to bring my portion when you cook in the future. Just give me a bowl of chili sauce."
Tian Tian loves spicy food and can eat spicy food. When she makes spicy and smelly snail noodles, she has to pour all the chili oil into it.
Now the sweet and sour chili sauce is just a piece of cake for her.
Lin Meiyu glanced at Tian Tian's red mouth and said, "Take it easy. If you eat too much chili and get irritated, you will be in trouble."
Tian Tian was very confident in her ability to eat spicy food. She did not take Lin Meiyu's advice to heart and just smiled indifferently.
Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo looked at Gu Yinghua with admiration. They were both still a little young and couldn't stand the spicy sauce after taking a bite. Now seeing Tian Tian eat so much, they admired her from the bottom of their hearts.
After dinner, everyone didn’t rest. After clearing the table and washing the dishes, they continued to work.
Last night I saw that the corn on the kang in the cabin had dried. Today I can shell the corn kernels and grind them into cornmeal.
Tian Lisong and his two brothers continued to go up the mountain to chop firewood.
Old Mrs. Tian and Tian Tian picked all the squash and gourds, cut the gourds into slices, dried them, and stored them for eating in the winter.
If you cut the gourd in half, it will become a water scoop, and if you cut the gourd into strips, it can be eaten as a vegetable.
Lin Meiyu and the others put all the corn into a winnowing basket, and first used an awl to poke off several rows of corn kernels on the corn. This left gaps between each row of corn kernels. The remaining corn kernels were then easier to twist off without much effort.
Tian Tian also tried twisting the corn out of curiosity. It was indeed very easy to twist. The corn kernels fell off as soon as she twisted it. It did not irritate her palms at all and was very relaxing.
Seeing that Tian Tian liked corn picking so much, Lin Meiyu simply let her pick it here while she went over there to help Old Lady Tian pick squash and gourds.
The Tian family planted two squash trees and two gourds along the base of the wall. They climbed on the wall and grew quite lush, occupying an entire wall in Tian Tian's backyard.
There are not many squashes on it, but each one is bigger than the other, some are bigger than Tian Tian’s two heads put together.
Old Mrs. Tian managed to move the squash into the yard but she couldn't move it anymore, so she had to carry the squash under the wall and wait for Tian Lisong and the others to come back before putting it in the cellar.
After dealing with the wax squash, you have to learn how to deal with the gourd strips. The gourd has a few more leaves than the wax squash, and the size is not as big as the wax squash. It is just a little more troublesome to handle than the wax squash.
But Old Mrs. Tian would never complain about the trouble of preparing food. She peeled the gourd skillfully, then cut the gourd into slices, placed them one by one on the curtain, and took them outside to dry in the sun.
Now it’s autumn and the sun is strong but there’s little rain, so it can be dried in two days.
After Old Mrs. Tian finished, Chen Guihua and Tian Tian also finished twisting the corns. The two of them worked together very well.
Chen Guihua cleaned the corn, and Tian Tian took over and started twisting the corn kernels.
The remaining corn husks can be thrown under the wall and used as firewood in winter.
Some families would chop the corn husks into small pieces and use them to wipe the toilet after going to the toilet.
Tian Tian's family is different from theirs. They use corn leaves to wipe their butts.
Old Mrs. Tian would pick out the clean and complete corn leaves wrapped around the corn, then wash them with water and dry them, and use them as toilet paper.
This is also a very exhausting job. Some corns have bugs in them, and there will be traces of the bugs' life on the corn leaves. Old Mrs. Tian will pick out all the corn leaves for burning.
Those corn leaves that Old Lady Tian likes will be washed one by one with clean water.
Others don't have the patience, so they either use corn husks, small wooden sticks, or even stones.
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