After hearing this, Old Lady Tian glanced at Tian Zhuo and Tian Baobao and said, "If you two are sleepy, go to sleep in the house. Your mother and I will just pick potatoes."
When Tian Zhuo heard this, he immediately shook his head and didn't say that he was sleepy. He tried to open his eyes wide, looked at Old Lady Tian and said, "I'm not sleepy! I want to pick potatoes with you!"
Now, for these little kids, working, even if it's just playing around, they are all very active.
Tian Baobao was in a bad mood after being scolded, but after hearing what Tian Zhuo said, he nodded and agreed: "Grandma! I want to pick potatoes with you too."
They didn't pick potatoes when they were dug up. Instead, they picked through all the potatoes in the cellar, picked out the small, damaged ones and put them together, and ate them as quickly as possible.
Then pick out the intact and good quality potatoes and save them for planting potatoes next spring.
The potatoes in their cellar were dug out in July this year and distributed to them as food in the fall.
The team had already picked out the potatoes before and saved all of them for planting next year.
The potatoes they ate from summer to fall this year were those grown in their own private plots. They didn't plant much, but it was enough for them to eat until the fall harvest.
The cabbages and other plants are planted after the potatoes in the private plot are dug up.
The potatoes of today are not as good in appearance as the potatoes of later generations. They are big and good-looking. If you have a small appetite, you can't finish a whole potato.
Today's potatoes are small, have some spots on them, and look rather ugly, but they taste good. They are full of potato fragrance and are very soft. They are delicious whether they are roasted or stewed.
Picking potatoes is not an easy job. Their family earned a lot of work points this year and got a lot of potatoes. A corner of the cellar was filled with those potatoes.
They spent the entire afternoon picking these potatoes.
There were not many potatoes needed for seed saving, only half a basket was enough. Old Mrs. Tian took the basket of potatoes and hung it on the roof of the shed.
I was busy picking potatoes in the afternoon and didn't have time to eat. In the evening, Grandma Tian picked out all the small potatoes, didn't even peel them, just washed them, cut them in half, and put them in the pot to make a stewed potato.
There were not many baby potatoes and there were many people in their family. Old Mrs. Tian was afraid that the stewed potatoes would not be enough, so she took a few more potatoes and roasted them over the fire.
Soon the aroma of baked potatoes wafted out. Tian Tian, Tian Baobao and the other two were drooling around the stove. They hadn't eaten anything since they had finished their meal at around nine in the morning and were already hungry.
When the stewed potatoes and baked potatoes were ready, Old Mrs. Tian put them in a bowl and brought them to the table, filling two whole bowls.
These potatoes can fill the stomach and can be used as food, so there is no need to cook. The whole family ate two bowls of potatoes.
This is the first time for Tian Tian to eat stewed potatoes. She throws the potatoes directly into the hot oil pan, stir-fry them until they are dry, then adds some salt and soy sauce, and sprinkles some chopped green onions when serving. The potatoes taste great with such a simple dish.
Tian Tian especially likes the crispy and sticky bottom and the chopped green onions that have been brought out by the heat and have an aromatic aroma.
Because the potatoes are very small, they are very tasty. You can poke them with chopsticks and eat a small potato at a time.
The baked potatoes are also delicious. The skin is baked into a wrinkled state and can be easily peeled off with a light pull of the hands. Although these potatoes look ugly, they taste really good. They have a strong potato aroma and are very soft. They can be easily peeled off with the tip of the tongue, but they are a little choking.
With the homemade soybean paste, the taste was especially good. Tian Tian ate two baked potatoes in one breath before stopping.
After Tian Baobao filled his stomach, he forgot about the scolding he had received from Tian Lilin today.
The next day, after Tian Baobao, Tian Zhuo and Tian Tian finished learning how to write, they clamored to go ice skating in the river.
Tian Tian was curious. She had lived in the city in her previous life and had little time to go out and play. At most, she had skated on the ice on the road a few times in winter, but had never skated on a river.
"Why would you want to go? We don't even know if the ice on the river is frozen solid yet. What if you fall in?" Old Mrs. Tian refused outright.
It’s still a few days before the ninth lunar month, so we definitely can’t go to Dahe.
Tian Tian was a little disappointed after hearing this, not to mention Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo, whom she had been thinking about for a long time.
Tian Tian thought about the stream she saw when she came back from the mountain yesterday. It seemed to be frozen on the surface, and she was about to speak.
Old Mrs. Tian was like a worm in Tian Tian's heart. She blocked her words and said, "The river is not okay either. Even though the surface of the river seems frozen, the water below is not frozen. You can't walk on it at all."
Although the stream is shallow, it is not so easy to freeze through. In today's cold weather, it would be very dangerous if they fell into it.
Tian Tian obediently held back her words. Since it was dangerous, she would not go to play. Having died once and come back to life again, Tian Tian now cherishes her life.
On the contrary, Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo were still young and not very sensible, and they were not very happy to hear what Old Lady Tian said.
Seeing the two of them like this, Tian Tian was a little afraid that they would secretly go to the river to skate. If something happened, it would be too late.
"Baby! Xiao Zhuo! Shall we go out and catch sparrows? Baby, don't you want to eat meat?" Tian Tian felt a little embarrassed every time she mentioned baby, as she always felt like she was calling her boyfriend.
So Tian Tian usually calls him by his full name, and only calls him baby when she wants to coax him.
When Tian Baobao heard about catching sparrows, his eyes lit up and he said, "Great!"
After agreeing, he turned around and looked at Old Mrs. Tian with expectant eyes.
There is not much food in winter now. If you have some millet, you can catch sparrows easily.
The power to control food is still in the hands of Old Lady Tian. If Old Lady Tian doesn't agree, there is nothing they can do.
Old Mrs. Tian obviously also knew Tian Baobao's character. If she didn't let him catch sparrows, maybe he would really take Tian Zhuo to play by the river.
Compared with the safety of two grandsons, a handful of food is nothing.
"Tian Tian, go to my room and grab a handful of millet, and take your two younger brothers to catch sparrows." said Old Mrs. Tian.
Although she agreed to give Tian Baobao rice to catch sparrows, she still didn't trust Tian Baobao. She was afraid that he would take too much and it would all be wasted.
Tian Tian knows the situation well and will definitely not take too much.
As expected, Tian Tian grabbed a small handful, took a dustpan and a rope, and took Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo out.
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