Chapter 59 Ice Cubes
Seeing that it was almost time, Tang Yue came to the kitchen to serve the fish, took a bowl of rice from the space, and started to eat. She had been wanting to eat this dish for so long, and now she could finally eat it. It was worth her rushing back from the commune.
After finishing the meal and cleaning up, seeing that it was still early, I took a shovel to the backyard to dig a hole, where I would smoke the bacon. The stronger the strength, the better. It only took me half an hour to dig a half-meter deep hole, build two racks on top of the pit, get the marinated meat from the space, hang it on top, and finally build one more rack for enough hanging.
Put pine needles on the surface, then put firewood on it, light the fire, add some big firewood on it, and when it burns vigorously, add some pine branches and wild fruit branches on it, and when it sees the smoke and fire, quickly throw a few grapefruit peels in and walk away.
Looking at the vegetables covered with snow in the space, it was no wonder that Tang Yue always felt that she had forgotten something. It turned out that she had forgotten to harvest the vegetables. She took a kitchen knife from the space, chopped the cabbages one by one, pulled out all the radishes, and finally put all the vegetables into the space. She washed them and put them in the space yard to dry, and kept them for later use.
Thinking of the large vat that she had bought shortly after she came here, she took it out of the space, then fetched two buckets of boiling water, put them outside to dry, poured two packets of salt into it, stirred it, put the cabbage in first, and arranged it layer by layer. Then she poured the water into the vat, pressed a large piece of dough on top, and pickled three large vats of sauerkraut. Tang Yue put the sauerkraut into the space, came to the storage room, and took the sauerkraut out. It would be ready to eat after a month in the storage room, and then she would put it back into the space.
Tang Yue looked at the leftover cabbage and prepared to make some spicy cabbage, which was both appetizing and filling. She cut the side dishes, prepared the seasonings and spices, and used a ratio of chili powder to chili pepper powder of four to one, so that it would not be too spicy, nor not spicy enough. Finally, she mixed everything together.
Tang Yue took the cabbage from the space, cut it in half, applied the seasoning layer by layer, took the plastic bucket with a lid from the space, stacked it layer by layer, and stacked two buckets. Tang Yue put the two buckets of spicy cabbage into the space and placed them in the yard. After three hours, they were pickled and then stored in the warehouse.
Tang Yue cleaned up the kitchen and the living room, then went to the backyard and saw smoke coming out of the pit. The bacon hanging above was also being smoked. Seeing that there was no problem and that it would not easily catch fire, she ignored them.
Returning to the bedroom, she sat on the kang and calculated how long it would take until the Chinese New Year. It was already December, and there was only a little over a month left. Tang Yue planned to finish knitting the sweater before the Chinese New Year so that she could send it to them as a New Year's gift.
After being busy all day, she didn't want to cook at night, so she took the takeout she ordered earlier. Tang Yue would eat takeout after preparing it so as not to waste time cooking.
First put the kimchi in the space yard into the warehouse.
After dinner, I turned on the light and started knitting a sweater for my mother-in-law. After picking up the needles, I began knitting.
By the time Tang Yue finished knitting her mother-in-law's sweater and pants, more than a week had passed. During this time, in addition to knitting sweaters and putting away the boiling water in the pot, she washed the rabbit skins and dried them to put them away. Not to mention that the rabbit skins had been soaked in the river for so long, the fur became smooth and soft after drying. She also smoked bacon in the pit in the backyard, occasionally adding some firewood and fruit branches, and did not do any other work.
Thinking about eating takeout for a week, Tang Yue put away the boiling water, cooked a big pot full of rice, cooked a pot of spicy rabbit head in another pot, and then cooked a big pot of vegetables, leaving enough for tonight, and put the rest into the space.
After Tang Yue finished her meal and cleaned up, she did not start knitting a sweater. Instead, she prepared to cook a few more dishes and eat them slowly.
Tang Yue was busy until ten o'clock in the evening, cooking a lot of dishes and soups, and a lot of rice, enough for him to eat for several months.
After Tang Yue got up the next day, she did nothing but knit sweaters until someone knocked on the door and interrupted her crazy behavior.
When Tang Yue arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she didn't dare to open the door casually, so she shouted, "Who is it? What do you want from me?"
"Girl Yue, love me, your Aunt Osmanthus."
Tang Yue heard Aunt Guihua's voice outside the door and quickly opened the door. "Aunt, what's wrong with you? It's so cold and you're not at home for the winter." She asked her to come in.
"Girl Yue, I won't come in. I just want to tell you that the team will slaughter a pig tomorrow. Remember to bring a big bowl to eat the slaughtered pig dishes at noon. Okay, I'll go back first. I still have to notify others." Aunt Guihua left in a hurry. Tang Yue hadn't reacted yet, and she left. After thinking about it carefully, she finally understood what she said.
Auntie Guihua Tang Yue was walking away quickly, so she called out, "Auntie, I know."
Aunt Osmanthus didn't say anything, she just waved her hands as she walked. Seeing her hurried look, I knew she must be very busy.
Tang Yue locked the door and went back into the house. After looking at the time, she realized that there were still more than ten days until the Chinese New Year. She had already knitted sweaters for her parents-in-law and husband, and now she was going to knit scarves, hats and gloves for them.
It's been a month since I separated from Zhao Shengrui, and I don't know how he is doing. I haven't been to the commune for more than a month, and I don't know if he has written to me. I will go to the space tonight to catch up on the work and finish knitting the last bit. I will mail it to them tomorrow to see if I can wear it in time for the New Year. By the way, I will check to see if there are any letters from me.
Tang Yue arrived at the backyard. The bacon was still being smoked, having been smoked for more than a month. She walked over to take a look and felt that it was about done. Seeing that the firewood in the pit had burned out, she put them away.
Tang Yue went back to the house to continue working. She stuffed rabbit fur into her hat and gloves, which made them warm and comfortable to wear. These things were made quickly and would not delay too much work.
After Tang Yue finished her work in the space, she looked at the time in the space. It was not yet ten o'clock in the evening, but she felt very sleepy. Looking through the window, she saw the heavy snow outside. Tang Yue suddenly thought of the place where she would follow Brother Zhao in the army next year. The area was hot in summer and humid in winter. She quickly got up from the kang and filled all the buckets and basins in the house with water just drawn from the well, and put them outside to freeze. She would collect them tomorrow morning. Looking at the buckets and basins in the yard, she felt that they were a little too busy, and drawing water from the well was too slow. She would directly use buckets from the space to draw river water, and then put them outside to freeze, and collect them tomorrow morning.
Tang Yue planned to freeze more ice and store it in the warehouse while she was alone. It would be inconvenient to freeze it later. Although she had an ice maker, the ice made by it was in large chunks and was more suitable for cold drinks. This kind of large ice was more suitable for preventing heatstroke in summer.
In fact, the water in these buckets can be frozen solid in just four hours, it just depends on whether you can get up in the middle of the night to change the water.
Tang Yue came back quickly from outside, stuffed a few pieces of coal into her mouth, and then ran into the bed to keep it warm.
She took an alarm clock from the warehouse and adjusted the time on her watch to two in the middle of the night. In order to live comfortably in the future, Tang Yue decided to change the water every four hours until the weather warmed up and the ice could no longer freeze.
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