Chapter 173 Sheep Milk
Use a knife to carefully cut it into even thin slices; then, carefully pick a well-preserved sauerkraut from the jar, rinse it repeatedly, and then cut it into roughly palatable sizes for later use; in addition, find the remaining vermicelli at home and soak it in hot water to soften it for later use.
Next, turn on the fire and heat the pan, pour a proper amount of cooking oil into the bottom of the pan. When the oil temperature gradually rises to a suitable temperature, add the chopped dried chili peppers, peppercorns and garlic and stir-fry together. Soon the aroma will fill the air.
Take this opportunity to pour the sauerkraut and bacon shreds prepared earlier into the pot and stir quickly to remove excess water from the ingredients. Then add clean water as needed and continue cooking.
At the same time, in order to make the dishes more juicy and diverse in taste, Zhao Chunhua also went to the fields to pick the first batch of pea seedlings that had just sprouted.
Because it was the first time they were growing, the pea vines looked a little thin and weak, so she only picked the freshest leaves at the top.
If these crops are properly cared for, they will grow more vigorous the more they are picked, and the new shoots that are produced will be stronger.
Every seedling is striving to grow and showing vigorous vitality.
As the stewing process continues, the mouth-watering aroma of bacon slowly overflows from the pot, making people unable to help but swallow.
This is the right time for Xiao Shitou to eat paste-like complementary food.
The little baby is already able to skillfully eat half a bowl of carefully prepared food, which is a combination of a variety of chopped vegetables and delicate meat puree. In order to ensure that the baby can accept this new taste, a little bit of salt is specially added to make the taste richer.
As to whether the baby can sense the slight salty taste in it, adults are not really sure, but doing so is indeed ensuring his nutritional balance as much as possible.
Seeing that the child had almost finished the food in the bowl, Zhao Chunhua gave him a small piece of steamed pumpkin to chew on for a while.
This will give your little one some transition time so he or she doesn't cry because of an empty plate.
In the big pot in the kitchen, the dishes were still bubbling and steaming, full of the warm feeling of home.
In order to make the upcoming dinner more warm and ceremonial, Zhao Chunhua specially placed an exquisite handmade wooden panel in the center of the table, and carefully transferred the charcoal fire to the small stove next to it to ensure that the entire dining space would not appear too monotonous or deserted.
Then, she quickly and methodically poured the freshly prepared bacon and sauerkraut soup into a ceramic pot suitable for keeping warm, and then placed it back on the small stove with a strong fire to ensure that it could maintain the ideal temperature while being enjoyed.
In addition, in order to increase the diversity and flavor of today's dishes, Zhao Chunhua added the last pack of mutton meatballs in her home into the boiling hot pot. At the same time, the vermicelli that had been soaked for a long time and absorbed enough water to become very tender were also put into the boiling hot water with delicious seasonings to cook.
Looking at the various ingredients neatly arranged on the table and constantly emitting tempting aromas, they are swimming in the rising steam; the water in the pot is still gurgling and bubbling continuously, creating a lively scene.
At this moment, Zhao Chunhua was tasting
The food melts in your mouth, and you can also truly feel the long-lost but unchanging wonderful satisfaction and the purest joy from the bottom of your heart.
After the meal, Zhao Chunhua felt full of energy and warmth, so she immediately started to boil a large pot of water to prepare for a bath later.
Since the beginning of autumn on the fourth day of the seventh lunar month (refer to the current lunar calendar rules), it is now early winter and the temperature difference between day and night has become significantly larger.
Zhao Chunhua, who used to have trouble falling asleep even if she occasionally missed a day of bathing, had to adjust her long-established daily washing habits.
Now I have gradually gotten used to changing it to once every two or three days to adapt to the impact of current environmental changes.
In fact, through the experience of this period, we can clearly realize that the strong adaptability of human beings in the face of natural changes is truly beyond imagination.
After taking a shower and walking out of the bathroom, Zhao Chunhua gently wiped the water droplets on her body and lit another brazier in the room. The warm firelight illuminated the entire room and dispelled the coldness in the room.
Seeing little Shitou sleeping with his fists clenched, the mother couldn't help but smile gently.
She carefully tucked in the quilt for the child, ensuring that he could continue to sleep in his warm and comfortable bed.
At some appropriate time in the future, she planned to take the baby to the town center to find an experienced doctor to check its physical condition.
Although on the surface everything seemed to be going smoothly with the child's growth, due to a lack of sufficient parenting knowledge and experience, Zhao Chunhua very much hoped to receive professional advice and guidance from a doctor to ensure that Xiao Shitou could grow up healthily and without worries.
However, considering that tomorrow was not a suitable day, she had to postpone the implementation of this plan for a few days.
The small market at the entrance of the village is held only twice a month, on the 1st and 6th; in contrast, the town market, which is a little further away but larger in scale, is held on the 5th and 10th of each month.
As the autumn harvest work has been completed in various places, tomorrow happens to be the 5th, which means that the big market in the town should gather many vendors and buyers by then. There will be a wide variety of goods that can meet the daily needs of most families, and I believe that many urgently needed items can also be purchased.
Considering that she was going out shopping the next day, Zhao Chunhua started preparing in advance.
She planned to send her son to Zhang Wei and ask this kind and reliable neighbor to help take care of him for the whole day.
In order to avoid any interruption or delay in her journey, Zhao Chunhua sorted out some of Xiao Shitou's daily toys and necessities early in the morning, and placed them one by one in a new basket purchased specially for this purpose.
At midnight, around two in the morning, in order to prevent the child from being hungry, Zhao Chunhua sat up from the warm bed again, gently picked up the sleeping Xiao Shitou, and gave him some rice soup as a source of nutrition.
Based on her observation and understanding of the baby's eating habits over this period of time, the attentive mother made certain adjustments to the diet: during the day, she fed him a variety of vegetable and fruit purees, while at night she switched to easily digestible rice soup or mildly nourishing goat's milk.
Although fresh milk was difficult to obtain and real dairy products were almost unavailable in this remote area, she managed to occasionally get a small amount of precious sheep's milk by ordering it from nearby villagers.
In order to make its taste more in line with children's requirements and reduce the strong smell of mutton that makes people cover their noses.
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