Jiang Yue dug up a bag of bamboo shoots. It looked like a lot, but there weren't many of these small pointed shoots left after peeling them.
The process of peeling bamboo shoots is quite relaxing. Looking at the tender white bamboo shoots piled together, Jiang Yue has already thought of several ways to eat them.
However, fresh bamboo shoots have a bitter taste and need to be blanched in water to remove the bitterness.
Jiang Yue had already boiled a pot of hot water. She poured the cleaned, cut bamboo shoots into sections into the pot and boiled them for two minutes before taking them out.
In order to leave enough for today's meal, Jiang Yue placed the remaining bamboo shoots in a bamboo sieve, spread out two sieves, and placed it in a well-ventilated place with diffused light to dry. They would be dried to facilitate storage. Whenever she wanted to eat them, she could just grab a handful and soak them in water.
As a prolific food blogger, Jiang Yue has to spend a long time preparing for each video she shoots. In order to shoot the materials, she has traveled all over the country and does everything by herself. Every shot is shot only after she has learned it for real. That is why Jiang Yue is now very familiar with doing these things.
Jiang Yue was digging and peeling bamboo shoots here. She was exhausted and her throat was almost smoking. She dragged a chair to sit down and took the enamel pot to pour water to drink.
Jiang Yue rubbed her waist while drinking water. She didn't feel it when she was digging and peeling bamboo shoots, but she felt her waist was sore only after she was done.
Someone outside called out, "Jiang Yue? Are you home?"
Jiang Yue recognized the voice as that of Sister Zhao, and hurriedly put down the cup and walked towards the gate, "I'm home!"
"Mom, the door is not locked!" Zhao Yuanqi came with his mother. He stretched out his hand and pushed the door, and it opened.
When Gu Ye left, Jiang Yue was sleeping, so he closed the door from the outside. After Jiang Yue got up, he didn't think of locking it. In that era, people were simple and honest, and they were not afraid of thieves when they slept with the door open at night. The main reason was that every household was very poor and there was nothing that could be stolen.
"You naughty monkey, are you itching for trouble again? Are you nagging for it?" Mrs. Zhao slapped Zhao Yuanqi on the head and glared at him fiercely.
What she was thinking was, can this door be pushed open casually? Especially the door of Gu Ye and Jiang Yue's house. What if something embarrassing happened inside like last night, and the door was pushed open by Zhao Yuanqi, a naughty monkey, how embarrassing it would be!
"Mom, why did you hit me!" Zhao Yuanqi had no idea what his mother was thinking. He just felt that he was beaten for pushing the door. It was so unfair!
Besides, there was obviously no lock on the door from the inside, and he didn't even use any strength, the door opened by itself!
Jiang Yue just happened to be there, and when she saw Sister Zhao coming, she happily went to greet her, "Sister-in-law, why are you here at this time?"
When Zhao's wife saw Jiang Yue, a smile appeared on her face. She took out a bunch of green vegetables, some peppers, and a piece of meat from the basket in her hand and handed them to Jiang Yue, "Here!"
Jiang Yue was puzzled, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
She didn't ask Sister Zhao to help buy groceries, so it's impossible that Sister Zhao gave them to her.
Every family was not well off these days, so even if Sister Zhao was a good person, she wouldn't just give her a piece of meat.
Mrs. Zhao saw that Jiang Yue was confused, and explained with a smile: "Captain Gu came to our house this morning and told me that you couldn't go to the vegetable market today, so he asked me to buy some fresh vegetables for your family. I came here once before and called you, but you didn't respond."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue said embarrassedly: "I didn't sleep much last night, and I was too sleepy this morning. Maybe I slept too deeply and didn't hear my sister-in-law calling me!"
After hearing this, the smile on Zhao's face became meaningful. At the same time, she was thinking in her heart, when she and Lao Zhao came here last night, it was only around seven or eight o'clock. At that time, Gu Ye and Jiang Yue were doing that. Jiang Yue also said that she didn't sleep much last night. In addition, Gu Ye came to their house early in the morning and said that Jiang Yue couldn't go to the vegetable market today, so he asked her to help buy vegetables.
As someone who has experienced this, Mrs. Zhao inevitably overthinks it.
Jiang Yue didn't know that Sister Zhao was imagining things intensely. She called Sister Zhao and Zhao Yuanqi in and said, "Sister Zhao, please sit down for a while. I'll give you the money and meat tickets."
Sister Zhao came back to her senses and said hurriedly, "No need, Captain Gu gave it to me this morning!"
"Gu Ye gave it to him?" Jiang Yue was surprised again. Is Gu Ye so meticulous?
"Jiang Yue, are you okay?" Sister Zhao came in and stared at Jiang Yue. She could see that Jiang Yue didn't look well, with blue spots under her eyes, and was obviously tired at night.
And when she came in, she saw Jiang Yue holding her waist and rubbing it from time to time. As an experienced person, Zhao's eyes suddenly changed.
"I'm fine!" Jiang Yue thought that Zhao's sister-in-law was just showing her usual concern, but she never expected that Zhao's sister-in-law was daydreaming. She smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I just dug some bamboo shoots in our backyard. If you don't mind, you can bring some back and cook them."
Mrs. Zhao was about to refuse, "That won't do. We are here to deliver food. How can we take food back from your house?"
Jiang Yue smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you are being polite. I dug the ground at home and found something worthless. I'll just try it. Please don't despise me, sister-in-law!"
Jiang Yue had said this, so it was difficult for Sister Zhao to say no. "Then I will shamelessly accept it. Thank you!"
"Sister-in-law, why are you being so polite to me?" Jiang Yue grabbed the bamboo shoots drying in the sieve and put them into Sister Zhao's basket.
"Enough, enough!" Sister Zhao thought Jiang Yue would just grab two handfuls, but she didn't expect Jiang Yue to fill half the basket. Sister Zhao was so embarrassed that she hid the basket behind her.
Mrs. Zhao now has a better impression of Jiang Yue. She knows that Jiang Yue is a good girl and her previous poor performance was only because she was not used to life in the staff housing complex.
"Jiang Yue, I have a few words to say to you. After thinking about it, I still want to tell you."
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