Song Shuqian and her friends didn't need to buy much, and they didn't compare prices from different stores, so the shopping process was relatively short.
Walking back and forth in front of the main group, the four of them were chatting and laughing along the way, it was quite lively.
Until they returned to the family compound, there were only four of them, and they did not meet any other people walking back.
They didn't know that several sisters-in-law were looking for them at the market. These sisters-in-law planned it early in the morning and bought more and put them on the cart and asked Wei Jianguo to help push it back.
As a result, we searched the whole market but couldn't find them. It was the old man who was helping to watch the cart who told us that the cart had been taken away.
After returning home, Wei Jianguo got busy.
The first thing to do is to make a few ice tanks.
Fill a wooden barrel with water, then place a basin on top, add water to the basin, use a wooden stick to balance it in the middle, and place a corn cob that it doesn't want to eat.
Freeze overnight.
The next day, the water in the basin was frozen solid. The ice was taken out and it became the lid of an ice jar. The same operation applies to the wooden barrel. Pour out the water in the middle that has not yet frozen solid. Then pour hot water around the barrel, making sure nothing is left. After taking it out, it will be an ice barrel with a lid.
Put the prepared food in it and leave it in the yard, and it will not go bad all winter.
The size of the ice bowl will depend on the size of the mold.
Wei Jianguo made a row of frozen pears, large and small, and put all the frozen pears, frozen persimmons, and frozen yellow peaches needed for the family into them.
Cut the tofu into pieces of about one pound each and place them in the yard along with the board. Freeze them solid overnight and then put them in an ice bowl so that they can be taken out when needed.
This is how food is stored here.
Everything can be frozen.
Song Shuqian was stunned. She had never expected this. All of her and Tiantian’s things were kept in the storage room.
That’s not all. Wei Jianguo got some plastic sheeting from somewhere and sealed every window. In this way, no wind could get in, and the house became much warmer, saving a lot of firewood.
At the door, Song Shuxi used various discarded fabrics and Wei Jianguo's unwanted old clothes to make a cotton door curtain, which could block the wind to some extent. Wei Jianguo added another layer of plastic on the outside of the door curtain, so that it could block the wind.
At this moment, the capable Wei Jianguo was shining in Song Shuqian's eyes.
After finishing these, Wei Jianguo started to weave straw sandals, which he could put under his cotton shoes when it snowed to prevent them from getting wet. He added some thought to this shoe by putting some small wooden sticks on the sole, making it very non-slip when worn.
It feels a bit like a pair of spiked sneakers. Song Shuqian remembered it after hearing Tiantian mention it once, and asked Wei Jianguo to do it.
She tried it on and was very satisfied.
Wei Jianguo has been busy in the yard. He is sweating all over in the middle of winter. From a distance, it seems like smoke is coming out of his head.
Song Shuqian cooked a pot of sour radish and old duck soup, and the whole house was filled with fragrance.
The two of them also picked some greens, "Wife, you grow these vegetables really well, and this is a good idea. Can you promote it?"
Song Shuxi grows these vegetables through normal vegetable growing process. The only difference is that the seeds are from her own family and have been in contact with spiritual liquid. She gave a very conservative answer, "You can definitely grow chives. They are easy to grow, and you can grow them one crop after another, so you can eat them for a long time. Other vegetables may require more effort."
Wei Jianguo wanted to report that the soldiers had a very hard time in winter, eating only radishes and cabbages every day. He had once been one of them and knew all too well how difficult winter was. I told Song Shuxi about my thoughts.
"Honey, you're really thoughtful. Reporting this matter can really help the soldiers. But you can't report it by yourself. This is a method that Tiantian and I came up with and we also experimented with it together. You and Liu Xinguo should work out how to report it."
Wei Jianguo had no objection; he just wanted his comrades to have something else to eat in the winter.
Reporting is a matter for later, eating is the most important thing right now.
Drinking a mouthful of hot soup in the middle of winter warms your body and soul.
After dinner, Wei Jianguo continued to work. There was still a lot of room in their yard that needed to be cleaned up.
In Song Shuqian's eyes, the clean and tidy yard had a lot of room for improvement in Wei Jianguo's hands.
Especially the inconspicuous ice.
Fortunately, it hasn't snowed recently. Once it snows, the ice hides beneath the snow and becomes more solid and slippery. If Song Shuqian stepped on it, the consequences would be disastrous.
Just thinking about it makes me break out in a cold sweat.
At this moment, Wei Jianguo looked at Mo Ying who was secretly peeing in the corner and found the culprit who made the ice.
"Moying, come here."
The naive Mo Ying had no idea that danger was coming and thought that the male owner was calling her to play. This is how my male master played with me when I was a child.
Wei Jianguo held Mo Ying with his arms and told him the dangers of urinating and defecating anywhere, and that Song Shuqian was in danger and needed its protection.
"Mo Ying, are you listening? I'm telling you, you have to change this. If your sister steps on it, it will be dangerous. If you don't listen, I won't give you meat and will make you eat cabbage every day.
After a while, Lightning is still a heroic dog, and you are a gray dog. Everyone will laugh at you and say you are ugly.
Blah blah blah…"
Song Shuqian didn’t know whether Mo Ying understood or not. Lightning was sleepy from listening to it, and Song Shuqian saw it with her own eyes.
At first, Lightning pricked up his ears to listen to their conversation with great interest, but gradually his eyes became more and more serious. Now he is snoring a little.
Song Shuqian also felt sleepy after listening to it, so she climbed back onto the kang and went to catch up on her sleep.
Unexpectedly, Mo Ying understood. Wei Jianguo showed it the whole process of stepping on the ice and falling down with a thud.
From then on, it developed the good habit of going to the toilet outside, and took the lightning to the back mountain of Tibet.
After dealing with Mo Ying, Wei Jianguo continued to clean up the yard.
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Mo Ying was helping out, holding a broom in his mouth and spreading the garbage he had collected all over the yard.
Still standing there, laughing foolishly and taking credit...
Looking at the large grid in front of him, Wei Jianguo decided that since it wanted to work, he would help it. Mo Ying didn't know yet that because he was too playful for a moment, he would have to do a lot more work in the future.
The sleeping lightning doesn't know that it will be forced to do a lot of work that is not its responsibility.
After cleaning the yard, Wei Jianguo went to knead the dough. It was winter now, so it was time to prepare the steamed buns.
Wei Jianguo prepared many kinds of steamed buns, including white flour buns, red date buns, two-grain flour buns, and red bean buns. He put them in an ice bowl and just heated them up when he wanted to eat them.
Song Shuqian woke up to the smell of steamed buns.
Looking at the various steamed buns, she became eager to try them. "Honey, you're really capable. When did you learn how to steam buns?"
"It has always been done. The army prepares for the Spring Festival every year, with steamed buns and dumplings. All the soldiers celebrate the New Year together in the big canteen." Wei Jianguo fell into reminiscence and told her about the previous New Years and the excitement.
"What about this year?" Song Shuxi asked. She didn't want to spend the New Year alone.
"Of course I'll be at home this year, celebrating the New Year with you. What kind of dumplings do you want to eat? I'll make them for you." Wei Jianguo said, thinking of something, "Should we make more dumplings? I'll make an ice bowl for the dumplings. You can eat them whenever you want."
Looking at the steamed buns on the steamer, Song Shuqian asked, "Do you have any more white flour?"
It's quiet, the air is quiet.
"No more. All the flour is here. I'll go find the logistics department and ask them to bring it back. Do we have enough food coupons?"
"That's enough. There will be more this month. Buy some millet. It's good for the stomach."
"Okay, I'll go find the logistics department in a bit. If my wife needs anything else, make a list. Try to have them bring it all back at once. During the Spring Festival, many people ask the logistics department to bring things back. Give it to them in advance so that they can arrange it."
"I'll write it right away. The logistics are not easy either. There are so many family members in the family compound, and they all brought back a lot of stuff."
Song Shuqian truly felt that logistics was not easy.
Wei Jianguo blushed a little, coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment, and said, "After the brigade distributes grain, there will be surplus of these fine grains. The villagers are careful and willing to exchange fine grains for money tickets. The sisters-in-law in the family compound go to exchange them every year.
We went out to play this year and I forgot about it. "
Song Shuqian wrote down the matter and said, "It's okay, we'll know next year. Remember to ask the logistics department for help."
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