The days that followed can only be described in one word: busy.
Autumn on the grassland is the season of harvest and also the season of stockpiling.
The vegetables in Song Shuxi's yard were ripening one batch after another. She took Aunt Fu and the two children to prepare supplies for the winter.
Beans are vegetables that can bear fruit many times, and if you can't eat all of them, you can just dry them.
An An is responsible for picking the beans, Aunt Fu is responsible for washing them, Song Shuxi is responsible for blanching and soaking them, and Lele is responsible for drying them.
Form a simple pipeline.
Song Shuqian introduced to them, "Blanching for about 2 minutes can remove the astringency of the beans. Soaking in salt water for about 15 minutes will do the trick, and the beans won't spoil easily."
When she was in Huludao, she liked to dry seafood, so Wei Jianguo made a big rack, which now comes in handy.
Lele stepped carefully onto the ladder and placed the beans on it little by little.
It took a whole day to pick all the beans.
Lele cheered, it was finally done!
But he was so tired, this was a different kind of tiredness from training.
Song Shuqian ruthlessly shattered his fantasy, "What we have completed today is only part of it.
After the beans are dried, we will start making dried potatoes. Mom also wants to make some dried sweet potatoes.
Let's make ketchup together tomorrow. "
Lele’s little face looks miserable.
The tomatoes here are particularly delicious, sweet and sour. This year, Song Shuxi got some yellow tomato seeds, and out of curiosity, she planted more.
We all know that tomatoes are also a vegetable that can bear fruit multiple times.
This led to an overabundance of tomatoes in the Song family.
If there were no outsiders around, Song Shuqian could just quietly put it away and put it in the magic gourd.
But now we have Aunt Fu at home.
Aunt Fu is a very careful person who lives her life and usually pays more attention to the harvest from the fields.
Song Shuqian didn't dare to use the magic gourd at all, so she could only use the most common storage method.
The next day, the whole family got up early and worked together.
It was still An Anlele who went to pick tomatoes and then transported them back one by one.
Aunt Fu cleaned it up on the side.
Song Shuxi made a cross cut on the top of the tomato, then put it in hot water to blanch it to make it easier to peel.
At this time, Aunt Fu had finished her work and came over to cut the tomatoes into small pieces. They were really small pieces, very small.
Song Shuxi poured oil into the pot, then added minced garlic and chopped onion, stir-fried on low heat until fragrant, then added chopped tomatoes, and continued to stir-fry, pressing it down with a spatula from time to time. In short, the more finely chopped the better.
Then add sugar and salt and simmer over low heat.
Continue until the tomato sauce becomes thick, then add the lemon juice.
Finally, place it into a clean canning jar, making sure there are no air bubbles inside. After cooling, place the bottle in a steamer and steam for another 20 minutes.
The tomato sauce made in this way can be eaten for a long time. Use this to make tomato soup in winter, it is very delicious.
You can also add a little to your meal as a seasoning.
I was busy for a whole week and prepared garlic eggplant, sauerkraut, various pickles, pickled garlic, dried vegetables...
An An Lele collapsed on the kang, completely unwilling to move.
Song Shuqian found it funny, "Why is our energetic little boy so listless?"
An An came over, leaned against her and said, "Mom, you've worked hard."
Lele also said, "From now on, we will do the housework together with mom."
They both only recently realized that their mother needs to do so much work at home. Before there was no Aunt Fu at home, my mother had to prepare everything by herself. It must have been so tiring.
They really shouldn't have done that.
Working at home did not prevent them from attending classes on time. It was at this time that An An Lele noticed that many of his classmates, who were in their teens, still asked their mothers to help them wash clothes.
An An silently crossed these people out of her friend list.
After one labor session, the two young boys decided that they would help their mother more with work in the future.
Song Shuxi was deeply moved when she heard what her two sons said. Her children are really great.
Decided to give both children a more comprehensive education.
This can be considered a beautiful misunderstanding. But the result was a happy one. Isn’t it?
On this day, An An Le Le brought back a message, "Mom, Ji Ri Gala said that his great-grandmother's family is going to hold a Nadam Festival, can we go and participate?"
"Naadam?"
Having lived on the grassland for two years, Song Shuxi naturally knew what Nadam was.
She was very interested and wanted to go and see it.
"Did you say anything about your request? Mom wants to go see it, too."
"Jirigala said there were wrestling, horse racing and throwing bulu, and at night there was a bonfire party, and people around would gather together to sing and dance."
As An An said this, her eyes sparkled and her face was full of longing.
"Confirm with him what precautions are required. An An's Mongolian is already good enough for simple communication. When you go there, try to communicate with everyone in Mongolian. This will not only show intimacy and build relationships, but also help you practice speaking Mongolian."
An An nodded heavily.
He likes Mongolian very much. In order to help him learn it, his father helped find a few military uncles to teach him.
He is also my mother's Mongolian teacher. Now at home, when An An and her mother want to talk privately, they speak Mongolian.
My father and brother didn't understand.
Song Shuxi took out the cloth from the magic gourd and prepared to make two sets of clothes for her two children to wear to the Nadam Festival.
When Saren comes there, he sees her making clothes again.
In her hands, the sewing machine seemed to come alive.
"What are you doing?"
"I was just thinking of looking for you. The two kids said there's a Nadam festival at your grandma's house and they want to go. I'm preparing clothes for them. Can you help me check if there's anything they shouldn't be afraid of?"
Saren helped with a few suggestions to make the clothes more suitable for riding.
"That's why I came to see you. Do you want to come? It's fun."
"I really want to go, but Yueyue and Yangyang won't be able to see me at night and will make a fuss."
"Take them with you. They can go out now and stay in my grandmother's yurt at night."
Song Shuqian was a little hesitant, because the education she received did not allow her to stay out overnight.
"There's still some time left. Let's see if Wei Jianguo can come back. Don't laugh at me, but I don't dare to take the two little ones out without him.
An An Le Le has the ability to protect himself when he encounters bad guys. The small one is really too small. "
Saren didn't quite understand, but he respected it.
I went to find Tiantian again and invited her to join us. Unexpectedly, Tiantian also said that she would wait for Liu Xinguo to come back.
It's so unexpected, they are all thoughtful girls, but they are surprisingly so obedient in this matter.
If Song Shuxi knew what she was thinking, she would definitely say that respect is mutual. Wei Jianguo would definitely be worried if she did that, and he never stayed out overnight except when on missions.
Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. Song Shuqian will not be double-standard in such matters.
They had not yet decided whether to go to Nadam, but they received another good news that the Sijiucheng Art Troupe would come to perform a consolation show.
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