"Sister Feng, we came here to learn how to store sauerkraut. This is the tuition fee," Song Shuxi smiled and shook the oil paper bag in her hand.
Hutou and Maodan, the two children of Mrs. Feng's family, drooled as they looked at the oil paper bag. They knew that it was peach cake, and all those sold at the service center were packaged in this way.
"Hey, why are you being so polite to my sister-in-law? It's not difficult to learn this. Just take it back and eat it yourself." Sister Feng kept refusing. She really didn't think that learning how to make sauerkraut could get her peach pastry.
"Sister-in-law, if it were just you, I wouldn't be polite. We still have tiger heads and cat eggs. Even if the adults don't eat them, the children will have to eat them. Think of it as giving them something to sweeten their mouths."
When it comes to children, Mrs. Feng's refusal faded. She could do whatever she wanted, but she couldn't bear to see the child drooling.
They are both good kids and never cry or make a fuss about asking for anything, but their eager eyes can't lie.
A mother loves her children dearly.
Mrs. Feng nodded and accepted the peach cake. "Learning to make pickled cabbage is too much for these. I can also make other things, such as mustard greens, pickled radish, pickled garlic, and spicy cabbage. A few of them can make a jar. Winter is long, so I can only rely on these vegetables to survive."
"Then I'll have to trouble Sister Feng," this is Song Shuqian's ultimate goal.
Mrs. Feng took out a big vat, the kind used to store water. He explained: "We need to eat all winter long, so we need a lot of pickled vegetables. We have to use a big vat like this."
Tiantian asked, "Sister Feng, does the service center sell this kind of big vat?"
"The service center occasionally provides it, but you have to place orders in advance. If there are many people placing orders, the buyers will buy all the goods in bulk, and the price is a bit expensive. Before the Chinese New Year, the production team below will organize a market, where the goods are more complete, so it is better to buy there."
After hearing what Mrs. Feng said, Song Shuqian thought about the time when she and Wei Jianguo went to the village to exchange things. There should be water jars in the village, and she could exchange two at that time.
Mrs. Feng continued to explain, "First, we need to cut the cabbage in half, so that we can put it in boiling water to stop it from being cooked, and then let it cool down, so that it can be neatly arranged and dried.
You can put it in the jar, a layer of cabbage and a layer of coarse salt, and some peppercorns in the middle to enhance the flavor.
After it is full, press it down with a big stone. Just wait a month.
Special attention should be paid to using coarse-grained salt, checking it several times during the process, and stirring it with clean chopsticks from time to time to prevent it from spoiling. By the way, put it in a cool and ventilated place. "
Song Shuqian didn't think it was very difficult and wrote it all down.
Mrs. Feng also talked about several methods of pickling other vegetables.
As it was getting late, Song Shuxi and the other person said goodbye.
On the way, Tiantian asked, "Shuxi, have you noticed that Sister Feng and the others have become much more polite to us? Sister Ding was concentrating on her work today and didn't say much."
Song Shuqian smiled, "I've noticed it. I'll just keep my distance from her in the future. I understand what Sister Ding is thinking. She's worried that something might happen to our family and affect her. In fact, she's overthinking."
After saying that, the two of them didn't mention them anymore, as they were all unimportant people.
After returning home, Song Shuxi recalled the steps of pickling vegetables she had seen today, took a notebook as her own recipe, and wrote down the method of making sauerkraut.
She also thought of garlic eggplant.
Once when we went to a state-owned restaurant, Wei Jianguo liked this very much, but he was afraid that he didn’t like the taste of garlic, so he didn’t dare to eat it.
In fact, all you have to do is clean up after eating. Song Shuqian is not that overbearing.
Song Shuqian has a delicate stomach and eats a very light diet. Blanched vegetables and seafood are her favorite dishes. Wei Jianguo, on the contrary, likes heavier dishes. Maoxuewang and sauerkraut pork bones are his favorites.
After getting married, Wei Jianguo always indulged Song Shuxi, and at most he would add a spoonful of chili sauce when she was greedy.
Song Shuqian is not a heartless person and she also wants to do something he likes.
Coincidentally, garlic and eggplant are available in our own yard. Sister Ding also talked about how to cook garlic and eggplant today.
It was still early, so Song Shuxi took her small basket and went to the yard to pick eggplants. With the help of the spiritual liquid, their vegetables grew well.
Wash the eggplants, cut them in the middle but do not cut them through. Cut each eggplant three or four times, then steam them.
Crush the garlic, add salt, soy sauce, chili oil and coriander and mix well.
By this time the eggplants were cool.
Spread the seasoned garlic in the middle of each layer. Put the eggplants into a clean small jar one by one, and finally press them down with a stone to squeeze out excess water.
After finishing, Song Shuqian felt like her waist was not her own, it was sore and painful.
At this moment, I especially miss Wei Jianguo. He has someone massaging his waist.
He took a quick bite, rubbed his waist and went to take a shower. She had never been so dirty before, and she smelled of garlic.
Put the flower petals brought from Dayong Dynasty into the bathtub, add a drop of spiritual liquid, soak in it and hum with comfort.
While singing a tuneless little song, she gives herself beautiful skin care.
Use the prepared skin care cream to carefully apply it all over your body. These things are prepared by your mother from the imperial physician. Use less and less.
Normally, Song Shuqian is reluctant to do so.
After taking care of my skin, I did a hair treatment to make sure I was beautiful from the inside out before I stopped.
I looked at the time and it was already eleven o'clock. It turns out that women all love beauty and they don’t feel tired at all when they dress up.
I lit some sleep-aid incense and slept peacefully.
The next day I woke up at eight o'clock again.
It was a very comfortable sleep.
When Tiantian came, Song Shuqian was eating.
"Let's eat together?"
Tiantian waved her hand and said, "I've eaten, you can eat by yourself. I just went to the service center to ask, and they said there is no water tank. Let's go to the village below to ask."
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"Okay, wait for me ten minutes."
Song Shuxi wanted to be fast, and she really was fast. She finished her meal in 10 minutes, got herself ready, and set off on time.
Today, both of them wore military uniforms without any prior arrangement. They felt that this would make them more credible when they went to the village below and would make it easier to buy things.
Yangshu Village
Two very beautiful girls came to the village. The key point was that both girls were riding bicycles, which caused a sensation as soon as they entered the village.
The two were immediately surrounded.
"Girl, where are you from?"
"What are you doing in our village? Are you here to see each other?"
"Whose family did you pick?"
Song Shuqian explained with a smile, "We are military wives in the army. We came to see the captain for something. Which auntie can take us to see the captain?"
An aunt stepped forward and said, "I am the captain's wife. They are at the brigade headquarters. I will take you there."
The two of them quickly thanked him.
Song Shuxi took out a handful of hard candies and stuffed them into the hands of the team leader's wife, "Sorry to bother you, auntie. The weather is getting cold soon. We just got married and we don't have enough time to prepare a lot of mountain products. I'll have to trouble you to make some connections so we can exchange them from the team."
The captain's aunt took it with a smile and said, "That's no problem. I will definitely choose the best one for you."
"Aunt, do you have this mountain product now? It's a long way from here, if you have it, we can exchange it together. We can hire a bullock cart to send it back for us when the time comes."
The captain's wife didn't want to miss such a good opportunity, so she quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, don't worry, I'll follow you and help you check your things. We never fool people in our village."
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