After pickling for about half a month, the pickled bok choy can be taken out and dried in the sun. After drying, it becomes dried mustard greens.
Of course, you can eat it without drying it in the sun; it's the same as eating it as pickled vegetables.
No matter how it's cooked, Bai Nuo likes to eat it.
Dried plum vegetables can be used to stew meat or cook porridge, and pickled vegetables can also be used as a side dish with porridge or rice.
Of course, it was Aunt Liu who made the preserved mustard greens. Aunt Liu had told Bai Nuo that she knew how to make pickled vegetables and the like, and she really did teach Bai Nuo and Zhang Lu how. She was quick and efficient, which made Bai Nuo very satisfied.
If Aunt Liu could take the initiative to do some work instead of just being pushed around, that would be even better; Bai Nuo would be much more satisfied then.
After Aunt Liu placed the large stone on top of the large vat, Bai Nuo and Aunt Liu moved the vat to a shady spot under the eaves.
"Auntie, you can have lunch, I won't come back for lunch!" Bai Nuo said, still a little worried about her wood ear mushrooms and mushrooms, and still wanting to go up and pick these mountain produce.
She would try to possess anything she saw. Moreover, things like wood ear mushrooms and mushrooms have a limited shelf life. Right now, it's not too hot yet, and there's a lot of rain, so these things are growing like crazy. But if it doesn't rain and the weather gets hotter, they'll definitely be dried up.
Once the season is over, it will be gone.
Time waits for no one.
Once Bai Nuo relaxed, he felt extremely anxious and couldn't stay still for a while.
"Where are you going?" Bai Yu asked, standing at the doorway of the main room. "I want to go too! I want to go too!"
"You can eat your lunch at home!" Bai Nuo laughed. "Kids shouldn't run around at noon. Besides, are you willing to skip your horse stance?" Bai Yu had already been looking very unhappy with a long face when Lu Ying left.
"You stay inside and watch over Grandma, watch how Aunt Liu works!" Bai Nuo had already reached the door, and Bai Yu followed. When Bai Nuo looked inside, Aunt Liu was sitting on a low stool washing clothes, not noticing the two siblings.
Bai Nuo pulled Bai Yu over and whispered something in Bai Yu's ear.
Bai Yu looked at Bai Nuo with suspicion, not understanding why Bai Nuo would suddenly say such a thing.
"Look at how Aunt Liu is willing to do chores and how she treats us grandmas!" Bai Nuo said in a low voice. She hadn't felt this way before and treated Aunt Liu with the mindset of "trusting those you employ and not employing those you don't trust." But after she had been busy all morning, she still had to dry and prepare the vegetables herself when she got back.
Although Aunt Liu works very efficiently, it's only because she's watching over us. What if she weren't there?
So Bai Nuo decided to test Liu Da Niang's idea.
No, just keep an eye on things.
"Do you understand now?" Bai Nuo looked at Bai Yu. "It's not that I'm going out without you, but this house needs you too. When your sister isn't home, you're the only one who can look after the house. You're willing to stay with your sister, so are you going to abandon Grandma?"
Bai Yu bit her lip and glanced back at Aunt Liu. Aunt Liu was still diligently washing her and her grandmother's clothes, wiping the sweat from her forehead from time to time. In the end, she was still worried about her grandmother and was frightened by what Bai Nuo said. She gritted her teeth and said, "Then I'll wait for you to come back for dinner!"
“Sure!” Bai Nuo nodded with a smile. “You can ask Aunt Liu to cook something nice for you and Grandma. These mushrooms are all fresh, so you can ask her to cook them for you. She won’t dare not do chores while you’re at home.”
Regardless of whether Aunt Liu is willing to cooperate or is outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, Bai Nuo intends to dismiss Aunt Liu and get rid of her if either of these two situations occurs.
Three taels of silver is a lot. Bai Nuo remembers that when they didn't have any money, the three of them couldn't even spend three taels of silver a year. Now she hired a nanny for three taels of silver a month. One month's work is equivalent to a year's wages for a nanny. And this is in the countryside, not in a big city. She hired a nanny, not a patriarch. If she doesn't work hard, what's the point of hiring her?
"Okay!" Bai Yu nodded heavily, turned around and walked into the courtyard. When Bai Nuo saw that Bai Yu was no longer asking to come along, she breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave.
When they returned, Bai Yu and the others had already eaten lunch and were taking a nap. They had gone out empty-handed, but came back with a basket full of things.
I was lucky; I not only found a lot of perilla leaves, but also quite a few button mushrooms.
The entire Bai family home was quiet. The courtyard was completely exposed to the sun, except for the area under the eaves, which was dark and cool. The June sun was particularly fierce, making the floor scorching hot. Bai Nuo stood in the shade and looked at the sun, which seemed to be white.
At this time, no one was moving around, and Bai Nuo guessed that they were all sleeping. After a busy morning, Bai Nuo was also very hungry, but since everyone was sleeping, she did not wake up Aunt Liu. She sorted out the mushrooms and perilla and put them in the sun to dry.
If the sun doesn't rain for the next few days, everything will be dried out in just a few days.
After drying everything, Bai Nuo fetched water and washed her face and hands. The cool well water sent shivers down her spine as soon as it touched her skin, and the summer heat was completely washed away by the well water, making her feel much more comfortable.
After washing her hands and face, Bai Nuo went into the kitchen, opened the cupboard, and found that there were no dishes left. Helpless, she could only turn around, go out the door, and walk towards the river.
The grass was tall and the water was shimmering, but Bai Nuo felt very uncomfortable. The weather was too hot, even the wind was hot, and the cicadas were chirping incessantly in the trees, which was very annoying.
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