With Mother Qin coming to take care of her, Shen Annian felt much more relaxed, and there was a ready-made breakfast to eat when she got up in the morning.
Qin's mother made some dumplings for her, one plate was sauerkraut dumplings, the other was sausage dumplings.
Shen An Nian hadn't tasted her cooking for a long time. She ate two buns and drank a cup of malted milk for breakfast.
"Eat more. You're eating for one person now, and three people are absorbing the nutrients. If you don't eat more, your body won't be able to handle it."
Shen Annian had no choice but to force himself to eat another bun.
After breakfast, she started setting up a pot in the yard to prepare canned fruit.
Mother Qin asked her, "What are you planning to do?"
"I'm trying to can some fruit."
Mother Qin was very surprised. "You can also make canned fruit?"
How could Nian Nian be so capable? The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her son was not worthy of her.
"I've only said a little bit. I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know if it will work."
Mother Qin was full of confidence in her. "It will definitely work. Look, the instant noodles are done, right? I'm sure the canned fruit will work too."
It seems that Qin's mother really has confidence in her.
If she couldn't do it, she would be unworthy of her trust.
"I will definitely work hard to make the canned fruit as soon as possible."
She put the pot on the stove and boiled the water.
Not long after, Qin Zhengqi came in with a young soldier, holding the fruit she needed.
"Look, are these enough? If not, I'll look for more."
"Almost."
Shen An Nian took a look and saw that there were many varieties of fruits. All fruits that were ripe at this time of year were there, and they were of very good quality.
"We can do the rest of the work, you can go ahead and get busy."
Qin Zhengqi indeed still needed training. After putting the fruit down, he reminded him, "Pay attention to rest and don't get tired."
Shen Annian originally wanted to refute, saying that he only did this little thing at home, so what was there to be tired of.
But when she met Qin Zhengqi's straightforward gaze and thought of what happened last night, her face suddenly turned red.
"I understand. Go away."
After driving Qin Zhengqi out, Shen Anyian peeled a lychee and handed it to Qin's mother's mouth, "Mom, please try it."
Mother Qin had never eaten lychees before. She looked at the red shell and translucent flesh, which looked very beautiful, and asked, "What is this?"
"This is called lychee, it's very sweet."
Transportation is really inconvenient nowadays, and lychees are a fruit that has very strict requirements for preservation. Not to mention in this era, even in the future when transportation conditions and preservation technology are extremely developed, it is difficult to transport fresh lychees to the north.
Therefore, people in the north rarely eat fresh lychees.
It's not surprising that Qin's mother has never seen lychees.
Mother Qin opened her mouth and took a bite. "It's really sweet and delicious. We don't have this stuff over there."
"Yes, it's only grown here now, so I want to can it and sell it over there."
Shen An Nian tried various fruits and tasted them before she could prepare the sugar water.
Mother Qin asked her, "What should we do now?"
"Peel and core the lychees, and peel and slice the other fruits."
"Okay, leave it to me."
Shen Anyian handed the matter over to Qin's mother and went to make the sugar water herself.
She added rock sugar according to the proportion, set the rock sugar water aside to cool, and then went to process the fruits with Qin's mother.
She soaked the pitted lychees, mangoes, peaches, and pineapples in salt water for fifteen minutes.
Place the bottle in a steamer and steam it for fifteen minutes to sterilize it.
After the preparations were done, she put the fruits into the bottles, added sugar water, and then put the bottles in the steamer.
She experimented with different steaming times, steaming for ten minutes, fifteen minutes, and twenty minutes respectively.
Only with comparative data can she know the steaming time to preserve the best flavor of the fruit.
When the time was up, she tightened the bottle cap and turned it upside down to expel the air.
Mother Qin looked at the cans and asked, "Is this it?"
"It should be done. After two or three days, we'll try the flavors and see which one tastes best."
"It doesn't look difficult."
Shen Annian nodded, "As long as you master the method, it is indeed not difficult."
After a busy day, they finally finished canning all the food.
Shen Annian carried the canned food into the house. Thinking that Qin's mother had asked Qin Zhengqi to invite people over for dinner, he planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things first.
Mother Qin just arrived here and is not familiar with the camp yet, so you can take her around.
The elderly who come to help take care of the children don’t have to go to work and can play with the children downstairs.
When they saw the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, they greeted them warmly.
“Comrade Shen, is this your mother-in-law?”
"He has a very kind face. You can tell at a glance that he is a blessed person."
“Comrade Shen, you are so lucky that your mother-in-law even came here to take care of you.”
Everyone greeted them so enthusiastically, and Qin's mother responded with a smile.
Aunt Fang felt that Mother Qin had a good temper. She looked at Shen Annian standing next to her, her eyes flashed, and she walked up to greet Mother Qin.
"Sister, you must be Captain Qin's mother, you look so young."
Although she didn't know her identity, she was so polite to her that Mother Qin responded with a smile.
"Sister, you are joking. I am already fifty years old this year."
“Oh, you’re fifty, but you don’t look that old at all.
Your Captain Qin is quite capable. With such a capable son, he has so few worries. No wonder he looks so young."
Shen Annian raised his eyebrows when he heard her words.
Aunt Fang is so good at talking.
No one doesn't like to hear others praise their own children. Qin's mother was naturally very happy to hear Aunt Fang praising Qin Zhengqi so much.
"There are many children in the family, and there are also worries. Just be open-minded and everything will be fine."
"That's true. At our age, there's nothing to be upset about..."
Aunt Fang's enthusiasm was so overwhelming that it was almost impossible to resist.
Mother Qin saw that Shen An Nian was still waiting for her. They still had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative and cook for guests later, so they had no time to chat today.
"Sister, we still need to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things, so we'll leave first."
Aunt Fang was still very enthusiastic. "I haven't had such a good chat with someone in a long time. Sister, we get along very well.
I'll come to your house some other day to chat with you, and we two sisters can have a good chat."
Mother Qin smiled at her and left with Shen Anyan.
After walking a distance, Qin's mother said, "The people here are quite warm and easy to talk to. I thought they were wives of officials and difficult to get along with."
"Mom, everywhere there are people who are easy to talk to and people who are hard to talk to. When you stay here for a long time, you will understand what is going on."
Shen Annian didn't tell her much about everyone's personalities, so as to avoid sounding like a complainer.
She needs to figure out for herself what kind of people these are and whether she can get along with them.
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