When they got home, Xu Chao, who opened the door for Xu Lai, saw that his sister was dizzy from the heat, so he quickly opened the door to the air-conditioned room and helped her inside.
Having just finished cleaning, Song Qiu'e quickly poured her daughter a bowl of room-temperature mung bean porridge to help her cool down.
Xu Lai stayed in the air-conditioned room for half an hour, then drank a bowl of refreshing mung bean porridge before she felt alive again.
Xu Lai told her mother and younger brother about her deal with the middleman in Chencheng.
He then took out the twenty-two 100-gram gold bars from his spatial storage and placed them in front of the two of them.
"My God, this is four and a half pounds of gold!"
Song Qiu'e and Xu Chao, who were seeing so many gold bars for the first time, were both so surprised that their mouths were agape.
Xu Chao reached out and took a gold bar, examining it carefully.
"Sigh, how much would all this gold be worth before the natural disasters occurred?"
Song Qiu'e reached out and touched the gold, constantly calculating in her mind.
She recalled that in the months leading up to the devastating floods, the price of gold had risen to nearly 500 yuan per gram.
Based on this calculation, the four-pound gold is worth over one million RMB.
Seeing her mother's regretful expression, Xu Lai chuckled and comforted her, "Mom, under normal circumstances, the grain we just sold wouldn't be worth this much gold!"
However, Xu Lai was worried that the grains, especially potatoes and sweet potatoes, would spoil.
If the space warehouse had a preservation function, she definitely wouldn't sell this food during such a special time when food is life.
Hearing her daughter's words, Song Qiu'e smiled somewhat embarrassedly: "That makes sense, or perhaps I was mistaken!"
After Xu Lai had rested, she got up and prepared to enter the space: "I just went to the government supermarket and bought organic fertilizer fermentation bacteria. My second uncle and dad are waiting to ferment the fertilizer in the toilet of the space to make it more fertile!"
Upon hearing this, Song Qiu'e and Xu Chao also got up, wanting to go into the space to help.
So after turning off the air conditioner in the air-conditioned room, Xu Lai brought her mother and younger brother into the space.
After entering the space, Xu Lai greeted her second uncle and father, then went to the space warehouse and took out five small packets of the fermentation bacteria according to the required dosage.
She found a clean plastic bag, packed all the remaining 290-plus packages, and put them in the refrigerator's crisper drawer for later use.
"Second Uncle, Dad, the organic fertilizer deodorizing fermentation bacteria have arrived!"
Xu Lai handed a packet of fermentation starter to both Grandpa Xu and Xu Haiguo.
After carefully reading the instructions on the packaging, the two of them took the fermentation starter in their hands and immediately began to operate it.
This stuff is very easy to use. First, pour all five small packets of fermentation bacteria into a bucket, then add an appropriate amount of water to dilute it, and then pour it directly into the toilet to mix with the feces inside.
This step requires taking a stick and inserting it into the septic tank of the toilet to stir vigorously.
After mixing the fermentation bacteria with the feces, cover the septic tank opening with a layer of plastic film.
Then turn the pile over every three to five days. According to the instructions, the farmyard manure will be fully decomposed in just ten to fifteen days.
Well-rotted farmyard manure not only eliminates the suffocating stench of excrement, but it is also more easily absorbed by crops.
Xu Lai thought that Xu Chao, a teenager, would dislike the work of stirring manure and wouldn't do such a job.
Unexpectedly, after his second uncle and father poured the diluted fermentation bacteria into the septic tank, Xu Chao silently went to the side, grabbed a stick as thick as his arm, and started stirring.
It seems that after living in such a harsh environment for more than a year, this kid has become much more mature and sensible.
After Xu Chao took charge of the work, Grandpa Xu and his nephew Xu Haiguo brought over the tractor and began to deeply plow the five and a half acres of land.
Seeing that there was nothing to do for the time being, Song Qiu'e took her daughter to the vegetable garden and picked the string beans that grew around the perimeter of the vegetable garden and the fruit trees around the pond.
The mother and daughter each carried a basket and managed to pick four large baskets of green beans, a basket of cucumbers, a basket of peppers, and other vegetables.
"Mom, there are way too many green beans! We can't possibly finish them all in a short time!"
Xu Lai looked at the pile of vegetables and was quite worried.
Seeing her daughter's worried expression, Song Qiu'e rolled her eyes at her with amusement: "You little rascal, you're actually worried? It's only because of our family that people outside can't buy such fresh vegetables at this time of year!"
Xu Lai understood this principle, of course, but she was just tired of eating green beans!
"Next, we'll make these green beans into dried green beans, and then we'll save some green beans and cucumbers to pickle into sauerkraut!"
With a wave of his hand, Song Qiu continued confidently, "These stir-fried dried green beans with pork, stir-fried pickled green beans with chicken giblets, and spicy and sour cucumbers are all great dishes to eat with rice!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Lai realized that these were all dishes she liked, and immediately became interested.
The mother and daughter acted immediately.
The first step is preparation.
Choose fresh green beans, remove any parts with insects, and wash them thoroughly.
Next, blanch it.
Add enough water to the pot, and you can add some salt; this will help the green beans retain their bright green color.
Place the green beans in a pot and cook for about one to three minutes. After cooking, remove the green beans and soak them in cold water. This will prevent them from turning yellow.
The next step is to air dry.
Drain the cooked dried green beans and spread them out on a winnowing basket or similar tool to dry in the sun.
It usually takes a few days to a week. During this time, you should check the dryness of the green beans. When the green beans become hard and brittle, it means they are dry.
Finally, seal the dried green beans in a bag and store them properly.
When it's time to eat, take some out and soak it in water, then stir-fry it with pork belly and some chili peppers. The taste makes Xu Lai's mouth water just thinking about it.
As for pickling green beans and pickling cucumbers, this step is a bit more complicated.
Xu Lai didn't have the patience to do it, so she just grabbed a tomato, washed it, sat down, and started popping it into her mouth.
Seeing this, Song Qiu'e quickly called her over to watch her do it, and explained each step in detail.
When it came to the important steps, Song Qiu'e even directly asked her daughter to participate.
Xu Lai didn't want to learn. She took a bite of the sweet and sour tomato and said coquettishly, "Mom, my godmother wants me to learn this. That way, if I want to eat it in the future, you can make it for me!"
Upon hearing this, Song Qiu'e rolled her eyes at her daughter and said, "Your mother can't be with you for a lifetime. If something happens to me in this natural disaster, you'll have to rely on yourselves from now on!"
With the blessing of this space in this life, Xu Lai's biggest goal since her rebirth is to do her best to ensure that her family of five lives peacefully until old age, no matter what happens.
The eldest uncle in the family is only fifty-three years old. Even if he lives to seventy-three, he still has twenty years left.
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