"I haven't seen your second aunt these past few days. If she had any news, wouldn't she come and tell me?"
Li Xiangdong felt that what his mother said made sense, so he stopped asking. But he couldn't help but wonder if his rebirth had caused things to change in this life instead of his previous one.
Will other things also change?
Zhao Sufang had no idea what her son was thinking; she was just busy washing the freshly picked cowpeas in a basin.
Seeing the large iron pot steaming hot, I opened the lid and saw that the water had boiled. I quickly put the cowpeas in, and the originally pale green cowpeas turned bright green after being blanched in hot water, which was very cute.
Green beans only need to be blanched for two minutes to cook, mainly because raw green beans are poisonous.
Zhao Sufang scooped the blanched cowpeas into a basin, rinsed them with cold water, and then chopped them into small pieces.
Add some soy sauce and salt to the minced meat, stir clockwise until it sticks together, then mix it evenly with the chopped green beans. The filling for steamed buns is now ready.
"Xiangdong, I'll steam the buns. You go and spread out the reed shoots that Mom cut back in the yard. Remember to spread them evenly, so they can be dried sooner and sold sooner."
"Oh well!"
Li Xiangdong remembers that when he was a child, his family sold dried reed shoots for ten yuan a haystack, which was sold to the commune's livestock station.
Selling this hay is no easy task. First, you have to pick out the reeds from among many different kinds of wild grasses and vegetables, and then pick out the tenderest parts of the reeds to get the reed shoots.
The reed shoots lose almost all their weight after being dried in the sun.
Summer weather is like a child's face; it can rain anytime. If the reeds get wet and aren't dried in time, they'll get moldy. Moldy reeds are unwanted because they'll make livestock sick.
Don't be fooled by the fact that a stack of hay can sell for ten yuan; it's hard-earned money, and even a slightly lazy person wouldn't earn that much.
Li Zhen, Li Ping, and Li Jiabao met on their way home, and then ran into Li Jin at their doorstep.
Several children crowded around their father as he entered the house, chattering excitedly about what they had seen and heard that day.
When Zhao Sufang saw that everyone in the family was here, a smile appeared on her face. "Come in, wash your hands, and have dinner."
"It smells so good! It smells like meat!" Li Jiabao sniffed.
“Jiabao has a dog’s nose; he can smell anything delicious.” Li Jin joked with his youngest son, “Jiabao is old enough to join the army.”
Really? Really?
Li Jiabao loves military uniforms. He even secretly wore his father's old military uniform.
"Dad, what kind of job do you think I could get if I joined the army?"
Li Jiabao's fan asked smugly, "It has to be a battalion commander, right? It can't be lower than his father's previous rank!"
I'm looking at you~
Li Jin deliberately kept Li Jiabao in suspense until the whole family looked over before slowly saying, "I think you could be a military dog!"
Everyone burst into laughter, and Li Jiabao was so angry that he didn't want to talk to his father anymore.
"Wow, meat buns!" Li Ping had already run into the house. When he saw a pile of big buns on the lid, he happily hugged his little sister and spun her around.
After everyone washed their hands and sat down at the table, Zhao Sufang looked at her husband and said softly, "Shall we send some to his grandmother?"
Normally, Zhao Sufang would never say such a thing; she would simply pack the food in a shallow container and have the child deliver it to her in-laws. But today, she asked her husband if they should send it.
Li Jin pondered for a moment, looked at the child whose eyes were shining as he stared at the meat buns, thought about his parents' behavior today, and recalled the guilty look on his mother's face when Xiang Dong said that his mother had given Li Song money to buy pig's trotters and meat buns.
"No need to see us off. I imagine that my parents live with Li Song and they are not lacking in food. Let's eat."
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