At the end of November, Shen Anning took out the thick cotton-padded jacket at home and put it on. The weather was getting colder and colder, and the weather was different every day.
Shen Anxuan had already started heating the kang half a month ago. Shen Anyu had a hot temper so he didn't need it, but Shen Anning had space but couldn't use it.
At night, while tidying up the vegetable garden in the space, Shen An Ning discovered that the land in the space was not restricted by the four seasons. The crops would naturally hang there when they reached maturity, and she could continue to plant other things. She was busy before and could not use the land in the space, so she did not pay attention to it. There was plenty of food, and there was no need to plant food at the moment, so she circled a few plots of land to raise chickens and ducks, and even dug a small pond for this purpose.
Looking at the dozen or so large baskets and sacks in the living room, filled with her harvest from the mountains this month, Shen Anning decided to make a batch of canned fruit. Wild hawthorns are a bit astringent, so she soaked them in salt water, removed the cores, added more rock sugar, and put them directly into the stew pot.
Cut the wild pear into pieces first, add rock sugar and put it into the pot to cook. Remove the core of the wild grapes, wash them, dry them and use them to make wine. Make a cross on the chestnuts, add honey and sugar and stir-fry them in an iron pan. Stir-fry the pine nuts and hazelnuts. Rest when you are tired, and continue stir-frying when you are rested. Shen An Ning was busy in the space all night.
When he woke up again, it was already five o'clock in the morning. He washed and dried the canned fruit bottles he had left with hot water, put the cooled canned hawthorn and pear fruits into them, wrapped some fried chestnuts and pine nuts in oil paper, stewed a pot of chicken soup in the space, and went to the farm again.
As usual, we went to Liu Jiaman's house first. She was already very familiar with her family. She took out four cans of fruit, a bag of roasted chestnuts, and a bag of roasted pine nuts, and said proudly, "Here, try them quickly. I made all of them."
Liu Jiaman opened the can of hawthorn with doubt, took a bite, and it was sour and sweet, "Oh my God, you are good, Shen Anning, this is not worse than the one bought, it feels better than the one bought."
Shen Anning looked at the house and saw that there was no one there, and asked, "Where are your uncle and aunt? Why are they not at home?"
"Oh, the farm is slaughtering pigs today, so they're all going over there."
Shen Anning was a little surprised, "Are you going to kill the pig today? Shouldn't you kill it before hibernation?"
Liu Jiaman explained, "We're slaughtering six today. They're needed by a large factory in the county. They're for the New Year. Ten days from now, there'll be another batch of extra." While eating canned food and peeling chestnuts, Liu Jiaman asked, "Do you want any? We don't have any meat, but I think we'll have some ribs and pig's trotters."
"No, I'll come back in ten days when we slaughter the sheep. I want mutton." There was not much mutton in Shen An Ning's space, only about a hundred pounds in total. Winter is a good season for eating mutton. The amount of pork consumed in the past six months is less than half a pig. Her family often eats ribs, but there are not many left now. She can buy some ribs and pig's trotters when the time comes.
Without staying long, Shen Anning carried people to Shen Anyan's residence. Only Shen's mother and sister-in-law were at home. It was estimated that Shen's father and eldest brother were busy.
First, take out the canned food and chestnuts and pine nuts from the backpack. Now that it's cold, the things can be stored. Shen An Ning took out twenty mixed-flour steamed buns, and finally took out the chicken soup from the casserole at the bottom of the basket.
As soon as you open it, the fragrance instantly fills the room.
"Oh, this aroma is so overpowering. Ningning's cooking skills are really getting better and better." Qin Shuni quickly poured a bowl and handed it to Liu Manxue, "Come on, Manxue, drink it while it's hot."
Liu Manxue took the bowl and said, "Second Aunt, you drink too."
Shen An Ning picked up her little niece. The little girl was very well-behaved. She had grown a lot during this period of time by drinking breast milk. Her little face was white and her body was full of the fragrance of milk. It seemed that she was well-fed.
Although it was difficult to speak, Shen Anning put the child in Liu Manxue's arms and said: "Sister-in-law, Xixi is leaving with me tonight."
Liu Manxue looked at Shen Anning. She had already made preparations for this month. She knew that her sister Shen Anning would never mistreat her daughter. Although she was reluctant, it was better than letting the child suffer here. Besides, she had to go to work next year, and she couldn't hold such a small child in her arms every day. "Sister, sister-in-law is fine, it's just hard work for you. Your brother and I are sincerely grateful for your consideration for Xixi."
"It's not hard, I'm willing to do this."
Liu Manxue looked at the little girl with her eyes open and said, "Come on, little baby, kiss mommy again. You will sleep with your aunt tonight." After feeding her for the last time, Liu Manxue looked at her daughter and smiled.
Shen Anning took out a packet of medicine from the pocket of her cotton-padded jacket and handed it to Qin Shuni, "Mom, this is the herbal medicine for weaning my sister-in-law. Drink it three times, boil two bowls of water into one bowl each time, once a day, and you will have no milk after drinking it."
At four o'clock in the afternoon, it began to get dark. Shen Anning walked to the guard room and left two cans of food, a bag of chestnuts, and a bag of pine nuts for the gatekeeper. Without saying anything, he rode his bicycle to the fork in the road and waited.
At five o'clock, Geng Chengyi came on a bicycle with two little soldiers, handed the crying child in his arms to Shen Anning, and said with some worry, "Anning, I guess she hasn't adapted to it yet, you should comfort her quickly, here is the milk powder my uncle bought, you can take it back." There was a cloth bag with two cans of iron milk powder in it. It can be seen that Geng Chengyi had put a lot of effort into it.
Shen Anning didn't refuse and took it. "Thank you, Uncle Cheng Yi. It's late today, so I won't say much to you. This backpack contains all the food I made myself. Take it back and share it with the two comrades."
It was cold at night, so Shen Anning tied the little girl in her arms, wrapped her up in a military coat, and hurried to the village on her bike. When she turned a corner, she saw that Geng Chengyi and the others behind her had already left, and there was no one in sight. She put the little girl in her arms on the bed in the space. It was too cold outside and she couldn't take any risks.
When they got home, it was almost half past five. An Yu and An Xuan were cooking. Shen An Ning ignored them and ran into the house first and put her niece on the kang.
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