The whole family stayed in bed until eight o'clock. Shen Zixi in his arms was hungry and kept shouting while pulling Shen Anning's hair and refused to let go.
Shen Anning, who was awakened by the pain, didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Xixi, be good, let go of your aunt's hair and feed you milk."
First, I changed the diaper, took out the bottle, poured 100 ml of milk powder into it, and then held the annoying child in my arms and fed her.
After she had finished drinking, Shen An Ning patted her burp. Looking at the little girl, she felt that she had changed a lot compared to when she was first brought home. The little girl now had fair skin and some flesh on her face, which made her look very cute.
A few days ago, I bought a sleeping basket for children at the village chief's house. It was made of rattan as thick as fingers, about half a person's height, and covered with a thick layer of Ula grass, an old mattress, a layer of soft cotton, and a thick quilt. The child was wrapped in a small quilt and put in. The temperature on the kang was unpredictable, and it was not good for the child if it was too hot. The child could be shaken in the basket, which was very convenient.
After waking up her younger brother and sister, Shen Anning poured hot water and squeezed toothpaste for them. "Anyu and Anxuan, you guys wash up first and clean up. I'm going to Aunt Sufen's house next door to make sticky rice dumplings. I'll be back at noon, so you two can stay at home and look after Xixiao."
"The chicken soup is in the pot, and the buns are also being heated in the pot. You can eat and clean up after yourself later," Shen Anning drank a cup of hot water and ate a meat bun first.
Seeing that the snow outside had stopped, Shen Anning wrapped herself up like a ball and went to Aunt Sufen's house carrying a military water bottle.
Uncle Accountant's family was considered relatively well-off in the village. They had a large, half-tile, half-adobe house with two living rooms, a central hallway for cooking, and doors leading directly to the two courtyards. Today, they were working in the north room. Aunt Sufen had a large family: two married daughters and two sons, the oldest twelve and the youngest eight, the same age as the twins.
Because there was a group of educated youth there, although everyone was not very skilled, there was strength in numbers. More than a dozen people wrapped a full 120 kilograms of dumplings in the morning. The skin was made of rhubarb rice, and the filling was made of boiled and crushed kidney beans with a little sugar. They placed them on the steamer curtain, and they looked golden and beautiful.
After the first pot is steamed, the second pot is put into the pot. Everyone divides the work and cooperates with each other, and the speed and efficiency are amazing.
After all the work was done, around one o'clock, Aunt Sufen gave two to each person. Shen Anning did not refuse. Anyway, they would also have to make some in a few days, so they could just give some to a few aunts when the time comes. After all, every family was not rich. The group of educated youth took more than twenty, which was half a pot.
Shen An Ning returned home once during the trip, fed Zi Xi and changed her diaper. There were few people eating in the village at noon, so she didn't start the fire. She just made a cup of milk powder for each of them and ate some snacks. She specially took out the cream cake that Shen Anxuan loved, which made her very happy.
She took two sticky rice dumplings home and gave one to each of the twins. Shen Anning had tasted the first pot that she had made at Aunt Sufen's house.
It was my first time eating this thing, and it tasted pretty good. The less sugar didn't affect the taste at all. Shen Anning personally felt that it was too sweet and not tasty.
It took eight days of hard work before all the sticky rice dumplings for the educated youth were made. Shen Anning's family made 120 kilograms, the female educated youth made a total of 280 kilograms, and the male educated youth asked for an even more exaggerated 320 kilograms. Fortunately, there were several aunts to help, otherwise, if they were expected to do it themselves, it would take them forever.
Steam the sticky rice dumplings, let them cool, then take them outside to freeze. When they are frozen hard, you can put them in a cloth bag and eat them throughout the winter.
Because the seven male educated youth did not know how to make firewood, they relied on the female educated youth and several aunts for help. So when they had nothing to do every day, they went up the mountain to collect firewood and delivered it to the educated youth site and several aunts' homes one by one. They went up the mountain every day for a week and were lucky enough to catch three sand chickens. Because there were not enough for each family to give one, Shen An Ning took them home and stewed a big pot with dried mushrooms and black fungus, and each family got a small half pot.
There were two full bags of 120 kilograms of sticky rice dumplings, nearly a thousand of them. Shen Anning and her younger brother and sister definitely couldn't finish them all because they didn't eat sticky rice dumplings every day. Rhubarb rice has high nutritional value. Shen Anning sent two hundred of them to her grandparents. She knew that the two old people had always helped the people in the cowshed. She had already learned how to make sticky rice dumplings, so she could make them herself next time she wanted to eat them.
She kept most of the remaining food at home, and when she had time, she would send the rest to the farm to her parents and brother and sister-in-law. Their winter supplies were less than those of ordinary villagers, and the food they received would definitely not be enough to last until the autumn harvest next year. If she sent more this winter, they would be able to eat more next year.
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