Chapter 872 (Page 1/2)
Then she picked up an extremely sharp fruit peeler and began to peel apples and pears with skillful movements.
Soon, she had processed twenty apples and the same number of pears. She then used a blender to grind the apples, pears, peeled garlic and ginger into a paste, and finally poured them into the big bucket one by one.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Man rushed to the spiritual field in the misty space and pulled out a dozen juicy white radishes and a large bundle of fresh green leeks.
After returning to the kitchen, she carefully washed all the vegetables, then cut the leeks into even small pieces, and used a special tool to grate the white radish into thin and long strips.
After completing these preliminary tasks, she poured all the ingredients into the large barrel that was already filled with a lot of ingredients.
Next, he took out the two different types of chili powder, coarse and fine, as well as the delicious fish sauce and appropriate amount of salt that had been prepared in advance, and added them all into the big barrel.
Finally, she picked up a sturdy rolling pin and began stirring vigorously.
After all the seasonings were fully blended together, Lin Man dipped her finger in a little to taste it. After repeated adjustments to confirm that she was satisfied, she walked out of the space contentedly.
He came to the yard and used his mind to move the bucket onto the tricycle.
Seeing that the tricycle was still empty, she simply moved out a basket of apples, a basket of pears, a basket of tangerines, and ten grapefruits from the space.
Prepare the fruits for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then prepare the dishes for the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow.
When Lin Man came back on the tricycle again, Huo Qingci came over with a crutch and was about to help carry her. At this time, Xu Xiaomin hurried forward to stop him.
"Let me help move these!"
Lin Man first unloaded the three boxes of fruit and the half bag of grapefruits from the car, and Xu Xiaomin carried them back to the hall one by one.
Huo Li looked at the large stainless steel barrel in the truck bed and was very curious. "Where did you buy such a large stainless steel barrel?"
Stainless steel tableware has been produced in this era. People in the southern coastal areas like to use stainless steel basins to serve dishes, but it is indeed rare to find such a large stainless steel barrel.
Before Lin Man started to explain, Huo Li opened the lid of the stainless steel barrel and found that it was full of sauce for making kimchi.
“These sauces…”
"These sauces are for making kimchi."
Huo Li looked at Lin Man deeply, and without asking any more questions, he sighed, "This bucket of sauce must weigh several dozen kilograms!"
Lin Man nodded, "It is indeed about 40 to 50 kilograms."
It would be difficult to move it from the tricycle bed by herself. If Grandpa and Xu Xiaomin were not there, she could still use the space to move it. Now she could only ask Xu Xiaomin to help carry it to the kitchen.
After Xu Xiaomin moved the fruits, she saw a large bucket of sauce for making kimchi and was very curious about where they bought it from.
Lin Man was not afraid because Xu Xiaomin knew the secret recipe for the sauce for pickled kimchi, but making the sauce at home was very troublesome and time-consuming.
It takes a long time just to shred the white radish by hand, and it takes a lot of time to mince garlic, ginger, and fruit. It would be much more convenient if I had a variety of food processors.
After Lin Man and Xu Xiaomin moved a large bucket of pickled sauce to the kitchen, they looked at their watches and saw that it was getting late and time to make lunch.
Lin Man originally wanted to take a break and let Xu Xiaomin cook alone, but then she thought that she must be tired because there was a lot of work to do today, so she helped to cook.
As the two of them squatted on the ground folding vegetables, Xu Xiaomin asked Lin Man, "Comrade Lin, how old is your brother-in-law? He doesn't have a partner, right?"
Lin Man thought, could Xu Xiaomin be trying to introduce a girl to her brother-in-law? Her daughter will be sixteen during the Chinese New Year, and this age is obviously not suitable!
"Qinghuan is 22 years old. She was previously dating someone but they broke up because we were not compatible."
Lin Man finally told the truth because she didn't know whether Xu Xiaomin would go to her grandfather to ask again.
Xu Xiaomin smiled awkwardly. "Is that so? He's so handsome, so I thought he already had a partner. He's already 22, isn't your mother-in-law urging him to get married?"
"Whether or not he's urged to get married, he definitely won't get married before he graduates from college."
"He'll be 24 when he graduates, but that's a good age for gay men to get married. In two years, my daughter Fenfen will be 18, and we'll have to find her a date by then."
Lin Man subconsciously glanced at Xu Xiaomin, frowned, and thought to herself, could it be that Xu Xiaomin really intends to introduce her daughter to Huo Qinghuan?
Putting aside her family background and values, her daughter only attended junior high school for one semester. Huo Qinghuan was a promising college student after all. How could he possibly marry a country girl who only attended elementary school for a few years?
Not to mention that her parents-in-law would not agree, Grandpa and Huo Qingci would definitely not agree either. Although it is not easy for her as the eldest sister-in-law to intervene, she will definitely not support them.
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Lin Man raised her eyebrows and asked, "Is your daughter engaged in the countryside? I heard that many girls get engaged when they are in their teens and then get married when they are old enough."
"My daughter is not engaged yet. I was planning to find her one next year, but since you promised to invite her to work in the city, we can postpone the engagement for now. Let my daughter marry a city boy in the future."
Lin Man just smiled and didn't agree. Which parent doesn't want their child to be successful and their daughter to marry well?
As long as she doesn't set her sights on Huo Qinghuan, she has no problem with Xu Xiaomin. It seems that when Xu Xiaomin's daughter comes to work in the store, it is better to let her come to the house less often.
"Sister Xu, your husband works in a machinery factory, and your daughter will also be working outside. Don't you plan to rent a house?"
"My husband originally planned to wait until our financial situation improved before renting a house and bringing all the children to the city to study.
Now my daughter Fenfen has also gone out to work, so we will definitely have to rent a house next month. Don’t worry, I will finish all the work in the evening before going back.”
Is she planning to quit being a live-in nanny? But it doesn't matter if she doesn't live at home. As long as she does all the housework and makes dinner, she can leave if she wants!
Otherwise, if she lives here, her children will come to see her one by one. This is the nanny hired by grandpa. If grandpa says she is suitable, then continue to use her!
As long as the nanny doesn't make any serious mistakes, she won't interfere in her affairs.
After dinner, Lin Man went to the tofu workshop to order old tofu for making fermented tofu. She ordered three boxes in total. The owner of the workshop said that she would deliver it personally tomorrow afternoon. Lin Man gave them the money, told them the address and came back.
After ordering the tofu, she went back to the courtyard next door and secretly took out three or four kinds of seafood from the space. She also caught a duck and prepared to take it back to make old duck soup.
Xu Xiaomin stared curiously at Lin Man's busy figure going in and out, and found that she would buy a lot of things every time she came back.
Looking at the mountain of food on the stove, Xu Xiaomin couldn't help but sigh: This woman of the house is really good at spending money! The money she spent in just one day is equivalent to her family's expenses for half a year.
After Lin Man brought the seafood and ducks she brought back to the kitchen, she immediately picked up a bucket and walked towards the well in the corner of the yard.
Because there is no running water in the courtyard, water is usually pumped from the well in the front yard. Only when large quantities of water are needed will we go to the big well in the backyard and draw water with buckets.
Today, she plans to wash a full tank of cabbage, which will consume a lot of water.
Lin Man laboriously drew bucket after bucket of cool water from the well. The heavy handles of the buckets squeezed her delicate hands until they turned red.
After working hard to draw half a tank of water, her hands were rubbed red. She dragged her tired body back to the hall and sat down on a chair.
After a short rest, he turned to look at Huo Qingci beside him, and suddenly an idea struck him: "Qingci, how about we go to the agricultural machinery station and buy a water pump?"
Hearing this, Huo Qingci asked with some confusion: "What is our family going to use the water pump for? A water pump is only used for irrigating farmland, right?"
Lin Man smiled slightly and patiently explained, "If we put a water pump in the big well behind us, we won't have to work so hard to draw water with buckets when we need a lot of water.
Didn't you say you wanted to buy a few jars for pickling? And also a few large water jars to store water, so that it can be pumped up at once and used for two or three days?"
After hearing Lin Man's reasonable suggestion, Huo Qingci's eyes suddenly lit up. He clapped his hands excitedly and said, "Oh, my wife is really smart! This idea is really great!
It saves time and effort, and is quick and convenient. Okay, tomorrow we'll go to the agricultural machinery station and pick out a suitable water pump."
In fact, Lin Man hopes that the city will be renovated and running water can be installed as soon as possible.
Lin Man spent the entire afternoon either washing or coating the cabbages with sauce. By 5:30 in the afternoon, there were still several heads of cabbage that had not been coated with sauce. Her kidneys were about to explode.
She didn't want to cook, so she asked Xu Xiaomin to do it, while she slowly continued to finish the remaining cabbage.
Lin Man suddenly thought, once we find a chef, we should let him do these tasks!
Huo Qingci also wanted to sit on the small stool to help, but unfortunately his leg was bandaged and he couldn't even sit on the stool. He could only watch and watched Lin Man take off her gloves and beat her back from time to time, feeling very anxious.
"Manman, make this big jar of cabbage. Don't make spicy cabbage this year." Huo Qingci advised softly.
Lin Man nodded in agreement. "Well, I won't do it for now. I'll just get the old tofu back tomorrow, cut it into pieces and let it mold. It will definitely not be as tiring as today."
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