"Grandma, I don't know where the dog ran off to. If it wants to come back, it will come back on its own."
"It's really okay."
"It's okay, don't worry, it often goes out on its own and comes back on its own."
The weather was already very cold, so Xu Nuannuan lit the kang. The kang quickly became warm due to physical reasons, and it was even a little warm to lie on it.
Xu Nuannuan asked Mrs. Guan to take off her outer coat. Mrs. Guan said, "It's warmer than using the heater in the city."
"Grandma, the earthen kang and the heater each have their own advantages. The temperature of the earthen kang is not as easy to control as the heater, but you can decide how hot it is."
In the afternoon, they went to the Jiang family again and brought some special products from Beijing for the three people. Xu Nuannuan told Jiang Yang to make two wooden doors for her.
Jiang Yang agreed immediately. He and Jiang Ye had made the two doors last time. He still remembered the size of the doors and promised Xu Nuannuan that he would make and install them for her as soon as possible.
At noon, Xu Nuannuan, Old Lady Guan, Mei Xiangcao, and Jiang Ting made vegetarian dumplings together.
Now the entire brigade has basically entered the winter season. Xu Nuannuan went to see the sheep in the brigade. The sheep and pigs are all doing well.
Xu Nuannuan returned home and felt the house was hot, so she quickly thought of a vegetable.
In winter, people here usually only eat cabbage and radishes. He didn't want his food to be so monotonous, so he wanted to grow some bean sprouts.
To grow bean sprouts, you need a jar with holes at the bottom, which can keep the growing environment of the bean sprouts moist without causing the bean sprouts to rot due to too much moisture.
She asked Mrs. Guan to rest at home while she went out to look for the jar.
Not long after she went out, she met the captain's wife Qin Xianglian. When Qin Xianglian saw her, she immediately came over. Her mouth, which was best at swearing, now became very sweet.
"Hey, Xu Zhiqing, I heard from your team leader that you're back. Why don't you come over to my house and chat with me? I've missed you so much during the time you weren't here."
"Auntie, I just came back and haven't had time to go to your house to look for you. Oh, I love chatting with you the most."
"Oh my, look at this little mouth that can talk. It's sweeter than honey."
Xu Nuannuan didn't beat around the bush. "Auntie, if anyone has a jar with holes in the bottom, or even one without, I'll drill holes myself."
"What do you want a jar for? One with a hole in the bottom."
"I want to use it to grow bean sprouts."
"Grow bean sprouts? You can grow bean sprouts?"
"Hey, what can't I do?"
"That's true. You're the all-round educated youth in our village. I wonder what you can't do. Oh, and you can't make other women give birth to children. Hahaha, you can't do that."
"Aunt, you are really a pervert, but I really don't know how to do this. Okay, let's stop talking nonsense and tell me if you know anyone who has one."
"As for the jar with the hole in it, you'll have to go to your mother-in-law's house. They used to have a lot of surplus grain, and they were the ones who grew and sold bean sprouts."
"Okay, then I'll go to her house."
She took a few steps and Qin Xianglian followed her.
"Xu Zhiqing, I want to grow some bean sprouts too. I'll have more vegetables to eat in the winter. I'm tired of eating cabbage and radish all day long. If you smell me, I smell like cabbage and radish."
She put her hand in front of Xu Nuannuan, but Xu Nuannuan pushed her away. "I don't need to smell it. Come with me to Jiang's house. But aunt, I'll go over to get the jar, and you'll go over to change it."
"I know, I know. I didn't intend to steal anyone's things. Regardless of whether I can rob the Jiang family or not, I can't ruin your uncle's reputation."
They arrived at the Jiang family's house, where all the boxes were turned upside down and piled up in a corner of the yard.
When Mei Xiangcao learned that Xu Nuannuan wanted to grow bean sprouts, she quickly took down a jar and gave it to Xu Nuannuan.
Qin Xianglian bought one for two cents.
Xu Nuannuan returned home and took out five pounds of mung beans from the cabinet (actually the human space), soaked them in water. The room was warm, so she soaked them until the next morning and then put them in a jar.
During the day, Xu Nuannuan made an agreement with Tuanzi that Tuanzi would sleep in the space during the day, and at night when Xu Nuannuan and Old Lady Guan were sleeping, Tuanzi would be responsible for squatting in the space to keep watch and prevent Qin Wushuang and 001 from coming over.
The first night was calm. Tuanzi watched the whole night but didn't see any movement outside. As soon as Xu Nuannuan woke up in the morning, he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
Xu Nuannuan first put the beans in a large basin of water, then spread the soaked mung beans in the steamer, covered the mung beans with a layer of soaked clean white cloth, and then covered it with a wooden lid, and then watered it every day.
At the temperature in her room, the beans would sprout in about three or four days, but she used spiritual spring water to soak the mung beans, so the time it took for the bean sprouts to grow should be shorter.
Qin Wushuang didn't come to disturb me all day today, and I had a quiet night.
Xu Nuannuan was surprised that she and Qin Wushuang were so quiet, but she did not let her guard down at all. She had to be on high alert at all times for the heroine.
In the morning, just as she and Old Lady Guan entered the kitchen to cook, Qin Xianglian came.
"Xu Zhiqing, have your bean sprouts grown yet? They've already sprouted. I specially heated up our room a little more. I think we'll be able to eat bean sprouts in three or four days."
After Xu Nuannuan woke up, before she had time to check the growth of the bean sprouts in the jar, Qin Xianglian's beans had sprouted, and hers should have sprouted too.
But it is not absolute, accidents may happen.
She told Mrs. Guan: "Grandma, light the fire first. Auntie and I will go into the house to take a look."
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