By the time we finished harvesting the radishes, the sun had already risen to the middle of the sky.
Because they had something to do in the afternoon, Lu Changge didn't let them go home and ate here directly.
Su Qingyun had already cooked the meal before they returned, and she waited for Lu Changge to come back before cooking the dishes.
We have to cook for ten people, and Lu Changge alone has to do the amount of three people, so it is a big project.
Lu Changge didn't let his wife do it.
However, Su Qingyun still washed the vegetables in advance.
Lu Changge and Uncle Li were busy in the kitchen, while Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin were busy going in and out between the kitchen and the living room.
Washing dishes and serving food, as long as you can do the job, it's fine.
As for delivering food plates and preparing dishes to be cooked in the kitchen, that was Li Erniu's job.
Why are they scrambling for work?
The truth is that the food for lunch today was too rich. It was all meat, with only two or three plates of vegetables.
If I don't do more work, I'll always feel that Uncle Lu is being let down.
The lunch they had was worth more than even the radishes they picked for Uncle Lu.
Guilty heart.
The kitchen was bustling with activity, and a few children were having fun outside in the yard.
Xiaotuanzi has many small wooden toys, which were made by people based on the drawings drawn by Lu Changge.
There are about ten kinds of small toys, including a tumbler, a small pitcher, a basket of building blocks, tangrams, big black and two black pattern puzzles, etc.
Now they have all been taken out by the little dumpling.
There was a large mat under the grape vines, and several two-year-old children sat on it and played games.
The washed grapes and watermelons were placed on a wooden block nearby and were almost finished.
"Wow... there's meat!" The smell of meat from the kitchen spread over here and was smelled by the little dumpling.
"Meat..." the child next to him whispered in agreement, with some desire in his eyes.
"Can I eat meat today?" The little girl smacked her lips and said in confusion.
"It's New Year...let's eat meat!" The twin brother sitting next to her clapped his hands and grinned foolishly.
After more than twenty minutes, the dish was ready.
"Uncle Lu, it's time to eat!" Li Tugen came out with a plate of food and shouted.
"Okay." Su Qingyun responded, then looked at the children.
"Tuanzi, take your brothers and sisters to wash their hands. It's time to eat."
Tuanzi was born a few days or half a month earlier than the other three children, so he is the oldest among them.
"Okay! Let's eat..."
After the last dish was cooked, Lu Changge took off his apron and brought it out.
The table they usually use for dining at home was custom-made by the carpenter to be higher in order to accommodate Lu Changge's long legs, and the chairs are also matched.
But today there were only children at home, so Lu Changge moved out another large table.
I checked twice with a wet cloth before letting them bring the dishes over.
Today's dish is very rich, there are three kinds of meat alone: chicken, pork and bacon.
The meat dishes include chicken stewed with mushrooms, spicy chicken, stir-fried chicken offal, stir-fried pork slices with green peppers, braised pork, sweet and sour spare ribs, and the last dish, stir-fried bacon with garlic sprouts.
There were seven meat dishes in total, and the portions were quite large.
In addition, there are some stir-fried vegetables and a pot of radish and pork ribs soup.
Uncle Li was a little shocked when he saw the table full of dishes.
I felt that there were too many dishes in the kitchen, but now they are more intuitively arranged on the table.
This is not just a little bit too much, it is a lot.
"Isn't this dish... a bit too much?" Uncle Li said hesitantly.
"I have a big appetite." Lu Changge said casually.
…
After a short rest after dinner, Lu Changge and Uncle Li began to process the pile of white radishes.
White radish can be eaten raw or cooked.
Let’s talk about eating it cooked first.
Slice it and stir-fry it with beef or pork, or cut it into pieces and cook it into soup, such as the radish and pork ribs soup at lunch.
Speaking of eating it raw, in addition to eating it raw, you can also pickle it.
So, leave some radish.
Lu Changge moved several bags of large radishes, each weighing four or five pounds, back to the warehouse, intending to find a time to store them all in the system space.
Process the radishes first.
Pour the radishes out of the bag, clean the dirt off them, and then rinse them with clean water.
The cleaning work was done by the three children Li Tugen, Li Xiaomin and Li Erniu, while Lu Changge was in charge of cutting the radishes.
A radish was cut into four thick strips with a snapping sound, and a bunch of strips were cut in a short while.
Cut 50 radishes into thick strips and 50 into thin slices.
Then put them into a large bowl, sprinkle a handful of salt on each, mix well, and set aside for fifteen minutes.
After fifteen minutes, pour out the water from the radishes in the basin.
Put the slices into a bowl, add appropriate amount of salt, sugar and chopped red pepper, and mix well.
In another pot, put the radish strips into the prepared pot, add salt and chili, then pour in the aged vinegar diluted in equal proportions with boiled water, and finally seal it airtight.
The jars are of moderate size; fifty radishes can fill two jars.
Next, start processing a medium-sized radish weighing two pounds.
There are about 300 radishes at this weight, totaling more than 600 kilograms.
You don’t need that much to make spicy dried radish.
One hundred were first moved into the warehouse, and Lu Changge took out another 20 for Li Tugen and his friends to take away when they returned later.
There were 180 pieces left, and Lu Changge cut them all into short strips.
Then the straw mat for drying food was brought out and spread out in the sun, and the radish strips were spread out on it to dry in the sun.
The weather now is very hot and the sun is strong, so it will probably be enough to just sunbathe for two days.
After processing the radishes, it was already late.
Lu Chang-ge settled the wages for Uncle Li and his men, and asked each of them to take home a bowl of pickled radishes and ten radishes.
Uncle Li and his friends wanted to refuse at first; after all, they had already been paid and had a meat meal for lunch.
How can I still get things?
However, Lu Changge's expressionless face was indeed frightening.
Lu Changge is generous to others, but it depends on the person.
Of course, too many radishes is also one of the reasons.
The hot and sour radish slices are ready to eat, either as a snack or with porridge in the morning.
Lu Changge put it into jars, filling two small jars, and there was more than a bowl left in the basin.
When he took the two jars into the kitchen and put them away, he came out and saw that Su Qingyun had already eaten half of them.
The food was so spicy that people were gasping for air and their lips were red, but they still couldn't stop eating.
The little girl next to him had tears in her eyes, and it looked like she was hurt by the spiciness.
Seeing that his wife wanted to take some food, Lu Changge quickly reached out and took his chopsticks.
“Don’t eat too much at one time.”
"Sah... I can't help it. This is better than what I made last year."
"Good..." the little dumpling on the side said vaguely.
The radish strips were exposed to the sun for two days and became limp and soft, having shrunk by half.
It is best to dry it to this extent. If it is dried too much, it will not be crispy when eaten.
360 kilograms of fresh radishes eventually produced 36 kilograms of dried radishes.
Rinse the stems in a basin of water several times, then spread them on a dustpan to dry the water on the surface.
After the water is dried, start making spicy dried radish.
Pour the chili powder, dried chili and chili oil in turn, add a handful of salt and a few spoons of sugar, and finally stir evenly.
The aroma of the chili oil slowly spread out, attracting all the little dumplings.
Seeing daddy eating delicious food, little Tuanzi looked up and said, "Daddy, Tuanzi wants to eat too."
"This is spicy, you can't eat it." Lu Changge refused the dumpling.
"It's spicy... I won't eat that dumpling anymore." When the little dumpling heard that it was spicy, he ran away quickly.
It looked like she was remembering the incident two days ago when she was so hot that she cried and had trauma.
After mixing everything well, Lu Changge put the 36 kilograms of dried radish into two jars.
Then move it to the warehouse for storage.
The little bit left was put into a small ceramic jar and placed in the kitchen.
In addition to the 75 large radishes that will be used for cooking later, there are also 100 medium-sized radishes stored in the warehouse.
Lu Changge had no other plans for the time being, so he put it in the warehouse first.
…
After processing the radishes, Lu Changge started hunting in the mountains to earn money and store food.
Of course, this time he did not buy it in town, but went to the provincial capital.
There are many things to buy in the city, and they are of many kinds.
Lu Changge brought enough money with him, intending to buy enough food for two years.
The food in the family storehouse is enough to last for more than a year.
There was a year of drought, three months of floods, and there were also plagues and wars, so it should be at least three years.
If it's not over after three years, I'll have to find a secluded place to settle down.
In addition to the staple food, Lu Changge also bought some seasonings.
The system space is static.
For this purpose, Lu Changge bought two more pigs.
After purchasing the pigs, they are slaughtered and processed, even the offal is processed until there is no peculiar smell, and then all are stored in the system space.
It so happened that a working ox in one village broke its leg and had to be sold.
Lu Changge bought half a head directly.
I gave the butcher some money and asked him to help me deal with it.
Cut into large pieces, slices, shreds and minced meat.
After packaging, find a deserted place and put it into the system space.
After buying rice, flour, two pigs and half a cow, Lu Changge was left with only five taels of silver.
The money is gone, it's time to go home.
But before leaving, Lu Changge saw someone selling soybeans.
Soybeans and pig's trotters can be used to make soup, soy milk or tofu.
So, Lu Changge spent half a tael of silver to buy all the two large bags of soybeans.
I put the soybeans into the system space as usual, but unexpectedly, one bag was "spitted out" by the space.
[Ding - Insufficient system memory, unable to place items. 】
Lu Changge: “…”
Does the system space have memory?
[System, what's going on?]
[Uh...it's full.] The system explained in a low voice.
[I'm asking, why is it full?]
[Well... the space I lent to the host is limited, and now... it's full.]
Lu Changge: “…”
This won’t fit in?
What should he do with the food in his warehouse?
[System, I remember you said before that the sign-in reward includes other things besides food. Where are the things?]
Lu Changge didn't argue with it and directly changed the subject.
[Ah, this...] The system, having already forgotten about this matter, felt a little guilty.
[Don’t say you forgot…] Lu Changge narrowed his eyes slightly.
[How…how is this possible?! Am I doing this? I previously set it up so that the bonus would only be issued after accumulating 15 days of sign-ins.]
[Okay, don't forget it tomorrow, remember to give me some space.]
System: “…”
As soon as you open your mouth, it's like a lion opening its mouth wide. Why don't you go to heaven?
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