Chen Jianguo said: "I've given you the food coupons, you can buy whatever you want."
Xu Zhaodi hesitated. Before they completely trusted each other, she still had to keep a record of her spending.
The next morning, after Xu Zhaodi had breakfast, she got on the shuttle bus at the door at seven o'clock.
Coincidentally, Liu Chunhua was also in the car.
"Big sister, are you going into the city today too?"
"Yes, sister-in-law, I'm going to buy something."
"Come sit next to me, let's go together."
Xu Zhaodi was also happy to meet a companion when she went to the city.
Liu Chunhua said, "Sister, let me ask you something. How do you dry your bracken? The bracken I dry every winter becomes like firewood and I can't even bite it."
Xu Zhaodi said, "Sister Liu, I took it home, washed it, and blanched it with water. When it changes color, I took it out, tore it apart, and dried it in the sun. When I eat it in winter, I soak it in cold water and then boil it. It won't taste dry."
These are what Xu Zhaodi heard from the chefs when she was a teenager washing dishes in a restaurant.
Liu Chunhua suddenly realized: "No wonder, I dry a lot of bracken every year, but basically throw it away in winter. It turns out that my storage method is wrong."
Xu Zhaodi said: "Just follow the method I taught you this year, and I guarantee you will be able to eat bracken in winter.
Oh, by the way, if you have baking soda at home, put a little bit in the water, it will be easier to cook and the vegetables won’t change color.”
"Thank you so much. I'll buy some today."
Soon the car was full of people, and the two men talked a lot along the way.
When they arrived at the state-owned grain and oil store in the city, Xu Zhaodi used the meat coupons to buy a pound of pork. With the coupons, pork cost 5.2 yuan per pound, and sugar cost 7.8 yuan per pound.
The price of sugar is actually higher than that of pork, and is almost as high as a pound of cooking oil.
Xu Zhaodi hesitated for a moment and bought half a pound of 䲾糖. She didn't use the 䲾糖 to drink with water, but to use it to make dough for steamed buns.
When the dough is rising, add some sugar to the flour, which will make it sweet and soft.
Liu Chunhua bought thirty eggs. She held them carefully in her hands and walked towards Xu Zhaodi.
Xu Zhaodi was hesitating whether to buy flower pots and how many to buy.
These flower pots are all made of red clay. Would it be too heavy to carry if I bought a dozen?
One costs three taels, and if you buy ten, it will cost more than three yuan.
Liu Chunhua asked, "Why did you buy this thing? Are you going to plant flowers?"
"The balcony at home is empty. I want to buy some flower pots to grow vegetables."
When Liu Chunhua heard this, he burst out laughing.
"Hey girl, how many vegetables can be planted in these flower pots? Every household behind the compound has a vegetable field. If you really want to plant some, go back and turn over those fields. Then you can plant them in your own field."
Every household has its own land problem, but Xu Zhaodi has never heard anyone mention it.
"Real or fake elder sister, I've never heard anyone mention it before."
"I guess it's because you came too late, and our land is idle. If you really like to farm, I'll let you farm it. I don't have time to farm anyway."
"Sister Liu, thank you so much.
Then I will do the farming and we can have food together."
"no problem."
Xu Zhaodi was in a good mood, at least she didn't have to worry about going hungry.
It was mid-March, the season for planting vegetables. The vegetable seedlings were too expensive in the county town, so she only bought ten tomato seedlings and a lot of rapeseed.
The two of them bought things. Liu Chunhua put the things in the car and pulled Xu Zhaodi out.
Xu Zhaodi asked: "Sister-in-law, where are we going?"
"You'll find out if you follow me."
Liu Chunhua felt that she got along well with Xu Zhaodi. She told her how to preserve bracken, and she couldn't take advantage of her.
Liu Chunhua took Xu Zhaodi to the entrance of the state-owned restaurant and said, "Let's go. The wontons cooked in red oil in this restaurant are especially delicious. I have tickets. I'll treat you."
"Big sister, this is so rude, I'll treat you."
During this period of time, Xu Zhaodi was really greedy. Even when she was standing at the door of the state-owned restaurant, she could smell the delicious food wafting out from inside.
"Don't be polite to my elder sister. She is a wage earner."
Xu Zhaodi refused to take advantage of others and refused to go in.
"Big sister, it's not easy for you to earn money, and I can't take advantage of you. How about this, you pay the ticket and I pay the money."
Liu Chunhua was amused by Xu Zhaodi. Why did she like this girl's personality so much?
She is just like myself when I was young, with strong self-esteem, a warm heart and a dislike for taking advantage of others.
"No problem."
Xu Zhaodi was happy then. After the two of them went in, they saw a price list posted on the wall, which said that a bowl of red oil wontons cost six cents with a ticket, and one and a half yuan without a ticket.
Liu Chunhua took the ticket and Xu Zhaodi paid the money. The two ordered two bowls of red oil wontons and paid eight cents for two large fried dough sticks.
A big bowl full of red oil wontons was served on the table. The amount was so great that Xu Zhaodi felt like she could eat a lot.
The bowl was sprinkled with coriander and crushed peanuts, as well as a few small shrimps and a lot of kelp shreds, which looked very appetizing.
Xu Zhaodi poured vinegar into it, and it smelled even better.
Liu Chunhua said: "I like eating wontons the most. You should try it quickly. If you like it, we can come back next time."
Xu Zhaodi smiled. As expected, when women get together, they just go shopping, eat, and eat.
She wanted to control herself, but she couldn't resist the delicious wontons in front of her.
After they finished eating the wontons, she couldn't eat the big fried dough sticks that were as thick as her wrist.
She went to the front desk and asked the cashier for two pieces of oil paper and hemp rope. She wrapped the fried dough sticks and tied them up, and took them back for Chen Jianguo to eat.
A few minutes after the two got in the car, it started driving back.
When she returned home with her things, Chen Jianguo had already gone to work.
Xu Zhaodi calmly chopped the meat filling, added seasoning and put it aside, then slowly kneaded the dough.
After doing these two things, he took the basket and went to the edge of the field to dig up some celery.
There are two kinds of wild celery. One is the upland celery, which grows on the ridges of fields and has a stronger celery flavor.
One is water celery, which grows by the water and doesn’t taste as good as land celery.
After Xu Zhaodi came back, she washed and chopped the celery and put it into a basin, then slowly and leisurely rolled out the dumpling wrappers by herself.
She rolled and wrapped the dumplings slowly and placed the plump dumplings neatly on the table.
She felt like her waist was about to break as she was wrapping the dumplings.
When Chen Jianguo came back, he saw the dumplings on the chopping board arranged as neatly as a military parade, and looked puzzled.
It turns out that she is so good at doing housework.
The dumplings made here are better than the ones made by myself.
Xu Zhaodi said, "Now that you're back, I'll cook a plate of dumplings first and you can take it to Feng Xiujuan for me."
"Let's go together. The couple will deliver the food together."
He also wanted to let everyone in the compound know that his wife had quarreled with him before because she was just throwing a tantrum at him like a child.
Look at him now, his wife can do everything. She keeps the house tidy and can even make dumplings.
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