Although Chen Jianguo felt that Tan Yajun and Jian Dan were exaggerating a bit, he still felt something was off seeing how indifferent Lin Zhaodi and Li Yan seemed.
Jian Dan and Tan Yajun exchanged a helpless glance. These naive children, trying to build a snowman, managed to pile them all in, and the newcomer was completely oblivious, so smug and overconfident.
"Don't worry, it's not that serious. At worst, we'll take care of all the snow shoveling from now on."
This bold statement was made so decisively that one can easily imagine their expressions a few days later—it's almost laughable.
"Oh dear, I hope some people will remember what they said."
The group quietly gathered firewood for several days. Later, noticing that fewer villagers were coming up the mountain, Chen Jianguo observed the situation and returned to ask...
"Have we prepared enough vegetables for the winter?"
Tanya Jun had just arrived and was unaware of what was going on.
Lin Zhaodi and Li Yan thought about it.
"The potatoes and sweet potatoes were distributed when we first arrived, and there are still some left."
Later, the cabbages in the garden didn't grow very big, so we harvested some and exchanged some. We also have quite a bit of pork left from the pork we received a few days ago. If we eat it sparingly, it seems about right.
Tan Yajun hesitated for a moment, listened to her finish speaking, and then asked,
"Didn't you pickle any sauerkraut?"
Lin Zhaodi sighed.
"That's where we made a mistake. At the time, Jian Zhiqing asked us if we wanted to pickle a vat, but we didn't agree."
A few days ago, during the pig-killing feast, the villagers all said it would taste even better if I added pickled cabbage, and I regretted it then.
Tanya nodded.
"That's true. Sauerkraut is a winter specialty here. Not to mention stewing meat, it's also great for stewing bones, stewing potatoes, stir-frying sauerkraut, or even just sauerkraut soup. It's refreshing and appetizing."
"Oh dear, what should we do? Is it too late to pickle them now?"
Tanya Jun wasn't entirely sure either, as it always started when it first got cold.
"Shouldn't that work? Or should we go out and ask the villagers? Do you know anyone there?"
A few older educated youth glanced at each other and thought, "Shouldn't we ask an auntie or grandma about this?"
Li Yan's eyes lit up.
"Shall we go to the village chief's house and ask?"
Then his face fell.
"When we came here, we weren't working properly, and we didn't know many people in the village. Now when we meet, we're just nervous and we just smile and say hello."
The only places we visited were the village head's house, oh, and the house of Uncle Liu, the cart driver; it was Jian, the educated youth, who took us there.
Chen Jianguo interrupted.
"I just asked about Liu Sanye's son. He said that Jian Zhiqing used to pickle sauerkraut with his wife."
"fool,"
Li Yan was disappointed in him.
"Why don't you just ask them directly? If you have to ask them again for just these two questions, people will start to wonder if there's something wrong with us."
While Jian was tidying up the woodshed at home, Li Yan and the others came over. She was sealing the cracks in the small window. The wind is particularly strong in winter here, and the windows are not very airtight. So, in the countryside, before the ground freezes, people use strips of paper or cloth to seal the cracks in the windows from the outside. Although it is still cold, it can at least block some of the northwest wind.
She took the newspapers she had picked up while she was in the capital, tore them into strips one to one and a half inches wide, spread glue on one side, and while the glue was still wet, stretched them out with both hands, aligned them with the window crack, stuck them on, pressed them firmly, and that was it.
In fact, many rural areas continued this method later, but they would cover the outside with a layer of more windproof plastic sheeting. However, given the current conditions, even if they had it, she didn't want to attract attention. Others didn't have it, so why should a sent-down youth like her have it?
Anyway, it didn't affect her much. Everything that could be repaired in the house had been turned into a firewall, there was plenty of firewood, and the window wasn't facing her head.
Most importantly, she just went to sleep at the base after pausing, so she wasn't the one who got to suffer.
"Jian Zhiqing, you've already started pasting paper on the windows?"
This is Tan Yajun, who is familiar with this process.
Lin Zhaodi knew that Li Yan's family had never needed her to worry about this, but since winters weren't too cold where she lived, they really didn't need it.
I simply helped her stretch it out to make it easier for her to apply the paste.
He simply accepted it and even complained about them.
"We finally get a break, why are you all coming here instead of taking a break?"
"Is everything at home ready? Have you prepared everything for winter?"
Hearing Li Yan's pursed lips mention sauerkraut, it was easy to understand.
“I asked you to go last time, but you insisted on starting it yourself. Wait, I’ll tidy up these things; they’ll freeze if I leave them here for a while.”
They finished their business, packed up their things, and went inside.
“Jian Zhiqing, your little house isn’t big, but it’s really cozy.”
"I was willing to burn it; it's been burning since I got up this morning."
This thing, no matter how much you try to save, you don't see any savings. Instead, you suffer from the cold and wear yourself out. Do you think it's worth it?
Nothing is more important than your own body!
The others seemed unaffected, but Lin Zhaodi and Tan Yajun appeared thoughtful.
"It's fine to pickle cabbage now, but do you have a large vat? Do you have enough cabbage? Do you have enough salt?"
To put it simply, Li Yan glared, while Lin Zhaodi beside her spoke clearly and logically.
"We need to buy a large vat, but we probably can't buy cabbage, because we still need to eat it in winter, and we can't just rely on sauerkraut."
We still need to eat the pickled cabbage while it's still cooking, right? I bought some salt last time, but we'll probably need more for the pickled cabbage, so I'll bring some back with me when I go to buy the jar.”
Simple nodded silently.
"Lin, the educated youth, really knows what she's doing. But does anyone here know how?"
"No, that's why we came to find you. But now that you've explained it, we know that we asked Third Master for advice while we were there, and we also wanted to ask about the cabbage."
It's so simple it's almost inexplicable.
"So you came to me just to ask this?"
Chen Jianguo gave an embarrassed dry laugh.
"Yes, we were still hesitant. We only knew the village chief and Uncle Liu's family in the village. Haha, it turns out we hadn't considered everything at all. We didn't even think that pickling sauerkraut would require a container."
Speechless
"Then hurry up and go, since you've found a place anyway. The sooner you go, the sooner you'll be back."
The old man hadn't expected that, with snow almost falling, anyone would still want to go to town.
"Wait a moment, I'll go feed the cattle first, then I'll harness the cart."
There are four educated youths here, and this is still a physically demanding job. Chen Jianguo should be the main force, but if there is a female educated youth with them, then it will be easy to get confused between a man and a woman.
If you sent two female educated youths, they might not be able to move that big item.
It's not uncertain, it's certain, it definitely can't be moved.
As the oxcart rattled by, the group was still arguing. Enraged, the old man cracked his whip, the sound sending chills down everyone's spines.
"Have you discussed it? Are you going or not?"
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