Chapter 221 Drying Vegetables
Two days later, Liu Yinyin went to the county town again, but this time she didn't go to the post office.
Gu Cheng said that he had a mission and if I sent the things over now, he probably wouldn't be able to receive them.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to go to the county town, Liu Yinyin smuggled two bags of snacks, two cans of biscuits, a bag of apples, a bag of oranges, a bag of frozen shrimps, and a bag of frozen squid from the system.
There is no need for pork. We can’t even finish all the pork at home.
Liu Yinyin wanted to smuggle some beef out, but the supply and marketing cooperative had no beef for sale, so she couldn't take it out.
After preparing the New Year's goods, Liu Yinyin did not go to the county town again.
There is no shortage of food and daily necessities at home for the next period of time.
Liu Yinyin stayed at home, concentrating on tending the vegetable garden in the pigpen.
Lately, she has been busy drying vegetables.
Gu Cheng mentioned in his letter that vegetables cannot be grown on the island, and that all supplies will have to be transported to the island by ships.
The weather on the island is bad, and when there are strong winds and waves, ships cannot enter at all.
Therefore, sometimes we may run into the dilemma of having no food to eat.
Liu Yinyin thought that she could dry some vegetables at home and store them.
When the time comes to join the army, I will send the dried vegetables to you.
Dried vegetables are durable and can be stored at home for emergency use. When there is a shortage of vegetables in the future, you can take some out and cook them.
Liu Yinyin actually likes to eat dried vegetables, such as dried beans, dried eggplants, dried radishes, dried lettuce, and dried pumpkins...
However, only some simple vegetables, such as beans and eggplants, can be grown in the house, which is generally not possible.
As a last resort, Liu Yinyin could only grow cabbages to dry the cabbage stems more.
Huang Xiaoyue saw her sister-in-law drying vegetables and took the initiative to say, "My father is tilling the soil recently. How about I ask him to grow some vegetables for you?"
The land behind the Huang family's mountain...can really grow any kind of vegetables.
Liu Yinyin's eyes sparkled slightly, and she couldn't help but ask, "Will it be a problem? Your father doesn't grow sweet potatoes anymore?"
Huang Xiaoyue sighed: "My father is alone. He has stored the two crops of sweet potatoes he planted before. It is enough to last for at least a year. He said that he will not plant sweet potatoes for the time being."
We can’t eat sweet potatoes every day, right?
If we grow vegetables, Huang Laizi can't eat much by himself, so there is no problem in helping Liu Yinyin grow some vegetables.
Liu Yinyin was no longer polite to her. Of course, she wouldn't take the Huang family's vegetables for nothing.
After thinking for a moment, Liu Yinyin said, "If it's convenient, could Uncle Huang help me grow some eggplants and cowpeas? Lettuce would be fine too."
Huang Xiaoyue nodded: "No problem, I'll ask Mingyuan to go to Shuangxi Village and tell my father something later."
Liu Yinyin thought: "Can I exchange wild boar meat for vegetables from uncle?"
It just so happened that we hadn’t finished eating the wild boar at home.
If it were Huang Xiaoyue alone, she would definitely not accept things from her sister-in-law, but the vegetables were grown by Huang Laizi herself.
She wanted to grow vegetables for her sister-in-law, and she felt embarrassed to let her father help for nothing.
Huang Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Vegetables are not worth the money, just give me some wild boar meat."
Pork is much more valuable than vegetables. Just a little pork can be exchanged for a lot of vegetables.
Liu Yinyin turned around and packed about ten pounds of wild boar meat for her. It was frozen hard, and after thawing, its weight was reduced by half.
She added, "This pork is about five pounds. How about we exchange one pound of pork for five pounds of vegetables? If you give me too much vegetables later, I'll give them to you, uncle?"
"Five kilograms is too little..." Huang Xiaoyue weighed it, "Eight kilograms, no less."
Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "Third sister-in-law, thank you very much. Please say thank you to my uncle for me later."
Perhaps, if we really have no vegetables to eat in the future, exchanging some dried vegetables with the villagers and sending them over would be a good idea?
"You're welcome." Huang Xiaoyue didn't think it was a big deal as she could grow anything in the vegetable garden.
"Oh, right..." Huang Xiaoyue came to see Liu Yinyin for something. "Yinyin, I want to buy a new enamel basin. Do you have any extra industrial coupons? I'll buy a few from you."
To buy an enamel basin at the supply and marketing cooperative, you need more than just money, you also need five industrial tickets.
Apart from her sister-in-law's family, Huang Xiaoyue couldn't find anyone else with industrial coupons.
Not to mention, Liu Yinyin actually had quite a few industrial coupons.
Gu Cheng’s salary was high and he received a lot of industrial subsidies.
Liu Yinyin used to often exchange defective items with Aunt Zhou, including enamel basins, enamel cups, and enamel bowls. She had exchanged several of them.
No need to buy new ones.
Therefore, all the industrial coupons subsidized by Gucheng Unit were collected by Liu Yinyin.
Liu Yinyin gave Huang Xiaoyue five industrial tickets and did not take her money. She only said, "Just give me a few more kilograms of vegetables in the future."
She had a lot of tickets on hand, but she had no plans to sell them, as she thought they might be useful when she joined the army in the future.
Huang Laizi’s vegetables had just been planted, so he couldn’t provide Liu Yinyin with vegetables in a short period of time.
Liu Yinyin was not in a hurry either, as it was still too early to join the army.
It's almost the end of the year, and she is now looking forward to Gu Cheng's return.
Fortunately, after waiting for more than half a month, Liu Yinyin finally received a telegram from Gu Cheng.
The telegram said that he would be back by the end of the year, but the exact date was still uncertain.
Liu Yinyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Gu Cheng should have completed the task successfully.
She was worried before, afraid that something might happen to him...
Knowing that her daughter's family was stockpiling dried vegetables, Jiang Cuihua has recently been helping her to exchange the vegetables.
That day, she brought good news to Liu Yinyin.
Jiang Cuihua secretly told her: "I heard from your second aunt that her nephew has radishes for sale, and there are quite a lot. Do you want to buy some?"
Liu Yinyin was stunned: "...Second Aunt? Which Second Aunt?"
Everyone in the village is of the same surname Liu. If you really count, Liu Yinyin's family can be said to be related to half of the people in the village.
Out of courtesy, Liu Yinyin has many second aunts.
"Which other Second Auntie could it be!" Jiang Cuihua glared at her, "You are the Second Auntie of Second Master An's family."
Liu Lai'an is Liu Laifu's biological brother...
The two families were very close, otherwise, Jiang Cuihua would not have known that her nephew's family had radishes for sale.
Liu Yinyin understood and asked, "Are the radishes fresh? How are they sold?"
Since the two companies are so close, private transactions are more convenient. It is normal for relatives to give each other gifts.
"It was said that it was just dug up not long ago. Your second aunt is quite reliable in what she says and does..." Jiang Cuihua paused, "Should we let her take us over to have a look first?"
Logically speaking, it has not been long since the villagers started to build earthen stoves and grow vegetables.
This is a person from this village. If he is from another village, it will not take long.
Not to mention that it is difficult to grow radishes indoors, it will take at least two months for the radishes to mature.
If the nephew of Liu Yinyin's second aunt really had some freshly harvested radishes...