Due to time constraints, we didn't have time to prepare this batch of kimchi.
It inadvertently helped her recover a considerable amount of losses; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to quickly make pickled cucumbers and leeks.
There are many ways to pickle cucumbers. Having learned from her experience with kimchi, she didn't want to use the traditional method this time, so she used the crisp cucumber slices she often eats.
Without further ado, we started by cleaning the jars, as usual. The cucumbers didn't need to wait three days; we pickled them today and took them to Tongfu Restaurant first thing tomorrow morning to see how they fared.
After washing the cucumbers, Tian Sangui bought an iron scraper from her spatial storage, so that if her family asked, she could say it was made at a blacksmith's shop.
She was charged thirty copper coins for such a small scraper, so she went to Fei Wangwang to argue with him. The reason he gave her was: "The scraper is too outdated for the times, so its value is naturally doubled."
Indeed, a system that doesn't aim to make money isn't a good space.
Since he needed it now, Tian Sangui had no choice but to grit his teeth and buy it, planning to go to the blacksmith's shop later to see if it could be made.
"So, does the store sell Sprite?"
This is a crucial step in pickling cucumbers, and Tian Sangui only hopes that the price won't be too outrageous.
"Searching for 'Sprite' for you, please wait a moment!"
Watching the screen scroll rapidly like a spinning machine, stopping after a minute, the image displayed a stainless steel water pipe and a five-pound white plastic oil bottle, completely unrelated to the green bottle she remembered.
"You call this Sprite?"
Tian Sangui was stunned, and pointed blankly at the screen, asking Fei Wangwang, who was shaking its head and looking happy.
"Yes, Master, five catties for two hundred coins!"
Fei Wangwang had a friendly face and obediently answered with its round head tilted to the side.
This is too expensive! This thing is very expensive to use, okay? Five pounds won't last more than three days. It's just a rip-off.
"Is there nothing else? Just this one?"
"No!"
"How about a discount since we've known each other for a while?"
"cannot!"
Let's discuss this!
"No negotiation!"
......
The scene shifts, and five kilograms of Sprite are standing at her feet, the white oil bottle looking somewhat out of place in this world.
Still trying to calm himself down, Tian Sangui took a deep breath and went into the kitchen to look for containers.
He came out again, carrying a can in his arms. He poured Sprite into the can, then stood the oil bottle on top of it, not wasting a single drop.
After chopping the chilies, I put the oil bottle back into the space. The cost of pickling cucumbers is much higher than that of kimchi.
We need to discuss the price with Manager Yan carefully.
The whole family was busy in the fields, except for Tian Sangui, who stayed home to make pickled vegetables.
She used a scraper to peel the washed cucumber slices one by one, then put them into a short jar filled with Sprite. After filling it, she poured in red chili peppers and seasonings, then sealed the jar and placed it in a cool place.
The sun had unknowingly moved behind him. After pickling the chives in his hand, Tian Sangui tidied up the yard, picked up the prepared cooled boiled water, and headed to his own field.
"Fourth brother, you're so rich you're bored, aren't you? You dare to buy wasteland? Oh my god, that's hilarious. I thought it was fertile land, so I came here specifically to take a look."
"Sigh, you parents, you just let a girl do whatever she wants. What does she know? All she can do is cook a little, and she can exchange it for some money in town. Why don't you parents keep an eye on her? Look at this, all that money wasted!"
Leaning on a hoe, the two men, their bare, thin, dark upper bodies like ribs, were wiping sweat with a floral cloth around their necks, giving a regretful lecture to Old Tian and his wife.
Four or five women stood on the ridge, carrying iron rakes and watching the play. They whispered among themselves, glancing sideways at Tian Laosi, and pointing at Zhang Shi. Their manner made one want to rush up and give the two of them a good fight.
"Uncle Tian, we're not like what people in the village say. We're far from having enough money to buy fertile land. It's just barren land. It's just that the first few steps are the hardest. Our family will put in a little more effort. It's not as difficult as you think!"
As Tian Laosi turned over the soil, he smiled and spoke to the old man.
"Sigh, you won't listen to your elders. You'll suffer the consequences later. If you ask me, you should hurry up and find someone to give that troublemaker of yours to live with. Your family is the only one in the whole village who treats her like a treasure. Look around, which other family listens to a girl's orders like you do?"
"Uncle Tian, no matter what, San Gui is still my flesh and blood. It's none of the business of outsiders to say anything about him. I address you as Uncle Tian out of respect. Don't bring up my daughter!"
Zhang was furious and threw down the stone in her hand to angrily confront Old Man Tian.
Seeing Zhang's anger, the old man couldn't stand it any longer. He picked up his hoe and walked towards his own field, still muttering to Zhang, "Hmph, what a woman's perspective. I'm too lazy to argue with you. You'll regret this later, Zhang. You'll have to spoil your daughter!"
Zhang was so angry that tears were about to come out, and Tian Laosi quickly stepped forward to comfort her: "There's no need to argue with the old man. They don't understand how good San Gui is. Once we grow our crops, the village will naturally stop talking about us and San Gui."
“These people are so rude. How old are we, San Gui? How can an outsider like him be so bossy? He’s half-buried in the ground, yet he speaks so tactlessly.”
Zhang nestled in Tian Laosi's arms to vent her emotions, causing several women nearby to blush and run away.
"Zhang is shameless. How can she be so indecent as to hug and kiss her own man in broad daylight on the ground?"
"She's disgraced all women, and her daughter isn't much better. I'll tell my sons when we get home that they absolutely cannot marry Tian Sangui; she's bad luck!"
“I’ll tell Wang Erwazi when I get back that his wife, Tian Sangui, deserves to be an old maid and die in the village.”
As the women were talking, they suddenly saw a young girl walking towards them. It was Tian Sangui, whom they had been discussing. They all avoided her like mice seeing a cat.
Tian Sangui preferred peace and quiet; she wasn't good at greeting people and was too lazy to bother.
He walked straight to his own field, which drew another round of pointing fingers from the woman behind him: "Look, what did I tell you? This Tian Sangui didn't even greet us elders, pretending not to see us. Humph, like mother, like daughter!"
Ever since Tian Sangui was born, the village has had a lot of opinions about her. Even now, the gossip has never stopped. She has long been used to it. As long as they don't hurt her or her family, she doesn't care about anything else.
"Father, Mother, come and have some water, take a rest!"
Tian Sangui placed the bamboo tube on the ground and beckoned the couple to come and drink water.
Looking into the distance, he shouted to the four blurry figures, "Big brother, second brother, little four and five, come and have some water!"
After a moment, the four of them realized what was happening and turned around to see Tian Sangui waving at them. They put down the stones and weeds they were carrying and strode over, laughing and joking.
The four and five little ones were the most cheerful. The ground that had been turned over was soft and uneven, and their short legs couldn't move easily. They ran and stumbled, and after a lot of effort, they finally arrived in front of Tian Sangui first.
Looking at her younger brothers' rosy cheeks, her smile deepened. She first used her sleeve to wipe the sweat from their foreheads, then poured two glasses of cool water, which the little ones held in their hands and gulped down in one go.
"So sweet, another one!"
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