Her husband was a smoker, though he was usually reluctant to buy cigarettes and liked to sneak out to smoke, but she knew he loved to smoke.
As for canned fruit, such an expensive item, the family had only bought it once. At this moment, the longing looks on the faces of her grandchildren as they watched the cans made Tian Haiying feel very sad.
She wanted to accept it without hesitation, but then felt that she shouldn't accept something so valuable.
Si Tian noticed her hesitation and went over to bother her again.
"Alright, Auntie, just accept it. Don't hesitate. Quickly take us to see what vegetables are available. And you also need to help us figure out how many vegetables each of us should exchange..."
Pulled along by Si Tian, Tian Haiying also put aside her own hesitation, accepted the things, and put them on the kang table.
Since they've already brought it, let's just accept it. We'll help them out more often in the future.
After putting down her things, she led the two people down to her cellar and showed them the cellar, which was filled to the brim with vegetables.
However, while there are many varieties, there are only a few types: radishes, cabbages, potatoes, and green onions.
“If you don’t make sauerkraut, 150 catties of cabbage will be enough, 100 catties of radish will be about right, and as for potatoes, it depends on how you eat them. If you don’t use them as a staple food, then 200 catties will be more than enough.”
Zhu Qinghao nodded, but secretly wondered what excuse she could use to buy more vegetables, since the vegetables at the cowshed were also insufficient.
When the Zhu family arrived, they happened to see villagers distributing vegetables. After a discussion, the brigade cadres decided to give them 300 jin each of radishes, cabbage, and potatoes, as a loan from the brigade, which would be deducted from their work points the following year.
There are quite a few dishes, but the Zhu family currently has eight mouths to feed, not counting the unborn child in Wen Chuyi's belly, so this amount of food is definitely not enough.
However, Zhu Qinghao lives alone right now, so it's not appropriate for her to openly buy several times the amount of food for one person, as that would be too conspicuous.
So in the end, she could only ask for 500 catties of cabbage, 300 catties of radishes, 200 catties of potatoes and 100 catties of green onions under the pretext of needing to collect sauerkraut to send home.
Si Tian didn't have so many concerns. Following Tian Haiying's advice, she ordered 100 catties each of radishes and cabbage, 200 catties of potatoes, and 50 catties of green onions.
Finally, she also wanted to learn how to make sauerkraut with Zhu Qinghao, so she asked for an extra 150 jin of cabbage.
The two of them calculated that they had consumed more than 2,000 kilograms of vegetables stored by the team leader.
Tian Haiying was very happy, but she still restrained her excitement and asked the two of them repeatedly if they really needed so much, as if she was afraid that they would buy more than they could eat and end up wasting it.
"I can take so many aunties, I'll buy them and learn from you how to make some sauerkraut and dried radish, and send them back to my home in Kyoto. I'm sure I'll have enough to use up."
You have no idea how difficult it is to buy groceries in Kyoto during winter. I send some back to them so that they have more options for what to eat at home.”
Hearing Zhu Qinghao say this, Tian Haiying nodded in relief. She had heard before that city dwellers had trouble buying vegetables in winter, but she never expected it to be this difficult in the capital.
Kyoto is certainly not that difficult; they do have the food, but it's a bit more expensive.
However, Zhu Qinghao needed a reasonable excuse to buy more vegetables so that she could take them to the cowshed, so she had no choice but to say that.
Si Tian nodded solemnly beside her.
"Yes, Auntie, I'm also planning to send some back to my family so they can try authentic pickled cabbage."
But you'll have to call us when you're picking the sauerkraut, so we can learn from you. Otherwise, with my skills, I'm afraid I'll just knock out the whole family..."
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