Hua Li turned around to see clearly, and her expression became even more confused. "I see it, isn't it all weeds?"
Hua Shi smiled and said, "No, it used to be a pond, but it dried up for some reason and is now covered with weeds."
"Yeah, but what does this have to do with our vegetable garden?" Hua Li scratched his head, looking confused.
Hua Xiao, who was standing by, also looked over curiously.
"It does matter. Once we've taken care of the vegetable garden, we'll clear the weeds from the pond's hollow. Then we can put water in there. We won't have to carry water back and forth to water the vegetables. Water also nourishes the soil, and good soil means good vegetables. Besides, I also want to raise fish here."
Hua Shi clapped his hands, put his hands on his hips, and looked ambitious.
"oh……"
Hua Li blinked, lowered his head, and started shoveling the soil again.
Hua Shi nodded, and saw that his reaction was indifferent, as if he didn't take her words to heart.
This plan seems a bit far-fetched, and what we say now does sound like empty talk.
"You want to raise fish here? Like the He family?"
Hua Li was not very interested in the topic, but Hua Xiao, who was standing next to him, heard about it and his eyes lit up, and he asked two questions in a row.
"Yes, is the He family's fish pond very big?" Hua Shi was a little curious.
She had indeed heard from the villagers that the He family was the largest fish farmer in the village. It didn't mean that everyone with the surname He raised fish, but that there was a family with the surname He who raised a lot of fish and earned a lot of money, thus becoming famous in the village.
Over time, as the story spread, people started to use the surname to refer to that family...
"It's huge. There are three whole fish ponds, one of which is almost as big as what you see right now!"
Hua Xiao pointed to the deserted pond, his eyes sparkling with unprecedented excitement.
She said, "If we raise fish well, there will definitely be people willing to buy our fish."
Hua Li, who was standing by, interrupted her fantasy and said, "But the boss has always bought the He family's fish. Will he take ours?"
Hua Xiao frowned and was about to retort.
Hua Shi interrupted the two people's argument and said, "You are thinking too far ahead. We haven't even started yet. Let's wait until the fish pond is completed. If others don't want them and we can't sell them, we can raise them for ourselves. We are afraid of wasting them."
It took three days to finish the vegetable garden, which involved weeding, soil preparation, and building fences. It was all manual and time-consuming.
Finally it worked...
There are not many vegetables that can be planted in February. I went to several houses during the flowering period before I got spring radish seeds.
After some inquiries, I learned that not many people grow vegetables in early spring. The winter snow has just melted, the soil is not yet soft enough, and the temperature is not suitable for planting. Most vegetable seedlings are not yet ready at this time.
So, I spent three days working on the vegetable garden. I had six plots of land and planted spring radishes on five of them. I left half of the last plot empty during the flower season and soaked the chili peppers that I had asked for when I bought the chicken a few days ago and planted them in the field.
Whether you can eat chili peppers depends on whether these peppers can survive.
To be honest, as the half year since she came here is almost over, Hua Shi's mouth is tasteless and she misses the life of eating delicious food.
The most important thing is that she is actually a food lover who loves spicy food...
Spicy rabbit head, spicy chicken feet, spicy hot pot, spicy tofu fish...
In addition, due to the limited conditions, she went to several households in the village before she could barely get the essential cooking seasonings such as onions, ginger, and garlic.
Not to mention rare ingredients like star anise and cinnamon.
However, having these on hand is enough. When the flowers bloom, they are buried in the vegetable garden and planted.
After cleaning up the empty yard for half a month, many things piled up in the yard, including old and discarded wooden boards and baskets, were cleared out and thrown away.
Even the chicken coop in the corner was dismantled by Hua Shi. After sweeping it a few times, the area became empty.
After a lot of trouble, the yard lost a lot of things and naturally looked a lot more spacious.
"Why do we wash so many soybeans?"
At the mouth of the well, Hua Li stared with wide eyes and asked curiously.
Hua Shi stood by, washing soybeans with her hands. The sound of the wooden basin and the beans colliding was heard.
"I plan to make soy sauce with soybeans," said Hua Shi.
Although she had never actually done it, she had watched many videos before. She was curious about this kind of workmanship, so she watched the videos carefully several times and remembered the general process.
She poured the soybeans into a basin in advance and soaked them in water for three hours. Now she just needed to take them out, drain the water, remove the empty shells and pick out the rotten soybeans.
"The water is boiling."
Hua Yu came out of the kitchen and shouted at Hua Shi at the wellhead.
"Yeah." Hua Shi responded.
Now you need to put the soybeans into the pot and cook them. While cooking, you also need to pour the flour into the dry pot and fry it until it turns slightly yellow.
When spending time, follow your thoughts and take it step by step.
The three little tails following behind kept peeking over to look, showing their curiosity.
She said she wanted to make soy sauce? What was soy sauce? They had never heard of it before...
"call……"
Time passes by every second.
When the soybeans are cooked, pick them up and pour them back into the bowl. After they cool down, add the flour and mix well.
The mixed soybeans were put into a small porcelain jar that had been prepared long ago. Hua Yukai was asked to help carry it to the corner of the main room and put it aside in a warm place indoors to ferment.
It takes about a day and a night to ferment, allowing the surface of the soybeans to be covered with white mycelium, then turn it over and ferment it again for a day and a night.
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