The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the students were on holiday, and Guo Jianjun and Guo Yu went home to celebrate the festival.
Married women also return to their parents' home to give festival gifts.
Deng Qingling's parents' home, Guo Jianping, had gone to deliver holiday gifts, so Deng Qingling didn't go back.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Guo Jianping started preparing dinner in the afternoon.
There are hard dishes in the evening.
There were dried fish brought back by Guo Jianping, eels brought by my aunt, and chickens raised at home.
I made three dishes and one soup: steamed fish with fermented black beans, stir-fried eel, roast chicken with chestnuts, and chicken bone soup.
When eating, they first took out a few pieces of chicken, then gave Haohao a chicken leg and let him chew it slowly, and then everyone started eating.
Haohao ate the chicken leg slowly, and Liang Xueying stuffed him with rice from time to time.
Although Haohao is small, he has a big appetite. He ate a chicken leg, a chicken wing and half a bowl of rice.
Haohao has his mother-in-law looking after him, so Deng Qingling can eat by herself.
She likes to eat chicken that has been used in soup, so she picks out the chicken bones and chews them slowly.
The chestnut roast chicken is made specifically with chestnuts. She feels that chestnuts have absorbed the essence of chicken, and have a rich chicken flavor, and are sweet and soft. They are even more delicious than chicken.
After dinner, Guo Jianping helped Deng Qingling take a slow walk in the yard to help digest the food.
Guo Yu cleaned up the dishes and Guo Jianjun packed up his things to prepare for the moon worship.
After offering sacrifices to the moon, Deng Qingling ate some mooncakes and went back to sleep.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, autumn rain fell from time to time, and it was not until mid-September that the autumn harvest began.
Deng Qingling still did not participate in the autumn harvest this year. She just took Haohao to cook a meal at home.
Liang Xueying got up early in the morning to wash and hang out the clothes. She cooked breakfast and dinner, and Deng Qingling cooked lunch.
Deng Qingling would cook meals every day and send Haohao to be taken care of by his grandmother.
As for lunch, Deng Qingling prepares it very carefully, and the dishes are almost different every day.
Celery fried with sausage, or fried leeks with eggs, braised pork belly with dried beans, and served with corn and multi-grain rice.
Of course, soups and drinks are indispensable, such as corn soup, mung bean porridge, winter melon soup, etc.
Deng Qingling was not stingy with the soups she cooked, and would send some to her uncle and second uncle's families from time to time.
After all, it's just soup, so just add a little more water.
She always cooks lunch a little early, and when it’s ready, she walks slowly to the field and it’s just right.
"Did Haohao take a nap?" Liang Xueying asked while serving mung bean porridge.
"He's not asleep yet. I sent him to his uncle's house and asked grandma to take care of him." Deng Qingling said.
Guo Youxing glanced at Liang Xueying, then looked at the mung bean porridge in the clay pot.
Liang Xueying knew what Guo Youxing was thinking. Her eldest brother's family was nice, so she naturally wouldn't be stingy. Her second brother's family was just a side note. "A Qing, have you eaten mung bean porridge?"
"Haohao and I have already eaten." Deng Qingling said.
"Just eat it." Liang Xueying turned around and instructed Guo Jianjun, "Jun, take some mung bean porridge to your uncle and second uncle."
"good."
After eating, Guo Jianjun wiped his mouth, scooped out a large bowl of mung bean porridge, and went to Uncle Guo.
Afterwards, Liang Xueying took a large bowl, scooped a bowl of mung bean porridge and asked Guo Yu to take it to her second uncle.
This time, the second uncle did not say that Deng Qingling was a spendthrift, and his family had never given anything to her family.
It's so hot today, it's very kind of them to send some mung bean porridge.
This is rice, mung bean candy or something like that, but I can’t bear to cook it at home!
Deng Qingling didn't know what Erbom was thinking, and even if she knew, she wouldn't care. Feelings are mutual. If you treat me well, I will treat you well.
It’s so hot today, I quickly cleaned up the dishes and went home to coax Haohao to take a nap.
The rainfall this year was good, and the yields of peanuts, soybeans, sweet potatoes and taro were better than last year. After the harvest, we planted potatoes, cabbage and radishes.
After paying the public grain tax, I have free time.
The days of staying at home to take care of the pregnancy were so leisurely that before I knew it, Deng Qingling had been pregnant for more than eight months.
The end of the year is approaching, and the brigade is about to start slaughtering pigs. Many families in the village have raised task pigs. After handing in the task pigs, the remaining pigs will be slaughtered by the village and the meat will be distributed.
A pig is not very heavy. A smaller one weighs about 70 or 80 kilograms, and a larger one weighs only over 100 kilograms. It is unlike modern pigs which can easily weigh 200 or 300 kilograms.
Guo Youxing's family used to raise pigs, but when Deng Qingling was pregnant with Haohao, she had severe morning sickness and stopped raising pigs.
Today, Guo Youxing and his son Guo Jianping went out early in the morning.
After breakfast, Guo Yu took Haohao out to watch the fun, Liang Xueying went to get the pork, and Deng Qingling was still sleeping in at home.
When Deng Qingling finished her meal and was about to go out, Liang Xueying came back with pork.
We didn't ask for much fat, but pig intestines were a must. Deng Qingling was the only one in the family who didn't like to eat them.
I also ordered two pig's trotters, a pig's stomach, a pig's heart, three pounds of lean meat, two pounds of ribs, two leg bones, and a bunch of other miscellaneous items.
"Mom, why is there so much meat this time?" Deng Qingling asked Liang Xueying when she saw that there was a little more meat this year than last year.
"You're about to give birth, so I want to take advantage of the pork distribution to ask for more, just in time to nourish you." Liang Xueying smiled.
Ask for less fat, and you'll have pig's trotters and spareribs. Although they're all bones, they're perfect for making soup.
"What do you want to eat tonight?" Liang Xueying asked again.
"Let's make some white radish and pork tripe soup tonight, and stir-fry some sauerkraut and pig intestines," said Deng Qingling.
Pork tripe is quite delicious, and the white radish, pepper and pork tripe soup has the effect of nourishing the middle and replenishing qi, strengthening the stomach and regulating qi.
"Okay." Liang Xueying nodded.
Just leave things like cooking to Guo Jianping and Guo Jianjun.
Deng Qingling told me how to cook the pig's stomach and then left it alone. I just sat there and waited for dinner.
The pig heart can be fried slightly. It will still have flavor if kept for a long time even in cold weather. It can be kept for a long time if fried. The others can be marinated and dried and eaten slowly.
In the evening, I steamed some lean meat for Haohao, fried some sauerkraut and large intestine, and made a pot of white radish and pork tripe soup. I paired it with corn and multi-grain rice and it was all done. It was delicious and filling.
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