Gu Guizhi was in a hurry to come back in order to see Qi Mengmeng as soon as possible.
Now that I'm home, there's no rush to do laundry in the morning or evening.
The two of them returned to the room, covered themselves with the quilt, and Gu Guizhi quickly fell asleep.
Qi Mengmeng listened to Gu Guizhi's light snoring and knew that he was indeed tired. She thought she would not be able to sleep, but unexpectedly, after closing her eyes, she fell asleep quickly.
The next morning, Qi Mengmeng woke up and looked at the bed next to her. It was empty. She clearly remembered that Gu Guizhi had come back. Could it be that her memory was wrong?
She scratched her hair and sat on the bed in a daze.
This was the scene that Gu Guizhi saw when he came in, and he couldn't help but smile.
"I cooked porridge and eggs and heated up some steamed buns. Is there anything else you want to eat?"
Qi Mengmeng looked at Gu Guizhi blankly. It turned out that he really came back.
"I can do anything."
Gu Guizhi handed Qi Mengmeng's clothes to her and said, "The hot water is ready, get up and wash your face."
Qi Mengmeng put on her clothes and went outside. The dumplings in the yard had been collected, all the snow had been swept together, and the cabbages in the yard had been chopped and neatly placed under the eaves.
After Qi Mengmeng finished washing up, Gu Guizhi had already served the porridge and put it on the table. The eggs were peeled, and there were two plates of pickles and steamed buns on the table.
The two of them sat at the table and ate breakfast. Gu Guizhi did not leave, but started to help Qi Mengmeng clean the house.
"Aren't you going to work today?" Qi Mengmeng felt a little strange.
"I'll take a day off today and go again tomorrow. I've wrapped the dumplings you made in a clean cloth and put them in the backpack outside."
Gu Guizhi pointed outside and continued, "Although the cabbages at home are not big, I think they can be made into sauerkraut."
When Qi Mengmeng was planting cabbages, she heard Li Laidi say that the cabbages could be made into sauerkraut, but she didn't know how to make it.
She had eaten sauerkraut but had never cooked it.
Gu Guizhi once went to the cafeteria to help out, but he was not sure if he could succeed if he did it himself.
Qi Mengmeng looked at Gu Guizhi's expression and guessed that he didn't know how to do it either. She smiled and said, "I'll ask Sister Li later. I think she can do it."
Gu Guizhi nodded: "Okay, go ask my sister-in-law later, and I'll clean the water tank at home."
The water from the tap is relatively cool now, and since he is at home, Qi Mengmeng doesn't have to do the washing chores.
After the two of them had breakfast, Qi Mengmeng went next door.
There was still some snow in the Xu family's yard that had not been cleared, but all the cabbages had been cut down. Qi Mengmeng looked around and didn't see any cabbages.
Li Lai Di was making cotton shoes for Xu Weiwei. When she heard Qi Mengmeng say that she wanted to learn how to make sauerkraut, she slapped her head and said, "Look at me. I've been so busy with Pan'er's affairs that I forgot to help you make sauerkraut."
Aunt Xu was sitting nearby. Upon hearing this, she took the shoes from Li Lai Di and said, "I'll make Wei Wei's shoes. Go help Meng Meng make pickled vegetables."
"You can forget about this."
Aunt Xu swallowed the rest of her words halfway through. She smiled at Qi Mengmeng and urged Li Laidie to help.
Qi Mengmeng put down the small bag of candy in her hand and said, "Save this candy for Weiwei."
Aunt Xu didn't want it, Qi Mengmeng smiled and said, "Aunt, don't be polite to me, I just like Weiwei."
The two of them refused for a few times, but finally Aunt Xu accepted the bag of candy.
Li Laidie put on her coat and followed Qi Mengmeng back. Gu Guizhi had already peeled off the yellow leaves on the cabbage and placed them on a clean cloth.
"Sorry to trouble you, sister-in-law, with this matter." Gu Guizhi nodded to Li Laidie.
Li Lai Di was somewhat at a loss. She quickly said, "We are all neighbors. It is only natural for us to help each other. Did Deputy Commander Gu just come back today?"
"Yeah." Gu Guizhi just agreed and went to the kitchen to boil water.
Li Lai Di looked at Gu Guizhi's back and felt uncomfortable. She and Xu Daming grew up together. Xu Daming was good to her, but not as good as Gu Guizhi was to Qi Mengmeng.
As for her younger sister Li Pandi, after she married Lin Jianjun, she no longer had to worry about food and drink, but Captain Lin was a man who didn't want to do any work.
Why did she forget to help Qi Mengmeng make sauerkraut? It was because the Lin family didn't grow cabbage, and Lin Jianjun wanted to eat sauerkraut, so Li Laidi accompanied Li Pandi to the village to buy a cart of cabbage.
The two sisters were busy buying and cleaning for two days before they pickled all the sauerkraut from the Lin family.
Lin Jianjun goes to work every day, the two sons of the Lin family go to school, and Li Pandi still has to cook and clean up for the family. It can be said that most of the sauerkraut of the Lin family is made by Li Laidi.
"Sister-in-law, what do you think we should do now?" Qi Mengmeng asked when she saw that Li Laidie didn't say anything.
Li Lai Di came back to her senses and began to check the cabbage that Gu Guizhi had peeled. While she was looking through it, she explained to Qi Mengmeng.
Qi Mengmeng's cabbage was planted relatively late. After peeling off the yellow leaves on the outside, the cabbages were not very big, which was just the right size to make sauerkraut.
First cut the cabbage into two halves, wait for the water in the pot to boil, put the cabbage stalks into the hot water, then push the whole cabbage into the pot, wait for the leaves to soften and change color, then take them out and put them in a basin to cool.
After listening to Li Laidie's explanation, Qi Mengmeng moved all the cabbages to the kitchen and started blanching them.
Gu Guizhi was afraid that Qi Mengmeng would be scalded by the hot water, so he asked her to watch while the cabbage was drying.
Li Lai Di was a little envious at first, but then she stopped talking. There were really too few men like him, and there was no point in being envious.
Qi Mengmeng didn’t plant much cabbage, so she left some for winter consumption and only planned to make a small jar of sauerkraut, so she cooked it quickly.
After all the cabbages have been blanched and dried for a while, you need to start putting the cabbages into the jar.
This step was done by Li Lai Di. She put all the cabbages into the jar, pressed it with a big stone that Gu Guizhi had found, and poured some cooled boiled water.
Li Lai Di stood up and asked Qi Meng Meng: "Do you have any white wine at home? If so, pour some."
Qi Mengmeng nodded: "Yes, I'll get it."
Li Lai Di originally wanted to say that it didn’t matter if she didn’t have it, but Qi Mengmeng had already gone back to the house and brought out a transparent bottle of white wine.
Li Lai Di took the bottle, poured some wine into it, and returned the bottle to Qi Mengmeng.
"It's ready now. I think it will be ready to eat in about a month." Li Lai Di straightened her back.
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Qi Mengmeng thanked her and handed Li Lai Di a bag of red dates. "Sister-in-law, this is what my mother sent me. Let you try it."
Li Lai Di had just accepted Qi Meng Meng's candy and didn't want to accept anything else, but when she saw the red dates in the paper bag, she changed the words on her lips to: "I made some soybean paste at home. I'll bring you a bowl when it's ready."
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