When the month of May just began, the entire brigade and even several surrounding villages became bustling with activity.
The main thing was that it started raining without any warning that day.
Although it was not heavy, there was a drizzle for half an hour.
This rain was the first rain in the spring this year. When it rained, all the villagers rushed outside excitedly to receive the gift of rain.
After the rain, the crops in the field were still dry. The team continued to use water from Su Xia's house to irrigate the crops.
But the stone that had been weighing on the villagers' hearts for a long time finally dissipated, and everyone believed that this was a sign that the drought would gradually pass.
Su Xiaxiao is happy for the farmers of this era.
She carefully recalled the records of later generations about this period of history, and believed that the drought would be alleviated in the second half of the year.
The haze that has hung over the villagers' heads for the past three years will pass.
Su Xia still takes care of her vegetable garden, chickens, and little friend Niu Niu.
All the side dishes in Su's front yard have been picked.
Su Xia planted the second crop, and she could eat some green vegetables in half a month.
Some of the planted garlic has started to sprout, and Su Xia has already eaten a small plate of fried meat with garlic.
The tomatoes that 껗 brought from Sunan this time, plus the ripe ones from 껗's own yard.
Su Xia picked them one by one, drew a cross on the surface of each one with a knife, and then rinsed them with boiling water. Then the tomato skin could be easily peeled off.
Then cut the unskinned tomatoes into pieces, put them in a pot, and simmer over low heat. Add a little sugar and salt in the middle, and cook until it becomes thick to make simple tomato sauce.
Su Xia put two in a small 2-jin jar.
I plan to make a batch after the autumn harvest, so that I will have more dishes throughout the winter.
On the fifth day of the month, Su Xia woke up naturally. When she got up, the kid was still sleeping soundly.
Su Xia first opened the door to make it easier for the team members to get water.
I went to the backyard to feed the chickens. They were now in their 90s. When they saw me coming, they all came running over and chirped.
I must build a chicken coop as soon as possible, otherwise it won’t be big enough if it’s any bigger.
I picked some cowpeas, a cucumber, chopped green onions and coriander, and dug a head of garlic.
Su Xia is going to make some braised noodles. Once it's done, it's no worse than eating meat.
Remove the two ends of the beans, cut them into sections, wash and put them away, then take out a piece of pork belly from the space. How can braised noodles be without meat? This is the soul.
Slice the pork belly, clean a large pot, heat it, pour oil in the pork belly, stir-fry for a few times, add chopped green onion and garlic slices, continue to stir-fry, then add the chopped cowpea, pour a little dark soy sauce for color, and finally add water and cook slowly over high heat.
During this time, I took two handfuls of noodles and placed them evenly on the steamer and steamed them in the pot for a while.
After the noodles are soft, take them out and break them up with chopsticks. Add some soybean oil to prevent them from sticking.
The stew in the pot is almost done, so first serve a bowl of soup, which will be useful later.
Sprinkle the noodles evenly on the vegetables and continue cooking. Pour the soup served in advance onto the noodles every ten minutes.
It will be ready in about half an hour. Just simmer for a while and then you can eat it.
At this time, Su Xia chopped a cucumber and ate it cold.
When the meal was ready, Niu Niu woke up, put on her clothes and pants, and followed Su Xia's example to fold the quilt and put it on the kang cabinet.
Looking at his crooked fruit, he clapped his hands in satisfaction.
He went to find Su Xia with disheveled hair.
"Mom, I'm hungry!"
Su Xia looked at the little madman in front of her, whose hair was getting longer and longer.
"Niuniu, let me discuss this with you: Can you give me a haircut?"
Niuniu protected her hair with her hands as always: "No, I want to have long braids, I want to be beautiful!"
Su Xia rolled her eyes. She didn't know how to do it, so she always came to her.
——It’s so annoying, damn long hair.
"Okay, okay... I won't cut it. Go wash your face and eat later."
Niu Niu looked at her mother suspiciously, and after making sure that her mother would not cut her hair, she went to wash her face.
After washing her face, Niu Niu came to Su Xia with a comb.
Su Xia took it and simply braided two braids, and Niuniu added a little clip that she liked.
Just sit and wait for dinner.
Su Xia opened the lid of the pot and put in the chopped green onion, coriander and minced garlic that had been chopped in advance. After mixing well, the aroma instantly became stronger, and the color was a bit wine red, which made people's appetites run wild.
Niu Niu smelled the fragrance coming over and stretched her neck to see.
"Mom, what is this? Why does it smell so good?" The little nose sniffed.
"How is it? Not bad, isn't it? This is my mother's new invention, braised noodles."
Su Xia filled a large bowl and a small bowl.
The two of them ate it with smashed cucumbers.
Niu Niu was eating the food in her mouth, and she was not idle at the same time: "Mom, this is delicious, with meat, noodles and vegetables.
Mom, I want to eat at noon, dinner, and tomorrow. ”
"I've said it too many times. You can't talk while chewing. What if you spray it everywhere? It's so dirty!"
Su Xia wiped the corner of the kid's mouth.
After hearing this, Niu Niu stopped talking and focused on the delicious food in her mouth.
In the end, both of them were full, so the mother and daughter sat in the chairs to rest for a while before starting their respective day's schedule.
Su Xia cleared the dishes and saw that there was still a lot of noodles left, so she took a large bowl and filled it up, which was just enough for Chen's father and mother.
I found a basket to put it in and covered it with cotton cloth.
Then he called Niuniu: "Come here, give this to grandma and grandpa to eat."
Niu Niu took it and left happily. She liked the errand running business more and more.
When Niu Niu was carrying the basket to the old house, Chen's father and mother were in the house. They had been weeding the crops recently, so there was not much to do and they started to go out later.
After Niuniu entered Chen's mother's bedroom, she put the basket on the kang and said, "Grandpa, grandma, this is what mom asked me to bring over."
Mother Chen looked at the beads of sweat on her granddaughter's head and felt distressed. She pulled her over to wipe the sweat off her face.
She was still complaining, "Your mother hasn't been around since she asked you to deliver something.
snort……"
Father Chen looked at his wife in surprise: "If you want to, why don't you go over and take a look? It's so close? It's just a wall."
"snort--
How can a mother-in-law visit her daughter-in-law? ”
Father Chen looked at the arrogant Mother Chen - women's hearts are too complicated.
Niu Niu looked at her grandparents arguing with each other, wondering why they didn't eat the delicious food, and then she opened the cloth covering her.
"Grandma, eat something delicious.
This was the first time my mother made this, and it was delicious. ”
Mother Chen looked at the big bowl of meat slices and thin noodles.
I thought to myself, how could this spendthrift daughter-in-law not be delicious?
Father Chen wanted to try the new things, so he went to get two pairs of chopsticks and two bowls.
늁 gave one to Chen's mother: "Okay, try it quickly. The eldest daughter-in-law is still thinking about you and sent it here specially."
Mother Chen took it and tasted it. It was delicious.
The mouth is still refusing: "I can't figure it out. If I don't struggle, I don't know what I'm busy with every day."
This time, Chen's father didn't want to pay any attention to it, mainly because it was too delicious.
I saw my granddaughter staring at her bowl.
He picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and said, "Come on, Niuniu, eat some more."
Niuniu ate several servings happily.
In the end, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren took care of it.
Niuniu took the washed dishes and basket home and put them in the kitchen.
I went to the old house to play with my sisters.
Su Xia, who was tending to her vegetable garden, had no idea that her job as an errand boy had caused complaints from her mother-in-law.
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