◎Sweet garlic, Laba garlic, pickled mustard greens, pickled mustard greens◎
When only three members of the Jiang family were left in the living room, Jiang Che asked his father, "Dad, do you have any industrial certificates? Give me a few."
"What do you want this for?"
Jiang's mother retorted angrily: "The child finally opened his mouth, why are you asking so many questions!" Then she said directly to Jiang Che: "Yes, your father won't give it to you, but your mother will. Wait for me to go to the room and get it for you."
Father Jiang:......
He didn't say he wouldn't give it to her, he just asked reflexively! Besides, he gave her the ticket himself!
The old couple has quite a few industrial coupons in their hands, mainly because they haven't bought anything new at home recently, so they have been able to save them.
Mother Jiang handed the ticket to Jiang Che and asked secretly, "Do you have enough money? If not, I'll give you some."
"Mom, I'm not short of money, I'm short of tickets." Jiang Che took the tickets and counted them. Wow, there were thirty-two in total. This should be enough.
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So he looked up and smiled broadly at Jiang's mother: "Thank you, Mom!"
Seeing her youngest son happy, Jiang's mother was also happy: "No need, remember to come back and tell me if you need anything next time."
"Yes!" Jiang Che nodded vigorously, indicating that he remembered it.
Father Jiang looked on with a sour feeling.
The next day after getting the industrial certificate, he went to the department store and carried back an electric fan.
Wei Xuan was so happy that Jiang Che plugged in the electric fan. Wei Xuan fanned it for a while before asking him, "How many rolls did you use?"
"Ten tickets, cost one hundred and eighty-six dollars."
Wei Xuan was shocked. It was so expensive! But fortunately, they could afford it. They had 2,500 yuan in savings!
Thinking of this, Wei Xuan happily enjoyed the electric fan again.
After a while, she remembered something and asked Jiang Che: "What do you think? Should we buy an electric fan for our parents as well?" After all, the tickets were sponsored by others!
Jiang Che thought for a moment and shook his head: "Forget it. What should I say if my parents ask us where we got the money? But since you reminded me, I can give one to my parents-in-law."
Wei Xuan glanced at him and said, "There's no electricity in the village. Will it look good if I buy it back?"
Yes, Jiang Che felt that he was really happy.
The couple couldn't help laughing out loud when they thought about their family savings.
After laughing foolishly, the two remembered that they had not eaten yet. Wei Xuan touched her empty stomach and sighed, "It would be nice if I wasn't hungry." That way she wouldn't have to go to the kitchen to cook.
Jiang Che was reluctant to leave such a cool breeze, so he said to Wei Xuan: "Why don't we not eat tonight?" After all, he wouldn't be too hungry if he didn't eat for a night occasionally.
"No, the vegetables are already cut. If I don't cook them tonight, they will go bad."
"Okay." The two turned off the fan and reluctantly went to the kitchen.
It was not until I lay in bed at night, fanning myself with an electric fan, that I sighed: "This is how people should live!"
They didn’t feel it before they had electric fans, but since they got them, they both feel that working during the day has become a torture.
It was not until October, after the National Day, that the weather gradually became cooler.
And October of this year is destined to be a turbulent month.
On October 21, the state announced the important news of resuming the college entrance examination.
On this day, the streets outside were filled with everyone's cheers.
Wei Xuan went to the post office and called home.
Unexpectedly, the person who answered the phone was Wei Xiaolong.
"Xiaolong, why are you at home at this time?"
"Sister, as soon as the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came out, the teachers in the school were in no mood to teach. Everyone was preparing to take the college entrance examination in a month, so the school gave us all a holiday. Sister, I can also take the college entrance examination in the future!"
Hearing the sob in his voice, Wei Xuan could understand. In such an environment, even Wei Xuan, who did not plan to go to college, was very excited, not to mention Wei Xiaolong, the person involved.
This decision can really change the fate of many people, especially for rural children like Wei Xiaolong who are good at studying. The college entrance examination is really a road to success that can allow them to leap over the dragon gate and cross the class barrier.
So Wei Xuan expressed her support for him: "Xiaolong, you have good grades, you will definitely be admitted to university. The other sisters can't help you. If you need anything, just tell me. It's more convenient to find information in the city than in the county."
Wei Xiaolong thought about it and realized that he was only in his second year of high school and the college entrance examination would be next year, so he was not in a hurry now.
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Besides, the college entrance examination has just been resumed, and there will definitely be a lot of people rushing to grab books and materials. Why should he compete with those people? So he told Wei Xuan: "Sister, I don't need them for now. I haven't studied the test paper you brought back last time. When I have studied them thoroughly, if there is anything I need, I will tell you."
"Okay, as long as you know what's going on."
After Wei Xiaolong finished talking to his sister and hung up the phone, he remembered that he had forgotten to ask his sister why she called.
He glanced at the hung up phone and scratched his head, wondering if his sister would still be there if he called back.
In the end, he still didn't dial because he realized that he came in a hurry and didn't bring any money with him, and he had to pay to make a phone call.
When he got home, Wei's mother, who was about to answer a phone call at the brigade headquarters, asked him, "Why did you come back so soon? What did your sister call about?"
Just now when the brigade headquarters' loudspeaker was calling people, Wei's mother was in the toilet, so she called her little son who was reading at home to answer the phone. Unexpectedly, when she hurried out of the toilet, her son had already returned.
Wei Xiaolong was too embarrassed to say that he forgot to ask, so he could only vaguely say: "I didn't say anything, just about the college entrance examination."
Speaking of the college entrance examination, Wei's mother became interested. This was a major event concerning her youngest son's future, so she immediately pulled her son aside and began to inquire carefully.
Wei Xuan on the other end hung up the phone, feeling relieved. She had originally called home to talk to her family about the matter, but now she could talk to Wei Xiaolong directly and it would be better to know what he was thinking.
In the evening, after Wei Xuan and Jiang Che finished their activities, they talked about this matter while lying on the bed. Wei Xuan asked Jiang Che if he wanted to take the college entrance examination.
Jiang Che looked at Wei Xuan with a frightened look on his face: "Wife, you don't want me to go to college as well, do you?"
Wei Xuan was amused by his expression: "No, I'm asking you this now! Why are you so excited?"
Jiang Che patted his chest and said, "I was so scared. You don't know that I ran into my brother today when I was eating in the factory cafeteria. He said that since I was young and didn't have any children, I could give it a try. If I passed the exam, it would bring honor to the family. At that time, he looked like he was serious. I was so scared that I ran away before I finished my meal."
Wei Xuan imagined the scene at that time and burst out laughing. She comforted him insincerely, "Brother, this is also for your own good."
Jiang Che pouted: "It's not good for me! I have already returned the little knowledge I learned in school to my teachers. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for me to go now? Besides, I have a job and money now. Why should I torture myself?" At this point, he thought of something and asked Wei Xuan: "Hey, that's not right, wife, you asked me if I want to go to college, don't you want to take the exam yourself?"
If Jiang Che remembered correctly, his wife's grades in school weren't that good. She and he were both just passing the time!
So he began to persuade Wei Xuan: "Wife, you are not envious of our younger brother who is going to take the exam, and you want to try it yourself, right? Let me tell you something else, studying is really not suitable for us, really, let's not waste our time!" Instead of wasting time on this, you might as well make more cakes and cakes to sell!
Seeing Jiang Che looking at her with suspicion, Wei Xuan angrily pulled the quilt over her and turned her back to him: "Go to sleep!"
Jiang Che thought that what he said about his wife was right, and he got angry and embarrassed. He laughed twice and ignored Wei Xuan's struggles, hugged her, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The weather is getting cooler. Wei Xuan is not like last year when she just got married and had no preparation. This year she planted a lot of vegetables in the yard. In the summer, she also dried a lot of vegetables to save for stewing in winter!
Now it is November, the Chinese mustard greens in the yard have grown, and she wants to make some pickled cabbage and pickled mustard greens. Pickled mustard greens can be used to make pickled mustard greens with pork and pickled mustard greens cakes. Pickled cabbage can be used to make pickled fish, stir-fried pickled cabbage with meat, and pickled cabbage stewed with vermicelli. Almost every dish goes well with rice, and she is drooling just thinking about it!
No matter whether you are making sauerkraut or pickled mustard greens, the first step is to wash the Chinese mustard greens and dry them.
Wei Xuan even took a day off to pull out all the Chinese mustard greens in the garden with Jiang Che.
But even if they were all pulled out, it wouldn't be much, after all, the vegetable garden itself is not big.
After washing and drying all the Chinese mustard greens, it was still early. Wei Xuan thought for a moment and asked Jiang Che to peel the garlic. She wanted to pickle some sweet garlic and Laba garlic to go with her porridge in the morning. The taste was simply amazing.
She went to the vegetable garden, picked a few white radishes, washed them, cut them into strips and dried them. After they were dry, she put them away. In winter, she could soak them in water and mix them with chili peppers to make a delicious dish to go with rice.
Jiang Che looked at the vegetables drying in the yard, then looked at the garlic in his hand and called to Wei Xuan: "Wife, come and see if there is enough. If you make too much, we won't be able to finish it."
Wei Xuan put the last radish strip on the sun, walked up to him and took a look: "Okay, that's enough Laba garlic. Peel some more for pickling sweet garlic later."
"Do you want to peel it more?" Jiang Che was already tired after working for a whole morning and wanted to go inside and lie down for a while.
Wei Xuan rolled her eyes at him and coaxed him, "This is the last bit. You don't have to peel all the sweet garlic. Just tear off the outer skin and leave the innermost layer." As she spoke, she squatted down and peeled one for him as a demonstration.
It seemed to be much simpler. Jiang Che sighed and continued to work with his head down.
Seeing that he was well-controlled, Wei Xuan nodded secretly and went into the kitchen with the peeled garlic cloves.
Wash the garlic cloves with salt water, wipe dry and put them directly into the jar. To prevent the garlic cloves from going bad, Wei Xuan first poured a little white wine into the clean jar to sterilize them, and then put the garlic cloves in.
Finally, pour the rice vinegar in and cover the jar.
Making pickled garlic is a little more complicated. The garlic cloves need to be soaked in salt water for a few hours. Seeing that it was getting late, Wei Xuan instructed Jiang Che to wash the garlic cloves and soak them while she started to prepare lunch.
After making pickled vegetables for the whole morning, Wei Xuan felt a little hungry at noon.
After thinking about it, she went to the vegetable garden, pulled up two white radishes, cut them into thin strips, and added salt to drain the water. While she was at it, she cooked the sauce on the stove. It was actually very simple, just vinegar, sugar and salt.
After cooking, let it cool down, wait for the radish to release water, wash it and pour it into the pot to soak.
After the radish was soaked, Wei Xuan cooked the rice first, and then simply stir-fried two dishes. She then shouted to Jiang Che, who was sitting outside in the yard basking in the sun, "It's time to eat!"
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