Jianshu’s trip to pick up stones in the back mountain ultimately did not take place.
She got up early in the morning in high spirits and heard a rustling sound outside. She opened the door and saw that it was raining as expected.
A drizzle was falling from the sky, and the fog was heavy, and the whole world seemed to be shrouded in a layer of gauze.
The rain was not heavy and did not affect people's lives much, but Gu Mingjing disagreed with her going out in such weather, and Jianshu also did not like the feeling of her hair getting wet by the rain, so she had to suppress her thoughts.
Forget it, I won’t go out today. Let’s wait until the rain stops.
While eating breakfast, Jianshu thought of the firewood and honeycomb coal in the backyard and said, "Don't forget about the woodshed. It rains a lot in summer, and it's not good to keep it covered with oilcloth. The woodshed should be built soon."
"Well, when I have a few days' rest, I will find a few people to help set it up. It's easy. Once the materials are prepared, it can be done in half a day." Gu Mingjing nodded in agreement.
I didn't plan to build a very nice one, as long as it could shelter me from the wind and rain and not collapse. The materials were simple, no bricks or tiles were needed, just a mud house would be fine.
There isn't much else in the army, but there are a lot of strong people. When the time comes, find a few people with whom we have good relationships to help, and it will be built in no time.
"Just be aware of the situation. Tell me in advance so I can go buy groceries."
When people come to help, not only should they be paid, but their meals must also be provided.
After dinner, seeing that it was getting late, Jianshu took on the dishwashing job and sent Gu Mingjing to work.
Of course, it is absolutely impossible to ask her to wash the dishes by herself. What she hates most is washing dishes and clothes.
But isn't there a dishwasher in the space? It's a waste not to use it, so of course we can use it as conveniently as possible.
It was raining and Jianshu didn't want to go out. He remembered that there was still a lot of things that he hadn't packed, so he went into the second bedroom.
There was a lot of stuff placed against the wall. I opened a few bags at random and saw that they were basically some food and vegetables, which were brought by the guests who came to eat in the past two days.
Most of them were coarse grains and vegetables grown at home, as well as some cornmeal. After taking a look, Jianshu put them all into the kitchen. The family was not short of these things, but this action made people feel comfortable.
These days, no one has enough food, so it doesn't make sense to come to someone's house and eat and drink for free. Even if you bring a few green onions, that's a gesture of appreciation, isn't it?
The most valuable of these things are the few bottles of canned yellow peaches that Han Jingshan brought. As an unmarried man, he certainly would not prepare these things in the dormitory. If he really prepared them, he might not be able to keep them. I think he must have bought them specifically from the supply and marketing cooperative.
Jianshu also stuffed the things into the cabinet and took out a notebook to write them down one by one.
These are all favors, and they must be repaid in the future. How much is repaid depends on the book and the relationship between you.
She would never do something like giving someone a piece of green onion and then giving them two bags of candy in return. Although her family was well off, it was not the right thing to do to show off her wealth.
If you really do this, people might laugh at you behind your back for being so generous.
After recording the accounts one by one, Jianshu closed the pen cap and went to the kitchen again to take inventory of the grain and oil supplies stored in the house.
There were still 20 kilograms of rice and 30 kilograms of flour left. She liked to eat rice, and Gu Mingjing followed her habit, so the rice consumption was higher.
There are ten pounds of cornmeal, and about twenty pounds of soybeans, sorghum, millet, etc. I cooked most of the sweet potatoes the day before yesterday, and there are not many left.
The meat I brought back earlier was also eaten, leaving only a dozen eggs and the pig's trotters and offal that I bought yesterday but didn't eat.
All the vegetables picked from next door were eaten up, with nothing left. Although the vegetables just counted were not too many, they were enough for the two of them to eat for two days.
After taking a walk around the kitchen, Jianshu had an idea.
It's not bad, the consumption of supplies is not that large, but it's normal. These days, it's not popular to entertain guests with big fish and meat, and there are rarely white flour buns and rice. The majority of the consumption is vegetables and coarse grains.
They can eat as much vegetables as they want for 2.5 yuan a month. They don't eat whole grains often. At most, they cook some rice porridge or sweet potato porridge, and occasionally have some pancakes to change the taste.
I have to say that entertaining guests is much more simple these days.
Well, let’s have scrambled eggs with tomatoes for lunch, and then make it into a rice bowl. The soup mixed with rice is simply amazing.
Save the pig's trotters for tomorrow and make them into braised pig's trotters. You can also chop them up and make them into pig's trotter rice or roujiamo.
I'd better wait a few days before going out. Going to the city is really too uncomfortable. If all else fails, I can get up early and go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy meat. At worst, I can catch up on some sleep when I get back.
After convincing himself in his heart, Jianshu walked into the study with a cup of milk tea, picked up a book from the bookshelf, sat on the recliner under the window, and listened quietly to the sound of rain outside the window.
But not long after, he began to feel sleepy. After yawning, Jianshu, who didn't want to move, thought about it and a blanket appeared in his hand.
He unfolded it and covered himself with it, then snuggled into the blanket. Soon he fell into a deep sleep listening to the sound of rain.
Such nice weather, perfect for sleeping.
I slept until almost noon, and the drizzle outside had stopped without me noticing.
Jianshu put the blanket back into the space, stretched, and walked out of the study.
I first went to the backyard to check on the seedlings I had just planted yesterday. After confirming that they were not hurt by the rain and were more energetic, I felt relieved.
Estimating the time when Gu Mingjing would return, Jianshu boiled water to cook rice. After draining the rice and steaming it, he started cooking.
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