Everyone accompanied the two back to the educated youth camp to get the ingredients, and then went to the village party committee to make kimchi. Today, they had to rub salt on the cabbage and pickle it, and tomorrow everyone would watch them put it into the pot.
Even though so many people were watching, Cao Xiu and her family didn't go to watch.
Yu You said, "Mom, there's something fishy about this."
Cao Xiu explained, "You can't add raw water to this kimchi after it's been pickled in the jar. It's obvious someone's doing something bad, so just keep an eye on them!"
Qin Zhiheng understood and volunteered, "Mom, leave this to me. The villagers and the educated youth must be present. I guarantee I'll find the person for you."
Cao Xiu was very satisfied with Qin Zhiheng's initiative. A son-in-law is half a son, so he should be used when necessary.
"Okay, you go and arrange this."
A few days later, on a dark and windy night, the villagers were all asleep. In those days, people were so poor that they couldn't even afford to keep a dog. The whole village was silent.
A figure came to the village branch in secret.
The mud wall of the village branch is not very high. There is a lowest point on the side next to the gate, which is about 1.5 meters high.
Yao Zixiong ran up from a distance, jumped, and scratched his hand. The broken tiles pierced his hand with a sharp sound.
He quickly let go of her hand in pain and fell to the ground. He felt his buttocks were broken into eight pieces, and both his hands and buttocks were in excruciating pain.
He was so guilty that he dared not shout out loud, and cursed in his heart which bastard had put a pile of broken tiles on the wall.
He stood up with difficulty, cleared a tile from the wall, ran up again, and jumped.
He climbed up halfway and struggled for a long time before he finally climbed up.
In the darkness, Wang Youqi was trying hard to hold back his laughter: "Brother Qin, you said he is so weak, he can just climb over the wall like a toad, he can even perform acrobatics."
The sound in the darkness was very clear. Qin Zhiheng glared at him and signaled him to shut up.
The other people hiding in the corner also slowed down their movements.
Yao Zixiong sat firmly on the wall and jumped down gracefully.
Puff! My feet sank into the soft mud, sticky and unable to be pulled out. A foul smell of manure came from me.
Wang Youqi couldn't help but give Liu Xiguo a thumbs up. What a good idea!
Yao Zixiong was in despair. Who piled the farm manure here?
I pulled my feet out with great difficulty, endured the stench, and scooped a bucket of water from the water tank in the yard. Then I went to look for the pickle jar.
He remembered that after making kimchi the day before yesterday, everyone put it at the east wall.
As long as water is added to the two jars of pickles made by Liu Man and Wu Zhenxing, the matter will be settled.
There were indeed two jars of pickles at the east wall. When they were opened, they were pitch black and nothing could be seen. Yao Zixiong added half a bucket of water to each jar.
Seven or eight people rushed out from the dark corners of the yard, the house, and even from the side of the gate.
Qin Zhiheng, Wang Youqi, Liu Xiguo, Wu Zhenxing, and four other strong men from the village surrounded him and beat him up without a word.
When the truth came to light, Yao Zixiong was practically isolated from the entire village. The children in the village would spit at him, and the educated youth also tried to stay as far away from him as possible.
Yao Zixiong also had to compensate the educated youth for their losses. A head of kimchi sold for an average of 40 cents, so the compensation to the other six people at the educated youth camp was 2.4 yuan.
Yao Zixiong didn’t have any, so he could only wait until next year when the grain was distributed to compensate him with grain or cabbage.
After dealing with Yao Zixiong, Yu Weimin took Cao Xiu and Yu You to the city. He left the others alone because his family had to move things out again.
In space.
Cao Xiu was unpacking the bags, planning to take out two pounds of pork belly, two pounds of beef tenderloin, three steaks, and three squabs.
She even took the meat off the lamb skewers.
Yu You and his father were huddled on the sofa eating cantaloupe.
Yu You ate with regret: "The varieties of our pears, apples, and melons are too good. If we take them out, they will probably be exposed."
"Next spring, Dad will graft a few fruit trees around the yard for you, and you can keep all the fruits for yourself to eat."
"That's fine, Dad, why don't you lead us to plant an orchard? When the flowers bloom in the spring, the mountain village orchard will be so beautiful."
Yu You dreamed of having his own orchard in modern times, not for the fruits, but for the dreamlike beauty of the flowers in bloom.
Over there, Cao Xiu put all the meat into the backpack, and also put in five pounds of flour, five pounds of rice, and thirty eggs.
Then he said, "These seasonings are not complete enough for braised meat. I'll take some with me, and then we can go to the pharmacy to buy some Chinese medicine."
"Mom, we've been spending a lot lately. Do we have enough money?"
"I've made some money selling vegetables recently, and I still have over seventy dollars. Let's see if there's anything we can buy without tickets and buy some."
There's no way. They are used to having abundant supplies in modern times, but when they come here, they lack everything.
Moreover, their bodies have been lacking nutrition for a long time, so they have a strong craving for meat and eggs.
He seems to be a bit extravagant when spending money.
Yu Weimin joked, "Spend! Look at me, this spendthrift daughter-in-law, this spendthrift daughter. Spend as much as you can, and then we can earn more!"
Cao Xiu laughed and said, "You talk as if you have a lot of money, but we are still sleeping in a precarious thatched hut."
Yu Weimin assured: "Don't worry, you will definitely live in a new house next year."
The three of them joked with each other for a few words before leaving the space and heading straight for the pharmacy.
In those days, pharmacies were all nationalized, and you could get medicine for free with a prescription. But if you bought it yourself, you had to pay.
Cao Xiu asked for one or two ounces each of star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, cardamom, angelica dahurica, cloves, white cardamom, cumin, tangerine peel, and licorice.
These things can be kept for later use.
After buying the spices, they simply went around the places selling things in the city.
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