Dressed as a farmer group pet

Chapter 236 Chapter 236
Uncle Liu came back soon, and helped dig bamboo shoots together, and he also heard about the children just now.

Uncle Liu didn't say much, he just said that there is no shortage of stuttering at home, and there is no need to compete with other people, and he will go and have a look after they leave.

About an hour or so, just when Xiaomi felt that digging bamboo shoots was a bit boring, Qixi came to him.

After all, Qixi and Aunt Yang's main job was to take care of Uncle Liu. They didn't go back for a long time, and they ran up the mountain again, so they felt a little worried.

Just in time, Xiaomi handed over the bamboo shoots on the ground to Qixi, and then happily ran to dig wild onions.

The three of them worked all afternoon, digging a lot of open space in their own house. Except for some young seedlings that hadn't grown up, they scooped up all the wild onions that could be eaten.

In addition to wild onions, there are tender dandelions, bitter hemp vegetables, plantains and other wild vegetables.

But the most tiring one was Qixi, who carried the bamboo shoots home three times and wild vegetables twice.

But then, it's all about working together.

There are too many wild onions, and I can't finish eating them in a while, so I cut off the cleaned wild onions separately.

The wild onion is a round lump with about an inch of white onion, cleaned and drained, and then pickled with salt.

Marinate for a day, pour out the marinated water, then mix the wild onion with chili powder and a small amount of spices, and continue to marinate.

In about ten days, the wild onions can be marinated, and the taste is not bad, it is a very good pickle.

As for the remaining wild vegetables, they were naturally cleaned up, and those who could be eaten were eaten, and the ones that could not be eaten were fed to chickens and rabbits.

In the evening, apart from a big pot of snake soup, there are all kinds of wild vegetables on the table.

The dandelion and bitter hemp vegetables are boiled and served cold, and then the wild onions and bamboo shoots are fried with vegetables. The quantity is still small and the portion is large.

There were too many wild vegetables and bamboo shoots. Everyone did it all at night, but they couldn't clean it up. We had to save it until the next day.

Early the next morning, Xiaomi took the job of driving the ducks and drove them all to a pond near the village.

When she was in a coma before, Xiaoxue was doing all this. Now that Xiaomi is awake, and has been 'deprived' of the right to go up the mountain alone, she can only compete for the work that allows her to go out for a walk at home.

The pond is not privately owned, anyone can raise ducks and geese, and it is true that not only their family has ducks and geese in the village.

The water in the pond is also running water, but it will not flow to other places.

But the pool next to them flows all the way to the entire village. Except for water for eating and drinking, watering the ground and washing clothes, etc., almost the whole village uses this water source.

This is the news they already knew on the second day after they moved here.

So on weekdays, the Jiang family will also cherish this water source.

As soon as he came back, he saw the second sister was preparing to go out with dirty clothes, and Xiaomi hurriedly followed.

The clothes are only their own, other people's clothes are washed by themselves, even Liu Ze is no exception.

When the four boys come back every afternoon, the first thing they do is to wash the clothes they changed the day before.

In the entire Jiang family, Uncle Liu was probably the only one who didn't need to wash clothes.

In the entire Xiangmu Village, it is estimated that there is only their family, and everyone washes their own clothes every day.

Especially every afternoon, you can definitely see four boys squatting in a row by the pool, washing clothes numbly.

Xiaomi secretly asked, in fact, when Liu Ze was at his home, he didn't know how to do these rough jobs at all, that is, when he came to their home, he did as the Romans did.

Of course, he could actually let Qixi Aunt Yang do the washing up, and the two of them originally planned to do so, but Liu Ze just didn't!

But these, Xiaomi just asked casually, and didn't pay much attention to it.

As for what Liu Ze wanted to do, she didn't care.

After washing the clothes, the sun came out. The recent weather is very hot when it is hot, but it is also very cold when it cools down.

After washing the clothes and feeding the chickens and pigs, Xiaomi wanted to help, but was arranged by Xiaoxue to continue shelling the bamboo shoots.

Fortunately, Xiao Hei was with her, so that she would not be too bored.

Xiao Hei's stomach is already very big, and he hardly goes out recently, at most he just takes a walk in the yard.

It probably knows that it will be produced in a few days, so it also knows to be careful.

Xiao Hei's kennel was also rearranged. The original thatched mat was wrapped upside down with old clothes, and Er Niang sewed it up.

In this way, when the puppy makes a sound, there is no need to worry about it being too tight.

The kennel is still in the firewood house, which can keep out the wind and rain, and the windows are open for ventilation. In order to facilitate Xiao Hei's entry and exit, the door is blocked and opened twelve hours a day.

But right now, Xiao Hei was lying next to Xiaomi, licking his hair, listening to Xiaomi muttering that he couldn't go up the mountain.

"I still want to go up the mountain to play." Uncle Liu's voice came from behind.

Xiaomi turned around in surprise: "Grandpa Liu, you're back."

Uncle Liu took a small stool in his hand and placed it opposite Xiaomi, and peeled the bamboo shoot shells with him.

"I guessed that you would be bored, so I walked around and came back to talk with you." Uncle Liu laughed: "By the way, where is your sister? Are you still feeding the chickens?"

As long as it doesn't rain, Uncle Liu will definitely go around the village after breakfast, sometimes helping with the work at hand, and sometimes chatting with the villagers.

Uncle Liu has always been in this habit since he was in Fu'an Village.

"That's right, they also said that I'm not in good health, so I'm not allowed to help." She pouted as she spoke, "What, I'm obviously as strong as a cow, why is my health not good!"

Uncle Liu was directly amused by Xiaomi's words: "What do girls say about being as strong as a cow, your mother heard it, and she will talk about you again."

Erniang still wants Xiaomi to be a little bit more ladylike, but obviously, it doesn't help much, and it's basically equivalent to giving up now, but when she hears such words, she will definitely say a few words about her.

Xiaomi shrugged her shoulders, noncommittal, she is not as fragile as her parents thought, it's just this matter, and there is no way to explain it.

Uncle Liu saw it, shook his head with a smile, and explained: "You, last time your parents were frightened. I don't think you will be allowed to go out alone in a while."

Xiaomi let out a long sigh, his face full of depression.

Looking at the appearance of that little adult, Uncle Liu didn't know what to say.

As an elder, he also felt that Jiang Hu Erniang and his wife's worries were completely correct.

After all, Xiaomi is still young, she is still a girl, how can a girl run around all day long.

It's just that Xiaomi has always been different from ordinary girls, so she didn't feel bad before, but this time she suddenly fainted, which made everyone suddenly understand.

Fortunately, the place where I fainted was on a mountain, and there was no one around.

If in any other place, a girl, or such a lovely girl, suddenly fainted, it would be too easy to be in danger.

But also because Xiaomi is still young, some things are hard to explain too much, which can only reduce her chances of going out, especially going out alone.

However, Xiaomi seldom felt this depressed. When he was depressed, Uncle Liu couldn't bear it when he saw it.

He said: "By the way, Xiaomi, your sister may go to the town to learn embroidery in a few days. If you are bored, you can go to learn together. There are many girls around your age in the embroidery workshop."

Embroidery is a way for many girls to make money, so the embroidery workshop is also very strict in accepting apprentices.

With Xiaoxue's strength, there is no need to worry at all.

But Xiaomi, although he doesn't know how to embroider, it's not difficult for the housekeeper to talk to the steward of the embroidery workshop and let Xiaomi go in to pass the time.

After hearing this, Xiaomi shook his head again and again: "Don't worry, I'm not a material for embroidery. Rather than embroidering, I might as well go to the martial arts school."

When I arrived at the county seat, I realized that there was a martial arts gym.

But this doesn't have any internal strength or anything, it should be boxing skills, and there are escorts and other places.

I had never heard of these in Fu'an Village before.

Uncle Liu shook his head: "How can a girl go to a martial arts gym?"

This, even if Xiaomi wants to go, he can't do it. The martial arts gym is full of men, so there is no way to send girls to that kind of place.

Xiaomi shrugged, neither surprised nor disappointed.

However, an idea popped up suddenly.

If I remember correctly, there seem to be some books on grappling and fighting in the space, right?
Why don't you do some research?
As soon as this thought came up, she couldn't help it immediately, if Grandpa Liu was not still there, if it wasn't for the bamboo shoots that hadn't been cleaned up, she would have wished to take out those books and study them!
Uncle Liu gave Xiaomi a strange look, how could this child change his face so quickly.

You were depressed just now, why are you suddenly excited now?

Could it be that he was sick again?
Uncle Liu was thinking, how about telling Jiang Hu to take the child to the clinic tomorrow?
Fortunately, Xiaomi didn't know what Uncle Liu was thinking.

After Xiaoxue finished her housework, she came over to clean up together. There were too many bamboo shoots dug yesterday. If she didn't deal with them quickly, they would be broken or grow old.

The bamboo shoots that have been peeled off the shells are thrown directly into the salt water aside to soak, so as to avoid discoloration.

After shelling a lot of bamboo shoots, there are also two big pots.

Wash the bamboo shoots once, and then cook them directly. When cooking, add a little salt to get rid of the astringent taste of bamboo shoots.

Boil in cold water, and cook for a while, then you can pick it up.

Leave some food for lunch, soak them in cold water, pass all the rest in cold water, then tear them into strips, and put them in the sun with a dustpan.

The boiled bamboo shoots can retain the nutritional value to the greatest extent.

Of course, everyone doesn’t know about nutrition, but after drying, boiled bamboo shoots have a better color and taste better when eaten. Everyone knows this.

It just rained a few days ago, and judging by the weather in the past two days, it is estimated that it will be sunny for a few days, which is just right for drying bamboo shoots. After all, at noon, under the sun, the temperature is still quite high.

"Second sister, shall we go to the mountain again this afternoon?"

While spreading the torn bamboo shoots on the dustpan, Xiaomi wanted to run away again.

Thinking that the second sister is going to the embroidery workshop soon, and I don't have time to accompany her up the mountain, I can't wait to go up the mountain to have fun now!
Xiaoxue thought of it all at once: "Do you want to visit the place they mentioned yesterday?"

"Yeah." Xiaomi nodded again and again: "Let's just go and have a look. If there are bamboo shoots, we will dig less and save them for others."

Look at those children yesterday, they are very protective of the bamboo shoots. They are newcomers, so there is no need to argue with the locals.

After all, a strong dragon can't overwhelm a local snake. Although other people are not considered local snakes, it is best not to have unnecessary troubles.

"Okay, but we have to eat lunch before going. Parents and the others should be back in a while."

Xiaomi glanced at the shadow under his feet, well, another half day has passed.

This time is really useless.

After Uncle Liu helped peel the bamboo shoots, he went out again, leaving only the two sisters at home, cooking together at the moment.

What surprised everyone was that Xiaomi had never learned how to cook, but his cooking skills were surprisingly good, so cooking with Xiaoxue was not stressful at all.

At noon, the four of Jiang Yu and the others ate in the school, so good meat and vegetables were usually reserved for cooking at night.

It’s also busy with the farming season, so I also cook some meat dishes at noon, but it’s limited to stir-fried small meat or something, and most of the time I eat boiled meat that I bought.

While Xiaomi was packing up the dishes, Xiaoxue brought a cured pig's foot over, and while cooking the rice, she also burned the cured pig's foot.

The skin of bacon is very hard, and if it is cooked directly, it is generally not cooked through.

But after being burned once, the skin of the bacon will become soft, and it will taste chewy and chewy without any fishy smell.

When the pig's knuckle is burnt, scrape off the scorched black grease with a porcelain tile, clean it, and soak it in clean water.

When Dad comes back at noon, he will use an ax to chop the pig's feet into small pieces, and then continue to wash and soak them.

After all, it is bacon, which has a strong salty taste. Soak it for an afternoon and eat it directly at night without adding salt. The taste is very suitable.

It just so happens that there are still a lot of fresh bamboo shoots left today. This can also be used to stew pork knuckles. You don’t need to add any seasonings. Just throw the bamboo shoots in when the pig knuckles are almost cooked.

The aroma of bacon mixed with the fragrance of bamboo shoots, not to mention how delicious it is.

The two sisters were busy in an orderly manner, and the food for the whole family was unambiguous at all. When the people from the field came back, the food was just out of the pot.

Aunt Yang and Qixi also cooked the rice together, but instead of eating with them, they scooped up their own food and took it to the courtyard outside.

But even if they are not at the same table, the food is the same. If they want to eat some pickles and kimchi, they also have them in their own house. They are all made by Erniang before and brought from Fu'an Village.

During the meal, Xiaomi asked the second sister about going to the embroidery workshop. Only then did Xiaoxue know that there was such a thing, and she even hesitated.

Because if she left, there would be no one to play with Xiaomi.

Afraid that she would refuse, Xiaomi repeatedly said that he had already found something to pass the time, and told her not to worry about herself.

As for what it is, I will keep it secret for the time being. Anyway, judging from Xiaomi's mysterious and extremely excited appearance, it should be true.

However, this is all after the second sister goes to the embroidery workshop. Now, it's more important to go up the mountain!

(End of this chapter)