Portable Space: Small Peasant Girls Farm to Get Rich

Prepare dry food
Old man Niu had to go to the town every day to help Liu Qingcao deliver stewed vegetables and buy ingredients, so she saved a lot of time to do other things.

In the seedling field, Liu Qingcao spends an hour every day to irrigate the field, and it is the same today, except that when I went today, I met the Yangtze River in the village.

He walked back and forth by the seedling field, sometimes looking down at the seedlings, and sometimes looking up at the sun.

Seeing that he didn't leave this time, Liu Qingcao took the initiative to say hello.

"Hello, Village Chief Jiang!"

Jiang Dahe looked at her, gave a soft "hmm", turned around and walked away without stopping.

Liu Qingcao: ...

That's it?finished?
The corner of Liu Qingcao's mouth twitched unsightly, and he yelled again, unexpectedly, he walked faster.

Seeing Jiang Dahe leaving in a hurry, Liu Qingcao let out a chuckle.

"This is social terror? The village head is like this, how will she convince the villagers next?"

Liu Qingcao shook her head and continued to scoop water into the field, forgetting about it.

The paddy field was filled with water, Liu Qingcao returned to the yard, and opened the cellar in the tile-roofed house for ventilation.

Liu Qingcao asked Liu Kaifu to dig this cellar. It is very large and deep. The bottom layer is used inside, and a thick layer of charcoal is laid on it to prevent moisture. A layer of charcoal, and two layers of fired clay bricks on the outermost surface.

In Liu Kaifu's opinion, this kind of paving method is extremely moisture-proof, water-proof and insect-proof.

Liu Qingcao didn't deny that, here, she was going to store things, so naturally she couldn't simply get rid of them.

The cellar was opened, and it was empty, with nothing in it. After a few days, when the money came in hand, she would slowly add things to it.

In the tile house, a big piece needs to be added. This will be where she will live in the future. Liu Jiangbei will not live with her for the time being. When the bricks and tiles are fired later, another room will be built, and Liu Jiangbei will live in it.

The main reason was that she was going to send Liu Jiangbei to school, and he didn't live in the tile house for long, so he might as well live there first.

"Well, put a bed here, a wardrobe, a shoe rack, and a clothes hanger over there. The dressing table is also needed. I don't need to do the rest first, so I need to save some money."

Liu Qingcao looked around and went through the furnishings of her room in her mind.

There are still about 36 taels of silver on her body, and it costs four taels to buy a few sturdy and useful furniture. She still has more than thirty taels, thirty taels, and she is considered a rich woman, in comparison with the village.

With confidence in mind, Liu Qingcao decided to go to the town in the afternoon. There were no carpenters in the village. If she wanted to make furniture, she had to go to other places. She didn't know anyone in other villages, so the fastest way was to go to the town to inquire.

Fumbling here and there in the courtyard, it was time to cook lunch after a while, Liu Qingcao went to the firewood room and took out a knife of meat, threw it into a clay pot to cook, then turned around and went to the rice tank to wash a bowl and a half of rice Finally, put it in an iron pot, caught Liu Jiangbei who was reading and writing, watched the fire, and went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables by himself.

In the vegetable garden, the small green vegetables are getting bigger every day, and they have been picked twice, and there are no fewer.

It is quite difficult to wrap the cabbage at such a temperature, but Liu Qingcao also wants to try wrapping the cabbage. When six or seven leaves came out, she tied the cabbage leaves with straw , trying to wrap them like this.

If this is the case, she can't take care of it. She thinks it's okay to eat leaves, cabbage moss, and willow grass.

Looking at the vibrant vegetable garden, Liu Qingcao raised the corners of her mouth, waiting for another month or two, every vegetable here will turn into money, which will flow into her pocket.

After watching the vegetable garden, Liu Qingcao pulled a basket of green vegetables and went back to the yard.

When she got home, the old man Niu had come back and was sitting by the water tank in the corner of the yard, washing the pigs in the water.

The rice in the kitchen was not ready yet, Liu Qingcao put the lid on, and turned to wash the green vegetables by the water tank.

"Ge Hongshan asked you to go to the shop tomorrow."

Seeing Liu Qingcao approaching, the old man Niu continued to work with his hands, and said a word to her without raising his head.

Liu Qingcao has long been used to it, and nodded to show that she understands.

In the kitchen, a dish of white meat with garlic paste, a dish of chives and eggs, and a dish of stir-fried green vegetables were quickly cooked in Liu Qingcao's hands.

At the table, the three of them were eating quietly. Suddenly, the old man Niu, who had always been silent, spoke.

"I'm going to the provincial capital tomorrow, and I don't have to cook for these few days."

"!"

Go to the provincial capital?
"Uncle Niu, how long are you going?" Liu Jiangbei looked at the old man Niu with some reluctance in his eyes.

"Five days if it is fast, ten days if it is slow." Old man Niu said quickly without thinking.

After listening, Liu Qingcao nodded without saying anything more.

What I think about is that I have to walk to the town these few days, which is a waste of time, and what kind of dry food should be prepared for the old man Niu.

I thought about what I could do in half a day, jerky!

With the answer in mind, Liu Qingcao ran into the firewood room after eating in two or three bites, and took out two pieces of meat. After washing them, they put them in a basin and marinated them with onions, ginger, salt, wine, and spices, and set them aside later.

After marinating the meat, Liu Qingcao quickly made two bowls of flour, added water and let it ferment.

After about four or ten minutes, Liu Qingcao took out the lean meat, cut it into thin slices with a knife, and placed them neatly on the slate.

The noodles in the basin are also fermented almost. Half of Liu Qingcao is added with salt and half with sugar to make two flavors of bread. This stuff is easier to store than steamed buns, and you can’t buy it. It’s just right for the old man to take it on the road.

One afternoon, Liu Qingcao was in the yard, running back and forth in the kitchen, and it took four hours to finish the work after one meal.

Liu Qingcao packed the things with dried lotus leaves and put them in the bag.

After doing this, seeing that the temperature was not so high, Liu Qingcao took two baskets of firewood ash from the stove hole and went to the vegetable garden.

At this time, there are no pesticides and fertilizers for the crops, and the harvest depends entirely on God.

Liu Qingcao doesn't understand other high-tech things, but she still has a foundation for this down-to-earth knowledge.

Otherwise, her vegetable garden and seedling fields would not be full of vitality.

Liu Qingcao put the basket and load away, put on a homemade mask, picked up a dustpan and inserted it into the basket, dug it twice with her hands to fill it up, and walked to the vegetable field with the dustpan.

The ash is so light that you can hold a dustpan with one hand and sprinkle a handful of ashes on the vegetable field with the other. Every inch of soil and every vegetable leaf is more or less covered with a layer of firewood ash.

Once the load was finished, Liu Qingcao went back with the load and went back and forth several times. The ashes in the kitchen stove were gone, and she cleaned out the ashes in the kiln's firepit.

At the end of the spreading, there was only one corner of the seedling field covered with a thin layer, and there was no firewood ash.

After the ashes were scattered, Liu Qingcao returned to the courtyard with an empty load and began to prepare dinner.

Thinking that the old man Niu would leave tomorrow, Liu Qingcao decided to make a pot of potatoes to eat. He hadn't eaten potatoes for a long time.

She took out five potatoes, four pork ribs, a piece of lean meat weighing one catty, three eggs, and half a bowl of flour from the woodshed.

"Steamed pork ribs with potatoes, crispy meat, and fried lotus root slices are almost the same."

Liu Qingcao looked at these things, muttered something in a low voice, and went to the kitchen with the shiaoji to take care of them.

Today's dinner was cooked early, so naturally he ate early. After eating potatoes for a long time, Liu Jiangbei danced happily.

"Uncle Niu, I have prepared some dry food for you, take it with you on the way."

Liu Qingcao saw the old man eating well, so she told him about the dry food, lest she forget it tomorrow morning.

"Well, thanks." The old man Niu still spoke lightly.

Liu Qingcao stood up, took out the bundle from the house, and put it next to the old man Niu.

The old man Niu looked at a bundle, but didn't ask what was in it. He guessed that there should be meat, because he could smell it.

(End of this chapter)