Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 20 Dumplings
There are many people and strength, and it didn't take long for Chen and the others to make the dumplings.Wen Han hurried to grab the firewood, filled the pot with water, and turned it on.When the water in the pot boiled, the dumplings here were almost done. Xue Shi and Zhu Shi each carried a curtain of dumplings and came to the kitchen.Xue poured the dumplings into the pot and stirred them with a spoon to prevent the dumplings from touching each other.

There were so many people today, they made four-covered dumplings. Of course, one pot couldn't be boiled, so they divided them into two pots.The first pot of dumplings was cooked, Xue took the strainer and put the dumplings on the plate, then Jinghan and the others hurriedly put them on the table.When the first pot was filled, the pot was covered again, and the other two lids were poured in after the water in the pot boiled again.After a while, the second pot was ready, and this time I couldn't fish it into the plate again, because there are not so many plates in the house.Fish the dumplings directly onto the curtain, and then put a wooden stick on one end of the curtain, so that the water can flow down the ditch of the curtain.

Everyone sat at the table, and Wen Cheng brought out smashed garlic with some clear sauce in it.Anyone who likes to eat can get some in a small plate and eat with dumplings.

"Mom, the dumplings made with mustard tassels are really delicious and fragrant." Zhiming said while eating.

"That's right, my mother's skill in making stuffing is unmatched by ordinary people. It's so delicious, dad, you should eat more." Zhide also ate very deliciously, and he didn't forget the old man while eating.

Children love to eat it even more. If it is not a festival, where can they eat dumplings?There are not many times a year that you can eat dumplings.Fortunately, the children's upbringing is not bad, and their eating habits are fairly civilized, and there is no rush to eat.

Seeing the children's appearance, Mrs. Chen felt that her eyes were not very strong, "Eat slowly, there are still some in the kitchen." The life at home is so bad that the children can't even eat dumplings often.

Jinghan was eating delicious dumplings, but she was thinking how to earn some money?She thought she could always eat such delicious dumplings.Alas, I still don't have a clue, what era is this, even ginseng is grown in large quantities, otherwise I can make some articles on it.Jinghan racked her brains to think, but there was still no good way.

After lunch, the children helped clear the table, and then patted their bellies one by one, and went back to the house to rest.Seeing the children's appearance, Mrs. Chen couldn't help crying. "Don't lie down, it's not good to lie down after eating too much, go out for a walk to digest food."

"Grandma, just let us lie down for a while, there aren't too many opportunities like this." Jinghan said lazily, rubbing her stomach.Rarely, who would go out for a walk when he was full of food? Lying on the kang is comfortable.Although Jinghan also knew that it was not good for her health, she just didn't want to move.

Mrs. Chen shook her head helplessly, "It's up to you, don't sleep yet, and be careful about eating. I don't have anything to do in the afternoon, so get up later." After finishing speaking, she went out.

Jing Wan and Jing Xian went to discuss with their parents to stay at home for a few more days.Zhiming looked at his two daughters, they didn't have any playmates in the county town, and it was rare for them to come back, so it would be better to stay for a few more days. "Okay, it's okay to stay for a few days, but you have to listen to grandma and help auntie with work, you know?"

After hearing this, Jing Wan nodded quickly, "Don't worry, Daddy, we will be obedient and never be lazy."

"Okay, then Daddy agrees, stay at home for a while, and Daddy will pick you up then." Zhiming smiled and watched the two daughters go out happily.

Jing Wan and Jing Xian ran to Jing Han's house, "Sister, my father agreed to let us live at home for a while." Both of them were very happy.

Jinghan took out a pillow and a small quilt, "You two, hurry up, let's get some sleep. Today is the holiday, and I have nothing to do, so take a rest." Then she looked at Jingya, who took time to embroider. "Sister, don't play with needles and threads, your eyes will be tired after doing it all day long. You've been tired enough these days, why don't you go to sleep quickly?"

Jingya put the needle and thread away, and then, together with her three younger sisters, they all lay on the kang, covered with small quilts.After a while, I fell asleep.

Zhide and Zhiming were about to leave, and Mrs. Chen knew she couldn't keep them, so she didn't stop them and brought some food for their family.Just as in the past, Mrs. Zhu took whatever it was, while Mrs. Han picked some good ones and took them away, leaving the rest at home.

"Mother, Jingwan and the others will stay at home for a while, let them do whatever work they have, don't be used to it. Children, you should do more work. After a while, let Zhiming pick them up." Mrs. Zhu Talk to Mrs. Chen before leaving.

"Okay, if you want to leave, hurry up, or you will have to catch up. The carriage can't just wait for you, and they will leave if you go late." Chen quickly sent the third son and third wife away, afraid that they would Can't catch up with someone else's carriage.

The third couple walked away with a few steps back, and the fourth family also left.Han didn't say anything, she led her son and hugged the girl, and just walked forward.Chen Shi looked at their backs, and felt a little sad in her heart. Every time her sons came back and wanted to leave, she felt sad for a while.I remembered that there was still a pot of sticks that hadn't been steamed, so I hurried to work on ginseng.

Jinghan and the others slept for an hour before getting up, it was already the end of the hour.Jinghan hurriedly went out to have a look, only to find that Mrs. Chen had already steamed the ginseng. "Grandma, this is the last pot, right?"

Mrs. Chen steamed the ginseng, nothing happened, just watched the fire at the bottom of the pot. "Are you awake? Is your stomach still full at the moment?" She was afraid that the children would feel uncomfortable again.

"It's okay, does grandma have any work for me to do?" Jinghan touched her belly and found that it was deflated.

"There's nothing to do, the ginseng has been put into the pot. You can take Jingwan and sisters out to play for a while, and let's have mooncakes at night." Chen looked at her granddaughter, feeling sorry for them being exhausted these days.

"Hey, I got it." Jing Han ran back into the house, pulled Jing Wan and Jing Xian out together.At this time, there are still many good things in the forest, but it is getting late, so I can't go up the mountain today.Jinghan led the two younger sisters and went to the Lin family.

Once in the hospital.Jinghan shouted, "Yumei, are you home?"

Yumei came out of the house, "Jinghan, why are you free to come to me today? Shouldn't you go up the mountain at this time?" After finishing speaking, she remembered that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, "Oh, I forgot , It’s the holidays today, of course I’m not busy. Come on, sit in the room, let’s play Galaha together.” This Galaha is the girls’ favorite.

Jingxian is a little young and doesn't know how to play Galaha, so she just watched from the sidelines, and then Jinghan, Yumei, and Jing Wan played Galaha together.The three girls had a great time, and it was getting dark in a blink of an eye, so Jinghan took the two younger sisters home.

In the evening, the family naturally fried a few dishes with some meat in them.After everyone had dinner, Mrs. Chen set up a table in the yard with some moon cakes and tea on it.Everyone sat on the stool, watching a bright moon, chatting there.

What everyone is talking about is the harvest. This year's ginseng is growing well, and the crops are also very good.The more the old man talked, the happier he was, "Zhixin, we are going to plant [-] feet of sticks this year. This year's ginseng seeds are growing well, and we will leave [-] feet of soil for seeding. If we can grow like this year every year, with such a high yield Enough."

On Chen's side, she was just muttering about how Zhixiang's exam was going.Mrs. Xue counted the days aside, "Mother, my fifth brother should have finished the exam today, and the results will be released in a few days. At that time, my fifth brother should be back." Zhixiang had mentioned the date of the exam before, Xue Shi remembers clearly. "It would be great if the fifth younger brother can pass the exam, then it's a juren. Even if he doesn't go to the exam, he can be a small official or something. It would be even better if he can participate in next year's Chunwei Middle School. "

"How can it be that easy? Our Xu family hasn't passed the Juren examination yet. It would be great if the fifth child can pass the Juren examination. How dare you think about Jinshi? Even Juren is also the blessing of Xu's ancestors." " After hearing what Xue said, Mrs. Chen was also happy.

The Jinghan sisters sat there looking at the moon for a while, and felt that it was meaningless.It happened that Mrs. Chen distributed a piece of mooncakes on the table to each child, and everyone took the mooncakes and ate them.It was the first time Jinghan ate ancient mooncakes, and felt that they were thinner than the later ones and had fillings inside. They didn't taste that sweet, but they were still quite delicious.

The children ate the mooncakes, and then they were a little too sleepy, and they all went to bed in the house.When the adults saw this, they all got up and went back to the house. "Okay, let's all go to sleep, there's still a lot of work to do tomorrow." Chen Shi said, and entered the room with the old man.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the ginseng had been steamed and dried outside, and there was no work at home for the time being, so Xue and Zhixin went up the mountain with the children.With the participation of adults, everyone can go farther.The pine cones in the distance have not been picked up yet, Zhixin and Wenhan climbed the tree, and the rest of Wencheng and Wenchang Wenxuan picked up the pine cones below.And Mrs. Xue led Jinghan and the other sisters to pick schisandra.

This schisandra is a kind of vine, which is wrapped around other trees.The fruit of schisandra is a kind of medicinal material, which is red in clusters when ripe.Xue Shi and the others came to a forest, where there are more schisandra.You can see the small red fruit on the tree from a distance, everyone is very happy, and hurried forward to pick it.Some trees are taller. At this time, Jinghan's ability is revealed. She climbs to the high place and picks the schisandra from the top.

"Jinghan, you have to be careful up there, that tree is not too thick." Xue stood on the ground, looking up at her daughter.This Jinghan is really a tomboy.

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