Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 31 Bean Sprouts
It started to snow again outside, and the snowflakes were flying all over the sky, covering the whole land.After the snow fell, Jinghan had no chance to go up the mountain again, so naturally she could only stay at home.Under Jingya's attention, Jinghan picked up the needle and thread again, and began to learn how to sew and mend.At the beginning of learning, Xue naturally didn't expect her to learn anything, but just took some old clothes for her to learn how to mend.Jinghan held the needle and sewed it stitch by stitch, but it looked a little bit decent.

Jingya took the time to look up at Jinghan, and saw that the patch she made was quite satisfactory, although the stitches were a little out of order, but it was okay, "Isn't this very good? You are not stupid, but impatient. Take your time." After a while, I will teach you how to sew socks and insoles, learn bit by bit, as long as you persevere, you will be no worse than me."

Jing Han nodded, she had a very bad temper, if she competed with something, she would not be able to figure it out, and it was fine now, so naturally she competed with needle and thread. "Sister, I know, but I still don't believe it. Can such a needlework still stump me?"

Jingya smiled, then lowered her head to embroider.Jing Han just sewed the patch there, and the two of them did their own thing without disturbing each other.It happened that Mrs. Xue came in with a dustpan in his hand, and there were some soybeans in the dustpan. "Hey, don't tell me, our Jinghan's needlework is still good. After practicing it, it should be good." When learning needlework, some people are straight from the beginning, while others are crooked.Jinghan is okay, at least the stitches are straight.

Jing Han saw that her mother had brought in so many beans, and asked, "Mom, what are you going to do?"

"Grow some bean sprouts. The sauerkraut hasn't been marinated yet, and I'm tired of eating cabbage and potatoes all day long. Let's make some bean sprouts for a change." Mrs. Xue cooks very carefully, and cooks in different ways every time.Unlike some women, the cabbage is stewed in a big pot at once, and the next meal is eaten.

When Jing Han heard this, her eyes widened, "Mom, you know how to grow bean sprouts? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Fortunately, she was still thinking about what to do to earn money every day, so as not to spend a little money at home in winter. No.

"What's there to say, your grandma can do it, she taught me. Your grandma can also grow mung bean sprouts, which are white and tender, but juicy." Looking at her daughter, Xue felt that this girl must be I couldn't go up the mountain, so I made a fuss at home.

"Mom, let me ask you, is there anyone in town who sells these bean sprouts?" If someone already sells bean sprouts, then they can't get them. After all, people don't often buy vegetables at this time.

"I really haven't seen this before, maybe I don't have it? Every household has vegetables, who would buy this thing? That is, I want to give you something different, so I can get some." Xue shook her head to express her disapproval. too clear.People at this time still have a strong sense of small farmers, and they are generally self-sufficient, and they only buy things that they don’t have at home.In the same way, most people would not think of selling anything. Most of the things are kept at home for food, or for favors.

"Mom, let's go to the town tomorrow to see if it's okay. I want to know if anyone sells these bean sprouts. If no one sells them, let's sell some in the town. We don't want to make a lot of money. Anyway, we are idle in winter." .It would be nice to have some meat instead.” After all, I still want to eat.

After hearing this, Mrs. Xue didn't object. What her daughter said was right, she didn't mean to make a lot of money, if she could earn some pocket money, it would be fine to exchange for some delicious food. "Sure, let's go and have a look tomorrow. If there's nothing for sale, let's try to get some less. If it's really easy to sell, Mom will buy meat for you to eat." This girl Jinghan just has a heart for eating. son.Mrs. Xue took a clean curtain from the wall and went out. It was for picking beans.

As soon as Jinghan heard that bean sprouts were going to be born, hairs began to grow in her heart, shaking left and right.Seeing her like this, Jingya straightened her face, "You finish all these needlework carefully, or you won't even think about going to the town." When Jinghan heard this, she sat down quickly and continued to sew the patch in her hand.

Early the next morning, Jinghan followed her mother to the town, went around the market, but did not see any bean sprouts, but some cabbage and potatoes.People in the town generally want to buy vegetables to eat, and some people also have a small garden, but the vegetables grown are simply not enough to eat.Jinghan saw it, but she gained a lot of confidence in selling bean sprouts.

After returning home, Jinghan asked her mother to make beans.Mrs. Xue picked out some soybeans yesterday, and picked some more today, then found a big basin, added some warm water to soak the beans.The water for raw soybean sprouts should not be too hot, otherwise the beans will rot.

Jinghan has some understanding of this bean sprouts. In her previous life, many people would give birth to bean sprouts to sell in winter.At that time, her grandma would also make some, and Jinghan often helped, so she was familiar with it.Looking at Chen's skillful soaking of beans, he knew that there should be no problem.

It takes seven days for the bean sprouts to grow well, so even though Jinghan really wants to know if the bean sprouts can be sold, she has to wait patiently.Jingya still stares at Jinghan doing needlework every day, and Jinghan also understands that this is a must-have for a woman, so she doesn't reject it, and calms down every day to learn needlework.

Winter in Northeast China is longer and colder.Fortunately, the house is full of kangs, and the kangs are so hot that they don't feel too cold.When it is too cold, there is still a fire wall to burn, so that the room will be much warmer.However, relatively, firewood will also be used a lot.These days Zhixin went up to the mountains every day to collect firewood. To collect firewood is a way of saying here. In fact, he went to the forest to find those dead trees, brought them down and brought them home.Good trees are generally not allowed to be felled. This is a customary rule, and no one needs to be deliberately supervised.Zhixin sometimes picks up some tree roots. These roots are stronger and more resistant to burning when used to burn the stove.The old man is also a restless person, he follows Zhixin to the mountains all day long, and the two of them take care of each other.

Apart from growing bean sprouts, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Xue naturally have a lot of work to do. There are two pigs raised in the family, and they are about the same size now.These days, Mrs. Chen mixes the bean hair and bean pod skin with ground acorns and feeds the pigs. It's easy to sell before the Chinese New Year.

In addition, Huixin's wedding date has already been set, and all kinds of dowry should be prepared.Fortunately, in the past few years, the Chen family has also saved some, and the rest can be bought and added.This mother is afraid that her daughter will have a hard time getting married, so she wants to give more things to accompany her, and Chen's is no exception.From clothes fabrics, head jewelry, to furniture, decorations and so on, everything has been thought of.

Huixin naturally embroidered her wedding dress at home. When this woman gets married, she has to do a lot of needlework.Some of the better needlework that Huixin has made in the past few years, Chen asked her to keep it as a dowry.For the rest, I need to make some close-fitting clothing, and even make some for celebrating the new year, these are all necessary.So Huixin is also very busy, and can only hide in the Westinghouse every day to do needlework.

Time is also very fast, seven days have passed in a blink of an eye.Jinghan watched the bean sprouts grow day by day with her own eyes, until the seventh day, Xue pulled out a large basin of bean sprouts and washed them out, then put them in a large basin, and covered it with a small quilt.After breakfast, Mrs. Xue pulled out the sledge, put the big basin on the sledge, and was about to go to town.

Jinghan naturally wanted to follow, she quickly changed her clothes, put on her hat and gloves, and followed her mother to the town.

The mother and daughter arrived in the town in less than half an hour after walking, went directly to the market, and found a place to stop.At this time in the morning, people just want to buy a la carte and go home for lunch, so the market is really lively with people coming and going.

Jinghan grabbed a few bean sprouts and put them on the quilt, and then shouted, "Come and see, the juicy bean sprouts are here." She was small and had a crisp voice, so many people looked at her , I'm very curious about what it's selling.

A woman came over, "little girl, what are you buying?"

"Auntie, they sell bean sprouts. Look at these bean sprouts. They are white and fat. It would be great to buy some and fry them at home. They can also be stewed with radishes, potatoes, pickles, and seaweed. They are very fragrant. Auntie wants Why don't you try some?" Jinghan naturally told the woman how to eat bean sprouts.

In fact, many people know this thing, but they may not be as good as Chen Shisheng.Besides, some people don't have the patience to make bean sprouts for a pound or two.So as soon as they saw the bean sprouts, many people gathered around to inquire about the price.Jinghan and her mother discussed it at home, and the bean sprouts would cost three pennies a catty, which was estimated based on the cost of beans.So I told them the price.

When you hear it, it's not expensive.You must know that one catty of soybeans can be sold for three or four yuan, and one catty of soybeans can produce five catties of bean sprouts, but this is a net calculation, because a lot of broken watercress beans have to be picked out.So one catty produces four catties of bean sprouts.In this way, a catty of bean sprouts sells for three pennies, which also includes labor and so on, which is quite reasonable.

After hearing this, many people want to order something to go home for a change, or the cabbage and radish all day long, they are also tired and crooked.So you come to two catties, I weigh three catties, a large pot of bean sprouts is only more than 20 catties, and it will be sold out in a short time.Someone next to him didn't buy it, so he asked if there was any more. Xue said that there would be more tomorrow, and that person left.

Seeing that the bean sprouts were sold out, Xue's mother and daughter were also very happy, and hurriedly took the sledge home. When they got home, they had nothing else to do, so they asked Chen to soak some more beans.At this time, of course, there were no plastic sheets or barrels, but fortunately, there were some broken vats at home, and the Chen family used these broken vats to grow bean sprouts.So Mrs. Chen found a big vat and came back, cleaned it inside and out, and prepared it for raw bean sprouts.

(End of this chapter)