A good time for farming through the ages

Chapter 140 [140] Rubbing Rice (2000)

It was about five or six o'clock when I got home today. In this era, there are almost no people with watches or clocks. Everyone looks at the sky to estimate the time.

When I got home, it was almost dark, so A Niang went to the next door to pick up Zhuo Jian, and gave him a catty of pea yellow bought from the market.

When I got home and saw my aunt started making noodles, my mother hurriedly washed her hands: "Sister-in-law, shall we have noodles tonight?"

"No, your daughter just said that she wants to eat vegetable buns. Let's take advantage of the light of the sky and bake some for them. They won't be able to see them for a while."

At the beginning of December in the Gregorian calendar, the spinach in the ground is growing well. Caimo is to soak some vermicelli with washed spinach and marinate it with salt for a while to let it come out of water.

Then roll the noodles into pancakes, spread a layer of vegetables on top of the pancakes, then cover with a layer of pancakes, put them in a flat iron pan and bake until both sides are browned, receive the chopping board and continue to bake, and then stack them up one by one, that is Commonly known as the collapsed vegetable bun.

This kind of vegetable bun can be baked directly into a salty mouth, or you can leave it alone. After it is baked, roll it on one side and eat it with a cold sauce mixed with vinegar, garlic, sesame oil, soy sauce, and chili oil. The taste is better, which is the characteristic of southern Henan Province, and there are also later reformed versions of steamed buns and rolls.

Rice is still the main food here in Xinshi, and most of the pasta is paid for by public rations, so pasta is very precious. Most of it is eaten by pregnant women, parturients, children and the elderly, because it is easy to digest, and some old people’s stomachs such as rice Not very digestible.

Both sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law are nimble, and they cooperate very quickly. Tao Yi led Zhuo Lin and Zhuo Jian to squat beside the water tank to peel garlic. Put it in a garlic mortar and smash it.

They are all home-grown garlic, which is not as good as the later generations that specialize in growing garlic, so they all look small, but this kind of garlic is very spicy and tastes good, and it will not be soaked in water. It is natural green and safe to eat .

After peeling the garlic, the little finger was still a little stung. Tao Yi grabbed some plant ash and washed the two of them, otherwise when they rubbed their eyes, it would be easy to get hot.

In the kitchen, the two sisters-in-law looked out while they were working. Chen Qiuxia was guarding the fire, and Wang Juan was rolling the dough. Seeing Tao Yi's small movements, she couldn't help but wink at Wang.

"See, this kid is really spiritual. He's smart, not to mention quick-witted, but he can't even talk about words. I don't know how he was taught at home. I think it's pretty good, and he's worthy of our little one. girl."

The corner of Wang Juan's mouth twitched, "Sister-in-law, how old is this person, are you thinking too far?"

"It's a little far away, but who made our family only have this precious girl, can you not look for it carefully? This son-in-law, he has to be cultivated from a young age. Anyway, the more I look at this kid now, the more pleasing to the eye, as long as he grows up If things don’t go bad, our daughter won’t be wronged.”

This is the reason, and Wang is powerless to refute it. She has been observing these days. I have to say that Tao Yi is sensible and considerate. These children in the family have to be compared. There is no exaggeration at all, but she thinks that the doll It's too irresponsible to kiss this kind of thing. When the child grows up, it's not too late to make up his own mind.

Just thinking about it, several boys from primary school came back, because it gets dark early in winter, so the work of collecting firewood stopped.

"The meal is almost ready, wash your hands quickly and eat later."

There are two stoves in the house, one is steamed buns, and the other is making sweet potato and rice soup. Now that the family life is getting better and the children are growing up, the so-called "half-year-old starves me to death" so my sister-in-law and I have made a lot .

There was no cooking in the evening, and what was served was pickled cucumbers and capers, served with a vegetable box and rice soup, which was quite a hearty dinner.

"Mom, Zhang Tiejun borrowed money in class again today, haha, unfortunately, no one dares to lend it to him anymore. He is famous in our whole grade, and he didn't eat lunch. I heard from his deskmate that this The boy's hungry stomach growled in class, it was so loud, he deserved it! Let him always lie!"

"Are there many people in your class who were deceived by him?"

Zhuoer gnawed a mouthful of steamed buns: "That's right, I didn't know before, and I only talked about it when my matter came out, but everyone was scared by him before, so I didn't dare to say it. I beat up Zhang Tiejun, and everyone came to speak ill of him."

Chen frowned after hearing this, "His family won't give him money or food?"

At noon, the children eat at school. They either pay for it or bring their own food. When it’s time for lunch, they pour the rice into the lunch box, and then take it to the stove for steaming. If the food is fresh, they can buy it at school. Hot stir-fry, you can also bring your own pickles.

The children of the Zhuo family bring different talents, because this year the family cooks a variety of pickles and salted fish. Basically, at noon, they will pack two fish, capers, pickles, spicy cabbage, dried radish, and cold tofu Dry, pickled vegetables are also good to eat with hot rice. Of course, in addition to these, they will also be given money to buy two hot dishes. The four children in their family are in elementary school, not to mention that the food is the best, right? But at least the kids are well fed.

But this Zhang Tiejun, why is he borrowing money, threatening people, and even stealing food?Don't the school teachers care?
"Mother, you don't know, this Zhang Tiejun's family is too troublesome, other people's tuition fees are voluntarily paid, and their family's tuition fees are not paid by the teacher three times and four times, and Zhang Tiejun is not serious about his studies. He deserts every day in class and talks, but the teacher is unwilling to talk to him. His family neither brought him food nor brought him vegetables. They said they asked him to go to his classmates for a few bites. At the beginning, everyone didn't know what he was. Everyone let him eat, but later found that he eats every day, and when it’s time to eat, he avoids him, he is at school, and he is hungry every day.”

The two sisters-in-law looked at each other speechlessly. It turned out that there was a reason why the child was bad, and we had to find out the root cause.

"Dare to bring ten yuan when you go to the market. This old lady is really rich. She is so rich that she is not willing to feed her grandson? Who is this?"

Zhuo Lin secretly rejoiced that she didn't vote for such a top-notch family, otherwise wouldn't it be more pitiful?
Because the weather was getting colder and colder, I lit a fire in the rotten basin in the yard, and roasted the fire while eating, which was very atmospheric.

After dinner, Auntie cleaned up the kitchen, and Auntie and Tao Yi went to soak the beans. These beans were carefully selected and soaked in wooden barrels with pure underground water. They soaked almost overnight. The next day before dawn, I got up again to grind beans and make tofu.

This is how their family came here every day, and the brothers did not do their homework at home, because the school was in the town, and it was almost dark when they got home. In the era when few people could light kerosene lamps, all teaching tasks were done in School is done.

"Mother, let's go take a bath tomorrow, my body is so itchy." Before going to sleep, Zhuo Lin scratched her head and pulled her clothes, with a look of hope.

(End of this chapter)