A good time for farming through the ages

Chapter 90 [090] Various Sauces

Wang turned her head to look at her in surprise: "Where did you hear this?"

"When the village doctor went to Mrs. Wang's house, they mentioned it. Mother, let's find someone to get some, shall we?"

Mrs. Wang shook her head, "No, our family has nothing to do with that."

"Then let's buy it with money? Should we be able to buy it with money? Buy it once and it will last for a long time. As long as it doesn't rot, it can be used all the time? In winter, you can still use that bottle to hold hot water to warm the bed!"

Zhuo Lin's words made Wang startled. Obviously, she didn't expect a bottle to be able to rise to the point of spending money to buy it. She wanted to refuse directly, but seeing the little girl's praying eyes, she couldn't say anything, so she prevaricated: "Okay, when will you be free to go to town later, let's go to the health center and ask."

Zhuo Lin could tell at a glance that her mother was perfunctory her, but what could be done, the financial power of the family was no longer with her, she couldn't be the master, in this age, even a bottle is so precious, It is enough to see the scarcity of materials.

Although we can’t make tomato sauce for the time being, the sister-in-law also pickled pickled cucumbers, chopped pepper sauce, chili sauce, dried eggplants and sweet potatoes for preservation, or made them into dried sweet potatoes, or ground sweet potatoes and potatoes into powder. It can be eaten together as miscellaneous grains and noodles.

There are endless types and methods of food preservation by farmers. During the two seasons of July and August, the mother-in-law and the mother-in-law have never been idle. Apart from serving the farmland, watering the crops, and gathering wild vegetables, the most they do is to store the cellar at home. The dry goods in the jar are all stocked up.

The vines at home have produced a lot this year, last year only a few clusters, this year under Zhuo Lin’s help, they grew more than ten clusters, but because there are still too few, and the Wang family does not know how to make wine, so They are all eaten as fruits, and the grapes that have been spawned are sweet and sour, and the taste is excellent.

In addition to grapes, the apricots, persimmons, apples at home, and the peaches and pears at my mother-in-law’s house were all under the control of her abilities, which reduced the chance of infestation. The branches were also pruned, so they produced a lot of fruit, but Because it is not yet the season, so I can only look at the fruit of the tree, drooling greedily.

Zhuo Dajun went to work on June 6. By the end of August, he had been working for three months. In addition to the monthly salary of more than 1 yuan, he had to deduct almost five yuan for food expenses, because I eat three meals a day in the kitchen, so the salary I get is less than 8 yuan. Even if it is less than 17 yuan, it can still be regarded as a worker who eats the imperial food.

Moreover, through these three months of polishing, his craftsmanship has become better and better. From time to time, he laments that big factories are different. Not only do he see more styles, but also learn more methods than he used to. , also gained experience, he likes this job very much.

My father is busy with work, so he seldom comes back, but on Saturday night, he will take a few older brothers to the river to unload fish baskets, and wait until the next morning to collect the nets. Basically, there will be harvest. If you are lucky, you can sell it to a state-run restaurant, and you can earn five, six, seven or eight yuan. If you are lucky, if there are old turtles, you can sell it for more than ten yuan. eat by yourself.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Chen have already gone to buy suet, so the family can afford lard now. In addition to lard, they also cut pork twice, made dumplings, and steamed fried vermicelli buns. The meal was the most satisfying and comfortable meal that Zhuo Lin ate when she came to Ximu Village in 59. Compared with the delicacies of mountains and seas she ate in later generations, she still remembers them fresh.

This is probably the biggest difference between having experienced famine years and growing up in the age of eating and drinking without worrying about eating and drinking. Food is more delicious because it is rare, and we know how to cherish every grain of hard-won food.

　Four chapters have been updated today.

　　
　
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