Chapter 40: Rice with Potatoes and Rice
After hearing Fan Jin's words, the faces of the son and daughter-in-law behind Wang Mazi all turned ugly.
Wang Laosan, who was dragged along to return the goods, was even more anxious.
Behind him were his son-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were forcing themselves to listen to him. Their eyes looking at him seemed to be filled with poison.
Behind him, his daughter-in-law complained dissatisfiedly: "Let me tell you, my father-in-law is old and not a capable person. I can't listen to him and do what he says.
If you don't listen, you are fine now and you have missed the opportunity to make a fortune. "
Wang Laosan turned around and glared at his daughter-in-law fiercely. Just as he was about to scold her, he found that his son, who had always stood by his side, was also glaring at him fiercely.
His son said coolly: "Dad, in the past, everyone was poor, so it was okay if our family was not the poorest. Now, seeing other people's lives getting better and better, our family is having a hard time."
Wang Laosan opened his mouth, losing the arrogance that he used to suppress his son and wife.
All of Wang Mazi's sons and daughters-in-law were pressured to return the goods. Now the resentment is even worse. His sons and daughters-in-law are clamoring to separate the family. It is rare that his son does not suppress his own daughter-in-law, but lowers his head and remains silent.
The children in Zhang Baldy's family were not many and young. They didn't say anything, but looked at Zhang Baldy with an air of disappointment.
Fan Damu had already left with his family, but instead of going home, he went directly to Fan Qian's house to discuss something.
After the crowd dispersed, Shui Qing and Fan Jin looked at each other and smiled.
The rivers and lakes circled around the bullock cart, which was very exciting.
"Dad, are you not tired at all sitting on the bullock cart?" Fan Hu raised his head and asked softly.
Fan Jin smiled and touched his little head, "Would you like to sit down and try it?"
"want!"
"I also want!"
Fan Jin took the cow and waited for the children to climb onto the cart one by one. Then he turned to his two daughters and asked, "Yan Qiu and Xing Hui, won't you sit down?"
Xing Hui's eyes were eager to try.
Yan Qiu restrained himself and said, "I'm older, so I'd better let my brothers sit."
Shuiqing held one in each hand and pushed them directly onto the cart, "No matter how big or small you are, you will always be children in front of your parents;
As a child, of course you can sit down if you want. "
Yan Qiu, who was sitting on the cart and holding the edge of the cart with both hands, looked at A Niang who had a bright and happy smile.
Grandma has changed a lot. In the past, she would only say that you are the eldest sister, you should be sensible, obedient, work, and take good care of your younger brothers and sisters... She would never say that she is also a child... .
The wheels of the oxcart hit the rocks and jolted. The children on the cart shouted exaggeratedly, as if it was such an exciting and fun thing.
bursts of cheerful laughter.
Shuiqing watched Fan Jin lead the ox cart and play with the children over and over again, then turned around and took out the plant ashes from the stove hole.
He took out a kitchen knife and cut the potato sprouts into sections.
The cross section was stained with plant ash.
Potatoes in the south can be harvested for two crops. It is early September now, and after planting, they should be harvested in November.
Her basket weighs more than thirty kilograms and can be used to plant two acres of land.
If you plant ten pounds of potatoes, the harvest will be about 200 to 300 pounds. Her harvest is about 600 to 900 pounds.
After deducting a part and keeping it for sowing, the rest is enough for the whole family to eat. If there is more, it cannot be stored and it cannot be eaten after it sprouts.
Shui Qing sighed, it would be great if there was a locker. The food would not rot or spoil in it, and all the things from their vast mountains and land could be stored in it.
Thinking of the mall, Shui Qing remembered that she had seen it before and quickly opened the search.
She was pleasantly surprised to find that there was indeed one!
Lockers can store food without spoiling, store money safely, and save space for storing sundries.
One cubic meter is one hundred thousand, ten cubic meters is one million, one hundred cubic meters is ten million...
Shui Qing: .....Thank you for bothering me, she is too poor and doesn’t deserve it!
More than 30 kilograms of potatoes were cut into pieces. When they were finished, Shui Qing looked up and saw five children with red faces and bright eyes looking at her.
Shui Qing felt for a moment that it was a good feeling to have a son and a daughter.
Especially being surrounded by, trusting, relying on, and looking forward to your own children.
"Auntie, what are you doing?"
"Auntie, is this really edible? How to eat it?"
"Auntie, can you cut it into pieces without washing it?"
.....
Shui Qing decided to take back what he just said!
It feels good to have children, as long as they don't bother her as a mother!
It's noisier than five hundred ducks. It's so noisy.
"This is not for eating, it is for planting." Fan Jin secured the cow and walked over to explain.
Fan Jiang immediately said: "Then I will plant it!"
"I'll help you dig a hole."
Yan Qiu looked at the stove and said, "Mom, I'm going to cook at noon. Can you eat the green vegetables and make them mushy?"
Shui Qing originally wanted to have a quick lunch after noisy all morning.
But when my eldest daughter said that the vegetables were mushy, I immediately felt that taking things casually was not the way to go!
Suddenly she felt that she was not so tired in front of delicious food.
She smiled like an old mother to her eldest daughter: "No, you stay with your younger brothers and sisters, and I will cook."
He added: “I’ll prepare something delicious for you to eat at noon!”
Yan Qiu was still very happy to hear the delicious food, but after he was happy, he was worried about whether there would be enough food.
She looked back three times every step of the way, feeling uneasy as she walked.
Fan went in to cut fresh grass and came back to feed the cattle.
Seeing that everyone was gone, Shui Qing bought a few more washed potatoes from the mall.
I bought a piece of pork belly - just say that Fan Jin will bring it back today.
She looked at the big iron pot and had already thought about what to eat for lunch.
Fragrant and chewy rice with potato and rice.
It’s best to use an iron pot, so that the rice crust will be crispy, and now she just happened to have a big iron pot.
In fact, it’s better to use bacon, but it’s not right to take out bacon now, so it’s good to have fresh pork.
People are poor and don’t care about things.
First, do the preparation work, light a fire with clear water and boil the pot.
When the heat comes up, put the fat directly, refine the lard and pour it into the potato cubes cut into rolling knives, stir-fry until slightly yellow, add salt and washed rice, and continue to stir-fry until the taste is good.
Finally, add clear and sweet mountain spring water, cover the pot and simmer the millet.
In another pot, boil a pot of small green vegetable egg drop soup.
There is no need to buy small green vegetables. The women in the village brought a lot when they came. Some of the roots were planted in the vegetable garden, and every root was eaten.
Their family, especially the five children, are all skinny, like bamboo poles, with yellowish complexions and dry hair, which shows that they are not well-nourished.
Now that they have money and food, Shuiqing is trying to keep the five children healthy.
Meat, eggs, and milk. Milk is not available for the time being, but meat and eggs are guaranteed.
When the six people came back from work and washed their hands, they faced a pot of golden and crispy potatoes, and only heard the sound of swallowing saliva one after another