Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 34: Collecting Pumpkins

The autumn wind outside the window was blowing, and the leaves fell from the trees one after another. A gust of wind blew up and scattered them in the air, blowing up a large amount of dust, making the sky gray, which also indicated that winter was coming.

It's late November, the weather is getting colder, and Zhang Yu has become a household with difficulty getting up. Although the temperature is not too low and the sun has risen outside the house, he still curls up in the warm blanket, lazily I don't want to get up, I wrap my whole body tightly in the quilt, I just want to wait, wait, sleep a little longer, sleep a little longer.

Thinking that there was still something to do today, Zhang Yu said to himself: "It's time to get up, if you don't get up, it's time for my sister-in-law to call." Then he reluctantly got up and dressed slowly.

Today's task is mainly to take back all the pumpkins that were planted at the beginning.

Although only six pumpkins were planted at the beginning, due to the sufficient fertilizer and the management can keep up, there are quite a few pumpkins.

Speaking of this, Zhang Yu smiled a little embarrassedly. Although he planted the pumpkins, he lost his sister-in-law and uncle in normal management.

Except for the fact that he put in some effort when planting, watering, fertilizing, building frames and pressing vines, etc. were all done by the family, he didn't exert any effort at all.

My sister-in-law told him yesterday that the pumpkins are ripe and most of them can be picked. Now that the weather is cold, they don't end much.

So, taking advantage of the good weather today, Zhang Yu and the others are going to pick all the pumpkins and carefully stack them. It will definitely not be a problem to keep them for half a year.

At this time when we are not full, pumpkin can be used not only as a staple food for a full meal, but also as a side dish, which is a rare good thing.

Although the fruits on those Beibei pumpkins are not big, each one weighs about two catties. The important thing is that there are many fruits. There are at least 20 on each of them. The other kind of pumpkin feels that although there are no Beibei pumpkins There are many, but it can't stop him from being big, each weighs seven or eight catties.

Zhang Guifang, who was watching, said directly: "Xiaoyu, the pumpkin you planted is not bad, save some seeds this year, and grow more next year."

"It's not bad, we really need to keep more." Zhao Wenzhuo also said beside him.

At this time, the neighbor who was washing clothes next to me heard it and shouted, "Guifang, your family has produced so many pumpkins this year. Where did you get the seeds? Can you keep some more this year? Next year I will plant a few as well." pieces."

"Okay, why not? I'll keep the seeds and dry them in the sun. Then any one of you can tell me." Zhang Guifang said to the courtyard.

"Thank you, my family is also planning to plant a few."

"And my home, and my home."

"..."

Hearing them talk about pumpkin seeds, other neighbors in the yard also chimed in.

"Xiaoyu, bring another basket, there are also on the roof." The eldest cousin climbed to the roof with a ladder, looked at the pumpkin on the roof, and said downwards.

"Okay, big brother here." Zhang Yu climbed up the ladder, handed the betel in his hand up, and put another pumpkin with betel in the basket at the same time.

In the end, the family picked several baskets of pumpkins, so Zhang Yu deliberately vacated a corner of the utility room.

In the place where the pumpkins are going to be preserved, lay a layer of dry straw on the ground in advance. When he buys these straws, he finds someone to replace them by the way. He originally wanted to use them to start a fire, but my sister-in-law said it was good to keep them. It's useful, isn't it useful?

They placed the pumpkins one by one on the straw. According to my sister-in-law's instructions, they chose a corner that was not only cool and ventilated, but also that the sun could not be directly exposed to it.

After that, Zhang Yu and my sister-in-law handed me the pumpkins, and after a while they arranged the pumpkins neatly.

Looking at the corner of the pumpkins, Zhang Guifang clapped her hands with satisfaction and said, "This way, the pumpkins can be stored for half a year without spoiling, and the more they are stored, the sweeter they become."

In addition to those stored, they also kept some pumpkins, some of which were given to neighbors with better relations, and the rest were also ready to try.

The recipes for pumpkin are simple and diverse, some are steamed directly, and my sister-in-law took out rice and mixed it with pumpkin to cook porridge.

Looking at the golden pumpkin, Zhang Yu also moved his mind, "Sister-in-law, let me make a dish."

"Okay, today I'll try Xiaoyu's cooking too." Seeing Zhang Yu's excited appearance, Zhang Guifang thought that the meal was almost done anyway, so she smiled and let the kitchen out, and stayed aside to watch Let him do it.

Zhang Yu first cut the pumpkin into pieces, and then steamed it in a steamer. After waiting for a while, he inserted it with chopsticks and it penetrated easily, which proved that it was cooked.

Afterwards, mash the steamed pumpkin with one end of a rolling pin, add some flour, and after making a dough, dip your hands with a little oil and pat it into round cakes of the same size.

He found a specially bought frying pan. It took him a lot of effort for this frying pan. When the system logged in, it also registered the frying pan, but it was either a large iron pan or a casserole. There was no frying pan at all.

For this pot, he went to several places, and finally found out that an old man nearby had a good craft of making pots, and then he personally visited and made it.

There is no way, I am not good at cooking, and I am not very good at spreading cakes and frying things in round pans.

He added a little oil to the pot, and he felt that there was too little, but Zhang Guifang still felt that there was too much, and looked very distressed, thinking that he didn't put the oil properly, so it was enough to wipe the bottom of the pot with an oil cloth.

Zhang Yu opened his mouth and didn't dare to say anything, he was afraid that if he refuted, his sister-in-law would start nagging endlessly.

When the oil is hot, put the pumpkin pie into the pan and start frying until the surface of the pumpkin pie is slightly yellowed, then turn the pumpkin pie over and fry both sides until it is golden brown, then it can be out of the pan.

In order to make it more delicious, he put some sesame seeds into the pancakes when he was still pancakes. Zhang Guifang, who saw this behavior, turned his head and went back to the house, out of sight and out of mind.

"The pumpkin pie is out of the pan, come and eat."

When Zhang Yu put the pumpkin pie on the table, the family had already set up their rice bowls and were waiting there.

As soon as the pumpkin pie was placed on the table, the family tacitly and quickly took out their chopsticks, picked one up and took a big bite.

Because of the oil, the fried pumpkin pie is very fragrant, and it tastes crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.

Although flour is used instead of glutinous rice flour, it lacks a touch of Q-bomb and soft glutinous taste, but it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the taste is quite good.

The big brother who doesn't eat gave a thumbs up, "Xiaoyu, this is your skill." He kept talking, hissing from being scalded, and he wanted to take another bite. "It's delicious, it's delicious, it's just a little hot, let's make it again tomorrow?"

"You can't stop your mouth if you eat it. It's good to eat once." Thinking of the oil used, Zhang Guifang felt distressed again. Didn't the elder brother just hit the muzzle of the gun?

(End of this chapter)