The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

Chapter 089

Zhu Xiaomin didn't care: "What everyone needs now is nutrition. In this way, although we won't be able to eat a mouthful of meat, our food will not be wasted. We will make pies for dinner at night, so don't tell anyone."

Xie Chengzhi smiled: "I'm not stupid." After she made peace with the noodles again and woke up in the basin, the two of them returned to the brigade headquarters as if nothing had happened.

After all this fuss, it’s almost time to call it a day.

After a long day's work, when everyone came back, most of them were exhausted. When they smelled the fragrance emanating from the yard, they suddenly felt hungry and asked what they wanted to eat.

Xie Chengzhi said: "It's been a hard time. Xiaomin came back specially this afternoon to make noodles and stuffing to improve things and have a pie for everyone."

pie?

When everyone heard this, they immediately cheered up and ran to wash their hands and faces, ready to help.

After more than an hour, the filling was still hot and the dough had risen. Miao Shiwen and Wang Xiaoya immediately kneaded the dough separately, and several male educated youths were responsible for wrapping it. Zhu Xiaomin and Zhang Qiaomei first cooked a pot of vegetable soup and served it out, and then one person Set up a stove and put the wrapped pies into the pot until cooked.

Song Zhi'an was working in his hands and smelled the aroma of the stuffing. After pulling for a long time, he could tell that there were potatoes and tofu, as well as some dried tofu and flour. He sighed and said, "If I hadn't known that we didn't have meat, I would have thought It’s stuffed with meat.”

This guy has a dog nose?

Zhu Xiaomin said without blushing, "Actually, it's almost the same. When I was cooking the stuffing, I put in seasonings for stewed meat." As he said that, he pointed to a bowl on the stove, "No, cook it until it's almost done." , I took out these seasonings, but they smell similar to meat."

That's it!

Zhang Qiaomei stood next to her, glanced at the bowl, and asked curiously: "Xiaomin, how do you know so many seasonings?"

You know, people in this era, especially in the north, didn’t do much research on seasonings. Apart from the commonly used onions, ginger, and garlic, they only knew to add some peppercorns and star anise to the stew.

But Zhu Xiaomin was lucky. Starting from last autumn, she had to dry the peels of the oranges she had eaten and put them away. When the lilacs bloomed on the mountain in spring, she took a few people over, almost bald the trees, and came back to dry them and put them away.

After that, I raised money and went to a traditional Chinese medicine shop to buy angelica, cinnamon, fennel, etc. I usually hid them and didn't want to use them, but every time I got some meat, I had to take them out.

And the smell of meat stewed with these things really opened the door to a new world for her.

Educated people all know these things. After hearing her explanation, they were all relieved. Although there was no meat, they were full of expectations for the taste of this pie.

The pie is fried until it is slightly burnt, and the aroma of the food has been fully released. It is taken out of the pan immediately, and some people eat it first.

Although more than 30 people ate one pheasant, and each person had less than one bite, the flavor of the pheasant was fully simmered in the soup, and the soup was fully absorbed by the fillings. It was still indescribable when you ate it in your mouth. It was so delicious, and after taking another sip of the vegetable soup, I felt indescribably comfortable. I couldn't even think of talking, so Song Zhian muttered: "It would be better if it had white flour."

Yes, it would be nice if it was white flour!

Zhu Xiaomin turned her head and looked at Miao Shiwen, a little helpless.

Not only was there not much white flour left, but even the grains were almost unbearable.

After killing a pheasant silently, Xie Chengzhi completely put aside his psychological burden, and there was no need for Zhu Xiaomin to pull him anymore. Every once in a while, he would quietly go up the mountain and try to find a way to catch the pheasant.

It's just that neither he nor Zhu Xiaomin had much experience in catching pheasants. Until the entire autumn harvest was completed, they only improved it twice.

After the public grain that had to be paid was sent away and all the grain was put into the warehouse, most of the members went back to the mountains to open up wasteland and prepare for the tree planting task in the coming year. Gumancang finally contacted the county supply and marketing cooperative and organized the members to pack dozens of sacks. The dates were sent over.

It’s just that this was a time of drought. Not only was Ciyaokou commune out of food, but there was also no food in the county. In the end, they only got more than 200 kilograms of food in exchange, and the rest was converted into money.

More than two hundred kilograms of grain were divided among the entire brigade, and each person only had half a kilogram.

When everyone heard this, they were all a little discouraged. They simply stopped punching the remaining dates and left them on the trees to grow and make new year's goods at the end of the year.

The educated youth received more than ten kilograms of grain. Everyone gathered together, looking at the bags on the table, and they were silent and did not want to speak.

The person in charge of the income and expenditure of the educated youth is Miao Shiwen, but she remembers every day's expenditure clearly, and it is open and transparent. Everyone knows that the food in the granary will not last long.

After a while, I heard Chen Xudong say softly: "How about... I talk to Shi Zhiqing and borrow some from her?"

"No!" Miao Shiwen and Zhu Xiaomin immediately objected at the same time.

Zhu Xiaomin looked at Miao Shiwen and said nothing. Miao Shiwen sighed and said: "We broke up with her, and it was not a happy ending. It is one thing whether she borrows food at this time. Even if she borrows it, I'm afraid it will happen again in the future." The implications are unclear, and I don’t know what trouble it will cause.”

Zhu Xiaomin then slowly said: "Also, if you borrow something, you have to repay it. She has a lot of white flour there, but we borrowed it, what should we pay back? Wait until the food is distributed? After paying it back, next year, we will not only There will not be enough food to eat, and we will no longer be able to eat white flour.”

Yes, after careful planning, they can still eat white flour occasionally. Even so, they still find it difficult. If they borrow food, they will be happy these days, but what will they do next year?

Xie Chengzhi nodded: "I don't agree to borrow food either, I just want to borrow it...I'll ask the secretary later if I can borrow some from the brigade headquarters."

Zhu Xiaomin said: "During this period, the team's task is to dig mountains. Everyone sees wild nuts, berries, etc., no matter what, bring them back, and we will think of a solution."

Thinking of the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes, everyone got a little more energetic and nodded.

Zhu Xiaomin and Miao Shiwen counted the grain in the granary again and calculated it carefully, but they still felt that they were short of money.

Zhu Xiaomin held her cheek and struggled for a while before saying, "Otherwise, write a letter to Lu Mingzheng and ask him to provide more support?"

Miao Shiwen pursed her lips and smiled, nodding her head repeatedly: "Okay, okay!"

Zhu Xiaomin glared: "I owe you the favor anyway, right?"

Miao Shiwen pushed her: "Oh, we are all a family, what is yours and mine?"

Zhu Xiaomin was amused by her. Thinking of the Lu family, she shook her head slightly, sighed and said, "Besides, the base has started construction in the past few days, and he should be back soon."

Miao Shiwen nodded and whispered: "Fortunately, our forest farm has a lot of collective labor, and the brigade will take care of the food at noon, otherwise I don't know what to do."