Whose farming family has the male protagonist giving three piglets as a gift at the beginning?

Chapter 449 Pickled Vegetables

There are only a few firewood days every year. In eleven or twelve days, enough firewood needs to be cut for a year, which is a heavy task.

So during those few days every year, everyone's top priority is to chop firewood. No matter what kind of work they do, they put it aside. Cutting firewood is the top priority. After all, no firewood in the mountains is allowed to be chopped after this period.

Although he couldn't cut firewood, he could still pick up the broken branches on the ground. Su Zizhong took Twenty and went up the mountain to pick up the broken wood.

Many people look down on chopped wood because it is not resistant to burning. Everyone prefers wood that is resistant to burning, but Su Ziling prefers chopped wood because it is easy to burn and it is easy to control the heat.

Therefore, the scraps of firewood they pick up are usually kept at home for burning, while the firewood that can withstand burning is sent to the county.

Restaurants in the county burn more than one bundle of firewood every day. Unfortunately, it is sent from home. If you buy it, a bundle of firewood costs five cents, which is more than two hundred cents a month and nearly three taels a year. silver.

Now that everything has just started, of course you have to save some money if you can. When you make more money in the future, you can buy it, so that everyone can feel more relaxed.

"Huh? Why do I smell the aroma of wine? Could it be that the wine jar is not sealed properly?"

As soon as Mr. Su entered the door, he smelled the vague aroma of wine in the air.

Su's father didn't drink much. He shrugged his nose, "No, right? Why didn't I smell it?"

Mr. Su glanced at him and said, "With that nose of yours, what can you smell?"

Father Su touched his nose and threw the grass into the pen. He and Mr. Su went to open up wasteland every day. When they came back, each of them would usually carry a bale of grass. If the cow was not grazing during the day, two bales of grass would be enough for it to eat.

If you take them out during the day, you can just throw one bundle away at night, and you can still save another bundle.

Grandma Su glanced at him with a smile, "You only have a good nose, and you don't drink alcohol, how can you smell it?"

Naturally, Su A'nai didn't smell it. If she hadn't known that Su Ziling had used wine just now, she would have thought that Mr. Su had smelled it wrong.

Seeing Mr. Su and the others coming back, Su's mother carried a bucket into the kitchen to get foot-washing water, "Can we eat now?"

"Come on, there's another dish."

"Then let's wash our feet first. After washing, we'll have lunch." She first made a pot of tea for Mr. Su, then put all the remaining boiling water into a bucket, and then poured a pot of cold water to boil.

"Okay, have my eldest brother and the others come back?" Su Ziling asked while cooking.

"No, I guess it's almost the same. They usually come back around this time." As soon as Su's mother finished speaking, she heard two sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground in the yard.

Mother Su raised her head and glanced at her, "Here, I'm back."

A pot of boiling water was not enough, so she went to the pot to get some hot water and took it out.

After the vegetables came out of the pot, Su Ziling poured in the sweet potato residue and cooked it, then added two handfuls of corn bran. When the sweet potato residue was cooked, she poured in the pigweed and cooked it together.

By the time she finished her work, everyone had washed their feet and entered the house, and there was hot food on the table.

Su Zizhong came in last, holding a rabbit in his hand, raking softly, and it looked like he had expired.

He took a dung basket, threw the hare directly into it, and placed it by the door. Su Ziling's eyes lit up slightly when she saw the rabbit.

She was also greedy for rabbit meat and had never eaten rabbit meat. Speaking of rabbits, she remembered the two Axiu raised.

When Lu Yan first caught her, she refused to let her eat her, so she kept her in a pen.

Ah Xiu had always taken care of the rabbit herself. After she went to the county, it was Grandma Su who fed the rabbit, and Su Ziling rarely visited it.

Some time ago, when Su A Nai went to feed her, she found that the rabbit had given birth. Su A Nai was a little confused. Who knew it was such a coincidence that the two rabbits happened to be one male and one female.

Su Ziling went in and took a look, what a good boy, six babies were born.

Then the smile on her face became brighter and brighter, and she even told Su A'nai, well, Axiu is not at home, let's take good care of her, and she will be happy when she gets older.

Grandma Su heard the sound of him putting things away and glanced at him, "Huh? Did you catch another rabbit today?"

Why do you say again? Because the two of them ran to the mountains whenever they had time. On the way, they mainly collected firewood.

Of course, I often dig up some edible wild vegetables, as well as fungus and wild fruits, and occasionally catch pheasants or bamboo rats.

"Yeah, twenty dozen. I picked up a handful of vegetables from the field and put them by the well. I'll deal with them later."

Su Zizhong nodded lightly and said.

Su's mother: "The ground vegetables are good, they can be eaten cold or stir-fried, but they are difficult to clean. Let's just leave them for now, and then we'll get to them after we eat."

This ground vegetable is delicious, but it is a bit difficult to clean. However, their family eats it often. In the past, Ah Xiu cleaned it when it was picked up, but now it is left to Su A's milk.

Today's meal is very simple. Blanch the fresh gray vegetables until they change color. After taking them out of the pot, pour them under cold water and then add some water for dipping.

Salt, Sichuan peppercorns, chilies, soy sauce, minced garlic, olive vinegar, and Burmese coriander are mixed evenly and poured on top of the gray vegetables. Mix well and you can eat it. It is sour and spicy, and the taste is very appetizing and refreshing.

I also cooked a chayote soup. I didn’t add any other seasonings. I just sprinkled some salt and threw away two slices of ginger. Then I put a little lard in it. When it came out of the pot, I sprinkled a handful of chopped green onion.

The simple method brings out the freshness and sweetness of the melon, and the melon is so delicious that she cooked a full pot of it.

There is no meat, but there is still a little leftover lard residue in the jar. Because it is solidified and preserved with lard, there is no peculiar smell.

Su Ziling scooped up a small bowl of lard residue, then cut a bowl of shredded radish, and made a stew of shredded radish with lard residue. She added onions, ginger, garlic, and sprinkled with Sichuan peppercorns. It had a rich flavor. Add a little more when eating. The chili pepper tastes even more fragrant when mixed with it.

Yesterday I pulled some radishes and picked some red peppers. Su Ziling roasted them by the fire pit. After roasting until the tiger skin formed on the surface, she patted off the ashes, added onions, ginger, garlic and kohlrabi roots and pounded them together in a pestle and mortar. Finally, she added two preserved eggs. A bowl of rice cooker comes out.

The family ate deliciously, with satisfaction and joy in their eyes and brows.

"Can this chayote be grown?" Probably because there are not many vegetables recently, chayote is served much more frequently. In addition, Su Ziling is good at cooking. She cooks it in different ways, sometimes boiling it, sometimes frying it, and When it is cooked, it is stewed with drunken bean paste.

Chayote itself is delicious and there are many ways to eat it. Mr. Su has fallen deeply in love with this food.

"If you can, let's plant a little. If we don't have any vegetables during the cold winter months, we'll eat it. This melon tastes good and tastes good, and there are many ways to eat it. If it's good, let's plant more. If the harvest is good, we can sell it in the county." This winter, in addition to cabbage and radish, there are cabbage and radish. If there is an extra melon, it will be easy to sell. "

Su Ziling responded with a smile: "It can be planted. I have asked the caravan to buy it for us. Then we will plant it directly in the wasteland. I also asked them to help bring some islet fruits and plant them in the wasteland when the time comes. It’s almost the end of the year, and I guess they’ll be back soon, and they’ll be ready to plant in March or April next year.”

"The wasteland has just been opened up, can it be done?" Mr. Su frowned slightly. Generally, it takes two years to cultivate the wasteland before crops can be grown. Theirs has just been opened up, and the soil is still very green. Even if you sow, you will probably get nothing.

"It's doable. We also picked manure into the ground during this period and watered it. Also, islet fruits and chayote don't have that high soil requirements. Just put some manure in when planting."

After listening to her words, Mr. Su nodded, "As long as you can plant it, it will be fine. Originally, I thought that if I could plant it, I would set aside the land for planting pepper this year. It would be easier if I didn't pick the soil. There is still some time before the Chinese New Year. If your father and I work harder, we can probably cultivate another acre."