Joe's Farming

After dinner, Jiang Shuo gave Gu Gang today's acupuncture. Gu Gang was now accustomed to the tingling feeling at the back of his head and was not afraid at all.

Hongxiu and the children talked to Gu Gang and helped him keep watch.

Gu Feng was going to reinforce Lightning's shed and cover it with more grass so that it could survive the winter.

Qiao Yu said to Xu Yuan and Xu Ning, "Didn't I tell you last time that I wanted to make spicy cabbage? If you're not in a hurry to go back, why don't we make it now?"

Xu Ning nodded vigorously: "Okay! Brother Qiao, you teach me, I can do it alone."

Xu Yuan said quickly: "And me."

Qiao Yu smiled: "I have to make a lot of jars! Let's do it together. You can take them home with you and eat them after 15 days. The longer they are stored, the better they taste."

Xu Ning nodded.

Qiao Yu first went to the shack and carried out two large jars and a small jar.

Three people each brushed one in the yard, cleaned it, and then poured the water out to dry.

Then Qiao Yu took the two of them to have a look at the cellar. The hawthorns and chestnuts that had been picked before were stored in it and could be kept for a long time.

Seeing two piles of cabbage, radish, pumpkin and sweet potato rolls, Xu Yuan and his wife were a little surprised.

Qiao Yu shrugged: "There's nothing I can do. I don't want to go without vegetables in the winter. The vegetables in the garden are not enough."

Xu Ning nodded. In the past, his family ate very little fresh food in the winter, even unfresh food. Every day they only ate coarse flour steamed buns that burned their throats and whole grain porridge.

"Next time I go home, I'll tell my parents to dig a small one so that I can save more cabbage."

Xu Yuan patted her husband's head and said, "Why bother? Yipinxuan also buys vegetables in winter, but the price is a little higher. We can just send them to my father-in-law and mother-in-law every few days."

Xu Ning smiled sheepishly: "Oh. Thank you, husband."

The three men carried out three baskets of cabbage.

When Bai Lan saw this, she hurried over to help.

"Pick off all the leaves that are not very good outside, and leave the others alone. Just give them to me. Watch out for bugs, and don't blame me if they eat them."

The broken cabbage is not wasted. It can be chopped up and mixed with some bran flour to feed chickens, ducks and horses.

Qiao Yu took the cabbage, cut it in the middle, asked Bai Lan to rub it with coarse salt, and put it in a pot to marinate.

After a while, the cabbage will become soft and water will be released. Only then can you put it under water to clean it, then squeeze out the water and put it in a bamboo winnowing basket to dry.

The peppers for kimchi are big heads, and Qiao Yu’s family didn’t have much chili powder, so he moved out the large stone mortar and started pounding the chili powder in the yard.

Xu Ning volunteered: "Brother Qiao, let me do it. I'm strong."

Of course Qiao Yu was happy, as he really didn't have enough strength in his body.

Xu Yuan watched her husband pounding the rice vigorously and easily, and thought he was very capable.

When I have nothing to do, I just wipe my husband’s sweat off his face.

Qiao Yu was not idle either. He went to the cellar to find the last few pears and two large white radishes. He also prepared to go to the vegetable garden to pull out two gingers and cut a handful of leeks.

When she went to the vegetable garden, she saw Gu Feng busy in the stable, so she quietly ran over and kissed her husband.

Gu Feng immediately stopped what he was doing, hugged his husband again and deepened the kiss.

Gu Feng asked in a low voice: "Aren't you going to accompany Xu Yuan and the others?"

Qiao Yu shook her head: "I'm with them, teaching them how to make spicy cabbage. I'll come over to pick ginger and chives."

Gu Feng kissed Qiao Yu's forehead again: "Go ahead. I'll come help you when I'm done."

"Ah."

Qiao Yu came back from the vegetable garden humming a song.

Xu Yuan narrowed his smiling eyes.

Xu Yuan had almost finished pounding the chili powder. Qiao Yu took a look and nodded: "Not bad, not bad. Thank you for your hard work."

At this time Jiang Shuo had just pulled out all the silver needles. Seeing them busy in the yard, he asked what they were doing.

Qiao Yu said: "Kimchi is spicy salted cabbage."

Jiang Shuo thought for a moment and said, "It sounds delicious."

Qiao Yu immediately said, "I'll make you a can. You can take it home and eat it later."

Jiang Shuo smiled when he heard this: "Thank you in advance. I'll be leaving first, you guys get busy."

"Okay, you go slowly."

Xu Yuan immediately asked the driver to take Jiang Shuo back to town.

At this time, the moisture of the cabbage was almost controlled, and Qiao Yu began to prepare the marinade.

Chop the pears, cut the white radish into shreds, pound the ginger and garlic into a paste using a mortar, and cut the chives into sections.

Then pour all these ingredients into a large bowl, add chili powder, glutinous rice flour, salt, sugar and water to make a large bowl of marinade.

Coat the cabbage with marinade and put it in the jar.

Qiao Yu brought out another small jar and filled one specifically for Jiang Shuo.

First pack this small jar and Xu Yuanfu’s small jar, then pack your own big jar.

Finally, pour all the excess marinade into the jar. The cabbage will release water later, so make sure the water covers the cabbage.

Xu Ning sniffed it and said, "It smells quite nice now."

Qiao Yu said proudly: "It will taste better later. I didn't put too much sugar this time. If you like sweet food, you can put more next time."

Xu Ning nodded.

Xu Yuan seldom worked, and he usually took a nap at noon, so he felt a little tired and told Qiao Yu that he wanted to go home.

Qiao Yu packed him another basket of bacon and sausages.

Xu Yuan happily carried the basket and Xu Ning held the jar, and the couple happily said goodbye to everyone.

"Brother Qiao, let's come back in two days."

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "I'll be at your service anytime."

"Oh, by the way, I have asked someone to make the playing cards. Once they are done, please bring a deck over to Brother Qiao." Xu Yuan said before getting on the carriage.

"Okay! Go slowly on the way back."

"Uh-huh."

"Brother Qiao, see you next time."

Qiao Yu waved goodbye to the two guests. Xu Yuan would never let him pay back the money for hiring the famous doctor. Qiao Yu wished that the couple would come over for meals every day.

When Gu Feng finished his work and returned to the yard, he found that there was no one in the yard.

Qiao Yu collapsed on the bed, flipping through the novels of this era.

Before, she was poor and couldn't afford to buy books, let alone storybooks. Now that she is rich, Qiao Yu bought herself several storybooks about the love between boys and men.

Don't tell me, it's quite interesting.

He was watching with great interest when he noticed Gu Feng wiping his body with a wet towel in front of him.

Fuck, how come this man has such a great body! ?

No matter how many times she watched it, Qiao Yu would shed bitter tears of envy.

"What's wrong?" Gu Feng stopped and asked, thinking that he was disgusted with him for not taking a shower, so he explained: "It's inconvenient to take a shower in the daytime, so I'll boil water to take a shower at night."

Qiao Yu coughed tactically to avoid embarrassment.

"It's okay, I just think you have a good figure."

Gu Feng raised the corner of his mouth, raised his eyebrows, and continued to wipe his body.

Seeing his boastful look, Qiao Yu felt itchy and didn't want to read the final story. She took out the money box from the bedside table and started counting the money.

Before he knew it, there were already 1,120 taels in his money box, not counting the 200 taels he gave to Gu Feng and the money used for the snack bar's turnover.