Joe's Farming

Before Qiao Yu and Gu Feng left the village, they went to the house where they had bought fish before and bought a bucket of fish before leaving.

Hong Xiu looked at the two baskets of duck eggs in the carriage and asked Qiao Yu, "Qiao, you bought so many duck eggs because you want to hatch ducklings?"

Gu Gang laughed at his wife: "There are only a few ducklings at home, who will hatch them?"

Hongxiu blushed a little and looked at Qiao Yu with more curiosity.

Qiao Yu looked at so many duck eggs and said with satisfaction: "I will use half to make salted duck eggs and the remaining half to make preserved eggs."

At that time, salt was controlled by the government and purchase was limited. Qiao Yu asked Wen Ge'er to buy more every day from a very early stage.

He and Gu Feng would also buy some when they went to town, so there was enough salt at home.

"I know salted duck eggs, but what is this preserved egg?"

Qiao Yu smiled mysteriously: "It's a kind of food that is said to be very delicious in books, but it is said to smell very bad."

Hong Xiu suddenly realized, "Is it the same as stinky tofu?"

Qiao Yu was a little surprised: "Sister-in-law knows about stinky tofu?"

Hong Xiu looked at Gu Gang and said, "I passed by a county with Brother Gang before. There was a small shop with a pot. They fried the stinky tofu with a little oil and sprinkled some chopped green onions and salt on it. Many people bought it. Brother Gang was curious, so I bought two pieces for him. The smell was really stinky, but it tasted delicious."

Hongxiu savored it and could still remember the taste.

Gu Gang also remembered that at that time, his mind was still in the state of a child. Hongxiu didn't intend to buy it because they didn't have much money at that time, but he kept asking for food. Gu Gang looked at Hongxiu with tenderness, and Hongxiu's face became visibly redder.

Qiao Yu nodded: "Yes, preserved eggs also smell bad but taste very delicious. However, some people can't stand the smell."

But since Hongxiu mentioned stinky tofu, Qiao Yu wondered if he should ask Aunt Shi if she could make it.

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Fermented tofu can also be arranged. He found that this kind of food that consumes more salt is almost non-existent in Shangtian Village.

Of course, eating too much of this kind of high-salt and high-sodium food is not good, but any statement that only talks about the harm without talking about the dosage is not advisable.

After hearing Qiao Yu's description, Hongxiu's attitude towards these duck eggs gradually changed.

"Then let's go home and start doing it."

Qiao Yu smiled and nodded, then went outside with her hands clasped together to accompany Gu Feng in driving the horses.

Qiao Yujiang leaned his head lightly on Gu Feng's shoulder, and Gu Feng held him in his arms.

"Why don't you sit inside? It's cold outside."

Qiao Yu narrowed her eyes, looked at the snow on the top of the mountain and said softly, "With you here, it's not cold at all."

Gu Feng smiled and said "hmm".

"If you need anything else to make those duck eggs, I'll help you find it when we get home."

Qiao Yu thought about it and decided that salted duck eggs would be fine as long as they had salt and spices. Preserved eggs were a bit more troublesome, as they required some soda ash, but Aunt Shi had some at home.

In the end, it was still a container issue.

"Can you help me buy a few more jars and cans? It seems that we have run out of those at home." Qiao Yu said in a low voice.

Gu Feng smiled cheerfully: "No problem, is there anything else you need?"

Qiao Yu said no, as she felt very sleepy leaning against her husband after eating, and fell asleep while chatting with Gu Feng.

Gu Feng glanced at Qiao Yu's face distractedly. From his angle, he could only see her straight and beautiful nose and her long, trembling eyelashes.

Gu Feng pulled his young husband closer to his arms again.

Before I got home, I saw a group of little ones coming to the door from afar.

Qiao Xing and his younger brothers and sisters lined up in front of their yard, waiting for their two fathers to come back.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Gu Feng made a "hush" gesture to them.

The little ones nodded sensibly without making any sound.

Gu Feng carried his husband down from the carriage with one hand and walked straight to the backyard. He wanted Qiao Yu to have a good sleep for a while.

Gu Gang and Hong Xiu got out of the car, but did not see Gu Feng and Qiao Yu. Instead, they saw three little guys. They waved to them to call Da Zhuang to carry the duck eggs. Gu Gang put the fish in a large water tank first.

"Wow! Is this a duck egg? The color is so beautiful." Gu Xiaoyan exclaimed.

The local duck eggs in the countryside are mostly light blue or turquoise, which is much richer in color than chicken eggs.

Gu Xiaoxue was also surprised and said, "So many eggs, is Daddy going to make something delicious again?"

Hongxiu held Xiaoxue's hand and nodded: "Your little daddy said that he wants to make a kind of food called preserved eggs, and some of them are used to make salted duck eggs."

At this time, Da Zhuang came and just heard: "Pidan? It sounds delicious and chewy."

Hong Xiu Yan Xiu smiled and said, "Well, I don't know if it's chewy or not, but since Brother Qiao wants to make it, it must be delicious."

The three children also nodded vigorously: "What little daddy cooks must be delicious."

Da Zhuang and Gu Gang carried the duck eggs to the kitchen, but did not move because they did not know what the next step would be.

The twenty salted duck eggs were placed separately on the kitchen table, waiting to be arranged after Qiao Yu woke up.

The three children surrounded Gu Gang and asked him in detail what they did today in the next village, how his second grandmother's family was doing, etc.

Gu Gang answered them patiently one by one.

An hour later, Qiao Yu slowly woke up. He woke up for a long time before he found himself lying on his own bed.

Qiao Yu rolled around in the warm quilt for a few times before getting up.

When I got to the yard, I found everyone was basking in the sun. The sun was only a little warm in this winter, but it was enough for everyone.

Qiao Yu didn't see Gu Feng, so she asked them where Gu Feng had gone.

"He took Dazhuang to buy things." Gu Gang replied.

Qiao Yu nodded, he must have gone to buy the jar he mentioned. Bai Lan took the embroidery frame and embroidered a piece of cloth, it seemed that it was for Xiao Xue.

"Sister Lan, if the sunlight is too glaring, take a break. It will hurt your eyes." Qiao Yu couldn't help but remind her.

Bai Lan smiled and said yes, but she didn't stop working. This was the embroidery method she learned from Wen Ge'er a few days ago, and she would feel uncomfortable if she didn't finish it right away.

"Boss, what are we going to do with those duck eggs?" Su Qing took the initiative to ask. While Qiao Yu was sleeping, everyone knew what Qiao Yu was going to do with the duck eggs. They were all eager to get started, eager to prepare the new food.

Qiao Yu felt that his employees were too greedy and he couldn't even take advantage of them.

"It just so happens that the weather is good today, so I washed all the duck eggs and then dried them on a bamboo winnowing basket."

"Wash duck eggs?" Su Qing confirmed.

"Yes, I washed them. I want to pickle duck eggs. If they are not clean, they will become bad eggs and then they will be inedible."