Joe's Farming

The carriage ran fast and it took more than an hour and a quarter to get home.

Brother Wen finished early today and had already braised the meat and went home.

Gu Feng went to check the progress of building the house and found that it had not been slowed down due to his absence. He went home and packed up the carriage with peace of mind.

Onions are relatively easy to keep alive, but because winter is coming, Qiao Yu is afraid that they will die, so he found a clay pot to fill with soil and planted the onions next to the kitchen. It takes more than 300 days for onions to germinate and set seeds, so they are planted now and raised, and then planted in the soil next spring. When they set seeds next autumn, they can be sown. However, we have to wait until the year after next to realize the freedom of onions.

Finally, Qiao Yu carefully took out the potatoes and divided the sprouted tubers carefully, making sure that there were three buds on each piece. Each bud would grow into a delicious potato in the future.

Considering that it would snow in winter, Qiao Yu considered planting potatoes indoors. Gu Feng originally wanted to move the cabinets out and plant them in the kitchen. But Qiao Yu thought the light was not good enough. Finally, Qiao Xing said that they could plant them in their room, as the light in their room was good, and they would move to the big room next door after the new house was built.

Uncle Wang was also very supportive, as he had never eaten this food that looked a bit like sweet potatoes. He also wanted to contribute to the potato planting business.

The crowd piled up a thick layer of soil along the wall of the utility room and fixed it with wooden boards. Qiao Yu dipped the cut surface of the potatoes in plant ash and then planted them one by one with a distance of about 15 centimeters between each piece. Finally, water was poured on them.

Because these potatoes have already sprouted, the soil only covers the tubers, and the status of the potato sprouts is clearly visible. Just pay attention to watering them in time every day. Avoid direct sunlight first, and then slowly start to expose them to the sun after seven days.

After everyone was done, Qiao Yu asked her husband to help her kill the fish without cutting it into pieces. She cut it in the middle, pressed it, and then cut the fish into pieces, and marinated it with salt, pepper, ginger, garlic, a little old wine and soy sauce.

Light a fire, and when the smoke dissipates and only red-hot charcoal remains, Qiao Yu brushes a layer of oil on the iron net and places it over the fire basin, then puts the fish on it to grill.

Today's staple food is rice. After Qiao Yu filtered the rice soup, he added some sugar to it and gave it to everyone to drink as a drink.

Because the fish is quite big, I baked it a little longer. By the time both sides were golden brown, the aroma of the grilled fish had filled the entire yard.

The children watched from the side, occasionally helping Qiao Yu pass things, or helping to peel garlic and wash ginger.

When the fish was almost cooked, Qiao Yu went to the kitchen to stir-fry the side dishes.

At this time, Qiao Yu was annoyed with herself, why didn't she order a custom iron plate, so that she could put the baking plate on the stove and eat while baking.

Qiao Yu cut all the vegetables into strips in advance, then poured oil into the pan, added a handful of peppercorns, added green onions, ginger slices, minced garlic, and celery segments to stir-fry until fragrant, then put in the roasted fish, fried it for a while, took it out and put it in a bowl, then added the vegetables and stir-fried it. Finally, spread all the vegetables on the fish. Sprinkle with chopped green onions and coriander.

A large pot of delicious grilled fish is ready.

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The next day, Qiao Yu got up early, prepared the order of stewed dishes to be delivered, had breakfast with everyone, and then went to check the status of the potato sprouts. None of the sprouts looked sluggish. Qiao Yu was relieved. He had not had time to mold the soap he had made the day before, so he was waiting for Wen Ge'er while molding.

Every time he went up the mountain, Qiao Yu was very excited. Who could understand the joy of picking fruits? He wanted to turn into a strong man and carry seven or eight baskets back by himself. Unfortunately, he was really good at picking fruits, and a basket on his back was enough to kill him.

Wen Ge'er arrived as scheduled, and Wen Ge'er's aunt Li Li'niang and younger sister also came.

Li Li Niang greeted Qiao Yu generously: "Good morning, Qiao brother."

Qiao Yu smiled back: "Good morning, auntie."

My younger sister was only thirteen years old and was rather shy. She hid behind her mother and didn’t dare to look at him.

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Good morning, little sister. Let's go. Let's go pick chestnuts first."

Qiao Yu deliberately carried a larger backpack today, but it turned out to be the smallest among the four people. Qiao Yu secretly wiped off the non-existent sweat and decided to add exercise to strengthen muscles into his daily routine in the future.

Qiao Yu rarely gets lost in the city, but once in the mountains, he starts to grope around blindly, relying on Wen Ge'er's memory the whole way. After climbing for half an hour, he arrived at the place where he picked chestnuts last time. He hadn't been here for many days, so the chestnuts were almost ripe and fell to the ground, which saved Qiao Yu and his friends the step of knocking down the chestnuts. They just found a place with a lot of chestnuts and squatted down to peel them.

This time Qiao Yu and Wen Ge'er were well prepared. They made thick cotton gloves so they could peel chestnuts without getting pricked by the burrs. So they were faster than last time. They picked chestnuts for an hour and only had enough to fill two backpacks.