The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

When Qi Feifei returned to the collective household, everyone had gone to bed. Only Zhu Li lay on the kang with her eyes open waiting for her.

The two of them greeted each other quietly and went to bed.

Qi Feifei quietly entered the courtyard.

Qi Feifei hasn't had dinner yet, so she plans to cook the piece of pork belly that Huo Sheng gave her.

The most common way to eat meat in Northeast China is to boil it in water.

Wash the meat, put it in a pot with cold water, and add onion, ginger, aniseed and peppercorns. If you don’t have peppercorns and aniseed, just onion and ginger will do.

When the water boils, skim off the foam.

Cook over high heat for a while, then reduce to medium-low heat.

At this time, make a garlic paste.

Mash the garlic into garlic paste, add soy sauce, and a little sesame oil if possible.

The meat is cooked until you can pierce it with a chopstick.

Take out the meat and slice it thinly while still hot.

There is a kind of knife called a pianliu (third tone) knife, which can slice the meat very thinly, and it will tremble when you pick it up.

Dip it in mashed garlic, and the natural aroma of meat, garlic, sauce and sesame oil mix together, making it salty, fragrant and tender.

Every time the New Year is approaching in Northeast China, some people would slaughter pigs and would invite the whole village to a meal. This is how they all do it.

In winter, we have to cut sauerkraut, but it is called "sauerkraut soup", which means pouring boiling broth into the sauerkraut bowl, draining the broth, repeating this several times, and then adding broth.

The sauerkraut is crispy and tender, the soup is slightly sour, fragrant and not greasy. The combination of meat and sauerkraut soup helps to reduce the greasiness of the meat.

It’s a pity that Qi Feifei doesn’t have any sauerkraut now, but the garlic pork and the big pancake are still very satisfying.

The pork at this time has a strong meaty aroma, and the fat part is cooked to be as tender as tofu, which is very delicious.

Four taels of meat is not much, and it was finished in one meal.

Qi Feifei thought that he must raise pigs because the aroma of pork is irreplaceable by other meats.

Qi Feifei was full.

I gave some offal to the lynx and Doubao, and mixed some rice bran with it to feed the chickens in the back hill.

The rooster and the hen each led a brood of chicks. When they saw Qi Feifei coming over, they stretched out their little necks and ran over, shouting "Chu, chu, chu" (to be honest, I don't know how to write these words).

The chicks have started to grow old feathers. They are obviously bigger than when they came in.

Qi Feifei spread the mixed rice bran on a wooden board, and the chicks began to scramble for the food.

The rooster and the hen just called "cluck, cluck, cluck..." and occasionally pecked at the food to attract their children over.

Qi Feifei was very happy seeing them eating happily.

In a few months, she will be able to eat pheasant eggs.

She went to cut some grass for the little rabbit.

The rabbits have been put into the cages. They are all small grey rabbits with shiny fur, and they seem to be living a good life.

Qi Feifei put the grass into the cage. The little rabbit moved its mouth to pick up the grass stalks and eat them.

Looking at them, Qi Feifei wanted to laugh.

When the silly roe deer Xiaobai saw her coming to feed the rabbits, he also ran across the creek, circled around her, and rubbed his head against her.

Qi Feifei turned around, stroked Xiaobai's head, and hugged him. The roe deer squinted his eyes happily.

Qi Feifei wondered, if he didn't take it out every time, would it feel lost?

When the others saw that the silly roe deer Xiaobai was being favored, they also ran over and squeezed forward. For a moment, Qi Feifei was like the Goddess of Descendants, with "children" rushing forward from all sides.

Qi Feifei was very happy and played with them for a long time.

I went to the backyard and had a good fight.

Then soak comfortably in the hot spring.

The "children" are growing up. Although they are cute and happy now, we cannot raise them as pets.

No matter how good home is, the world outside is still bigger and more colorful.

I want to go out and see the world myself, and we should also give them the right to choose their own lives.

If you want to have choices, you must first have the ability to choose.

How could she teach them to hunt, defend, and fight?

After taking a shower, I cleaned up.

Start reading attentively, starting with the Chinese textbook.

With the help of the old Xinhua Dictionary, I started learning from the beginning, little by little.

I still have some impression of what I learned in the past, and Chinese is relatively easy to learn.

She came out to sleep only because she was really sleepy.

The next day, Qi Feifei went to the mountain again. She came down a row of condoms near Goutang on the mountain and was busy for the whole morning.

In the afternoon, she led a "small army" with each person standing a few meters apart, pushing forward while shouting and making noises. Qi Feifei also had two sticks in her hands, constantly hitting the nearby bushes.

The frightened pheasants, hares... fled down the mountain in a rush. Some were running, some were flying, making a lot of noise.

There are too many traps, and some people panic and get trapped unfortunately.

When they got down the mountain and counted the spoils, there were actually ten of them, including two rabbits, five pheasants, and three and a half pounds of sand.

Qi Feifei was very happy. This way, the prey she got during the autumn harvest would be enough for the little guys to eat.

Sha Banjin was not killed and released to the back mountain.

The rabbits and pheasants were caught in the basket.

He packed all the sets again and led the "small army" back in triumph.

Yesterday, when Huo Sheng got home from get off work and entered the yard, he saw that the rabbit cage was gone.

I hurried into the inner room and saw two large baskets of mushrooms and a basket of round dates.

I took one and tasted it, it was as sweet as honey.

Huo Sheng felt the sweetness from his tongue to his heart.

This little girl is so capable. Round dates are hard to find, as they usually grow in deep mountains.

Huo Sheng washed a large bowl and ate it slowly, savoring it carefully.

No rush to cook.

I was thinking about making a few rabbit cages for the little girl, so I had to find someone to get some iron wire.

He had sold all the goods in the county a few days ago. Now he has been transferred to another job and can't go to the county easily. He has to think of a way.

He was just thinking about it when the captain of the convoy arrived.

Captain Gu: "Xiao Huo, you run really fast. I wanted to go with you after get off work, but when I turned around, you were gone."

Huo Sheng poured a glass of water for Captain Gu, "Captain, do you want to talk to me about something?"

Captain Gu: "Hey, you still have this good stuff?"

As he said this, he picked up the round date and started eating.

"This thing is rare, when did you go into the mountains?

Huo Sheng: "This was given to me by a friend. I don't have the time to go into the mountains."

Captain Gu said as he ate, "Xiao Huo, the factory is responding to the country's call to organize a basketball game. Our team can't fall behind. With your physique and height, you have to win honor for our team!"

Huo Sheng hesitated. "There are so many young men in the team. If there are enough people, it would be inappropriate for me to join, right?"

Captain Gu took a sip of water and said, "These round dates are so sweet.

There are too many people in the team, and the departure time conflicts with the competition time, so many people who want to participate cannot.

Other workshops only have time after get off work.

We don't have many suitable candidates.

Don't worry, no one will be dissatisfied.

Besides, we have to work hard to win the honor, whoever can do it will go, that’s for sure.”

Huo Sheng also wanted to participate, "Okay, I'll be one."

Captain Gu stood up and grabbed a handful of round dates, "Okay, that's settled, I'm going back, your sister-in-law is waiting for me to have dinner.

I'll give this round date to Baojun to try. Thank you. I'll give it to you when I get something good later."