Young rich peasants

As the time spent getting along gradually increased, Zaozi discovered that Erlang was a cautious person who didn't talk much, and after getting acquainted with each other even less, and would only concentrate on doing things.This kind of character is not pleasing to some people, because they can't say good things, but in the Mei family, it doesn't hurt. Honest children are much more reliable than oily people.

After working for a month, everyone was satisfied with Erlang's performance, and things were basically settled.

With an extra helper at home, we don't have to rush to prepare for the Spring Festival. However, although Erlang people are smart, they come from a small family that is not rich. They are good at grocery shopping, but not good at buying festival items.According to him, it would be great if his family can eat oily vegetables and a piece of pork during the Spring Festival.

Zaozi felt sorry for him, so she took little Ah Yue to Xiacun to buy things on her back, taught him everything, and even bought him sweet cakes to eat.

After running for several days one after another, when things were almost ready, the weather suddenly turned cold.The four seasons in the south are like spring. Judging by the appearance of the jujube, the lowest temperature is about ten degrees at most, but the sudden drop in temperature seems to have mixed the air with ice balls in an instant, and he can't stand it even in cotton-padded clothes.After waking up, it became colder and colder. When I went out, I saw frost on the leaves of the vegetable garden.Zaozi rubbed his hands and stomped his feet, his exhaled breath turned into white mist.

Lei Shounuo came out wearing a big cotton coat, and covered him with a thin quilt, "I don't wear too much when I come out."

Zaozi pulled back the quilt and wrapped Lei Shounuo up, "Why is it so cold all of a sudden?"

"Go back to the room." Lei Shounuo kissed Zaozi, and found that his lips were cold, so he couldn't stay outside anymore.

Back in the room, Zaozi folded the quilt and put it on little Ah Yue's body, tucking it in.Lei Shounuo moved an iron basin into the room, added some charcoal to burn it, and opened a little window for ventilation to prevent the smell in the room from being too choking.After the charcoal was burning, the room was considered to have some heating, and the dates squatted in front of the iron basin to roast for a while.

Zaozi's cheeks were slightly red from the heat, Lei Shounuo pulled him away, moved the brazier closer to the bed, pulled him back into the quilt.There is still warmth in the bed, but it is not uncomfortable.

Lei Shounuo was young and strong, with good health and vigor, and soon turned the bed into a small stove, but he didn't snooze, and he got up and changed his clothes before it was bright, and wanted to go out to do business and socialize.Zaozi also got up and was held down by him, "It's cold outside."

Zaozi said: "You can't hide in your room from morning till night, winter is still so long, and the Spring Festival is coming and there are so many things to do."

Thinking about it, the Spring Festival is one of the few big festivals that are rare throughout the year. It is better to do everything by yourself, and there is nothing to do.He reminded: "Remember to wear more clothes."

Zaozi was very obedient, he put on heavy clothes again and again, and he gave up when he couldn't even fit around his waist.I thought it would be fine, but it turned out to be a problem.It wasn't a cold, or any other illness, but... Chilblains.

Having lived in a warm place for a long time, Zao Zi forgot that there is such a thing as frostbite.When he went to bed that night, he felt his hand was a little itchy. At first he wanted to ignore it, but the itching was like a bug attached to the bone, and he couldn't help scratching it, and then he couldn't stop.

Lei Shounuo asked, "What's wrong?"

"Maybe it's because I peeled deep potatoes today, and my hands are a little itchy."

"Itchy?" Lei Shounuo made a gesture to get up and light the lamp.Zaozi stopped him, "It's so late, don't get up, you'll catch a cold if you get in and out of the wind."

The room was dark, so I couldn't see his expression clearly, but I could hear Lei Shounuo's concern.Zaozi thought that the itching would go away after a while, so he didn't let Lei Shounuo get up.

As a result, he endured this patience until dawn, during which he hardly fell asleep. When the light penetrated into the bed, he raised his hand to look, and was startled, all ten long and thin fingers turned into red and swollen radishes.Lei Shounuo woke up almost at the same time as he picked up his hands, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the ten out-of-shape fingers, sat up from the bed, held his fingers and said, "What are the deep-cut potatoes, you have frostbite?" It is!" Zaozi finally realized.

People in Gaoliang County have lived in this warm climate since they were young. Generally speaking, their ability to resist cold is weaker than people who live in snowy places. People with strong blood are not afraid, but weaker people are prone to frostbite. It happened by accident in winter in the north or when the weather in the county was very cold.

Lei Shounuo himself had no experience of frostbite, and the only thing he could think of was to find a doctor.As a result, the two of them were stopped by the little father before they walked out of the courtyard.

"Where do you need to see a doctor for frostbite? Just wait until you go down to the lower village and get some cabbage leaves."

The head of the dish is white radish, the leaves of white radish? "Daddy, are radish leaves edible?" Zaozi was curious. The people in the lower village also planted radishes after harvesting the crops. The radishes that were harvested early were planted early, and those that were harvested were planted late. At this time... Do not eat radishes and eat leaves?

Mei Xiaopai smiled unfathomably, "Don't eat it."

Zaozi didn't understand even more, Mei Xiaopai just told him to go back to the room and wait, then he called Erlang, "Take these dozen goose eggs to the village, and ask the vegetable growers for some cabbage leaves, fill this Bamboo basket."

Erlang used to run back and forth, so he came back quickly with his things. Not only was the bamboo basket full, but he also held a large handful of bundles tied with straw in his arms.

Without further ado, Mei Xiaodi took the cabbage leaves and washed them to remove the dirt, then threw them into the pot and boiled them.After the leaves are boiled, filter out the leaves, pour all the water into the wooden basin, and send it to the room.

Lei Shounuo went out, little Ayue was having a great time playing with a few goose feathers on the bamboo bed, Zaozi was sitting by the bed, holding the bamboo frame but couldn't hold the needle steadily.

He was very curious about the bucket of water, "Little Daddy, it's so hot, do you want cold water?" Erlang made a gesture of running out before he could finish his sentence, but he was grabbed by Xiao Daddy, who said, "No. Add it, it won’t work if you add it.” After waiting for a while, Dad tested the water temperature and said it was ok.

Zao Zi did not doubt that he reached out with both hands, and immediately pulled them back, it was so hot that it hurt.

"Don't shrink back," Mei Xiaodi said, "It's hot enough to allow the medicine to seep into the body, and it's useless when it's cold. Be good, bear with it."

No way, it was too hot, so the dates had to be placed on the surface of the water. When they felt less hot, they sank a little, and when they were too hot, they picked up some, and kept in contact with the water.When the water temperature dropped slightly, he could finally soak his whole hand. It felt tingly and numb. I don't know if it was an illusion, but it was indeed not so itchy.Of course, it may also be because it is too hot to feel.

He soaked it again at night. Although it was still itchy, it was not as unbearable as the night before, and he finally had a good night's sleep.

After soaking such white radish leaves in water for three to five days in a row, the chilblains of the jujubes were all healed without leaving a scar. "Daddy, I didn't expect the leaves of cabbage leaves to be useful like this, it's amazing!"

Little Daddy Mei laughed loudly, "Of course the method handed down by our ancestors is useful, and the things that are usually thrown away can also come in handy at a critical moment."

"Is there any other magical effect of leaves?"

Mei Xiaopai thought for a while and said, "The stems of the taro leaves are edible."

Zaozi really didn't think about this, he only ate the leaves of sweet potatoes, "Is it really edible? I haven't seen anyone eat it."

"Why not? Didn't you go to Xiacun to eat a few days ago? Erlang even told Shou Nuo that you like to eat." Mei Xiaodi laughed.Zaozi was completely dumbfounded. A few days ago, I went shopping in Xiacun and ate a few bowls of porridge and a few dumplings for lunch at the porridge stall, but I didn’t eat any taro seedlings.

Mei Xiaopai stopped playing charades, and said frankly: "It's the taro seedling you gave the porridge to eat, also called Yuhe."

"That's it?!" Zaozi was surprised. At that time, I heard everyone talking about taro seedlings and taro seedlings. I wondered what "no seedlings" were. One piece was half the size of a thumb, yellow-green, and it tasted sour and salty with a special fragrance. The skin is a bit rough, but the inside is tender and has a little chili flavor.

"Yes, pick the taro seedlings when they are tender and marinate."

"Can it be used to stew meat?"

"Okay, I will make it for you to eat some other day."

People in this world really like marinated food, Zao Zi thought to himself, even taro seedlings can be processed in this way, I don't know what it will taste like when stewed with meat.

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With the arrival of the Spring Festival, the fiery firecrackers rang from the village head to the village tail, from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, and the joyful cheer more or less overwhelmed the chilly spring.Zaozi, who had suffered from frostbite not long ago, did not dare to take it lightly. After going out for a walk, he found that the wind was very strong and his ears were frozen.They adults are okay, little Ayue is still so small, how fragile her little ears are, is it okay to blow them like this?And the sound of firecrackers was too loud, afraid to scare little Ah Yue, hiding in the room last year was just a stopgap measure, we can't let the child hide until he grows up.During the Spring Festival, I still have to go out for a walk.

So Zaozi thought about it, and then asked Lei Shounuo what to do.

Lei Shounuo soon had a solution, "How about making an ear muff for my son?"

"Yes! You can make earmuffs."

"Well, it snows every winter in the north, and everyone has a few pairs of earmuffs. You haven't seen it before, let me draw it for you..." "I have."

Lei Shounuo stopped moving, "Have you seen Zaozi?"

Zaozi stuttered a few times, and finally managed to utter a complete sentence, "In the place where I lived when I was a child, I saw... a northern businessman passing by."

Lei Shounuo turned back to look at the table, put away his pen and said, "So that's the case, let's think about it first, and I'll go to the tailor to see if I can do it."

"En!" Zaozi nodded fiercely.Fortunately, he was thinking fast just now, otherwise he wouldn't be able to make sense.

Looking back, he tried to study it, mainly because he didn't understand the brackets of the earmuffs.In the modern world of his previous life, the earmuffs were either made of plastic or metal, and here he was really confused for a moment.In the end, he had no choice but to give up doing it himself.Fortunately, the tailor Lei Shounuo found had done this kind of thing, so he agreed to make it for them.Zaozi measured the size of little Ah Yue's head, reported it to him, and then picked a good material, and then waited for the delivery.

This is also the first time that Zaozi has seen animal fur since he came to this world. Stopped - even if it's just a collar, it's ridiculously expensive, winter is over in a short time, isn't it a waste of money to buy such an expensive thing?So I didn't buy it in the end.

Passing by the pastry shop on the way back, Li Ada chased him out, "Boss Lei, I have a letter from your family."