Happy Farmer's Life

It was already evening when they returned home, and the villagers saw that there was nothing special in the car, so they chatted with Du Weiming and then dispersed.Du Weiming asked Wang Wu to move all the rice into the storage room first, put the cloth in his room first, and put the food he bought in the kitchen.Zhou Wen will make dinner first.

Wang Wu secretly handed a letter to Du Weiming when Du Weiming entered the room, and Du Weiming knew it was written by Jing Yuan when he saw the words.There was nothing special in the letter, saying that I might not have time to come over due to my busy schedule recently, but I should have time during Chinese New Year.I asked Weiming about his life recently, and told him to take care of his body and not be too tired.After Du Weiming read the letter, he carefully put him in a wooden box, and when he answered the letter, go to the post station in the town and send it to Weiming.

Dinner is simple corn porridge with sweet potatoes. After a good meal at noon, it is better to have something light at night.After running for a day, everyone was tired, so they went back to their rooms to rest after dinner.Now that I'm free, Du Weiming will teach the baby how to read after dinner.At the beginning, Du Weiming always thought that the doll was only three or four years old at most, and it looked so small. Later, he realized that the doll is five years old today, but it is actually four years old. It is only because of poor food that it looks small.These days, with a regular diet, the doll has gained some flesh, and her cheeks have become more rosy.Everyone in the village said that the doll was lucky. When he met Li Er, Du Weiming didn't think much about it. He seemed less lonely after having a doll.Although Zhou Wen and Wang Wu are together, they still feel different.

Now that it's cold, the two of them studied on the small table on the bed. Today, they taught the words "big" and "small", and they rested after seeing how the doll could write.The child ran with him for a day, and now he has no energy, and he can't learn well any more.

Du Weiming was ready to start making sausages the next day.During Chinese New Year last year, I wanted to make sausages. It was troublesome to make, but Jing Yuan was also sick so I didn't have time to do it.Get ready early this year and send the dolls to find friends to play with. Du Weiming and Zhou Wen started making sausages.Wang Wu and Lian Da went to work in the field, and the autumn potatoes were expected to be harvested in a few days. Lian Da and Wang Wu were taking the time to water and fertilize, and the potatoes would be harvested before the winter solstice.

Because the meat used to make sausages needs to be marinated for a period of time, Du Weiming processed the meat before processing the intestines.Of the ten catties of meat I bought yesterday, one catty was left to be braised in soy sauce, and the rest were made into sausages.Cut the lean meat into slices along the wire, then into strips, and finally cut into small cubes.Then soak these lean diced meat in salt water and stir regularly, which can accelerate the dissolution of blood and water.After an hour, pour out the basin of salt water, soak it in salt water for three to four hours, rinse it off, and drain it.After scalding the diced fatty meat with boiling water, wash it with cold water and dry it immediately.

While soaking, Du Weiming processed the pig offal that was sent yesterday. The sausages were made of small pig intestines, and the large pig intestines were cleaned by Du Weiming and cooked for eating today.Dealing with the intestines is quite troublesome. You need to wash the grease and dirt inside, and it will be much more convenient to rub some salt.Be very careful when cleaning, not to break the intestines.

I didn't have time to make lunch, so I simply boiled a few sweet potatoes, and everyone ate it for lunch.In the afternoon, the lean meat was almost processed, and it was time to prepare the cured meat.Mix the washed fat and lean diced meat, and then add salt, white wine, pepper, pepper, sugar, etc. in proportion, and mix well. This will need to be marinated for about four hours.During the pickling process, turn it every other hour to make the seasoning even.This looks like trouble.

Du Weiming asked Zhou Wen to find a few bamboo joints. The bamboo joints were pierced up and down and polished smooth. They can be used later when stuffing sausages.I found out the sewing needles and cotton thread I bought yesterday.It took a long time to marinate, so Du Weiming was ready to start making dinner.It is estimated that the sausage can't be stuffed today, and I will make it tomorrow morning.

The bought herring is also processed, the head is cut off, one is made into chopped pepper fish head, and the other is boiled in fish head soup.Both fish tails are left, braised in soy sauce tomorrow.Herring is also prepared to pickle salted fish. After processing, the herring cannot be washed with water. It should be wiped clean with a dry cloth, poured with white wine, rubbed with salt on both sides, put it in a small tank, and pressed it with a stone. It should be placed in a cool place. place, just take it out to dry in a few days.

The dinner was made by Du Weiming, and the breakfast and lunch were hastily handled, so today's dinner is very rich.Fish head with chopped pepper, braised pork, shredded potatoes and fried vegetables, fish head soup.Today everyone ate brown rice or cornmeal, and did not make white rice for the doll, but the brown rice was specially steamed today to make it softer, so the doll is fine with it.In the afternoon, when Du Weiming was making dinner, the baby squatted beside him and watched how delicious his brother was going to make today.Everyone ate very happily.During the meal, Wang Wu said that the potatoes in the field are growing well, and the harvest should be good, and they will be dug in a few days.The vegetable juice in the bowl was clean, and Du Weiming was very satisfied. The baby ate several pieces of braised pork today, and everyone praised Du Weiming's craftsmanship.

After eating early the next morning, Du Weiming checked that the pickled meat should be fine, so he prepared to stuff the sausages.Put the small intestine head on the prepared bamboo joint, tie it tightly with cotton thread, and then stuff the meat inside. While stuffing the meat, drive the meat to the lower part of the intestine. It will be troublesome to use skill to avoid breaking the intestine.I didn't pay attention at the beginning, and the intestines were broken after a short amount of feeding. Fortunately, there was a wooden basin under it, and the meat came out, so I had to re-drain it.Once you find the feeling, it will dry quickly. Tie the intestines tightly with cotton thread every [-] to [-] centimeters, and pierce the casing with a needle to expel the air in the intestines.Du Weiming and Zhou Wen worked together in a division of labor. Du Weiming stuffed the meat, Zhou Wen tied the cotton thread and pricked it with needles. Finally, all the sausages were ready before lunch.The stuffed sausage is hung in a ventilated place behind the house, waiting for it to dry, and it is not afraid of being damaged in the cold weather.It can be eaten until next spring.

The cloth and cotton I bought were sent to Aunt Zhang yesterday to help make cotton clothes when I had time. The doll is still small, and the clothes on her body are a bit thin, so I need to change into cotton clothes soon.The bought duck eggs have not been processed yet. Du Weiming originally wanted to make salted eggs and preserved eggs. There are only salted eggs here. Du Weiming has tasted them, and they are similar to salted eggs, but they are not as good as salted eggs.Now you have time to do it yourself.Salted eggs are easy to make. Dissolve salt in cold boiled water, add dry loess and stir to form a paste.Put the eggs into the salt mud so that the egg shells are completely covered with salt mud and then put them into the clay pot. After it is basically full, pour the remaining salt mud on the egg surface and seal it up.It takes a long time to make salted eggs in winter, it is estimated that it will take more than a month, and they should be ready to eat during the New Year.Most of the duck eggs bought back were made into salted eggs, and only ten were left for experimentation to make preserved eggs, because Du Weiming has only seen the practice of preserved eggs, but he has never tried it, and there seems to be no preserved eggs here. Lime is used for this. If it is not done well, it will hurt the skin, so let's wait for two days to have time to test it before doing it.

The shopkeeper of Tianxiang Building asked someone to deliver a letter, saying that Du Weiming would send some more dried bamboo shoots and flat tips.Du Weiming sent another 30 catties of dried bamboo shoots and a jar of flat tips to Wang Wu, as well as a letter to Jing Yuan.During the Chinese New Year this time, it is estimated that there will be more people in the family, and the villagers are also preparing for the upcoming winter solstice.

But before the winter solstice, Du Weiming's family still has a very important thing to do, which is digging potatoes.The time to plant autumn potatoes this time is not long, but during this period of time, with God's help, the weather is good. Du Weiming is still somewhat confident about the harvest.At home, the whole family went out to dig potatoes.Wang Wu and Lian Da were in charge of digging, while Du Weiming and Zhou Wen picked it up behind, and the dolls also helped. The autumn potatoes were not as big as the previous batch because they didn't grow for a long time, but the chubby ones were still very cute. , this is food.Digging potatoes doesn't seem to be tiring, but bending over to pick them up is actually quite strenuous. The baby gets a little tired after picking them up for a while, so Du Weiming asked him to rest beside him.I will continue to work with Zhou Wen and the others.Only one mu of land was dug in a day, and despite the one mu of land, there were quite a lot of potatoes. When the baskets of potatoes were pushed home, the villagers had a new topic.Li Er can also grow potatoes in autumn. Everyone heard the news and came to see what the autumn potatoes look like.

Du Weiming didn't want to show off at all, it's just that the village is so big, and the big guys who spread the word about a little bit know it.The village chief also came here to look at the autumn potatoes. Although they are smaller, they are still potatoes.Du Weiming promised to teach the villagers to grow the autumn potatoes when he had time, and everyone gradually dispersed.The next few days were spent digging potatoes, and more than [-] baskets of potatoes were dug on the four acres of land, so many families would definitely not be able to eat them all.Two baskets of small potatoes with many buds were picked out as seed potatoes for next year. The seed potatoes that were saved originally, as well as the extra potatoes from last time and the big ones from the field this time, were bought at a price, Du Weiming decided In two days, send Wang Wu and Lian Da to the town to sell them.The big hole behind the house came out, leaving a few baskets of small potatoes ready to eat slowly next year.The rest are put in the storage room, and they can be eaten during this time. There are still a lot of potatoes left at home.Du Weiming also picked a few baskets of good ones and gave some to the villagers. Although almost every household has seeds, the harvest in the field is not good this year, and everyone in the family is reluctant to sell the potatoes. .

I heard that the harvest of autumn potatoes planted at the entrance of the village seems to be good, at least there is food for winter this year.Du Weiming was also very happy, they even sent some potatoes, thank you Du Weiming.Du Weiming also accepted.