After graduation, I went home to keep bees

Qu Jingjiang looked up at him, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth, picked up the set square and textbooks, and went to class with a thermos in his pocket.

He knew that it was not the time for him to resign now, and he shouldn't have left, but before he left, Jiang Baichuan couldn't wait to find a new person to take his place. I can't hold on to something.

Jiang Xiaoman was confused by his domineering president's mocking smile, but before he could figure it out, Jiang Caiyun, who was sitting inside, stood up and greeted him with a smile.

"Xiaoman, the May Day holiday is over, why don't you go to school? Are you supposed to graduate this year?" Jiang Caiyun looked at Jiang Xiaoman enviously. If there were no accidents in her family back then, maybe she is now. a college student.

"I asked for leave from the school. Anyway, I have nothing to do in my senior year, and I have finished my graduation thesis. Uncle Baichuan is like this, and he must take a rest for a month. I am afraid that you will be too busy, so I just come to help. Don't you I hate my poor craftsmanship, anyway, I can only cook those few dishes." Jiang Xiaoman helped her fill the thermos with water, and urged her to go to class first.

"That's fine, I won't say any more polite words, I'll ask your Uncle Baichuan to catch you a rabbit to eat~ Pfft!" Both Jiang Caiyun and Jiang Xiaoman thought of the hare that caused Jiang Baichuan to fall so badly, and endured it. I couldn't help laughing.

This kind of injury is actually nothing to the people in the mountains. Who doesn't fall a few times when they go to the mountains to collect herbs, cut rock honey, and crack pecans every year?I didn't fall too hard, so I didn't even bother to go to the health center, I just applied some purple lotion on my own.

Both teachers had gone to class, and Jiang Xiaoman walked around the school.

There are not many students in Langshan Township Primary School now, but the place is still very large. The cement walls built in the early years have exposed red bricks in some places. The school was established early, and there were no plastic track at that time. The playground of the whole school It is a large piece of flat land in front of the teaching building, with a flagpole erected on the east side, the national flag is raised every Monday morning and the national anthem is sung, and a tattered basketball hoop and a concrete ping-pong table are on the west side.

Facing north and south is a three-story teaching building. The cement handrails are covered with grout, and we can vaguely see the prosperity of this school in the past.

But now, there are only more than 30 students left in the whole school, five grades, which happens to occupy the first floor, which saves the students from climbing the stairs.

Of the original classrooms on the second floor, the three rooms on the east side were converted into dormitories. Jiang Baichuan and Qu Jingjiang lived here all year round. Jiang Caiyun took the children to rest at school at noon and went home to sleep at night.

The classrooms on the right side of the second floor are all empty, but the words "Boys" and "Girls" were written in big chalk on the doors. It is estimated that when it is windy and rainy, it is difficult to walk the mountain roads, students who live far away They all live here.

Jiang Xiaoman stretched his head to look inside. In fact, there were two empty classrooms without even a bed board. The students brought it here, and the temporary residence may just be a floor bunk here.

The downwind outlet on the west side of the teaching building is the school toilet. It is the old-fashioned dry toilet. There are a few toilet pits made of cement, and there is no water tank to flush the toilet. Every once in a while, someone needs to clean up the toilet pit behind. Jiang Xiaoman goes in After taking a look, it turned out to be the same as when they went to school when they were young.

To the east are two kitchens built with asbestos tiles and red bricks. Outside the kitchen is a row of cement-built pools. Several faucets are installed side by side, which is convenient for washing vegetables and dishes. There are four large and small stoves inside, two large The pot is used for cooking, two small pots for cooking, and the chopping board in the kitchen is also very large. The big stainless steel bathtubs are used to hold the meals. The dishes and chopsticks are also washed and placed upside down on the chopping board.

Strolling under the stove, Jiang Xiaoman couldn't help but raised his head, stared silently at the bacon hanging on the stove for a while, and couldn't help but think of the words that Uncle Baichuan told him repeatedly before he left——

"Xiao Man, the bacon in the kitchen can only be eaten during the festival or after the exam. There are only a few sticks. You should save some of it. Of course, it's better not to cook it. Isn't there a rabbit? Eat that."

Putting away his coveting heart for bacon, Jiang Xiaoman picked up the dying gray rabbit, and took a kitchen knife to deal with it. The rabbit looked fat, but it was actually fluffy and puffy. The meat left after peeling the skin Not much, cooking is not enough for each of the teachers and students in the school.

Jiang Xiaoman thought for a while, soaked the rabbit meat in water, took the vegetable basket and went to the vegetable garden at the foot of the back mountain.

Uncle Baichuan planted a lot of vegetables here, and set up some thin bamboo poles along the side of the mountain. He planted cowpeas, lentils, loofahs, cucumbers and so on. These are not edible for the time being. In the vegetable field below, the most grown ones are There are things like chard, cabbage, broad beans that are easier to take care of, and yams, sweet potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, etc. are planted next to them.

I chopped a few cabbages, and broke off a basket full of chard. This kind of red-stalked chard is very firm. When eating, only the outer large leaves are broken off, and the inner leaves will continue to grow. The taste and taste are naturally not as good as the cabbages they eat at home, but they can't stand the high yield and easy to feed, so Jiang Baichuan planted the most, not only in the vegetable garden, in the open space of the backyard, but wherever there is a gap, they are planted. Pickled cabbage - people can't finish it, and it can be fed to pigs, no waste at all.

The broad beans in this season are also available to eat. Jiang Xiaoman picked a large basket full of pods. There were a lot of dishes. He took the three baskets of vegetables to the kitchen door three times. The rabbit meat in the water sighed slightly, took the key and ran home, and brought a chicken from home.

Boil a pot of boiling water, kill the chicken and chop it into pieces. The chicken internal organs and chicken blood are not willing to throw away. After cleaning up, put them into the chicken together, and then take the rabbit meat together. Anyway, one bite of meat per person is guaranteed. .

There are a lot of potatoes in the corner of the kitchen, which should be brought by the students. Jiang Xiaoman picked out a basket of potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces, heated the oil pan, poured the chicken and rabbit meat into it first, added sliced ​​ginger and garlic , onion, and soy sauce, stir-fry until the surface is golden, pour in potato cubes, add salt after boiling, cover and simmer, the potato-roasted chicken made in this way is the best to eat with bibimbap.

First stew this meat dish, Jiang Xiaoman checked the time and hurried to cook.

They have very little rice production here, and the common people usually eat boiled yams or sweet potato porridge at home. The children study hard, so of course we can't give them porridge. Jiang Baichuan thought of a way to use soaked dry corn kernels, sweet potatoes and rice. Mixed together and stewed, the staple food made in this way is rich in nutrition.

"The most important thing is to save the cost of purchasing rice, right?" Jiang Xiaoman complained secretly, following Jiang Baichuan's instructions, he stewed the staple food.

The remaining two dishes are simple. Wash and cut the chard, heat the oil pan, fry it with some garlic and chili peppers, and then add water to cook for a while. The chard is tender and sweet.The cabbage was chopped up, and Jiang Xiaoman brought a small can of lard residue from home. The cabbage fried with lard residue was half a meat dish at least.

Stuck to finish the meal, thinking that Sister Caiyun's daughter was still in the office, Jiang Xiaoman quickly took two bowls, filled some food and sent it to the office. I took a raw sweet potato and gnawed on it.

"Big girl, come and eat!" Jiang Xiaoman hurriedly took the food and asked her if she could eat by herself. Big girl nodded and couldn't wait to pick up the spoon.

Seeing her little one, standing on the armchair, scooping up potato cubes with a spoon and stuffing them into her mouth, Jiang Xiaoman was both funny and sad, and helped her move the chair to the front of the table, seeing her eating alone Skilled, Jiang Xiaoman ignored her, hurried back to the kitchen, put all the prepared meals into a large bowl, and brought them to the chopping board.

There is no formal canteen in the school. Students and teachers are the same. They take a bowl to make a meal, and then take it to the classroom to eat.Children in rural areas usually learn to do housework very early. Anyway, Jiang Xiaoman saw that the dishes and chopsticks were washed very clean. Although there is no disinfection cabinet, this is the only condition now.

The bell for the end of class rang, and the last class in the morning was over. Children are prone to hunger. When they heard the bell for the end of class, they swarmed to the kitchen like hungry piglets. I didn't know that the principal was injured last night, so he ran to the kitchen, and when he saw that it was not the principal who was cooking, he became a little cautious.

"Your principal's father is going to be hospitalized these few days. This is the nephew of the principal's family. You can call him Brother Xiaoman." Jiang Caiyun went back to the office after class, and saw that her daughter had almost finished her meal, so she knew it was Jiang Xiaoman I brought her a meal in advance, and my heart suddenly warmed up. Just as I was about to come and thank him, I saw that he was surrounded by a group of little guys, and he hurriedly stepped forward to make a rescue with a smile.

"Is the principal's father sick?"

"It's not sick, I heard from my grandfather that he rolled down the mountain!"

"I heard that I broke my arm because I was trying to catch rabbits... It's all your fault! You are arguing all day long for meat, and the principal's father rolled down the mountain just because he caught rabbits for you!"

As soon as the little guys heard that the principal was injured, they didn't even eat their meals, and there was a quarrel immediately. Jiang Caiyun immediately snatched the big iron spoon for cooking from Jiang Xiaoman's hand, and slammed the big stainless steel basin a few times , to calm down the gang of rebellious little guys——

"Stop arguing! Your principal's father will be discharged from the hospital in two days. If you continue to quarrel, I will call him and complain! Come over for dinner!"

Jiang Xiaoman stood on the side, deafened by Jiang Caiyun's loud voice, secretly admiring it, no wonder everyone said that teachers in elementary school should have a loud voice, if the voice was lower, it would be impossible Can't stop these little bastards?

The little guys were ruthlessly suppressed, and they went to the chopping board to get a big bowl to cook.

The children in the village are not as particular about eating as in the city. They all have a large bowl in their hands. First, they go to make two spoonfuls of mixed grain rice, and then make a few spoonfuls of vegetables. It looks messy to eat like this, but it is actually delicious. It was much more delicious than the roasted potatoes they ate at home.

"Brother Xiaoman's cooking is so delicious!" The boys were still a little unfamiliar with this temporary substitute chef before. After eating a meal, it was really delicious. The rainbow farts continued to output non-stop, and Jiang Xiaoman listened very well. complacent.

Jiang Caiyun laughed while listening, in fact, where is Jiang Xiaoman's delicious cooking?It is he who is willing to put oil in cooking!

Jiang Baichuan is used to being frugal. He usually stir-fries vegetables by putting some soybean oil in the bottom of the pot, which means that they are similar to boiled vegetables. Unlike Jiang Xiaoman, who actually stir-fries cabbage with lard residue, it's no wonder it doesn't taste good!

"What is this? Brother will go to the market tomorrow and buy meat for you!" Jiang Xiaoman was blown away by the rainbow fart, and couldn't help but pat his chest and began to promise tomorrow's big meal.

"You're still in college, where did you get the money to buy meat? Didn't Uncle Bai Chuan give you money to buy food?" After eating, Jiang Caiyun couldn't help asking him.

"Don't worry, Sister Caiyun, if you want me to buy a house or a car, then I definitely can't afford it, but I still have enough money to buy meat." Jiang Xiaoman blinked at her, "Actually, as long as you work hard, there is something in your eyes." You can still save a lot of money for college.”

Jiang Caiyun suddenly became interested.