Reborn Ugly Girl Farming to Support the Family

Zheng Xiaoman took the basket and went to the backyard. There were still some green vegetables in the field that had not been picked.

She swept away the snow on top, revealing the green vegetables underneath.

She suddenly had an idea that her family could grow some vegetables in the house.

In winter, there are only cabbages and radishes here, and no green vegetables at all.

She doesn't plant too much, just enough for herself to eat.

Thinking of this, she quickened her pace to pick all the vegetables, and returned to the front yard with the basket.

"Dad, can you help me make some wooden boxes? One should be about a meter long and as deep as your palm."

Zheng Dashan nodded, "This is easy, Dad will make it for you in a moment."

"Dad, I need a lot of them, all the same size."

Zhou Chunfeng came out of the kitchen and asked, "What are you doing with this wooden box?"

"Mom, I want to use this wooden box to grow some vegetables to eat."

"What? Using a wooden box to grow vegetables? Can this be done?" Zhou Chunfeng had never heard of anyone being able to grow vegetables in winter.

"Of course I can. We still have an empty room. I'll put all the boxes in the room. But the kang in the room must be heated every day.

But you don’t need to heat it too hot, just make sure the room is warm.”

Zhou Chunfeng: "How much firewood would be wasted."

Zheng Qingming smiled and said, "Mom, if my sister wants to do it, just let her do it. There is so much firewood in the mountains. I can just go to the mountains and pick some up every day."

Zheng Dashan also said: "That's right, there is firewood in this mountain, so we don't need this much."

"Okay, okay, you guys just spoil her, I'm the only bad guy, okay."

Zhou Chunfeng was so angry that she laughed. Look, she just said one sentence and everyone started to protect her.

Zheng Xiaoman hurried over to stroke her mother's fur, "Haha, mother is not a bad person. She is frugal and knows how to manage the household. It is a great blessing for my father to marry you, right, father?"

Zheng Xiaoman blinked at his father.

Zheng Dashan said with a smile: "Yes, it is my blessing to marry your mother."

Zhou Chunfeng blushed when she was told that. "Go away, you are so grown up, but you are so dishonest. I'm going to cook, you guys go do whatever you need to do."

In the morning, each of them drank a bowl of vegetable and egg soup and ate a cornmeal pancake.

Zheng Xiaoman still did not go to town today because she was frozen in the snow for too long yesterday and she was showing signs of catching a cold.

Zhou Chunfeng cooked her a big bowl of brown sugar ginger water, which contained too much ginger. It was so spicy that Zheng Xiaoman stuck out her tongue.

Last night, the family stewed sauerkraut with the frozen tofu sent by the village chief, which reminded Zheng Xiaoman that her acorn tofu had not been made yet.

As she didn't have to go out today, she took out the acorn flour and planned to try making acorn tofu.

She scooped two bowls of acorn flour from the bag and added ten bowls of water.

This is added in a ratio of 1:5. It was her first time doing it, so she could only figure it out on her own.

Stir the acorn flour in the water and crush any large lumps of flour.

Then soak it for a while to allow the acorn powder to completely dissolve.

After the acorn powder was completely dissolved and there were no particles, Zheng Xiaoman started to light the fire.

Pour all the water and acorn powder in the basin into the pot. In order to prevent the acorn powder from sticking to the bottom of the pot, you must stir it constantly with a spoon.

After frying for about half an hour, the acorn powder in the pot has become thick and bubbles are coming out of the water, and the acorn powder is almost done.

Zheng Xiaoman quickly turned off the fire and poured all the thick paste in the pot into the basin.

She also dipped her hands in some cold water and smoothed out the paste in the basin.

Originally, the acorn tofu was supposed to cool overnight, but the temperature outside was low, so Zheng Xiaoman simply placed the basin on the snow pile.

The paste in the basin soon solidified into blocks, and the acorn tofu was ready.

Zheng Xiaoman touched it with chopsticks and found it to be very chewy.

She cut it open with a knife to see what was inside.

This acorn tofu seems a little hard, probably because not enough water was added.

So she scooped out two more bowls of acorn flour, this time adding eight bowls of water to one bowl of acorn flour.

When the second pot of acorn tofu was ready, she cut it open and saw that the tofu was just the right hardness and softness. She knew that she had added just the right amount of water this time.

"Dad, Dad, look, I made acorn tofu." Zheng Xiaoman shouted happily into the house.

Zheng Dashan quickly came out of the house and looked at the brown-red lumps in the basin. "Is this the acorn tofu you mentioned?"

"Yes, Dad, try a piece and see if it tastes good." Zheng Xiaoman cut off a small piece, put it in a bowl and handed it to her father.

Zheng Dashan's eyes lit up after taking a bite. "Oh, this tastes exactly like tofu, but without the bean smell."

Zheng Xiaoman also took a bite. The acorn tofu had a delicate and smooth texture. If you were to say what it was similar to, it would be the grass jelly eaten in later generations.

Zheng Dashan put down the bowl in his hand and sighed, "I didn't expect that this acorn fruit could be used to make so many good things. In the past, we were blind to the value of gold and jade and wasted all these good things."

"Hehe, Dad, this is a great bargain for our family. Next year we will pick some acorns and make acorn tofu, and our family will have another source of income."

"Haha, good. Next year my legs will be fully healed. I'll go up the mountain to pick acorns for you."

When Zheng Qingming came back from school at noon, he saw his sister tinkering with new food again.

Lixia ran into the kitchen first, "Sister, what delicious food have you made?"

He looked at the acorn tofu on the plate. He had never seen this before.

Zheng Xiaoman poured some oil into the pot. She was going to make stir-fried acorn tofu today.

She took the time to look back at her brother and said, "This is acorn tofu. I made it today. I'll cook it first, and you'll know in a moment."

Lixia smiled and said, "Then I'll go set the table first."

Zheng Qingming also walked into the kitchen and helped bring the dishes into the house.

Zheng Xiaoman quickly fried the acorn tofu, then opened the clay pot next to it and tasted it. The acorn tofu made with braised pork soup was also ready.

Soon the two dishes were served on the table. Zheng Dashan first tried the stir-fried acorn tofu. The tofu had a smooth texture, and some hot sauce was added to it, making it taste very similar to Mapo tofu.

Lixia first ate a piece of stewed tofu. Every bite of it filled my mouth with the aroma of meat and the unique fragrance of acorns.

The acorn tofu was very chewy and he immediately fell in love with the taste.

Zheng Qingming also took a bite. After tasting it carefully, he found that the acorn tofu had no bitterness at all.

Lixia now really admires his sister, she can make such delicious food with just an acorn.

"Sister, you are amazing. This acorn tofu is even more delicious than white tofu."