See Nanshan leisurely

The weather is getting colder and colder. Yun County is located in the southwestern border, so naturally there is no heating available. A few days ago, there was a light snowfall. Although it melted when it hit the ground, when the temperature dropped in the middle of the night, the roads outside were condensed and frozen, and it was even colder. up.

Chen Youran was fine at home, guarding the coal stove, the fire was burning vigorously, and the whole room was filled with warmth, so she didn't feel anything.Lan Shan and Chen Yanran were sad every day in the classroom.

The classrooms are spacious, because there are so many people, they dare not close the doors and windows completely for fear of accidents, and people come in and out from time to time, the cold wind sweeps back and forth in the room, and the heat on people's bodies is quickly blown away.The students were so cold that their hands and feet were so cold that they couldn't even hold their pens.

Chen Youran herself came from this stage, so she knew it all too well, so she simply prepared two hot water bottles for the two of them to take to school.Every morning, I boil the water at home and fill it up, and then take a thermos bottle to the classroom. After the second class, I change the water in the hot water bottle, and I can last until noon after school.Do the same in the afternoon and evening.

In this way, the hot water bag can be kept warm all day long, and holding it in your arms can warm up your body.It's just that I have to stretch out my hand to take notes, but I still can't help freezing.

So Chen Youran began to learn another craft, knitting gloves.

She is not talented in this kind of thing, but in the winter slack, the neighbors around her gather together, gossip, they don't stop, they either wear shoe soles or knit sweaters. Chen Youran asked them for advice, and she has enough. In your free time, as long as you can hold back your temper, you can weave quickly.Although the gloves are really not good-looking, they are very effective in keeping warm and warding off the cold.

The gloves were knitted quickly, and within a few days, both Lan Shan and Chen Yanran were wearing the half-finger gloves she knitted.

Before Chen Yanran and Lan Shan brought hot water bottles, many people followed suit. Now, using such convenient and good things as upper half-fingered gloves has set off a trend in the school.Chen Youran saw the business opportunity, bought a batch of hot water bottles first, and bought another batch of woolen yarn, making a small profit.

After knitting the gloves, Chen Youran had nothing to do anyway, so she simply started knitting the scarf again.When the scarf is finished, there is still a hat waiting behind.If the sweater project is not too huge, she plans to learn a little bit.This kind of life skill can always give people a sense of home. Chen Youran used to disdain it, but now he likes it very much.

Seeing her working so hard, keeping her head down for a long time every day, and her cervical spine is sore and stiff, Lan Shan couldn't help but feel distressed, "We are not in a hurry to use it, so you don't have to be so anxious, just knit a few needles when you have nothing to do, don't do it all day."

"Why are you not in a hurry? If you don't rush, winter will be over." Chen Youran rubbed her neck.

Lan Shan said, "Then save it for next winter."

"But I don't want you to suffer." Chen Youran said, "I used to have no one to take care of me, and my life was rough. Now I take care of you, so I can't be like this anymore."

"Then let me press your shoulder." Lan Shan was silent for a moment when she heard the words, instead of objecting, she said.

Chen Youran readily agreed.

Lin Xiuying hadn't come back since she went to the city last time, and she didn't know what was going on.Chen Youran wanted to ride a bicycle into the city several times to find out, but in the end she held back and let it go. Anyway, she has decided to leave this matter alone, so what if she finds out the news?

Chen Boping never came back, and he didn't know whether he was too busy or was too busy with Lin Xiuying.The so-called living expenses are naturally gone for the time being, but there are still regular deliveries from the store. Presumably, Chen Boping hasn't cut off the payment for the goods, so he still has his father's conscience?

It was Christmas in a blink of an eye, Wuzhen is a small place, and it has not been affected by too many Western customs. This festival is that the English teacher will lead everyone to sing two songs, and it will pass.After the festival, it's time for the final exam, and the students can't spare their minds to play around.

Lan Shan is fine, her study progress has been step by step, even if she has to take the exam, it doesn't have much impact.Chen Yanran studied with Lan Shan, but her mid-term exam results did not improve much last time. She was stimulated and determined to get a good result in the final exam, so she is working hard.

Chen Youran was not idle either. Apart from taking care of two students and a baby, she also held an event in the store.A new batch of goods just came in, but the students are going to be on vacation soon, so she came up with a promotion on a whim.Although the commissary has small profits but quick sales, and the profit from promotions is even less, the effect is good. Half of the goods that just came in are sold out at once, and the store seems to be much empty.

When Lan Shan saw her, she asked Chen Youran, "Are you planning to open a shop during the holidays?"

Chen Youran nodded, "It's so cold, even if the door is open, there won't be much business, so it's better to close it, lest you have to stay here all the time and be unable to get away."

Lan Shan nodded in agreement.Chinese New Year is approaching, and we always want to let people relax.Indeed, a lot of things happened in the past two months. It is normal for Chen Yanran to feel tired, and Lan Shan also supports her in wanting to rest.

The final exam was not too difficult for Lan Shan, and her state was no different from usual.However, after Chen Yanran finished the exam, she became haggard, as if her body had been hollowed out.She rested at home for two days before she finally recovered. At that time, Lan Shan had already been sent home by Chen Youran.

The two sisters spent a few days in the dark at home, and finally they couldn't stand it anymore.

No need to go to school, no need to be busy, no need to worry. Naturally, you can have a lot of fun, but without Lan Shan, life suddenly becomes much deserted. The most important thing is that the standard of food has plummeted.

The two sisters recovered from the flying state, looked at each other, and complained to each other that the other's cooking skills were too poor to be on the stage.

Finally, Chen Yanran had a sudden thought, "Sister, why don't we go find Sister Shanshan?"

"How?" Chen Youran raised her eyebrows and asked.

Chen Yanran said, "Go by bike! It's only ten minutes away, very convenient."

The veins on Chen Youran's forehead twitched, "It's not appropriate to disturb someone's house like this every day."

Obviously, the three words "go every day" have completely exposed her thoughts.Chen Yanran just proposed to go to Lan Shan, but she didn't say how long she would go, but Chen Youran himself defined it as a holiday and went there every day.

But Chen Yanran obviously thought so too, so when he heard Chen Youran's words, he said without any surprise, "Isn't that how we came here during the summer vacation? At worst, we bring vegetables and rice, and take everything to Sister Shanshan's house." Hey, bring what you need. Even if her parents are unhappy, they probably have nothing to say about these things."

Anyway, there are oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar in the store. It is useless to keep them at home after closing the door. Take them with you.

After hearing her long speech, Chen Youran couldn't help being speechless for a moment, "You are very thoughtful!"

Chen Yanran thought she was praising herself, "I'm not like you, I want to go, but I still have to hold it in my heart."

Aren't I afraid that Ah Shu will be in trouble?It's not good for us to just run away during the New Year's Eve. "And Chen Youran has another thing to worry about, "Besides, the two of us are gone, what about Xiaomi? "

"Take them together."

"How dare you think about it, what if such a small child comes and goes in the wind and rain every day, if he gets sick?" Chen Youran was helpless.Besides, they went by themselves, saying that they can find classmates to play and experience life, but what is it like to bring a child?I don't know what others are going to come up with.

After all, she and Chen Yanran are both older girls. Those who know it say this is Lin Xiuying's youngest daughter, but those who don't know think it's either of them who had a child out of wedlock. Do you want to be famous?

Even if everyone does not misunderstand, explaining to everyone that she is Lin Xiuying's old clam's pearl is enough to make people uncomfortable.

Chen Yanran quickly thought of another way, "Why don't you go to the city to inquire about the news, and send Xiaomi to your aunt's house by the way? She likes her daughter very much, so if you help her to see her for ten days and a half months, she will agree, right?"

Chen Youran was speechless.

But in the end she reluctantly rejected the proposal.She was the one who took over and raised her younger sister.If you really can't support it, forget it, there is really no other way but to send the person away.But now she can barely afford it. It's ridiculous to send the child out for such a reason.

Although Xiaomi is still young, he has already begun to recognize people.After not seeing Chen Youran for a long time, no one could help but cry, especially worrying.

On the last trip, leisurely went to read the electric meter, and Chen Yanran read it all morning. When she came back, Xiaomi's voice was hoarse from crying.If you really want to send it away, it will probably take a long time.And the living environment keeps changing, which is not good for children.

Chen Yanran convinced her, "This is no good, that's no good, or you send me to Sister Shanshan's house, and you come back to take care of the child yourself."

"Good idea!" Chen Youran refused without hesitation.

Chen Yanran didn't really think that she would agree. She racked her brains and finally came up with another solution, "Why don't you take Sister Shanshan back to our house! Then all the problems will be solved." The only thing to worry about is that Lan Shan is reluctant to part with her family, but it is said that her family does not treat her very well, and the success rate is still very high.

Chen Yanran also thought this proposal was good, so she rode to Qingshan Town by bicycle.

Not to mention that Chen Yanran's proposal was really timely.It was only after Chen Youran arrived here that he realized that the Lan family was still deserted, and only Lan Shan was there.It is said that her parents took her younger brother to her grandmother's house, but did not take her.

"Have they always been like this?" Chen Youran couldn't help frowning.

Lan Shan said, "It's okay, I'm used to it. Anyway, I'm going to deal with all kinds of problems and troubles. It's better to stay at home and be quiet. Everyone is fine."

In fact, although Hou Acai and Lan Dacheng had such clues before, they were definitely not so obvious. It was after the incident in the first half of the year that they began to ignore Lan Shan.The two of them didn't even take the initiative to talk to Lan Shan, but she told her to work through Mulin when she was at home, and pretended that there was no such person when she was not at home.

This time when Lan Shan came back, she found that there were a lot of sundries piled up in the small space in the attic that was originally her own.

This kind of cold violence, Lan Shan thought she would be very sad, but the fact is that she was relieved, since the other party no longer played the role of a kind parent, she no longer needed to pretend to be filial to her daughter, it was indeed good for everyone.

"Quiet ghost!" Chen Youran couldn't help but raised her hand and knocked on her forehead, "Is your head broken too? What does it look like to be alone in such a deserted place? Since they don't care You, then don't come back at all, go to my house. Can't the four of us celebrate the New Year happily? Why are you here to suffer this kind of anger!"

So he dragged Lan Shan home.

In the past, Chen Boping used to drive sports cars outside, but business was particularly good during the Chinese New Year, so he could hardly stay at home.Lin Xiuying is a person who doesn't care about everything. When Chen Boping, the head of the family, is not around, she can make do with everything, so naturally she has no interest in Zhang Luo's New Year.Anyway, when Ma friends get organized, it's normal for her to go out and play cards for a few days.

So it was a festival, and everyone was celebrating, but for the Chen family, it was no different from usual, and they didn't make any preparations at all.

Sisters Chen Youran and Chen Yanran envied most when they were young, the various New Year's goods prepared by their classmates, especially the variety of snacks, which made mouth water.It's a pity that they haven't eaten since grandma passed away.

Now that Lan Shan came, Chen Youran became very interested in preparing New Year's goods, and pulled her to ask, "Ashu, will you prepare New Year's goods?"

"I used to make most of the things at home." Lan Shan said modestly.

In fact, it was more than most of the things, she was preparing everything, and Hou Acai just controlled the parts that needed to be purchased.For example, to make rice wine, she is responsible for buying glutinous rice and sweet wine medicine and giving them to Lan Shan to make.

"Then we can prepare New Year's goods this year?" Chen Yanran asked excitedly.

Chen Youran nodded, rolled up her sleeves and said to Lan Shan, "What do you want to buy? Tell me, I'll go to the city to buy it."

"You don't need to go to the city, just ask whoever has it in the town." Lan Shan said, "Most of them are produced in the field, and it's cheaper to buy them here."

It is also very virtuous.

Chen Youran came up with another idea, to exchange condiments such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar from the shop for glutinous rice and soybeans with people in the town.These things are the necessities of life. There are many shops in the town, and people may not come here to buy them, but now she delivers them to the door, and even barters them, and everyone is naturally willing to patronize.

Then it's official.

Lan Shan brewed rice wine first.Soak the glutinous rice for one day and one night, drain and steam to become glutinous rice, spread it to cool, mix it evenly with sweet wine medicine, and put it in a basin.A red-hot coal is buried in the center of the rice as a heat source, then covered with a clean gauze and sealed, and put into a pile of straw to ferment. After more than ten days, the wine will flow out, and it is considered ready.

The essence of Tianjiu Niang lies in the distiller's grains, the wine liquid does not need to be too much, it is best to just soak in the distiller's grains.

When it was just brought out, the rice grains were distinct, and the liquor was cool. After a bite, it was cool and sweet, and there was still a bit of glutinous rice.A total of several catties of glutinous rice were made into a small pot, and the three of them ate half of it at once.Put the rest in a jar, whether it is boiled eggs, boiled glutinous rice cakes, boiled glutinous rice balls or even boiled water alone, it is a good choice.

Then prepare various tofu products.

In the village, tofu is also ground by oneself.But the Chen family didn't have tools and equipment, and the three of them couldn't eat that much, so they bought squeezed sour soup tofu directly on the street.This kind of tofu is relatively firm, and it is not easy to disperse when used to make tofu products. It is more suitable than the soft tofu ordered with lime water on the street.

A part of the tofu is sliced ​​and deep-fried, and after drying, it becomes dried tofu, which is best used for cooking; a part is cut into pieces and placed in a cardboard box, and used to make fermented bean curd after mold; Mix them together, knead them into balls, steam them in a retort, wrap them in vegetable leaves, put them on the stove and slowly smoke them to dry, bake until the oil turns and flows out, then you can put them away.This is the local specialty blood tofu.

Chen Youran's heart was higher than the sky, and she wanted to buy a whole pig to kill for meat, but Lan Shan desperately stopped her.The three of them don't have much appetite, nor are they so gluttonous, so they can't eat so much.In the end, Lan Shan made the decision, and bought a quarter of it when someone else was slaughtering a pig, along with a cage of small intestines, a bowl of pig blood and two pig kidneys.

Pig blood is used to make blood tofu, and the pork loin is grilled directly on the stove. The fat meat is sliced ​​and boiled in oil. The remaining large meats, wood-smoked into bacon and smoked sausages, can be kept for a long time.

Add another trough of glutinous rice cakes, deep-fry Shau Kei's fuyong, peanuts, shrimp chips and sun-dried potato chips, and you're ready for the New Year.