After crossing over, it's hard

After the Duanyang Festival, there is nothing serious, just waiting for the harvest of rice, the rice has already started to turn yellow, and we can start harvesting around mid-June.Taking advantage of this free time, the villagers are preparing farm tools, repairing those that need to be repaired, and sharpening those that should be sharpened, so as to save them from rushing to prepare farm tools when harvesting.

This afternoon, Li Ran was cutting eggplant strips at home. Now Li Ran’s vegetables are supplied to Huibin Restaurant, and there is no need to go to Pingyang Town to sell vegetables. High, there are still some leftovers. Li Ran didn't want to go to Pingyang Town to sell vegetables every now and then, so he simply dried the excess vegetables and kept them in winter for soaking in water for stewing or directly frying them. A good dish with very good taste.

As for peppers and red fruits, few people eat them in Pingyang Town. Li Ran wiped the red peppers with a dry cloth, tied them with a rope, hung them under the eaves, and let them air-dry into dried peppers for future use. use.Now is not the time to make chili sauce, wait until around September, it is time to make chili sauce, then chop the red pepper, mix it with some salt, and then seal it for ten days, eat it directly or keep it Put some when cooking, it is no different from fresh chili, very tasty.As for red fruits, they cannot be kept for a long time, and they can only be eaten fresh. However, Li Ran still made some red jam. The jam is sealed and dropped in a bucket down the well.The well is the well of Grandma Li’s house. In summer, the temperature of the well is very low. They are surrounded by mountains, and the well is drilled very deep. The red jam falls at the bottom of the well, which is similar to putting it in the refrigerator. for a long time.

After a while, Zhang Guihua came to Li Ran's house with a pair of cloth shoes he was making.Li Ran moved a small bench for him to sit on. Zhang Guihua looked at Li Ran's cut eggplant strips, beans and other vegetables in the yard, and asked in amazement: "Xiao Ran, what are you doing? What are you doing?" Why don't you put all these dishes in the sun?"

Li Ran stopped what he was doing, wiped his sweat, rubbed his sore arms and said, "I can't finish eating these beans and eggplants, so I will boil them with some salt or slice them, dry them, and keep them." Eating it in winter will save you from having nothing to eat in winter.”

Zhang Guihua was very surprised when he heard Li Ran's words. He didn't expect that he could do this with the dishes that he couldn't finish now, and save them for winter.In Jijia Village, and even in the area of ​​Pingyang Town, the inexhaustible vegetables, except those left to grow, are chopped up and boiled to make pig food when they are old. They are dried and eaten in winter. "Is this true? These vegetables can still be eaten in the winter after being dried. Can this vegetable be eaten after being dried? Will it not spoil?" Zhang Guihua was obviously still a little confused, after all, he had never seen such a thing before.

"It's true, these vegetables will not go bad if they are dried in the sun without moisture. If they are well preserved, they can be stored for a long time. They are very fragrant and delicious when they are fried with oil or stewed with meat in winter. "Li Ran took a rest for a while, and continued to cut the eggplant, and there was still a small half of the box left to be cut.

"Really? It tastes better than fresh ones. Then I'll dry some when I go back. My family grows so many vegetables. If I eat them at home, I can't finish them. Take them to Pingyang Town for sale. Now everyone's vegetables are on the market. I can’t sell it for much money. My family only raises two pigs. I usually eat pigweed, and I can’t eat much. It’s a waste. Now that you have this method, it’s really good. I said Xiaoran, How did you grow your brain, how are you so smart, you came up with such a good way, with these dried vegetables, you can change the taste in winter." Zhang Guihua said with a smile.

Li Ran smiled embarrassingly: "Smart or not, I'm just thinking about it. You also know that my house has no place, and I didn't raise pigs this year. I can't eat these dishes, and there aren't many of them. I don't bother to go to town. In order not to waste food, I figured out this method at home."

Zhang Guihua finished sewing a thread, tied a knot, took out a thread, threaded the needle, and said, "Xiaoran, you know that Jinhua's son Li Jun, he heard that he was arrested and put in prison."

Li Ran frowned when he heard this, and asked: "You said Li Jun, he was arrested and imprisoned. What did he do to get him arrested?" When it comes to relationships, I'm afraid that someone will accidentally ruin his family. This Li Jun, from Li Ran's memory, Li Ran knew that although he was a bit of a rascal, he didn't seem like a person who would commit crimes, murder and set fire!How did you get caught in jail?

Zhang Guihua sewed the cloth shoes in her hand, and sighed: "Hey, it's also a crime, that Li Jun, since he was divorced, there have been some bad-mouthed people in the village, gossiping, he can't stand pointing He started to stay away from home for three days, and it was said that he followed some gangsters from other villages outside to do good things, and sneaked around all day. I heard that a few days ago, he followed a group of gangsters to steal things and was caught. I was caught and sent to the government, but I heard that it was not a big thing to steal, and it didn't work, so I didn't get a heavy sentence, so I was sentenced to half a year. But you said, if you go to prison, can you do well? , That still has to shed a layer of skin. These days, Jinhua is looking for connections everywhere, trying to get people out, but it's so easy to get out, and she's not in a hurry to cry at home every day. He deserves it, Who told him to ignore his son."

Li Ran didn't say anything after hearing this. Although he hated Jinhua's family, he couldn't say it out loud.It's just that I understand something in my heart.A few days ago, because of stealing vegetables, he and Jinhua tore their faces, and withdrew 40 taels of silver from Jinhua's hand. Li Ran was always on guard against Jinhua. He thought of Jinhua, who loves money so much , being cheated of such a huge sum of money by myself, I will definitely find fault with myself later.Especially since he also has a gangster son.But these days, there has been no movement, making Li Ran wonder if Jin Hua suddenly changed her temper.But it turned out that this was the case, also, the sons were all in prison, so there was no need to worry about finding fault with him.

Without scissors, Zhang Guihua bit off the thread with her teeth and asked Li Ran, "Xiao Ran, where are your Ji Nan and Xiao Yuan? Why aren't you at home?"

"Oh, most of the farm tools at home are broken and need to be repaired. Jinan took the farm tools to the old master's house in the village. Isn't it like there are only about twenty days left, and the rice is about to be harvested, so I thought Let’s get the farm tools ready first. As for Xiaoyuan, he should be playing with his dogs at Grandma Li’s house now. Didn’t I buy four dogs a few days ago? These two children like them very much. I just hugged it, and I couldn't bear to let go even after eating."

"Hehe, children are all like this, and so are my two brats. Your Xiaoyuan is still very good."

"Oh, by the way, I want to invite someone to watch the night in my watermelon field. I don't know if Brother Wang is free. I will pay [-] cents a night. The two of us will stay together for one night and one rest." Li Ran asked.

"I'm free, I'm free, it's not time to cut the rice, and I have nothing to do at home, so I'm idle all day long." Zhang Guihua said happily.Thirty cents a night is higher than the wages of working part-time outside, and it doesn't waste the daytime work. For such a good thing, Li Ran has a good relationship with his family, so he only thinks about his own man.

"Brother Wang is free, so it's just Brother Wang. I need to invite four people, one for Brother Wang, one for Uncle Ji Dong, and two more. I don't know if Brother Osmanthus has any good candidates." Although Li Ran had memories , but I don't know much about the men in the village. After all, the former Li Ran is a brother and rarely contacts with men, plus there are endless things to do.In fact, Li Ran also thought about letting Jinan watch the night with him, but in the end he was still worried. Although the night watch was just in case, he was not afraid of [-], just in case. Jinan must still have blood clots in his mind now. Well, don't let something happen to him, he will regret it too late, so he doesn't save some money, anyway, he also makes some money selling vegetables during these hours.

Zhang Guihua put down her work, looked at Li Ran and said, "I really have two candidates for this candidate, one is Wang Liu and the other is Ji Jing, both are honest and willing to do things, and they are very practical in their work. If it’s not good, I won’t recommend it to you. Speaking of which, this Wang Liu has something to do with my family, he is the elder brother of my family. Hey, their family is also unlucky.” Zhang Guihua shook his head as he said.

Li Ran was still a little curious about what happened to Zhang Guihua shaking his head and sighing.