After going to the countryside, I rely on the sign-in system to bring my sisters along

"We decided to hide the long-lasting food in the secret room of the study, and then get it from the secret room after we have finished eating." Grandpa Qin said.

The study is the most important place. Wang Ma is not qualified to go there on weekdays, so it is safest to put these things in the secret room of the study.

"How do we preserve these vegetables?" asked Mother Qin.

These vegetables not only look fresh, but also have a very strong fragrance. Even if you don’t hold them in your hands, you can smell the fragrance of the vegetables.

Grandpa Qin said, "We plan to take out one-third of the eggplants, cucumbers and cowpeas to dry vegetables, and then take out one-third of the cucumbers and cowpeas to pickle sauerkraut, and keep the remaining one-third for fresh consumption."

Mother Qin nodded.

Grandma Qin looked at her daughter-in-law and said, "Pack ten kilograms of each vegetable and fruit and send them to your parents' home. As for food, when your parents' home doesn't have enough food in the future, you can send some over occasionally."

Mother Qin smiled and said, "Thank you, Mom."

Grandma Qin waved her hands, "Why thank me? These are gifts from our two children. They are not mine. I can't monopolize them all by myself."

Afterwards, Qin's father and mother moved the grain into the secret room inside the study together. There were more than 10,000 kilograms of stuff in total, and the middle-aged couple were so breathless that they were moving it all.

But this matter cannot be known to outsiders, they can only handle it themselves.

After moving to the back, Qin's mother found a rather special sack because the shape of the things inside the sack did not look like food.

Mother Qin opened the sack and saw what was inside, her eyes widened in surprise.

Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin also came over when they saw what was inside, and they gasped, because it was all meat, including chicken, duck, goose and rabbit, and they were all cleaned up.

Grandma Qin picked up a rabbit, put it close to her nose and sniffed it, "This rabbit is still fresh, we need to pickle it quickly, dry it and preserve it."

"There are twelve each of chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits, and twelve big fish. Each of these big fish weighs at least ten kilograms." Mother Qin exclaimed. Even for someone like her, she had never seen so many good things at once.

"Why are there twelve of them? Do you want us to eat one every month?" Grandma Qin was a little surprised. She didn't know how Wenxi and Qin Mi could bring back so many good things. "Old man, go buy some seasonings. We can pickle them and eat them slowly. This is Qin Mi and Liang Liang's gift. Don't give it to others."

Grandpa Qin nodded and said, "I'll go now. Don't worry, just pack up slowly."

"Take one of each and send them back to your mother's house along with the vegetables. Send them now. You will have to concentrate on dealing with these things when you return." Grandma Qin packed one of each chicken, duck, goose, rabbit and fish for Qin's mother. "Liangliang is a really good girl. Our Qin Mi is really lucky to have found such a good daughter-in-law."

If it were someone else, they would keep such good stuff for themselves and not be like Liang Liang, who would take it out to honor these old guys.

"Yes, Liangliang is a really good girl. Qin Mi never thought of these things. It's obvious that these things were brought back by Liangliang. Liangliang is worried that we can't buy food and vegetables at home!"

Mother Qin was happily packing things. She packed ten kilograms of each vegetable and fruit. Add in the chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits and fish. After packing everything, there were about 200 kilograms. She had no choice but to ask Father Qin to see her out.

All she had to do was help her put her things on the rickshaw. When she got to her parents' house, she could ask someone to help her move the things. Father Qin sent Mother Qin on the rickshaw and came back. "Mom, what are we going to do next?"

"Give each family five eggplants, loofahs, carrots, and zucchini, five cabbages, ten onions, and a handful of leeks. I don't know who to give them to, so see if the people you have a good relationship with want to give some. Think about it yourself."

Grandma Qin said, "Help me move the eggplants downstairs first. Eggplants can't be pickled, but they can be dried. I'll dry them first."

"Okay." Father Qin left some to give away and sent the rest of the big black eggplants to the yard downstairs.

It is only May now and the weather is not particularly hot. The vegetables should be able to be kept for a few days, but probably not more than a week, so Grandma Qin took a dozen large eggplants and put them aside to be eaten in the next few days.

Grandma Qin washed the eggplants bit by bit, drained the water, removed the heads and tails, and then cut them into long strips. Cutting several hundred kilograms of eggplants made Grandma Qin's arms sore, but she was happy in her heart!

Qin Mi and Wen Xi were afraid that they would have nothing to eat at home, so they got them so many good things.

After Grandpa Qin came back with the seasonings, Grandma Qin asked him to take the cut eggplants to the roof of the small western-style building to dry in the sun, because the roof was clean and they could spread the eggplants directly on the cement floor on the roof to dry in the sun.

Father Qin packed the vegetables and came downstairs carrying them. "Mom, I'll go deliver them to everyone now."

"Come back quickly to help with the work, otherwise we won't be able to finish all these things today." Grandma Qin reminded her, fearing that he would go to other people's homes and chat, which would waste too much time.

It's okay to leave the vegetables for a while before processing them, but the meat would go bad if left there any longer, so Grandma Qin and Grandpa Qin took down the chickens, ducks, geese and other things, cleaned them, smeared them with salt and put them in a large jar. After they were marinated, they would be hung on the roof to dry.

Grandma Qin kept one of the geese, preparing to eat fresh braised goose today, and pickled the rest.

After processing the meat, Grandma Qin started to process the dried vegetables, such as cucumbers, cowpeas, and carrots. She dried the carrots into shredded vegetables, which would be delicious when served cold.

Potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins and winter melons, each of which was cut into about three or four hundred kilograms, because they can be preserved for a longer time after being dried.

It took a family of four most of the day to process all the vegetables. They kept enough of each kind for almost a week, and the rest were either dried or pickled.

As for fruits, they are kept for their own consumption. Unless they have connections and need to visit others, they will take some fruits. No fruits will be given to other families.

Wenxi and Qin Mi also arrived at the small fishing village in the afternoon. There was a man who had been wandering by the roadside. When he saw a car coming, he hurried to greet it. He was very happy to see that it was Qin Mi.

"How many seafood products are there?" Qin Mi asked straight to the point.

"We collected about 3,000 kilograms of dried seafood from the villagers, and about 1,000 kilograms of fresh seafood!" the man said, "Then you wait here, I'll arrange for someone to deliver the seafood."

Qin Mi nodded.