Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

After saying this, he threw down the fire fork in his hand, stood up and was about to go out.

"Grandma, grandma, don't be anxious. Even if you are in a hurry, it won't happen in just a moment.

You put a bowl of pickled cucumbers in it, and when someone asks, you can say you're sending a bowl of pickles to the old man."

The old lady slapped her forehead and said, "Look at me, I'm so confused. I have to find an excuse. I'll pretend now. Old Guan really likes to eat our pickles!"

Han Zhaozhao scraped the porridge in the big pot into the rice bowl to cool it, then washed the pot and started cooking.

It is the harvest season in the vegetable garden at home. We have just harvested a full basket of new potatoes. The potatoes are of uniform size and each one is bigger than a fist.

Whether it is stewed, steamed or baked, the crunchy noodles are very delicious. Stir-fried potato slices and hot and sour potato shreds are crispy and especially refreshing.

The eggplants and long beans are also ripe, hanging on the shelves. We can eat them every day and never finish them!

The vegetable seeds in the space are simply invincible. When planted outside, the yield is four to five times higher than the local old varieties. They are very productive and the taste is even better!

Han Zhaozhao was going to start pickling sour beans and garlic eggplants, otherwise she would get hurt if she continued eating like this.

No matter how delicious the food is, you can't eat it every day! During this period, she sent it to Niu, Qian, and Guan several times.

She didn't dare to give them more, for she was afraid that they would develop the habit of eating for free. A bowl of rice brings gratitude, but a stone of rice brings hatred! She didn't like to bring trouble upon herself!

It's not worth much if you sell it outside. There are a lot of eggplants and beans on the market now, two or three cents a pound, which is not even worth a scorpion. Moving them around and getting sweaty is not enough to waste your time.

She couldn't eat enough, so she started drying vegetables, including beans, eggplants, and potatoes.

Cucumbers, tomatoes, kidney beans and loofahs will soon be delivered in large quantities. Their family has been experiencing a slowdown in the supply of food during this period.

We have two big pots of stew every day, we eat them at noon and at night. If we can’t finish them at night, we heat them up and continue eating them in the morning!

The pig fat at home was eaten up very quickly. Han Zhaozhao was thinking that the pigs in the space had grown to almost 200 kilograms. Should he find some time to slaughter one to taste the flavor?

By the way, how about refining some lard and saving it for cooking?

Since the wheat harvest holiday, there have been fewer wild rabbits and pheasants on the mountain. I wonder if they have gone down the mountain to steal the wheat? She felt her mouth was bland and she wanted to eat meat again.

The dishes were cooked and were about to cool down, but the old lady hadn't come home yet. Han Zhaozhao looked at the wall clock and saw that an hour had passed. It seemed that the old man and the old lady had too much to talk about!

Han Zhaozhao suddenly had an idea. She wondered if her grandmother wanted to find another partner and start a wonderful twilight romance?

She shuddered and shook her head to get rid of this sudden thought from her mind. It was a sin, a sin. She dared not mention it. The old lady would beat her to death!

Fortunately, the weather was hot, so the food was not afraid of getting cold. She went to the backyard to take a shower and wash her hair, and washed the clothes that the grandparents and grandchildren wore today and hung them in the yard.

Another half hour passed before the old lady came home. When she saw the clothes hanging on the clothesline, she started muttering again:

"I've told you so many times, why can't you remember? Don't hang your clothes outside at night, it attracts dirt!"

The old lady is upset and now she is dissatisfied with everything. Look, she is angry again!

Han Zhaozhao knew something was wrong and quickly begged for mercy, "Grandma, don't be angry, I didn't forget! Control the water, I'll take it to the house to dry."

"You are the only one with problems. You can't keep your clothes overnight after taking a shower. Can't you wash them tomorrow?"

Han Zhaozhao, oh my god! Did I stir up a hornet's nest? "Grandma, you sweat too much during the day, and if you don't wash it out at night, light-colored clothes will easily turn yellow. It's just a matter of adding a handful of water, and I'll wash it.

Don't worry, I'll take out the clothes to dry when the sun comes out tomorrow, and they won't get damaged."

The old lady softened her tone and said, "Humph! You are so picky! You ruined good clothes that would never wear out.

Others only wash their clothes after wearing them for several days, but you wash them every day. Only we have our own well, if you draw water, you will be exhausted!

Stop busying yourself and get ready to eat! After dinner, I have something to tell you. "

The old lady had no appetite for the meal, and Han Zhaozhao also lost her appetite.

Well! There is a lot of food left over!

Now the old lady was even more annoyed, "It's so hot, if we leave it out overnight, won't it be sour tomorrow morning?

These dishes require a lot of oil and salt, so they can’t be spoiled and wasted, otherwise it would be a waste!

Come on, Zhaozhao, put the food in the clay pot, help grandma move the manhole cover in the backyard, and lower it into the well with a rope.

It's cold there, so you can eat it tomorrow without worrying about it going bad! "

Han Zhaozhao listened to whatever the old lady said and was determined not to upset her.

As soon as I returned to the front yard, Xiao Sanzi and Niu Xiaomin came to get a flashlight.

Since the wheat harvest holiday was over, they changed shifts. The three older children went to catch scorpions at night, and the two little girls went to the drugstore to sell scorpions the next morning.

To ensure they were energetic in class the next day, they also shortened the time they spent catching scorpions.

The trip there and back takes no more than three and a half hours, and you must be home before 10:30.

In order to keep track of time, Han Zhaozhao secretly gave his father's watch to Niu Xiaomin.

When they come back at night, the three of them will go back to Han's house first, put down their Scorpion watches and flashlights, and then go home to sleep, so that they can get up early to go to school the next day.

After sending the three children away, the old lady locked the door and said, "Zhao Zhao, come and talk to grandma!"

Han Zhaozhao and the old lady were talking while twisting the hemp thread.

"Your Grandpa Guan and I have been thinking about this. Something is not right this year. Your Grandpa Guan said that some people are starting to stir up evil winds and black rains. Something big may happen!

We ordinary people can do nothing but find ways to take care of our own family’s food and clothing.

Zhaozhao, grandma thinks that with the amount of food we eat, the little food we have in stock will not last us for more than a few months.

We still have to store food. After the New Year, did you see the two groups of people who sold our food? "

Han Zhaozhao: "I've seen them twice, but they don't seem to be selling food anymore. I met them on the street, but I didn't dare to talk to them. I just pretended not to know them and avoided them."

"Then you should hang out on the streets more often these days, try to get in touch with them, and buy a few hundred kilograms of food.

There are other people selling grain, you should also pay attention and see if their trading volume is large. No matter what kind of grain it is, let's buy more!

This year we are eliminating the four pests and building a public canteen, and they are talking about high yields and bumper harvests. I feel so uneasy and uneasy!"

Han Zhaozhao comforted her grandmother: "Grandma, what are you afraid of? We should do what others do, neither stand out nor fall behind. We should just follow the crowd and live our lives steadily.

We also participated in the campaign to eradicate the four pests, but nothing happened, didn't we? Some time ago, the newspapers reported that the office cafeteria provided free meals to everyone! But there has been no news since then, has there been no news?

I think that the same thing can happen to a high yield, if things go wrong, with a group of people bragging and telling lies in the newspapers, probably written for foreigners to read.

After a while, maybe this wind will blow away and disappear.

But buying food is a serious matter. The newspapers boast that there is a bumper harvest of wheat and rice. Maybe the price of food will drop, and we can get a bargain.

I will go to various markets to ask tomorrow. Anyway, my family is not short of money now, so it is a good idea to store more food."