Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

Han Zhaozhao knew that Grandpa Guan lived alone and must be able to cook. But she thought that Grandpa Guan could only cook simple meals, but she didn't expect that he was also a gourmet.

Not only does he love to eat, he also loves to research and make delicious food by himself. After just one time, Han Zhaozhao was conquered by the old man's cooking skills.

In the afternoon, Han Zhaozhao did not go out. After cleaning the house, she went to buy a needle for her grandmother.

The supply and marketing cooperative closest to her home is not big, a blue brick and tile house with three front doors.

The counter is made of wood frame with glass, and the shelves are made of bricks and cement boards.

There were not as many goods as in the small supermarkets of later generations. Once you enter the store, you can see everything at a glance.

There is a row of large jars along the wall next to the windowsill. Soy sauce, vinegar, rapeseed oil, soybean oil, white wine and sweet noodle sauce are all stored in the jars. The smell is strong as soon as you enter.

The most popular nutritional supplement among the people in this era is malted milk, the most popular gifts to bring when visiting relatives are snacks and biscuits, and the most luxurious drink at home is jasmine colada!

Older girls and young wives love floral fabrics the most, while little girls love hair bands and red gauze scarves the most.

The little boys' favorites are sneakers and candies... In Han Zhaozhao's eyes, although the packaging of the goods here is rough, they are complete in variety and have everything!

Han Zhaozhao not only bought ten dollar needles for her grandmother at the supply and marketing cooperative, but also bought two kilograms of white sugar, two brands of fruit candies wrapped in cellophane, and ten kilograms of coarse salt.

The coarse salt of the supply and marketing cooperative was stored in a large pool made of bricks and cement. A horizontal beam was placed on the pool, and a pole scale was hung on the horizontal beam. She had not seen this thing for decades.

Finally, she bought a tin flashlight and a box of ten D batteries.

Now these things don’t require tickets, so Han Zhaozhao chose the important ones and bought them first.

The weather was fine now, and she had to hurry up to make money. There were many commodities she needed in the supply and marketing cooperative, and she had to find a way to stock up quickly during this period when tickets were not needed.

On the way home, Han Zhaozhao met a peddler selling candied haws with a straw basket on his shoulder, and bought a string as a reward for himself.

She also bought a piece of purple sugarcane from this person. She planned to take it back and plant it in the space so that she could make handmade brown sugar in the future.

After returning home and locking the gate, Han Zhaozhao entered the space. He cut the sugarcane he brought back into pieces and planted them directly in the field.

She washed the clothes she had taken off in the morning, picked up her sewing basket and ran to the entrance of the alley to listen to gossip.

I sat at the entrance of the alley for a long time and actually heard a lot of gossip.

For example, the sequel to Li Guaizi's family story: Li Guaizi's eldest son really called Li Guaizi's mother, and the old lady became very angry and drove away Li Guaizi's father-in-law and his family.

Li Guaizi's sister-in-law fell in love with Teacher Xiao Wang in their school. She tried to climb into his bed but failed and was blocked in the room by Xiao Wang's fiancée and beaten.

Li Guaizi's wife was reluctant to see her family suffer, so she was driven away by Li Guaizi's mother along with her family, saying that she would be taken back when she had educated her child well.

For example, after the public-private partnership, the two merchants in the alley are still living a better life than everyone else. Not only do they get wages from work, but they also receive dividends from shares every year.

No longer having to worry about purchasing and selling goods, not only did he become a store or factory worker with the same income, but he became a true master of the country.

They also talked about how the police station caught a gang of human traffickers. They heard that they rescued more than 20 children, including Lizhu from the Xue family in their alley.

Lizhu is Xie Shiqi's nickname!

He also said that Lizhu was in great rags when he was rescued. Not only was he naked, but he was also covered in feces and urine, and he even contaminated the police station's three-wheeled motorcycle.

There was also a couple who had a fight, and when they saw their child crying too loudly, they got annoyed and beat the child together. But the couple united as a team and reconciled...

There are things that are related to us, and there are also things that are not related to us. Let's talk about them and treat them as interesting things in life.

However, Han Zhaozhao also found out something about her family. It was said that the cotton fluffer would come to their alley in the next few days.

This was the good news that Han Zhaozhao had been waiting for for more than ten days. She decided not to go anywhere tomorrow. She would first stop the cotton fluffer and fluff out all the cotton covers in the house.

The weather is getting colder, and with her current small body, she can't withstand the invasion of low temperatures. Her grandma is still waiting for cotton to make quilts and cotton-padded clothes!

In the evening, Grandma Han happily ate the catfish stewed with tofu that Grandpa Guan and his granddaughter had specially prepared for her, nodding her head repeatedly:

“Your Grandpa Guan’s cooking skills are not that good, but his cooking skills for fish and meat are really amazing.

The old man is willing to spend a lot of money on the ingredients, and the meat dishes he makes are really tasty!"

Han Zhaozhao smiled, "Grandma, you are better than Grandpa Guan in this respect. You are reluctant to use oil, sugar and wine, but you can still make delicious dishes."

Grandma Han: "Humph, you just think I'm stingy and don't want to put in the ingredients. I heard it a long time ago!

I tell you, it's useless to say anything. I know what makes black vegetables taste better, but I just don't listen to you. I'm just stingy!"

"Oh! Grandma, when did I think you were stingy? You know how to live!

Just for this one thing, even an old lady from another family can’t catch up with you even if she flies a plane!”

"Humph, you're just a flatterer who only knows how to please your mother!"

"My ability to make my baby happy is one of my strengths. It's better than just making you angry, right?"

"That's true!"

After dinner, Grandma Han was finally able to put on the soles of her shoes. Han Zhaozhao had nothing to do, and suddenly thought of the yellow broom branches she had cut in the backyard.

He hurried to the backyard and selected a bundle of yellow broom branches of uniform thickness, carried them into the main room, took out a sickle and prepared to practice weaving baskets.

"Zhao Zhao, what are you trying to do? Weaving a basket or a basket? Can you weave it?

No, just leave the note here and let me ask your Grandpa Wang. I heard he is good at weaving baskets."

Han Zhaozhao continued to fiddle with the yellow broom sticks in her hand, "Grandma, what's so difficult about this? If you can't weave it, can't you learn it?

This isn't some delicate work. No matter how difficult it is, is it harder than knitting a sweater?

I have seen people weaving baskets. It is so simple! If you can’t weave well, how can you be good at it?

I thought, since we are using it at home anyway, it doesn’t matter if it looks good or not, as long as it is braided and doesn’t fall off or leak anything, and can be used as a fool, that’s fine!”

Grandma Han nodded after hearing this and said, "Yes, there is nothing wrong with this!"

It's not like I'm making it up and selling it. If you don't care about how it looks, she can do it!

Grandma Han was deep in thought while putting on the soles of her shoes.

I also feel that I am capable and don’t need to ask others for help, and that no one can have it as good as I do.

Han Zhaozhao selected the branches and first learned to make the base. After weaving the base, he used hemp rope to fix the shape and then weaved the height of the basket. After weaving for a while, he suddenly remembered that if he wanted to weave a basket, he would need to go up the mountain to cut wood for the basket.

At the beginning, Han Zhaozhao deliberately controlled her speed, pretending to think while she was editing. By the time she had finished one-third of the way, her movements had become gradually more skillful and her speed was getting faster and faster.

There is an old saying that the key to making a basket is to close the edges. The final closing is the most critical step to test your skills.

As long as the final closing work is done well, the woven basket will not only be beautiful, but most importantly, strong and durable.

The first product Han Zhaozhao finally made was a large deep-mouthed basket without any handles.

It cannot be lifted or carried, and the branches are sparse and the gaps between them are large, so it can only be used to hold vegetables, sweet potatoes, potatoes or other large items.

Small crops such as peanuts and dates cannot be used.

However, Han Zhaozhao himself was very satisfied with it. He planned to make a few more in the future and put them in the space to store fruits.

If you make it a little more dense and shallow, hide the heads and tails of the branches more tightly, and then weave a cover on it, it can be used as a laundry basket.