Rebirth of a Little Cannon Fodder

Qiao Chuchu knew nothing about what was happening with Ji Shaowen. She was busy making cured meat with Ma Ning.

In order to deal with the wild game she exchanged from Ji Shaowen, Qiao Chuchu also smuggled some from 009.

Originally, Qiao Chuchu didn't know how to make cured meat. After all, there was no chance to make it, right?

But fortunately, with the 009 plug-in and the production method provided by 009, Qiao Chuchu started to take action.

Wash all the meat and dry it in the sun.

Pheasants and hares are made into air-dried rabbits and air-dried chickens

The remaining pork is a bit more troublesome and needs to be made into bacon.

Cut the pork into pieces of appropriate size, cover the pieces with coarse salt, sprinkle coarse salt on the bottom of the jar, place the salt-covered meat in the jar, cover with salt and place in a cool place.

After doing all this, Qiao Chuchu was almost exhausted, and Ma Ning was not much better.

This jar of bacon contains a lot of salt, which is because Qiao Chuchu has the 009 cheat, otherwise she wouldn't be able to get so much salt.

Fortunately, Ma Ning is not a nosy person. Even if Qiao Chuchu is acting strangely, she won't ask too many questions and will just listen to what she is eating and drinking.

After processing the bacon, Qiao Chuchu wondered whether she should stock up on some vegetables. There weren't many vegetables in the north during the winter, so farmers usually dried vegetables in the summer and stored sauerkraut in the autumn, trying to produce more vegetables for the winter.

However, after they went to the countryside, they were busy building houses. They only had time to plant cabbage in the private plots they were allocated, and no other vegetables were planted. It seems that they can only go up the mountain more often to learn how to make sauerkraut from the aunts.

They acted immediately and decided to go find Aunt Cuihua first to see if she could come over one day to help guide them in making sauerkraut.

"Auntie, are you at home?"

"It's the educated youths Qiao and Ma who are here. Huazi's wife, please quickly pour some water for them."

"Okay! Mom, I'll go right away."

"Hurry up and sit down. It's so hot in this autumn. Come and sit down and cool down."

"Auntie, it's like this. Ma Zhiqing and I went to the countryside late and didn't have time to dry the vegetables. I thought you would take some to our fellow villagers' homes to exchange them when you have time. I also want to ask you to help store sauerkraut."

"Oh, I didn't think it was a big deal. I'll have time tomorrow. There's nothing to do in the fields right now, so I have plenty of time to spare. I've got a lot of dried vegetables drying at home. You can see how much you want to exchange for them when the time comes. If I don't have enough, we can go to other people's houses."

"Thank you, Auntie."

Qiao Chuchu and Ma Ning knew that Aunt Cuihua was doing this for their own good. Even if they didn't have to go to work, there was still a lot of work to do for the whole family, and it was not as easy as Aunt Cuihua said.

The two of them immediately exchanged 10 kilograms of dried vegetables each at Aunt Cuihua's house. There were many kinds of dried vegetables, including cowpeas, cucumbers, eggplants, and beans.

The next morning, Aunt Cuihua came with her daughter-in-law.

Qiao Chuchu and Ma Ning had already pulled out and sorted the cabbages in the field.

So just use it today.

First, they boiled a pot of water to warm it up, then rinsed all the cabbages with the water. Then they put the cabbages into the prepared large vats one by one. In this way, with the efforts of several people, two vats of sauerkraut were ready.

After finishing all this, we sat down to rest together.

"Qiao Zhiqing, Ma Zhiqing, winter is coming soon. Although it's not as cold as Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces, it's not warm either. You should prepare your winter supplies when the time comes."

After hearing what Aunt Cuihua said, Qiao Chuchu remembered that the winter here is much colder than at home, and she really needs to prepare some cotton.

The quilts that Ma Ning and I are using now were sent by our family. They are fine for use in autumn, but they will not be enough in winter.

"Thank you, Auntie. We will prepare in advance."

"In addition to cotton, you also need to prepare firewood in advance, so that you don't run out of fuel. If it snows, it will be difficult to go up the mountain."

"Yeah, when do we usually go up the mountain to collect firewood?"

"We usually go after we harvest the fish. After that, there's nothing else to do, and every household has already stockpiled their pickled vegetables. The whole family, young and old, works together to make enough for three to five days to cook."

"Okay, auntie, we got it."

"Auntie, how is Sister Xiaowan doing recently? I haven't seen her come back yet."

"Your sister Xiaowan is currently preparing for the exam to become a regular employee. She won't be back even if the holiday is over. She said she wants to learn more from the experienced workers in the factory and try to pass the exam on her first try."

Aunt Cuihua's face was full of smiles when she talked about her daughter. She had never thought that her daughter would have such a great opportunity. You know, it is not easy for rural children to find a temporary job, let alone a formal job.

If my daughter could become a regular employee, it would be a great honor for my family.

Once the regularization exam is passed, not to mention anything else, the level of marriage will be raised by several levels. After all, my daughter will have a city hukou by then. With a city hukou and a stable job, my daughter will definitely be able to find a partner in the city.

Let Song Dazhuang regret it then.

"Then congratulations in advance, Auntie. Sister Xiaowan is so smart that she will definitely pass the exam on her first try."

"Thank you, Qiao Zhiqing."

It's getting late, Aunt Cuihua is coming home with her daughter-in-law.

After a busy day, Ma Ning and Qiao Chuchu didn't want to make any complicated dishes, so they cooked noodles and each had a poached egg for dinner.

"Chuchu, I'm thinking of going to the county tomorrow to buy some cotton in advance so I can ask the aunts in the team to help make quilts and cotton-padded clothes. I just don't know if the supply and marketing cooperative has that much cotton."

"Okay, let's take a bullock cart over there tomorrow. If the supply and marketing cooperative doesn't have it, we'll go there and look."

Ma Ning also knew that the place Qiao Chuchu mentioned was the black market. She had indeed heard that the place had a wide variety of goods, so it would be nice to go and take a look.

"Chu Chu, I miss home. It's a pity that we don't have a holiday this year, otherwise I really want to go home and visit."

Qiao Chuchu was helpless after hearing this. There was no way around it. The educated youth had no vacation during their first year in the countryside, so even if they wanted to go home, they couldn't. The problem wasn't just the vacation, but many places simply refused to issue letters of introduction to the educated youth. There had been cases of educated youth returning home and refusing to go back to the countryside.

"It's okay. This year is over, and next year we'll have vacation time to go home. Our captain isn't the type to hold back on a letter of introduction, so don't worry."

After comforting Ma Ning, Qiao Chuchu also missed her parents and brother. How could she not miss home when she had grown up and had not left home for so long?

"Go to bed early. You have to drive the ox cart early tomorrow morning. If you sleep late, you won't be able to get up."

"Is it you who can't get up or me?" Speaking of which, Ma Ning has never seen anyone with such a bad temper when waking up like Qiao Chuchu. She feels like she will kill anyone who disturbs her sleep.

"Haha, I don't want to either."

"Okay Ningning, don't worry, I won't take my morning grumpiness out on you, hehe."

"Then I wonder who was the person who lost his temper with me a few days ago."

"Well... my bad, my bad. I'll make you omelets tomorrow morning."

It's not a big deal if I just have this little flaw.