Eating melons

The next morning, Wei Wei was woken up by the alarm set by the system.

The alarm clock in her mind was like a blast going straight to the top of her head. Wei Wei felt that this thing really needed to be used less frequently, as it would shorten her lifespan.

I have to look carefully in the space to see if there is an alarm clock that fits the Seventies era, or I’d rather use an alarm clock, I really can’t afford this one.

Wei Wei was quite active in cooking her first meal in her new home. She washed the pot and boiled water as soon as she got up, and cooked noodles in the morning.

It doesn't have to be too complicated. Just cook some clear soup with noodles. I bought the noodles in the system mall last night. I also bought some bok choy. I blanched them in the soup and added some lard and chili sauce. It was delicious in one bite. I haven't had this for a long time. I was really craving it.

A lot of water was boiled yesterday, so there was water in the thermos. After filling the kettle, Wei Wei prepared to go out.

There was already some movement outside, they must have gotten up.

As soon as Wei Wei opened the door, everyone was already ready and ready to go out.

As soon as Wei Wei came out, Jiang Qi came over and said, "I was just about to wake you up this morning because I was worried you wouldn't get up. Then I saw smoke coming out of your chimney, and I knew you were cooking breakfast!"

Wei Wei was a little surprised to see Liu Jiaojiao and Yu Xi coming out of Wu Mei's house. When did they become so familiar with each other? "What are they doing?"

Jiang Qi followed Wei Wei's gaze and said, "Oh! It's them! Liu Jiaojiao, Yu Xi, and Wu Mei are teaming up because Liu Jiaojiao can't cook."

It's not surprising that they do this. Liu Jiaojiao and Yu Xi don't look like people who can cook. It just so happens that they are not short of money, while Wu Mei is short of money, so it's normal for them to get together.

The two chatted for a while, and seeing that it was almost time, they went to work together.

As soon as I got home from work in the afternoon, Jiang Qi came to my door and said, "Weiwei, do you want to buy more vegetables? Let's go to the team leader's house to buy vegetables. Are you going? I want to make some kimchi."

Wei Wei also wanted to pickle more vegetables now. After all, pickles are a perfect match whether it is used with porridge or noodles, and she doesn't want to eat sauerkraut all the time in winter.

Wei Wei: "Go, but I don't know how to do it. You have to teach me."

Jiang Qi: “No problem.”

When we arrived at the team leader's house, Liu Aiying was cooking and the others had not yet finished work.

Jiang Qi: "Auntie, are you home?"

Liu Aiying came out as soon as she heard the voices, "Wei girl, Jiang Zhiqing, what can I do for you?"

Jiang Qi: "Auntie, we wanted to buy some vegetables from your house. Do you have any left?"

Liu Aiying: "Yes, yes, but didn't you pick so many yesterday? How come you finished them so quickly?"

Jiang Qi quickly waved his hands, "No, no, mainly we want to make some kimchi to eat in the winter."

Liu Aiying: "Kimchi should be similar to the sauerkraut we have here, right? Can we make it now? Won't it go bad?"

Jiang Qi: "No, this can be made all year round, as long as there are vegetables."

Liu Aiying: "Is that so? Go pick them yourselves! You know where the vegetable garden is, so just go pick them yourself."

Jiang Qi: "Okay, thank you Aunt Liu."

After saying that, the two of them walked towards the vegetable garden. This time, they didn't pick everything, but just some fresh cucumbers, cowpeas, and peppers.

However, both of them picked a lot of these three things. Each of them filled a large backpack. But the backpack could only hold so much, otherwise they would not have wanted to stop.

This thing is also cheap, only two cents per pound. It only cost less than 20 cents to buy so many things.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi thought: Cheap, really cheap, this is too cheap.

When Wei Wei arrived at Zhang's house to pay, she thought of the firewood again and asked, "Auntie, do you have firewood for sale? I want to buy some."

She saw firewood for sale in the system mall last night, at one thousand yuan a ton.

Although I can afford it if I work harder, I still have to buy some in reality. At most, I can use it to heat the kang at night during the winter. The things I bought from the system mall will be more durable, but I still have to buy what I need now.

After hearing Wei Wei talk about firewood, Jiang Qi finally realized that it was time to start preparing firewood for the winter. It was really unrealistic for them to collect firewood by themselves.

As for the part in the novel where children are exchanged for candy, it is even more unrealistic.

Not to mention whether there is enough sugar, the firewood we get in exchange for is only enough for daily cooking, and it is impossible to stay awake during the winter.

Jiang Qi: "Yes, Auntie, do you sell it? I want to buy some firewood too."

Liu Aiying thought for a moment and said, "I'll sell it, but only to the two of you. Don't bring anyone else to buy it, okay?"

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were confused. Why? Was it because they were too busy?

Thinking this way, Jiang Qi asked, "Why? Are you too busy?"

Liu Aiying: "It's not that I'm too busy, but you educated youth only have so much. You buy firewood every year, and you can't just sell it at my house, nor can you buy it all at my house. There are still many people waiting to sell to you! Do you understand?"

After Liu Aiying said this, the two of them understood that it was a matter of interest. If they all came to Zhang's house to buy, Zhang's family would become a target.

Wei Wei: "I understand."

Liu Aiying: "Tomorrow afternoon, I can ask your brother Guodong to bring a cart over for each of you two. Ten bundles per cart, 10 cents per cart."

Wei Wei: "Okay, thank you, auntie."

The price is okay. They bought it at the same price before. Two bundles make up a load, and a load weighs about a hundred pounds.

When the two returned to the Youth League Institute, it was already late.

Li Zhibin was also impressed when he saw the vegetables in the baskets of the two people. "Did you two go shopping again? You bought so much. Didn't you share so much yesterday? How can you eat it all?"

Jiang Qi: "We're not eating this right now. We're going to make kimchi with it. This is not enough. We're just making this first."

Li Zhibin: "Is this kimchi delicious? Is it similar to sauerkraut?"

Jiang Qi: "It's quite different. This kind of kimchi is sour and spicy, very appetizing. It will be ready to eat in a week or so. By then, the autumn harvest will be ready and we can have it with rice."

Li Zhibin: "Really? Can you let me try it when it's ready? If I like it, I'll do some with you guys."

Jiang Qi: "No problem, Weiwei, it's getting late, why don't you come to my place for dinner? It'll be quicker with two people."

Wei Wei: “Sure!”

Jiang Qi's cooking skills are much better than hers, and she is also greedy.

Jiang Qi: "Let's make spicy fried fish tonight."

Wei Wei's mouth was watering at the thought, "I have some bacon, I can fry some more."

Jiang Qi: "Okay, I haven't eaten bacon in a long time, and I'm a little craving it. Let's make rice for the staple food. I'll cook the vegetables over here, and you can steam the rice over there."

Wei Wei: “Okay.”

Li Zhibin, who was standing next to them, drooled when he heard what the two of them said. "Can Xiao and I add one? We have a duck."

Jiang Qi: "Okay."

When Li Zhibin heard that he agreed, he immediately ran back to get the things. After all, Jiang Zhiqing's craftsmanship was really good.

"I'll go back and get some food. I can help you guys fold some vegetables after we finish eating."

Jiang Qi looked at Li Zhibin's hurried look and just found it funny. He didn't say anything and turned around to prepare dinner.

Wei Wei also went back to get the bacon. Since there were four of them, they needed to take more, and they also had to light a fire and cook.

Xiao Xuemu, who was boiling water to kill the duck, heard Li Zhibin's words and just wanted to give him a big fight. He was really impressed.

But he did not refuse. After observing for a month, he found that Jiang Qi and the Jiang Qi in the book were really not the same person, and Jiang Qi and Wei Wei were quite similar in some aspects. There seemed to be something between the two that others could not integrate.

If Wei Wei knew what Xiao Xuemu was thinking, she would definitely say, maybe it’s because they were all raised through compulsory education!

Xiao Xuemu directly threw the duck to Li Zhibin and let him get it alone, since he had agreed to it anyway.

Li Zhibin didn't say anything. He took the wild duck, bled it, plucked its feathers, and cut open its belly, all in one go.

Xiao Xuemu has been doing these things since he was a child, especially in the past two years. Xiao Xuemu can always get all kinds of meat.

In the past two years, following Brother Xiao, I have not only achieved the freedom to eat meat, but also my wallet has become much fatter. So I still have to follow Brother Xiao and have meat to eat.

What Li Zhibin didn't know was that at first Xiao Xuemu only raised pheasants, wild ducks and the like. Later, seeing that the pheasants and wild ducks grew too slowly, he simply bought some domestic chickens, ducks and geese to feed them.

Later, in order to have the freedom to eat pork, he started raising pigs and sheep. He is truly an inspirational young man.

While Li Zhibin was killing ducks, Xiao Xuemu sent their rations - rice - to Wei Wei, but he didn't expect that Wei Wei had already started steaming the rice.

Wei Wei not only sent Jiang Qi bacon, but also a lot of dried chili segments and Sichuan peppercorns. This kind of dried chili is extremely spicy.

Jiang Qi's eyes lit up when he saw these things. "Weiwei, can this kind of pepper seeds be planted? Do you have seeds of this kind of pepper? I want to plant some next year."

Wei Wei: "I don't know if I can win. How about I write a letter and ask my sister to send some over."

Although Wei Wei bought this kind of pepper in the system mall, it was indeed grown there. She saw it at Wei's house, but she sold it at that time.

But speaking of sending things back, her remaining two packages should be arriving soon, right?

Jiang Qi: "Thank you, Weiwei. These chili peppers are also very delicious when added to kimchi, and the spicier the better."

When Wei Wei heard Jiang Qi say the spicier the better, she thought of the Death Devil Pepper.

I don't know if I can put one in there. I don't dare put more than one in there for fear that it might kill people.

But if she were to give it to Jiang Qi, she wouldn't dare, because she didn't know whether this kind of pepper had been introduced here now. It probably hadn't!

But she secretly put one in herself, so it should be okay, right? I'll try it with a jar when the time comes.

Today's dinner was very sumptuous. The four of us were not short of food, so the staple food was just rice.

The dishes include spicy dried fish, stir-fried bacon with green peppers, stewed duck, duck soup cooked in a casserole on Wei Wei's small stove, and a loofah and egg soup.

The aroma was fragrant and the spiciness was strong. Wei Wei felt that the peppers were the right choice this time.

It tasted spicy and delicious, with a fresh meaty flavor, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Wei Wei regretted buying a pound of dried fish because she loved it so much.

However, because it was quite spicy, although Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu liked it very much, they didn't eat much. Jiang Qi made a lot and there was quite a lot left. Seeing that Wei Wei liked it so much, she packed it up for her.