Eating melons

Xiao Xuemu's learning speed was very fast. He caught up with Wei Wei in less than two minutes, and was even faster than Wei Wei.

In fact, Wei Wei is very fast and skillful only when demonstrating, but if you really ask her to do it, that's all she can do.

Slowly and calmly, but there's no need to rush or urge her, so she can just do whatever she wants.

Gradually, Wei Wei felt something was wrong. She was a little confused. Was it because she hadn't worked for too long?

Or maybe they were pulling too many bamboo shoots and there were too few people working. Since there were only two of them, the speed was slow.

Wei Wei didn't want to continue before she had even peeled half of the bamboo shoots. Her fingers hurt so much, she had never felt this way before.

When she peeled bamboo shoots in the past, she usually only pulled back a little over half.

After all, there are only so many things and many people are talking about them. Every time something like this comes out, not only the villagers run to the mountains like beehives, but even the people in the city do the same.

So as long as there is one somewhere, every year when this thing comes out, the land will be flattened for you. It is not as easy to talk about as Xiao Xuemu's space.

Also, although there were only half as many bamboo shoots as they pulled, there were still a lot of people peeling them.

Whenever there is work like this, whenever someone's family has it to do, the family members and neighbors will help out, so it's done quickly.

Two baskets of bamboo shoots like this can be dried in half an hour, and Wei Wei is the one who peels the bamboo shoots. She only peels them and doesn't dry anything else. If she rolls them, she will only roll one or two occasionally.

This is very relaxing to do, and Wei Wei also likes to do it with them. Anyway, they do it almost every year.

But the current situation is that the two of them have to pull more than five baskets, and there are only two people working. Moreover, she not only has to peel, but also roll. This is her first time doing this kind of work, so her fingers must be sore.

Therefore, this matter is no longer a pleasure for Wei Wei, but a life, and a heavy life that will bring her pain.

Besides, her fingers were burning with pain, and Wei Wei was becoming less and less willing to continue.

But she was the one who started this. If she didn't do it, it would seem immoral to leave Xiao Xuezhe here.

Although she admitted that she was not a moral person, she could not do such a tasteless thing.

Therefore, Wei Wei did her work perfunctorily. Her fingers were burning, to the point that it hurt when she pressed them.

Therefore, it was impossible for her to roll it with her fingers. After all, she still wanted her fingers, so she found a machete with a long handle and rolled it directly with the handle.

But this way, the work speed has slowed down a lot, only half as fast as before, very slow.

"You must be tired. Go do something else. Leave this to me."

As soon as Wei Wei pouted, Xiao Xuemu knew what she was thinking. He knew that she didn't want to do it anymore, but he also knew that she was too embarrassed to say it out loud, so he took the initiative to step up and let Wei Wei go down.

Sure enough, when Wei Wei heard what Xiao Xuemu said, she immediately slid down the stairs. It was Xiao Xuemu who asked her not to do it, not that she abandoned Xiao Xuemu.

"Then you peel them here first, I'll go boil some water. We need to blanch them. There are too many bamboo shoots, so it's not convenient to use the gas stove. We need to use that big pot to blanch them.

We also need to boil the salt water, otherwise it won’t cool down and we’ll have to act separately.”

After saying that, Wei Wei clapped her hands and stood up, preparing to go to the kitchen to boil water.

Wei Wei came back halfway and said to Xiao Xuemu, "By the way, these bamboo shoots can be fed to pigs or fish. Big grass carp eat them. After peeling them, you can throw them into the pigpen or the river."

Anyway, pigs and fish need to be fed, no matter what you feed them. For fish, you can be lazy today by feeding them this.

Now Wei Wei had explained everything completely and immediately retreated into the kitchen to boil water, fearing that if she was a step slower, Xiao Xuemu would regret it and force her to do hard labor.

As for why Wei Wei didn’t throw these things away or leave them for tomorrow, it was because she was afraid that they would get old and be wasted.

Whether it is bamboo shoots or ferns, you have to process them immediately after you get them. If you leave them there, the lower part will get old.

When it comes to the things she likes, Wei Wei has inherited the fine traditional virtues of the older generation, being thrifty and never wasting anything.

As for those things you don’t like, that’s another matter. After all, life is only a few short decades, so don’t push yourself too hard.

Xiao Xuemu's ability to work has been fully developed in the space, and he works very efficiently.

While Wei Wei was boiling the water, Xiao Xuemu had peeled a whole basket of them by himself.

After Wei Wei mixed the salt water and let it cool there, Xiao Xuemu peeled another half basket of rice.

After boiling the water, Wei Wei came out and saw that Xiao Xuemu didn't seem reluctant at all, so she just let it go and gave the job to him.

He came out, picked up the basin of bamboo shoots and went in to blanch them.

After all, the amount is here, and it is definitely not enough to blanch it in one pot. It needs to be blanched in at least two pots. By the time she finishes blanching this pot, Xiao Xuemu should be almost done.

Sure enough, before Wei Wei finished blanching, Xiao Xuemu had already done it.

As soon as he came in, Xiao Xuemu stood by and watched, mainly because he had to learn.

Judging from Wei Wei's expression, she must be tired of doing this today and may not do it again in the future.

And judging from Wei Wei's previous appearance, she must be very fond of this kind of bamboo shoots.

If we don’t make it in the future, we will have nothing to eat, so he has to learn it.

As for why Wei Wei could buy everything but still had nothing to eat.

In fact, Xiao Xue also found this matter strange, but because he never asked, he still doesn't know the reason.

All I know is that Wei Wei doesn’t like to eat food bought from the store, she thinks it’s not good, and she likes to eat food she makes herself.

(Wei Wei rolled her eyes. Who knows if the things you buy have any technology or hard work? Of course, they are clean, pure natural and pollution-free.)

When he heard that Xiao Xuemu wanted to learn from Wei Wei, he immediately introduced her.

“In fact, the method of pickling bamboo shoots is very simple. Clean the bamboo shoots and cook them for about ten minutes, then take them out and let them cool and drain.

Then put the bamboo shoots into a clean, oil-free sealed jar, add pickled peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and rock sugar, then mix the pickled pepper juice, salt, boiled water, and white wine and pour it into the jar to completely cover the bamboo shoots, then seal it.

After sealing, wait for the sour flavor to penetrate and then you can eat it. The method is not exactly the same as pickled peppers, but it is very similar. If stored properly, it can be kept for one to two years.

After teaching Xiao Xuemu how to make it, Wei Wei also made some simple versions of pickled bamboo shoots.

Just cut the bamboo shoots into strips, cook them in boiling water for about eight minutes, then remove them and rinse with cold water and drain.

Add soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, salt, chili pepper, and garlic slices to a sealed jar without water or oil, and pour in boiled water. The amount of water should cover the bamboo shoots.

Put the bamboo shoots into the prepared juice, and add carrots, celery, white radish, cabbage and other vegetables to soak together.

The food soaked in this way can be eaten as long as it is sealed and refrigerated for a few hours. Of course, it will taste better if it is left overnight.

Looking at Wei Wei's efficient performance, Xiao Xuemu really didn't know what to say.

It seems that what Wei Wei said, that interest is the motivation for learning, really makes sense.

Watching her make the things she likes to eat, and then watching her do farm work, they are completely two different things.

However, it must be said that as long as Wei Wei is not doing farm work, she is like this no matter what she does, confident and calm.

Wei Wei didn't know that Xiao Xuemu thought so highly of her. In fact, for these things, she was just getting better with practice.

Even other things were almost the same, and there were many times when she was not calm and composed, but Xiao Xuemu just didn't see it.