The next day, everyone got up early. After breakfast, Zhixin and the old man led Wenhan and Wencheng up the mountain. The third and fourth brothers also led their families home. Jingwan and Jingxian followed their parents back to the county town. Jinghan was a little reluctant to leave them and kept asking them to come back when they had time. Before leaving, Zhiming told Chen that after Zhixin finished the bait in two days, he would sell all the red goods he made this year to the county. Chen agreed and said that he would go in two days.

Chen was still the same, bringing a lot of things to both families, such as pine seeds, walnuts, mushrooms, etc., and they all took a lot of things. This time, Han didn't pick anything and took them all. Looking at the backs of these people leaving, Chen felt uncomfortable. People of her age most hoped that their children and grandchildren were around, so they were lively.

Last night, Zhu told Chen about adopting Wenchang, but Chen did not agree. Firstly, the Zhu couple was still young and might have children. Moreover, Wencheng and Wenchang brothers cannot be separated. If they adopt the third family together, they are afraid that the third family will not be able to bear it, so it would be better to keep the old couple like this. The old couple is still doing things, and it is still possible to support the two children. However, Chen also said that if Zhu still has not, he would remember Wenchang in Zhiming's name and let Wenchang support Zhiming and his wife to see him off.

Zhu thought about it and felt that he had two daughters in his family, so it would be really difficult if he had two more sons. So he no longer thought about adoption.

After seeing off his son and daughter-in-law, Chen and Xue began to lead Jinghan and the others to the garden to pull cabbage and radishes. This year's cabbage and radishes all looked good. Chen and the others pulled out the radish first, and then Xue took a kitchen knife and cut down all the leaves of the radish and a little radish top. In this way, the radish will not sprout and will not become chaff. Of course, a few larger ones should be left to be used for the seeds next year.

The chopped radish tassels should not be thrown away. They should be tied up with a rope and hung in the shade. When the shade drys, you can pick small tofu in winter. In winter, especially before spring is about to begin, ordinary families will pick some small tofu, which is very good to eat as a dish.

All the radishes were chopped. Xue took a shovel and dug a hole in the ground, put the radishes into the hole, and then filled it with soil. Of course, when filling the soil, a few corn poles should be inserted in the middle so that the radishes underneath can be breathable and will not break. The Xu family planted two types of radishes, one was the red-hearted radishes I ate yesterday, and the other was the ordinary green radishes. Xue left a lot of red-hearted radishes for the children to eat as snacks, and all the green radishes were buried.

The more people, the work is fast, and the radish has not been buried yet. Here, the family led the children to pull cabbage. This cabbage generally has two uses, one is pickled sauerkraut, and the other is to hide it in the cellar and wait until it is fried in winter. The cabbage that pickled sauerkraut does not need to be too good, and it is kept in the cellar. So Chen took a kitchen knife and chopped down the cabbage that wanted to pickle sauerkraut, and then Jinghan and the others carried the cut cabbage into a pile. The remaining ones that wanted to be stored in the cellar can be waited for a few more days.

Chen cut down all the sauerkrauts to pickle, and then went to repair the cabbage. That is, break down all the old men outside and keep the tender heart inside. Of course, don’t repair them too hard. Just break down two or three old leaves. The repaired cabbage is all together, and I will pick the sauerkraut in the afternoon. I will pick the ginseng tonight, and then I will pick the ginseng and plant ginseng, so I don’t have much time to pick the sauerkraut. Besides, pick it up early and eat it early. In winter here, I will live with the sauerkraut.

Xue buried the radish, asked Jinghan and the others to bring the raw food back home, and then came to help Chen repair the cabbage. "Mom, the vegetables this year are pretty good, and it seems that there is no need to worry about winter. This is better, otherwise it would be really difficult." Xue's hands were not stopped while he was repairing the cabbage.

It took more than an hour for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to repair all the cabbages. "Okay, it's almost done. In the afternoon, we pickle sauerkraut. There are many people in the family, so why do we have to pickle three large tanks of sauerkraut? I don't know if it can be done."

After a busy afternoon, several people were tired and it was time to make lunch. When they returned to the kitchen, Huixin had already cooked the fire. "Huixin, you can cook at noon today. You have learned to cook with your sister-in-law for a while. See how you are doing?" Chen ordered. This daughter is old and she will get married after all. She will be a wife for others. Not only should the needlework be good, but the cooking of these people cannot be left behind. Don't they say it? A pair of scissors on the kang and a shovel on the pot. These two can be picked up, so she is considered a good wife.

After hearing what his mother said, Huixin nodded, "Hey, mom, I'll cook at noon today." She also helped Xue's hand in her daily life. She has seen too much, and sometimes she also cooks it, so she is not afraid of this.

Xue washed her hands, "Okay, then I'll help Huixin today. We'll try Huixin's skills at noon." As she said that, she helped to burn the fire.

I saw Huixin cutting vegetables on the chopping board. She looked quite skillful and good. Huixin was cooking, and Xue helped to cook the fire. After a while, the fragrance of food began to rise in the kitchen.

Jinghan went into the kitchen to see that it was her sister-in-law cooking. Haha, it should be pretty good when she smelled it. "Mom, when will we have dinner? We want to go to the mountain to pick up some acorns in the afternoon. That thing is good to feed pigs." Jinghan knew that acorns can be ground into powder. In the past, people used it to satisfy their hunger.

"Okay, you go. There are oak trees and a lot of acorns on the mountain ahead of us. You can check it out before it snows. Feeding pigs can save a lot of food." Of course, Xue did not object. The children were willing to work, but she was too happy. The work of getting things up the mountain is usually done by children from all families. If the children of any family are diligent, they can get a lot of things home every autumn, and they are too lazy and don't want to do anything.

The food was all done, everyone worked together, brought the food to the table, and then started eating. Jinghan tasted these dishes, and the taste was pretty good, it was a little worse than what my mother cooked. However, a little sister-in-law had just learned these days, so it should be considered good. Cooking is also something that can make perfect, and it would be enough to do more.

Chen nodded while eating the food, "Well, it's okay, practice more in the future. You are not young anymore. After you have been busy for a while, you will have to arrange marriages for you. When you have a family in the past, you will not be as brisk as at home. You have been weak since childhood, so I won't let you work too much. When you get married, you have to be more diligent. Look at your fourth sister-in-law, although your mother doesn't say anything, she is not happy. There are no ones who do not do any work? Even if our family is good, the men of the Xu family don't beat their wives. Go out and see, how many wives in the family won't be beaten? If your food is good, you can get less angry." Chen also felt sorry for Huixin, so he told her little by little.

Huixin naturally understood this, "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely learn well." This is a necessary process for men and women to get married, and Huixin naturally didn't say anything like not to marry. Nowadays, how can a girl not get married when she is old? That won't make people laugh at her.

Everyone ate very quickly. After dinner, Jinghan, Jingya, Wenxuan, Wenchang, all carried baskets to the mountain. In autumn, Jingya followed her up the mountain, because at this time, one more person could get a lot of things. A few people entered the forest and picked up acorns on the ground. Acorns were a kind of fruit called oak trees here. There was a tree called oak trees in the south, which also produced acorns.

There are really a lot of oak trees in the woods, so there are only a lot of acorns. After a while, Jinghan picked up a basket. Pour the basket into the basket, and then carry the basket to pick it up. Jingya is okay because she doesn't have to climb trees or something. Just pick it up in the basket when she sees it. "Jinghan, how many do we want to pick it up?"

"Sister, of course, the more you get, the better. It's good to feed pigs and chickens. This way you can save food. Wouldn't we eat more food? Pick it up. If there are too many, our family will catch a few more pigs next year. If you raise them like this, you can make a lot of money." Jinghan was still full of money. Although there are no good ideas now, raising pigs is also a good way.

After hearing Jinghan's words, everyone thought it made sense. If there were too many pigs raised at home, they could sell more money. When the Chinese New Year was over, they could also keep some more meat to eat at home. When they thought of the meat, everyone was energetic and kept picking it up into the basket.

At home, Chen and Xue were pickling sauerkraut. The two large pots in the kitchen were cleaned and added water to boil. When the water boiled, the cabbage brought back from the garden was put down the roots in the pot and scalded them. When the roots were almost burned, then put them over and gently boil the cabbage leaves. Of course, this job is very dangerous. The cabbage made the boiling water very hot. Xue used a shovel to turn the cabbage, which was much better than using his hands. The scalded cabbage can be filled into the jar. The Xu family has several large jars, which are used to pickle sauerkraut.

My mother kept busy working, putting the hot cabbage in the jar and placing it. This is a laborious job. You have to press it hard to make it solid, otherwise the vegetables will easily rot. After placing a jar, you will find a large flat stone and press it on the coding cabbage. If you press it like this, the vegetables will not rot easily.
Chapter completed!