The Xu family spent the New Year at the Tao family, and then lived on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before returning to the venue. Of course, Zhixin went back several days in advance to burn all the houses. When the old man and the others returned, the house was already very warm.

Since the school started teaching on the 18th day of the first lunar month, Wenhan and the others did not go back to the mountain. The only girls were Jingya who stayed in the town. Jinghui had been almost two months, so it was easier to fiddle with, so there was no need for Jinghan and others to help take care of him. Jinghan had lived in the town for several months and felt uncomfortable all over, so he strongly demanded to go back to the venue. Jingwan and Jingxian followed Jinghan, and they followed wherever Jinghan went.

Chen left Jingya in the town, and had other ideas. Jingya was already twelve years old, so she was about to say kinship. If she had been living in the mountain, it would have delayed the marriage of the child. So Chen left Jingya and asked her to help Huixin see the cooking. Otherwise, Huixin would be too busy to serve Jinghui and Wenhan.

When I returned to the ginseng site, the mountain was still covered with heavy snow. At this time, the people in the village were going to cut down the mountain. If the ginseng soil of this mallet was cut down all the old forests that had grown for more than 70 or 80 years, they could be used to plant ginseng. And the ginseng soil that is used this year will be cut out this year. If some forests were cut out in the first two years, that kind would not work. In the words of ginseng farmers, it is called Runaoyang. Therefore, the village has to report the area of ​​forests that should be used this year every year, and then go up the mountain to log in the first lunar month.

The reason why I chose the first lunar month is that the snow in the forest has been very solid after a winter. The trees cut out in this way are easier to transport. Good wood in the forest must be handed over to the yamen, so that the rest can be kept for the villagers to make sheds. Two thousand feet of ginseng soil is about two millenniums, which is about 30 mu, less than 40 mu. Almost every family in the village comes to work, and families with livestock also have to bring the livestock to use for dragging wood.

The villagers worked hard for more than ten days before they cut down all the forests they had to use this year, and then transported the wood outside, near the road. In a few days, the yamen would send people to get the wood away, which was basically sold.

Jinghan and the others were naturally not idle either. The forest was cut off, and the good wood was taken away, and the villagers were slightly left to the villagers. However, there were some trees and branches, which were good things for burning firewood. So the children dragged small sleds and dragged firewood every day. Of course, the two brothers Zhixin also wanted to be together. They cut the wood with saws, then put it on the sled, and then dragged the children back. The ox cart at home was not used, but it could be replaced with a large sled. Such sleds could hold a lot of wood. The children were too young, and Zhixin dared not let them drive the ox and sled, so the old man drove the sled every day and pulled the firewood back and forth.

In fact, everyone knows that these branches of trees are good things for burning fire, but the villagers didn't come to make them because they were too far away and were not worth it. There are forests around the village, just make some of them. Who would like to run so far to get tired? So only the Xu family is here to pull firewood.

We worked hard for ten days and went to pick firewood after dinner in the morning. When we came back in the afternoon, Zhixin and Zhiming and others would set up saw racks outside, and saw all the picked firewood into one and a half feet long. The thick ones had to be split and then piled up all the time. In this way, when the summer was dry, they could burn the fire. There were several houses on the mountain and some firewood was sent to Qingnian, so we had to save more to save enough. The diligent family could save several piles of firewood alone.

I was busy, and spring came in a blink of an eye. It was another good spring. The trees on the mountain began to turn green, the grass on the ground spit out new green, and the little yellow flowers bloomed quietly. Jinghan led Jingwan and Wenxuan and others to start the day of going into the mountains to pick wild vegetables.

This year, Wenhan, Wencheng, and Jingya were not on the mountain, so Jinghan became the oldest. Jingwan and others were very convinced of Jinghan, so they were all willing to follow Jinghan up the mountain.

In this season, the wild vegetables on the mountain are very rich, including big-leaf celery, swallows, mountain spinach, mountain millet, and thorn sticks. The mountains are full of them. The children don’t care what they do, pick them when they see them, and they are all delicious anyway.

"Second sister, we have picked it almost the same, right? If there are too many, we can't carry it." Wenxuan looked at the wild vegetables in the basket carrying it, and it was almost rising.

Jinghan looked at it and found that several people had a lot of baskets on their backs, which was really a lot. "Okay, let's go home. Today I ask if we can make some dumplings." The big-yeqin dumplings are very delicious. Jinghan has been greedy for two years, and I don't know if she can eat them this year.

When the children returned home, Jinghan told Chen that she wanted to eat dumplings. When Chen heard this, she clapped her hands and smiled, "Okay, what's the problem? Your father went to deliver things to Wenhan and the others today, and bought meat back. Let's make dumplings in the afternoon and eat dumplings in the evening. Speaking of which, there were also many years when I couldn't eat dumplings from Dayeqin for several years. This thing was very fresh, and it was only available in this year. Come on, let's pick out the vegetables first and see if the dumplings you made back were enough."

Let’s pour out all the dishes in the basket together and separate them all. The swallows can make buns or dipping sauce, and the spinach can be made into soup, and the rice millet is hot and dipped sauce. The big-leaf celery is the most common way to eat. You can stir-fry it or stir-fry it. Of course, the best thing is to make dumplings. At this time, the big-leaf celery is still very tender, only about half a foot high, and you can even eat the leaves. After a few days, the leaves will grow old and cannot be eaten.

It was noon when I picked the good dishes. Xue and the others first cooked the rice, then burned the big leaf celery in a hot pot, and took it out and soaked it in cold water.

After lunch, Chen asked Jinghan and the others to go to bed. They said that spring was sleepy and autumn was exhausted. In spring, people like to be sleepy the most. Jinghan also felt a little bit of a fight in his eyelids, so he led Jingwan and Jingxian back to the inner room and fell asleep on the kang. This sleep was so good that when Jinghan and the others woke up, it was already in the morning. Xue had already started chopping the stuffing and prepared to make dumplings for a while.

The scalded big-yeqin was soaked in water. Xue rinsed the big-yeqin several times with water, and then squeezed it into a ball. The water must be held in moderation, and it should not be too dry, otherwise there would be no moisture in the dumpling filling and it would not be fresh. The dish balls with water were put on the cutting board and started chopping the filling.

The cutting board in the Northeast is actually called a caiduner, which is cut out directly from the logs. Generally, it is better to have basswood. The wood is soft and does not like to lose wood residue. There is no peculiar smell. The size of the caidune depends directly on the thickness of the trees. The caidune of the Xu family is very large, so you can chop a lot of fillings without having to divide them into several times.

There were two dishes at home, so Xue’s family chopped vegetables, Zhu’s family chopped meat, and the sister-in-law made the dumpling filling. Chen had already done the dough, and everyone started to work together. It didn’t take long to make the dumplings.

Of course I just ate dumplings at night. Jinghan took a bite of the dumplings, revealing the green vegetable filling inside, and his mouth was filled with the special fresh fragrance of Big Yeqin. Jinghan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. After two years of being here, he finally ate the Big Yeqin dumplings that he had been thinking about day and night.

"Second sister, these wild vegetables dumplings are so delicious, they are so delicious." Wenchang said while eating.

Chen felt a little sad when he heard this. The Xu family's life was always tight, so he could only make a meal of dumplings during the Chinese New Year or the holidays. The dumplings made of big-leaf celery have not been eaten for many years. At least I saved some money last year, not only did I pay back the famine, but I still had some left. In addition, Zhixin often went to the mountains to grab some prey, and sometimes he could sell some money back, so the money this year is quite abundant.

"If you are willing to eat it, we will pack it every year in the future. After a while, we will pack the leeks stuffed with it. It's just two kilograms of meat, and our family can still afford it." Chen said as he saw the children's food was very delicious. The children were even more happy when they heard this and couldn't help cheering.

"Grandma, don't worry, our family's life will get better and better. It's better if they see dumplings when they see them." Jinghan is full of confidence in the future. His family is very diligent. If they develop slowly, their family will definitely live a good life. "By the way, grandma, should we raise two pigs? Last year we picked up a lot of acorns, just waiting to feed the pigs. Also, can we raise more big geese this year? This thing is stupid and cannot climb the pond, but we can eat grass in the horse road. Let's put the big geese in the ginseng field, which saves food, makes the horse road grow grass, and can also raise eggs and eat meat. How great is it."

"You all listen to it. Our Jinghan is very good at living, so we have planned it. Okay, I have wanted to catch pigs a long time ago. There are piglets in the Wu family in our village. When Jiajun came that day, I agreed to him that he would ask for two piglets. Maybe he can send them here in a few days. At that time, Jinghan, feeding pigs is your life." Chen said jokingly.

"What's the matter? Just feed us. My second sister is leading us to do any job. When we grow the pig, we can kill pigs and eat meat." Wenchang felt that he was drooling when he thought of killing pigs and eating pigs and slaughtering vegetables.

Wenchang's appearance made everyone laugh. "Okay, this year we raise pigs, so we will keep them at home to eat, not sell them at all, and keep them all for you little greedy cats.

The family finished eating dumplings while talking and laughing. The children were eating a little too much, so Chen asked them all to go out for a walk and not to lie on the kang. So Jinghan took his younger brother and sister out for a walk.
Chapter completed!