Originally, Su Qingluan wanted to start making shredded bananas directly, but Yang wanted to use cowpeas to dry the vegetables. Su Qingluan thought that it would be better to turn on the fire anyway, so she simply boiled a large pot of hot water for blanching later.
The water in the water tank was just drawn from the well today, and the weather was gloomy and rainy, so the water in the water tank was quite cold. Su Qingluan estimated that such a large pot of water would take at least a quarter of an hour to boil.
Taking advantage of this gap, Su Qingluan simply turned around and looked at the two little guys - for some reason today, these two little guys had been so quiet since the morning.
Today, not to mention Su Xueyan, even Su Xuanhe, who has "difficulty writing", was obediently lying on the table in the main room writing big characters one stroke at a time. The two little guys were very quiet, which surprised Su Qingluan.
"Hey, where did the sun rise from today? Why are you so quiet today?" In the past, when it was time to practice calligraphy every day, whenever Su Qingluan was at home, he wouldn't be able to do anything except asking and urging her. Two children will not "do their homework" willingly.
Today, each one was more well-behaved than the other, which surprised her.
Su Xuanhe raised his head and glanced at Su Qingluan: "Sister, are you feeling well?"
Su Xueyan also raised her head, her little brows knitted together: "Sister, I said you are feeling a little uncomfortable today and can't coax us anymore. Please be obedient."
Su Xuanhe brought a piece of large characters that had been written to Su Qingluan to see as if he was offering a treasure: "I have already finished writing one piece, and I am not lazy!"
"But the gaps between brother's strokes are relatively large..." Su Xueyan muttered.
"You're talking nonsense!"
"Okay, stop arguing..." Seeing that the two little ones were about to quarrel again, Su Qingluan rubbed her temples, "You finish writing this piece, and come to eat delicious food later - I asked Aniang Go and ask Aunt Li next door to come and try it together."
"Aunt Li brought us some extra bananas yesterday!" Su Xuanhe was very happy, "Sister, go and eat them quickly!"
Su Qingluan touched his hair: "I'll use this banana to make food later." She looked at her brother's expression carefully, and she didn't seem to feel uncomfortable just because others were coming to visit, and she felt slightly relieved. Come.
Speaking of which, the trouble with children is that they forget quickly. It had not been long since Su Xuanhe lost his two baby teeth. The new teeth had not fully grown in yet, only a white tip appeared.
So now when he speaks in a hurry or in a more violent tone, the air leaks out.
But maybe it’s because there have been a lot of people at home recently, maybe he’s gotten used to leaking words, or maybe when he was playing in the village, he saw other people of the same age who also had their teeth changed. "I don't care about it that much anymore.
So Su Qingluan secretly planned to take advantage of the opportunity of sending "Ant Dali Pills" to visit Mr. Xu Kekuan again recently, ask Master Zhou in detail about the standards and time for accepting students, and let his younger brother give it a try - after all, with the current situation As far as the Su family is concerned, a gentleman's repair can still be afforded.
Now that the money problem has been solved, it would be better for my younger brother to go to school. Su Qingluan didn't intend for Su Xuanhe to get a degree or anything like that, but at least he had to be sensible and literate - even if he was just to be an accountant in the future and help with accounts, wouldn't he also have to be literate?
Having made up her mind, Su Qingluan did not say anything about it, but patiently corrected her brother and sister's posture——
"Keep your upper body straight and don't lie on the table. Be careful of your eyes becoming short-sighted."
"Sister, what is 'myopia'?" Su Xueyan raised her head and looked at her sister's chin with a confused expression.
"..." Su Qingluan paused, thought for a while and explained in layman terms, "If you always lie on the table like this, everything you see will be close by, and slowly, things far away will no longer be visible. I can’t see clearly! That’s why it’s called ‘myopia’.”
"Can't you see in the distance? Aren't you half blind?" Su Xuanhe opened his toothless mouth and looked at his sister with a wicked smile, "You are going to become a little blind man!"
Seeing the little girl's eyes widening in horror, as if she wanted to cry because of her grievance, Su Qingluan gave Brother Pihou a brain-destroying blow, and said angrily: "What are you talking about? Don't scare your sister!"
Then she turned around and gently touched her sister's soft hair: "Xue Yan, don't be afraid. If you don't lie down on the table now, it's too late and you won't go blind."
"I, I sit up straight!" The little girl was still very afraid of "becoming blind", so she immediately straightened her waist!
"Hee hee hee hee..." Su Xuanhe watched his sister being frightened by him, covering her mouth with a look of successful prank, and was patted on the back gently by Su Qingluan.
"You are so embarrassed to laugh at your sister, but you have a good posture?" Su Qingluan said angrily, "Looking at how crooked you are sitting, I wish you could tie yourself into a twist knot, or become a hunchback in the future?"
"Sister, what is Luo Guo?" Xue Yan asked again.
"It's a person who is hunched over and unable to straighten up." Su Qingluan described it.
"Is it like old man Qian who passed away last year?" Su Xuanhe raised his head and joined in the fun.
"Brother, sister didn't come back last year!"
"Yes!"
"Don't take the opportunity to chat!" Su Qingluan couldn't laugh or cry. Just now, one of them almost made the other cry, but in the blink of an eye, they were chatting again. As expected, as long as you don't study, you can form a united front with anyone, right...
After watching the two little guys correct the problem that they were holding pens too hard and their wrists were floating, Su Qingluan turned around and went to the kitchen.
Although the water on the stove has not boiled yet, fine small bubbles have appeared on the bottom of the pot and are clinging to the wall of the pot.
Yang had already washed the cowpeas for making dried vegetables and placed them on the bamboo dustpan nearby. She must have gone to Li's house next door.
Su Qingluan turned around and took a basin of cold water and put it aside. Seeing that the water in the pot was gradually boiling, she put the whole cowpea in and kept turning it with a spatula so that every cowpea could be heated evenly.
When the cowpeas stopped growing and the water in the pot began to boil again, Su Qingluan took out the whole cowpeas and immediately put them in cold water.
Of course, Su Qingluan didn't dare to just throw away the water that had been used to blanch the cowpeas in the pot - she once poured out half the pot of water for blanching vegetables according to the habit of her previous life, but after being chanted for three days by Yang, she said, "Too Excessive extravagance and waste.”
Su Qingluan understands that hot water - especially clean hot water - is a very important resource in this era. After all, firewood and charcoal are not cheap.
So this time, she planned to scoop out the hot water with a ladle and let it sit to see how grandma would use it.
At this time, Yang and Sun Guixiang came into the house chatting and laughing. Su Qingluan breathed a sigh of relief - this hot potato can be thrown out.
"Mom!" she said with a smile, "I just used half the pot of water to blanch the cowpeas. Do you want to use it?"
