In fact, it was not in vain.
Before leaving, she bought several kinds of small seafood, both dry and pickled.
Not only did they clear out the Li family's inventory, they also asked other families in Houhai Village to buy a lot.
Things like kelp and seaweed are very light when dried. Even Xu Yin can easily carry a thick pile in her hand.
The second elder of the Li family is worried that if she buys too much, she won’t be able to finish it later and it will be wasted.
Xu Yin explained that he would not eat all of it by himself, but planned to take more to Tongcheng to exchange for something else.
They said nothing more and gave her as much as she wanted.
It’s just that there are so many things, how can you carry them on a bicycle?
The two elders originally wanted their son to borrow a cart from the party secretary's house to take Xu Yin back.
Xu Yin hurriedly said no, and asked the Li family to borrow two large bamboo baskets and two small bamboo baskets. The bamboo baskets were tied together with thick hemp ropes and placed on the back seat. The bamboo basket trailer faucets contained two jars of mud snails.
"Thank you, uncle and aunt. I'm going back first. I'll come see you when Tongcheng comes back."
After coming out of Houhai Village, while there was no one around, she put the two large bamboo baskets into the system warehouse, put the mud snail jars in the bamboo baskets into it, exchanged two packages of dried kelp and dried shrimps, and then came out with a ringing sound. We rode to Da'ao Village.
Last night I took a look at the geographical environment of Tongcheng. It is basically composed of plains. There is also a large lake on the outskirts. The nearby villagers make a living by raising lake sheep and lake ducks.
Even if there are mountains on all sides, they are still small hills for growing tea, so she plans to go to Da'ao Village to buy some mountain products, sell them and return them in exchange for some Tongcheng Hu mutton, Hu duck meat and tea.
It doesn't matter if it really can't be sold, just leave it to my brother and sister-in-law to add another dish.
Grandma Geng was very happy to see her coming, and blamed her for coming without any paper bags.
Xu Yin said it was some seafood, and when the weather was hot, she would make a soup to eat. She also said that she wanted to go to Tongcheng to visit her brother and sister-in-law in two days, and wanted to pick up some mountain products to take with her.
Without saying a word, Grandma Geng took out the mountain products she had at home, picked the ones that sold well and stuffed them into the bamboo basket she brought.
Xu Yin wanted to give money, but the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law refused.
"You can just take these from our house. If you don't have enough, I will go to other houses and ask."
Li Asiang insisted not to take any money, so Xu Yin had no choice but to give up. She thought about going back and seeing if she could get some more Hu sheep and Hu ducks to give to her grandma and her family to try.
"You stay at home and chat with grandma for a while. I'll go and ask you what other houses have." Li Asiang took off her apron and asked, "Do you only want mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, or something else?"
"Both of them. Anyway, it's a lot of money in total." Xu Yin gave her aunt five big unity cards.
"Okay, I've got it figured out."
Li Axiang moved very quickly. Before Xu Yin could finish chatting with her grandmother, she came back dragging two big bags.
A cloth bag contains dried bamboo shoots. There are two varieties. One is dried bamboo shoots with large hairy bamboo shoots in slices, and the other is dried stalagmites, which are dried whole and long. The stewed meat with dried bamboo shoots is the most fragrant, and the soup with dried stalagmites is the best.
"Thirty kilograms of dried bamboo shoots and fifty kilograms of small stalagmites. They were all recently dried, so you can rest assured of their freshness. Is it enough? I'll ask down below if it's not enough."
Li Axiang just asked about other people who live on the mountainside like hers. There are many other people living down the mountainside.
"Enough is enough."
The other bag was full of fungi, mostly mushrooms and fungus. There are only a few taels of red mushrooms and bamboo fungus, but the quality is very good. These are packed individually.
The rest are miscellaneous bacteria, with many types and small quantities, and they are not separated specially when drying. But the mixed mushrooms fried in meat or soup are especially delicious.
In addition to these, her uncle who had just come down from the mountain also gave her a basket of ripe raspberries, which were bright red and tasted sweet and refreshing.
With the help of her uncle, Xu Yin carried two large bags of mountain treasures down the mountain and put them on the back seat of her bicycle.
Thanks to the eDonkey, if this was a traditional bicycle, she probably wouldn't be able to push it.
On the way home, he still threw two big bags of mountain goods into the system warehouse while no one was around, leaving only two baskets of dried seafood and fresh raspberries outside.
When we got home, Xu's mother had already started making lunch.
Seeing her coming back with two baskets of dry goods with a strong fishy smell, he pinched his nose and looked disgusted:
"What delicious food is there! Isn't it enough for you to take these at home to Tongcheng? You also spend money to buy them. If you don't say you are a waste of money for a few days, your hands will itch again..."
Xu Yin took it out and showed it to her: "They are all freshly dried recently. Are they big? I specially picked them out for you and my dad to eat. When the weather gets hot, make a dried radish and clam soup, or shrimp and seaweed soup. , It’s so fresh! It’s also appetizing to eat.”
Xu's mother was not surprised: "Can there be delicious meat?"
"..."
Comrade Geng Jinhua, you have violated the law!
Are the two comparable?
After all, during lunch, Xu’s mother cooked clam meat and dried radish soup according to her daughter’s request, and fried dried razor clams with chili.
Don't tell me, it's both an appetizer and a meal as my daughter said.
The next day, Xu Yin went to the morning market and bought some spareribs.
Xu's mother was disgusted at first: "What's so delicious about bones? If you want to eat, just cut some meat."
Xu Yin said: "This is delicious."
She stewed pork ribs soup with kelp and mixed it with hot and sour kelp shreds.
The fragrant but not greasy pork ribs and kelp soup and the appetizing and refreshing spicy and sour kelp shreds will whet your appetite.
From this point of view, it is not that this food is not delicious, but that I have never eaten it before.
Gradually, Xu's mother no longer disliked the seafood given by her in-laws as much as before.
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Three days later, Xu Yin got off the bus at Tongcheng Railway Station.
Xu Zhinian drove a jeep over to pick her up, but he was busy with other things, so he sent her to the family home and then returned to his work.
Sister-in-law Xu has been busy for several days, cleaning the room and washing the mats. She got up early today and bought some meat, fried meatballs, fried egg dumplings, and made a duck soup with dried bamboo shoots.
When Xu Yin arrived, she first served her a bowl of duck soup.
"I'll cook you three fresh noodles later."
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
"Thank you! If you like to eat, I will cook it for you every day. Buying meat here is more convenient than ours, and the price is reasonable. I have been looking forward to your coming." Sister-in-law Xu said with a smile.
Since joining the army, the man has given her his salary and allowances for safekeeping. Except for sending fifty yuan to his hometown every month, she has taken care of the rest to provide food and clothing for the family of four.
The money is not much, but the feeling of holding financial power is not ordinary.
In addition, she can make clothes, and occasionally helps the family members in the building make some clothes to supplement some pocket money, so her life is quite enjoyable.
Speaking of which, it was all thanks to my sister-in-law. Whether it was giving birth to the second child successfully or making money by making clothes, it all depended on her.
Especially when she gave birth to her second child, the doctors and nurses told her that given her pregnancy condition at the time, there was a risk of dystocia during a natural delivery.
If you hadn't been admitted to the hospital in advance and decided to have a caesarean section, you would have definitely found a midwife at home.
It's okay if the birth goes well, but if it doesn't go well, the midwife can't help it. If the baby is sent to the hospital in the middle of the birth, if the baby is not fully protected, it will lead to dystocia, and maybe two lives will be lost.
In addition, she was able to take her two children with the army only because of her sister-in-law. Otherwise, her mother-in-law would never let her leave her hometown due to her character.
Thinking of this, Sister-in-law Xu felt more and more that her sister-in-law was the lucky star in her life, and she made up her mind to entertain her well.
