At this time, Su Laoer was chopping firewood in the backyard, and his clothes on his chest were wet with sweat. Zhao Qian was cleaning the chicken coop and duck coop in the backyard, letting the ducks go to the river to play in the water. Mrs. Lian had already gone to the river to wash a large basin of clothes early in the morning, and they were now hanging them on the clothesline. Mrs. Zhou was preparing breakfast for everyone in the kitchen. The entire Su family, except Su Yu, was still sleeping. From the master to the servants, no one is idle.
Wang Gang and Bai Mo looked at the Su family and were really surprised. Shouldn't the master be idle and let the others do the work? How could the Su family be like this?
Mrs. Lian was drying clothes when she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw two people with smiles on their faces.
"You guys are up. Today you go around the house to get familiar with the place. I will tell you what I will do tomorrow."
"Yes, ma'am."
Since the two of them planned to stay, they had to follow some rules. It was difficult to tell them at first. If this happened in the past, they would never have imagined that their future host family would be a country family.
When Su Yu got up, the two of them came over.
"Girl, we have decided to stay in the Su family. Please keep your promise and let us leave after three years."
"It's natural. I always keep my word. I have no control over your private affairs, as long as you don't bring trouble to my Su family."
"Yes, girl."
"Today you just need to familiarize yourself with the surrounding environment. As for what to do, I will arrange it tomorrow morning. Now let's go eat."
After dinner, Su Yu and his father went to the back hillside. Mrs. Zhou was making pork jerky in the kitchen house, while Mrs. Lian set up a big pot in the backyard and started boiling lard. Now that the soap business is good, the lard is needed. There are too many pigs. Su Yu and Gao Butcher agreed on the quantity of five pigs every day at the price of eight cents per catty. Lian's daily job now is to make soap. Chopping firewood in the mountains.
The father and daughter arrived at the back hillside and looked at the radishes all over the mountains and plains. Su Laoer was very happy. Although they could not be sold for a lot of money, as a farmer, if the crops in his own land grow well, that is not the biggest gain.
"Dad, it's almost time to harvest these radishes. Find someone to harvest them in two days."
"It's almost done. There are so many radishes that are destined to be sold for a long time. We can just dig some at home and sell them a day. We don't need to find anyone."
Su Yu never thought about telling his parents about carrots, but now that his father said it, he slapped him on the forehead.
"Dad, I forgot to tell you, these radishes are not for sale, we keep them for our own cooking."
"With all these radishes, what are you going to make?"
"I have thought about it. The leaves will be made into dried pickles, and the radishes will be pickled into pickles. Then they will be sold in the shop. More than 20 acres of radishes will be enough for our family to sell for a while. If the business is good, our family will cooperate with the villagers. Let’s buy it.”
"Sure, I'll listen to you."
Su Laoer is now used to it. As long as his daughter says it, it will be done, so he doesn't ask why.
When Su Laoer went to the village to recruit people, he ran around but couldn't find anyone, not even the old man or the old lady.
"Second brother, my family is busy making your toothbrush. I really don't have time. You can go and ask elsewhere."
Su Laoer went to several houses and got similar answers. The people in the village now look down on the Su family's wages of twenty or thirty cents. Even the slowest old man and old lady can only do at least five cents a day. Ten articles.
In the end, Su Laoer stopped looking and went directly to the next village, recruiting ten people for thirty cents a day, which was almost enough if he added a few from his own family.
The soil on the back hillside is soft, so there is no need to dig when harvesting radishes. They can be grown directly by pulling them out, and it takes no effort at all to put them away. This is why Su Yu chose to plant radishes in the first place. She likes to plant them easily.
The people were arranged by Su Yu. There were five people in front who were specially pulling radishes. The pulled radishes were facing one direction. Behind the five people were one person, holding a knife in his hand, and split the radish leaves and radish into two parts. The two of them were responsible for carrying the radish and radish leaves to the river at the bottom of the slope. Mrs. Lian and Mrs. Zhou put down their work today and came to collect radishes together. At this time, the two of them were washing radishes by the river. The fresh radishes were easy to wash and they were clean after being rinsed in water. However, the leaves were a little bit trouble.
Wang Gang brought the washed radish leaves home and hung them on a rope in the yard to dry. The washed radishes were placed in a bamboo basket, and the two women cut them into thick slices, and then cut the thick slices into thin strips. However, one end of the radish was not cut off, which made it easier to dry.
Wang Gang took a cart of radish leaves back to chop, and then took the radish to dry in the open space next to the Su family. This land belonged to the Su family, and the homestead they bought at that time could not be used up. The remaining piece of Su Yu had other plans, but It's been empty for the moment.
Yesterday, several men at home made bamboo stakes and tied strings on them. Wang Gang hung the cut radish slices on the strings to dry in the sun. People who learn martial arts don't think it's a big deal when doing this kind of work. Bai Mo Likewise, she was not very good at washing and chopping radishes, so she took the initiative to carry the radishes down the mountain, and Su Yu let her do it.
Of course, when the family is busy, the master and servant of the Yu family are indispensable. The two of them did not say anything and spent the whole day pulling radishes in the field.
No one was cooking lunch at her house today. Fortunately, she thought she would be busy in the morning, so Su Yu asked Aunt Zhou to bake some pancakes and put a large pot of chicken soup on the pot. When Wang Gang went back to the yard to dry the radish leaves, he threw some firewood in. , the chicken soup was ready by noon.
During the meal, the ten women recruited from the next village were very resentful. At first they were happy to hear that the Su family was paid thirty cents, but after working for a long time they were not happy anymore. The Su family must have worked too hard. Moreover, this work was done one after another, so even if they wanted to be lazy, they couldn't. Even the women who worked the hardest were so tired that they couldn't even straighten their backs. But when they saw that what the Su family ate today was pancakes and chicken soup, and each person still had more than half a bowl of chicken in their bowl, no one said anything.
After a busy day, more than twenty acres of radishes have been harvested. The main reason is that the yield was low in ancient times. To have a high yield like modern radish, more than 20 acres would have to be busy for at least three days.
With the current weather, we don’t have to worry about rain, so we don’t need to harvest at night. It’s almost done after a few days of sun exposure. Take back the radish strips and cut them into cubes, mix them with various seasonings, and fill more than a dozen large jars. The family has been busy for two days and has finished the radish slices. The next step is the radish leaves. This is A bit troublesome.
Su Yu first made several large pots of gruel boil, putting five bowls of rice in a large iron pot. After boiling for an hour, he poured the gruel into a large vat, pouring half a vat of gruel into each vat, which was enough. Ten jars, and then put the dried radish leaves into several large jars, making sure that the porridge does not cover the radish leaves. Place the jars in the sun to dry, turn them over every morning, and wait for seven or eight days. After you can smell the pungent sour smell, take out the radish leaves from the tank and dry them.
After drying, use gauze to drain out the juice residue in the jar, leaving only its juice. Pour some oil on the bottom of the pot to prevent it from sticking to the pot. Then pour the juice into the pot and boil it for an hour, then put it out in the sun. Boil the dried radish leaves in the juice. After the juice dries, take out the radish leaves and roll them into a circle to dry. After drying, the dried pickles are ready.
I make some dried pickled vegetables, a specialty of the Dai family, every year.
(End of chapter)
