"You little ones, eat less, otherwise you'll get stomachaches if you eat too much. Grandma left a big bowl for you, so you can have some for dinner."
The four little hairy heads held rice in their mouths, puffed out their cheeks, and nodded.
"Mom, this soup is so good. I'll feed Cheng Cheng some." Ms. Chen was about to go into the house to hug Cheng Cheng.
Li Yunlan didn't know whether such a young child could drink soup, so she turned her eyes to Mrs. Liu.
Seeing her mother-in-law looking at her, Mrs. Liu said without knowing why, "Mom, what's wrong?"
Li Yunlan shook her head. She always felt something was wrong. She had never heard that children three to four months old could drink soup.
"Second daughter-in-law! It's better not to give it to the child. It's better to be careful at such a young age. Eat more yourself, and it will turn into milk and feed successfully." After she said this, Mrs. Chen lowered his head and blushed with embarrassment.
There was an uncle on the table, and the mother-in-law was talking about breastfeeding and so on.
Li Yunlan took a large spoonful and put the soup and meat into Chen's bowl: "There is no limit for these two days, you can eat more."
Mrs. Chen hummed in a low voice, and Qiu Defu next to him smiled and stretched his eyebrows: "Eat quickly, let's see how good our mother is to you."
What a fart, I can’t even bear to take out the meat, huh!
"Our family planted peanuts late this year, and they are only ripe now. My second brother and I have to go to the field, and we don't have time to dig them up."
Li Yunlan nodded: "It's okay, you guys are busy at home, I'll go with the eldest daughter-in-law."
"I'll go with the milk too."
"Okay, Chengcai will go too."
After eating, the three of them went to the dry land under the hillside with their backpacks and hoes.
The soil was a bit hard, so the three of them pulled it out first and then dug it again without missing any peanuts.
The peanut kernels are very small, not as big as modern peanuts, which may be due to the variety.
Peanuts are also called long-lasting fruits here, and they are not cheap. Even if the family grows them, they are not willing to feed them to the children. They have to sell them for money.
Chengcai was extremely happy to pull up the peanut. He grabbed the root of the peanut with his little hands and pulled it up with all his strength. The pulled out peanut took the soil from the root, shook it off and put it aside. He repeated the actions with his hands endlessly.
Soon the two baskets were full, and Chengcai continued to stay in the field. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law carried him first and took him home.
When they arrived at the door of their home, the two brothers pulled a big bluestone roller and rolled the rice clockwise.
The peanuts were dried in the backyard, and after a drink of water, the basket was carried on the back and left the door.
Seeing that the land is not big, only five rows of peanuts were raised in the afternoon. Seeing that it was getting late, he said, "Chengcai, tell your mother to stop doing it. Let's go home and continue tomorrow."
Ms. Liu put all the peanut seedlings into the basket and carried them to her mother-in-law first. Li Yunlan also helped her carry them on her back.
"There are two pieces of uncut soybeans in front that are also ours?"
"Well, this year has been delayed and there is no time."
Li Yunlan knew the reason, so she didn't ask any questions and called Cheng before heading home.
When they arrived at the door of the house, Qiu Defu was standing in front of the crowd. Qiu Degui immediately dropped the iron fork and stepped forward to take the basket from my mother's back.
Li Yunlan moved his shoulders, and they were terribly sore.
I went into the yard and washed my face, then leaned on the bed and watched my three granddaughters teasing Cheng Cheng, who would giggle from time to time.
Qiu Degui carried the rice into the west room of the upper room in a bamboo basket.
"That's it? Can you take it back?"
"Let the Westinghouse spread out first, and then dry them together when they are all crushed."
Li Yunlan just said yes and ignored it.
He stretched his waist and entered the kitchen.
The rice was already cooked and the vegetables were washed and cut. She opened the cupboard door and took out the pig intestines and kidneys.
Boil water in a pot, add large intestine, ginger and onion, cook for 2 minutes, take out and rinse with water.
In a pot of water, simmer the pig intestines, ginger, and green onion until they are eight ripe. Take them out to dry for a while, cut into small pieces, heat the oil pan, add sugar and stir-fry the sugar color over low heat. Add the large intestine, ginger, garlic slices, soy sauce, and salt and stir-fry. Add half a bowl of water, cover the pot and simmer the large intestine until cooked, add green pepper and chopped green onion and stir-fry a few times and it's ready to serve.
Remove the white part and kidney beans from the pork kidney, cut into thin slices and wash repeatedly with plant ash. If there is no flour, you can only use plant ash.
Make a simple soup with pork kidneys, stir-fry the vegetables, and it's time to eat.
"Mom, eating so well every meal makes me feel energetic when working." Qiu Defu said while holding a piece of large intestine.
Qiu Degui also said: "I smell the aroma of meat, and I'm very excited to pick and choose."
Li Yunlan: "If it's delicious, eat more. You won't even be able to stop your mouths with rice."
Kidneys here are not for children and women. Li Yunlan doesn't like the taste of pork kidneys, and the two daughters-in-law don't consciously hold out their chopsticks.
Chengcai ate the leftover pig head soup from lunch and took a piece of pig intestine. It was soft, chewy and delicious. It didn't smell at all, but it was a little spicy.
"Mom, this large intestine is so delicious, why don't you use your chopsticks!"
"Mom doesn't like to eat, you can eat it."
"How can you not like to eat it when it's so delicious? Eat it quickly, mother."
Qiu Degui took a piece and put it into his mother's bowl. Li Yunlan put it back for him and told him not to put it back and forth, saying that he really didn't like it.
It's already a bit chilly at night, and the countryside doesn't support idle people. Even five-year-old Mingyue has to help take care of her younger siblings.
After dinner, while it was still dark, the brothers went to build a haystack. Li Yunlan took Liu and the children to pick peanuts in the backyard.
Seeing that the children were very greedy, he said, "I'll cook a pot for you tomorrow."
Several children stood up happily and circled around grandma.
"Mom, don't spoil them. This precious thing is a waste if the children eat it."
Mrs. Chen also said: "Yes, mother, the price of this longevity fruit is high, so we can't afford it ourselves."
The little boys all hung their heads after hearing what their mother said.
"Okay, we don't eat it every day, so we can cook a pot to satisfy their craving."
"Grandma is the best! Oh... boil the peanuts and eat them... boil the peanuts and eat them."
Seeing that her mother-in-law had spoken, Ms. Liu smiled and said, "Just get used to them!"
Li Yunlan also smiled and said: "Eating together will make me accustomed to you." Mrs. Liu laughed hahaha.
Anyway, just eat some, and Mrs. Chen also laughed.
"Why are they laughing? They are so happy."
Qiu Degui also smiled and said: "Second brother, this is life, a good day, a good day for the whole family to laugh and laugh."
The passing village chief joked: "You two brothers have eaten honey and are smiling like this."
"Uncle, it's sweeter than honey."
The village chief was also infected and walked over with a smile.
The days passed day by day, collecting peanuts and beans, and it took me more than ten days to get them all back to the warehouse.
It gets colder in the morning and evening, so Li Yunlan and Mingyue Chengcai go to the mountains every day to dig for medicine and wild vegetables, including everything that can be eaten or sold.
The land was plowed again, and a new round of farming began, planting rapeseed and winter wheat.
Before the wheat seeds were planted in the fields, the officials collecting the autumn tax had already arrived at Li Zheng's house, and the village chiefs began to beat the gongs again: "The tax has been paid, the tax has been paid."
In addition to paying the land tax, the enemy also had to pay the capitation tax. If they only paid the land tax but not the capitation tax, they would have to serve in the corvee. Those who had paid the capitation tax would have to go to labor force for one month, and those who had not paid the capitation tax would have to go to labor force for three days. Months are paid in hard labor.
