A month passed by, and the winter vacation came.
The wild dogs in the country who have been locked up for a semester are finally able to have fun all over the world again. No matter how cold the countryside is in winter, they can’t resist the enthusiasm of the children, especially on the day when the first snow falls. No accumulation, inside and outside the house, no matter the dog or the child, has gone crazy.
Jiang Shen was wrapped in a padded jacket by Tan Lingling, the hat and scarf almost covered most of his face, and the dog hair and tree treasure were already waiting outside.
"Okay!" Gou Mao urged him loudly.
Jiang Shen adjusted the scarf: "Okay, okay!"
It was too cold, and the feathers of the tony rooster felt fluffy again. The big flower tail was raised high, and the golden rooster stood independently on the gate of the courtyard, occasionally pecking at the snow on the door.
Shubao watched Jiang Shen come out, and the boy covered half of his face, only showing a pair of dark eyes.
"Where are we going to play?" Jiang Shen asked excitedly.
Gou Mao put his arms around his shoulders: "Go to Caotan! Qing Lingzi has passed, let's go see the ducks! Dig ice holes! Set off firecrackers!"
Digging ice holes is a game that boys love to play in winter. Due to the weather in the south, the ice does not freeze thickly. The ice holes in shallow grasslands can still hang loaches when the ice holes are dug. Jiang Shen and Qing Lingzi are young. I can stay on the shore and watch, Gou Mao holds firecrackers and sets them off on the grassy beach, crackling and sparks splashing everywhere, almost frightening the ducks swimming nearby.
"Aren't the ducks cold?" Qing Lingzi couldn't help asking.
Shubao took a look: "They just swim for a while, don't you see a boat coming here?"
The reed boat came cruising, the boatman greeted the children a few times, paddled the water, and the ducks scrambled to get on the boat. A few stood on the stern of the boat, shaking their feathers, and turning their heads to comb the water beads.
Chen Qingling envied: "It's so cute."
Chen Maoxiu: "When the ducklings are born in spring, they are even more cute. The big ones swim in the water with the little ones in a row."
Shubao smiled and asked, "Do you want ducklings? Brother Chunchun will buy one."
Jiang Shen thought for a while: "I don't want it anymore, I will be jealous if I raise Tony again."
Gou Mao couldn't stand it and said, "You still keep that chicken? It's such a fat body, it's a pity not to drink during the Chinese New Year."
Jiang Shen glanced at him: "Go and catch it, and if you catch it, serve it to your family."
Dog hair: "..."
The loach that was hoisted was naturally going back to eat meat for the tony chicken. When a few people passed by the field, they found that the adults were still busy checking the greenhouse.
Jiang Shen shouted from the field: "Father!"
Jiang Luoshan raised his head and said with a smile, "Is it cold?"
Jiang Shen ran over: "It's not cold." He knelt down, saw the straw spread around the greenhouse, raised his head and asked Jiang Luoshan, "When will it burn?"
Jiang Luoshan squatted down with him: "Let's start spring, Uncle Chen next door has just done it, and we will burn it together in spring."
Jiang Shen nodded, and Shubao called him from the field: "Shenzi, go to our house to get strawberries."
Jiang Luoshan pulled his son's head through the hat: "Go."
The strawberries in Shen Shubao's house were picked by the children a while ago, and there were not many of them. The three families divided them up one by one. Jiang Shen ordered his own lunch box, a total of 24 strawberries. He carefully closed the lid.
Gou Mao and Qing Lingzi had already started eating, and asked him, "Why don't you eat?"
Jiang Shen shook his head and said seriously: "I want to give it to a friend."
Shubao: "When will it be delivered?"
Jiang Shen: "After the winter vacation."
Shen Shubao raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help pouring cold water on him: "Even if it's winter, it's cold, but I can't let it go for such a long time. I'll be confused after the winter vacation."
"..." Jiang Shen didn't expect this, and his expression seemed to be falling apart, "Then what should we do?!"
Shu Bao and Gou Mao looked at each other, and the latter scratched his head: "How about making it into dried strawberries?"
Qing Lingzi rolled his eyes at his two elder brothers and asked suspiciously, "Will you guys do it?"
Gou Mao stared at his sister: "Don't you have a computer? Baidu!"
In the end, the four of them went to Gou Mao's house again, and went to Qing Lingzi's computer Baidu to learn how to dry strawberries.
"Soak the strawberries in clean water and wash them..." Qing Lingzi instructed, Shubao and Jiang Shen fumbled with basins to pour water.
Gou Mao: "How long does it take to soak?"
Qing Lingzi frowned: "I didn't say... Never mind, just soak for 10 minutes, you guys wash it off."
Jiang Shen began to wash the strawberries carefully.
"Cut the stalk off." Qing Lingzi kicked the dog's hair a few times, "Go to work!"
Dog Hair: "Yes!"
Qing Lingzi: "Mix some sugar...how do you mix it? Sprinkle it on top?"
Shubao came over with a sugar jar: "I can only sprinkle it." He and Jiang Shen sprinkled some sugar on each strawberry, and the red flesh had stars and white spots on it, which was very cute.
Seeing the end of the steps, Qing Lingzi was a little embarrassed: "But we don't have a dryer..."
Gou Mao was at a loss: "What kind of fashionable thing is that?"
Shen Shubao thought for a while: "Why don't you put it in the stove? Shenzi, don't you have one in your house? On the stove, you boil water and stir-fry vegetables. There is a layer between the bottom stove and the fire. Try roasting it on that shelf?"
Jiang Shen occasionally saw Tan Lingling roasting chickens and ducks in a stove, but it is not common now, because it is troublesome and time-consuming to start a fire and wait for heat, but dried strawberries can be done here, and it is impossible to give up halfway, so the four of them Holding two big plates, he went to find Tan Lingling excitedly.
—Tan Lingling: "..."
She looked around the children suspiciously, folded her arms and narrowed her eyes: "Who came up with the idea?"
Several people said in unison: "I (ah)!"
Tan Lingling chuckled: "I'm afraid I'll scold you!"
Gou Mao had a flattering face: "How can that be, Aunt Lingling is the most gentle and beautiful!"
Jiang Shen nodded desperately aside.
Tan Lingling couldn't take it anymore and said: "No matter how sweet your mouth is, it's useless. Those who should chop wood will chop wood, and those who can light fire will start fire. Do your own thing!"
As long as Tan Lingling is willing to help, there is no problem going up the mountain of knives and down into the sea of fire. Shen Shubao and Chen Maoxiu went to cut firewood, and Jiang Shenqing Lingzi followed Tan Lingling to clean the stove.
Tan Lingling took out a large iron plate pan, stacked the strawberries evenly, poured a layer of honey water, covered the pot, and boiled a pot of water on the stove after the firewood was chopped. The amount of firewood, put the iron pot into the compartment.
She told Jiang Shen: "Take it out every half an hour and turn it over, so as not to burn it."
Jiang Shen nodded desperately, his face was still stained with firewood ashes, and he looked very funny.
Several people waited with him, and when they took it out for half an hour and turned it over, the strawberries wrapped in honey water were roasted golden and fragrant.
"Wow." Gou Mao couldn't take it anymore, "Can I eat it now?"
Jiang Shen blocked him: "No!"
Gou Mao was not happy anymore: "I also help you chop firewood, no credit but hard work, why don't you give one to my brother."
"No." Jiang Shen refused righteously, "I'll go to your house to feed the chickens for you these few days, but I can't give you strawberries."
Shen Shubao laughed: "Who are you giving it to, such a treasure."
Jiang Shen's face was hot and red from the fire, he turned it over and carefully put the iron pot into the stove, and said softly, "Give it to the most important person."
He turned his head, his eyes were sparkling, and his smile was warm and shy: "We can only feed him alone, we agreed."