The stewed chicken with potatoes that Li Qingling made hadn't come out of the pot yet, the children in the family, plus Ah Huang, all stood at the door, staring straight at the cauldron.
Li Qingling looked at the longing eyes, and felt both annoyed and funny.
After the family's conditions improved, they basically ate meat every other day, and they didn't starve. How could such a dish of stewed chicken with potatoes make them hungry again
Liu Zhirou was still young and had no patience. She walked into the kitchen with short legs, hugged Li Qingling's calf, looked at Li Qingling with her little head up, and asked her, "Sister, Xiangxiang?" , I want to eat..." As she spoke, saliva dripped from the corner of her mouth.
When Li Qingling saw her, she burst out laughing, bent down and hugged Liu Zhirou, wiped her saliva with her hand, tapped her forehead affectionately, and said with a smile: "Little greedy cat, it's still not enough. wait a minute!"
Taking a deep breath, Liu Zhirou shrugged his nose again, and nodded obediently.
Seeing how well-behaved she was, Li Qingling gave her a rare kiss, carried her to the kitchen door, and put her down, "Wait here with my brothers, we'll be eating in a while." After saying that, she turned around and walked into the kitchen again, Lifted the lid off the pot, and stir-fried the potatoes and stewed chicken.
The scent became even stronger, making the little greedy cats standing at the door swallow their saliva all the time.
"If you don't hurry up, the door of our kitchen may be flooded." Liu Zhimo glanced back at those children, and said to Li Qingling with a smile, let alone those children, even he I can't stand it anymore, it's so delicious.
The corner of Li Qingling's mouth hooked into a smile, and asked Liu Zhimo to increase the fire a little more, and it was enough after collecting the juice.
Liu Zhimo hummed, and added another handful of firewood, Li Qingling quickly stir-fried, collected the juice with a high fire, and put it on a plate.
Seeing that the children couldn't wait any longer, she grabbed a piece of chicken and let them try it first.
Of course, Ah Huang was not left out, if A Huang was left out, there would be a commotion,
Li Qingling fried another vegetable, and then said something that kept the children waiting for a long time, "Dinner is ready."
"Dinner is ready." Liu Zhiyan licked his fingers, turned around and ran to wash his hands, went to the kitchen to get the bowl and chopsticks, and ran to the house to set them up.
Liu Zhimo brought two plates of chicken to the table, Li Qingling brought over the rice, filled the children's rice, filled Ah Huang's rice, and gave him some chicken before the meal was officially served.
After this meal, several people were full. Li Qingfeng slumped on the chair, touched his stomach, and said with a satisfied face: "It would be great if I could eat like this every day." But this is just thinking about it. It is impossible to eat meat like this every day, but it is still chicken, "Sister, do you still have potatoes?" He thinks potatoes are the best thing he has ever eaten.
Seeing Li Qingfeng's appearance, Li Qingling laughed again, "There are still potatoes in the ground. If you want to eat them, you can dig them up and eat them at any time. However, it is impossible to eat potatoes and stewed chicken every day. In the future I will let you eat enough." She would help him realize such a small wish of his younger brother no matter what.
Being ridiculed by Li Qingling, Li Qingfeng blushed a little. He just said that, and he didn't really want to eat it every day.
"Okay, don't slump on the chairs, go out to the yard for a while to digest." Li Qingling drove the children out of the yard, she cleaned up the dishes, Liu Zhimo took them, Take it to the kitchen and wash it up.
Li Qingling didn't stop him, she just leaned against the kitchen door frame, watching him wash, "What do you think of the potatoes? Is it delicious?" Potato stewed chicken, the smell of the chicken, all went into the potatoes, delicious is inevitable of.
Liu Zhimo washed the dishes neatly, and nodded honestly, "It's delicious, and also very satisfying." He thought it could be eaten as a meal, "What's the survival rate of potatoes? Can there be more varieties?" ?” If they had those potatoes, their family would not be afraid of food shortage.
Li Qingling really thinks that Liu Zhimo's mind is very good. She just asked a casual question, and he can think of other aspects, which is really amazing.
"Potatoes don't pick the soil very much, and they can grow well in sandy soil."
After putting the bowl away, Liu Zhimo washed his hands again before looking up at Li Qingling with unprecedented seriousness in his eyes, "Tell me what you think." She wouldn't bring up potatoes to her for no reason, she If you mentioned it to him, then you must have other ideas.
Talking to smart people saves time and effort. Li Qingling shrugged her shoulders, "I don't have any big ideas, I just want to promote potatoes." In this era, there are many people who can't eat enough. Since she found out If you bought this potato, if you can help others, then do it!
He kind of guessed her thinking like this, Liu Zhimo was not too surprised when he heard her say that now, he nodded immediately, "Then follow your idea!" After a pause, "Let's talk to the village chief about this in advance, and let him say that anyone who wants to grow potatoes can come to us to buy potato seeds." It would be impossible to grow potatoes for free, that kind of thankless effort They have already experienced it, and they don't want to experience it again.
Hearing what Liu Zhimo said, Li Qingling immediately understood what he meant, "Okay, just follow what you said." After finishing speaking, she smiled softly, "This matter will not be discussed until next year It’s too early to say now.” More than half of the potatoes in the field will be set aside for seeding, so they can’t be eaten.
"Then let's talk about it next year!" Liu Zhimo stretched out his hand to hold Li Qingling's shoulder, turned her around, and gently pushed her out of the kitchen, "In half a month, the rice in the field will have to be harvested." , Do you want to ask someone to harvest it, or do you want to harvest it yourself?" The combined land of the two families is four or five acres, and if they harvest it themselves, it may take longer.
"Please accept it!" Li Qingling replied without hesitation. The children in the family are still young, and they can't help much. If she and Liu Zhimo accept it, they will be exhausted, so it's better to spend some money. Ask someone to collect it, and they will be more relaxed.
Liu Zhimo nodded in agreement, "Okay, just ask someone to collect it, and if you give them a few more pennies, they won't be able to eat." He would rather spend a few pennies more than Li Qingling who is so tired and cook all day. Three meals for others to eat.
Li Qingling obviously thought of this too, so he said yes.
It would be the best if she didn't have to cook, and she wouldn't have to work too hard.
Two days before the rice harvest was due, Liu Zhimo went to the village to find someone to help them harvest the rice.
Some people in the village don't have much land, and they can basically harvest their own crops in a day, so they will find ways to do part-time jobs to help others harvest rice.
Zeng Tietou is such a family. His ancestors are not here, but his grandfathers have fled here. Therefore, the family has no land, so in order to maintain the family life, they have to work part-time.
As soon as he heard Liu Zhimo's intentions, he nodded immediately, 20 Wen a day was much better than him going to work elsewhere.
Liu Zhimo asked him to find another helper to help harvest the rice together, which would be faster.
Zeng Tietou patted his chest to reassure Liu Zhimo that he would definitely find a hardworking and strong man.
For Zeng Tietou, Liu Zhimo was quite at ease, and left the matter to him, and went home.
Zeng Tietou finished all the housework one day in advance, and brought a man named Li Qiang to Liu Zhimo's house early the next morning.
Liu Zhimo looked at Li Qiang, nodded, and took the two of them to the field, telling them about his and Li Qingling's fields, and seeing that they had remembered it, he went home.
Seeing him back, Li Qingling asked him if he wanted to take up space in the threshing ground
There is no modern convenience in this era. If you want to thresh rice, you can do it by machine.
But here, it is necessary to rely on artificial or livestock to help threshing rice.
Liu Zhimo nodded, and let Li Qingling stay at home, and he just went to the threshing ground station.
However, Li Qingling felt that he, a half-grown boy, would not be able to compete with a group of women, so she disagreed, and she let him stay at home, and she went to occupy the space.
Seeing that she was so determined, Liu Zhimo could only nod helplessly, and told her to be careful and not to conflict with those women.
Li Qingling responded, and walked to the threshing ground. When she got there, more than half of the threshing ground was occupied by people. Looking at the noisy crowd, she stood there a little dumbfounded.
"Xiao Ling, Xiao Ling, here." Seeing Li Qingling standing there blankly, Aunt Huang stood up and waved to him.
As soon as she saw Aunt Huang, Li Qingling walked over with a smile and called Aunt Huang.
"There's no one here yet, so you're here right? I'm with you too." Aunt Huang warmly pointed to the open space next to him, asking Li Qingling to guard and occupy the open space.
Li Qingling thanked Aunt Huang sincerely. If Aunt Huang hadn't called her, she would really have no idea.
Aunt Huang waved her hand indifferently, "Why are you being polite to Auntie?" Li Qingling took her to earn money, and just because of this, she would help Li Qingling, "Are you here alone?" She looked Looking at Li Qingling's small arms and legs, she wondered if she could move the threshing mill
"Well, I'm alone." Li Qingling replied, "When will it be your turn, ma'am?" There is only one threshing mill in the village. If there are so many people, when will it be your turn
Aunt Huang pointed to the people in front, sighed and said, "It's still early, look, there are already a bunch of people in line in front, and they can't come to me until they are finished." When threshing grains, the queues would collapse.
When Li Qingling saw it, she also sighed in her heart. With so many people, she had to wait until the year of the monkey. At this time, she really missed the modern threshing machine, and took off the rice in an instant.