latelenovela Chapter 546 Preparations before opening
Chapter 546 Preparations before opening
In addition, since they couldn't farm or hunt before, when Xu Han was free, he would pull him to work on some things together. Wouldn't he know a lot over time?
Of course, Xu Han is not just a talker. In modern times, she liked to do handicrafts. Now that she has nothing to do in this disaster year, she drags Lu Chuan around to do some tinkering all day long.
Up to now, there are many good things made by the two of them in the house, from as small as a wooden spoon to as large as a wooden cabinet, as well as bamboo chairs and bamboo beds. The two of them have put a lot of effort into making them.
Fortunately, I have all the tools at home, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come up with anything fancy. After a long time, the skills are gradually developed.
However, Xu Han thought that he was still far behind Lu Chuan, because most of the time, Xu Han would come up with ideas and Lu Chuan would execute them. The reason was that the bag was too big and too heavy to be lifted.
In this way, through accumulation year after year, Lu Chuan has learned something in every aspect.
A few people were planning to discuss some details when Dan Niang came over and called them to have dinner.
It was already late when they came back, and they had been talking about the shop in the yard. Before they knew it, the sun had set and the sky was getting dark, and no one noticed.
If it weren't for Dan Niang calling them to eat, it would probably take a while to finish. After quickly finishing dinner, Dan Niang took away the dishes and chopsticks, and the whole family sat around the charcoal basin to continue chatting about some details.
They chatted until late at night. When Xu Han saw Grandpa Zhao yawning, she suggested that they go their separate ways. "Let's end today. It's getting late. We can continue the conversation tomorrow. Anyway, we still have two or three days before we leave for the county town. If you have any better ideas, please feel free to bring them up."
The Taoist priest stood up and stretched his legs. His legs were numb after sitting for so long. After his legs felt better, he said, "Okay, we'll go back first. You two should go to bed early."
The next morning, Lu Chuan first took a group of strong laborers to make the wood needed to make the cabinet, and then took a few people with good hands-on skills to start making the cabinet.
Of course, Li Er is definitely included in this. In addition, the Taoist priest also went to help. When Lu Chuan was making things before, the Taoist priest often followed him. After a long time, he did learn some basic skills, but his skills were not as good as Lu Chuan's.
Xu Han was not idle here either. Since she said she would sell pickles and dried vegetables in the mountain goods shop, she must prepare the goods in advance.
Fortunately, because they lived with servants, there was not much space to store vegetables this year, so most of them were pickled by Xu Han, Dan Niang and Li Dasao. There are still quite a few jars piled up in the warehouse, which they had planned to save for eating in the winter.
When Xu Han got up in the morning, she went to the valley and called a few old women, and went with them to pick radish tops, planning to use the tops to make some pickled plums.
This year, Xu Han planted a lot of radishes and cabbages. She originally planned to plant more to make pickles, and now they are just in use. However, at the beginning, she planned to plant more for her own consumption. If she wanted to make pickles to sell, it would definitely not be enough.
First they came to the newly opened vegetable field on the other side of the valley. Xu Han saw the radishes and cabbages growing well in front of her and laughed out loud, "These radishes and cabbages are growing really well, they are big and juicy."
Zhou said, "That's right. This year, we have added a lot of manure to the newly opened vegetable fields. With enough manure, the vegetables will naturally grow big."
"It's all thanks to your careful management. I planted a lot last year, but because I didn't have time to manage it, it was a whole circle smaller than this."
Then he turned to the crowd and said, "It's cold in the mountains. It's going to freeze soon. Let's quickly pull up all these radishes and cabbages today."
It is already frost, and cabbage and radish are the sweetest after frost. The temperature has been getting lower and lower in the past two days. If it hadn't been covered with straw in advance, it would have been frozen long ago.
During the Frost's Descent, Xu Han had already brought Dan Niang and the others to make a batch of pickled plums. They were originally going to keep them for their own consumption, so they didn't make much.
When I was picking radishes today, I was able to pick out some radish tops that were not frozen, and made a batch to sell in the shop.
Xu Han followed them and helped them pull the radishes and cabbages. Several people worked together and they had finished pulling all the weeds on this side of the valley in just one morning.
Carry the radishes and cabbages directly to the valley, and let them pick out the radish tops, and then cook them in the valley. Xu Han had already led them to make pickled mustard greens before, and several people knew how to make it, so Xu Han didn't have to worry about it.
After breakfast, the group moved to the vegetable garden near the old house and continued working until all the vegetables that could be harvested were harvested.
Xu Han looked at the piles of radishes and cabbages in the backyard and directed, "Pick out the radish tops first, then wash the radishes. Remember to save some vegetables for the winter. If you cook them all, we won't have any vegetables to eat in the winter."
Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Okay, Madam, we got it. Don't worry, there will definitely be enough food left for the winter."
Xu Han looked at Dan Niang and said, "Come with me. Let's prepare some chili powder and anise powder. We'll need a lot of pickled vegetables in the next two days, so we need to make more."
Dan Niang responded, "Yes, ma'am, I'll be right there."
After four days of hard work, Xu Han and the others managed to make some spicy cabbage and some pickled cabbage, but they were not yet edible.
They also made some pickled mustard greens, but because it takes time to prepare them and it would take a while to finish them, Xu Han didn't care about it, as they all knew how to make them anyway.
The night before leaving for the county town, Xu Han asked Lu Chuan during dinner, "How are the cabinets going? Are they finished?"
While eating the stewed chicken with winter melon in big mouthfuls, Lu Chuan took the time to reply, "It's not finished yet, but there's not much left. We have more people and can finish it faster.
In the past two days, I helped Li Er make a few of each. They are not difficult and he can do them. For the rest, I will let him lead others to do it. We will definitely finish them all before the store opens."
Then he continued to ask Xu Han, "How are things going over there? Have you arranged everything?"
"It's almost done. Danniang already knows how to make pickled mustard greens and spicy cabbage. I wrote down the recipe for her because I was afraid they couldn't make it well.
Now there is still some dried radish left to make. I asked her to dry it until it is 70% to 80% dry and store it away. I will take some time to come back and teach her how to make it in a few days. I am afraid that she will not be able to make it well even if I give her the recipe, so I have to teach her how to make it myself.