latelenovela Chapter 175 Dividing dishes
Chapter 175 Dividing dishes
"I never thought that you could buy vegetables in the city at this time of year! Not to mention, they even bought peaches."
"When my wife told me, I was shocked. Fortunately, you went into the city to buy these things today, otherwise, with my wife's personality, I wouldn't be able to see these things." Li said thankfully.
"Haha, sister-in-law, you are being too polite. We are neighbors, and we should take care of each other." Zhang patted Li's hand and said.
"I like your personality. You are straightforward and speak without guessing."
"Mom, all the things have been moved down." Brother Yun shouted.
"Sister-in-law, the head of my family said that the vegetables and peaches should be divided equally between our two families." Zhang looked at the lush green cabbage, the juicy carrots, and the sweet-smelling peaches, and her mood instantly improved.
Wu's two daughters-in-law and several children also gathered around the mule cart.
"Oh, what a delicious dish."
"Yeah, I didn't expect to be able to buy vegetables and peaches at this time."
“I like peaches.”
“I like peaches, too.”
"Eldest wife, second wife, you two count the cabbages." Li made some arrangements.
"Okay, mother."
"Got it, mother."
The two daughters-in-law of the Wu family began to count the cabbages skillfully.
"Sister-in-law, the head of my family said that the peaches have been weighed. Each of our two families will get a basket." Zhang said, pointing to the full basket of peaches.
"Okay, then we don't have to go through all that trouble." Li said happily.
"Mom, the cabbages have been counted. There are sixty-two in total." said Li's eldest daughter-in-law.
"Okay, then each family will get thirty-one cabbages. Eldest wife, please count out thirty-one cabbages." Li continued to order.
"Okay, mother." After saying this, Li's eldest daughter-in-law started to work skillfully.
"I see there are almost the same number of radishes in the two baskets. They should have been weighed, right?" Li asked uncertainly.
"Sister-in-law, it has been weighed. One basket is enough for our family." Zhang said affirmatively.
"Big brother, second brother, you two move the carrots and peaches back first." Zhang said to Big brother Yun and second brother Yun behind her.
"Okay, Mom." Boss Yun picked up a basket of carrots and left.
Yun Lao Er also picked up a basket of peaches and walked back.
"Are your two children so strong? I wanted to ask my son to help send them back." Li said in surprise.
"Except for me, the father and son are the strongest in my family." Zhang said nonchalantly.
"This is not ordinary strength!" Li hasn't recovered yet.
"Yes, he is really strong. It's the first time I've seen it too." Li's eldest daughter-in-law said in surprise.
"It was a bit difficult for me to carry those two baskets, but I didn't expect the two children to just carry them up and leave."
“That’s quite surprising.”
Zhang didn't react at all to the discussion of the Wu family. She had heard too many such comments.
"Sister-in-law, you can save some of the cabbage and eat it slowly. You can dry the rest and put it directly into the kimchi jar to pickle."
"The same goes for carrots. However, carrots are not easy to keep in this weather. If you have plenty of salt at home, you can pickle a jar of pickles." Zhang said.
"You make sense. I have several empty kimchi jars at home. I can pickle cabbage and carrots."
"Eldest wife, do we have enough salt at home? I remember we bought salt before, right?" Li asked loudly.
"Mom, we still have a lot of salt at home. It's definitely enough to pickle radishes and vegetables." said Li's eldest daughter-in-law.
"I'll go find a small jar to pickle radishes later." Li's second daughter-in-law followed suit.
"Sister-in-law, your two daughters-in-law are so capable. You are so blessed." Zhang said enviously.
"Haha, my two daughters-in-law are indeed capable. However, you don't have to envy me. You will never lack daughters-in-law to work for you in the future." Li said with a smile.
"Sister-in-law is right. My days of worry are still ahead."
"Mom, let's go back. It's getting late, we should hurry up and clean up these vegetables." Boss Yun urged.
"Sister-in-law, I don't want to chat with you anymore. I'm going back to prepare the dishes." Zhang said and was about to leave.
"Hey, sister-in-law. I forgot to tell you, that kimchi jar, after you put the vegetables in, add a little white wine into it. The kimchi will not easily become moldy." Zhang turned around and said.
"Okay, I have white wine at home. I will remember to put white wine in it this time." Li said happily.
"Then I'm leaving, sister-in-law." Zhang walked back in a hurry. The eldest and second eldest Yun followed behind with cabbages in their arms.
After returning home, Zhang took the three brothers of the Yun family to prepare the vegetables. They peeled off the old leaves on the outside of the cabbage and put the whole cabbage under the sun to dry.
After washing the carrots, put them in a basket and move them under the sun to dry.
Butcher Yun bought a lot of carrots today. Zhang arranged for several children to give three carrots to the village chief and several clan elders so that they could taste them.
Zhang remembered that Yun Yiyi loved the carrot rolls she made. While the carrots were fresh, she asked Yun Lao Da to cut four large carrots, then chopped them up, rolled them into a ball with her hands, and squeezed out the excess water.
Then, add salt, oil, and the ground peppercorns you fried yourself into the radish filling. Finally, stir well and set aside. The aroma of the radish will come out instantly.
Zhang prepared another large bowl of dough, this time with less corn flour and more wheat flour. She kneaded the dough, rolled it into a ball, and put it in the bowl to let it rise for a while.
Steamed radish rolls do not need to be fermented, so Zhang did not use old dough when kneading the dough. In this way, you can make rolls directly after the dough has risen.
While the dough was resting, Zhang put the dried carrots into the kimchi jar. After the jar was full, she poured some white wine into it to seal it.
The remaining dried carrots were placed by Zhang in a small jar, which had been cleaned and swished with white wine.
Zhang put a layer of carrots, sprinkled a layer of salt, then put another layer of carrots, and sprinkled another layer of salt. He kept putting in all the dried carrots, but the small jar was still not full.
Zhang covered the small jar with a layer of oilcloth, and then tied the oilcloth with a rope. Finally, she put the small jar of pickled radish on the donkey cart. In this way, the jar of pickled radish was pickled. The rest depended on time.
Zhang went to check on the noodles and thought they could stay awake for a while longer. So she put the dried cabbage into the kimchi jar. When all the washed cabbage was put in, all the empty kimchi jars were full.
Zhang was very happy when she saw the row of jars of pickles.