It was summer in the blink of an eye, the busy farming season. All the old, weak, women and children who had labor force were working hard in the fields. Only Hua Cui stayed at home shamelessly, occasionally going to Zhou Keran's place to sign in and clock in. Even Niu Niu was more diligent than her.
In this era, hard work and frugality are regarded as good virtues, while Huacui is lazy and wasteful. Although the others are somewhat dissatisfied, with Zhao Qiming standing in front of them, everyone tacitly did not speak, so as not to make the family unhappy. .
However, Hua Cui also felt bored after staying at home for a long time. In this era, there were no mobile phones, no Internet, and no means of entertainment.
Hua Cui was so idle that she decided to find something to do for herself. She had read a lot of period novels in her previous life. Most of the heroines in the books relied on their good skills to sell snacks, flowers, and small items to make a fortune. From then on, they reached the pinnacle of their lives. .
Although Huacui cannot suddenly become rich, she should have no problem making a little fortune and earning pocket money.
Huacui puffed up her chest and became confident.
During this time, the bayberries in the mountains were just beginning to mature, and many children in the village loved to run to the mountains and pick a bunch of bayberries as snacks. Huacui was lucky enough to taste them, and they were so sour that she doubted her life on the spot.
However, sour plum soup is a great tool to relieve heat. It is suitable to drink sour plum soup in summer. With a few fruit candies, you can coax a group of children to pick a bag full of bayberries for her.
Hua Cui is secretly planning a way to get rich without revealing it to anyone. She will work hard quietly and then surprise everyone!
Niu Niu watched Hua Cui roll up her sleeves and enter the kitchen full of fighting spirit. Her eyes widened: "Sister, do you want to cook today?"
“I don’t cook, but I want to make something good that will dazzle you!”
"What is a good thing?"
"Have you tried sour plum soup?"
Niuniu shook her head obediently.
Although she has never drunk sour plum soup, Sister Huacui always has all kinds of delicacies in her pocket, many of which she has never seen before, so the "good things" that Sister Huacui talks about must be very, very good things. .
Thinking of this, Niuniu lay on the stove and stared at Huacui working in the kitchen with covetous eyes.
Huacui soaked the washed bayberries in salt water until the bayberries were soaked until they were soft, then she picked them up, then put them into a pot and simmered them slowly with clean well water. Have you never eaten pork and seen pigs running away? ?
Huacui felt that her steps were correct. After the water in the pot slowly dyed color, the last step was to add rock sugar to enhance the flavor. Huacui searched for a long time and couldn't find rock sugar, so she had to use the granulated sugar that Li Guifang put in the jar instead.
Niuniu opened her mouth to say something, then closed it again. She sniffed, and the smell of cooked sour plums wafted throughout the kitchen.
"How is it? Does it smell good?" Hua Cui was sweating profusely due to the heat, but the pride in her heart made her ignore this discomfort.
Niuniu nodded and said "smells" very proudly.
Hua Cui boiled a pot full of sour plum soup and poured it into the basin. It was steaming with white steam, which attracted Niu Niu to look at it with greedy eyes.
"Don't worry, it's still too hot now. Let me put it in the well to cool it down. After it cools down, it will feel hot again, especially to relieve the heat."
Niuniu nodded fiercely.
"I simply am."
"Little genius!"
Hua Cui pinched Niu Niu's cheek and smiled so hard that the corners of her eyes curled up: "That's so smart."
Niu Niu pinched the corner of her clothes shyly, a little embarrassed, because Sister Cuicui herself said that she was a little genius all day long, and she was used to hearing it
At noon, Li Guifang went home to prepare lunch for the whole family. As soon as she entered the yard, she smelled a strange smell that she couldn't describe.
Say whether it smells good or not, whether it smells bad or not.
She entered the kitchen doubtfully and saw the half-empty sugar jar on the stove. Li Guifang took a deep breath, and then another deep breath: "Hua Cui!"
"What's wrong?" Hua Cui had already noticed that Li Guifang was back, and she was ready to be praised.
"You, see for yourself"
Hua Cui looked in the direction of Li Guifang's finger and suddenly realized: "Oh, I forgot. I was too busy just now and forgot to close the lid."
Hua Cui screwed the lid of the sugar jar on, stared at Li Guifang with a smile on her face, and said "Mother" sweetly.
Li Guifang looked at her "puppy wagging its tail" cheerfully, and most of her anger was gone, but she still had a sullen face: "What did you do again! Where is my nice jar of white sugar? You damn kid, I'm so nice A jar of sugar!”
The more she talked, the more distressed she became.
"Oh, I made sour plum soup and used it. The weather is so hot, I'm afraid my mother will have a heat stroke."
"What soup?"
"Sour plum soup."
Li Guifang felt that she was just messing around: "I'm still trying to figure out how to make that stuff taste good?"
“It doesn’t taste good because you don’t endure it well, but I endure it differently!”
Li Guifang was dubious: "Really?"
"It's absolutely true!" Hua Cui vowed. The sour plum soup should have cooled down by now. She immediately poured a bowl for Li Guifang, "You'll know after you try it!"
Li Guifang took the sour plum soup in her hand and took a sip.
"How was it?"
Li Guifang: "."
Her expression was distorted for a moment, but considering that this thing contained half a can of her precious white sugar, she insisted on swallowing it, and then shook her head: "It doesn't taste good."
Add another sentence: "It tastes bad."
Hua Cui was anxious: "There must be something wrong with your sense of taste. Why does it taste bad? The color is obviously right."
"Then try it yourself and you will know if you try it yourself."
Li Guifang guessed that she must not have drunk it yet, otherwise she would not be so confident. She couldn't bear to ridicule Hua Cui, and finally worked hard. In any case, don't dampen the child's enthusiasm. Hua Cui took a sip of her own disbelief. She was silent for a moment, her expression far more twisted than Li Guifang's.
How should I put it? The sour plum soup she drank was sour and sweet and very delicious, but the sour plum soup she made had both sour and sweet taste, but it was sour and sweet in its own way, and the taste was particularly strange.
"Ugh." Hua Cui couldn't help but retching.
Oh my god, why does it taste so bad?
Niu Niu stood behind her grandma in confusion. Although she had not tasted sour plum soup, looking at the expressions of her grandma and her sister, she knew that Sister Cuicui had probably failed.
She pursed her lips, not daring to say anything.
Li Guifang smiled helplessly, this child is getting better day by day...
Hua Cui pinched the white porcelain bowl in her hand with a gloomy expression. It tasted terrible! All her hard work all morning was in vain! What she hates most now is sour plum soup!
I never want to drink sour plum soup again in this life!
Hua Cui was annoyed and angry. Looking at Niuniu who said nothing, and then looking at the smile on Li Guifang's face, she felt that they were laughing at her, but she was bragging that it must be delicious!
what a shame!
Hua Cui slammed the white porcelain bowl filled with sour plum soup on the stove, then waved her hands angrily: "I won't drink it anymore! Throw it all away!"
The white porcelain bowl was rolling around on the stove. If Niu Niu hadn't been quick and quick to hold it, I might have lost a bowl today.
Huacui glared at Niu Niu and snorted coldly.
Li Guifang looked at the brown sour plum soup that had been spilled and frowned. What kind of character is this child? She didn't say anything and she got so angry. If she really said a few words to her, what would happen next?
"Who are you angry with? Hua Cui, we didn't say anything to you. What did Niuniu do wrong? You just stared at them like that."
After all, we have not lived together for more than ten or twenty years, and we have not understood all her tempers. If Grandma Hua were here now, she would know that when Hua Cui is angry or unhappy, she must not try to preach or reason.
No matter who is right or wrong, she won't listen. She has to be soft and coaxing, otherwise she will only become more and more angry and as stubborn as a cow.
When her anger subsides, it's time to educate her.
No, after hearing this, Hua Cui's face turned cold, with spikes all over her body, and she spoke mercilessly: "What does it have to do with you? I don't want you to worry about it!"
Li Guifang was stunned for a moment. Hua Cui's hurtful words made her angry and sad, "What do you mean? Did you eat explosives today? No one laughed at you! Why are you angry with us?"
Huacui ignored her, pushed open the kitchen door and walked out alone. She was just very angry!
I hate the era, I hate wearing books, I hate sour plum soup! Make her hard work go to waste!
"Where are you going? Aren't you going to eat?" Li Guifang asked from behind her.
Huacui still ignored people.
Li Guifang frowned. She still had to cook. The whole family was waiting for her. She didn't have time to worry about that now. As an adult, there would be no accidents.
She looked at Niuniu, thought about it and was still a little worried, and then said: "Go, tell your uncle, only your uncle can stand her bad temper!"
Niuniu nodded sensibly.
(End of chapter)