Chapter 98 Making Pickles

Huo Xunye didn't say anything after hearing this. He was just a little guy. It wasn't certain whether he could catch the big fish behind him.

Seeing that he was silent, Lin Dongze asked again, "Captain, is our mission over? Do we have to go back?"

Huo Xunye glanced at him and asked, "What? Are you reluctant to leave?"

Lin Dongze scratched his head and said sheepishly, "It's not easy for me to go home for the first time. Aren't I a little reluctant to leave?"

Huo Xunye looked at him without saying anything. Was he just homesick? I'm afraid it's not just because of this.

But he still said, "We won't go back for the time being. We still have to protect Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao, and my grandparents. Moreover, the new mission requires us to clean the mountain to see if there are any places we have missed."

When the task was mentioned, Lin Dongze also became serious, "Okay, no problem. I am familiar with the mountain and I will lead the way."

After talking about the mission, Huo Xunye rarely wanted to inquire about gossip, "Do you like that Zhao Zhiqing?"

Lin Dongze looked at Huo Xunye with wide eyes and said, "Captain, I didn't expect you to gossip one day."

Huo Xunye coughed sheepishly, "Stop talking nonsense, I'm just concerned about your love life."

"Oh," Lin Dongze responded in a long voice.

"Just say it, right?" Huo Xunye asked.

"Yes, I like her, want to marry her, and take care of her for the rest of my life." Lin Dongze replied solemnly.

Huo Xunye looked at him, "Did Zhao Zhiqing agree? Does Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao know?"

Lin Dongze felt very distressed when he heard these questions, and said dejectedly, "She hasn't agreed with me yet. Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao don't know yet."

Huo Xunye laughed and said, "You boy, you have unrequited love."

Lin Dongze frowned unconvinced and said, "No, Wanqing is testing me. She also likes me."

Huo Xunye smiled and said nothing.

However, Lin Dongze stepped forward and asked, "Captain, you are already a grown man. Have you ever thought about finding a partner?"

Huo Xunye choked up, "What does it mean that the boss is no longer young? I'm only in my twenties."

Lin Dongze laughed.

When it comes to the partner, Huo Xunye thinks of Wen Xin. The way she laughs happily, the way she gets confused when she wakes up early, the way she is scared and shocked, and the way she snickers are all very cute and real.

As I thought about it, my face was filled with smiles and a spring-like look.

Lin Dongze looked at Huo Xunye, his mouth wide open, "Captain, who are you thinking of? Your face is red."

Huo Xunye came to his senses and walked forward quickly, ignoring the voices of the people behind him.

When we returned to the Educated Youth Institute, all the male educated youths in the front yard had gone to the mountain to collect firewood, and the five female educated youths in the backyard were making pickles.

As for Qi Yu, he didn't know what he was doing in the house.

No one paid attention to her. She was still busy thinking about how to do what the previous person said.

She didn't know those people had been arrested.

Huo Xunye glanced vaguely in Qi Yu's direction, and then didn't care.

After the interrogation comes out, he will probably be arrested.

In the backyard, Li Qian and Wang Yumei were directing and working, while Wen Xin, Zhao Wanqing and Zhang Yingying simply followed orders.

There's no way, they don't know how to do it at all.

"Xinxin, Wanqing, Yingying, please clean all the vegetables first, so they can be cut easily here."

"it is good."

After washing and draining the water, Li Qian and Wang Yumei began to cut the cucumbers and radishes into strips.

Remove the seeds from the cucumber, cut it, and marinate it with salt for ten minutes.

Use another basin, add soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar, and stir evenly. Cut garlic cloves, ginger, and pepper into sections.

Heat oil in a pan, pour in the ingredients, stir-fry until fragrant, then turn off the heat, then pour in the prepared sauce and stir evenly.

Then put the cut cucumber strips into the juice and it's ready.

In fact, the important task today is to make sauerkraut.

In the Northeast, every household has to stock up on hundreds of kilograms of cabbage in winter.

Pickled sauerkraut can be eaten in stir-fries, or used as pickles to make sauerkraut fish, sauerkraut powder, dumplings, etc. It has many uses and is loved by every household.

I learned this method from the lady next door.

Wen Xin went back to the house and boiled a pot of water.

After the water boils, Li Qian and Wang Yumei hold the top of the cabbage with their hands and put one end of the root into the boiling water to scald for about 15-20 seconds.

Then put all the cabbage into the boiling water, use chopsticks to help turn the cabbage in the water, and blanch it for about 40-50 seconds.

Use chopsticks to pierce the roots, take out the cabbage upside down, drain the water, and put it in a basin.

Put the blanched cabbage into the cold water prepared in advance, rinse the roots first and then place it sideways in a cold water basin to allow the cabbage to cool down completely.

Turn the cooled cabbage root upwards and head down, hold it with your hands, squeeze out water, and then put the cabbage in cold water into a basin and set aside.

Li Qian first sprinkled a layer of salt on the bottom of the tank, then spread a layer of processed cabbage, followed by a layer of salt and a layer of cabbage.

Wang Yumei then used the same treated cabbage to pave the top, compacted the vegetables in the tank, and pressed the top with washed granite.

Finally, wrap the jar from top to bottom with a large plastic sheet to prevent the intrusion of bacteria and dust. Marinate and ferment for more than 20 days before eating.

After finishing this work, Li Qian and Wang Yumei were also very tired.

They pickled a lot, which would definitely be enough for five people this winter.

Lin Dongze and Huo Xunye came in and joined in to help.

Lin Dongze doesn't need to marinate it himself. After all, he eats it at home, so his mother will definitely marinate it.

But Huo Xunye couldn't do it, he couldn't.

He quietly walked up to Wen Xin and asked, "Comrade Wen Xin, can I buy some sauerkraut from you?"

Wen Xin glanced at him and nodded.

Huo Xunye smiled, "Thank you, Comrade Wen Xin."

Huo Xunye's voice was very magnetic, especially when he whispered in her ear, it sounded even better.

Wen Xin touched her hot ears, feeling a little embarrassed.

She took two steps forward and asked, "Is that all we're going to do today?"

Li Qian said, "Let's get these first. It's almost enough for us. You have to quickly pick up the vegetables from the private plot in the backyard tomorrow. If it's not enough, you can go to the villagers' houses to change some and put them in the cellar."

Zhao Wanqing asked, "Can we only eat Chinese cabbage in winter?"

Wang Yumei replied, "It would be good to have Chinese cabbage. There are also radishes."

Zhang Yingying is also a bit hopeless.

But there is no way. There are not enough vegetables in winter and they cannot be stored.

Wen Xin laughed and shook her head, "Aren't there frozen pears here? I've never eaten them before. When will they be available?"

This time it was Lin Dongze who replied, "It will take more than half a month to get frozen pears. We basically make them ourselves here, as well as frozen persimmons. There will be a market then, so you can buy them."

Zhao Wanqing was very excited, "I want to go to the market."

Zhang Yingying was the first to respond, "I want to go too."

Lin Dongze looked at Zhao Wanqing with a smile, "It hasn't started yet, let's go together when the time comes."