60s Splendid Life

Chapter 180 Tofu Shepherd’s Purse Dumplings

"There is a bamboo forest on the back of our mountain. Can we dig bamboo shoots, or do we need the consent of the team?" Lu Jin has long been thinking about the bamboo forest on their back mountain. The presence of bamboo means that we can dig. When it comes to bamboo shoots, sour bamboo shoots are simply not too delicious.

"You can dig it, do you want to dig it?" Aunt Qin asked.

"Is it possible? If possible, think about it. Let's go and see if we can dig bamboo shoots tomorrow. We can dig some bamboo shoots and come back to try." Stir-fried bacon with fresh bamboo shoots is simply not too delicious, as well as fresh bamboo shoots, egg dumplings, etc. Wait, Lu Jin went through the dishes that bamboo shoots can cook in his mind, and his saliva almost didn't flow out.

Aunt Qin couldn't help laughing when she saw Lu Jin's gluttonous appearance, and only at this time did she feel that Lu Jin was still a boy younger than her youngest son, "Okay, if you want to go, let's go tomorrow." Go dig bamboo shoots."

They have come out to pick wild vegetables in the past few days and haven't met many people from the village out to pick wild vegetables. It can be seen that the people from the village are not very cold about wild vegetables.On the contrary, I met his uncle and his two daughters out to pick wild vegetables every day. When they met them, they would say hello, and sometimes they would get together to pick wild vegetables.

On this day they went out to pick wild vegetables, and met an old lady in the village with a granddaughter who also came out to pick wild vegetables, and Aunt Qin greeted him when they saw him.When the pair of grandmothers and grandchildren walked a little farther, Lu Jin asked Aunt Qin curiously, "Why don't I usually see this Seventh Grandma in the village?"

"Hey, their family, it's a bit long to tell." When Lu Jin asked, Aunt Qin told Lu Jin about the original landlord's family in their village, "If it wasn't for the reform and opening up, most of the people in our village surnamed Lu They are all tenant farmers of their family. Most of the land we can see in front of us used to belong to their family. The house you live in now also belonged to their family before."

"When my mother-in-law was still alive, I heard my mother-in-law say that our family was originally their servant, and our father-in-law was their housekeeper at that time... But, later on, their family was also miserable. The only ones alive are the old lady and a grandson and granddaughter." Speaking of this, Aunt Qin's face was also a little silent, probably because she remembered the things that happened in the village before.

Lu Jin is not from this era, he has not been in this era for a long time, but he probably guessed what happened when Aunt Qin said that, and he remembered that they were still locked up in the labor camp grandpa.Whose fault is it here...probably the fault of the times. Where there are landlords, there are farmers. If farmers want to stand up and be the masters, they must overthrow the landlords who have been on their backs for thousands of years before they can usher in the next one. A series of reforms.

But is it right to say that the landlord is right?Landlords are also at fault, the fault lies in their identity, the fault is that they were born in the wrong era.But do you want to say that the landlord is not innocent?Aren't those peasants who were oppressed by landlords innocent in the past?all innocent...

Seeing the old lady walking away with her little granddaughter, they didn't continue to chat about this matter.

On the way back, Lu Jin thought of their grandpa. He didn't have time to visit their grandpa after the next year. He didn't know when he could find time to visit the old man and send him something. The last time the old man said it had been a long time I've played chess, and when I go back next time, he will find a bunch of chess for the old man to send over?Or go?

...Oops, I forgot to ask what kind of chess the old man likes to play.

The next day, Lu Jin did not forget to go to the back mountain to dig bamboo shoots. Not only did he ask Mrs. Qin to go with him, but he also asked his uncle and two cousins ​​to go together. On the first day, a few people dug Several big baskets of bamboo shoots go back, and he will teach everyone how to marinate fresh bamboo shoots.

As for dried bamboo shoots, you have to wait until the weather is good before drying them.However, bamboo shoots are relatively durable, so they can dig them up and store them at home, and they can wait until the weather is better to deal with them, so the rest of them went to pick wild vegetables in the morning, and went to the back mountain to dig bamboo shoots in the afternoon.

Some people in the village saw them pickling fresh bamboo shoots, and they probably thought it was good. The next day, they also carried a basket to dig bamboo shoots with them. The team of digging bamboo shoots was quietly expanding.

Fortunately, there are enough bamboos and bamboo shoots in the back mountain, otherwise the group of them dig like this every day, and they will dig up all the bamboo shoots.

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After the Awakening of Insects, there were several heavy rains, and the spring plowing in their village officially started.

Spring plowing is a top priority for the whole village. In order to plant the land before the Qingming Festival, the members of each team are working hard.The teachers of the school gave the students a holiday and asked the students to go home to participate in labor.

The three children in their family also returned home from school. It was raining outside recently, so Lu Jin didn't let the children in the family go to work in the field with their classmates, but let the two younger brothers and younger sisters take care of the younger brothers at home.

Brothers Da Mao and Er Mao were also sent to their home because Mrs. Qin was also busy, and his sister-in-law Xiumei worked at the tofu shop every day, so she didn't have much time to take care of her two sons.Captain Lu, Lu Bowen and his son are also busy outside every day. The men basically don't care about the family affairs, and taking care of children is basically a woman's business.

Lu Jin simply asked them to send Da Mao and Er Mao brothers to their home to be with the three children of their family. Fortunately, the children of the two families have always played well, and they don't have to worry about a few younger ones being around. Play together and fight.

The tofu shop is open as usual, and their business will be better than before during the spring plowing period.

"Will anyone buy it if we make this?"

"After wrapping it up, I'll cook a few for everyone to taste."

On this day, Lu Jin came over to take everyone to make dumplings. Their dumplings were stuffed with tofu and wild vegetables, and they also put lard, green onion and garlic in it for seasoning.

During this period of time, he tried his best to take the people in the village to pick wild vegetables, but in the end he found that the family still couldn't carry them. Maybe the people in his village were really afraid of eating wild vegetables.However, Lu Jin felt that everyone didn't know how delicious wild vegetables are, so he thought of a way to prepare a delicious meal of tofu and wild vegetable dumplings for everyone to try, and let everyone know that tofu and wild vegetables can be mixed together to make such a delicious food. Delicious stuffing, maybe you will become crazy about picking wild vegetables?

It just so happens that the spring plowing has happened recently, everyone will definitely be hungry after working, and many people may not have much time to cook at home, so he came up with the idea of ​​making dumplings for sale, which he had already told their team leader beforehand Discussed and approved.

It just seemed that the apprentices didn't trust him very much, and looked suspiciously at him, which made him very helpless as a master, but he felt that as long as everyone tasted this dumpling, they would definitely stop doubting him!

The first batch of dumplings were boiled in the pot. Lu Jin gave each of his apprentices a bowl of dumplings, because he likes to eat dried dumplings, topped with sesame oil and sauce vinegar, and those who like spicy food are okay. Another spoonful of chili sauce.The chili sauce is made exclusively by him, and it tastes very fragrant, the kind that makes people drool just by smelling the aroma.

"How is it? Not bad, right?"

"good to eat!"

Cai Chunmei and Li Guihua didn't expect the dumplings made of tofu and wild vegetables to be so delicious. When they tasted the dumplings, their eyes widened and they were full of surprises.If they had suspected that this dumpling could not be sold at first, then after tasting it, they decisively abandoned this idea.

Among them, Wang Xiumei is probably the only one who has never doubted Lu Jin's craftsmanship from beginning to end. She also found this dumpling delicious, and asked Lu Jin, "Xiao Jin, how do we sell this dumpling?"

"Twenty cents a catty, you can buy it home and cook it yourself, or let us help them cook it and eat it here." This price was negotiated between Lu Jin and their team leader.At this time, the rice in the countryside is only [-] cents a catty. Originally, their dumplings could not be sold so expensive, because tofu and wild vegetables are not very valuable, but they put lard in them, and their dumplings For labor and profit, twenty cents a catty is just right.

So when he quoted the price, everyone was more acceptable to it.

Cai Chunmei immediately said: "Then I will start and buy two catties first, just to buy it back for my family to eat at noon, and it will save me going back to cook lunch for them."

"Then I'll take two catties too... There are so many people in our family, two catties may not be enough, maybe three catties." Li Guihua is usually a person who is not willing to give up, but now when she heard Cai Chunmei say to buy two catties, she bit her head. Gritting my teeth, I still need three catties to go back and give the family a taste.

Wang Xiumei also asked for three catties.

Only Li Hong, who came later, had no money in her pocket, so she was embarrassed to ask for it, but said that she still had a lot of breakfast in the morning, and she would buy it another day.

Before the business started, they digested almost ten catties internally.

After tasting the dumplings, everyone is more confident that their dumplings will be sold.

At noon, there are many people who come to their tofu shop to buy things. Generally, everyone comes to exchange tofu and tofu flowers, or spend money to buy two pieces of stewed dried tofu and cold yuba.The fermented bean curd from years ago has been sold out, and those who want to buy fermented bean curd recently can’t buy it. The newly made fermented bean curd will have to wait for a while before it can be opened.

People who came to buy things in the tofu shop on this day soon found that there were still dumplings on the table at the entrance of the tofu shop, so someone asked, "Are you still selling dumplings?"

"Yeah, just made dumplings with tofu and shepherd's purse stuffing. It costs [-] cents a catty. You can buy them at home and cook them yourself, or we can help you cook here. Why don't you try a catty?" Cai Chunmei agreed. It is an old acquaintance, and asked with a smile.

"Is it delicious?" The man asked suspiciously, having never eaten dumplings made of tofu.

"It's delicious. If it's not good, you don't need your money." Cai Chunmei said again.