The Stepmother in the Control Group Quits [70]

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Chapter 26 Second

update After New Year's Day, Chu Yinyin went back to work in the family department. Now the family department is also busy, but she has already worked out in the accounting office, so she doesn't feel tired at all now.

The most important thing is that she doesn't have to eat in the cafeteria every day.

Chu Yinyin was happy, and the two little guys Jiang Yu and Jiang Zhang were even happier. They could finally go back and eat the food cooked by their mother!

As soon as she had a little free time, Chu Yinyin thought about making something more and selling it.

Jiang Hui's two radios were sold by Huang Hao for an additional five yuan, fifty-five yuan each. Including the first one, the total profit was one hundred and sixty, not counting Jiang Hui's payment. If I had the energy, I would have spent less than ten yuan buying these parts from a scrap factory.

This is naturally very profitable, but it's a pity that the parts are not that good. Chu Yinyin doesn't want Jiang Hui to always do such dangerous things, so he can only wait until after the New Year to go and see.

But right now, Chu Yinyin hasn't quite figured out what to do and sell.

When they went to buy casings that day, Chu Yinyin and Sister-in-law Guan met many people coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative with large and small bags on the way there.

Chu Yinyin looked at the things they were holding and asked doubtfully: "Is this the beginning of buying new year's goods?"

Every year, there is a sale of new year's goods. Whether the family is in good condition or not, they all have to buy some melon seeds and candies. Be prepared to add some joy.

You can't buy these things without scruples, they all require food stamps.

Chu Yinyin didn't need to worry about these things in her hometown before. Later, every Chinese New Year after she married Jiang Hui, she was either performing outside or Deng Feng was ready, so she didn't need to worry about it, so she always thought that New Year's goods don't start until the 27th or 8th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Sister-in-law Guan laughed and said, "How is that possible? We have to start shopping for New Year's goods early, otherwise they will all be snatched up by others." But

they didn't bring any non-staple food stamps today, so they can only wait until tomorrow to buy them.

As soon as I got home, I saw Jiang Yu and Jiang Zhang walking their chicks downstairs. Chickens and ducks grow very fast. After so long, these two chicks have long lost their childish and cute appearance. Their down has faded. The hard feathers have grown out.

Chu Yinyin originally thought that children only like those cute little chicks and would stop liking them when they grow up, but Jiang Yu and Jiang Zhang unexpectedly took good care of the chicks.

Chu Yinyin had asked them at that time, but Jiang Zhang said very seriously: "Because I don't raise them to look good, but to eat meat, so I must treat them well."

Chu Yinyin was speechless for a moment.

Jiang Zhang also taught his mother how to be a good person: "Mom, it was said on the radio that filling one's belly is the best thing in the world, and it was also said that if you want a horse to run well, you must know how to eat grass, so I There is a scientific basis for doing this."

Jiang Zhang felt that he was so knowledgeable and proudly puffed up his chest.

Chu Yinyin: "..."

She patted Jiang Zhang's little head with mixed emotions: "You are indeed your mother's good son."

Jiang Zhang became even happier after hearing this.

Jiang Yu on the side simply couldn't stand it.

However, both Jiang Zhang and Jiang Yu really wanted to eat chicken, especially big chicken drumsticks, but they thought it was hard to buy chicken in the city, and the supply was usually small, and they were all sold out as soon as they came out. So we have to wait until the Chinese New Year, when slaughterhouses slaughter chickens uniformly, to see more chickens.

But the pigs have just been killed, and it will take a while for the new batch of chickens to hatch. It is estimated that no more chickens will be killed in the next few days.

Jiang Zhang refused to give up and went to find Jiang Hui again. He still remembered Jiang Hui's capture of pheasants before. If his father went to the mountains to catch pheasants again, wouldn't it be a blessing?

Chu Yinyin said: "It's so easy to catch a pheasant when you are a pheasant. Now that it's cold, it's even harder to catch one."

Jiang Hui nodded: "I went to the mountains every day before and never bumped into one."

Jiang Zhang was extremely regretful. , then how long will he have to wait for his big chicken legs!

Chu Yinyin thought for a while and said, "Jiang Hui, tomorrow is Saturday, let's go to the mountains together?"

Jiang Zhang's eyes lit up. Sure enough, only mother is the best in the world!

"Mom, are you going to catch pheasants for me?"

"You're overthinking it. Your dad already said there are no pheasants. How can I catch them? Do you want me to do a trick for you?" Chu Yinyin said with a smile. She actually had an idea in her mind. , I'm just afraid that it won't come true and the two children will be disappointed if I say it, so I just don't say it yet.

Early the next morning, Jiang Hui took a knife and was about to go out. Chu Yinyin was startled: "Why are you holding a knife?"

"Aren't you going to catch pheasants? It's more convenient to have a knife." Jiang Hui said.

Chu Yinyin quickly put it back: "If you really don't want to catch it, we can just bring a hoe. I just want to see if there are any winter bamboo shoots." There is

a bamboo forest on the mountain. There must be winter bamboo shoots, but these winter bamboo shoots are buried in the ground. Bottom, you can only find it by luck. If you are not lucky, you may not be able to find one even after working all day.

Last time Guo Hongmei sent over half a piece of cured duck. If you can find winter bamboo shoots, using this to stew cured duck will definitely taste better than pheasant.

Jiang Hui has lived in the county town since he was a child. He has never dug winter bamboo shoots and doesn't know how to find them. However, Chu Yinyin often did this before, so she knows very well: "We need to look for small gaps in the soil, and then step on them. If you can feel something down there, it's basically winter bamboo shoots."

After Chu Yinyin finished speaking, she looked up and found Jiang Hui staring at her. She was stunned: "Is there something on my face?"

"No, I just feel it. My wife is so beautiful."

Chu Yinyin rolled her eyes at him and said, "Be serious and get to work!"

Winter bamboo shoots are not only hard to find, but you have to be very careful when digging them, otherwise it will be harder to pull them out if they are broken. , but the difficulty also means that the taste is particularly good and fresh, better than spring bamboo shoots or dried bamboo shoots, and it is delicious no matter what is stewed.

They were not very lucky today. They had been working for almost two hours and still couldn't find a single winter bamboo shoot.

Chu Yinyin had a headache, so she wanted to walk over and rest for a while, but when she turned around, she saw a lot of pine trees. She remembered that when she was in the dance troupe, her colleague from the south told her that their New Year celebration there was not only Melon seeds, peanuts, and a small snack called pine nuts.

At that time, someone asked her: "Can pine nuts be eaten?"

"What can't be eaten? The squirrels in the woods usually eat this, and it tastes fragrant and tender, much more delicious than melon seeds. I heard our old man said that eating this can help the brain!"

Chu Yinyin wasn't interested in whether it could help the brain, but she was very interested in such delicious food and immediately asked her colleague about it. The other party told her what to do, and Chu Yinyin still remembered it.

The last time she came with Sister-in-law Guan and the others, she actually saw the pine trees, but she just didn't think of them. It just so happened that she couldn't find the winter bamboo shoots right now, so she might as well go over and give them a try.

If it can really mend their brains, maybe it can make the two little carrots in the family smarter, especially Jiang Zhang.

The thought of this motivated her. Chu Yinyin spoke to Jiang Hui and walked to a place with dense pine trees to find a pine tower.

These pine cones are buried among the leaves. Some have been eaten by some wild boars and squirrels, but some are still intact because there is no habit of eating them here, and there are many pine trees on the ground.

Chu Yinyin picked up more than ten, carried them to Jiang Hui, and asked him if he had any matches.

Since the last time he came here often to burn charcoal, Jiang Hui did have matches in his hand.

Chu Yinyin cleaned up the ground and gathered a pile of dry leaves to ensure that they would not be burned elsewhere. Then he lit the fire and threw the pine cone in.

Under the high temperature, a crackling sound was heard soon, and small black seeds popped out one by one. There were not many leaves, and they were all burned out in a short time. After the fire went out, Chu Yinyin picked up a small pine nut and looked at it. look.

This thing is about the same size as a melon seed, but it is very hard. If you smell it up close, it has a special pine oil aroma.

It smells really good!

Chu Yinyin turned around: "Jiang Hui, come and help me pick this up."

There weren't many pine cones, but there were a lot of pine nuts hidden in them. They all exploded when they were roasted by the fire. They had to pick them up one by one. OK.

Jiang Hui took a look and did not come over immediately. Instead, he went to the pine tree and picked up a lot of pine needles. He bundled them with stronger hay and made a mini broom.

Using this sweep is much faster than picking them up one by one with your hands.

"Jiang Hui, you are so awesome!" Chu Yinyin looked at him in surprise.

Usually when Chu Yinyin said this, she would come over and kiss him. Although Jiang Hui couldn't help but the tips of his ears turned red, he still looked forward to being kissed by his wife, and they were the only ones here, so they didn't have to worry about the two little brats coming anytime, anywhere. run over here.

So now that Chu Yinyin said this, Jiang Hui was looking forward to it, preparing to receive his wife's reward.

After waiting for several seconds, there was no movement. When he looked up, he saw that Chu Yinyin was sweeping the pine nuts very seriously, without paying him any attention.

Jiang Hui: "...Daughter-in-law, do you want to eat this so much?"

"I'm fine. Mainly, I heard that this is a brain supplement, so I can take it back to Xiaoyu and Xiaozhang to eat more. There will definitely be no harm in it." Chu Yin He said without raising his voice.

Jiang Hui: "..."

Got it.

It's still my fault, those two brats.

Chu Yinyin didn't know that Jiang Hui had already made a mental note for the two boys. At first, he was not sure about the sweeping force, and he accidentally swept down all the pine nuts. She hurried over to pick it up, and saw one of the pine nuts rolling into a crack in the soil. Chu Yinyin's eyes lit up and she hurriedly said:

"Jiang Hui, take a look to see if there are any winter bamboo shoots there!"

Jiang Hui took it. Knocking open the soil around the cracks with a hoe, a brown furry tip was exposed. Chu Yinyin was delighted: "There really is one!"

Not only here, after collecting all the pine nuts, they found I visited three places and dug up a total of four winter bamboo shoots. Although they were not many and not big, they were enough to cook a duck.

As soon as he returned, Chu Yinyin tore open the outer skin of the bamboo shoots, cut the fresh bamboo shoot meat inside into small pieces, and then stewed it with the cured duck that had been soaked for a while and was not so dry.

The duck has thick skin and fat meat. Even the dried duck still has some oil. There is no need to add too much seasoning. Just turn on the low heat and let it simmer for a while.

With the duck soup simmering in the pot, Chu Yinyin began to process the pine nuts.

Pine nuts are hard and cannot be cracked directly like melon seeds. Her colleague told her that she should first soak them in hot water until soft and then fry them like melon seeds, so that they can open on their own.

Chu Yinyin didn't know where to buy the kind of hard sand specially used for frying melon seeds, so she asked Jiang Yu to find some yellow sand for herself. After the pine nuts were soaked and air-dried, she started frying them.

The cured duck and winter bamboo shoot soup was put into a casserole and simmered slowly. There was only one stove, but it was not yet dinner time, so Chu Yinyin asked Sister-in-law Guan to borrow her stove, and started frying pine nuts in her own.

The yellow sand heats up slowly. If you are afraid of burning the pot, you need to stir it constantly with a spatula.

After waiting for about ten minutes, you could hear muffled noises coming from inside. Chu Yinyin did not turn off the fire immediately, but continued to stir-fry for a long time. After making sure that everything inside was almost cooked, he closed the stove. cover.

After sifting out the pine nuts, Jiang Zhang had been waiting aside to see what was delicious, but when he saw that they were small black particles, he was a little disappointed.

Chu Yinyin stuffed one into him: "You want to try it first?"

Jiang Zhang used his black hands to open the small opening at the top of the pine nut, took out the fruit inside, and chewed it in his mouth. "The taste is a bit strange."

Chu Yinyin also ate one. The taste was indeed a bit strange, but this was just the beginning. After tasting it, she felt that the texture was particularly unique. It was indeed crispy and tender. It was completely different from melon seeds and peanuts. It was a food. The kind that makes you want to eat it again.

Not only her, but also Jiang Zhang couldn't help but take another one.

When Chu Yinyin was about to ask Jiang Yu to come over and give it a try, she heard someone calling her. When she turned around, she found that it was Song Shiya whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

"Comrade Song, why are you here?"

Song Shiya's face looked much better than before. She still looked a little fragile, but at least she didn't feel like a gust of wind could blow her away.

She smiled and said, "I'm here to give you this."

As she said that, she handed over a stack of paper.

Chu Yinyin asked doubtfully: "Is the school going to hold the final exam?"

Jiang Zhang, who had already learned from his brother that the exam was going to be held and was eating pine nuts: "!!"

Finished!

This devil aunt is here!

The instinct of a scumbag made him unable to stay any longer, so he turned around and ran away. Of course, he did not forget to grab a handful of pine nuts before running away.

Song Shiya smiled and said, "Not yet. That's still a week away. I'm sorting out the midterm papers for the first grade in case you're in a hurry to use them." "

Great, the homework I bought for them is just finished." Chu Yinyin just hoped to do more homework. She smiled and asked Comrade Song to sit down and said, "I'm making duck soup here. You can bring some back later."

Song Shiya nodded.

Chu Yinyin gave her another handful of pine nuts: "How about giving it a try?"

Song Shiya had never eaten this before, and Chu Yinyin taught her how to eat it. When she heard that it was a fruit from the pine tree, she was still confused. I couldn't eat it, but I didn't expect that the moment I put it in my mouth, I immediately felt it was quite delicious.

"Is this the new fried food from the supply and marketing cooperative? I want to buy some too."

Song Shiya's unintentional words made Chu Yinyin suddenly feel moved.