Lucky Wife at 50s

   Chapter 244 244, Pickles

   And pickles are like soup, they pay attention to simmering and simmering slowly, which reflects a kind of real kung fu and a kind of knowledge.

When a jar of pickles needs to be used from production to maturity, it cannot be marinated for more than half a month. The longer it is marinated, the more crystal clear the pickles will be, the stronger and purer the pickles will be, just like aged wine Same.

There are two ways to make pickles. One is dry pickling, in which the vegetables are washed, chopped and sun-dried, and then put in a jar to seal; the other is soup pickling: first, wash the vegetables and scald them with boiling water, then put them in In the jar, add rice-washing water or boiled cold brine, marinate for a period of time, and wait for the pickled vegetables and soup to become sour.

   And pickling methods are divided into four types:

   (1) Pickling method, which mainly uses high-concentration salt solution to preserve vegetables, and enhances the flavor of vegetables through pickling.

   (2) In the brewing method, lactic acid bacteria are used to ferment the sugar inside the vegetables to generate lactic acid under low concentration of salt, so as to achieve the purpose of preserving the vegetables and give the vegetables a special flavor.

   (3) Sauce production method, salted vegetables are immersed in sauce for sauce, so that the umami, aroma, color and nutrients of the sauce can penetrate into the vegetable tissue and increase its flavor, which is called the sauce method.

   (4) The sweet and sour production method, after the vegetables are salted, immersed in the prepared sweet and sour liquid to make the product sweet and sour and delicious, and use the antiseptic effect of the sweet and sour to preserve the vegetables.

   Therefore, pickling vegetables can be regarded as a very ancient method of vegetable processing and storage. It is simple to prepare and uses local materials, and different foods with unique flavors will be formed in different regions.

   It can be said that the loess of the descendants of Yan and Huang has a long history.

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   Qin Tianru personally likes to eat all kinds of pickled vegetables. She used to cook almost all the side dishes at home.

   There are many ways to eat pickled vegetables. Not only can they be eaten as they are, but they can also be steamed and fried. They can also be used as a side dish to make delicious dishes.

   It’s just that this type of pickled food should not be eaten too much for a long time, and a certain amount of consumption needs to be controlled.

   Soon, Qin Tianru prepared all the ingredients and started to marinate.

   She smeared the endive and broom vegetables with refined salt, and then kneaded for a while until the leaves of the greens were completely soaked in water. After standing for half an hour, she added other seasonings, mixed and stirred, and finally put them in a vegetable jar and sealed it.

   There are many wild vegetables, and a total of three vegetable jars have been pickled.

   Then, Qin Tianru started making spring bamboo shoots with sauce.

   She first cut the spring bamboo shoots into sections, then mixed them with salt and sweet noodle sauce, and then put them in a jar, and the sauce was ready for about ten days.

   As for white radish, Qin Tianru intends to make sweet and spicy kimchi, which is used with various rice porridges, especially for appetizers.

   Just before she finished, Qi Yuanhua and Qi Jun hurried back.

   "Boss, here's a letter!"

   Qi Han was helping his daughter-in-law, and when he heard his father's voice, he immediately greeted him.

   "Whose letter?"

  Qi Yuanhua excitedly handed the letter to Qi Han, "Look, the mailing address should be the conductor of the train."

   Although the couple didn't mention work any more these few days, they were still anxiously looking forward to it.

   "Well, let me see."

  Compared to his father's excitement, Qi Han was much calmer, took the envelope calmly and looked at it.

  Qi Yuanhua's eyes were fixed on his eldest son, and he asked nervously, "How is it? What did the train conductor say?"

   Qi Han said indifferently, "It's done."

   "It's done? Does it mean that the train conductor has already completed the work?"

   Qi Yuanhua's face was full of joy. At this moment, his heart was truly at ease.

   "Yes, let me bring the household registration book and the letter of introduction, and I can report to the county transportation team at any time."

  Qi Han calmly put away the letter. In the letter, the conductor also said that if he wants, he can arrange himself into the transportation team of the provincial capital.

   However, he has absolutely no idea of ​​going to the provincial capital to work.

   Their family took great pains to stay away from the provincial capital, how could they run back stupidly?

   In the next few years, their family will live in the Victory Production Brigade, other than that, they will not go anywhere.

   The reason why I chose to work as a transport team was just to find a protective umbrella so that the couple could do some small things in private.

   Moreover, the transportation team in the provincial capital was too far away from the village, and it would take several days to go back and forth. He didn’t want to be too far away from his wife.

Although the    county town is also a bit far away, it is much more convenient than the provincial capital. Unfortunately, the current township has not yet established a transportation team, otherwise he would have directly chosen the township.

   Think about it carefully, no matter whether you work in a county or a township, the essence is the same, because choosing a transport team means you have to drive around everywhere, not a fixed work unit.

   is just reporting the difference in place.

   "It's good to be brave, it's finally implemented." Qi Yuanhua's joy was beyond words.

   Qi Jun was also very happy, "Brother, are you going to be a driver soon?"

   Qi Han nodded, "En."

   "Great! Brother, can I go with you?" Qi Jun excitedly asked for his brother's opinion. He wanted to see how the big truck was driven.

Qi Yuanhua looked solemn and sternly said: "Your eldest brother is going to work for serious work, not to play around, why are you going to join in the fun, stay at home and help with some work, you are not too young, Don't know how to play all day!"

  In the countryside, thirteen- or fourteen-year-old boys can stand up and do anything in the fields, and they can work as an adult male.

   And their youngest son is still a child, and he spends his whole day thinking about how to do fun things.

   Now that the eldest’s job has been determined, the labor force in the family has obviously been reduced by more than half. During this time, most of the heavy work in the family was undertaken by the eldest, such as fetching water, chopping firewood, and farming.

  If the eldest goes to work, then the housework will naturally fall on him and the younger son. Before the eldest was there, the younger son could do whatever he wanted.

   But now it's not enough, I can't let my younger son's temper anymore, Xiaojun will be fourteen years old in the second half of this year, and he should learn to take responsibility for the family.

  "I'll just ask"

   Qi Jun shrank his neck in fright, what happened to his father?

   This was the first time he saw his father get so angry, so fierce!

   He didn't do any heinous things, how could he make such a big fire?

   Qin Tianru saw that the movement in the courtyard was a little loud, and after covering the kimchi jar, he walked out slowly.

"what's wrong?"

  Qi Yuanhua instantly put away his black face. In front of his well-behaved and sensible eldest daughter-in-law, he didn't want to leave a fierce image. He was the kindest elder.

   (end of this chapter)