The next day, without anyone calling, the Zhang Xiulan sisters were woken up by the sound of birds in the woods, mixed with the cries of pheasants.Although he slept in clothes for one night and slept on a dry pyre, he was covered with a mattress and a quilt on his body, but Zhang Xiulan never felt so down-to-earth."
Awake?
Then let's clean up first, and it's not good to let those big men call us up. ”Zhang Xiuzhi has long been accustomed to going to bed late and getting up early, even if it is tiring work, getting up before dawn every day.Zhang Xiulan saw her sister's spirit, and responded happily, the sisters rolled up the quilt, opened the door, and saw the layout of the kitchen clearly by the light that came in from the door and the window.First, there are four layers of bamboo steaming drawers placed next to the stove, and there are some large Lu basins piled together, but they have not been washed, dirty and messy, and the stove is also full of oil stains.In addition, there are two chest-high vats near the window for cooking water.In addition, there is only a pile of dry wood and a large kitchen cabinet at the door of the kitchen, which is closed, and I don't know what is inside, but I don't need to look at it to know that there is nothing next to it except for the dishes and chopsticks.The sisters simply washed their faces with the washing of their faces in the courtyard, and their hair was tied, and the men got up.Gao Dajiang was not polite, "Sister Zhang, there are rations in the kitchen cabinet, and this meal will trouble you from today on."
Our food and vegetables will be delivered to the town below every week, and you just have to do what you have, and as for how to eat, everyone can eat enough. ”"Since Brother Gao said it, then our sisters will also know it in their hearts."
Gao Dajiang is about the same age as Zhang Yuejin.Zhang Xiulan called him big brother.Zhou Shumin also came out of the house, "Yes."
As long as we can eat enough, we can cut wood is physically laborious.You make breakfast first.Don't worry, we haven't started working now, today is to build the house where you two sisters are going to live. ”Zhou Shumin was afraid that the sisters would not be able to stand this hardship and be scared away, so he cautiously coaxed them over.Zhang Xiulan saw through his worries, and she didn't pick on it, "Okay, Uncle Zhou, my sister and I will go in and cook." ”Zhang Xiuzhi has a soft temperament, and she has long heard that she wants to cook and hide in the kitchen first.Leaving Zhang Xiulan alone to socialize.When Zhang Xiulan entered the kitchen, the two cauldrons were brushed out, and Zhang Xiulan hurriedly went over to help, "Sister, let's do it together in the future, and besides, just these few people, you can't hide all the time, you have to learn to face it slowly." ”Zhang Xiulan wrung out the rag from the basin and wiped it from the lid.Zhang Xiuzhi picked up the match on the stove and lit the fire, "Okay, listen to you."
So what are we going to do in the morning?
”Zhang Xiuzhi has an honest temperament, and he didn't think about rummaging in the kitchen cabinet at all.Zhang Xiulan said with a smile."
Wait for me to see, we'll do whatever they buy anyway."
Turn around and walk to the door and open the kitchen cabinet.There were three large half-silk bags under the kitchen cabinet, and Zhang Xiulan opened them and took a look.There are half a bag of bud rice ballast, half a bag of rice flour and half a bag of white flour.In addition to the bowls and chopsticks, it is a condiment for wine and salt.I didn't see the dish either."
Sister, let's make noodles in the morning, rice jade noodles and white noodles, I'll ask if there are any miso and vegetables or something."
Zhang Xiulan explained and left the house.I happened to see Gao Dajiang come back with water, so I asked directly, Gao Dajiang smiled, "Look at my brain, forget this, you go to the back of the kitchen room, there is a big sauce jar, the snow and potatoes are also there, the weather is getting cold, you should also drown some sauerkraut, and wait for the vegetables to be delivered in two days, you also take the time to drown the vegetables." ”"Okay."
If you want to cook here, these things are naturally what they should do.Zhang Xiulan went to the back of the house and picked up a cabbage, picked up half a pot of potatoes and came back, and entered the kitchen, Zhang Xiuzhi was using the freshly washed Lu basin and noodles, "Sister, let's make hot soup, everyone walked for so long yesterday, and the climate on the mountain is low, so eat some hot in the morning, just use cabbage and potatoes to make soup, do you think it's okay?"
”"You have a good idea, potatoes and cabbage can be hungry, and they can be used as vegetables, so I turned out some chili peppers in the kitchen cabinet, fried some chili oil, and also served rice."
The sisters agreed, and began to shout, Gao Dajiang helped fill the two jars of water, and hesitated when he saw the chili noodles."
Brother Gao, is there something you have to say?
As soon as we sisters arrived, you opened your mouth if something was wrong, and you didn't have to be embarrassed if you treated us as your sisters. ”Zhang Xiulan looked at Gao Dajiang with an embarrassed face, and asked first."
I forgot to tell you in detail before, our rations and vegetables are available every month, and if we exceed them, we can only starve, and so is this oil and salt."
Seeing the chili noodles, Gao Dajiang knew that they wanted to fry chili oil.Zhang Xiulan was stunned for a moment, glanced at the half pot of chili noodles on the stove, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, then we have a plan in our hearts." ”As early as when she came to cook, Zhang Xiulan thought about a lot of situations along the way, and she had expected this situation for a long time, so she picked cabbage and potatoes to come over.Gao Dajiang saw that Zhang Xiulan could understand a word, and he was less embarrassed, "Okay, you cook, I'll go out to help." ”When he left, he didn't forget to glance at Zhang Xiulan, dressed rustic, with stuffy and heavy hair, he thought he was silent, and he couldn't think of it being very good at speaking.Zhang Xiulan was worried that her sister would think too much, so she was busy watching her, until she didn't notice that she was noticed by Gao Dajiang, and when there were only two people in the room, Zhang Xiulan said what she thought in her heart, "Sister, their things are quantitative, we have to plan, it is a little difficult to make them full without overdoing it."
In the evening, I'll ask us how much food we have each month, and then let's plan what we do every day. ”"Well, do they have a time to rest, they can eat some thin food when they rest, and they don't have to go hungry or exert themselves.""
Okay, then do it."
Seeing that her sister could also think of this, Zhang Xiulan was very happy.In the end, Zhang Xiulan heated the pot, poured the chili noodles directly into the hot pot and fried them, and only took them out when they were fragrant, and did not put oil.The cauldron of the Twelve Seals put more soup, and it was almost two palms long to fill a pot of hot soup noodles.Originally, I got up early, waited for the noodles to be rolled out, and then cooked out of the pot, it was only eight o'clock.Plus Zhang Xiulan sisters, there are only twelve people, heard that the meal, all put down their work to the kitchen, the meal is a big bowl, each of them took a large bowl of noodles and squatted in the yard or found a wooden pier to sit down, although the clear soup is clear, there is no oil in the mouth, but from last night to now, everyone has not entered the stomach, this hot noodles belly, appetite instantly opened.Zhang Xiulan and Zhang Xiuzhi were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, one of them sat in the courtyard to eat a bowl of noodles, but the two of them were looking for the west room of the kitchen, facing the big tree that neither of them could hold, and their hearts were also open.In fact, these two wooden houses are set up in the woods, and there are two people who can't hold the thickness of the birch trees in all directions, it is late autumn, and the leaves on the top of the birch trees have fallen off, and only some are left below, and the wind blows, and it sounds very pleasant.Under the trees were patches of barren grass, which grew high from the place where there was no tree in the house, and the grass under the trees did not grow high, and there was nothing else but two wooden houses, and it looked a little desolate.The hot noodles in the bowl were originally still hot, but after sitting down, the wind blew a few times, and the noodles were cold.Such a big bowl is full in one bowl, and when it comes to the ten big men, there are only a few bowls of hot noodles left in a big pot of noodles, and all the dry ones are gone.But it seemed to be enough to eat, and everyone had eaten, washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen, and the shelves of the house came out, and only the planks were nailed around, and then only the clanging sound of the woods was heard.Zhang Xiulan and her sister couldn't get along over there, so they used the excuse of going out to pick up some wood for firewood, and walked around the woods by the way and went out.Gao Dajiang didn't forget to tell the two not to go far and got lost in the woods.The first time, Zhang Xiulan didn't dare to be careless, the sisters only walked around, at this time, the green and yellow are not picked, the wild vegetables are gone, go to the mountains may be able to find some wild fruits, they just arrived here and are afraid of getting lost, and they are not afraid of walking around, so they picked up some dry branches and came back.Gao Dajiang stood on the wooden horse and nailed the plank, looked at the two sisters walking back from a distance, and his eyes involuntarily fell on Zhang Xiulan's body, the more he looked at it, the more he realized that this girl was not as stuffy as she looked, although her thin figure had not yet grown, and her clothes could not hold up, but if she raised it for a few years, it would not be bad, and she would be in her heart for a while, and she would sweep Zhang Xiulan's body as long as she had the opportunity.The days on the mountain are short, and the newly built house is on the west side of the kitchen, and at this time it is also finished, and there is a fire kang inside, and the adobe is to be freshly made, and it is necessary to get it out early this morning, and ten old men can get a fire kang quickly.Zhang Xiulan and the two sisters prepared dinner in the kitchen, they ate full in the morning, they didn't eat at noon, and they cooked early in the evening, and it was nearly five o'clock in the town, and the sun went down at half past three on the mountain.At night, I didn't have to work, so I used the scalding left over from noon to add water and salt, and pulled the gnocchi soup with cornmeal, and put potato chunks in it.After only two meals, Zhou Shumin and Gao Dajiang were very satisfied, Gao Dajiang was not an outsider, it should be said that he was the brother-in-law who hired their logging boss this time.Otherwise, he can't come over first to help pick up people, the house and the kang are built, the mud on the kang is not dry, it has to be burned dry, the stove pit is full of wood at night, and slowly smokes a small half of the night, and the next day will definitely be able to live in people.This night, Zhang Xiulan and her sisters spent another night in the kitchen, and got up early the next morning, and before they could make breakfast, someone went up the mountain again.
(To be continued.) )......