Chapter 140: Cooking Meat

Chapter 140: Cooking Meat

The sky was still gloomy, but fortunately it didn't rain today. After buying our things, we headed to Qingshui No. 3 Community outside the city.

Lin Zisu, her mother, and her brother got off the cart with their belongings, opened the courtyard door first, and put down their belongings after opening the door. Lin Youcai carried two quilts into the house, and then ran to carry two more quilts into the house, and then drove the mule cart to deliver things to other families.

We bought so many quilts and other miscellaneous things today that several cars were full, and most people walked back.

They didn't carry anything and walked for an hour, which was just a warm-up for them who had walked thousands of miles.

Shen Xianglan took the bedding aside, put a new straw mat on the bed, spread the old quilt on the straw mat, and then spread the sheets. She put the new quilt she bought today into the quilt cover, and the cotton pillow into the pillowcase.

The pillowcases and quilt covers were from the RV. Two of the four sets of bedding were given to Old Lady Wang and her family when they were on the road. Last night, one set was on Lin Xianwen's bed, and one set was on the couple's bed.

Shen Xianglan had endured it for a long time. Firstly, she didn't like the fabric, and secondly, the quilt cover had to be sewn with thick thread. When she changed the quilt cover, she had to remove the stitches and put it back on again, which was even more troublesome than the quilt covers from the 1970s and 1980s in her previous life.

Today, she saw cotton bedding in the store, so she had to buy a few sets. The fabric she chose was out of stock at the fabric store, so she had to wait a few days for it to be made before she could pick it up.

Lin Zisu put the vegetables and meat back into the refrigerator, and put the dishes to be cooked tonight into the kitchen. Then she and Lin Xianwen took a small hoe to loosen the soil in the front yard and planted some green leafy vegetables.

Type 1 courtyard is a rectangular open space with a gate in the middle. When you walk into the courtyard, there is a bluestone road in the middle leading to the eaves. On the right side of the courtyard are the toilet, bathroom, and barn. They are not very large, just enough. On the left side is a small vegetable garden surrounded by stones, and there are two water tanks at the innermost wall.

The small vegetable garden is not very big, so it is OK to plant some onions, leeks, and Chinese cabbage. Lin Youcai and Lin Xianwen bought some Chinese cabbage, leeks, and lettuce seeds at the seed store today. These three vegetables grow fast and can be eaten in a short time. Lin Youcai didn't know whether the seeds of Chinese cabbage and lettuce were from ancient times or modern times, and they were sold wrapped in oil paper.

Lin Youcai bought several bags and bought some for his parents and parents-in-law. After all, living outside the city was not as convenient as buying groceries in the city. Later he found out that he was worrying too much.

Lin Zisu pushed Dahei aside, loosened the soil, planted the shallots she bought at the West Market, and covered them with soil. Lin Youcai came back with his mule cart, and Lin Xianwen hurried to open the door.

"The shallots have been planted, and the grass seeds should be soaked for a few hours before planting." Lin Youcai locked the mule cart in a small shed, took out the bran and beans he had just bought, and poured some into the trough. He went to the kitchen to get water, and returned to the shed with a bucket of water, which he poured into the mule's bucket, and prepared food and drink for it.

Lin Zisu connected the water pipe from the RV to the kitchen, so it was very convenient to use water for cooking and washing vegetables. Although there was no shortage of water with the external plug-in, Lin Youcai still decided to drive a mule cart to the well to fetch water from time to time.

I brought back a few buckets of water yesterday, so I won't go today. I'll go tomorrow. Anyway, it's the mule cart that's carrying the water, not him carrying or carrying the water, so I still have to pretend.

There are only a bed, a refrigerator, a toilet, a sofa and a small sink in Lin Zisu's RV. She uses a smart cooking machine to cook indoors, which is only used in special circumstances.

In her previous life, when she went out to play, she usually used the gas stove at the rear of the car to cook. If conditions allowed, she would take out a tripod, put the pot on it, and burn wood to cook.

Cooking with firewood is really fragrant and delicious, and that is the taste that gas stoves cannot produce. Everyone chose the No. 3 community outside the city. On the one hand, the rent is cheap, the yard is large, and the yard can be used to grow vegetables. On the other hand, it can burn firewood.

The kitchen was cleaned yesterday, and Lin Youcai bought two iron pots today. They didn't bring the pots from Nanxian's home, and they thought there were pots in the RV. Unfortunately, they miscalculated. Iron pots are more practical and easy to use when burning firewood.

The kitchen is empty, with only a stove and cement countertop cabinets that cannot be moved. If you want to cook, you can only buy and bring your own.

A family of four stayed in the kitchen preparing dinner. They were busy but did not forget to chat. Lin Youcai cut two pieces of fat meat and opened two new iron pots.

Lin Zisu was making a fire, Shen Xianglan was cutting meat, and Lin Xianwen was washing vegetables.

Lin Zisu: "Finally, there is a place where the four of us can talk in peace. It's been so long since we could even have a good conversation while fleeing all the way."

Shen Xianglan: "It was your father who insisted on renting a small courtyard to live in. If I said so, it would definitely not work!"

Lin Xianwen: "This is the difference between a son and a daughter-in-law!"

Lin Youcai: "Alas, I am almost tired of talking. However, times are different, thoughts are definitely different, and times have their limitations."

Lin Zisu: "It is the limitation of the times, but there are "Qing Dynasty people" in modern times. There are many modern people who bind their feet, including young, middle-aged and old people."

Lin Xianwen: "There are many who favor boys over girls! Not to mention the elderly, there are many people born in the 80s, 90s, and 00s!"

Lin Zisu: "Hahaha...you are so brave to say that."

Lin Xianwen: "What is there to be afraid of? Just search online and you'll find a lot of them, including many top students. Reality is even more dramatic than fiction!"

Lin Youcai: "From the powerful to the poor."

Shen Xianglan: "Let's not talk about anything else. There are many families in our team that favor boys over girls, but the Li family is really unique. It's so cruel! Daya is a child with a miserable life. She has been without a mother since she was a child. She has never had a good day with her father. Her father doesn't love her, and her grandparents don't love her. She has survived until now by sheer luck."

"From ancient times to the present, there are countless baby girls, girls, and young girls who have died accidentally or man-made, and there are also baby towers. Daya really has a miserable life but she is lucky. She almost died several times, but she escaped every time. Those who survive a great disaster will surely have good fortune in the future. It's a good thing that Li Tiedan was captured, but what about Old Man Li and Mrs. Zhang?" Lin Zisu played with a fire poker and watched her father carefully start a new pot. She looked at the time. It was only 16 p.m., so there was still time to make dinner.

"Speaking of the two of them, Uncle Benshu is so annoyed. They didn't go to school today, but went to the police station to make trouble. I went to deliver something just now, and I heard that Mrs. Zhang was rolling on the ground, crying, shouting, and spitting... Both of them have been locked up." Lin Youcai found it funny as he spoke.

Shen Xianglan: "You deserve it for what you have done to yourself! You deserve it!"

After the new pot was boiled, Lin Youcai made a big pot of braised pork, stir-fried vegetables, stir-fried small dried fish with peppers, and cooked a pot of firewood rice.

The two brothers and sisters were so greedy that they sat in the kitchen and couldn't walk.

Lin Youcai filled two bowls of braised pork and said to the two siblings, "Go quickly and send one bowl each to your grandparents' house!"

Lin Zisu: . . . . .

Lin Xianwen: . . . . . .

Shen Xianglan: “1, 2…”

Lin Zisu: "Ouch... I'll go get the bike out!"

"Is there electricity?" Lin Xianwen asked with a pessimistic look on his face.

Lin Zisu: "Yes... probably..."

In the end, the two of them rode small bicycles, Lin Xianwen sat in the back carrying a basket of vegetables, Lin Zisu sat in the front driving the small bicycle, and Dahei followed behind with his big tail wagging.