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Chapter 126 Making Preserved Eggs
Wang Ronghua didn’t have time to help Zhao Shiying make preserved eggs in the morning, but she could in the afternoon.
So these days I buy eggs in the morning and make preserved eggs in the afternoon.
I'm busy, but I don't have much time to rest.
It’s time to make preserved eggs in the afternoon.
"The pine leaves are gone." Zhao Shimin shouted.
"Okay, I'll go to the mountain to pick some. You guys check if the eggs are dry first and do what you can do." After saying this, Wang Ronghua went out with a backpack.
Zhao Shimin boiled water to cook tea leaves together with pine needles, and reserved the water for later use.
Quicklime was melted with boiling water, but Wang Ronghua had told her to do it when she came back.
In fact, it is very simple to make Songhua eggs. Wash the duck eggs with strong liquor and dry them. Just dissolve quicklime in the filtered tea, stir evenly, pour in plant ash and salt, mix well, wrap the duck eggs, wrap them all around, and then wrap them with a layer of bran. Finally, seal them in a jar and ferment for a month. Then open the jar, take out the duck eggs, dry them for two days, and you can eat them.
"Sister, the eggs are dry." Zhao Shiying picked up the egg and looked at it.
"Okay, got it. Come and help." Zhao Shimin shouted.
After Wang Ronghua comes back, we can start wrapping the duck eggs in fifteen minutes.
Every time she made duck eggs, Zhao Shiying would ask Wang Ronghua to mark the date on the ceramic jar. Of course, it was quite a waste of paper, as she would stick a piece of paper with the date it was made on so that it would be easier to distinguish them.
"Nannan, there are not many people raising ducks here, and duck eggs are limited, but there are plenty of chicken eggs. Every household raises chickens. It would be great if chicken eggs could also be used to make preserved eggs. It would be cheaper and easier to collect." Wang Ronghua said as he wrapped the duck eggs with the mixed yellow mud.
"Eggs?" Zhao Shiying frowned. Yes, why didn't she think of this question?
Few people raise ducks, but every household raises a few chickens. Relatively speaking, it is easier to collect eggs from them.
"Mom, actually eggs can also be used to make preserved eggs. How about this, you can collect a batch of eggs and we can try to make them. Or should we use this method and try it?" Zhao Shiying suggested.
"Yes, mother, duck eggs are fine, and chicken eggs are definitely fine too, why don't we give it a try?" Zhao Shimin nodded in agreement.
"Okay, let's do as you say." Wang Ronghua nodded.
"But mother, when making preserved eggs, we don't need to use wood ash to make preserved eggs. Let's try using lime. Then add some Houttuynia cordata leaves and boil them together with tea and pine leaves. The tea will be slightly different, but the other methods are basically the same." Zhao Shiying said.
"Okay, got it. I'll go get the eggs tomorrow morning," Wang Ronghua said with a smile.
In fact, after they collect the eggs, they have to select them one by one at night, and only the good ones can be used to make preserved eggs and preserved eggs.
The three of them were covered in mud for the entire afternoon and didn't finish until it was almost dark.
"We made a lot today. Several large vats are full." Zhao Shimin stood up and stretched. Ouch! I'm so tired.
"That's right. I've been sitting for the whole afternoon and my butt is sore." Zhao Shiying pouted.
If it weren't for the few ounces of silver, she wouldn't do it. It's too tiring.
"You guys are tired after doing such a small amount of work. This is just the beginning! It's already very good to be able to sit and work. Look at your father and the villagers working under the sun. That's tiring, especially in the summer. The sweat pours into the soil like it's free, but you can't see it at all." Wang Ronghua said with a smile.
"Hahaha...Mom, you are right. If you want to talk about being tired, only men like daddy are tired." Zhao Shimin said.
"That's not necessarily true. Working like my father makes him physically tired, and studying like my brothers makes him mentally tired. But I have to use my hands and my brain to do this, so my whole body is tired. I am twice as tired. I am the most tired person in the family." Zhao Shiying said.
“Hahaha…” Wang Ronghua and Zhao Shimin were amused.
I've never seen a little baby who likes to gild himself so much.
She also said she was tired and didn't do two jobs at the end of the day.
"Yes, yes, our girl is the most tired. Tomorrow, ask your father to buy you something delicious at the market as a reward." Wang Ronghua said with a smile.
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The next day, Wang Ronghua really collected a lot of eggs. Zhao Guocheng also bought a lot of duck eggs and chicken eggs after returning from delivering the goods. The eggs were directly collected in a backpack.
Now the three of them will be busy again in the afternoon.
Washing eggs in the morning was Zhao Shiying and Zhao Shimin's job.
Only when it was almost done did Zhao Shimin go to help Wang Ronghua light the fire and cook.
The money was soon spent as a large number of eggs were collected every day.
If you buy more eggs at one time, you will get a discount.
After this calculation, there were actually quite a few extra eggs, and the jars and pottery jars took up most of the room.
In the blink of an eye, it is October 15th, the time for private school to be closed.
Zhao Shisheng and Zhao Shihui returned home.
Tietou and Jinbao can go home every day, so they don't have any special feelings about going home, but Zhao Shisheng and Zhao Shihui can only go home once a month, so they are particularly happy to go home.
"Mom, sister, little sister, we are back." Zhao Shihui is always the most lively person.
"I'm glad you're back." Wang Ronghua walked out with a smile.
Then she saw someone who surprised her.
"Yueshan? When did you come back?" Wang Ronghua looked at Wang Yueshan in surprise.
"Yue Shan just came back yesterday, and the children happened to be on holiday. I said that my family was building a workshop, so I came to take a look." Zhao Guocheng said with a smile as he drove in with a ox cart.
"So that's how it is. How many days of vacation does Yue Shan have?" Wang Ronghua asked.
"This time I plan to stay at home for five days and then go to the county after five days." Wang Yueshan said with a smile.
"Well, that's rare. We finally have so many days of vacation. You will go to Beijing to take the exam next year, and they both have to take the exam too. So we will go together." Wang Ronghua said with a smile.
"Yes, if my uncle hadn't broken his leg that year, he wouldn't have missed the exam that year. Otherwise, he would have been the top scorer." Zhao Shisheng said regretfully.
“That doesn’t necessarily mean he’s the top scorer. Maybe he just barely made it in. There’s also the possibility that he failed. Besides, no one can tell what the accidents might be. We can only accept it calmly.” Wang Yueshan smiled.
The accident that year was more likely man-made than accident, but he hasn't found any clues until now. But he won't give up.
How could what happened back then be such a coincidence?
He was full of ambition to enter the examination room, but his leg was broken the day before the exam.
Fortunately, he was sent to the hospital in time, gave up the exam, and focused on treatment, thus saving his leg. However, it is impossible to just let it go.
He kept wondering if he had gotten in the way of someone, which was why that person was behind this.
The purpose is to prevent him from taking the special examination and getting the top three.