Chapter 39. Harvesting Vegetables

Qiang Wa heard and understood, and turned around to glare at Sui Wa, "You lied to me, didn't you say it was for women?"

Sui Wa said: "It can be used by both men and women. It can be given to men who have difficulty urinating, to women who have just given birth, and to elderly people with diabetic nephropathy. I mean, the medicine I want to prepare is for women who have just given birth."

After listening to this, Qiang Wa poked Sui Wa and said, "You don't understand. Men are willing to spend money on that and earn more money."

Sui Wa pouted, "You don't understand. The hospital is not mine. If I cure a man, I will do it secretly without telling anyone. But if I cure a woman, the news will spread very quickly. You don't know how gossipy women are when they get together."

Uh... this involves Qiangwa’s blind spot in knowledge.

It's still early.

The female comrades who went to the fields to pick vegetables have not returned yet.

The men in the yard had nothing to do for a while.

Go help in the fields?
All kidding aside, mature men know to stay away from social events with a group of ladies.

You said so, right? It’s Mr. Zhang, the boy who was drafted into the army.

I have some free time.

Sui Wa and Liu Yang set up the table and chatted while eating boiled peanuts.

Even though they are in the same city, they haven't seen each other for a long time. One is busy working and taking care of children, while the other is busy being a bootlicker.

Taking this opportunity, Sui Wa and Liu Yang took a look at the inside story of the pharmaceutical factory.

New doctor, now is the time to pursue progress. Learning more relevant gossip will always come in handy.

As these two people were chatting, the others couldn't understand what they were saying anymore.

What about the correlation between medicinal properties and origin, the difference in effects caused by different quality of the same medicine in animal experiments, the effect of thick and thin slices on water content during processing, the alkaloids, the active ingredient of Corydalis yanhusuo, are insoluble in water, and adding acid can release the ingredients, and so on.

Qiangwa was the first to retreat and went to find Luo Yihang's father Luo Cheng.

It was still early, just past nine o'clock, and the father and son planned to go to the mountain to cast a few clubs and hide away to cook.

Luo Yihang originally wanted to learn, but as the two people spoke more and more professional terms and mixed in some jargon, he could no longer understand them. He got up and went to the kitchen to tidy up and prepare to make lunch.

……

In the room.

There were a lot of things piled against the wall at the kitchen door.

It seems that none of them came empty-handed.

But you can tell he left in a hurry. He must have come in to put his things down and ran straight to the vegetable garden.

Only Sui Wa, Qiang Wa and Luo Cheng were left, and the three uncles didn't care about anything.

Luo Yihang went over to check and found a pile of things, including a box of milk, two barrels of oil, and a box of apples as gifts. They were so polite, so they must have been brought by Teacher Zhang and his wife.

Next to it was a large bag filled with many bottles and jars, including light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine, vinegar, and oyster sauce, all in bottles of more than two liters. There were also large bags of salt, large bags of sugar, and small bags of condiments such as pepper, aniseed, tsaoko, and cinnamon.

One of the bags was opened, and there was a bag of cooked edamame left inside. It seemed that it was originally filled with edamame.

Peanuts are being eaten in the yard.

There were two boxes of beer and a box of orange juice under the bag.

Don't ask, this must have been pulled up by Qiangwa. He knew it was inconvenient to buy these things on the mountain.

Open the beer and orange juice and put them in the refrigerator on ice. Also put the edamame in the refrigerator.

The other seasonings were brought into the kitchen, and when they came in, they saw two basins sitting in the sink, one filled with beef and the other filled with pork ribs, both soaked in bloody water.

There was a leg of lamb hanging above the pool.

The lamb legs and beef should have been suggested by Sui Wa. She called last time and said she wanted to bring the lamb legs for roasting.

The ribs were frozen in the refrigerator at home.

It should be eaten at noon.

That's it.

Whole tomato beef stew.

Luo Yihang tied on an apron and rolled up his sleeves.

Pour out the blood from the beef, rinse it twice, take it out, put it on the chopping board and cut it into large pieces, blanch it in cold water and skim off the foam, then take it out and wash it with warm water.

While the beef is draining, chop the onions, smash the garlic and mince the ginger.

Then heat the oil in a pan, and when the oil is hot, add the green onion, ginger, garlic, and peppercorns. Stir-fry the pan.

When the aroma comes out, pour the beef in and stir-fry.

Stir-fry a few times, put the pressure cooker on, add enough water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat.

After the beef was harvested, the ribs were harvested. When the work was almost done, the vegetable pickers returned.

Zhang Guiqin was in the middle like an old Buddha, with Su Jing and Zhang Yue on both sides. Each of the three of them carried a small basket.

Poor teacher Zhang Yue followed behind with a big backpack on his back. This strong man is really capable!
There were three men left in the room, Sui Wa, Liu Yang and Luo Yihang, who all went out when they heard the noise.

Suiwa was the closest, and she stood up and said, "Auntie, you're back."

Go straight to your wife.

Luo Yihang is behind him, we can’t snatch the opportunity to perform from his own son.

The small basket didn't contain many things, and when he took it, Su Jing took away the biggest eggplant to show off.

"Look, there are eggplants today. I picked them."

"Okay, okay, I'll make you minced meat and eggplant for lunch."

The couple kissed me and I went to talk in private.

Then Luo Yihang naturally went straight to his mother.

Liu Yang hesitated for a while, stood up and saw that the person carrying the basket was someone else's wife, so he didn't dare to do anything.

I had to go around behind Teacher Zhang Yue and shout, "One, two, three, up!" to rescue the poor coolie.

Who would have thought that he was such an ungrateful person? He thanked Liu Yang and ran off to find his wife.

……

Ping'angou in mid-April is full of spring colors.

Today is also a good day, the weather is great and the sun is high in the sky.

It was still a bit cool in the morning, but after being exposed to the sun for a few hours, the coolness in the air has dissipated, leaving only freshness and warmth.

There were also gusts of gentle mountain breeze blowing, neither too cold nor too hot, it was so comfortable.

A group of people, each with a small chair, set up a stall in the yard.

The women's army went on the expedition and reaped a rich harvest.

There is a pile of tomatoes, a pile of cucumbers, and a pile of celery. These three are put aside.

I also harvested four eggplants, six or seven tender lettuces, a bunch of leeks, a few carrots, and a handful of spring spinach.

The eggplants were planted early this year and it was a warm winter, so we have the harvest now.

Luo Yihang’s family didn’t grow leeks, but his grandmother’s vegetable garden on the lower floor had two rows of leeks planted in it.

Because they were close, they were also covered by the spirit gathering array.

After setting up the stalls, the women soldiers felt a great sense of accomplishment as they looked at the red and green fruits all over the ground, all of which were picked by hand.

I started ordering food with great interest.

Tomatoes to stew beef.

A dish of stir-fried leeks and eggs, carrots with shredded pork, tender lettuce with pork ribs, Su Jing ordered eggplant with minced meat, cucumber as a cold dish, and spinach for soup.

Everything was arranged clearly in an instant.

As for who does it?

Two are married, one is attached, and there are three young men here, so there is no need to worry about who will cook.

Liu Yang: …

It was just a simple matter of tidying up, resting my legs, and chatting, and while chatting we talked about Ding Xiaoman.

Zhang Guiqin complained, "This little cat runs out every day, doesn't eat, and doesn't come back. He's going to become a wild cat."

Then he looked up and saw that it was still early, so he called out, "Girls, are you tired? Didn't Yue say she wanted to go see the flowers? Let's go."

The topic changed so smoothly.

The old lady was very good. She had called all her daughters in the morning.

Su Jing and Zhang Yue said, "Auntie, I'm not tired."

She immediately put on her small bag, put on her beautiful hat, fixed her hair and put on makeup, and looked very excited.

One of them has been taking care of the child since she gave birth, and the other has been recuperating since she was transferred here not long ago. Today, they finally got to go out and don’t have to take the child with them. It was really an outing.

While packing, Zhang Yue complained to her husband: "I asked you to bring your camera but you didn't. There are some beautiful magnolia trees at the entrance of the village. There are white magnolias and purple magnolias."

Zhang Yue, what else can you say? Just take the blame.

(End of this chapter)