However, due to insufficient soil fertility, the yield of rice, wheat, and other fine grains is still very low. Everyone can only rely on coarse grains to fill their stomachs. As for fine grains, it is really difficult to buy them.
In this era, ammonium sulfate and urea were available, but they had to be imported from abroad at a high cost. In the first year, 300,000 tons were imported, in the second year, 400,000 tons were imported, in the third year, 600,000 tons were imported, and in the fourth year, 800,000 tons were imported.
million tons, and in the fourth year, 940,000 tons were imported.
However, for the entire flower-growing country, 940,000 tons of land is simply not enough for such a large planting area, and many places cannot apply for fertilizer at all.
Especially in a mountain village like Ping'an Village with limited information and blocked roads, you don't know when the fertilizer will come, let alone when to apply.
So if you want to eat refined grains every meal, it is still unrealistic, but it is good to eat whole grains to fill your stomach. After all, there are many places out there that cannot fill your stomach at all.
"Xiaoshu, why are you so depressed?" Seeing Zhou Xiaoshu walking aside without saying a word, Song Xi asked with concern.
"That day, I heard my dad telling the village chief that he was going to attend a blind date party. What is this blind date party for? Is it for getting a wife? Are we going to have a stepmother?" Zhou Xiaoshu asked in confusion.
Song Xi knew the worry in his heart, raised her hand and put it on his shoulder, and said earnestly, "Xiaoshu, your father is only in his thirties. When he is young and vigorous, it is normal to have the idea of marrying a wife.
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"Don't have any psychological pressure. Even if your father really marries you a stepmother, don't have any worries. You are thirteen years old this year and you are a tall boy. Your stepmother can
Can she bully you? Besides, if your stepmother really bullies you, your father and she will not be eligible to receive dividends in the future. Does she dare to bully you? I can guarantee you that not only does she not dare to bully you, she will also coax you.
You guys, I'm afraid you might be a little unhappy and go to the village chief to report them."
"Of course, if you don't want to live with your stepmother, you and Xiaohua can move out. The village has recently built a house outside the village in the direction of Mulberry Village. You can buy a house from the village chief, and you and Xiaohua can live together.
One thing is that you and Xiaohua will soon go to the commune to attend junior high school. You can buy a courtyard near the junior high school, so that it will be very convenient for you to study."
Hearing this, Zhou Xiaoshu's eyes really lit up. It seems that he is still a little afraid of stepmothers. Yes, most stepmothers in this era are vicious. There are many people who beat the children in front of them to death. The reason why Ping An Village is now
No, it’s because the village rules are suppressing me!
No matter how tall Zhou Xiaoshu grows, he is still only a thirteen-year-old child, and his sister is only eleven years old. He is not worried about himself, but also worried about his sister, fearing that his stepmother will use those terrible tricks on her.
"Little aunt, how much does it cost to buy the house you mentioned?" Zhou Xiaoshu is really interested in buying a house and moving out. No matter who the stepmother is, whether she is a nice person or not, he doesn't want to live with her.
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Out of sight out of mind.
"A 150-square-meter house costs 200 yuan. If you really want to buy it, go directly to the village chief to talk about it later. Tell the outside world that you borrowed the money from me and you earn it yourself.
You have hidden all the money, don’t let anyone know, otherwise your father will mistakenly think that you have hidden the money, and he may torture you!"
If Zhou Xiaoshu's father knew that Zhou Xiaoshu and Zhou Xiaohua had saved so much money in the past three years, they would definitely try their best to get the money. Due to the pressure of village regulations, he would not dare to make a big fuss, but he could make small moves to distract the two children.
ah!
"Okay, I understand, thank you, little aunt." Zhou Xiaoshu nodded, turned around and ran to the village chief's house, fearing that if he went late, the house would be gone.
Seeing the anxious look of the two children, Song Xi shook her head helplessly. Seeing that the door was unlocked and knowing that Zhou Yi was at home, she opened the door and walked in, "Brother Yi, I'm back."
Zhou Yi was weeding in the vegetable garden. When he saw his wife coming back, a bright smile bloomed on his face, "Daughter-in-law, was the movie good?"
"It's good to watch. When there is nothing else to do after the cat winter, I'll invite Brother Yi to watch a movie." Song Xi turned around and locked the courtyard door and went directly to the roof of the supermarket to catch a shelduck. "Brother Yi, let's eat in an iron pot tonight.
Braised shelduck.”
There are so many things raised on the roof of the supermarket, and now they are multiplying more and more. But so far, Song Xi has only sold rabbits, such as shelducks, mountain doves, teal, and water birds. They are all in good condition.
I keep them, but I haven't sold one yet.
But rabbits and shelducks breed too fast. She has moved the rabbits and shelducks weighing twenty kilograms to the underground garage. The rabbits and shelducks placed in the underground garage seem to have entered a state of dormancy.
It will continue to grow.
"Okay, if my wife wants to eat it, I'll make it for her." Zhou Yi pinched a handful of green onions in the vegetable garden, dug out a ginger plant, and picked a few peppers, then came out and put the fat in Song Xi's hands.
The strong duck was caught.
Zhou Yi took out a bowl from the kitchen house, placed the bowl on the edge of the vegetable garden, then held the duck with its legs, held the duck's head with one hand, and held a knife in the other hand, gently touching the duck's neck.
As soon as it was touched, duck blood suddenly spurted out and dripped into the lowered bowl.
Duck blood is a very delicious thing, duck blood vermicelli, duck blood hot pot..., but it is rare to eat authentic duck blood in modern times!
After the duck's blood was soaked clean, Zhou Yi stuffed the duck's neck into its wings, placed the duck on the edge of the well, took the duck's blood back to the stove, sprinkled a few drops of salt into it, stirred it with chopsticks, and put it away.
Set aside, and then go boil water.
After the water is almost cooked, Zhou Yi first soaks the duck in cold water to soak its whole body. Then he adds salt, edible alkali, vinegar, etc. to the hot water. Adding these substances can make the duck feathers easier to pull out.
Lose.
Finally, after pouring hot water all over the duck's body several times, he began to pluck the duck's feathers. Zhou Yi had long been used to it, and now he felt very comfortable handling these things!
The shelduck and its internal organs were all disposed of in no time.
Song Xi made duck blood vermicelli, and Zhou Yi made stewed shelduck in an iron pot. When stewing the duck, he put a lot of water into it. After it became a thick soup, he added lotus root cubes, lettuce, and soaked hair.
Clean dried bamboo shoots, tea tree mushrooms, winter melon, pickled radish, yam, red dates and kelp.
Once the vegetables are stewed together, there is no need to cook them separately.
Zhou Yi went to call Zhou Zhongguo over, and the three of them started to have dinner. The dishes were duck blood vermicelli soup and duck stewed in an iron pot. The staple food was corn steamed buns, which were golden and very beautiful.