Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 134: Growing Peas and Beans

The next morning, the two went to pick pine cones in the pine forest near their home. They did this for three consecutive days, setting out to the pine forest in the morning and returning home to rest at night.

That night at dinner, Xu Han said, "The peas haven't been planted yet! Let's plant them tomorrow! If we plant them now, they will be ready for harvest next spring."

"Okay, peas are easier to grow, and we can finish them tomorrow."

The next day, after breakfast, the two men took the corn, tools and pea seeds and went to plant peas.

Lu Chuan first tied a sled to the corn and let it pull the plow to loosen the soil so that he could plant peas later.

Xu Han followed behind where the field was, using a hoe to dig a deep trench, then threw the peas in and covered it with soil.

After Lu Chuan had prepared all the necessary land, Xu Han had already dug one-fifth of it. Lu Chuan took the hoe from Xu Han and continued to dig ditches.

Xu Han took the pea seeds and started to sow them. The pea seeds can be planted a little densely so that they will not fall over easily, but of course they cannot be too dense.

At noon, the two went home to have lunch, rested for a while, and then continued to plant peas.

Because peas mature relatively early, the two of them planted more, planting four acres of land at once, so they are sure to harvest a lot!

By the time the sun went down, all the peas had been planted.

Let's plant some broad beans tomorrow. They are also delicious. In the previous life, Grandma Xu Han would plant a lot of broad beans every year. She would plant some at the edge of the fields or by the river, and the harvest was very good.

After returning home, Xu Han went to cook dinner while Lu Chuan was throwing stones at the pine cones outside.

The first batch of pine cones have been dried in the sun for a few days. Although they are not completely dry yet, the two of them will process some of them whenever they have time, because there is no place to dry the second batch of pine cones!

The yard is already full of drying space and there is no more space, so I will wait and dry the ones in the space after I finish processing this batch.

Let's keep it simple for dinner today! Xu Han fried some chili scrambled eggs, and also made a dish of cabbage stewed with tofu, paired with porridge and steamed buns, and a delicious home-cooked meal was ready.

After the two of them finished dinner together, Lu Chuan covered the pine cones that were drying outside with oilcloth to avoid the trouble of taking them back and forth to dry.

He also filled two backpacks and took them to the main room to smash pine cones.

Use stones to smash the pine cones, then sift out the large shells, and the small shells can be winnowed out with a winnowing basket.

The remaining pine cone shells can be cleaned up with a little bit of picking. I have to say this method is much faster than before.

However, some skills are needed when smashing pine cones. The pine nuts must not be smashed to pieces, and all the pine nuts inside the pine cones must be removed.

It is really not easy to eat pine nuts. I have tried all kinds of methods day after day, and this method is the fastest.

But it is easy to miss the pine nuts, so it is better to peel them by hand. No wonder pine nuts were so expensive in the past life, they were all hard-earned money!

After peeling for a while, the two of them cleaned up together, picking up the big shells first, and dealing with the remaining smashed pine cones tomorrow morning.

The next morning, after breakfast, Lu Chuan went to winnow pine nuts first, while Xu Han went to feed the livestock.

After finishing the housework, I picked up my tools and went to plant broad beans.

Today, Lu Chuan was responsible for digging holes in the front, and Xu Han followed behind to throw seeds. In order to ensure the germination rate, four or five broad bean seeds were thrown into one hole. After throwing them, they used their feet to cover the soil.

One was digging holes and the other was sowing seeds. The planting speed was quite fast. More than one acre of land was planted in the morning, and they continued planting after lunch.

Another day of planting went on, and before I knew it, another day had passed.

In a blink of an eye, the next day arrived. Today Xu Han stayed at home to deal with pine cones, while Lu Chuan went to the earthen kiln to take out the second batch of charcoal. After putting it away, Xu Han went to collect it at noon.

After a few days of hard work, half of the first batch of pine cones have been processed, and a lot of pine nuts have been harvested.

However, I haven't had time to fry pine nuts recently, and even if I did, I haven't had time to eat them leisurely.

Apart from roasting a few fresh pine cones on the fire when they were just picked, Xu Han and Lu Chuan have never eaten them yet!

Such delicious food should be enjoyed slowly when you have some free time. There is no need to rush. There are so many of them! It is enough to last for a long time.

Xu Han took out the pine cones from the space and placed them in the yard to dry.

When he thought the time was about right, he went to the earthen kiln and brought back the charcoal.

When they arrived, Lu Chuan was already cleaning up the charcoal slag, and Xu Han put the prepared charcoal into the space.

After Lu Chuan cleaned up the last bit of charcoal slag, they went home together.

When they got home, they went to the kitchen together to make lunch.

Xu Han took out tomatoes from the space and planned to make a dish of tomato and egg noodles.

This is very simple and will be completed in a short while. During lunch, Lu Chuan said, "This winter is getting colder earlier than before. I guess it will snow soon."

"Look, it was sunny in the morning! Now it's cloudy again. It must be raining soon." Xu Han continued.

"Yes! It hasn't rained for several days. After dinner, I will go outside to chop the dry firewood and bring it in, so that we won't have no firewood to burn when it rains." Lu Chuan continued.

After that, the two of them ate quickly. In the afternoon, Lu Chuan went to chop firewood while Xu Han continued to smash pine cones.

When it was time for dinner, Xu Han took out the hot pot side dishes from the space and planned to eat hot pot tonight.

After the food was ready, the two of them ate in the kitchen. Xu Han took a large piece of tripe and put it in the hot pot to boil. They ate the boiled tripe directly without any sauce. It was full of the flavor of the beef fat in the pot. It was very fragrant and satisfying in one bite.

Lu Chuan also followed Xu Han's example and boiled the tripe. Both of them were carnivores, so most of the food they ate in the hotpot was meat.

After a satisfying dinner, the two decided not to continue smashing pine cones and to rest early today.

A night of love...

The next day, when Xu Han got up, the sky was still gloomy, but it didn't rain. It was probably going to rain soon, so the two people who had originally planned to go to the mountains had to postpone their trip and set off in a few days.

If it rains on the way, not only will we not be able to do any work, but we will also get wet in the rain. We will definitely get sick if we get wet in the rain in the middle of winter.

He could only wait at home for the rain to stop before going out. Lu Chuan continued to sort the firewood and filled the woodshed up.

The two men piled the firewood outside into a pile and covered it with oilcloth to prevent it from getting wet by the rain.

The firewood outside was only half piled up when it started to rain.