Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 132 Spicy Cabbage

After taking a shower, the two of them lit the brazier with the charcoal they had just made, and gathered around the brazier to start eating today's dinner.

Lu Chuan was not afraid of the cold, but Xu Han was used to staying in air-conditioned rooms in her previous life, so she still felt very cold when she came here.

"Tomorrow I will chop the remaining cabbage and put it in the cellar, and then make some spicy cabbage as a meal." Xu Han said.

"Yes! All right, you clean up the house first, and we will go to the mountains to stay for a few days the day after tomorrow."

"Yeah! I understand."

The next morning, Lu Chuan went to the earth kiln early, while Xu Han slept in. The main work today was related to cabbage, which could be done quickly.

Xu Han first went to cut down all the remaining cabbages in the field, then broke off some of the leaves and threw them into the backyard to feed the chickens, ducks and geese.

After everything is done, start preparing the ingredients needed to make kimchi.

First, wash appropriate amounts of apples, pears, garlic and ginger, set them aside to dry and remove surface moisture, otherwise the pickled kimchi will easily go bad.

Then they started to process the cabbages that had just been harvested from the fields.

Break off the old leaves of the cabbage, cut it in half, and then divide it into four. Don't make the pieces too big, otherwise they will not be flavorful.

After processing all the cabbages, put them in a wooden basin, sprinkle with an appropriate amount of salt, and leave them for a while before pickling them at night. This will fully kill the moisture in the cabbages.

After everything was done, Xu Han put the freshly washed ingredients into the millstone to grind them. Because there was a lot of pickled kimchi, a lot of ingredients were needed, but fortunately there was corn to help pull the millstone.

After grinding, it was already lunch time. There was no need to deliver lunch to Lu Chuan today. When Lu Chuan left, Xu Han had already packed it for him in an insulated lunch box.

Xu Han was no longer in a hurry and slowly processed the remaining ingredients.

Put the ground ingredients into the space for storage and take them out when needed.

Then Xu Han went on to roast the peppers and grind them into fine pepper powder and coarse pepper powder.

I got some extra this time and will keep it for use next time I need it, so I don't have to grind it every time I need it, which is quite troublesome.

To grind chili powder, Xu Han used the small grinding wheel in the space, which he had bought before for making tofu.

Because the peppers are quite spicy, it is difficult to clean them with a large stone mill, so I used this small one this time. In the future, I will use the small millstone to grind spices.

You need to grind this small millstone yourself. Fortunately, it is not big and does not require much effort.

After grinding for a while, Xu Han felt hungry, so she took out food from the space and had lunch.

After lunch, I continued grinding until all the peppers were ground. Then I put them into different small jars so that they can be used directly next time.

I stood up and walked around to relax my arms. Although it didn't require much effort, I would still get tired if I did it too much.

Take advantage of this time to take out everything you can from the space! Make more space for the new things you can put in the mountains tomorrow.

First, I put the charcoal that had just been burned yesterday into the woodshed, directly filling up one-third of the space.

Then I went to the cellar and stored the cabbage I had cut in the morning. The temperature in the cellar was low, so the cabbage could be stored for a long time!

There are now a lot of potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbages, radishes and other dry goods piled up in the cellar.

Xu Han moved all the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the warehouse into the cellar, and then put various pickles, salted eggs, fruit wine and the like into the warehouse.

Then move out the shelves that Lu Chuan had made earlier, put the jars at the bottom, and stack all the dry goods on the top of the shelves, and reorganize them.

This shelf was what Xu Han asked Lu Chuan to make around the warehouse. There is also a row of them in the cellar, all for storing things.

After reorganizing, a lot of space was indeed freed up. Xu Han went to the cellar again and reorganized it. A lot of space was freed up again.

All the food that is not used frequently is placed in the cellar, while the pickles and dried vegetables that are frequently used are placed in the warehouse. Of course, a lot of dried vegetables are left in the cellar.

After cleaning up, Xu Han took out several kinds of food from the space, two bags of each, and put them in the warehouse. He also covered the entrance to the cellar.

It's better to be more careful in everything, just in case there is an accident! Fortunately, when Mr. Lu built the cellar, the entrance was very hidden, and it was not easy to find if you were not an expert.

After finishing, Xu Han also tidied up the previous woodshed, which has now been converted into a warehouse.

Now not only a lot of space is freed up, but also a lot of space in the two warehouses and cellars. It turns out that the house still needs to be organized.

Fortunately, Xu Han had space to help, so she didn't need to put things in place herself, otherwise how could she have gotten everything sorted out in such a short time.

Well! It seems that this golden finger is pretty good.

Xu Han went to the backyard and washed three or four baskets of potatoes and two baskets of sweet potatoes. She would cook them all soon so that she could eat them directly when she went out or feed them to the dogs.

After washing, Xu Han saw that it was getting late and went to deliver food to Lu Chuan.

When they arrived at the place, he handed the meal to Lu Chuan and gave him a pottery jar of hot water and tea. "I left a message saying that I have work to do at home and I'm leaving first." He turned around and walked home.

Lu Chuan was left with a confused look on his face, still wondering if he had done anything to upset his wife.

Xu Han didn't think too much about it. She hadn't cooked the potatoes and sweet potatoes yet! She hadn't pickled the kimchi yet! But it was getting dark soon, so she was a little anxious.

When I got home, I first poured the potatoes and sweet potatoes into the pot and cooked them in two iron pots together. After adding firewood, I stopped asking and started pickling kimchi.

Before making spicy cabbage, you need to prepare glutinous rice paste! Xu Han took out the glutinous rice flour she had bought from the warehouse, added an appropriate amount of water, poured it into the remaining pot, lit the fire and started making paste.

After it’s done, pour it into the chili powder, then add the ground ginger, apples, pears, etc. and mix well.

After mixing, set aside for later use. Wash the cabbage pickled in the morning with water, squeeze out the water, and start applying the sauce.

When applying the sauce, make sure to apply it evenly and cover every part. Also, peel off the cabbage leaves one by one and apply the sauce to all areas.

It was not until eleven o'clock in the middle of the night that Xu Han finished cooking all the kimchi. She stacked them neatly in a large jar that had been prepared in advance, sealed them, and placed the jar in the warehouse.