Fang Nuo didn't expect that there was a barefoot doctor in his village, so he asked, "There is a barefoot doctor in our village. Why haven't I heard of it?"
"Well, it's not the trouble now. That old man is an old villager in our village. He is a traditional Chinese medicine doctor passed down from his family. After the chaos started outside two years ago, he stopped going out and dug short holes in the mountains next to our village. Usually, unless people from our village go there, he won’t show medicinal herbs,” Aunt Dahua said.
"That's it, then I know it this time, thank you aunt for telling me," Fang Nuo said
She knew that after the chaos outside in the past few years, some smart people would hide. Maybe the old man didn't want to go out because he was afraid of getting into trouble.
"By the way Xiaonuo, it's the 18th day of the Western Moon in two days. We will have soybean paste here today. Do you want soybean paste at your house?" asked Aunt Dahua.
"I want to make soybean paste, but I didn't get any soybean paste at home last year. Auntie, do you know who in the village can get some? I'll go get some when the time comes. The small vat in the yard is enough for me. Half a vat is enough for me. "When Fang Nuo heard Aunt Dahua mention it, he remembered that he had forgotten about Dajiang.
When she traveled back in time, it was the 13th day of February in the Gregorian calendar. The sauce here was made on the 8th, 18th and 28th of the Western lunar month, which means miso.
"I have a lot of soy sauce cubes at home. You don't have much now. I will give you two cubes and it will be enough." Aunt Dahua said
"Then I'll trade it with you for other things," Fang Nuo replied.
"Just two pieces of sauce are not worth much. I gave them to you. You don't need to bring me anything," said Aunt Dahua.
"Then how can I get your stuff for free? A lot of beans are used in it. If you don't accept it, then I'll find someone else to exchange it for," Fang Nuo said.
"Okay, okay, you're the only girl who knows so well. Just bring me some of the pickle dumplings and kimchi you made when the time comes," Aunt Dahua said.
"Okay, I will also make a kind of watermelon jam. When it is ready, I will give you some," Fang Nuo said.
"Can"
The two stayed in the house for a while, and after Yaya fell asleep, they went out to take a look and found that the woodshed over there was already being finished.
Two of the three people were building the roof, and one person was working on the bottom.
The hay and bamboo she cut back have been made into straw rafts. Now they are pressing them one by one on the roof, from bottom to top, and finally reinforcing the top so that the rainwater can flow down. If you do it, there will be no leakage under the shed.
Fang Nuo thought that they were almost done and there were still a lot of melons in his backyard, so he took the basket and went to the backyard with Aunt Dahua to pick a few melons, planning to give them two or three portions to take back to eat.
When they came back from picking the melons, the three of them had finished their work and were sitting in the yard to rest.
"It's done. You three have worked really hard these past two days. I picked some melons. You will each take two away in a while." Fang Nuo said as he put the basket on the table.
Then he went back to the house to get money and paid them the wages. At first, the three of them were unwilling to accept it.
"Sister-in-law, you gave us two meals today, and you gave us watermelon, and now you're giving us melon to take back. You don't have to pay us today's wages," one of them said
"How can that be done? We all have our own decisions. I cooked the two meals for you myself because I wanted you to have enough food to work hard. The watermelons and melons are both grown in my own yard. It's not worth it. What's the money? Just accept this salary so that if something happens to my family next time, I'll ask you to help me," Fang Nuo said.
Aunt Dahua also advised: "Your sister-in-law is a kind-hearted person. If you meet her in the future and she needs help, just lend a hand and accept the salary obediently."
In the end, the three of them accepted their wages, thanked Fang Nuo, and then got up and left.
After sending the three people away, Aunt Dahua and Fang Nuo cleaned up the underside of the shed. When they saw that there was nothing more that needed help, Aunt Dahua left her house.
Fang Nuoben also offered to pick some melons for her, but Aunt Dahua refused, fearing that she would pick them, so she walked a lot faster.
Aunt Dahua brought the sauce cubes to Fang Nuo early the next day. Not long after she got up, she was steaming egg custard for her in the kitchen with Yaya on her back.
"Xiao Nuo, I brought you some sauce cubes. Do you know how to make sauce?" Aunt Dahua asked.
"Sister-in-law, I know how to do it. Just wait, I'll get some pickles for you and some pickles." Fang Nuo turned around and saw Aunt Dahua bringing things, and said with a smile.
"No hurry, are you steaming eggs for Yaya?" Seeing that she was still busy, Aunt Dahua asked her to finish her work first.
"I've already steamed it. It'll take a while. Don't worry about it now," Fang Nuo said.
She walked to the cupboard and was about to get two bowls to put the dishes in. Aunt Dahua said she had brought the bowls.
Taking the bowl, she went to the kitchen wall, opened the jar of pickle dumplings, and fished out a dozen pickle dumplings. She was about to fish out more, but Aunt Dahua quickly stopped her and said, "That's enough, Xiao Nuo, you keep some for yourself."
"Auntie, I pickle this stuff a lot, but this is not much," Fang Nuo said.
"That's enough, don't we have kimchi?" Aunt Dahua said
Later, she got a large bowl of kimchi for Aunt Dahua. She didn't stay at Fang Nuo's house too long. She said that the two men at home were waiting for her to go back to cook breakfast, so she went back with her things.
Fang Nuo waited until the egg custard was steamed and cooled down before putting Yaya down and feeding her the egg custard.
After feeding the egg custard, she went to close the courtyard door, put the space cot in the courtyard, and put Yaya inside to play by herself. The parasol was held for her so that the child could not get the sun.
Yaya played by herself on the small bed with the hair ball that would scratch on the umbrella, and soon fell asleep from exhaustion.
Fang Nuo fetched water, broke the ginger pieces and soaked them, then scrubbed them clean. After washing them twice, he spread them out in a dustpan and dried the surface moisture in the sun.
After the sauce cubes were dried, she washed her hands and carried Yaya back to the house to sleep. She also lay on the kang for an hour before coming out to turn over the sauce cubes.
After drying all the water on the surface of the ginger pieces for a while, push them out of the washed and dried jar, pour all the sauce pieces into it, pour in appropriate salt, and then add space water.
The ratio was one pound of sauce, six ounces of salt, and five pounds of water. After adding more than half of the water in the jar, she took out the rake and put it at the bottom of the jar. After stirring it for a few times, she took out the prepared red cloth and rubber bands and put it in the jar. Cover the mouth with a rubber band, and then let it dry in the sun.
When the doenjang begins to rise, start raking it every morning and evening to skim off the black foam on it. After a month, the doenjang is ready to eat.
At that time, you can also divide some doenjang out, put some cucumbers, cowpeas, peppers, etc. in a cloth bag, add the sauce inside, and it will also be a delicious dish.
After making the miso, she thought about soaking the soybeans to make watermelon jam.
But before she could take out the soybeans, Yaya woke up in the room. She didn't hear any crying, but she shouted a few times.
She washed her hands and went into the house. Yaya had already rolled out of the quilt. She hurriedly picked her up and said, "I'm awake, why did you get out? I just learned to roll over and I'm restless. If I accidentally roll to the ground, But it will be very painful, and my mother will also feel uncomfortable.”
