Transmigrated into the fat wife of the future prime minister

Chapter 241 Spicy Cabbage

Back in modern times, Xu Qingmeng loved making all sorts of pickled vegetables.

The radish peel I made today isn't too salty, and it's very refreshing to eat on its own. Xu Qingmeng herself really likes it.

Next, Xu Qingmeng prepared to make kimchi; her favorite was spicy cabbage.

There are actually many ways to make kimchi, such as Sichuan kimchi, traditional Korean kimchi, and Northeastern-style kimchi, but she still prefers the traditional Korean kimchi.

However, compared to the other methods, the traditional approach is still relatively more complicated.

Xinting has already prepared the cabbage. She rinsed the outside clean, but didn't wash the inside. She just needs to wash it thoroughly when rinsing it after pickling.

Make a cut about seven or eight centimeters deep at the base, then break it in half. This ensures that no leaves are cut into pieces and that each leaf remains intact.

Then make another cut at the base, but don't cut all the way through. This will prevent the leaves from wrapping together too tightly, making it easier to sprinkle salt at the base of the leaves.

Xu Qingmeng had already asked someone to buy the coarse salt specifically for pickling vegetables. Then, she put the prepared cabbage in a large basin and started sprinkling salt on it. Here, she had to break apart each cabbage leaf and sprinkle the salt on the root of the cabbage.

After processing the cabbage, the next step is to prepare the brine. We'll be using coarse salt, and you'll need to stir constantly with chopsticks until all the salt dissolves in the water.

Then, starting from the roots, slowly pour in the water, as the roots will have more salt, until all the cabbages are submerged in the salt water. Then, weigh the cabbages down with stones and let them soak overnight.

The next morning, Xu Qingmeng woke up thinking about the cabbage she had pickled the day before. After a night, the cabbage had shriveled up quite a bit.

Xu Qingmeng instructed the servants to take out the cabbages and wash them thoroughly with water, making sure that every leaf was separated and washed clean. Then, they wrung out the cabbages and placed them in a basin for later use.

Then she started preparing the marinade. Fortunately, Xu Qingmeng was lucky. When she went to the market today, she bought apples, pears, chives, white radishes, and celery for pickling kimchi. Madam He kept saying that this prefectural city was indeed a prefectural city, and there was nothing she couldn't buy.

Peel the apples and pears, cut them into small pieces, remove the cores, and finally add the onions. Chop all of these into small pieces.

Ginger and garlic were chopped into small pieces, and Xu Qingmeng also chopped shrimp into small pieces. They were put into a large bowl, stirred, and then chili powder was added and stirred into a paste.

Add shredded white radish and scallions, and cut chives and celery into 5-6 cm lengths.

Take an appropriate amount of glutinous rice flour, add an appropriate amount of water and an appropriate amount of white sugar, stir well, pour into a pot, cook over low heat, stirring constantly until it becomes a translucent paste, then turn off the heat, pour in a bowl of cold water, stir a few times and let it cool for later use.

After the glutinous rice paste has cooled completely, add the chives and celery to the chili powder, stir well, then pour in the glutinous rice paste and mix well.

Next, turn each leaf of the cabbage over and evenly spread the mixed chili powder onto the cabbage stalks and leaves, layer by layer. When you're done spreading the chili powder, tuck the leaves together and twist them to make sure the cabbage is tightly wrapped together and not loose.

After all the cabbages were prepared, they were placed in a jar and sealed. There were also some white radishes left, which Xu Qingmeng did not waste. She cut the radishes into cubes, added chili powder marinade, mixed well, and let them sit for a few days before eating.

After doing all this, Mrs. He was still quite looking forward to it. However, the weather was bad today; it was gloomy all day long. Not long after Gu Yunyi and the others returned, snowflakes began to fall.

The Gu family's house was located near the main street, where pedestrians hurried by. Many children opened their doors, excitedly spinning around and shouting, "It's snowing! It's snowing!"

Then he ran out of the yard, called his best friend, and began to look forward to when the snowflakes would cover the ground so they could build a snowman. This is why children like winter.

Yun Sheng, who had been in a rather indifferent mood, immediately perked up.

Without waiting for the people behind her, she saw Xu Qingmeng running over quickly: "Sister-in-law, I want to build a snowman too."

Xu Qingmeng pinched her cheek and said, "Not yet. Look, the snow on the ground hasn't piled up yet."

Regardless of whether it was true or not, Yun Sheng was still very excited, and had even started planning in her mind the team to build a snowman tomorrow.

She, Yunmo, the older brother and sister of the Li family, actually had her eye on Xiaoyuanbao, but she didn't know if Xiaoyuanbao could go out, mainly because Xiaoyuanbao was still quite young.

Yun Sheng was having a wonderful daydream. She was even talking to Xu Qingmeng about piling this and piling that, and she even asked Xiao Yuanbao if he could go out.

Xu Qingmeng listened quietly from the side, but did not say anything.

Gu Yunyi came in later and, listening to Yun Sheng talking non-stop, said, "Tomorrow, you have to go to your teacher's house to study. By the time you come back from school, the snow will have already melted."

Gu Yunyi's jarring remark immediately caused Yun Sheng's face to fall.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and wash your hands and eat, it's getting dark."

After the Laba Festival, the atmosphere of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger. Xu Qingmeng gave birth to a baby this year, and the baby is still quite young. She will definitely not be returning to Quan County this year. However, after the baby was born, Gu Yunyi had already sent a letter to the Xu family. However, since babies in Quan County do not have a full moon celebration or anything like that, there is only a 100-day celebration.

Madam He asked Xu Qingmeng if she wanted someone to send her something, since it was her first New Year after marrying into the Gu family, and she was a little disappointed that she couldn't go home after the New Year.

Xu Qingmeng said that when people from Jinxiuxuan come, he can take them back with him.

Before coming to the prefectural city, I had already made an appointment with Liu Zhigang to come once a month. However, when Xu Qingmeng left, she ordered two kinds of pastries in advance and asked them to launch a new product every month. She should be coming around the end of the year.

Seeing that Xu Qingmeng had already made up her mind, Madam He didn't ask any further questions.

As night fell, the snow fell heavier and heavier, and the house grew colder and colder. Madam He instructed everyone to use the charcoal braziers in each room, as it was too cold to be frugal at this time.

Everyone agreed, and after they had all tidied up, they went back to rest. However, before resting, Xu Qingmeng sent someone to the workshop to tell them to use the charcoal braziers as needed and not to let them get cold.

The next morning, the world was covered in silver and white.