My husband and I both have a grandmother who lives in our hometown in the countryside. Our grandmother is an expert with strong hands-on ability and skillful cooking!

I once traveled west along National Highway 19 and passed an ancient village called Cuanxia. This complex word reads "cuan", here is a small mountain village built on the mountain. Walking up the stone steps of this small mountain village, you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains, which is a good place for relaxing and sightseeing on weekends.

Seeing such a small mountain village, I can't help but recall my hometown in rural Shandong where I went back when I was a child. There are also many small courtyards. There is a big tree at the head of the village. Under the big tree, many old ladies sit on futons and do some manual work. At the same time, they also had a short chat with their parents, Li Jia, and exchanged experiences in making all kinds of dried vegetables and pickles.

At that time, almost all the old ladies looked the same: moon white gown, black trousers, a small black hat, and all the hair was combed back with a hair clasp. There is also an emerald on the black hat (where were there so many emeralds then? It may also be green plastic). They all have amazing skills: they can make clothes, hats, shoes and socks; Will pickle a large jar of various pickles; Can make "changed eggs" (preserved eggs); Can cook sausages, bacon, preserved fish and salted dried fish.

In Cuanxia village, we bought some dried beans and dried gourd strips, and took them home to stew the meat. It was really delicious. I bought another futon and put it in the living room to practice cross-legged meditation. Eating dried beans and burning meat at the dining table, my husband came up with a sentence: under the big locust tree under the mattress, if some old ladies sat on the futon and flew needles, they would have the artistic conception of childhood-it turned out that he also had such a deep memory!

So we separately recalled all kinds of food that grandma and grandma would cook when we went back to their respective grandma's house, and we couldn't help but sigh: Women were so strong that they could cook anything! Nowadays, women almost don't have to do it. Clothes and food have been commercialized, and convenience is convenient, but the safety of food and the taste of life seem to be lacking a little.

I would like to pay tribute to my grandmothers who have passed away! Now female friends, what skills do you have to share with us!