Chapter 2 Vegetarian Meatballs
[Countdown to life: 15 days, 14:31:11 seconds...]
Gu Xiang raised his eyes silently, his eyes flashed through the system interface - one meal per person can provide about 1 food spot, which is one hour of life.
She felt a little relieved.
If you cook three meals a day, as long as eight diners are satisfied, they can barely achieve balance of income and expenditure, which is much better than she imagined. She almost thought she would have to be busy in front of the stove all day long.
If this is the case, cooking will really become an irresistible task.
Gu Xiang is only grateful for the opportunities for rebirth brought by the system and will not complain about the hard work. But what's wrong with making this process happy and getting life while gaining happiness?
Looking back, seeing that my grandfather and the others were all enjoying themselves, they were licking their bowls carefully. They couldn't help but smile. A trace of satisfaction couldn't help but feel a little satisfied and hurriedly scooped the soup for them.
The soup was specially saved when cooking porridge last night. I added a little wild vegetables, a little shrimp skin, and a little soup.
Before Gu Xiang came, she made the soup with chicken feet, pork bones, and other ingredients. She made three large pots and placed them in the system space to keep them fresh. She liked them all very much. At this time, it was like a killer. Just adding a little to make a pot of wild vegetable soup extremely delicious.
The bowl was slightly moved, and the flavor of the soup suddenly exploded, which was much more domineering than the dish ball just now. Even the aunt who liked to say a few words during meals was gone for a while. With the only gentleness she had in her life, she sipped in small sips.
A mouthful of soup exploded on the tip of the tongue, and the hard work and sweat all morning seemed to have become a little gentler.
Mr. Gu was so happy that he smacked his lips and sighed: "My old woman is really unlucky. At this time, he took Erniang, Silang and Wulang back to his parents' home to visit relatives."
Uncle Gu rolled his eyes secretly. If his mother was there, she wouldn't have had such good food.
Gu Xiang's craftsmanship has improved greatly. Uncle Gu and Gu Maoshi all felt that it was because the old lady Gu who used to be the master was not here.
With Mrs. Gu, Gu Xiang can only fight, so how can he have the chance to take the stove?
Although it was just an ordinary meal of wild vegetables and noodles, the Gu family and the others were all full, and they seemed to have greater strength after eating.
The close force worker looked at Gu Laoshi's family's red face, and his eyes were so envious that he turned red.
The sun is so fierce.
Gu Xiang took care of the family and had dinner. He looked up at the messy construction site, sat down on the spot and picked up a dead branch, and outlined it on the ground.
Before Gu’s mother finished drinking Jiang’s soup, she saw that her daughter’s ears were covered with sweat and she felt distressed: “Sanniang, go home and rest quickly. It’s hard to keep it better. It hurts so much if the sun is damaged.”
Grandpa Gu and Father Gu came to their senses and quickly called Gu Xiang home.
The Gu family is not considered a poor family in Guzhuang. After all, there are a few acres of land, so of course they are not considered affluent. However, Gu Xiang has been born weak since childhood. Her father Gu Laoshi is famous for his wife and children, commonly known as Yu Nei. She has not gone to work much since she was a child. She has good skin. The girls in the village are not as white as hers, and she looks like the daughter of a wealthy family.
Not only was she born white, but Gu Xiang also had excellent facial features, not the same as her parents' mediocrity. Since she was thirteen years old, she had to dress up as Guanyin at temple fairs every year in the village. Even the county magistrate Wang from the capital, he would like to praise the Guanyin in Guzhuang who dressed the best and was the most divine.
Jiang often said that the girl was too spoiled, but she felt very proud. Now that her daughter is old enough to kiss her, she refused to let the girl do stupid work.
Unfortunately, there have been countless natural disasters in recent years, and it is difficult to make your belly full. Gu Laoshi and his wife love their daughter no matter how much they love their daughter, but they still watched her become more haggard and more embarrassed every day. However, this girl is stubborn and secretly saves her food rations and supplies them to the Li family next door. Jiang is really anxious about this.
After finally seeing her daughter recovering in recent days, she looked happy and looked a little more careful.
Gu Xiang responded, but his subordinates kept saying that she was not as talented as a person in mathematics. However, she had just finished the college entrance examination before and went to a prestigious university. At this time, she was the time when she had the richest knowledge reserves. She was still studying science and had participated in mathematics competitions, competitions for the sake of scholarships, etc. She won a lot of awards of various types.
Now she simply calculates and helps the Gu family improve their efficiency slightly, which is not difficult.
After a while, Gu Xiang looked up and smiled, "Uncle, Dad, you change your position, Daddy, come and dig river mud, uncle, go and move the stones, grandpa, don't be the next one, just push the cart, uncle, you can go forward fifteen and a half steps, mom..."
The Gu family was at a loss and let Gu Xiang fiddle with her for a long time, and then she said seriously: "Grandma, you are too slow to do your work. I will give you a regular schedule, hundreds of taels, thousands or twenty thousand yuan, but I can't say that the reward for one tael of silver in the county can be considered."
Several laborers around who were eating slowly and laughed at the sound of the meal: "Hahahaha, Gu Hushi, this girl is really interesting."
"Isn't this child just because his spleen and stomach are a little weak, and he has no problems? I think this brain has a lot of problems."
"What are you doing?"
Gu Laoshi was angry.
He actually didn't believe that his family had the opportunity to compete for the rewards given by the county.
Since he can remember, he has often heard that the court has been pursuing strong labor and often granted various rewards. It has been a thousand acres of fertile land for a long time, and it is a hundred cents at a low price. It is said that it was an old example of Empress Rongde in the past. Of course, no matter how I heard of it, I would never dare to think about it.
Those who dare to think about the rewards must be big families in the county, with dozens or hundreds of Ding Haonu under their command.
It’s just that if you don’t believe it, others will laugh at him as a girl, but it won’t work.
The Gu family is inevitably inseparable from some conflicts in private, but they are always united externally. Moreover, the most rigid Mrs. Gu is not here at this time, and the others are much more sleek and casual. Gu Xiang asked them to make changes step by step, which is not a problem. Even if they disagree, they are willing to do it in order to take care of their children's face.
The day before, the work was not outstanding, and Gu Dashi and the others felt a little awkward to be restrained.
Early the next morning, Gu Xiang got up before dawn and worked in the kitchen for half an hour. He only used wild vegetables, kudzu root, mixed noodles, tofu and mushrooms, and a little bit of sauce to make a pot of meatballs full of meaty aroma.
I found some corn and cooked it. The corn was rough, but she polished it carefully and added a little sugar to stir it to enhance the flavor. The heat was well controlled and it boiled it out, which was very sweet.
After getting started working, Gu Xiang made an agreement with his grandfather, uncle and others that he would "enforce orders" today. Whoever does not make any mistakes in a cup of tea, add an extra ball and a spoonful of corn rice when eating.
As soon as the fragrant meatballs appeared on the side of the road, the Gu family was so confused that they were all confused. No matter what Gu Xiang said, they only nodded and agreed, and they were all full of energy.
Not to mention, after Gu Xiang taught him step by step for a few days, the Gu family's working speed has accelerated a lot. If they continue to do this, they may be able to finish the chores they have assigned in less than a month. Even if they dare not compete with those big families, they may have hope to compete for the rewards from the county.
Seeing that the county reward was in sight, there was no need to tempt and urge this time, and the whole family also kept Gu Xiang's explanation in mind.
The sun is still fierce.
After a whole day of work, Gu Laoshi sat on the haystack along the mountain, took a bite of the vegetarian meatball that was full of elasticity and tasted the same as meat, squinted his eyes and sighed, feeling satisfied.
[Countdown: 13 days 18:50 pm... 13 days 20:52 pm...]
Gu Xiang didn't feel sad when he saw the countdown for his life for the first time. Her father Gu Laoshi only added more than three hours to her life for a meal alone, and she was quite satisfied.
Chapter completed!