Manju and the others were busy taking out the bamboo slats that had been brought into the house at night, placing them in the backyard, turning over the starch blocks on them, and waiting for the sun to come out.
Then I poured the starch water that had settled overnight last night into the top water, replaced it with clean water and soaked it.
After the sweet potatoes from the front have been ground, we start shaking the pulp by hand to pass through the sweet potato residue.
Song Qiu looked at them one by one and saw that everything was fine. After Du Chuanfu came back from shopping for vegetables and brought over the portions of vegetables and meat for the workshop and the breakfast buns for Old Yuan, he got on the mule cart and went to the inn with him.
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When they arrived at the inn, in the tea shed, Mrs. Wang had already helped Mrs. Chen prepare several trays of buns and steam them, and also cooked a full pot of porridge.
In this cold weather, most passers-by who sit down to rest like to have a bowl of porridge and water, and eat steamed buns and steamed buns to keep them warm.
Because it gets dark earlier, people on the road also start earlier, so before midnight, the tea shed will start to receive guests.
Here at the inn, guests are picked up much earlier than before.
Song Qiu took everyone to have breakfast together, went into the kitchen, looked at today's ingredients, arranged for Wang and Li to prepare the dishes, and personally stewed the lunch soup for Mrs. Yang.
When I came out, I checked my account with Du Chuanfu. Soon, the inn started to accept guests.
When Mrs. Li first arrived, Song Qiu asked her to follow her and learn how to cook her dishes. For the time being, she and Mrs. Wang were still cooking the dishes for the past few days.
Outside, a group of guests came in. Du Chuanfu went up to greet them first, "Guests, please come in. There are seven of you. Come and sit at this big round table. Do you want to drink? This inn has its signature snacks for drinking, fried peanuts and strange-flavored beans.
, pickled radish slices.
Today’s dishes include boiled fish, bean curd fish, hot kidney strips, garlic pork ribs, roasted tofu with fat intestines, kung pao chicken, fried duck with green onion, minced white meat with garlic, stir-fried cabbage, stir-fried yam slices with fungus, cabbage in broth, and chicken
Stewed mushrooms, stewed pork ribs with lotus roots, what do you guys want to order?"
Tao was watching and learning from the side. Soon another guest came in, and he quickly got into the mood and started greeting them like Du Chuanfu did.
Tao Dongping ran in to pass the dishes, and Song Qiu started to arrange them after hearing the names of the dishes.
"First cold and then hot. Serve the white meat with garlic paste first. Serve them both together. Aunt Wang cuts the meat and I mix the seasoning. Aunt Li prepares the base dish for the boiled fish..."
As Song Qiu spoke, he quickly took a large bowl and moved it smoothly on the table where the condiments were placed. He chopped the reserved chives, minced ginger and garlic, and poured them into the bowl one by one, then added a spoonful of soy sauce.
Season with vinegar, chili oil, special peppercorn oil, sesame oil and an appropriate amount of salt, stir evenly and pass it to Wang.
Mrs. Wang arranged the plate, blanched the bean sprouts for the base, cut into evenly thick slices of fat and lean meat, sprinkled a handful of crushed fried peanuts, quickly poured the sauce on it, and it was done.
The food is ready.
Here, Song Qiu heats up the oil in a pot and cooks two boiled fishes together. Add hot water to the stir-fry ingredients and adjust the flavor. Boil the water and put in the fish pieces and bean sprouts and cabbage. Put two large bowls on the stove and put the pot on the stove.
After the base vegetables are cooked, take them out, add the fish fillets, take them out after the fire has expired, and place them on top of the base vegetables.
Wash the pot and heat the oil. Sprinkle the fish fillets with Sichuan peppercorns, dried chili segments, green onions, minced garlic, and sesame seeds. After the oil is hot, quickly pour it on the two bowls of boiled fish. The oil will suddenly sizzle and the fragrance will overflow.
Mrs. Wang started cooking garlic pork ribs in front of another pot.
The boiled fish came out, and Song Qiu made delicious sausage-roasted tofu and duck meat stir-fried with green onions.
The hot dishes are almost ready, and the chicken stewed with mushrooms and lotus root stewed pork ribs that have been stewed for a long time are put into bowls and served.
Mrs. Li has been preparing the dishes, A Ling and Tao Dongping are serving the dishes together, while Zhang Lihua and Tao Xiu'er are taking care of each other.
I'm busy these days, so I have to keep an eye on the fire, otherwise my time will be wasted.
Customers came one after another, some had something to eat and then continued on their way, some took a break, drank two cups of hot tea, and then slowly paid their bills and left.
I was busy until past noon, when I finally had some time to rest.
During this period, naturally he could not neglect the guests staying in the hotel. Song Qiu took the time to prepare the dishes and sent them to the private room first.
He also told Ms. Li that if she knew how to make snacks, she would make two snacks each morning and noon every day and send them to the guests.
Until all the guests were gone, others were busy clearing the tables and washing dishes.
Song Qiu sat down to have a rest. After he had rested, he guessed that Huang Yuanwai was coming soon, so he quickly asked Li to cook some vegetables and the family ate their lunch.
She poured hot water and washed her greasy face.
Mrs. Li prepared the dishes and everyone sat down to eat. There were still guests in the tea tent. Yuan Hua couldn't leave. Yang Dalian and Tao Dongcheng ate quickly and went out to change people in.
Just after lunch, Huang Yuanwai arrived in a carriage.
Song Qiu estimated that he had left town after lunch, but he still had to politely ask if he had eaten.
Huang Yuanwai passed by here last time when he went back to hand over the affairs of Zhuangzi, but he didn't come in to eat. Now he came in for the first time. He looked around and thought it was really good.
He smiled and said: "After eating, I will sit down and try the craftsmanship next time when I leave. Miss Song, are you busy? Shall we go now?"
"Let's go now." After leaving early and returning early, Song Qiu nodded and called Du Chuanfu to drive the mule cart with him.
Huangjia Village is opposite Yanghuai Village, the same distance from Songshan River, which is only seven or eight miles away.
The carriage followed the mule carriage, and it didn't take two-quarters of an hour to arrive.
Song Qiu had already been to Huangjia Village to recycle peppers, and people from Huangjia Village had come to sell sweet potatoes to recycle sweet potatoes. Therefore, as soon as he entered the village chief, Song Qiu met many familiar faces.
The villagers also recognized her, and even more so, Huang Yuanwai, who was sitting on the carriage seat without any fuss because Song Qiu rode in a mule cart.
When they saw the two of them coming to the village together, they were all curious.
But out of curiosity, everyone should say hello as they should.
Song Qiu was embarrassed to be called out by Song Xiaodong's family. The key was that the people calling her were older than her, so she just responded with a smile.
When we arrived at Huang Yuanwai's place, Huang Yuanwai became much more talkative. He was originally from Huangjia Village. Although he had lived in the town since he was a child, his family's land was given to villagers, and he often interacted with them, so it didn't affect him.
Familiar.
"Brother Damin."
"Uncle Qi! Are you always good?"
"Biaozi, you haven't paid your rent for this year yet. Go back and tell your father how long it will take. Don't default on the payment just because we have a good relationship. I will go to your house in person later.
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"Oh? Why are you asking me to come back? I specially brought Miss Song to see the land. No, my son who is doing business in the north plans to take us over to enjoy his old age. He probably won't come back in his lifetime, so I plan to
All the properties here will be disposed of, and everything in the town will be sold, leaving only the village and the land."
"If Miss Song buys it, you will have to ask Miss Song whether to rent this land in the future. I think you all know her too. We'll talk about it later. For now, let's go and have a look. Don't hang around. Uncle Qi
Ah, I’ll talk to you later!”
Huang Yuanwai, the ones on the left and right, kept talking, while Song Qiu listened silently on the mule cart behind.
The people in the village didn't want to follow him at first, but when they heard that Huang Yuanwai said that the land was going to be sold, it was related to the future tenancy of their village, so how could they not care?
Anyway, I had nothing to do, so I followed behind and headed to Lishugou at the end of the village.