In the evening, the villagers went to the river to fetch water and buried pots for cooking.
Several government officials drank the bland and tasteless chrysanthemum water handed over by Yan Laoer and marveled at it.
"Your method of burying pots is exactly the same as that of the army. Who did you learn it from?"
Yan Laoer thought of his brother, but he turned around and said: "It was passed down from the older generation, who knows which one it is."
The older yamen servant said: "This method will work if the weather is warm, but when it gets cold here, you won't be able to dig out the soil."
Several government officials laughed.
It seemed like I heard some great joke.
Yan Laoer:......
We are not stupid either.
"It will take a day to finish measuring the land. Let's go to Xiqiao Town to rest at night," said the Yamen servant.
Yan Laoer asked: "We will deal with it at noon. Why don't we have a serious meal here tonight?"
Several government officials smiled and shook their heads. They refused to stay no matter what, and insisted on leaving.
A group of disaster victims who are eating relief food, how dare they take advantage of other people's food.
"Yan Er, do you need bricks and stones to build your house?"
Yan Er: "Use it! I'm worried that I have no other way. Let me show you the way."
"Haha, you said it. In our quarry, you really can't buy it without an acquaintance to introduce it. In the past few years, the old man has been watching the first six buildings to build the border wall, and he pulls out the stones one by one.
Not much.
However, there are no whole pieces. The chipped scraps can still be sold privately. It saves money compared to using bricks. There is a brick-making shop next to the West Bridge. They don’t produce many bricks. If you want to order, you have to call early.
call."
"Okay, I'll go there early tomorrow morning," Yan Laoer said.
"Just say that I was introduced by Mr. Li from the fast class."
"Thank you bro."
The government officials pointed out the locations of the quarry and brick factory to him, then rode away.
Yan Laoer sent the government officials away and ran back to cook.
He really wanted to keep those government officials to eat, but they didn't want to eat.
The fish that Qi Si helped net in the river were all taken away by Sister-in-law Qi... Well, let's make a "whole fish feast" today.
Braise two pieces, steam one piece and stew it into soup.
As soon as the fragrant rice comes out of the pot, your stomach is pounding.
Steaming river fish is the fastest. Cut the fish body with a knife, marinate it for half a quarter of an hour, stuff the fish belly with wild ginger slices, cut some dry wild onions, and steam it for more than a quarter of an hour.
Don’t waste the wild ginger in your stomach, so continue to shred it and sprinkle it on the fish.
Lao Yan only had soy sauce in his hand, so he poured a little bit of it on top of the hot oil and simmered it on the shredded green onion and ginger.
With the remaining oil here, put the two fishes that have been cut with a knife and rubbed with salt into the pot one by one, and fry them on both sides.
Dried wild ginger and wild onions continued to appear, but Yan Laoer felt that the only flaw was that he had no garlic on hand...
I have to say, this is a pity for the two braised fish.
As soon as the soy sauce and vinegar are poured in, the color of the fish becomes better and the smell of the vinegar is quite domineering and floats far away, causing everyone around to look over.
Pour water until the fish is covered.
After the water boiled, Yan Laoer did not turn down the heat and kept the soup on high heat.
Don't worry, his brother, his wife, and their three children are all sitting around the small square table in his house, waiting eagerly.
At this time, the last fish, which has been treated with salt and pepper, is marinated, washed again, and set aside to dry.
While waiting, Yan Laoer sprinkled salt on the two braised fishes and quickly turned them over to let the soup soak into the fish bodies more evenly. After a while, the two braised fishes came out of the pot with a full aroma.
Pour the thick sauce from the pot over the fish.
Together with the steamed fish, it was placed on the Yan family's small dining table.
Yan Yu served everyone food.
Just keep waiting.
Yan Laoer has already washed the pot, wiped it clean, and started frying the fish.
After both sides are golden brown, turn the water from high to low.
Don’t rush the fish soup, just simmer it slowly for a while.
After he also squeezed into the dining table, Lao Yan said calmly: "Eat."
The family was already hungry. Yan Yu's face was buried in the bowl, and her chopsticks jumped between steamed fish and braised fish.
The latter was more favored by her.
Feed her uncle, feed her father, feed her mother...
This kept Yan Yu busy and also gave him some food.
The eldest brother and eldest sister didn't use her, so they both made more bowls themselves.
When making rice, time passes very quickly. After a while, the fish soup is ready.
The milky white fish soup filled the last gap in their stomachs.
No one can afford to eat four fish in one meal.
Coyotito moved forward hopelessly, sniffling constantly.
Lady Cui stood up and pinched her waist, and Dagouzi quickly dragged his embarrassing brother back.
Cui Langzhong chewed the dried meat carefully, took another sip of porridge, and kept nodding.
Lady Cui thought he was eating deliciously, and she didn’t want to come closer and hear him talking to himself:
"The fish soup is good, Yan Er can make it."
He thought that Yan Er seemed to be just that, he was always smiling and playful, and he was quite caring, so he would take care of food for his wife.
Lady Cui misunderstood, thinking that he disliked her and was trying to save trouble, so she only made porridge.
"You are not satisfied with eating dried meat, you are crazy!" She snatched the remaining dried meat from Cui Langzhong's hand, stuffed a big gulp into her mouth, chewed hard without spitting it out, and puffed out her cheeks for a long time.
Just swallowed it...
Cui Langzhong:......
What's going on?!
However, Ms. Cui was a typical cut-throat person, so she waited until the Yan family finished eating, then shamelessly took the dried meat and discussed with Yan Er to exchange for some fish soup.
Yan Er: "What do you want to change it for? There is still half a pot left. Which of us sisters will follow the other? Sister, hurry up and get it."
The brother and sister argued for a long time, but in the end Yan Laoer won and poured a big bowl for the Cui family.
What was left was given to the Qi family and the Luo family on the left and right.
Mrs. Cui turned around and gave her a piece of ginger.
The next day Mrs. Qi gave Li Xuemei two wild duck eggs that she found in the reeds by the river.
…
Yan Laoer asked other people, except for his family, everyone wanted to save some money to build earthen houses to deal with the winter.
Calculating the money on hand, each family has enough money to build a brick house, but after building a house, the money on hand will have to go to several taels, and they, who have always been frugal, are reluctant to part with it.
On the contrary, the Qi family, which has always lived a tight life, this time followed the Yan family's example in making generous arrangements.
I also plan to order some bricks and stones to build a house.
The three brothers discussed it quickly.
The Qi family's wife was silent throughout the whole process, just listening to her three stupid sons make the fastest decision using the stupidest method.
Qi Dadao: "Yan Er said we have to plant vegetables quickly."
Qi Wudao: "We still have to find good wood to build beams for the house. Brother Yan's house also needs it."
Qi Si thought about it seriously and said: "It will take us a few days to smash the adobe bricks. We are busy here and can't care about that. It's better to build the house quickly so that we can work with Brother Yan at ease."
These words touched the hearts of Qi Da and Qi Wu.
Smashing adobe bricks is not a problem for them, but they are short of time. If Yan Er wants to do something, how can they do it if they can't spare the time? Wouldn't it delay Yan Er's business?
The three brothers thought about it and took the money from their mother.
Mrs. Qi was very pleased.
If her three silly sons knew how to follow Yan Er in the future, she would have nothing to worry about.
You can smile and close your eyes even when you die.