Because they arrived late and there were so many people, Xiao Qian and Aunt Rong decided to make a soup pot for everyone.
The servants in the kitchen and Mrs. Fang washed and chopped the cabbage brought from the city, while Mrs. Qian and Aunt Rong chopped the bones and cooked them in a big pot, adding various spices to it.
Man Bao and the others were sitting outside talking at first. After smelling the aroma, they couldn't help but find their way into the big kitchen. It happened that Zhou Lijun and several brothers were dragging the cut branches back. As soon as they smelled the aroma, they said: "I'll go and give it to you."
Auntie, help me, you can drag it up the mountain yourself."
Zhou Liwei couldn't help but complain, "Second sister, are you using your skills to help, or are you going to cause trouble? You're not as good as me."
"Shut up, I can't cook or wash vegetables?"
"Where are the dishes to be washed right now?"
Zhou Lijun had already left them and ran away. Zhou Lizhong reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go. Don't even think about being lazy."
In fact, there are quite a lot of dishes to wash in the kitchen.
When Xiao Qian and others came to the capital from Qili Village, they brought a lot of soaked bamboo shoots and dried vegetables.
There is still a lot left at this moment. In addition to the cabbage that was stored in the cellar some time ago, Xiao Qian also stored the cucumbers sent from Baijia Zhuangzi.
The cucumbers that were taken out were almost the same as fresh ones except that they were softer when cut into pieces. The fragrance even became more intense, so it was not bad at all.
Even Mrs. Liu was surprised. They were all stored in vats and processed in the same way, but the cucumbers saved by Xiao Qian were fresher, more tender and not easy to spoil than those saved by Aunt Rong.
As for the soup pot, you still need more vegetables.
They took out these dried vegetables, soaked them and washed them. They also washed and sliced cucumbers, soaked some dried yam slices, washed and sliced the lotus roots they bought before...
If time didn't allow it, Xiao Qian would also like to make some tofu or make some bean sprouts.
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but said to He Lijun, who was sitting on a small stool washing vegetables: "I asked, there is no stone mill in the village, and our family will have to prepare a stone mill to make tofu in the future.
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Man Bao said: "Just buy one."
Xiao Qian was confused, "But it's too wasteful to only use it at home. This is not in our village. I make tofu every day for use in the store or for takeout. This is what I eat at home."
Bai Shan thought for a while and then said, "We can build a shed next to our house and make the ground stronger so that people in the village can use it. This will not only make it lively, but also make it easier for brothers and sisters to blend in with everyone."
Bai Shan immediately confronted Jun Dao: "Buy one."
Lijun washed the soaked dried vegetables and picked them up, and said: "Sister-in-law, you have no say in this matter. You have to ask grandpa. Now grandpa has to check my account twice a day."
Although she still holds the money and account books, Lao Zhou will ask once in the morning who paid the money from her, and once in the evening how much money was spent today...
Yin You, who curiously broke off the mud on the lotus root, couldn't help but ask: "Is stone grinding expensive?"
Man Bao nodded, "It's valuable. The stone material is better. It's estimated to cost about 800 yuan in Luojiang County. I don't know how much it costs here."
Zhou Lijun also nodded, "My sister-in-law wanted to buy one for my eldest aunt in the store, but my grandfather thought it was expensive."
Yin may be a little confused. Is eight hundred coins expensive?
Bai Erlang saw him peeling off the mud on the lotus root and was about to cut off the head with a knife and wash it. He quickly stopped him with "Oh, oh!" and said: "Wash it first before cutting the head, otherwise the dirty water will flow into it.
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Mrs. Fang had just finished breaking up the cabbage. When she turned around, she saw a few people washing such a small amount of vegetables and making the ground wet. She couldn't help but waved them away, "You are not here to help, you are just here to cause trouble. Get out quickly."
Get out, I have to clean up the kitchen for you later."
The maid and mother-in-law, who had been keeping their heads down and cleaning things honestly, did not dare to speak, but in fact they thought so in their hearts.
Man Bao handed the washed cucumber to Bai Shan and watched him cut the cucumber with a few clanging knives. He said to Fang, "We washed it very clean."
Mrs. Fang looked at the two-finger-wide cucumber cut by Bai Shan and remained silent. If it was cut like this, they would not be allowed to cut it again for a while?
Bai Shan has tried his best to control the cutting as thin as possible, but in the past this kind of thing was done by Daji. He would only light a fire at most, but...
He said in a serious tone: "Sister-in-law Fourth, it will be comfortable to eat some large pieces of cucumber."
Fang asked: "How long does it take to boil this before it's cooked?"
Bai Shan: "You can also eat it raw."
Yin Or looked at the pile of cucumbers with a confused expression and whispered, "I think the cooked ones taste better."
Man Bao said directly: "I don't like to eat cucumbers, I like to eat lotus roots."
Lao Zhoutou came in from the outside with a big winter melon in his arms, put it directly on the ground, and said to a group of people in the room: "This is a gift from the mayor. Let's wash and cut it together. I also invited the mayor to come over for dinner."
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Although they are already familiar with each other, they are foreigners after all, and they must have good relations with the villagers and village chiefs here.
There are too many villagers, so we should first establish a good relationship with the village chief.
Mrs. Fang responded on behalf of everyone, and then as soon as her father-in-law left, she forcefully kicked out all the teenagers in the kitchen.
Man Bao immediately washed his hands and went out with everyone, and then sighed: "It will probably take another two to three quarters to eat, I'm really hungry."
Bai Shan also sighed, "Fortunately we had an extra breakfast in the morning, otherwise we would be even hungrier."
Bai Erlang nodded along with Man Bao, deeply convinced.
Yin or:......
Since they were not allowed to help in the kitchen and there was no need for them to chop wood on the mountain, they decided to set the table.
With so many people, it is of course impossible to eat at the same table.
There was a table for adults and a table for teenagers like them.
Even Daji and the others set up two tables in the side room.
When Xiao Qian finished boiling the soup base, Fang and the others also cut all the vegetables and meat.
Everyone brought it to the table and started eating it while hot and talking.
This is the first time that Yin Hui has eaten such a soup pot. Because of his illness, he always eats exquisite food. Sometimes, in order to accommodate him, his family often eats lighter food.
He knew that his grandmother often asked the kitchen to cook big meat for her. Because of this, he didn't even like to eat with his family.
If you have a meal with him, all eight of you except him will have to have another meal. Why bother? It's better for him to eat by himself. They are comfortable and so is he.
Man Bao sat on the chair. When he saw Changshou and Xu An standing aside with their hands down, he waved and said, "You and Daji can go down to eat. Yin or we will take care of them."
Changshou and Xu An looked at Yin Or.
Yin Hui came back to his senses and nodded slightly, "You go ahead."
Changshou pulled Xu An, bowed and stepped back.
Bai Shan also took good care of Yin You, first serving him a bowl of soup to warm his stomach. Bai Erlang couldn't help pouting when he saw that the two of them were so considerate to him but seemed to not see him.
He put the bowl between Bai Shan and Zhou Man. They raised their heads and looked at him inexplicably, "What are you doing?"