"My daughter is so thoughtful. I didn't even notice that your dad said this. Okay, I happen to have that kind of brown sugar at home. I'll bring it over later and make some too."
Xu Qingzhi washed his hands and said, "I'll pack it with you."
Wang Yanmei prepared the two flavors of fillings, filled them in two basins, and started rolling out the bun wrappers.
After a while, Xu Fuqiang also came back from outside. He had just gone to the brick factory to ask about the current price of bricks, and had agreed to go up and buy them today.
Xu Qingzhi thought of the menu the guest had ordered last night and said, "Dad, I'm afraid I can't do it in the morning. I have to pick vegetables. I can't do it alone. By the way, parents, do you know anyone reliable who can help pick vegetables?"
Do you want to cook? There are a lot of dishes today. How much does it cost per day to hire someone?"
"Usually, your dad and I go to do small jobs for others. The normal price is 100 a day, the better one is 120, and the more generous one is 150." Wang Yanmei has already started to roll out a few pieces of skin.<
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"Then how much is appropriate for our family to hire someone to pick vegetables?" Xu Qingzhi asked.
Xu Fuqiang waved his hand, "Don't waste this money. No need to hire anyone. Dad can pick it all."
Xu Qingzhi felt that she came back to provide for her retirement. She was usually very happy picking vegetables, but if it weighed 500 kilograms, she would not be happy!
She casually picked up a piece of bun wrapper, dug out half a spoonful of brown sugar and placed it in the middle. She wrapped it up skillfully with her hands and said, "Dad, you can't finish the five hundred kilograms."
"What, five hundred pounds!" Xu Fuqiang was shocked and stared at his daughter in surprise.
Xu Qingzhi nodded, "Yes, so we can hire a few people today to see if it's suitable. If more and more people buy food later, it will definitely be too busy for just a few people at home."
Small pickings are pleasant, big pickings are harmful to the body.
She wants to support her old age! She doesn’t want to pick so many vegetables!
Xu Fuqiang was still in shock at the five hundred pounds, but Wang Yanmei had already started recommending people with a smile, "Aunt Zhou is a neat person who works hard and doesn't talk nonsense. Let's calculate it as one hundred and twenty pounds a day. It's not stingy."
.There are also a few aunts who play waist drums with my mother. They are also nice people."
"Okay, Mom, you can call them later and ask if they are free and willing to pick vegetables. Let's calculate it as one hundred and two first." A delicate little bun appeared on Xu Qingzhi's hand and was placed on it.
Sprinkle flour on one side to prevent the buns from sticking to the skin.
"Hey, Qingzhi, when did you learn how to make steamed buns? The buns are so beautiful, better than those sold outside." Wang Yanmei asked.
Xu Qingzhi paused, looked at the bun, and some memories of the world of immortality emerged, and then casually said: "I learned it in Zhoucheng."
"I wanted to make steamed buns during the Chinese New Year last year, but you said you couldn't do it, and yet I made them so well." Wang Yanmei said with a smile.
"I didn't know how to do it at that time, but I learned how to do it later." Xu Qingzhi said, skillfully wrapping another brown sugar bun.
Wang Yanmei looked at the buns made by Xu Fuqiang and laughed suddenly, "Qingzhi, look at what your dad made, it's probably a steamed bun."
Xu Qingzhi looked at it and laughed out loud, "Dad, I'll teach you."
"Okay, if I have a daughter to teach me, I'm sure I'll learn it as soon as I'm alone."
Not long after, Xu Zijun also went downstairs and joined the procession of making buns.
After making the buns, it was only half past seven in the morning. You can imagine how early the whole family got up today.
However, Xu Qingzhi found that in the village, most people generally got up early, basically as soon as dawn.
If it's a market day, you have to go before dawn, especially the pork ribs, which are popular. If you go early, you can still get them, but if you go late, you won't be able to get them. At nine o'clock, the market will close.<
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Wang Yanmei put the buns on the steamer to steam, called the sisters she knew one by one, and negotiated about coming to pick vegetables.
Some people haven't had breakfast yet. Wang Yanmei happily said that she had steamed buns at home and came directly to her house for breakfast.
After hanging up the phone, Wang Yanmei said strangely: "Qingzhi, why hasn't your grandpa come yet? You drive up there to look for him. I met him at the market yesterday, and I specifically asked him to come to my house to eat steamed buns this morning."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Dongru walked in from the door.
"Grandpa." Xu Qingzhi and Xu Zijun shouted in unison.
Xu Dongru responded and reached out to take out something from the pocket on his chest. It took him a long time to take it out, "I got up early in the morning and went to the temple to burn incense and pray for peace and blessings for you two siblings.
Mr. Magong wishes you both peace and health."
The peace talisman is a red cloth bag with a piece of paper inside, tied up with a red string, and can be hung around the neck.
When he was a child, Xu Qingzhi and his friends went to play in the mountains and fell.
Her grandpa bought her a peace charm. She didn't understand it at the time, so she went to take out the paper in the bag to see what was written on it. However, her grandpa gave her a scolding, saying that it wouldn't work if she took it out. Xu Qingzhi didn't believe this either, but she naturally respected the old man's belief in Buddhism. Regardless of whether the Peace Talisman could really bless peace, she continued to wear it around her neck with a face full of joy and said: "Thank you, Grandpa.
Tomorrow I will go to the temple to ask for a longevity charm for you."
"How can there be longevity in this world? The emperor who wants to live longer is not dead. Your grandpa and I have lived for more than seventy years. It is enough to have such a good body." Xu Dongru saw that her grandson was still holding it in his hand and knew that he was now young.
People didn't believe this, so they found a place for themselves and said: "You don't need to hang it around your neck, just wear it on your body. I can keep you safe for fourteen days."
It was inconvenient for Xu Zijun to wear it when he went back to school. He had to take it off every time he took a shower, so he put it in his pocket.
When the buns were almost cooked, the aunties who helped pick vegetables also came.
A pot of hot steamed buns is ready.
Everyone started eating steamed buns together.
These brown sugar buns are the best when they are hot. At that time, the dough is still soft, and when you bite into it, some of the hard brown sugar melts inside, and you can take a bite. For those who love sweet buns
, this is simply delicious.
Xu Fuqiang was very happy to eat the sugar buns. The memory filter of the sugar buns and the fact that his daughter-in-law said that his daughter specially mentioned that he loved to eat them made them even more delicious.
Today's meat buns are obviously better than sugar buns.
As soon as the bun is bitten open, the meat and chopped green onion are perfectly blended together, and some oil and water flow out. The skin of the bun is soft, the meat is delicious, and the chopped green onion brings an impact of fragrance.
In addition, most of these steamed buns are beautifully wrapped and look appetizing.
Some people who had breakfast couldn't help but taste a meat bun and said: "Yanmei, your onion-flavored meat buns are so delicious. They are even better than the buns made by the bun seller at the market, huh?"
, it’s so fragrant. I had breakfast here, can I have another one?”
"Let's eat with ease. I make a lot of steamed buns at home, and I'm afraid I won't be able to finish them all." Wang Yanmei said with a smile.