The chefs also specially instructed: "The old and the tender should be eaten!" The old ones are steamed to make snacks, and the tender ones are sold directly as pre-dinner fruits!

The last group of brothers, now from the warehouse, received a bunch of old corn cobs, sat on the edge of the big basin and hummed and sneered at the corn kernels!

It is said that after rubbing, it will be beaten into corn grits and sold as corn ballast!

Therefore, after decades of hard work, once they returned to the pre-liberation period, they were still tenant farmers working for the landlords' families......

Lao Yuan retracted his gaze sluggishly, and was just about to separate the vegetable leaves, when he saw the little boy in front of the chef coming out of the kitchen, who was just a teenager, pinched his orchid finger softly, and gently touched him:

"Xiao Yuan, don't clean up the vegetable leaves first, go to the back to pull peanuts, and let's boil peanuts and sell them as snacks at noon." ”

Lao Yuan: ......

He was very depressed, thinking that although he signed the employment contract, he could not lose the orderly dignity of the elders and children, so he emphasized:

"Just call me Old Yuan, I'm thirty-two years old this Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

Enough to be your uncle.

The little boy glanced at him, and at this moment, one hand crossed his waist and the other hand orchid pointed at him in the void: "Xiao Yuan, you are not very old, and you are very particular...... Hurry up and pull two rows of peanuts, there are not enough people to call two more, halfway through, I mean, before eleven o'clock, hurry up. ”

After thinking about it, he said like coaxing a child: "Do a good job, and leave a bowl for you at noon." ”

Lao Yuan: ......

You want to say that this is humiliating and sarcastic, people's attitude is really true, and even with kindness - this Lao Yuan admits that he will never be mistaken.

But if you want to say it's good intentions - who is so kind of people like that?

But...... As a tenant farmer of the landlord's family, no, a long-term worker, Xiao Yuan was silent for two minutes, and he still took people to pluck peanuts with his head and brains.

……

At half past ten, Lao Yuan finally carried back the two large pots of peanuts, and when he poured them into the pots, the little boy came out again: "Xiao Yuan, don't throw away the peanut leaves, and send them to the livestock shed later, and ask the cow if they eat it? ”

Lao Yuan: ......

He imagined the image for a moment:

Outside the stall, he asked the big-eyed cow, "Do you eat peanuts...... Leaves?"

Cow: "Moo-"

Lao Yuan: "Don't eat, don't eat I'll feed the sheep——"

Cow: "Moo-"

Lao Yuan: "Okay, okay, don't feed the sheep, I'll give it to you-"

Lao Yuan, who came back to his senses, trembled, and squatted down to scrub the peanuts without saying a word.

In order to ensure that there is no mental problem with him, for the sake of insurance, he still does not go to see the cattle and sheep for the time being.

……

The peanuts are full of two large pots, which are covered with mud and soil, which is very difficult to clean, and Lao Yuan only has one arm left, and it is actually a little difficult to stir peanuts with a big stick at this time.

But in half an hour, the Rose Courtyard would be opened, and there were already many customers waiting outside, and everyone was very busy.

On a hot day, the clothes that had just dried were soaked again.

The little boy came out of the kitchen, saw that his beads of sweat the size of beans fell to the ground, and quickly said at this moment: "Xiao Yuan, why are you so honest? ”

Lao Yuan was silent, and then replied: "I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the customer to eat at noon." ”

The little boy stomped his feet: "Oh, you can still eat melon seeds without peanuts, and they can't eat them - you see you're tired, you can't go without rest in the morning, right? I'll come, I'll come—"

As he spoke, he was about to take the stick in Lao Yuan's hand to stir peanuts - just kidding!

Lao Yuan is not a fool, he can't be pretended to be mature and call him Xiao Yuan, he really thinks he is a baby!

Besides, the little boy is only thirteen or fourteen years old, he has not yet reached puberty, and he does not have a beard - this is a real baby!

He wanted to hide, but who knew that the little boy was quick and took away the stick with one hand!

Lao Yuan looked at the palm of his hand and thought in a trance-isn't it that he was too tired from working all morning to be a little unprepared?

Is it so simple to snatch something from him?

As he spoke, the little boy was already holding the wooden stick and stirring it, and the peanuts in the pot were swaying, and a layer of soil fell in three or two strokes. And the little boy didn't hesitate to hold it

The basin was lifted and pumped, and then the basin was held with one hand, and the wooden stick was stuck in the basin with one hand to filter, and the muddy water flowed out again.

To be reasonable, there is nothing wrong with this action - provided that the pot is not so big, the peanuts are not so heavy, and the little boy's movements are not so heavy, if it is light, is it okay? The wooden stick is about as thick as the little boy's arm!

He, Lao Yuan, an iron-clad man, is now crushed by a little boy's strength......

Lao Yuan looked at it and shed lemon tears that were bitter, painful and disgusted with his own incompetence.

……

Lao Yuan is not angry, but the little boy is really working - the ghost may be born with great strength, but the little boy is not.

He followed him in the imperial dining room at that time, and he became the chef's follower, and he had the first taste of what was delicious, and now he ...... Alas, this Xiao Yuan, just don't listen to persuasion, this is not,

I threw the stick and rubbed the peanuts by hand - there was still a little mud on the peanut shells.

But...... How to rub one hand!

The little boy admired Xiao Yuan too much, and he patted Xiao Yuan's arm (the shoulder was not enough): "Xiao Yuan, it's hot, you can rest for a while, I'll rub it!"

They all have a lot of strength, isn't it easy to rub a peanut?

After saying that, he squatted directly to the side of the basin, and the white and tender palms went in to rub it, and it was a bang, and before Lao Yuan could react, he was going to change the water and rinse again.

Lao Yuan: ...... In a trance.

He thought guiltily - he felt that God was the eldest and my second child before, so he was so painful after being disabled, and he always felt that it was difficult to display his ambitions.

Unexpectedly, in this small scenic spot, he was first crushed by the security team, and then a little boy in the back kitchen was stronger than himself-

The frog at the bottom of the well is talking about himself!

It's all like this, what qualifications do you have to think very highly of yourself?!

Look, isn't it not even good to rub a peanut?!

He squatted aside, depressed like a mushroom that had seen the sun, and his eyes were full of frustration.

until the back kitchen door opens.

Lao Yuan: ...... What does it taste like?

He twitched his nose - incense!

It's so fragrant!

The fragrance of rice, the light fragrance of vegetables, the sweet aroma of confectionery, the flavor of meat......

Each aroma is so tempting, and it doesn't feel conflicting at all when mixed together-

At this moment, everyone in the courtyard held their heads high and sniffed the smell in the air.

And the little boy had already brought the peanuts in, and then he came out again and ordered: "Xiao Yuan, arrange for everyone to clean up quickly, we are going to have a meal here, your staff meal is at half past two in the afternoon, in the small courtyard of the farm on the mountain." ”

Lao Yuan: ...... Take another sip!