Chapter 60 Reckoning
In this way, several people took turns several times (although it was very hot and their arms were very tired, but watching Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin working hard in front, Zhao Juan couldn't sit still, so she joined the two), and it took more than an hour to finally stir the two cylinders. In the meantime, Grandpa Chen had already beaten the chili peppers into sauce and poured them into the half jar.
Look at the time, it's not early, Grandpa Chen said to Granny Chen on the side: "Go cook, it's eleven o'clock, do more, I'm tired today." ”
For half a day, Grandpa Chen and Granny Chen sat in the middle of the street, and when they saw that several children were having a good time, they let them go. But it was not too early at this time, so he took his draft hat and walked towards the children.
Xiaoxi looked at the big hand that suddenly appeared, wanting to grab the wooden stick in her hand, her hands couldn't help but clench tighter, and she looked along her arm unhappily, and when she saw that it was her grandfather, she was stunned.
"Okay, when is this time, I'll get it, a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, you guys are just playing, a waste of time. Xiaoxi had to let go, and stood aside unhappily, how could she waste her time, saying that Chen Yubin wasting time was almost the same, saying that she was wasting time, hum! (This is purely a scoundrel's face, and it is not okay for others to tell the facts, hum...... )
Seeing a few people with red faces and red ears and sweating profusely, Grandpa Chen said distressedly: "Xiaoxi, Xiaojuan, Binbin, you go to the middle of the street and stay, I'll just come here." "Really, on such a hot day, I don't know how to wear a straw hat to cover it, what if I have heat stroke.
In fact, with Xiaoxi's beauty-loving temperament and pursuit of fair skin, how could he not take a straw hat to cover the sun, but I was too happy to forget it today. As for those two, they didn't pay attention to it at all, and their fair skin was a bird (but only for now, you Zhao Juan will regret it in the future).
Sure enough, without the three troublemakers, the work process was quite fast, and it only took Grandpa Chen about forty minutes to get it done, just right, Granny Chen also finished the meal and beckoned everyone to eat.
The chili sauce has to be dried to be delicious. Now that the air is clean, at most it is some dust, so Grandpa Chen put a few open jars in the courtyard to dry, and a few people went back to the stove.
There was a pot of fried bacon with sharp peppers and a pot of fried cucumbers with fresh meat on the table, and Granny Chen brought a large pot of sauerkraut porridge that had been dried for a long time. In the summer, I don't have much appetite, so I say that I can cook porridge in a pot, and I can drink two bowls of it.
Granny Chen moved the two pots of vegetables in front of Zhao Juan, and said kindly: "Come, Xiaojuan, eat more, I'm tired of you in the morning." ”
"Ah...... Oh, thank you, auntie. Zhao Juan raised her head in disdain, thanked her, and buried her face in the rice bowl again. She blushed a little when she said it, she didn't help at all in the morning, she played all the time.
Seeing the slightly flushed face and uncomfortable expression, Xiaoxi couldn't help but laugh out loud anymore. There was a small laugh in her ears, although it was very small, but it was still heard by Zhao Juan, who was on alert at this time, and glared at her fiercely, Xiaoxi hurriedly smiled and buried her head in eating.
"Eh, creek, eat vegetables, don't just eat. And Binbin too, you are growing up, you need to eat more meat. Xiaoxi looked at the edge of the bowl where it had just been knocked by her mother-in-law with chopsticks, and said......
Actually, if Xiaoxi is concerned, Granny Chen is a very good person, but she is a little paranoid, and sometimes she can make you half angry. There is also the concept of patriarchy, but it is still very good for the creek. In the past, there were some picks, but they were all poor, but now as long as she thinks of the pile of rice and fruits with half a bracelet, the natural person will be generous, and she didn't hear it, her son and daughter-in-law have made a lot of money outside, and they will buy more things for themselves when they come back. There is also the sanitation part, alas~ deep-rooted, only in the future slowly change.
After eating, several people sat at the big table outside, eating diced pears, which were produced by Xiaoxi's family, with a lot of juice, which was very relieving the heat.
"Xiaoxi, what is this?" Zhao Juan asked curiously as she hooked up a bag of cloth with her index finger.
Xiaoxi glanced at it and explained, "Oh, this...... quickly swallowed the flesh in his mouth, "This is called a mask, and it covers the mouth and nose." ”
"Eh, creek, this mouth...... The hood works quite well, and I can't really smell the choking smell of chili peppers when I put it on. I remembered that I could easily finish the chili sauce in the morning, thanks to this, "By the way, Xiaoxi, where did you learn this mask, I have never seen it before." ”
Well, Granny Chen and Zhao Juan are also very curious about the origin of this strange thing.
"Ah......" Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment when he took the pear's hand, looked around, and saw that everyone except Chen Yubin was looking at him curiously, "Oh...... We saw it when we went to Beijing, and we bought it in many places...... By the way, mother-in-law, you find a few pieces of breathable cloth, and make a few more for grandpa, remember to get a few more layers, my needlework is not good. This mask can block dust, powder and pungent odors, grandpa used this, and the rice noodles will not be full of dust in the nostrils in the future, by the way, you can also get a handkerchief or something like that to wrap your hair, so that there will be no ash on your hair. Remembering the grizzled look of his grandfather every time he came out of the processing room, Xiaoxi suggested.
"Also, if this mask is made thick, it can still block the wind, and you won't be afraid of freezing your face in winter. ”
"Ah...... Really, Creek?" "Although the winter in the south is not as cold as in the north, and the wind is not as bitter as in the north, it is quite strong. Zhao Juan has to suffer a little every year, and her face will be cracked and fine.
Xiaoxi nodded, "You can make a few more when you go home, and when you bring them in winter, you won't be afraid of freezing your face." "Xiaoxi knows the pomp and circumstance of her face every year, even if she rubs baby cream, it doesn't work.
After eating and resting for a while, a few people went back to their rooms to take a nap, and Zhao Juan also went home. In the afternoon, I estimated that the brooks were going to get up, so I came over to eat some grapes, and then took the brook out for a spin. The brook has a hat on this time.
When I came back in the afternoon, the creek saw that the sun was slowly setting, and there was a slight breeze, so I was afraid of blowing the slag into the pepper jar, so I took a few large baskets from the stove and buckled them on the mouth of the jar.
"Alas~" bored, Xiaoxi propped up his head and stared at the earthen wall in a daze. "Alas~" Chen Yubin, who was sitting on the other side, also supported his head with his hand and stared at the table in a daze.
I'm bored, what are you doing, Xiaoxi thinks about what is delicious in the space. "Binbin, I'll go in for a while. "Pointing to your head.
"Hmm~" he replied weakly, and then lay down on the table and pretended to sleep.
Just in case, Xiaoxi entered the room first, carrying a plastic bucket in his hand.
Last year in Beijing, there were a few heavy rains, Xiaoxi also caught crayfish on the street a few times, and threw them into the space at will, but later found that those guys lived quite freely, and reproduced offspring, and then Xiaoxi went to buy some freshwater shrimp, such as prawns, green shrimp, Roche shrimp, and hairy crabs put in the small pools that were separated, and some mandarin fish, Wuchang fish, sea bass and silver carp were put into the big pond (later called the fish pond).
Each canal is separated by a fishing net at intervals, and several layers of fishing nets are used to block the inlet and outlet, so the stream is not afraid of these fish and shrimp, and the eggs and shrimp eggs run around along the water.
The creek fished a bucket full of crayfish and a grass carp of four or five catties, and when he saw that the lotus root in the lotus root field could be raised, he picked up the lotus root again and took it back to the warehouse. Then he took a crayfish, a fish, and a whole lotus root out of the space.
Pour the crayfish into the big pot, add water and raise it first and wait for grandpa to come back and then get it, put the fish in the bucket and add water to raise, and carry the lotus root to the puddle next to it to clean it. Because the lotus root is whole and not broken, it is very labor-saving to clean.
Seeing that it was still early, Xiaoxi had to carry the bucket into the space again, went in and out a few times, fished out a large pot of two buckets of hemp sand, and then beckoned Chen Yubin, who was lying on the table and was about to fall asleep, to come over to help.
One person sat down on a small bench, Chen Yubin looked at so much hemp sand, and his head was bigger, "Sister, do you want to make sauce again? Why are there so many? When do we have to get this." ”
"I'll give you a share of the money if I sell it. Xiaoxi said dryly and quickly.
Chen Yubin's eyes lit up, he leaned in front of Xiaoxi, looked at her squeezily, and couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart!
The creek compared a two, "Twenty." ”
This sister had taught him, so she knew what it meant, and said disappointedly, "Ah...... It's only 20 percent?"
Xiaoxi was unhappy, and turned his head to look at him, "What's wrong with Ercheng, this raw material is mine, and the sauce has to be made by grandpa, so you can help deal with the fish offal, and give you two achievements...... If you don't want it, forget it, I'll get it myself. After saying that, he was angry and didn't overdo it.
Chen Yubin hurriedly grabbed her arm and twisted it like a twist, "Sister~ Don't, I'll get it." ”
Xiaoxi pursed her lips vigorously before she couldn't hold back her laughter. Clearing his throat, he said impatiently, "Okay, let's get it, it's getting dark." ”
"Hmm. In fact, Chen Yubin was reluctant on his face, but he was very happy in his heart. After calculating the accounts, if my sister sells a spoonful for a dime, there are more than 50 people in their class and it will be counted as fifty, except for breakfast, there are nine meals, and each person buys two spoonfuls of one meal, and the account will be 90 yuan a week. Of course, it is impossible for everyone to buy it, buy every meal, then half of it has to be forty-five, and two percent is nine yuan, which is more than your pocket money for a week.
Not long after the two of them got together, Granny Chen came back, asked about the situation, and joined their team.
When the sun had set, Grandpa Chen drove the cattle back. Xiaoxi hurriedly pulled his grandfather into the stove room, pointed to the cleaned crayfish and grass carp on the board, as well as the freshly taken out bean sprouts and some spices for his grandfather to cook, turned around and went out of the stove room to continue his work.
Grandpa Chen has made spicy crayfish several times, so he is very skilled, and chop the grass carp into large pieces, first stir-fry in the oil pot for a while, then add more water to taste the soup later, add firewood and simmer slowly over low heat, and then put in the bean sprouts when it is almost cooked, and start the pot in two minutes.
Alas~ It would be perfect if there was tofu.