Chapter 50: Embroidery and Wild Herbs
The village chief floated out of the prefectural office in a daze and drifted back to Aoba Village. The www.biquge.info of all the villagers who listened to the village chief's words relayed by the county magistrate were all dizzy. Including Guan Xiucai. He has been assured by the magistrate that he will recommend him to the University of Science and Politics, and he is very likely to be on the list in the next township examination.
The villagers were very happy, and the whole village gathered a table of good sacrifices and carried them to the ancestral hall to thank their ancestors. Not only them, but even people from other villages came to the ancestral hall of Aoba Village to burn incense and thank them. For a time, Aoba Village was full of people, and it was very lively.
Seeing the hopeful smiles on everyone's faces, Li Zhoule and Wen Zixia felt extremely proud and happy. Thinking that all this was given by Han Nuo, Li Zhoule waited until the emotions of the people in the village calmed down, and then went to find a few aunts and sisters-in-law in the village who were good at embroidery.
"Aunt Mancang!" Li Zhoule walked into the courtyard of Mancang's house and called softly.
Hearing the voice, Aunt Mancang walked out of the house: "Zhou Le is here?" Come on in. β
Aunt Mancang happily led Li Zhoule into the house, Li Zhoule felt a weight on his legs, one more thing, looked down, smiled, bent down and hugged the child who was holding his leg.
"Sister, sister." The little guy called word by word.
"Good." Li Zhoule rubbed the child's little face and said to Aunt Mancang, "Xiao Xia can walk and talk to the ground." The aunt raised Xiao Xia very well, and she was a little fatter than in winter. β
Aunt Mancang said gratefully: "I also want to thank you for the porridge that night, as well as the food that was sent later." The boy drank porridge and had oil and water to survive the disease. β
Li Zhoule said: "This is the auspicious person's own natural appearance. Auntie rest assured, Xiaoxia, this child will definitely have a blessing. When the time comes, you just have to enjoy it. β
Aunt Mancang was happy: "Then I will accept your auspicious words." β
Aunt Mancang led Li Zhoule to sit down in her own room, Li Zhoule put the child on the bed, and the child staggered to the bed, picked up the toys thrown there, a wooden horse carved from wood and a little tiger made of cloth, and played by himself.
"Zhou Le, what are you looking for your aunt. Just say, my aunt will definitely help you. Aunt Mancang thought that Li Zhoule had something difficult to do and wanted to seek her own help, so she hurriedly patted her chest and assured.
Li Zhoule smiled: "Auntie, I'm fine, I don't need help." I'm here because I've got a way to make money, and I want you to join us. β
"Make money?" Aunt Mancang's eyes lit up, "How to make money?" β
Li Zhoule talked about the excuse for studying with Wen Zixia and others: "That's the case, Brother Wen and I met Sun Beizhi, the shopkeeper of Wei'an Pawnshop, by chance. A friend of Sun's shopkeeper opened an embroidery shop and wanted to buy embroidery from people with good craftsmanship and bring it to the capital to sell. I thought that the embroidery skills of the eldest lady and sister-in-law in our village are very good, so why not take this job and earn a little more money for my family to buy meat. β
Aunt Mancang was very moved after hearing this, she thought that her embroidery skills were good, and she usually embroidered some handkerchiefs to sell them in the town or county embroidery shops in exchange for some small money. Then he asked, "Is the price charged by that family fair?" How much does an embroidery item cost? β
Li Zhoule said: "A piece of embroidered handkerchief is given to fifteen copper plates, if the embroidery is large and the pattern is complex, the money will be more." β
"There are seven more copper plates than the county embroidery village!" Aunt Mancang couldn't believe it. The cost of an embroidered handkerchief is five copper plates, and the county embroidery village recycles eight copper plates, and they can only get the labor cost of three copper plates, and they can only earn a maximum of thirty or forty yuan a month. Now there are seven more copper plates for an embroidered handkerchief, and I can earn more than 100 yuan a month! Oh, my God! I'm going to take this job.
"Zhou Le, where is that embroidery village? I just made a few embroidered handkerchiefs, and I will take them to the embroidery village tomorrow to exchange money. β
Li Zhoule said with a smile: "Auntie, don't panic, this is a long-term job, don't rush for a while." And the embroidery village is not in the county seat, but its boss entrusted the shopkeeper Sun, and the shopkeeper Sun entrusted it to me, and the aunt made the embroidery handkerchief and sent it directly to my house. Don't worry about money, Shopkeeper Sun gave me some money, which is enough to pay everyone's manual fees. β
Aunt Mancang was very happy when she heard this: "It's really good, I won't have to walk dozens of miles in the future to make a little money just to sell a few handkerchiefs." Zhou Le, your family is really the lucky star in the village, and the life in the village is gradually getting better, which must be the good luck you bring. β
Li Zhoule hurriedly waved his hand: "Auntie, don't say that." The changes in life in the village are the blessing of our ancestors, not our credit. β
Aunt Mancang laughed: "It's one thing for the ancestors to bless, but your credit can't be erased." I listened to what the village chief said, when you and Zixia get married, you will definitely organize the whole village to hold a grand wedding for you. β
Li Zhoule's cheeks suddenly turned red, and he didn't delay any longer, and quickly said goodbye and left Aunt Mancang's house.
Li Zhoule walked more than ten in a row, and each one was teased, and the flush on his face never went down. After finally coming out of the last house, Li Zhoule breathed a sigh of relief. Walking to the dirt road in the countryside, the spring breeze blows, bringing the fragrance of grass. Li Zhoule saw the fatty wild vegetables on the side of the field and the roadside, and squatted down to pick them. Capsule, bracken, mother-in-law...... There is a wide variety of wild plants in spring. Li Zhoule didn't bring a basket, picked some bracken enough to make a plate, and then went home. Li Yishu and Wen Ziyu had just returned from collecting firewood and went to the storage room to communicate with Han Nuo. After a while, the two boys ran out happily. One man carried a basket and ran out.
Li Zhoule stopped them: "It's almost dinner, why are you going?" β
Li Yishu stopped and said, "Sister Han heard that we have a lot of wild vegetables here and wants to eat wild vegetables, so let's go and help Sister Han pick some." β
As soon as he heard that it was Han Nuo's request, Li Zhoule didn't stop them, and said, "Then hurry up." Pick it up early and come back early. Ziyu: You can eat at our house today. β
"Okay." Wen Ziyu responded and ran away with Li Yishu.
There are too many wild vegetables that can be eaten in spring, such as wild garlic, purslane, plantain, dandelion, noodle vegetables, gray cabbage, marantou, water celery, bitter herbs, and bellflower...... In the fields, one by one. These are the gifts of nature, and at this time, the fields have just been planted, and many families who do not have food rely on these wild vegetables to fill their stomachs until the grain is ripe.
The two children didn't run far, they picked a lot of wild vegetables near Li's house, and they even caught a few yellow eels and loaches and threw them in the basket. Loaches and yellow eels were abundant in the fields in ancient times, but people did not eat them. The peasants all think that these two things are long worms and worms, and they are unwilling to eat them in their hearts. It is also the credit of the eldest brother of the Li family that the people in the village not only know that these two things are delicious but also very nutritious. What's Nutrition? The boss of the Li family said that it is something that is good for the body and strengthens the body. As a result, the people of Aoba Village occasionally catch some loaches and eels to improve their food. As for the method, at first, the eldest brother of the Li family taught everyone several methods, but the wisdom of the masses is infinite, and the women of the peasant family have studied several methods of making these two dishes by themselves.
In less than half an hour, the two of them each carried a basket of wild vegetables and a cage of loach yellow eel from the Li family. The cage was made by them with grass on the road, and although it was not pretty, it was very sturdy.
Li Zhoule had already set the meal, and when he saw them coming back, he invited them to the table to eat. The two boys gulped the rice, and the two bowls of rice fell in an instant, and then dragged the bamboo basket into the storage room.
"There's no picture!" Seeing the bottom of Bai Shengsheng's porcelain jar, the two boys were a little deflated. However, he wrote a letter in earnest, and put two baskets of wild vegetables and a cage of loach eels into the porcelain jar. Seeing the things disappear, the two clapped their hands and left the storage room.
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When Han Nuo saw two baskets of wild vegetables and a cage of loach yellow eel, he was so happy that he didn't want it. How can the world pick such fresh and original wild vegetables now? How can you eat pure wild yellow eels and loaches! Blessed!
For dinner, I eat dumplings, dumplings stuffed with shepherd's cabbage and pork, and with cold wild vegetables, which are so delicious that I can't stop eating. Covering his round little belly, Han Nuo saw the two baskets of wild vegetables that were almost missing, and sighed in his heart that the ancient children were so real, and they actually pressed the baskets so solidly.
"Send some to your second aunt tomorrow." Han's mother said, "If the wild vegetables are not fresh for a long time, the taste will be poor." I'll give some away, too. β
Han Nuo responded: "I'll take the rest to the store." The price of such a good wild vegetable must not be lower. β
Han's mother said: "It's really good, where did you get it from?" Your cousin doesn't have such good wild vegetables there. β
Han Nuo snorted: "I naturally have a purchase channel when I open a hot pot restaurant." Let me tell you, both wild vegetables and yellow eel loaches are pure natural and wild, and their nutritional value is much better than that of captivity. They sold it to me because they had a good relationship with me. Tomorrow we will eat yellow eel, and the day after tomorrow we will eat loaches. β
Han's father interjected: "Buy two pieces of tofu and make Diao Chan tofu." β
"Okay." Han Nuo jumped up and ran to the kitchen, put all the loaches into a basin, poured in water and a small amount of salt, and waited until the monk had spit out all the mud and dirt in his stomach before making Diao Chan Tofu. Diao tofu is a famous dish, also known as Han Palace Zangjiao, Yuhan Mud, the name is very good, but in fact it is loach drill tofu. Pour the loach into a pot with tender tofu and heat it, add chopped green onion, monosodium glutamate, ginger and other condiments, and cover the pot. The loach is forced by the heat to burrow into the tofu and hide, and waits until the soup boils and all the tofu is scalded to death, leaving only the tail outside. The reason why it is called Diao Chan Tofu is that it is used by the folk to belittle Dong Zhuo, comparing the loach to the treacherous Dong Zhuo, the loach was so anxious that there was nowhere to hide in the hot soup, and he got into the cold tofu, but he still couldn't escape the fate of cooking, just like Dong Zhuo, and finally died under the beauty plan of Diao Chan.
After dealing with the loaches, Han Nuo glanced at the yellow eels in another basin, and began to think about several methods of yellow eels in his heart. These yellow eels are still alive, but Han Nuo is not like ordinary girls who are afraid of slaughtering yellow eels, this female man has contracted all the tasks of killing chickens and fish in the family - Han's mother believes in Buddhism and does not kill, and Han's father's ability to handle ingredients is not believed by Han's mother.
The mobile phone rang, Han Nuo picked it up and looked at it, it was an unfamiliar phone number, thought about it, and pressed the connect button.
"Hey. Who is it? β
"Sister-in-law, I'm Zhang Mingqiao." There was a slightly unfamiliar voice on the phone, but the name still made Han Nuo's appearance recall. Zhang Mingqiao is Wei Feng's teammate and a member of the special forces, and when he dealt with Wei Feng's afterlife, he met Han Nuo.
Han Nuo's voice softened: "It turned out to be Mingqiao, what are you looking for me?" β
Although her fiancΓ© disappeared because of the mission, Han Nuo did not complain about the special forces, but respected them very much, especially her fiancΓ©'s teammates, Han Nuo left his phone number when he left with Wei Feng's "relics", so that these respectable people could call her if they had any difficulties. However, these people are arrogant people, and they will only solve everything by themselves and will not trouble others. This time, Zhang Mingqiao took the initiative to call her, but he was afraid that he would encounter something very difficult.
"This ......" Zhang Mingqiao hesitated for a long time, but still said his purpose, "Sister-in-law, can you lend me a little money?" β
"No problem." Han Nuo readily agreed without asking the reason, "How much?" β
Zhang Mingqiao said cautiously: "300,000, is it okay?" β
300,000 is not a small amount, Han Nuo's savings are all used to buy a house and open a store, she doesn't want to move Wei Feng's pension, and she really doesn't have so much money for a while. However, Han Nuo agreed without hesitation: "Yes, send me your bank account number." β
Zhang Mingqiao breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully: "Sister-in-law, thank you." β
Han Nuo said: "You are Wei Feng's good brother, he is gone, I will take care of you instead of him." β
Zhang Mingqiao sighed: "Brother Feng's vision is good. β
Han Nuo smiled silently. When Wei Feng was there, she often showed off her girlfriend to her teammates, making other teammates envious and jealous, making her very popular among her teammates. Therefore, even if Wei Feng is gone, her teammates will want to ask her for help when they are in trouble. They treated her as their own.
Han Nuo continued: "Tomorrow, I will send you 50,000 yuan first, and I will remit all the rest of the money to you in three days." β
"I'm sorry sister-in-law." Zhang Mingqiao understands that such a large amount of money cannot be taken out casually by ordinary people, and it will definitely take time to raise money.
"No trouble." Han Nuo hung up the phone and went back to the house to get his coat, "Mom and Dad, I'll go out for a while." β
"Go, go." Han's mother waved her hand, "Have fun." β
She thought that her daughter was going out with friends, and she agreed, what is the best place to stay at home? If you get to know more people outside, maybe you will see the right eye and develop into a boyfriend and girlfriend.
How Han Nuo didn't understand Han's mother's thoughts, he sneered twice and went out.