Chapter 142: Farm Food
Fu Xiaoguan went to Wang Er's house.
At this moment, Wang Er and Wang Qiang are drinking tea with Fu Xiaoguan, and Wang Er's wife and Li Xiaomei are cooking in the kitchen.
For the people of the Wang Er family, the young master is a great benefactor, and at this moment, he will deign to come to his house as a guest, which is of course a great event.
But Wang Er's family didn't have good tea, and what he was brewing at the moment was still wild tea picked in the mountains, and he was worried, but the young master didn't taste anything strange when he drank it.
"Are there any difficulties at home now?" Fu Xiaoguan asked casually.
"No, the main thing is to thank the young master for building such a good yard for us, plus this year's grain harvest is one percent higher than last year, and the young master has provided us with ploughing cattle, and the bulk of the money is gone, and life is even better than before."
Wang Er was grateful from the bottom of his heart, if there was no yard built for them free of charge by the young master, and without the ploughing cattle provided by the young master for free, it would take at least three or five years to recover.
"That's good, if you have any difficulties, you can tell them directly, or if the villagers have any difficulties, you can ask them to tell me, and I will try my best to help if I can solve them...... Has Wang Qiang's new house been built? ”
"It's also been built, and even the old house of Xiaomei's family has been demolished and rebuilt."
Fu Xiaoguan nodded, so it seems that the problem of Wangjia Village is basically solved.
"Has Wang Qiang and Xiaomei's marriage been done? I went to Beijing for something, and I was delayed a lot. ”
"Not yet, I found a fortune teller and chose a date, and it was set for December 12."
"Well, I should be in Xishan during this time, and you can call me over for a glass of wine then."
Wang Qiang suddenly cracked his mouth and smiled, the young master personally came to participate in his marriage, which was a big face.
"Definitely, now our family's income is much higher than before, the second child's wage in the cement workshop has risen to forty wen a day, the eldest and I set up a construction team according to the young master's previous instructions, and took some work in the neighboring township, and our father also has an income of seventy or eighty wen a day, so I and his mother have summed it up, and this banquet has to be done beautifully."
The old farmer's face was full of smiles, and a new life was setting sail, and it would definitely get better and better in the future. I got acquainted with the young master inexplicably, and then because of that loser, I had more contacts with the young master, and I understood what kind of person the young master was, and I also understood how much my family and even the entire Wangjia Village had received from the young master.
This wedding wine is that Wang Er has money in his pocket and has the confidence to earn face, and secondly, he can't lose the face of the young master, so even if there are no pigs now, he plans to buy a three-headed back, and when the time comes, invite the best cook, put the flowing water banquet for three days and three nights, and let his son Wang Qiang marry Li Xiaomei into the door in a beautiful way - the current Li Xiaomei is in charge of the Xishan Perfume Workshop, and the salary given by the young master is 100 Wen per day!
This is higher than the sum of them and Wang Qiang, so this matter must also be done to Xiaomei's satisfaction.
The three of them chatted about the past and the future, Fu Xiaoguan did not look like a landlord at all, but was at ease with all kinds of farming, all kinds of poultry breeding, all kinds of plant planting, etc., and was more professional than Wang Er, who had planted fields all his life.
This made Wang Er Wang Qiang more and more admired, and Wang Er asked Wang Qiang to write down many things - of course, he used his brain to memorize, and both father and son were illiterate.
For example, the breeding of sows, such as the disinfection of chicken coops, and the grafting of trees - this is very magical, it is actually possible to prune different fruit trees to another fruit tree, Wang Qiang felt that the young master was probably bragging, and thought that I would try it next spring.
Then Li Xiaomei walked out around a fine floral cloth apron, wiped a table of eight immortals carefully, and said to Wang Er: "Uncle, please invite the young master to dinner." ”
Of course, Fu Xiaoguan was not polite, and quipped: "This mouth hasn't changed yet?" ”
Li Xiaomei was embarrassed and said in a low voice: "This can only be changed after getting married." ”
Wang Er smiled and led Fu Xiaoguan to sit at the top, and he and Wang Qiang accompanied him.
The wine is the Xishan Tianol screwed by Fu Xiaoguan, and of course there is no wine glass, and the ordinary earthen bowl in the countryside is used.
A series of peasant dishes that were not delicate but had a huge amount and fragrant were served, and Fu Xiaoguan's index finger moved.
Wang Er was a little apprehensive, the young master with brocade clothes and jade food could get used to eating the diet of this villager's family. Although the diet made for this meal is already better than that of the previous New Year, Wang Er has lived in the Xishan Courtyard for so long, and he understands the delicacy of the young master's ordinary diet.
I definitely can't handle my wife's skills, so I found Li Xiaomei to help the chef, it seems that these dishes are good, I hope the young master can eat two more bites.
After a while, there were eight dishes, mainly meat, four bowls of stir-fry, three bowls of steamed vegetables, and bowls of stew.
"Young Master, please try it."
"What about Xiaomei and the two of them?"
"Well, this, young master, women can't be served."
It's not that Wang Er is prejudiced, but when a guest comes, it is a rule that the women in the family cannot serve the table.
"That's not right, I have to change it and ask the two of them to eat together, this is my request."
"This ...... Okay, Xiaomei, ask your aunt to come and eat together, this is what the young master ordered. ”
The two women were very worried, wiped their hands vigorously on their aprons, and sat on the stool obliquely, but they did not dare to move their chopsticks.
Fu Xiaoguan smiled: "Some rules must be broken, in my opinion, there is no difference between me and you, and there is actually no difference between women and men, everyone is equal, Xiaomei is in charge of the perfume workshop, which is even more powerful than many men, so why can't you eat at the table?" ”
Li Xiaomei said in a low voice: "This is a young man, you have a wide vision, but if others see it, they will gossip." ”
Fu Xiaoguan didn't argue with this, after all, the rules rooted in the heart restrict many people's thinking, and it is not overnight to change.
"Anyway, if I'm a guest, don't just go out with me, come on, come on, I'll be hungry when I smell such fragrant vegetables, and I'll eat them."
Fu Xiaoguan doesn't have so many rules, he really eats it, the taste is not very good, this is limited by the seasoning, these farmers have nothing but salt in their homes.
So Wang Er Wang Qiang picked up the chopsticks, Wang Qiang looked at Li Xiaomei and nodded, Li Xiaomei also picked up the chopsticks and gave her future mother-in-law a chopstick dish first, and Wang Er's wife took a nervous bite.
Fu Xiaoguan liked it very much, drank and ate food with Wang Er and Wang Qiang, praised Xiaomei's craftsmanship, and said that Li Xiaomei was very embarrassed.
"Xiaomei, in the future, the perfume is completely operated by you, your idea of blending perfume is very good, and you can experiment more when there are more flowers in the future, next spring, you have to purchase flower seeds and distribute them to the villagers for planting, you remember that roses must be planted in a large area, and then jasmine, these two flowers are the main flavor, and the rest you can see for yourself, I will not ask about this matter anymore."
"Ah, I, I, I'm afraid I can't."
"Don't worry about doing it boldly, I will support you with the young master, what are you afraid of?"