Because they couldn't buy food, Ye Feng and Qianyan were a little hungry, stretched their necks along the way, and after a while, they stuck out their heads to see where the ox cart went, just wanting to get home quickly.

After a while, Ye Feng asked directly: "Sister, I'm so hungry, what are we going to eat at night!" ”

Although he did eat a bun before getting off the bus, he ate it separately with Qianyan. Both of them are growing their bodies, and it is inevitable that they will eat too much and get hungry quickly.

Ye Shi saw that the two children were indeed tired, and they didn't buy anything to eat just now, so they felt a little distressed. Today's journey is indeed not easy, and the food is even simpler, all steamed buns and water.

It's just that Ye Feng must follow to burn the flower pots, because only he knows those details, so he must follow. As for Qianyan, the Ye family originally wanted to keep Qianyan at home and have a meal at Da Niu's house or Zhao's house at noon.

Unexpectedly, this kid didn't agree to it, so he had to follow.

Look, I'm tired now.

"Let's eat hand-rolled noodles at night, how about I fry an egg for each of you?" Ye thought about it, eating hand-rolled noodles is the fastest, and it is nutritious. And now there is still some silver at home, and there is no problem at all to eat two fried eggs.

Qianyan was originally drowsy, but when he heard that there was a fried egg to eat, he immediately woke up, and put his eyes around Ye's neck and said, "Mother, I want to eat fried eggs, I want to eat the kind of fried ones that are yellow on both sides." ”

Ye touched her head dotingly and said, "Okay, my greedy daughter." If you want to stay at home and eat with the big cow mother, you don't want to, you have to follow the road, and you're tired. ”

Pulling the road is a dialect here in Chenjia Village, which means that children have to follow adults no matter where they go.

The interaction between the three of them made the ox cart full of happiness for a while, and the appearance of Qianyan and Ye Feng reminded everyone of their children at home.

Seeing this, an aunt in Lijia Village saw that Qianyan was innocent and cute, so she asked Ye: "Big sister, this child looks eight or nine years old, right?" It's so cute, and it looks about the same age as my daughter. ”

Adults basically love to listen to praise their children, Ye really smiled when he heard it, because he said: "I can't stand her aunt's praise, this child is very skinny, in fact, he is only seven years old this year." ”

"There is no child who is not naughty. If one day she really wilts and stops being naughty, I think it's the most worrying time. ”

"Yes, so is that kid in my family, there are footprints in the sky......"

Hearing this, Ye Feng was also a little surprised, he had a similar idea to this aunt, he always thought that Qianyan was seven or eight years old, but he didn't expect this girl to be only seven years old.

In this way, Qianyu should be about nine years old, which is younger than himself.

Thinking of Qianyu, Ye Feng felt a little uncomfortable, this topic was a kind of taboo in this family.

After chatting and chatting, they soon arrived near Nanmu Village. Chen Jixing kept staring outside, after all, it was getting late now, and his vision was not good. And the village is similar to the village, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will miss it.

When they arrived at a fork in the road, Chen Jixing and Ye both thought that this was the closest road to Chenjia Village, so they took Ye Feng and Qianyan and got out of the car. As soon as they got off the ox cart, fresh air came to their faces, and Ye Feng and Qianyan both woke up completely from their drowsiness.

Along the way, it was pitch black and there were few lights. Even if there were, it was dim, and I thought it was because the family ate late, or they were doing some needlework or something like that.

No matter how light the people walked, they always attracted the attention of the dogs, and they barked a few times from time to time, as if to show their owners their loyalty and dutifulness.

This is not the first time Ye Feng has walked at night, but it is the most reassuring time for him. I don't panic in my heart, and I look around from time to time.

In this plane, the first time he walked at night was alone in the dense forest, surrounded by many wild beasts, and if he was not careful, he would die. The second time I walked at night was taken by the Ye family, and I went to Chen Jifa's house to give gifts and leave it for myself.

And this time, Chen Jixing is in charge of the whole process, and he is walking the familiar road on weekdays, and the feeling is naturally different.

He had imagined countless times in his heart what it was like to walk with his biological parents. Although he really couldn't think of it, it was a good feeling in front of him.

Fortunately, there is nothing else but a teapot, a cup or something. So, walking is no different from playing empty-handed. Soon, after turning a few intersections, home appeared in front of me.

When I got home, the whole family was exhausted. It's just that children can rest, but adults cannot.

Ye Shi drank a big sip of water and quickly washed his hands and went into the stove room to roll noodles, while Chen Jixing counted the chickens and ducks squeezed into a pile under the eaves, rushed into the chicken pen, and hurried to feed the pigs.

After doing this, Ye's noodles were almost ready, he hurriedly went into the stove, lit a fire to boil water, and threw a few green chili peppers into the fire by the way.

Ye Feng was so tired that he wasn't even in the mood to take care of the teapot, so he sat there and yawned with Qianyan for a while.

Seeing that Ye was rolling noodles, he stood at the door of the stove room with some curiosity and watched.

Under the oil lamp, Ye pulled the reconciled dough back and forth, her fingers were slender, although she often did farm work seemed a little rough, but she was flexible, and her fingers flew back and forth on the dough, obviously she was used to it.

Next, Yip places the noodles on a stone-made cutting board, rolls the rolling pin into the dough, and pushes it outward repeatedly. When it is very thin, it is made into a ball again and continues to be rolled out.

After doing this several times, I sprinkled it a few more times, and then rolled it out again until it was rolled into thin slices, and then I cut it evenly with a knife.

At this time, the water in the pot is also boiling, and it makes a "woo-woo" sound through the lid of the pot. As soon as the lid of the pot is lifted, the heat rises, and the layers of white mist are swirling, making the stove look extremely warm at the moment.

Seeing that the water temperature was just right, Ye quickly poured the cut noodles into the pot without covering the lid.

Chen Jixing sniffed the smell and took out the chili pepper with a stick. Ye Shi took it, rinsed it with water, washed it, chopped it carefully, and put a little in each of the four bowls. Don't look at a thousand words, eating chili peppers is very powerful, which is very similar to Chen Jixing.

I have to say that genetics is a very magical thing, and even taste is not immune.

Ye Feng didn't eat much spicy, so Ye only put a little, just to improve the taste. Then, he quickly stirred the noodles in the pot with chopsticks, looked at the color, and then washed the other pot and let Chen Jixing make a fire.

Chen Jixing gradually extinguished the fire in the pot where the noodles were boiled, and lit the other pot on the fire, and the pot was hot after a while. Ye Shi took out the lard that he had refined before, scooped out a little and put it into the pot, and when the oil was hot, it exuded a fragrance, and then began to fry the eggs.

When the eggs were fried, Ye asked Ye Feng to go out and call Qianyan, who was dozing off in the hall, to eat, and he put four bowls of noodles on them, and Chen Jixing naturally had the most.

Other people like to eat noodles with a little soup, or the soup has to overflow the noodles. Chen Jixing pours well, he likes a big bowl of dryness.

After doing this, Ye opened the sauerkraut jar again, scooped a large scoop of sour soup, and poured some into a bowl.

When Ye Feng and Qianyan came in, four bowls of noodles had already been placed on the table, and the smell of sauerkraut in the air stimulated Ye Feng's drool.

You don't have to look at it to know that those two bowls have two fragrant-looking fried eggs on them, which are his and Qianyan's.

Ye quickly brushed the pot, otherwise it would be difficult to wash it after a while, and by the way, he also washed the stone cutting board and the basin with noodles. Then sit down and eat with the family.

"It's delicious, my sister is amazing." Ye Feng said with sincere admiration.

Ye Shi listened to it and felt very warm in his heart.

I have to say that in addition to stir-frying, Ye's noodle rolling skills are also good. Although there are no seasonings such as soy sauce and chicken essence, such a simple combination, Ye Feng also feels that it is delicious.

Since everyone was hungry and the noodles tasted so good, dinner was over in just a few minutes. After tidying up, everyone went to bed early.

Because he was so tired, Ye Feng fell asleep shortly after lying down.

I slept very well this night, and slept in one position until midnight.

The discomfort in his neck woke him up, reminding him that if he continued like this, his neck would be sore when he woke up in the morning. When he turned over, he inadvertently touched the jade hanging around his neck, so he took it off and rubbed it carefully in the palm of his hand.

Because of the thought of the purse again, I was immediately scared into a cold sweat.

Even though he searched all over his body, all the clothes in the house, and all over the house, there was no trace of his purse. This made Ye Feng blame himself very much, he felt that he was too careless, and such an important thing could be lost.

In the second half of the night, Ye Feng couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.

As soon as the day dawned, Ye Feng got up, and he searched all over the house again with luck, always feeling that he couldn't find the purse in the middle of the night last night because it was too dark.

It's just a pity that his purse is already in the hands of Shopkeeper Ye at the moment, so naturally it will not appear at home.

When he got up early, Ye Feng was a little listless. Ye Shi saw it, but he thought he was too tired yesterday, so he didn't ask.

After breakfast, Qianyan dismantled the things that wrapped the teapot and teacup, and wanted to try to pour water and drink it. Seeing that she wanted to use it after a casual flush, Ye Feng said: "This is not good, this teapot has been left for so long, it must be very dirty inside." This is how you have to wash. So saying, he took the teapot and went into the stove.

Qianyan listened to it and quickly took the teacup to follow up.

Ye Feng took a clay pot, filled it with water, and put the teapot and teacup into the clay pot to soak. Then he started to make a fire and boil water, and while putting the firewood into the stove, he said to Qianyan: "The new teapot needs to be scalded with boiling water to be clean, and so is the newly bought bowl." ”

Qianyan nodded, and he remembered it.

After the water boiled, Ye Feng poured the water in the clay pot before, and then scooped the hot water into the clay pot, and for a while, the pot was full of white smoke.

After scalding it with boiling water a few times, Ye Feng felt that it should be clean, so he took out the mint he had picked up the mountain before, washed it a little and put a few pieces in the teapot, added boiling water, covered the lid, and carried it to the hall.

Qianyan still took the teacup and followed behind.

In the hall, Chen Jixing and Ye are doing their own things.

Now that it's cold, Chen Jixing's position of weaving bamboo utensils has also been moved from the courtyard to the hall, and the wind blows outside from time to time, which is also quite cold. Ye Shi was also inside with the soles of his shoes and chatting with Chen Jixing.

Ye Feng sat in the bamboo chair and said to Qianyan: "Go and pour a cup of tea for everyone, how about it." ”

Qianyan wished that Ye Feng would say this, she had already wanted to try it. Now she's very new to this, a bit like playing in the water.

So, Qian Yan carried the teapot and poured water into the four teacups on the table. Suddenly, a cloud of white smoke rose from the room, and the smell of mint wafted through the room.

Seeing that she was poured, Ye Feng got up and took a cup for Ye's family, while Qianyan carefully served a cup to Chen Jixing. As soon as Chen Jixing drank it, he only felt comfortable and very warm.

Ye Shi felt a little bright, because he asked, "What is brewed here, it's strange and delicious." ”

Chen Jixing reacted at this time: "Well, I think it's not bad, it's cool." ”

Ye Feng said with a smile: "This is the mountain mint leaf I picked last time, it is clear and clear, and it is the most suitable for drinking in summer." ”

The family can't afford to buy tea, so they can only use these instead.

Ye couldn't help but drink two more glasses, and he felt refreshed. It seems that this teapot and cup are worth buying, she didn't think this thing was practical before, after all, she was used to using bowls.

But Ye Feng told her that it was better to separate the tableware and the tea set, otherwise it would be flavorful.

Try it today, and it's not bad.

Ye Feng subconsciously said: "If only there was a stone table in the courtyard, put a few more stone benches." On summer nights, it is also very good for our family to sit in the yard, drink tea, look at the moon, and enjoy the coolness. ”

Hearing this, Chen Jixing said thoughtfully: "Speaking of stone tables and stone benches, I seem to have seen them there. ”

He couldn't remember where it was.

Ye Feng didn't care, he just said it casually. Seeing that the family loves to drink mint tea, Ye Feng said: "Sister, you said that in the spring, we went up the mountain to pick all kinds of edible flowers and plants, dried them, and made all kinds of herbal teas, packaged them, do you say they can be sold for money?" ”

He wants everything now to sell for money.

Ye Shi thought for a while, "I don't know about this, but it is said that rich people drink tea, but I have never heard of any herbal tea." ”

Ye's This is equivalent to denying herbal tea in disguise, she really hasn't seen anyone drink this thing.

Ye Feng is not annoyed, these things have to be done slowly, anyway, most of the herbal tea is only available after spring, and it is still early, when the time comes, pick some according to your own ideas and come back to dry, and go to the town to ask after the preparation is ready.

If you can't sell it, it's the same if you take it home and drink it.

Speaking of making money, Ye Feng remembered the idea that had been hovering in his heart for a few days, and saw that everyone was there, so Ye Feng said to Chen Jixing and Ye: "Sister, brother-in-law, I thought of a way to make money, but I don't know if it's feasible." Today, while everyone is here, I will speak out, and everyone will listen. If it doesn't work, forget it, if it does, it can be regarded as a financial road. And this is the most suitable time to do this season. ”

Hearing Ye Feng say that there was a way to make money, Chen Jixing was really interested, and immediately stopped what he was doing. Ye even moved the chair forward, and it was obvious that they both attached great importance to it.

Anyway, they are very idle now, and if the method is feasible, they will definitely support it.

Ye Feng was not in a hurry to say something, but asked the two of them first: "Sister, brother-in-law, it is not limited to our village, these ten miles and eight townships, if someone has a happy event at home, and needs to feast relatives and friends or something, who usually does this banquet?" ”

Although he didn't know what this had to do with making money, Ye still replied seriously: "It naturally depends on whether the main family's money is sufficient." Most people ask a few neighbors with good skills and close relationships to help, and at the end of the day, they just give a few hard-earned money. ”

"What about those who have a lot of money at home? For example, like the village chief's house, or Zhao Da's rich man's house? ”

"Like the two of them, they are naturally rich in money, and they naturally invite the town cook to come and help when making the feast. The dishes made by the chefs in the town are delicious and varied, and the main family also has face. However, this is more expensive, and not everyone can afford it. ”

"It seems that there should be no such form as a village kitchen at present." Ye Feng said in his heart.

To confirm this, he further asked, "Is there one that specializes in making noodles for people, I mean not the cooks in the town, or when you mention them, everyone knows that they make noodles?" ”

Seeing that the two of them were a little confused, Ye Feng continued to explain: "Even on weekdays, they are the same as everyone else, farming, feeding pigs, and doing farm work, what should they do. Wait until someone invites you to make a table. ”

"As far as I know, that's not true." Chen Jixing replied with certainty that he has to go to the town and the city every year, and he meets many people, so he is naturally the most "knowledgeable" in this family.

He vaguely knew what Ye Feng wanted to say in his heart, but he couldn't connect it for a while, it was just a fleeting thought.

After receiving an affirmative reply, Ye Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

If there is already a village chef in these ten miles and eight towns, then in order to win or become competitive, there must be real materials and be different.

Since there is no yet, if Ye and Chen Jixing can take the lead and set up a village kitchen team, it will naturally be the first time in the world, not only will it not be too competitive, but it can also slowly accumulate experience while doing it.

The point is that he really thinks that the food cooked by Ye's is particularly delicious.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng continued: "My idea is that if there is no work in the field in the winter now, at most, the rape will be planted in a few days, and there will be no major events before the year." You say don't you? ”

Seeing Chen Jixing and Ye nodding, Ye Feng continued: "In this case, we might as well take advantage of this free time to find a few young daughters-in-law or uncles in the village who are particularly good at cooking, and form a team of cooks in Chenjia Village, which specializes in making banquets for the main families in need in ten miles and eight townships." As for the price, let's inquire about the prices of the cooks in the town and the city, and we will set a level or two lower. In this way, I don't think we have to worry about not having any money to earn. ”

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Ye Feng continued to encourage: "Look, I think the chicken stewed potatoes and shredded chicken made by Aunt Zhao are particularly delicious, and the hand-rolled noodles and stir-fried mountain mushrooms with green peppers, sister, are also good......

But in fact, the two of them are not hesitating, they are just thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

When Chen Jixing heard this, he was a little moved, and he finally understood what Ye Feng meant. Indeed, now this season is the time of agricultural slack, and the New Year will be celebrated in less than two months, and those who marry daughters-in-law and girls like to do it in this season.

If you can really contract these businesses, wouldn't you want to make a small profit?

However, the Ye family often cooks, and she participates in the red and white ceremonies in the village when making the banquet, and after thinking about it, she asked: "The requirement for making the banquet is to spend the least amount of money and make the most decent banquet." If you want to say that there are people in our village who can cook, just like you said, count me in, your big cow mother, and Aunt Zhao are all well-known. Especially your Aunt Zhao, it seems to be the ancestral craft of her mother's family, and everyone is very satisfied with a fat sausage. ”

It's just that Ye Shi is not so confident when he speaks, "However, if we really want to compare with the masters in the town or the city, we still can't compare with others." We can't make that variety of dishes alone. ”

It's good to have craftsmanship, tricks or something, Ye Feng is not afraid. This is in the countryside, everyone is looking for benefits, and the tricks are just icing on the cake. It's good to have nature, and it's not a shame to have it.

Therefore, Ye Feng didn't seem to care, and only heard him say: "What if there are many tricks, it can't stand our benefits." And the price of the chefs in the town is not cheap, if you come, it is estimated that only one chef will come, and the rest are estimated to be helpers. The resulting dishes are also the same. Let's find four or five diligent and skilled people in the village, and each of them makes their own specialty dishes, which are very rich in taste alone. ”

Ye thought about it, but this is also the truth, generally speaking, there are only a few dishes on the table in the village, and they have basically done it. If there is that, there will be many daughters-in-law in the village.

A few people together, although tired, can definitely make the table.

Thinking of this, Ye said: "Even if we pass the level of cooking, we don't have tableware or anything, and most importantly, how to let the villagers know that we can make noodles?" ”

The question is simpler.

Ye Feng said: "This is not difficult, if this village kitchen team is really established, let's go to a village by ourselves, talk to the people we know in the village, and let him help publicize it." It's a big deal, just give him a little benefit fee. ”

Many villages in this time and space are intermarried with each other, either with girlfriends or relatives, and each village has that big mouth of love to say right and wrong. It's just to help and say, and there is money to take, there must be people who are willing to do this kind of thing.

As soon as Ye Feng said it before, Chen Jixing felt that this method was feasible. Now that Ye Feng explained, even the Ye family was a little moved.

To be honest, she is not afraid of being tired at all, she is afraid that there is no reliable way to make money.

Since leaving the house and separating from the family, the life of the family has been too hard. Especially in the first few years, after removing the money from rent and taxes, the family had almost nothing to eat.

In the past two years, after all these years of frugality, coupled with the small number of people in the family, I have a little savings, and gradually feed pigs, chickens and ducks.

Rao is like this, the house at home is also getting more and more broken year by year, leaking rain in summer and wind in winter, and if this continues, she even suspects that a strong wind can blow it down. At that time, it is estimated that the family will become everyone's laughing stock again.

What's more, a thousand words are like a day, if this family has been so poor, it will be difficult to find your in-laws in the future.

If the idea Ye Feng said can work, he can really go to ten miles and eight towns to make a banquet for people, and he can earn some silver, and he can't delay the work in the field. In addition, after a while, the pigs and chickens at home were sold, and after saving for a while, maybe they could build a new house.

Thinking of this, Chen Jixing and Ye became a little excited.

Although they didn't admit it, since Ye Feng found the way to get rich by making bonsai, they were very anxious.