Hey, it's nothing, it's not to care about the dolls' lunch, and the waste manuscript won't be done, he told me that day that he wanted to invite the Han family next door to be a cook, I don't know which long-tongued woman listened to it, spread rumors everywhere, and gossip about them! Du Huaibing slapped the table helplessly.

Han is about thirty years old, her man is honest, her family is poor, and the husband and wife only have a seven or eight-year-old son under their knees. They live next to each other from the scrap manuscript family, after the death of the scrap manuscript parents, he can't do farm work in the field, so he asks Du Gong to help, he is a nerd, sewing and washing and even three meals a day is not busy, Han can't look at it, often help to do it.

Now that there is suddenly such a ready-made errand, the scrap manuscript recommended Han without thinking about it, one is to repay their family for many years, and the other is to make this poor family earn a little money to supplement the family, but I didn't expect that in this way, it actually aroused the jealousy of people with hearts, and people are terrible.

"It's better to ask the master to talk about this matter in person." Du Mei frowned and said. The scrapped manuscript invited the Han family, which was privately given, and Du Huaibing was the patriarch, and what he said represented fairness and more weight.

"I'm planning to do this, and I'll talk about it later, when there are a lot of people at noon." Du Huaibing bent down and filled another pot of cigarettes, he didn't do it for nothing for decades, since someone likes to pass on the word, let them pass on his original words.

"There is another matter, in the past few days, people from other villages have come to inquire and asked if their children can go to our righteous school." The scrap manuscript put the broken silver and copper coins into the purse, and talked about another thing.

"The righteous school in the village is privately funded by Meizi, and others come to it, don't say if you can accommodate so many people at the same time in your family, we can't afford just one lunch." Du Huaibing bit the cigarette holder and shook his head.

"That's it, I think those people are interested in this lunch, which doesn't cost money." The scrap frowned and agreed.

"Otherwise, when the time comes, it will be said that people from other villages will be restrained, if they come for a meal, they naturally don't want to spend money, so they won't come, if they really come to school, we will accept anything, if it is rice and noodles to eat, we will give it to the children, if they receive a penny and a half, they will buy pen and ink. Of course, this is just a reason for refusal, and Uncle Scrapped's restraint is still from my grange. You see, is that good? Du Mei said slowly.

"It's a good idea, and it saves a lot of trouble." The slender fingers of the scrap manuscript tapped the table in agreement.

"That's it, let's go back." Du Huaibing stood up and stuck his cigarette stick behind him. The family is busy with the autumn harvest, sharpening knives and ropes and tying brooms, and there are many trivial things.

There are many family affairs, and Du Mei is inconvenient to keep them, so he walks in front of the scrapped manuscript, and Du Huaibing bends down and follows behind.

When he was about to go out, Du Huaibing suddenly remembered something, turned around and said: "Meizi, there are probably a few fish in the pocket of the river beach net, and you have existing guests, so keep them for entertainment." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Du Mei to speak, he turned around and followed the waste manuscript away.

Du Mei didn't have time to excuse himself, it just so happened that Song Jiu liked to eat fish, so he just gave up thinking about it.

"Are we eating fish at noon?" Song Jiu ran out with a smile and said to Du Mei.

"I'll go see what's going on first." Du Mei went out with a wooden barrel on his shoulder.

"I'll go too!" Song Jiu was very curious about life in the countryside, so he took a few steps to keep up with Du Mei.

In order to look good on the plate, Chef Lu chose the same silver carp, Du Mei went to the river beach to see, in addition to a large silver carp, there are some large and small miscellaneous fish such as mullet, crucian carp, bream, etc.

Shi happened to be drinking horses on the river beach, and he helped catch all the fish and send them home. Du Mei decided to make silver carp first today, because the tank at home could not hold this big fish of four or five catties.

Scrape the scales and pick out the internal organs, first cut off the big fish head, split it in half, and then cut the remaining fish meat into more than two finger wide segments, add salt, green onion and ginger shochu and marinate.

Du Gui lit the fire in the stove, Du Mei sent Du Tao to buy tofu at Lao Jitou's house, because the busy season arrived, Chun Bud was pregnant, and it was inconvenient to go out, and Lao Jitou would leave some tofu and dried tofu every day to sell to the villagers.

The fire in the stove is booming, hot pan with cold oil, stir-fry chives and ginger, put in the big fish head and fry the yellow, pour a little shochu along the edge of the pot to remove the fish, add boiling hot water, the cauldron is immediately white like milk, bubbling with water, the fish is stirred by this boiling water, and the fresh fragrance suddenly comes out and overflows from the kitchen.

"It smells so good!" Song Jiu shrugged his nose and walked into the kitchen and sniffed like a cat.

"My sister always says that Guizi is a gluttonous cat, and I think you are more gluttonous than her." Du Tao came back with tofu, and when he saw his appearance, he couldn't help but joke.

"Hee-hee." Du Gui sat on the stove and covered his mouth and snickered.

"You guys eat a lot, and you're still like this, it's much more gluttonous than me!" Fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys are at the age of arguing and competitive, Song Jiu went to Du Mei's house, got acquainted with the three little ones, changed from a teenager to a serious person, and became unforgiving.

"Okay, do you want to be the first to be the best?" Taking the tofu, Du Mei shaved Du Tao's nose.

"If there is really a first, Song Jiu deserves it." Du Tao grimaced and turned around to help wash and chop vegetables.

Song Jiu's mind was on the pot of fish soup, he had eaten the sour soup fish made by Du Mei, and seeing that it was a change of tricks today, he looked around the stove curiously.

Du Mei got up in the oil pan again, fried the marinated fish segments in turn until golden brown, then put ginger slices and green onion segments, added white sugar and vinegar, poured in soy sauce and soybean paste, boiled over high heat, and simmered over low heat.

The fish soup in the other pot turned from thin to thick, until the gelatin simmered out of the soup condensed a layer of oily skin on the surface of the soup.

After about a cup of tea, Du Mei sprinkled salt, minced chives, and coriander into two pots at the same time, and after two rolls, one fish and two meals were hot out of the pot.

Fish head tofu maintains the most authentic taste, tofu is a tasteless ingredient, it sucks the umami of fish soup, and releases the unique aroma of beans, the two blend, pure fresh to beautiful.

Sweet and sour fried fish, using the body of silver carp, with large bones and meat, is not easy to get stuck when eaten with a full mouth. The bones are charred and crispy with deep frying, while the meat is full of sweet and sour marinade, giving it a soft and tender texture that will whet your appetite.

Then, Du Mei stir-fried three simple vegetables on high heat, and lunch was served.

Song Jiu ate almost half a fish head by himself, more than a dozen pieces of fried fish, and drank two bowls of fish soup, until the food almost overflowed to his throat, so he was willing to put down his chopsticks and caress his stomach with satisfaction.

"This child looks like a child from a rich family, how can he not seem to have anything to eat." Xu Shi watched the thin Song Jiu feasting, and couldn't help but feel more pity in his heart, and persuaded him to eat more.

After lunch, Du Mei and Song Jiu went out in a stone carriage, today is the day of the agreed delivery of grain, Shopkeeper He transferred the ship from the dock in Qinghe County to the dock in Sheshan Town, it will take almost half a day, they will go here, just right, Du Mei also specially brought some fried fish to add vegetables to Shopkeeper He.

The ships transporting goods on the wharf were crowded one after another, Du Mei and Niu Er Hei Jiaolong who were waiting here converged, got on the ship of the Song family, and after inspecting the goods, the helpers hired on the wharf were responsible for unloading and loading.

Niu Hei and the two responded at both ends and piled up a thousand stones of rice into the granary. Du Mei stayed on the boat and told Song Jiu and the shopkeeper about the situation in the south.

"According to you, going to the south to sell grain is a chestnut in the fire." Shopkeeper He rubbed his forehead with a little headache.

"Doesn't that mean that the south side is profitable!" At this time, Song Jiu regained his youth and old age.

"It's too risky to go south, so you might as well sell me the rest of the grain." Chu Lin couldn't help but listen to his words, and Du Mei didn't want them to put themselves in danger.

"But we ...... It's not that I came out to be safe! Song Jiu gritted his teeth. The interests of the family and the expectations of the two rooms made him unable to retreat.

"In this way, the young owner will stay at Meizi's house for a few more days, and I will take the grain ship to the south." Shopkeeper He thought for a while.

"How's that going to work! You and I came out together, how can you let yourself go on an adventure alone, if there are three long and two short, how can I explain to your family! Song Jiu's face changed and he said with a serious expression.

"You are the only bloodline of the owner, in case of a business trip, I will not be able to redeem it." Shopkeeper He's eyes widened in a hurry.

"Why don't you ask Brother Niu and Brother Hei to see if they have any ideas?" Du Mei saw that their master and servant were fighting for affection, and also helped to find a way.

Song Jiu and Shopkeeper He glanced at each other and nodded. They know very well in their hearts that this trip has great risks, if they encounter official errands, they just spend money to avoid disasters, but if they encounter bandits, they are the masters who want food and money and are more deadly, which requires people who can speak on the rivers and lakes to come forward.

Shopkeeper He immediately called someone to invite Niu Er and Hei Jiaolong.

"Coincidentally, I have a cousin who works as a horseman in the mighty dart bureau in Qinghe County, and their king dart head is originally from the south, otherwise, you invite them to take a dart? But in this way, I am afraid that I will not be able to make money this time. Niu Er said with some regret.

"We weren't expecting it to be profitable, but as long as we have a reliable grain dealer, it's worth it." Shopkeeper He's expectations were not high, but he became interested in his method.

"Please Brother Niu help us introduce us." Song Jiu glanced at the shopkeeper He and said.

"That's good, let's go now!" Niu Er is a warm-hearted person, get up and leave.

Du Mei stayed in the grain shop to wait for news, and Niu Er took Song Jiu's master and servant to drive the carriage to Qinghe County.

When it got dark, the three of them returned, and things went well. Niu Er said that for the sake of stability, Wang Darthead suggested not to bring the grain ship immediately, he and the dart masters could accompany them to the south to find a suitable grain shop, and wait until the price was negotiated, the delivery location was agreed, and then it was not too late to come back to drive the ship.

Du Mei was very much in favor of this method, but Shopkeeper He was not happy. It turned out that Song Jiu insisted on going with him, this trip to the south was unusual, and he would never dare to let the young owner take risks.

"Miss Du, you can help me persuade the young owner." Song Jiu had already fought with Shopkeeper He all the way, but Shopkeeper He couldn't, so he had to ask Du Mei for help.

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Listen to the whispers under the grape trellises, and nibble on watermelons in the sound of insects. Yesterday's Tanabata Festival is the beginning of autumn today, the autumn of 2019, you come quickly!