Chapter 250: Preparing for Farming
Prepare for farming
After the banquet is over, some guests are leaving. Lu Ming and Zhang Qiye were going to see off the guests, and Mrs. Zhang and Ah Li had to take care of the two children, so Lu Yu led Yan Xi'an and the three of them to help clean up the mess.
When they were cleaning up, Lu Yu asked Yan Xi'an how they were eating today, and whether they were all full.
Yan Xi has the most straightforward character, he said: "It's okay, if you are full, you are full, but the taste is almost bad, and the craftsmanship of this person who cooks is a little worse than that of Brother Da Yu, and far worse than my mother." ”
Lu Yu said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, this dish is made by the chef from the restaurant in our town before, and it is much better than me." ”
"Hey, this kind of craft can also be a cook, then Brother Da Yu, you go to open a shop, and you must have a future."
Lu Yu smiled and told Yan Xi not to talk nonsense.
Today's dishes, the taste is actually quite good, Lu Yu thinks that it may be that his skills are getting better and better, Yan Xiding is used to eating their own dishes, and their mouths have become tricky, so they pick and choose. And the chef of the restaurant may not have made a big pot of dishes before, so Lu Yu felt that the taste was still acceptable.
And what Lu Yu admired the most was that the amount of dishes made by the chef in charge today was just right, and almost every table of dishes was eaten cleanly, and I didn't see any waste.
Yan Xi'an said that it was because many people usually didn't have anything to eat, but today there was fish and meat, so everyone ate a little more.
Lu Yu felt that what Yan Xi'an said was very reasonable.
helped Lu Ming's family clean up, and returned the borrowed tables and chairs, and Lu Yu was about to go back.
Lu Ming is very happy today, there are many guests here, and even the town guard has come in person, which is worth being happy about. Zhang Qiye thanked Lu Yu a few words, saying that thanks to Lu Yu's help, otherwise this full moon wine would not have worked.
Lu Yu smiled, thinking to himself what kind of help this was.
Before going home, Lu Yu jokingly asked Lu Jiayu if he wanted to go home with him. Lu Jiayu hesitated, but still "declined" Lu Yu.
When he got home, Lu Yu suddenly said, "When did Gang Master Qin leave?" I didn't even send it. Since he met Qin Zhongquan, he has sent a lot of things to Lu Yu, and in the bottom of his heart, Lu Yu is very grateful to him.
Yan Xi'an said: "People saw that we were busy, so they left." Next time they're busy, let's go and help together, and don't want him to be paid. ”
"Hehe, last time I helped for a few days, and people sent so much food. If I bring you with me next time, the Qin Gang Master will not be able to send all the food they have collected. ”
Yesterday, Qin Zhongquan brought two ox carts, carrying thirty or forty sacks of rice, which were estimated to be six or seven thousand catties in total. Lu Yu still has food at home, and there are also some in the valley in Anding Valley, after thinking about it for a while, Lu Yu still decided to pile these rice in the bedroom at home. Now the bedroom is now Lu Yu sleeping, and the original utility room is empty.
Lu Yu was not in a hurry to distribute these grains to Lu Ming, because after a while, the town might be able to buy grain, and their Zhang family was not short of money.
After packing up the food, Lu Yu cleared the sheepfold in the backyard again, and sorted out the meat from the hunting last night, and put the house inside and out
Cleaned it up.
Later, Lu Yu went to herd the sheep again, and the load of grass that he cut yesterday had already been eaten, and the nine sheep had to be herded in the afternoon.
After being busy, it's another day, and Lu Yu is going to hunt.
Of course, Lu Yu himself has been eating less meat recently, and there are still some left at home. But Lu Di and Lao Gao are almost, if Lu Yu doesn't go up the mountain, the two of them won't go up the mountain, at most they will only go around the mountain, and they don't dare to go in.
There are tigers and crocodiles in the mountains, although neither of these things have been seen for a long time.
Yan Xi'an and the three of them were almost not interested in hunting in the mountains now, so Yan Xiding told Lu Yu to try to find a few eggs to come back. Lu Yu told him that even if he found the egg, it would be Xiaocai and Nan Qiao's, and it would not be his turn.
On the mountain, Lao Gao and Lu Di both asked Lu Yu how Lu Ming's wedding wine was done yesterday. Lu Yu said that it was not bad, and there were a lot of guests, even Lord Liang from the town.
Lao Gao said that Liang Shoubei would go, completely because of Lu Yu's relationship.
Because it won't be long before everyone will be busy, Lu Yu said to Lao Gao and the two of them that they would get more things to go back today, and they would not be able to come out for a while.
Lu Di said with a smile: "Both of you have raised sheep, and in the future, you will not hunt, and there will be no shortage of meat to eat, I knew that I would also raise a few." ”
"If you raise it, no one will help you put it, I think it's better to wait for the big Yu family to have chickens in the future, and buy two with him to raise."
Lu Yu said: "Then you have to wait, those people in my family all 'love eggs like life', I don't know when there will be eggs to hatch chicks." ”
Lao Gao asked: "Alas, you said that we are not uncommon pheasants, why is this pheasant nest so difficult to find?" ”
"Because pheasants and hares move. I found that as long as it's moving, Da Yu can find it. The chicken nest won't move, so it's not easy to find. ”
Lu Yu thought to himself, it doesn't seem difficult to find a chicken nest, as long as you follow the pheasants, you will always find their nest. It's just that it's hard for ordinary people to follow pheasants without being discovered.
If you have the heart to find it, it will be much easier to hunt that way, and in the morning, the three of them have hunted three wild boars, and a bunch of pheasants and hares. The three of them were very happy and were going back at noon.
The three wild boars were not easy to move, so Lu Yu found a thick wooden stick, rubbed the rattan, made a burden, and picked up the two wild boars on one shoulder. For Lu Yu's extraordinary strength, Lao Gao and Lu Di would not be surprised for a long time, they were commonplace.
Happily returning home, Lu Yu got the biggest wild boar and a few pheasants and hares.
Now is the hottest time of the year, and the hunted prey can't be eaten, even if it is soaked in a salt tank, it is difficult to keep it from spoiling. So Lu Yu could only cut all the meat into strips and dry it over a fire. Jerky can be stored for a longer time, hung in a ventilated room, and will not spoil for several months.
In addition to bacon, Lu Yu also wants to make some sausages. But he didn't know how to make sausages, Yan Xi'an said that her mother would, so Lu Yu went to ask Mrs. Yan to come back to help.
The meat was marinated, washed, enema, knotted, smoked, and it was not until the afternoon of the next day that all the meat was processed. Pork strips, sausages, and killed pheasants and hares were hung all over the backyard of Lu Yu's house.
After the meat was ready, Lu Yu wanted to make wine again. He originally planned to wait for the new grain in the valley to come ashore before making wine, but Qin Zhongquan sent it two days ago
Grain has come, and now there is no shortage of grain for brewing.
It was the beginning of July, and Lu Yu had started to make wine, so he could drink new wine before the farm was busy.
Seeing that Lu Yu wanted to make wine, Yan Xiding and Lan Shaofang asked him to grind tofu, and the two of them said that they wanted to eat tofu.
So Lu Yu soaked the sake lees and began to grind the tofu. Grinding tofu is much simpler than brewing, the beans can be ground after soaking for a day, boiled after grinding, mixed after cooking, and pressed when condensed...
The soy milk boiled, Yan Xiding and Lan Shaofang drank a bowl of sweetened ones, and after drinking them, Yan Xiding said that they wanted to drink ice (soy milk and soy milk are not the same).
Lu Yu said that the soy milk is not delicious when it is cold, and it is estimated that the ice cannot be drunk. But Yan Xiding insisted on drinking, Lan Shaofang also pouted on the side, Lu Yu had no choice, so he gave them two bowls of ice to drink.
The two bowls of soy milk only had some ice slag in them, and Lu Yu didn't let the soy milk form a lump of ice. Yan Xiding couldn't wait to take a big sip, and before he could swallow it, he saw him frown, and squirted out the soy milk in his mouth with a poof.
"What are you doing in Xiding? Tell you not to drink, you want to drink, vomit everywhere. Yan Xi'an was a little angry and glared at his younger brother fiercely.
"You can't blame me, it's too hard to drink, it's bitter." Yan Xiding laughed dryly twice, and persuaded Lan Shaofang not to drink either.
Lan Shaofang didn't dare to drink it, she quietly put down the bowl and wanted to sneak out.
Lu Yu said: "It's not delicious, then you clean the ground, it's dirty." He felt that this kid was a little too disobedient, and he was not a child anymore.
The tofu was ready, and Lu Yu gave some to Lu Ming. This time there was a lot of tofu, and Lu Yu sent it to the town a lot, Lu Ming liked to eat it, Lu Jia
The fish seems to like it too. In addition to tofu, Lu Yu also brought a lot of the various meats of the Japanese style that were marinated some time ago.
In Dunlin Town, Lu Yu saw a newly opened grain store, he went over to ask, and it was the people from the Tianhai Gang who opened the store, sent by Qin Zhongquan.
Lu Yu was a little happy, he couldn't remember how long the grain store hadn't opened in Dunlin Town, the new grain store had opened, which marked that the people living in Dunlin Town could use money to buy grain, even if the family had no land at home, they could find other ways to eat.
When he got home, Lu Yu began to prepare the things he would use for a few days of farming. The sacks, baskets, and slabs of grain were to be found and cleaned, and the sickles and straw ropes for cutting the rice were to be prepared. I don't know why, Lu Yu always feels that the autumn that is coming this year seems to be different.
But where is the difference, Lu Yu can't say.
One day at the end of July, Lu Yu's house had another guest. Seeing the visitor, Lu Yu was a little surprised, it turned out to be the two brothers Cheng Huai and Cheng Huaide from Qichu Villa.
As soon as he saw Cheng Huai, Lu Yu remembered that when he got married, he sat in the chief, but he forgot about giving gifts. Lu Yu said this, but Cheng Huai waved his hand and smiled: "What is this, Mr. Lu can go and have a glass of wine, I am very grateful, it doesn't matter if the gift money is not a gift money." ”
Lu Yu smiled and asked again, "The two Cheng brothers came over, what's the matter?" ”
"It's really something, just give my brother and Huaide a look, is there a suitable girl on your side, and I want to introduce him to him." Cheng Huai said with a smile: "When I entered the village just now, Huaide took a fancy to a girl, and I don't know if she is married. ”
Lu Yu was really a little curious, Cheng Huai told him three times before and after to introduce the girl for his younger brother, and at first Lu Yu thought Cheng Huai was
was joking, although he took it seriously when he said it for the second time, he didn't take it to heart, but he didn't expect that he actually came to his village.
Lu Yu asked, "Which girl?" What does it look like? ”
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