Chapter 8 Colleagues
"My first day at work, I was busy. Kou Xi said with a smile: "There are too many people who come to buy things, and my brain is not easy to use." ”
"Also, there are so many more people than we sell bearing parts. Seeing that the August Festival is coming, there are many people who buy moon cakes, canned food, iron bucket biscuits and sugar. Otherwise, Director Wang wouldn't have asked you to come over and help me!" Ge Ling was a cheerful person, pointing to the dim sum seller opposite and smiling: "Look, the people over there are so tired that they can't speak." We're better than them. ”
Hearing Ge Ling joking here, Zhou Hong, who was on the counter opposite, stood up and said with a hearty voice and a smile: "My body is like a calf, don't laugh at me." ”
"Okay, okay, you're amazing. Ge Ling took out an aluminum lunch box from her bag and shook it at Zhou Hong: "I'm going to have a hot meal, give me all of yours!"
He turned around and asked Kou Xi again, "Did you bring food?"
Kou Xi said embarrassedly: "Today is my first day of work, so I can't do anything." ”
"That's fine, I've got a jar of pickles here. I'll share a steamed bun with you, let's eat it together!" Zhou Hong is a generous person, speaking briskly and neatly: "Don't forget to bring food tomorrow." ”
When it was time to eat, Zhou Hong, Kou Xi, Ge Ling, and Wang Xiaoli got together. Zhou Hong divided half of Kouxi's corn and white flour steamed buns, Ge Ling scooped a spoonful of yellow rice, and Wang Xiaoli shared a large cake for her.
A few people had a delicious meal with radish pickles, shredded potatoes, and stewed beans.
"Hey, I've been selling the supplies for two years, and these pastries are just two or three things, and when people buy things and ask, I can't tell what they taste!" Zhou Hong complained while nibbling on corn and white flour steamed buns.
"You're all good, you can still steam steamed buns with two noodles. Our family still eats flatbread, usually rice mixed with millet and sorghum rice. Wang Xiaoli pouted with a bit of resentment on her face: "I have to give my mother sixty-five yuan every month, and my mother is reluctant to spend any of it." I've eaten peach crisp, and once the honey was broken three times, and I tasted it!"
Ge Ling took a bite of rice and looked sideways at Kou Xi: "I think the conditions at your home should be very good, I heard Director Wang say that your father is a purchaser in Wangtun Supply and Marketing Cooperative." You're not missing out on good food, are you?"
Kou Xi nodded: "I can probably remember what it tastes like, but I can't eat it all." ”
"That's pretty much it, I'll take the notebook and write it down in a moment. "This pastry comes in at a cost, and if you steal three or two pieces and turn around, you will lose money.
Zhou Hong and Wang Xiaoli didn't dare to be greedy, so they didn't eat much.
"Are these all the same price?" The pastry counter was full of styles, and if Kou Xi hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have remembered that there were so many varieties of Chinese dim sum in the pastry.
"The counter here is a piece of nine cents and twenty-one pounds, here is a piece of five cents and sixty-one pounds, and here is a piece of three pounds. Zhou Hong pointed to three places on the counter.
The most expensive of them is the 'head line', that is, the puff pastry with a lot of oil and sugar. Kou Xi nodded: "Well, it won't be easy for you to divide it like this." The expensive ones are oily and sweet. This peach kernel crisp is mixed with peach kernels in the noodles! The egg yolk is crisp and round, and a salted egg yolk is sprinkled with a few black sesame seeds on it, which is crispy and rich in layering, but it is salty. ”
Kou Xi said carefully, and Zhou Hong remembered it in detail with a notebook on the side: "I haven't paid attention yet, I really don't know that there is a salted egg yolk in the egg yolk crisp." ”
"The square crisp is similar to this white puff pastry, that is, it is a square, and the other is a long strip. The almond crisp is sprinkled with almond slices, and the inside of this sesame crisp is hollow, and you can weigh a few more pounds. Sprinklers are thin noodles twisted into shape and fried in a pan. ”
Wang Xiaoli said on the side: "You won't really eat it all." ”
How could Kou Xi talk about what he had seen and eaten in later generations, but he was embarrassed to say: "My father is very familiar with the pastry master, and I have eaten a lot of it from him." ”
Zhou Hong tilted his head and pointed to the other part: "These are all the same, right, the difference is that the words on them are different?"
She had to be a bunch of happy word cakes, small white pies pressed with molds of blessing, luck, longevity, and happiness.
"I don't know what kind of stuff we sell here, but I remember that our house seems to be filled with white sugar and honey. The longevity cake is filled with roses, and the Luzi cake is filled with hawthorn. There is also this jujube cake, which is a little sweeter than the jujube cake here. This jujube cake doesn't look so good-looking, but it's the most real to eat. Beef tongue cakes, longevity cakes, pretzels, and champion cakes have no filling. ”
Wang Xiaoli was dumbfounded when she heard this: "My mother, you have really eaten everything." ”
Zhou Hong couldn't help but be curious: "Which one do you think is the best?"
Kou Xi was a little embarrassed: "I think the peach cake is very good when I eat it myself." However, if it is for the elderly at home, it is still red date cake, longevity cake, and beef tongue cake. These have a softer texture and are cheaper. For children to eat, buy almond crisp, peach crisp, sesame crisp, crispy and oily. Fulu Suxi is the best way to celebrate someone's birthday or make offerings in the family. ”
"Fortunately, with your help, I will tell you if people ask me again in the future. Zhou Hong was very happy: "Oh, we have a lot to say together after you come." ”
Kou Xi looked at Ge Ling and smiled: "I'm just stained with my father's light, and I've eaten more." I really can't sell goods, I rely on Lingling to help me all day. I don't have a good brain, I always miscalculate!"
Ge Ling smiled faintly and did not continue the conversation. Wang Xiaoli heard about Wang Yazhi's battle against Huo Dagui yesterday. Knowing that Kou Xi was having a difficult time at her in-law's house, she was quite gossipy when she saw her at this time: "I see that you didn't bring food today, can you leave food for you when you go home at night?" I heard that your mother-in-law is a stepmother?"
Kou Xi doesn't like people to inquire about his private affairs, but in this era, if you want to stay mysterious and separate from the masses, you can't do it.
She whispered: "The family has always eaten two meals, can you leave me food, wait for me to come home and see." ”
When he returned home, sure enough, the family did not leave food for Kou Xi.
Kou Xi went to the kitchen and walked around, but he didn't even see half a grain of rice. Huo Tianyi ran over and pulled the corner of Kou Xi's clothes: "Auntie, where is the red bean yokan you bought for me?"
Kou Xi led Huo Tianyi to the hall and asked Tianyi in front of Huo Dagui: "Did your mother give you the peach crisp I bought today?"
Huo Tianyi's saliva flowed out all of a sudden: "My mother gave me a piece to eat, and she ate a piece herself." ”
After speaking, he urged Kou Xi: "Auntie, I want to eat red bean yokan!"
Red bean yokan cost five cents a piece, and Kou Xi only brought one back. She took it out of her pocket and raised it high to tease Huo Tianyi: "Auntie has been working for a day, and now she hasn't eaten? What should I do if my aunt is hungry?"
Huo Dagui, Li Cuilian, and Gao Liman didn't seem to hear it. Kou Xi knew that he was still angry with himself.
She was not annoyed, and handed the red bean yokan to Huo Tianyi. The smiling envoy made him: "Go find two radishes for the eldest mother, can the eldest lady make you balls soup?"
Huo Tian was really excited when he heard this, as if he was something, and he ran away without a trace.
Kou Xi stood up and said to Huo Dagui: "Dad, there are no leftovers in the kitchen. I'm going to make a radish soup to eat, would you like to have a bowl of it?"