Aunt He also confirmed on the side, "I get up early to come here to cook, and I can't go back until evening, and the men in my family basically eat soy milk buns in that shop at noon to replenish their stomachs." ”

Hearing that someone had come to the shop to eat, Lu's mother and son's hearts relaxed a little.

"The question now is what we're going to sell." Hua Ronghua pointed to a brand-new bamboo basket she put at her feet, "This is the half-catty pork belly and a piece of tofu I bought, and Aunt He will make it in a while, see how many bowls of vegetables can be produced." ”

As soon as they heard that there was meat to eat, the rest of the Lu family also smiled.

Mrs. Lu smiled and straightened her face, "Eat meat and eat meat all day long, and eat you to death sooner or later!" Losers. ”

Hua Ronghua didn't hear it, and asked Aunt He to take the basket into the kitchen, "Let's cook early today." ”

I was busy in the kitchen when I heard a commotion outside the door, and the sound of cars and horses, as if there were many people.

"What's going on? Someone's coming? Hua Ronghua stood at the kitchen door and looked out.

Aunt He said while peeling the potatoes neatly: "It's someone from the East Courtyard who moved in, and you moved it once after you left in the morning." Tsk, but it's really rich, there are things we haven't even seen before, and the son, the handsome one who grows, that is, my daughter is still young, if she is old enough, I will send her over, even if she is a girl, she is also blessed. ”

"Huh? Is it that good? Hua Ronghua smiled and didn't take it seriously, returned to the kitchen and continued to tell Aunt He how to stew this pork belly and cabbage soup.

Today, the Lu family's dinner was a little early, and there were several new bowls on the table, and there was a steamed bun in front of each person.

"You have a bowl at home, what are you going to do with this new bowl? You're such a loser. "Old man Lu began to feel distressed again.

"I'm going to sell this bowl in the shop, so I'll buy a few to practice how to cook." Hua Ronghua picked up the empty bowl on the table and explained: "This bowl has a wide mouth and a small bottom, and it looks big, but the things it contains are the same as ordinary bowls, and it looks good to use such a bowl to hold dishes." ”

As he spoke, Hua Ronghua took the spoon from Aunt He's hand, and poured a full cabbage soup from the vegetable bowl into the bowl.

In the bowl, cabbage, potatoes and tofu are cut into loose pieces and mixed in the soup bowl, and occasionally one or two slices of meat can be seen.

The Lu family ate with a bulging belly, but Hua Ronghua only ate half a bowl and put it down, the taste was acceptable, much stronger than the fried cabbage with meat oil when he had no guidance before, but the meat taste was not very strong.

"What else do you want? Or you'll have the whole pot in the whole stew! Mrs. Lu glanced at Hua Ronghua with disdain, and hiccuped by the way, "Uh, the dish is good, just sell this, sell Sanwen, oh, not a bowl of Wuwen!" ”

This time it was Hua Ronghua's turn to sneer, "Five Wen and a bowl? People can buy steamed buns and buns for three or two dollars, why spend so much money every day to eat your bowl of vegetables without much meat? Some people may not be able to earn five dollars a day! ”

"How much does it cost if you don't sell Wuwen? If it were sold cheaply, wouldn't I have to pay for it? "Mrs. Lu thinks that she is still losing money by selling five yuan, but she took out fifteen taels, fifteen taels!

"There were just seven bowls of dishes, and there should be three bowls left in the pot. There's still it in the pot, right? Hua Ronghua raised his head and asked Aunt He.

Aunt He nodded, "Yes, there should be a pot, and the pot can't fit it." ”

Hua Ronghua nodded and continued to settle the accounts, "Even if you can make a total of twenty bowls of dishes, you will have to use half a catty of pork belly for eighteen yuan, a piece of tofu for two yuan, four potatoes and a cabbage for one yuan, plus oil, salt and firewood or something, the cost of this pot of dishes must be calculated according to twenty-three yuan." ”

"Eat twenty-three wen for this meal, it's really enough to lose." When Mrs. Lu heard that she had spent twenty-three yuan, she began to feel distressed again, and even the meat she had just eaten in her stomach was like a blade cutting her intestines.

"In this way, a bowl can be sold for two cents, and you can earn seventeen cents." Hua Ronghua calculated the final price.

"No, it's too little, so won't we lose money? That meat money only cost about 20 yuan! Mrs. Lu was the first to jump out and object.

Lu Wenping felt that it was okay, he just felt that it was good not to lose money, "Okay, I have already made a lot of money, and any more will cause people to gossip." ”

Hua Ronghua also did not agree to sell Sanwen, "Although half a catty of meat is indeed a lot, but this peel, the fat has been relied on a lot, and the remaining meat does not look much, Sanwen is afraid that some people are too expensive, it is best to have a way Although there is not much meat, it is okay to make people smell full of meat." ”

"Meaty? When the meat is full of flavor, go to the roasted meat. In the past, the whole village could smell the boiled meat in the village chief's house during the Chinese New Year. Mrs. Lu seemed to have some reminiscences.

Stewed meat? Hua Ronghua's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly got up, "I'll go to the market." ”

"What are you going to do when it's dark?" Lu Wenping asked puzzled.

Seeing that the sky had begun to darken, Hua Ronghua was a little embarrassed, "I forgot what time it was, then I'll go early tomorrow morning, and Aunt He will go with me." ”

"Running the market all day long, running the market all day long, how much money is enough for you to be so defeated! Rokuro really married a loser's daughter-in-law. ”

Hua Ronghua got up directly and didn't hear Mrs. Lu's words, "I'll go back to the house to keep accounts first, and Aunt He will clean up the kitchen in a while." ”

Mrs. Lu was ignored, slapped the table angrily, and complained to her son, "Look, look, what kind of woman are you marrying?" Mother-in-law didn't say anything, she dared to leave first? ”

Lu Wenping also felt that although this lady didn't talk back and didn't quarrel, she was even more annoying! I wanted to lecture her a few words, but no one was there, so I could only hang my head and listen to my mother's complaints.

Early the next morning, Aunt He warmed up the leftovers from last night and followed Hua Ronghua to the market.

This time, Hua Ronghua didn't buy meat, but bought all the four big bone sticks on the butcher shop, spending a total of ten yuan.

"Lady, there are not a few pieces of meat on it, and it is so expensive......"

The shopkeeper who sold the meat was not happy, and interrupted Aunt He's words, "This sister-in-law's words are not right, there is still a lot of meat on my bones, and the bones of the butcher shop on East Street are much cleaner than mine, and they are more expensive, and a smooth bone is sold for five cents." ”

Aunt He still wanted to speak, but was directly interrupted by Hua Ronghua, "Okay, just these four sticks, put on and leave." ”

Hua Ronghua was afraid that the seasoning at home was not enough, so he went to the grocery store to buy some, and when he got home, he washed his bones and began to stew soup.

"Ah, chop it open?" Aunt He was stunned, can't you chop it all over the broken bones?

"Yes." Hua Ronghua couldn't help but be angry when she saw that she didn't know what to do, and snatched the knife, "I'll come!" ”

Bang bang bang! After chopping three knives in a row, he finally chopped a bone open a crack, and then the second and third were much more proficient, Hua Ronghua put the chopped bones into the pot, then added two scoops of cold water, and put all the green onions, ginger, garlic and peppercorns into it, and finally added a little vinegar, and finally covered the pot with a lid and let Aunt He burn the fire.

The rich aroma wafted in the courtyard of the Lu family, and Mrs. Lu came out of the house, "Is this cooking meat?" How much did you spend on that? ”

Aunt He, who fished out the big bones and brought them to the kitchen door, heard and laughed, "Old lady, it's not boiled meat, it's boiled meat, the lady spent ten dollars to put these bones in the pot to cook, I didn't expect it to be so fragrant." ”

Hua Ronghua also came out of the kitchen, "Wait for it to cool down, Aunt He, you wash your hands twice with soap, and then remove the meat from the bones." ”

"Slaves don't use soaphorns, just flush them with water, soaphorns are so expensive......" Aunt He remembered that last time the lady had just bought a new soaphorn and came back, she was curious and smelled it, but she was furious and hurriedly refused.

"If you want to use it, you can use it, how can we eat the meat if you don't wash your hands and dismantle it?" Hua Ronghua said strongly.

Mrs. Lu pouted, "Be content, I haven't used the old woman!" That sounds a little sour.

He also supported Jiang Lan next to him, "You go back to the house and bring me a chair, I'm going to watch Aunt He here, don't let her steal the flesh and bones." ”

As soon as Hua Ronghua saw that Mrs. Lu was going to look at Aunt He, she stopped caring about it, and turned around to the kitchen to put out the bone broth, which is calcium supplementation, and left a bowl for Yuan Niang for a while.

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In the east courtyard, Gongxi Chu smelled the aroma wafting from the west courtyard, and then looked at the fried meat and vegetables on the plate in front of him, his face was cloudy and rainy, "What are you frying here?" "If you listen closely, you can almost hear the sound of gnashing teeth.

Mo An raised his hand that was cut by the knife, "The slave hurt his hand, and no one helped me watch the fire, so I ......"

"So you're going to fry these pig foods for me to eat?!" Gongxi Chu threw the chopsticks at Mo An.

"The slave said that he had to leave the cook sent by Master Li, but the master didn't say that he was spying on us, if he ...... the cook"

"How dare you say that?!" Gong Xichu's eyebrows stood up, and he was about to kick him.

Mo An shrank in fright, not daring to speak anymore.

The aroma from the western courtyard was a little bigger, and Gong Xichu's stomach screamed twice.

"What does it smell like?"

"Meat!" Mo Yan also sniffed in the air, and swallowed and foamed silently.

Mo An's eyes rolled, "Master, the slave will go and get you some food." With that, he ran out of the house.

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The sudden knock on the door made several people in the Lu family's courtyard stop their work and look towards the door.

"Who is this?" Mrs. Lu asked strangely, and said to Jiang Lan on the side, "Go and have a look." ”

Most of the people who live in this alley know each other, and they work in the county office, so everyone basically does not tie the door during the day, and occasionally acquaintances come to visit, and they also push the door directly to enter, just say hello at the door, and suddenly someone knocks on the door, obviously not the people in the alley.

Jiang Lan answered, came to the gate, opened the door and saw that it was a young offspring, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Who is this little brother looking for?" ”

It was Mo An, he scratched his head, laughed twice and said, "That, can you, uh, can you share a bowl of food made by your family?" ”

"Huh?" Jiang Lan was stunned, and Mrs. Lu and the others who were looking here with their heads stretched out behind were also stunned, this is a door-to-door meal? !