Chapter 218: Going to School
Broth rice or something, it is a simple, but can bring people full of happiness leftover broth + leftover rice can be cooked out of food.
Especially in winter, if you can eat it early in the morning, it can make people happy all day long.
The broth was the meat and bone radish soup stewed last night, and it was still cold, with a milky white layer of fat on top, and almost half-cured broth underneath. The snow-white radish cubes are embedded in it, and it's a little cute.
There are still a few large bones in the broth, the bones have almost been stewed to the point that the tendons and flesh are separated, and the minced meat is scattered in the soup, and there is only a little tendon and meat attached to the bones, which is very clean.
Zhang Sijiu was in charge of lighting the fire, and Xu Shi heated the soup first.
On this day, the bone broth that has been left overnight does not spoil, and when it is heated to bubbling, the rich smell of meat wafts out and lingers in the kitchen.
At this time, Xu poured the leftover rice from last night into it, and let them boil fully for a while, until the rice grains that were a little dry and a little cold and hard absorbed the broth and became hot and soft again, and then they were put into the pot, and finally sprinkled a handful of fragrant shallots.
As for the dishes, Xu is also ready.
It must not be delicious and greasy early in the morning, so the dish prepared by Xu is cold shredded radish. There are also sour radish.
This kind of sour radish is soaked with a little finger on the big tip of the little finger and a little carmine on the skin, and when it is cut, it is only cut in half, and then the radish tassel on the head only removes the leaves, leaving a leaf stalk.
This radish is particularly crispy when it is soaked, and the radish tassel is also very delicious.
Cold shredded radish is made by cutting large radish into shreds, salting and removing part of the water, adding some soy sauce, sesame oil, aged vinegar, spicy dogwood, minced garlic, and chopped green onion and mixing evenly, which is also simple, delicious and appetizing.
As Xu's voice of "Dinner is open" sounded, the whole family gathered in the hall for breakfast.
Broth rice is not as viscous as porridge, the soup is soup, and the rice grains are still rice grains. But when you take a sip of soup and take a bite of rice, it feels like porridge and porridge can't be brought—fragrant, so fragrant!
If you feel a little bland, take a bite of the sour and crunchy pickled radish: then at this moment, it is the peak of breakfast!
After eating breakfast satisfied, the family performed their duties, went out to do errands, went out to entertain guests, and took care of the house.
Xu took Zhang Sijiu to the school first.
Before entering, Xu pulled his clothes again and again, and nervously asked Zhang Sijiu at least three times: "Jiu Niang, do you see my clothes neat?" ”
Zhang Sijiu took the trouble to affirm: "Neat and clean, it couldn't be better!" ”
But Xu was still extremely unconfident and nervous, as if he wanted to see not his son's future teacher, but some kind of monster who wanted to eat people.
Zhang Sijiu was a little helpless, a little funny, and a little stunned: this is the feeling that parents only have when they send their children to study, right? I am afraid of leaving a bad impression on the teacher, and then the teacher does not like his own children. It seems that when I think about it, my parents also sent me to elementary school in this way.
However, Xu obviously didn't expect that after entering, Mr. didn't wait for her to speak, he looked at Zhang Sijiu first, and greeted Zhang Sijiu with a smile: "You are Jiu Niang, right?" The meat buns you sell are really good. Why hasn't it been sold in recent days? ”
Listen to that meaning, is it a little unfinished?
Zhang Sijiu was slightly embarrassed, he didn't expect him to be so famous: "Isn't this a school holiday?" Sir, if you want to eat, you have to wait until next year when school starts. ”
Xu glared at Zhang Sijiu and hurriedly remedied: "If Mr. wants to eat, I'll send it tomorrow!" ”
Zhang Sijiu: ...... Second aunt, wake up, where is your shrewdness and brain? Was it eaten by Mr.?
Fortunately, Mr. didn't accept it, but smiled and said, "No, no, I just asked casually." This lady, is your family a child who wants to be enlightened? ”
Xu Shi suddenly felt that Mr. was extremely smart: "Yes, yes, sir, you are really smart, you guessed it at once!" My eldest son is six years old, and I want to send him next spring, you see-"
The gentleman was a little surprised: "Generally, it is seven years old, and if you are six years old, it is a bit early." If you can't sit still, I'm afraid you won't be able to learn anything. It's a waste of money. ”
This can be said to be very pertinent.
Reading is not such a fun thing, especially when it is enlightened, it is more boring and repetitive, if the child is too young to sit still and concentrate, it will definitely not be able to learn. On the contrary, it is easy to breed resistance.
This made Xu hesitate a little: nothing else, just afraid of wasting money.
But Zhang Sijiu is very confident: "My younger brother is very well-behaved and very studious. We also taught him to read at home, and he was very serious. Sir, we would like to send it for a look first. If we really can't learn it by then, we'll take them back first and send them back when they're seven years old. ”
When Xu heard Zhang Sijiu say this, he immediately made up his mind: "Yes, yes, yes." If you can learn it, it's always good to read early. ”
The gentleman pondered for a moment and told them about the tuition fee: "This bundle is three taels of silver a year, plus pen, ink, paper and inkstone, it will cost five or six taels a year. The school doesn't care about breakfast, it doesn't matter dinner, there is a meal at noon, it is my wife and mother who operate, two dishes and one soup every day, and meat every other day, and I am full. If you don't want to eat here, you can only pay two taels of silver. ”
In addition to the open holidays, I still have to eat in the cafeteria for about eight or nine months a year, and if there are meat dishes every other day, it is not too expensive.
Seven or eight-year-old children begin to grow physique, and they eat a lot at every meal, at this price, the school has to earn, but it is not black-hearted.
Xu's accounts are not bad now, and as soon as Mr. said it, she would probably be fine, and like Zhang Sijiu, she didn't think it was expensive.
Just when Xu was about to say yes, suddenly Zhang Sijiu asked: "That sir, how many homework are there in the school?" Will you learn to ride and shoot these? I've heard that the six arts of a gentleman—"
For children from poor families, if they have to ask other teachers to learn their specialties, the pressure will be too great.
Mr. smiled slightly, and looked at Zhang Sijiu in surprise: "You know a lot." However, there is definitely no riding archery, I don't have a horse farm here. There are archery and pitching, playing chess, arithmetic, and painting. In terms of musical instruments, my wife knows how to play the bamboo flute, and there will also be lessons. The piano is too expensive, and even if I want to teach it, you can't afford it. ”
That's the big truth.
Zhang Sijiu nodded, indicating that he was already very satisfied: "Sir, this is already very good." Second aunt, pay the money quickly. Pay for a year first. Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, sir, can you give us a recommendation or two? Or write a list or something, so we can buy it? ”
Xu nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, otherwise we really don't know what to buy." ”