The pastry is not sweet at all, it is all seasoned by the original taste of peach blossoms and lard, and it tastes like cement with flower petals.

That's right, the pastry turned out to be salty.

Lu Erli's eyes widened and she was puzzled: "Mother, what's wrong with you?" Don't like it? ”

Thinking of the sweet appearance of the two children, she couldn't help but vomit, the children were too bitter these days, and they hadn't eaten any good things.

She casually put the pastry aside, and Lu Erli grew up and said suspiciously: "Mother, don't you eat it?" ”

Lu Qingcao hugged the child in her arms and said softly: "The pastry is cold, and my stomach hurts after eating, go back and my mother will make something to eat for you." ”

Lu Erli carefully put the cake back into the handkerchief, which was a rare delicacy for them.

Erli's little hand held the pastry tightly, unwilling to waste food: "Then I'll take it back and heat it up and give it to grandma." ”

The cautious appearance caused Lu Qingcao to feel sad for a while.

Lu Yihua nodded obediently: "Okay!" My mother's cooking must be delicious. ”

"Mother, Tianxiang Building is so beautiful," Lu Erli couldn't help but glance back a few times, and saw the sharp tip of the building from a distance, and she smiled brightly.

They had only seen them outside before, and had never been inside.

She clutched her stomach, the things in the building were delicious, she had never eaten such delicious pastries.

If only I could eat it every day!

After returning from the town, Lu Qingcao began to be busy with job recruitment.

The harvest in the village is not good, and there are many idle people.

But she doesn't know people and faces, she doesn't have a deep relationship with the people in the village, and she doesn't know what is reliable and what is not.

"Ouch, the big night one was delivered? It's the same with tomorrow morning. Sister-in-law Cao looked at the cattle sent back, and became more and more satisfied with Lu Qingcao.

The ox carts lent to them did not bumble at all, and the cows' bellies were fully fed.

Such a sincere person, Cao San's sister-in-law is also willing to lend the ox cart.

"How can I borrow someone else's things, I feel uncomfortable in my heart, it's already early." She hates it when she thinks about things in her heart, and she can't sleep like that.

After speaking, she handed over a piece of tender tofu: "This is just out of the pot, and the stewed soup is the best." ”

Cao San's sister-in-law smiled even more: "Every time I send something, how embarrassed am I." ”

Lu Qingcao smiled and stuffed the bowl into her hand, and teased: "Third sister-in-law Cao, there is something I want to ask you for help." Now I order a lot of tofu every day, and I need three people to help, you can see if there are any diligent and less talkative people around you, help me find out. ”

"Twenty wages a day for one person, including a lunch at noon." Lu Qingcao continued.

Twenty dollars can buy five catties of wheat, enough for a family to eat for two days.

Sister-in-law Cao's eyes widened and said in disbelief: "Wouldn't it be too much to give twenty wen a day?" Before the village chief's family built a house, a man was only fifteen yuan. ”

Lu Qingcao smiled, patted Cao San's sister-in-law's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, what we do is technical work, and the price is naturally high." ”

"Okay, I'll go to Zhang Luo." Sister-in-law Cao was completely relieved and agreed to come down.

After Lu Qingcao left, Cao San's sister-in-law went to several familiar families.

As soon as they heard that there was such a good thing, everyone rushed to go, and they couldn't wait to come to Lu Qingcao's house early the next morning.

"Qingcao, I've found someone, take a look." Cao San's sister-in-law walked in the front with joy, talking and laughing with a few people and entering the yard.

The few people behind her are all full of pleasant faces, with big shoulders and round waists, and they look like people with good temperament and can do things.

Lu Qingcao was sucking porridge, and when she saw a few people coming, she nodded and led everyone to the stove room.

"First grind these beans into soy milk and pour them into a pot to boil." As soon as she pointed to the stone mill, the two aunts immediately stepped forward, each with a spoonful of beans and a spoonful of spring water.

There was still a little spark left under the stove, and she said to the remaining sister-in-law Li: "Sister-in-law, you look at the fire, you want a small fire." ”

Sister-in-law Li didn't say a word, and sat directly under the stove.

Not a word of nonsense.

Soon the fire was lit, not too big and not too small.

Several people are good hands, and they can do things beautifully with one sentence.

Everything was in order, Lu Qingcao handed the dried chili peppers to Cao San's sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, you use a stone mortar to crush the chili peppers, don't need to be too fine, that's it." ”

She picked up a handful of chili noodles she had scooped yesterday and placed them in a bowl to gesture.

"Okay." Cao San's sister-in-law also took the stone mortar and got up without saying a word.

The sound of the stone mill turntable, the sound of the stone mortar peppers, and the crackling sound of the firewood burning under the stove are mixed together, like a harmonious symphony.

After a while, two buckets of soy milk had been ground and all poured into the pot.

The peppers are also crushed and placed in clay pots for later use.

When it came to the most critical order of tofu, Lu Qingcao didn't move, scooped two bowls of steaming soy milk and handed it to the aunts: "Everyone has worked hard, go out and drink some soy milk and rest for a while." ”

Sister-in-law Cao San's sister-in-law knew it, took the soy milk and said happily: "The big guy goes out to rest and rest." ”

Several people went out together.

Lu Qingcao closed the door, and only then did he complete the key order tofu and chili oil.

There was a lot of conversation outside, and no one bothered their brains, and they all sat honestly at the door.

Squeak......

The wooden door slowly opened, and Lu Qingcao, who was dressed in steam, put things back into the stove room, and took a bowl of soy milk himself, taking small sips and drinking it.

"Qingcao, you are so capable, Wang Er is really blessed to marry you." Sister-in-law Li has a loud voice, and she is a compliment to the landing grass.

The sky showed a white fish's belly, the darkness was dispelled by the sun, and the sky became brighter and brighter.

In the house, Granny Qin walked out with a smile, her cane clattered on the ground, and her face was full of pride: "Of course, Wang Er's life is short, and if he lives longer, his life will be more prosperous." ”

The two older ones also came out sleepy-eyed, smelling the aroma of the room, Lu Erli hugged Lu Qingcao and asked for bean curd to eat: "Mother, is the bean curd ready?" I want to eat something sweet. ”

Lu Yihua also hugged the other side and said coquettishly: "I want it too." ”

The tofu in the pot was already lumpy, and Lu Qingcao quickly scooped out two bowls of bean curd, one of which was sprinkled with chili oil and handed over: "Erli eats this, this is a flower." ”

The two little radish heads happily took the bowl and ate it in large gulps.

The resting aunts were full of envy, how hard Lu Yihua and Lu Erli lived in the past, everyone in the village knew.

Now it's finally come to an end.

"Yihua and Erli seem to have gained a little fat, taller than her uncle's Xiaofang." The aunt laughed as she held the bowl.

"The children of the old Su family are all black, and Yihua and Erli are like mothers, very white." The other aunt then complimented.

Recalling the picture of Su Xiaofang in the memory of the original owner, Lu Qingcao felt that the comments of several aunts were very pertinent......

Lu Yihua smiled and didn't speak, Erli was unhappy: "Grandma, we are not from the Su family, we have my mother's surname, our surname is Lu!" ”

The two little men puffed up their chests and looked proud.

There are no mother's surnames in the village, they are the first ones!