Chapter 123 Settlement
"What's wrong? Can't sleep?"
Zhao Fengnian reached out and held his wife's hand.
This was what he had imagined a harmonious family to be like.
"I just feel that if my family were better, or more fair... maybe this is the image of family members getting along harmoniously that I want to see."
After saying this, Zhao Fengnian felt that he was being a bit pretentious.
Shi Qingqing just held onto Zhao Fengnian's big hand. "Who doesn't? I've thought about it longer and more than you do. I've been fantasizing since I was a kid. I fantasized about our family living together. How much would my mother's yard have to be expanded to accommodate three generations...
Good harvest year, from now on we will only be good to those who are good to us."
"Yeah." Without any more words, the two looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
Before I knew it, the faint sound of the wind brought a drowsy sound.
The couple slowly fell asleep.
The next day, the two were awakened by the noise of cleaning in the yard.
My cousin was sweeping the yard, my aunt was cooking porridge in the kitchen, and Xiao Xiang'er was fetching water.
The whole family is the type that cannot feel at ease accepting favors from others, and always wants to do more for Shi Qingqing and Zhao Fengnian.
Shi Qingqing asked Zhao Fengnian if he wanted to sleep a little longer, after all, he had been on a long-distance bus ride the day before yesterday.
"No, I slept well last night." Now that I'm home, a night till dawn is enough.
The two of them got up together. Shi Qingqing went to the kitchen and took out some ingredients. She didn't insist on asking her aunt not to work. Sensitive people can better understand the other person's mentality at this time.
Instead of pushing and shoving each other for the spot of cooking, it’s better to taste each other’s cooking.
After washing up, Shi Qingqing noticed that there was already a faint smell of vegetables in the yard.
The kitchen was equipped with the original big stove and the honeycomb coal stove that Shi Qingqing had bought before. Both were stoves that even country people knew how to operate, so there was no confusion or unfamiliarity. My cousin's mother cooked three dishes.
Shi Qingqing cut a few more salted duck eggs and made a plate of white rabbit pickled mustard tubers.
Such a big table is enough for five people.
My cousin's mother and the others soon understood why Shi Qingqing still felt that three dishes were not enough, because Zhao Fengnian, who had a big appetite in his hometown, could eat three bowls of porridge early in the morning.
The salted duck eggs were probably made by Shi Qingqing herself. They were not extremely salty, but fragrant and slightly salty. Zhao Fengnian took two halves, some pickled mustard tubers, two chopsticks of stir-fried vegetables, and washed them down with a bowl of porridge.
Wow, no wonder I felt stronger this time.
But Fengnian's wife is really nice. She pampers Fengnian with food.
And preparing more side dishes is also because we are worried that everyone will feel uncomfortable eating, not because we are deliberately saving money.
Therefore, at noon, my cousin's mother directly adapted to Shi Qingqing's rhythm. When she saw the pig's trotter, she braised it all at once! She also threw a few eggs in it, and when she got it back, it was a dish.
Eight frozen chicken wings, all braised.
I killed a chicken I brought from my hometown and made soup with it, and I took out the pickled radish and stir-fried it with chicken offal.
The evening meal was light, with a bowl of noodles per person.
On the first day, Xiang'er experienced what it was like to eat with financial freedom.
So after Shi Qingqing negotiated the rent of the smoked goose shop with the villagers the next day, Xiang'er immediately began her high-spirited struggle.
She can do all the dirty, tiring and miscellaneous work!
Shi Qingqing settled the two of them down and quickly found a middleman to sign a rent-free contract for building a house. Then she prepared the necessary materials and went back to fishing.
After all, it's double the points.
Guo Yumei would still come to see Shi Qingqing, and occasionally the two would go out to sea together for a day.
But Guo Yumei now has a formal job, so Zhao Fengnian and Xiang'er take turns to accompany Shi Qingqing.
But it was basically Xiang'er who followed, because Zhao Fengnian and his cousin had to build the house.
The family didn't have enough money to hire workers, but fortunately there was a professional named Zhao Fengnian who worked with my cousin, an old man in good health, and they were able to build a house to live in.
In addition, Shi Qingqing spent several thousand yuan to buy materials in the early stage, and Zhao Fengnian had connections and experience, so in about a month, the bungalow had reached a considerable scale.
At this time, the fishing ban also began.
You can go fishing, or even use a small boat to fish nearby, but if you are caught by patrol officers, both the boat and the people will be taken away for investigation.
Especially for motor boats, the penalties will be more severe.
Shi Qingqing didn't worry too much, thinking that no one would catch me when I was fishing.
Wu Ge said seriously that it depends on the other person's mood and personality. Of course, if you have nothing on the boat, or even no fishing net, they won't catch anything. Shi Qingqing said that she would not bring a fishing net.
To be on the safe side, she started looking for a suitable fishing spot, in case someone wanted to catch a fish, what would she do regardless of whether she had a fishing net or not.
Then you say you threw your fishing net into the sea to avoid accountability?
So she restrained herself and looked for a fishing spot instead.
It would be too unfair if they even arrested fishermen.
It is impossible to catch a large amount of fish in a net even if you fish hard all day. Shi Qingqing has seen strange boats approaching twice, but no one tried to catch her.
At this point, Zhao Fengnian got some more cement and installed a layer of iron fence on the top of the wall, so that people could live in the bungalow.
A few chickens and ducks were also moved to my cousin's mother's place. Xiang'er, who was very observant, noticed that my cousin's mother-in-law didn't like to raise these.
Originally, they bought the ready-made animals because they were about to kill them and eat them. This was the information Xiang'er heard and analyzed from the conversation. After the bungalow was habitable, she immediately mentioned it to her parents.
So a few chickens and ducks at home were moved there, and my cousin's mother also planned to raise some small ones.
Shi Qingqing has an electric tricycle, the kind used to carry passengers. If she needs to buy something, her car can both run and pull things.
I went to a farm on the edge of the town and bought more than a dozen geese.
I bought enough spices, seasonings and cookware, and now I'm going back to try smoked goose.
My cousin’s cooking skills are quite stable. He had reviewed it once before with Shi Qingqing, and this time it went much more smoothly. The first one was a great success, with just the right temperature and flavor, and that unique smoky flavor was also just right!
On this day, Shi Qingqing bought some firecrackers to set off, and the family opened a bottle of wine and had a good meal, and happily opened the smoked goose shop.
It’s no wonder that after her cousin and his family of three moved out, Shi Qingqing felt a bit of belated loneliness.
Linda's long-awaited appearance instantly dispelled Shi Qingqing's loneliness.
She was ready to go back, and this time she brought a few friends she met here and two friends from Hong Kong City to have dinner together.
Although it's free, this is also a necessary meal to 'open the market', and Shi Qingqing takes it very seriously.
Abalone, conch, bamboo squid, dragon head fish, octopus... seasonal seafood accounts for half.
After that, there is a whole smoked goose, a whole crispy roast chicken, and braised pig's trotters. Customers can cut up the smoked goose and roast chicken themselves, or ask someone to cut it for them.
Who else can we ask? Currently, Shi Qingqing has to come personally.
In addition to various meat dishes, it is also embellished with green vegetables, fried eggs with pickles, fried offal with sauerkraut and other dishes with a very rural flavor.
In essence, it is still a big meal of fish and meat, but with a slightly different flavor, making it taste quite "farmhouse-style".
The people in Hong Kong, who have long since pulled one foot out of the loess, are very fond of this.
There was no liquor or foreign wine on the table, but rice wine, which unified the flavor of the whole meal, and the rice wine was not too intoxicating.
When they were halfway through the meal, Wu Shao actually came with Guo Yumei. Shi Qingqing greeted them calmly, brought two new sets of bowls and chopsticks, and served Guo Yumei her favorite juice.
Guo Yumei bowed her head and said thank you.
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