"Do you boil everything you eat?"
Everyone nodded again.
Xu began to sympathize with them. "Forget it, I will be a good person and teach you. Follow me!"
So late at night, the Xu mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were still here teaching them how to deal with the 80 kilograms of pork fat, "Put it in after the water boils, blanch it, and take it out, and discard the dirty water.
Clean the pot, pour in the cleaned pork fat, add some water, put in the scallion and ginger, bring to a boil over high heat, and when the oil is almost out, turn to low heat, and simmer it slowly, it will be ready soon. "
While the oil was boiling, Wei Daya taught them how to identify the varieties of vegetables and how to eat them.
The whole yard was filled with fragrance when the lard was being boiled. The rich aroma made everyone's mouths water and they all stared at the pot without blinking.
Xu smiled and said, "You have to get used to it. Do you know what the front yard is used for? It's for making pot cakes. They start working in the early morning. In the middle of the night, the smell can wake you up. You can't resist it!"
A group of people nodded hurriedly.
The lard was almost ready, and Wei Daya took out a large clay pot.
Xu fished out all the oil residue on top, and then put the clear and bright lard into a pottery jar, saying, "When it cools down, the lard will slowly freeze into white. Seal the jar and put it aside. You can take it out whenever you need it.
These oil residues can be chopped up and used with cabbage to make dumplings or pancakes. Let my eldest daughter-in-law teach you how to do it. "
Wei Daya immediately demonstrated it to them.
She didn't use up all the oil residue.
Making dumplings requires the dough to be fermented, which is quite troublesome. The oil pan had not been washed yet, so Wei Daya taught them how to make pancakes.
Seeing how efficiently Wei Daya worked, everyone was extremely envious and secretly vowed to be as diligent and efficient as Wei Daya.
As soon as a pot of pancakes came out of the oven, Xu and Wei Daya turned around and were about to leave.
Yu Mei asked hurriedly: "Aren't you staying to eat?"
Xu waved her hand and said, "We have already eaten, and we have to go back to rest now. You should also go to sleep after eating. You can work well only when you are refreshed.
Our village is good. As long as you work hard, you won’t have to worry about not having a good life.”
Yu Mei and the others had no doubt about this a long time ago. Their master not only gave them clean clothes without patches, but also soft and warm fabrics. Now he also sent them flour, oil and vegetables. They were almost living like the rich families in Qiongzi Town.
Seeing Xu and Wei Daya leave, Yu Mei closed the door to the backyard.
When she came back and saw that no one had started eating, she subconsciously asked, "Why aren't you eating?"
"Waiting for you!" Chi Sanhua said with a smile.
Yu Mei was happy. "No need to wait, eat quickly so we can get back to work. I see there's still some oil in the pot. Why don't we boil some water, make some vegetable soup, and add some noodles for the younger kids? How do you think?"
It’s okay for adults and older children to eat pancakes, but a one-year-old baby can’t eat much and can’t digest it.
Chi Sanhua and Chi Zhaodi had to express their gratitude again.
This meal was like Chinese New Year's Day. Everyone had a pancake and a bowl of noodle dumpling and vegetable soup, which was enough for them to remember forever.
It was also a problem to allocate rooms when sleeping. In the end, the older boys slept in one room, the girls slept in another, and the younger children and women slept together, for a total of four rooms.
The beds in the compartments are custom-made, larger than ordinary beds, and quite spacious to sleep in.
As soon as everyone lay down, they fell asleep quickly.
Yu Mei woke up at the hour of Mao the next day, and she went to each room to wake everyone up and ask them to wash up.
When everyone walked out of the room and smelled the aroma of the pot cake, their minds started to race.
Yu Mei said, "I don't know when the workshop in the front yard started working. I smelled the fragrance when I woke up. Noodles are cooking in the pot. Hurry up, after we finish eating, we will go to see the master, the mistress, the young master and the young lady."
The group of people did not dare to delay. Chi Zhaodi and Chi Sanhua carried the youngest child on their backs, and after they finished cleaning up, they took the other children and left the backyard.
When they reached the front yard, the rich fragrance almost made the children unable to move.
The five women hurriedly reminded and greeted Wei Daya, whom they had met last night.
Wei Daya reminded: "Xiao Tai usually gets up between half past the Mao hour and the Chen hour. You can wait outside and go over when you hear the door open."
Shi Danniu looked over and saw that the door was indeed tightly closed, so she led her people over and sat at the door of Su Tai's house waiting.
The villagers who got up early and went to the fields saw this scene and came forward to inquire. In less than half an hour, the whole Shenjia Village knew that Chen Yi Su Tai had bought twenty servants, including an ignorant baby.
Some curious people came to inquire about their situation and learned that these women and children came back with Su Tai and Chen Yi because they could not live happily anymore.
They all praised Su Tai for his calmness, kindness and righteousness.
After all, who would buy a baby who can't even walk? Apart from anything else, a child will definitely not know anything before he is four or five years old. What's the point of raising him for so many years?
Only with good intentions would one do this.
The villagers reminded them to be grateful, and a group of people nodded repeatedly and responded with fear and trepidation.
When Shen Yi opened the door, he happened to see the villagers lecturing the servants he bought for his family. He was stunned for a moment and hurriedly greeted them.
The villager replied a few words, and then left when he saw Shen Yi woke up.
Shen Yi said to Yu Mei and the others, "I'm going to the county. You go in first and just listen to Madam's arrangements."
"yes!"
Shen Yi pulled the horse into the workshop, picked up several bags of pot-cakes, got on the horse and left.
Su Tai walked out of the bathroom and asked casually, "Have you eaten everything?"
Everyone nodded.
"What did you eat?"
Yu Mei didn't dare to hide it and described in detail everything they had eaten from last night till now.
Su Tai raised the corner of her mouth slightly and motioned Shi Danniu and others to bring four benches.
"Please sit down for a while, I will talk to you." Su Tai sat on the armchair and spoke slowly, "I heard from Second Aunt that you can't cook, but I need two or three cooks who can cook, one to be responsible for washing and cleaning, and one to be responsible for watching over the work in the fields.
At first glance, these things seem to be classified in order of difficulty, but in fact, there are many details to pay attention to, and there are many things you need to remember, such as cooking. There are many kinds of meals, home-cooked meals, dishes for entertaining guests, meals for children, meals for adults, and desserts. A person may be able to cook a big dish, but he may not be able to make a dessert well.
For example, the chefs in restaurants have worked hard for more than ten years to become so skilled.
For example, when washing clothes and sweeping the floor, there are also certain requirements when washing clothes made of different materials, as well as bedding, etc. In addition, you need to learn some needlework and have some aesthetic talent. The sweeping and sweeping requires meticulousness, and no corner can be left out. There are also different requirements for cleaning different places. In addition, you are also responsible for the sanitation of the sheep pen and cattle shed, which is a big job.
Working in the fields is even more difficult. We have hundreds of acres of land, and we now have to pay villagers to help. The person in charge not only has to do farm work, but also has to keep an eye on the people working. It’s not an easy task.”
When the five women heard this, their faces turned pale and they were a little terrified because they thought too simply! (End of this chapter)
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