Chapter 377 Jiang Xia is good at ordering people around
Li Xiuxian had no choice but to go to the kitchen to light a fire.
Jiang Xia: "Second sister-in-law, light the firewood first. I'm afraid of burning straw, the ashes will fly onto my hair, and I won't have time to watch the fire for a while."
Li Xiuxian took two more pieces of firewood and threw them in. After the firewood was lit, she stuffed a few more pieces in and said, "It's done!"
Jiang Xia said, "Sister-in-law, I can't lift heavy objects right now. Please help me clean the iron pot! A Lei said that we can cook the dishes when he comes back. I think the fish hasn't been cut yet. If we wait for him to come back to cook, we won't have any food to eat until dark."
Li Xiuxian had no choice but to wash the big iron pot again.
After that, Jiang Xia said, "Second sister-in-law, bring in two buckets of water. We'll need them to steam rice and vegetables. Also, add some hot water to the hot water pot! That will be enough hot water for Zhou Zhou and Yingying to take a bath."
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Fifteen minutes later, Li Xiuxian left on her bicycle with a gloomy face.
The rice is almost cooked by this time!
Jiangxia is used to ordering people around!
No, Jiang Xia was ordering her around on purpose!
Jiang Xia was originally planning to cook!
Is it possible to cook without making fire?
If I hadn't come back, would she not have to light a fire to cook and wash the big iron pot?
***Just when Jiang Xia had steamed all the seafood, Zhou Chenglei, Zhou's mother and the eldest family came back.
Zhou Chenglei walked into the kitchen: "Didn't I say I would steam it when I got back?"
Then he saw the two buckets of water next to the stove and his expression changed: "Did you fetch water?"
Zhou's mother was also shocked: "Why are you carrying such heavy water?"
These two buckets of water are in wooden barrels, which are old and heavy.
Jiang Xia: "No, I asked my second sister-in-law to help bring it in."
Zhou Chenglei finally felt relieved.
Mother Zhou was surprised and asked, "Your second brother and his family are back again?"
Jiang Xia: "My second brother didn't come back, but my second sister-in-law and Yingying did."
Tian Caihua pursed her lips: "Why did she come back again?"
Coming back every day, isn't it annoying? But Tian Caihua thought of her big gold bar and felt that Li Xiuxian came back just in time! Jiang Xia: "Second sister-in-law said she came back to see if Jiansheng was free, and planned to ask him to help go to sea."
Zhou's mother asked, "Are you not going to invite her father and eldest brother?"
Jiang Xia shook his head: "I don't know, maybe we should hire one more person!"
Mother Zhou: "...Only three people for one boat?"
It’s almost catching up with my youngest son’s big boat! Jiang Xia didn’t reply.
Tian Caihua said to Jiang Xia, "You also want to stir-fry snow peas and pea sprouts, right? Let me do it!"
Jiang Xia did not hesitate to abdicate and gave way to the Zen master.
Zhou Chenglei went to kill fish, and he brought back a big yellow croaker and some mud shrimp.
Just steam another big yellow croaker and make a fish stew, and that’s enough.
Soon, a group of children came back and brought some roasted sweet potatoes and roasted chestnuts to Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia ate a roasted sweet potato.
These sweet potatoes are very small and are roasted directly on the charcoal fire until the skin is charred. After peeling off the thick layer of skin, only the sweet potato flesh as thick as a thumb is left.
This method of roasting is very wasteful of sweet potatoes, but it is the most delicious roasted sweet potatoes.
Smells so good!
Jiang Xia ate two in a row and then peeled two roasted chestnuts.
The children should have wrapped the chestnuts in mud and roasted them. The shell was only slightly burnt, but the meat was not burnt at all, and it tasted very delicious.
Seeing that Jiang Xia liked to eat them, Zhou Chenglei picked up a few sweet potatoes and asked Tian Caihua who was making a fire to throw them into the stove.
Zhou's mother fetched water for Zhou Zhou and Zhou Ying to take a bath.
The two sisters wanted to take a bath together, so she prepared a bucket of hot water for each of them, and told them to hurry up and not catch a cold, and then she let them do as they pleased.
The weather is cold, so we take a shower together. There is more steam in the shower room, but it is not that cold.
There is only one bucket of water, so it won't take too long, and Zhou Zhou is very sensible in this regard.
Usually Li Xiuxian helped Zhou Ying wash herself, but today, together with Zhou Zhou, she also learned to wash herself. The two sisters just came out of the bath before dinner.
Li Xiuxian also came back and was very happy to see that Zhou Ying had learned to take a bath by herself.
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When Tian Caihua saw Li Xiuxian, she immediately shouted, "Hey, sister-in-law, you're back! You came back just in time for dinner. How did you manage to be more punctual than the rooster at my house?"
Li Xiuxian didn't bother to pay attention to her and pulled Zhou Ying into the room: "Mom will help you put on one more piece of clothing."
Tian Caihua was in a good mood and didn't argue with her. She would argue with her again after dinner when she took the gold bar.
While eating, Zhou's mother asked Li Xiuxian: "Is Jiansheng free to help?"
"No, he's going to be a driver."
Zhou's mother was not surprised either.
Zhou Jiansheng and Zhou Jianxing are two brothers. Zhou Jiansheng went to learn how to drive a while ago, and he plans to help others drive a truck when the time comes.
Driving a large truck is now a relatively profitable job.
He also managed to save enough money to learn how to drive and get a license.
This job was introduced to him by his uncle through connections, so it should be difficult to refuse.
Li Xiuxian continued, "I asked several people and they all said they were busy. Mom, why don't you help me find someone? I just need him to take my dad and brother out to sea for four days. Once my dad is familiar with the sea, he won't need me anymore. The salary is two dollars a day."
Li Xiuxian told Zhou's mother everyone she had asked.
"I've asked everything you could ask, and it seems like no one is free." Zhou's mother couldn't think of anyone who was free for the moment. Mainly because it was the end of the year and the hardworking people were out making money for the New Year, so it was useless to invite someone who was lazy and gluttonous.
Li Xiuxian glanced at Jiang Xia, then asked Zhou Chenglei, "Fourth brother, do you have any brothers over there who are free to help?"
Jiang Xia understood as soon as he heard it that Li Xiuxian wanted to invite Zhou Junwen, but she felt embarrassed because of what she had said to him.
Zhou Chenglei: "Yes, but they are not familiar with our sea area."
"What should I do? None of the people I know are free, and I can't leave the boat I bought somewhere else! I'll just hire them for a few days, and I won't hire them anymore once my dad and brother are familiar with each other."
Tian Caihua said with a smile: "Yes! Today my boat made more than 70 yuan, and Xiaoxia's boat made more than 140 yuan. If you didn't sail that day, you would have lost more than 100 yuan!"
Li Xiuxian really hated what Tian Caihua said, so she continued, "We originally planned to invite the great grandfather, but he listened to Xiaoxia and went to the school to open a canteen! When I came back, I asked several people but none of them were available. I guess he disliked me for only hiring him for a few days. In fact, I only hired him for a few days, so it doesn't matter who I hire. As long as he is familiar with our sea area and is not the kind of lazy person with dirty hands and feet, it's fine."
Zhou's mother nodded. "You can hire anyone if you only want to work for a few days. As long as they are familiar with the sea area, it doesn't matter if they are diligent or not. The most important thing is who is free at this time? Not many people will come back until the end of December."
The second son’s wife only pays two dollars a day and only asks the other party to work for four days. Who would be willing to do it?
A Lei had previously paid Yongguo ten yuan a day for going out to sea.
Li Xiuxian said, "When I came back today, I happened to meet Xiuhui from next door who came over to ask Xiaoxia if she wanted to invite anyone. She said Zhou Junwen was free. Then I will tell her later to ask Zhou Junwen to take my dad out to sea for a few days."
Mother Zhou: “…”