Zhao Wei was at home, leading his five apprentices to build a courtyard wall, when he saw Master Liu walking towards them, covered in mud.
"Ah... this damn weather, it rains every day, this road is so difficult to walk on!"
He was standing on the steps at the entrance of the yard, scraping the mud off the soles of his shoes and complaining impatiently. It was obvious that he was a little annoyed.
Zhao Wei leaned against the door frame and said calmly, "I heard that you went to the next village to hold a birthday banquet today. Why did you come to my place? Are you trying to avoid the leisure time?"
Master Liu hummed and said, "Ah... forget it. The happy event was cancelled. We just arrived and the birthday boy passed away. The family is in chaos right now."
"I'll take people there in three days. It'll be quite troublesome to organize a white banquet. This family doesn't have much money, so they'll just organize a plain tofu banquet, without any oil or water."
But generally speaking, they would not refuse such things. No matter how poor the master's family was, it would not affect their ability to earn work points. At most, they would have to work harder and eat worse.
As country people, we don’t care about eating well. We are satisfied as long as we can fill our stomachs.
Zhao Wei raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "If you have nothing to do, then come and work with me. I am building the wall and I just need some help."
The Chinese New Year was just two days away and everyone was busy, so it was not easy to ask for help. Fortunately, these apprentices were loyal and left their own families to help their master wholeheartedly.
In their words, it is also a form of exercise, just like learning how to strengthen the body from Zhao Wei.
Master Liu opened his mouth wide, wanting to say that he just came to visit, warm himself by the fire and take a break.
In shock, he was captured by Erlaizi and his gang and forced to serve as a soldier.
With such a strong body, it would be a shame not to use it to pick up pebbles.
They had picked up almost all the pebbles in the river, and Zhao Wei did not spare the remaining river sand. He filled his wheelbarrow with it and dumped one wheelbarrow after another on the muddy ground.
As the sand and gravel were gradually laid, the road became much easier to walk on.
Of course, stone roads are far inferior to cement roads.
But this is already the most economical, cheapest and most effective method at present.
When Zhao Wei had almost cleared away all the mud and stones on the river bank, the road was only half built.
The stones picked up by Master Liu and his colleagues have already filled up a corner of the yard.
This will be a long process, but they are very poor now and all they have is time.
Since they were busy until noon, Zhao Wei naturally had to save some food for them.
It’s still hotpot, but these days, I don’t want to eat anything else except hotpot.
The main problem is that it is very cold and troublesome.
Eating hotpot is much easier. They only need some potatoes, some water-ground tofu, bean sprouts that they have grown on the kang, and some dried pickles that they have dried in the summer.
There is no way. The supplies are too scarce. Some things cannot be bought even if you have money.
It is also because these people do not know how to live, or they do not have enough knowledge about wild vegetables, and they do not know that there are many edible wild vegetables in the mountains.
In Zhao Wei's previous life, he went to this border city in southern Yunnan when he was on a mission. He stayed there for more than half a year. After getting acquainted with some local fellows, he took him to taste many local wild delicacies.
It is called the plant kingdom, and people eat flowers, tree bark, and all kinds of unexpected plants.
Especially the most delicious wild delicacy, that is mushrooms.
Although if you accidentally eat the wrong thing, you will probably end up lying on the bed.
But if you eat it right, it's a delicacy that money can't buy.
It was really hard for him to imagine that the people of Yushutun, who lived in such a beautiful place with green mountains and clear waters, could live such a sinful life.
In addition to the problem of cognition, the current policies may also have something to do with it.
Just wait, when spring comes, he will be able to take everyone to eat better.
The meal seemed very mediocre to him at the moment, but it made Master Liu eat it with great delight.
After working so hard for so long, all the fatigue was soothed away by this meal.
"Ahh... delicious, delicious, how is this made? I have been working in the banquet business for more than ten years, and I have never eaten anything like this. It is so delicious."
Master Liu insisted on learning the recipe. He made a pot of it at home every day. It was so refreshing to sweat in the cold winter.
Zhao Wei shook his head: "Even if I tell you this recipe, you can't get it. Some ingredients are hard to buy now. Just give up on this idea."
He didn't have much stock, just enough for his family to get through the New Year, but he was reluctant to share it with others.
Master Liu wants it, so don’t Erlaizi and the others want it too?
If we give a little to each person, he won’t have enough to share.
Master Liu was not convinced and patted his chest proudly.
"There is no ingredient in this world that I, Liu, cannot get. Just tell me the recipe, and I will buy all the ingredients in your home from now on."
"hiss……"
After everyone took a deep breath, Erlaizi couldn't help but step forward and flatter the little horse.
"Master Liu is so strong, take me with you too. When you give it to my master, bring me one on the way as well. Don't worry, I won't take it for nothing. I'll buy it."
Upon seeing this, the others started to act like brothers and clamored for Master Liu to get them a portion as well.
It seems that they are all foodies!
Master Liu was not the kind of person who would spoil the fun, and he agreed readily.
The other party was so generous that Zhao Wei would seem stingy if he didn't give him the recipe, so he said to him: "Help me with the work in the afternoon, and when I do it in the evening, you can watch from the side. It only takes one try to get it done, it's actually not difficult."
When it comes to cooking the base of a pot, as long as there are enough ingredients, everything will be easy.
But there are also rules on how much of each ingredient to use and when to add them.
Master Liu didn't have to work for half a day after hearing this, and he sighed resignedly.
"Okay, I can help you, isn't it? Well, who made me have you as my brother? Come on, come on, eat. Eat more so you can do the heavy work."
While everyone was busy picking up food, Dahei's wild barking was heard from the yard.
Because the dog was too stupid, Zhao Wei tied the dog up in a wooden house with straw as the cushion and a piece of torn cotton quilt discarded from the family.
Unlike Dahuang, who was leading four little wolf cubs, squatting under the table, chewing a big bone leisurely, and living a happy life.
Yunxiu went to open the door, and when she saw it was Zhao Qian, her brows immediately frowned.
"What are you doing here?"
Zhao Qian is no longer the same person he used to be. He dares not bully her anymore and says hesitantly, "I... I'm here to look for Brother Wei."
"He's busy now, no time! You go back!"
"Ah...but...I have something to say!"
As he said that, he bent down and crouched to avoid Yunxiu's interception and rushed into the house.
Yunxiu stomped her feet in anger.
"Humph! A debt collector!"
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