Chapter 86 Enamel Factory
If the reservoir was not dug, most people in the countryside would not start work until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
After all, it is winter now, the weather is freezing cold, and when you go out in the morning you can see thick ice on the water.
In weather like this, there is nothing else to do in the fields except plowing the soil.
However, the reservoir has not been dug yet, so we naturally have to start construction as soon as possible.
If the heavy snow from the previous few days had not melted, they would have started long ago.
In addition, a few more houses will be built at the brigade headquarters, one of which will be a medical center for Wu Xiu, two seed storage rooms, and two offices.
It's definitely time to start working in a lively manner.
Chu Hong got up early this morning and started frying lotus root cakes. Xiao Yuer, Chu Chu and Xiao Jin came to help her.
Xiaoyuer was making a fire, Xiaojin was cutting the lotus root, and Chuchu was stuffing the minced meat between two slices of lotus root and then rolling them in the batter bowl.
Chu Hong just needs to fry the lotus root cakes.
Of course, the dozen or so lotus root cakes fried at the beginning were all for them to eat.
The combination of the golden and crispy shell, the sweetness of the lotus root, the fragrant and fresh meat and the crispy skin is really delicious in today's world of food and clothing shortage.
Chu Hong misjudged the time and cut too much lotus root, so by ten o'clock it was still not all fried.
Fortunately, the twenty kilograms that the He family wanted had already been fried.
Seeing her in a dilemma, Xiao Jin immediately patted his chest and said, "Sister, I'll fry it, and you can just send it over while it's hot."
"Thank you for your hard work." Chu Hong didn't bother to be polite with them: "After everything is fried, you can take twelve lotus root clips back to the adults."
Xiao Jin laughed even more happily when she heard this: "Thank you, sister."
Chu Hong still put the lotus root clips into a new and clean enamel basin, then put another basin on it and tied it with a rope, put it in the backpack, stuffed some clean straw into it, and finally tied it to the back of the bicycle.
When she rode her bike to the He family, Chu Dan had already cooked lunch and was putting vegetables into the lunch box. Seeing her coming, she urged her: "Sister, there is an empty lunch box over there, put eight lotus root dumplings in it."
"You really know how to order people around." Chu Hong said with disdain, but she still picked up the lotus root dumplings as she was told, and asked with concern: "Are you busy?"
Chu Dan whispered, "We'll just be busy for one more day today. The two old people will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow morning."
"I can also rest until three o'clock in the afternoon before preparing dinner."
"Aunt He also said, why don't you stay here for lunch?"
Pointing at the dishes in the two pots: "There's celery and tofu fried with meat, and chicken soup?"
Chu Hong waved her hand: "Why don't you go and deliver the food first?"
The weather is too cold now and the food will get cold easily. Chu Dan did not dare to delay and went to deliver the meal quickly.
After five or six minutes, Aunt He came back first.
Chu Hong smiled and said, "Aunt is back, I brought you some lotus root dumplings."
He also said that his sister had gone to deliver the meal a few minutes ago, and he did not forget to urge her to bring the scale to weigh it.
First weigh the empty basket and the empty basin, and they weigh twenty-six pounds and four ounces.
Aunt He took a look and found that after subtracting the six catties and thirty-two ounces from the basket and washbasin, there were still twenty catties and ten ounces left.
Then I thought about what Chu Hong said, that the eight lotus roots that were sent to my parents-in-law were at least an extra pound.
Aunt He liked dealing with generous people like them. She pulled her to sit down and said warmly, "You must stay for lunch, otherwise I will be unhappy."
"This lotus root dumpling is so delicious. My neighbors have been missing it. I have to send some to them."
She came back early on purpose because she wanted to take advantage of the fact that there were few people around and send it over without attracting attention.
Unable to refuse such a kind invitation, Chu Hong could only wait for her at home while cracking melon seeds. In her heart, she finally understood why she wanted so many lotus root cakes. Half of the five large lunch boxes of lotus root cakes she had prepared were already eaten.
After more than ten minutes, Uncle He and Aunt He came in together.
Chu Hong brought out the dishes that had been heated in the pot. Celery was rare nowadays, so it was especially fragrant when fried with dried tofu and shredded pork.
The delicious yellow chicken soup and the hot lotus root dumplings made the He couple very satisfied.
Uncle He had other things to do at the factory, so after finishing his meal, he put down his bowl and chopsticks and left: "I have to work overtime tonight, you and Dandan go to the hospital."
Aunt He agreed and chatted with Chu Hong for a while. Then she saw Chu Dan coming back with the meal. She heard her say that the old couple were in good spirits and ate with relish, so she went to work with peace of mind.
Chu Dan went to the pot to get some rice: "I've already eaten a bowl of rice, but the food today is so good, I can have another bowl."
He even invited her enthusiastically: "Would you like another bowl?"
Chu Hong waved her hand: "I'm full. I also need to go to the hospital. Maybe they will send an old hen over the day after tomorrow."
Chu Dan carried the bowl and sent her out: "I live alone in a room and it's a bit empty, how about you stay with me tonight?"
Chu Hong pretended she didn't hear anything and just pushed her bike away.
She felt that since she was already in town, she should go to the hospital to see the patients.
Just as I arrived at the hospital entrance, someone called out to me, "Chu Hong, why are you in the hospital?"
Chu Hong looked over and found that the person who called her was her aunt's daughter Wu Yinghong. She also smiled and said, "Aunt, I'm here to see the villagers."
"Oh, you scared me. I hope your family member is not hospitalized." Wu Yinghong said, and then she walked up to her and pulled her excitedly, "By the way, what you told me last time, is it really possible?"
Chu Hong asked tentatively, "Auntie, are you talking about exchanging rice and wheat for the defective enamel basin?"
Wu Yinghong said with a look of annoyance: "Besides this matter, we don't have any other important matters, right?"
He said excitedly, "After listening to my suggestion, the leader discussed with the main factory and was willing to exchange rice and wheat for the batch of enamel washbasins."
She is just flattering herself.
In fact, when her husband was talking about this with other colleagues yesterday, his leader accidentally heard it and immediately called them in to ask them about it in detail.
Today, the leader asked me to go to the factory to discuss things with the Song family.
It just so happened that her mother-in-law was not feeling well today, so after she sent her mother-in-law to the hospital, she prepared to go to Lingxia Village to find Chu Hong.
I didn't expect that I was so lucky today that I met Chu Hong at the hospital gate.
Wu Yinghong was worried that Chu Hong would not cooperate, so she said with a smile: "Chu Hong, can you come with me to the factory first?"
When Chu Hong thought that if this thing could be accomplished, she could also earn a lot of food, she agreed immediately: "Your business is more important, I will go with you."
She hopes to achieve a small goal: to earn enough food to feed her family for a year.
When the two of them were riding away on their bikes, Chu Hong accidentally saw Su Jinxiang also riding a bicycle into the hospital.
She was a little surprised: What was she doing in the hospital? Is someone in the Su family sick?
However, her eldest sister had already divorced Su Hongqi, so she no longer cared about the Su family. She quickly thought about how she could talk to the leaders of the enamel pot factory in a way that would be more beneficial to herself.
On the other side, Su Jinxiang was also carrying a bag of biscuits. She asked several nurses before she found the ward where Gu Ci was staying.
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