Chapter 1755 Jealousy
Because they arrived late and there were so many people, Xiao Qian and Aunt Rong discussed and decided to make soup for everyone.
The servants in the kitchen and Fang washed and separated the cabbage brought from the city, while Xiao Qian and Aunt Rong chopped the bones and boiled them in a big pot, adding various spices.
Manbao and the others were sitting outside chatting at first, but when they smelled the aroma, they couldn't help but go to the big kitchen. Zhou Lijun and a few brothers were dragging back the cut branches. When they smelled the fragrance, they said, "I'll go help my aunt. You guys go up the mountain and drag them yourselves."
Zhou Liwei couldn't help but complain, "Second sister, are you helping or just causing trouble with your cooking skills? You're not even as good as me."
"Just shut up. I can't cook, but can I wash vegetables?"
"Where are the dishes to be washed now?"
Zhou Lijun had already left them and ran away. Zhou Lizhong reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go. Don't even think about slacking off."
In fact, there are still a lot of vegetables to wash in the kitchen.
When Xiao Qian and her family came to the capital from Qili Village, they brought a lot of pickled bamboo shoots and dried vegetables.
There are still quite a lot left now. In addition to the cabbages stored in the cellar some time ago, Xiao Qian also stored the cucumbers sent from the Bai family's farm.
The cucumbers I took out were a little softer, but when cut open they were almost the same as fresh ones, and the fragrance was even stronger. They were surprisingly not bad.
Even Old Lady Liu was surprised. They were all stored in jars and processed in the same way, but the cucumbers stored by Mrs. Qian were fresher, more tender, and less likely to spoil than those stored by Aunt Rong.
For a soup pot, you should have more vegetables.
They took out the dried vegetables, soaked them, and washed them. They also washed and sliced the cucumbers, soaked some dried yam slices, and washed and sliced the lotus roots they had bought earlier...
If time permits, Xiao Qian would like to make some tofu or grow some bean sprouts.
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but say to He Lijun, who was sitting on a small stool washing vegetables, "I asked, and there's no stone mill in the village. If we want to make tofu in the future, we'll have to prepare a stone mill ourselves."
Manbao said, "Just buy one."
Xiao Qian was troubled. "But it would be a waste if we only use it for ourselves. This isn't our village. I make tofu every day for the store or to sell. This is for our family."
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "We can build a shed next to our house and make the ground more solid so that people in the village can use it. This will not only make it more lively, but also help my brother and sister-in-law integrate more with everyone."
Bai Shan immediately said to Li Jun, "Buy one."
Li Jun washed the soaked dried vegetables and picked them up while saying, "Aunt, you don't have the final say on this matter. You have to ask Grandpa first. Grandpa has to check my accounts twice a day now."
Although she still has the money and account books, Old Zhou would ask her in the morning who took the money from her, and in the evening how much she had spent in total that day...
Yin Huo, curiously picking at the mud on the lotus root, couldn't help but ask, "Is the stone mill expensive?"
Manbao nodded. "It's expensive. A piece of good quality stone would cost around 800 coins in Luojiang County. I wonder how much it would cost here."
Zhou Lijun also nodded. "My aunt wanted to buy one for my aunt in the store before, but my grandfather thought it was too expensive."
Yin Huo was a little confused. Eight hundred Wen, is that very expensive?
Bai Erlang saw him peeling the mud off the lotus root and about to cut off the end to wash it, so he quickly stopped him with a "Aiya, aiya" and said, "Wash it first and then cut off the end, otherwise the dirty water will flow into it."
Fang had just finished shredding the cabbage when she turned around and saw a few people making the floor wet by washing such a small amount of vegetables. She couldn't help but wave them away, "You are not here to help, you are just here to cause trouble. Get out now, I have to clean up the kitchen for you later."
The maids and old women who had been washing things with their heads down did not dare to speak, but in fact they were thinking the same thing in their hearts.
Manbao handed the washed cucumber to Baishan and watched him chop the cucumber with a few sharp cuts. He said to Fang: "We washed it very clean."
Fang looked at the cucumber that Bai Shan had cut, which was as wide as two fingers, in silence. If it was cut like this, wouldn't they have to cut it again later?
Bai Shan has tried his best to cut the slices thinner, but in the past, this kind of thing was done by Daji, and he would just light the fire, but...
He said seriously, "Sister-in-law, it's more comfortable to eat with bigger cucumber slices."
Fang asked, "How long does it take to cook it?"
Bai Shan: "You can eat it raw."
Yin Huo looked at the pile of cucumbers with a troubled look on his face and whispered, "I think ripe ones taste better."
Manbao said directly: "I don't like cucumbers, I like lotus roots."
Old Zhou came in holding a large winter melon and placed it on the ground. He said to the people in the room, "This is a gift from the village chief. Let's wash and cut it together. I also invited the village chief to come over for dinner."
Although they are familiar with each other, they are outsiders after all, so they always have to maintain good relations with the villagers and the village head here.
There are too many villagers, so you should first establish a good relationship with the village head.
Fang agreed on behalf of everyone, and as soon as her father-in-law left, she immediately and forcefully kicked all the young men out of the kitchen.
Manbao immediately washed his hands and went out with everyone else. He sighed and said, "It will probably take another two or three quarters of an hour before we can eat. I'm so hungry."
Bai Shan also sighed, "Fortunately, we had an extra breakfast this morning, otherwise we would be even hungrier."
Bai Erlang nodded along with Manbao, agreeing deeply.
Yin Huo: ...
Since they were not allowed to help in the kitchen and were not needed to chop wood in the mountains, they decided to set the table.
With so many people, it is of course impossible for them to eat at one table.
The adults sat at one table, and the young people sat at another table.
Lian Daji and his friends set up two tables in the side room.
While Xiao Qian was cooking the soup base, Fang and the others had already cut all the vegetables and meat.
Everyone took it to the table and ate it while it was boiling and talking.
This was the first time that Yin Huo had eaten such a soup pot in his life. Because he was sick, he always ate exquisite food. Occasionally, his family would prepare light meals to accommodate him.
He knew that his grandmother often asked the small kitchen to cook big pieces of meat for her. Because of this, he didn't even like to eat with his family.
When having a meal with him, the eight people except him have to eat another meal. Why bother? It is better for him to eat alone. They will be comfortable and he will be comfortable too.
Manbao sat on a chair and saw Changshou and Xu An still standing by with their hands down, so he waved and said, "You and Daji can go downstairs to eat. We will take care of Yin Huo."
Changshou and Xu An looked at Yin Huo.
Yin Huo came back to his senses and nodded slightly, "You guys go."
Changshou then took Xu An's hand, bowed, and retreated.
Bai Shan also took good care of Yin Huo. He first served him a bowl of soup to warm his stomach. Bai Erlang saw that the two of them were so considerate to him, but seemed to see him not, and he couldn't help but pouting.
He placed the bowl between Bai Shan and Zhou Man. They both looked up at him in confusion, "What are you doing?"
The next update will be around 4:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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