For nearly four months, the wages alone were a considerable expense. Fortunately, when I was in Hai City, I sold a large amount of snake wine and some space supplies, so I still had some funds to work with.
The rest of the food expenses were almost negligible compared to the wages. After all, each meal consisted of six large dishes, three of which were seafood, and then there was kelp soup or seaweed soup, so the remaining two dishes were basically based on space.
But this was something that could not be told to outsiders. So Cheng Zhenzhu would often go to the town for a stroll, pretending to be busy, and then sell some things by the way.
Her best subordinate is Comrade Zhou Xiao, who used to sell her milk powder at the supply and marketing cooperative - Zhou Xiaohong.
Every transaction was a cash-and-delivery deal. No questions asked, no words spoken...
Of course, for the final meal after the construction, Cheng Zhenzhu didn't act pretentiously. In front of everyone, she brought back 20 kilograms of pork from the town, along with a dozen ribs and a few pig offal.
Twenty pounds of pork have been stewed since morning, cut into large square pieces, and added with star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves and other flavorings. As soon as the lid of the pot is opened, the fragrance is even stronger than the other.
For the dozen or so ribs with meat, I stewed them with some beans; for the ones without, I made a kelp and pork rib soup. I processed a few pig offal and made two pots of pig blood. Then I braised abalone with pig stomach. The abalone was brought in by Chang Huaiying, and the pig intestines were stir-fried with some pickled mustard greens that Daming's wife had brought over. The flavor was incredible.
The rest are a few large plates of fish, shrimp, shellfish and crabs...
Xu Xia's face almost turned green from smelling it outside! She was the only one who couldn't eat, she was the only one who couldn't eat, she was the only one who couldn't eat...
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