Because it was quite far away, Lin Cuicui directly carried a basket on her back. There was a wonton shop at the entrance of the street. Chen Li pulled Lin Cuicui to sit down, "Mom, I haven't eaten for a long time. Have a bowl."
"good."
"Boss, two bowls of wontons, please."
"Okay!"
This wonton stall was doing good business, with people sitting at several tables. It took a while for the wontons to be served. The skin was thin and there was a lot of meat. The color of the meat inside could be seen through the thin skin.
The steaming wontons are sprinkled with chopped green onions, and they look very delicious.
Chenli scooped one into her mouth, then ate faster. Well, you really can't underestimate the roadside stalls, the food is still very delicious.
After eating a bowl of wontons, I went to buy vegetables. There were not many vegetables at this time of year, only cabbage, radishes and the like, and even the fresh peppers were out of stock.
Lin Cuicui bought ten pounds of meat. Now one pound of meat costs 35 wen, so 10 pounds of meat costs 350 wen.
I also bought all the fat and lard from these stalls, and the boss gave me a lot of big bones as gifts.
Chen Li bought a lot of homemade cakes from women at a stall nearby, including glutinous rice cakes, chestnut cakes, mung bean cakes, jujube flower cakes, and osmanthus cakes.
All of them are soft and sticky snacks with just the right sweetness. They are more delicious and more affordable than those in some stores.
Seeing that her daughter was obsessed with buying food, Lin Cuicui started buying vegetables herself. She bought a lot of radishes, cabbages, spinach, cabbage, lotus roots, pumpkins, winter melons, lettuce, and taro. Basically, she bought a lot of all the vegetables available in the market.
After asking the merchant to pack the goods, I paid the money and Shen Li and I each carried a large sack into the carriage.
The surrounding vendors and people were stunned, and the mother and daughter's heroic deeds attracted a lot of eager attention.
Most of the people who come here are farmers. I wish my wife/daughter could have such great strength!
After putting the vegetables back into the carriage, she came back to buy more vegetables. Walking in, she saw a stall selling mutton. Chen Li directly bought two lamb legs. Mutton is slightly more expensive than pork, costing 40 cents per pound.
The wine at home was almost gone, so Lin Cuicui went to buy two jars of liquor.
Seeing apples and oranges being sold on the roadside, Lin Cuicui thought her daughter and daughter-in-law would like to eat them, so she bought a lot.
After buying a lot of bowls and chopsticks, and some other things, the carriage was almost full. The mother and daughter could be said to have returned home with a full load.
Although they left early, they wasted a lot of time on the road and buying things in the county town, and when they returned home, the groundbreaking ceremony had already started for some time.
Chen Li went back to her room and got the paper. On it were the places where she had decided to make slight changes last night, and she wanted to take it to discuss with Carpenter Chen.
Taking the two large iron pots they had just bought and carrying buckets of water, the mother and daughter went to the village committee together, set up a simple stove, and boiled some hot water for the workers.
Now that the weather is cold, these workers have to work hard. If they sweat and then drink cold water, they will easily catch a cold and affect the construction period.
Chen Li went to fetch some water, holding some ginger in her hand, intending to boil a pot of ginger water and then a pot of boiled water.
These are small things that can be done easily, but they can win the hearts of workers and make them work more carefully.
In fact, there is a saying in their hometown that you cannot dig the ground when someone in the family is pregnant. But they have experienced a lot along the way and no longer have this concern.
The water comes from a mountain spring, which is a stream flowing down from the mountain. The pond has been repaired by the villagers and is paved with stones without any soil.
Chen Li and the others have been drinking this mountain spring water these past two days, and it tastes pretty good.
Most villagers use mountain spring water, and a small number of them use wells dug at their own expense, which is convenient to use.
The Shen family will also dig a well in their new house in the future, but they need to ask someone to come and see where is the best place to dig it.
After boiling the water, Chen Li went to find Carpenter Chen and told him her plan one by one. There were basically no changes in other places. The biggest changes were in the toilet and the bathroom in the room.
At first, Chen Jian thought it was just some wild and unrealistic ideas of the little girl.
After listening quietly for a while, he became more and more excited, his eyes fixed on the paper, while his ears did not forget to listen to what Chen Li was saying and where she was talking about.
“Great!”
He looked at Shen Li with shining eyes, "Miss Shen's idea is novel, and it seems very practical."
After collecting it, he stared at the blueprint again, muttering to himself, "Yeah, this can be changed like this. It's more convenient and easier to clean. Why didn't I think of it?"
Seeing that he was immersed in his own thoughts, Chen Li did not speak to disturb him.
After a while, Chen Jian came back to his senses and looked at the girl in front of him with some apology, "I'm sorry, sometimes I get lost in my own thoughts and ignore the people around me."
Chen Li shook her head, "Master Chen, do you think the changes I want to make are feasible?"
Chen Jian nodded eagerly, "All the changes Miss Shen wants to make are acceptable, and they will be more convenient after the changes."
"That'll do."
Last night I was still worried that some places might not be able to be remodeled according to my ideas. Now that I see that Craftsman Chen has nodded in agreement, I feel a little happier.
When building a house, of course you have to follow your own wishes. At the same time, you must focus on making it comfortable and convenient to live in. Why do you need those flashy things?
Then, Carpenter Chen told Chen Li some of his ideas. Chen Li felt a little overwhelmed after listening to them, but he still listened carefully and told him when he felt there was something unnecessary.
The two men stood in the open space and talked back and forth, and finally Chen Jian went to check the progress with a smile.
Chatting with this Miss Shen was not completely without gain. He always had some wonderful ideas in his mind that no one else had, and he could also see the essence of some problems, which opened up a lot of ideas.
It turns out that what my father said is right. You can keep learning throughout your life. Age and experience do not mean everything!
Chen Li and Lin Cuicui helped at the construction site for a while, then went back to cook. It wasn't too busy for four people to cook for more than 40 people. Xu Taohua also did some things within her ability.
Since we had to cook, the family ate together. We were too lazy to cook a second meal. There was not much oil left at home, so the four of us washed and cut things, and first boiled the lard and fat to make the oil.
I used the big bones delivered in the morning to make soup. When the soup was almost done, I cut winter melon and lettuce and put them in. I also stir-fried a meat dish with celery, and finally stir-fried some bok choy.
A large pot of brown rice was also steamed. Lin Cuicui felt distressed while cooking. There was so much rice that the three of them felt very distressed, except Chen Li of course.
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