Chapter 324 The whole village shares things together and has a prosperous new year
Shen Qing laughed and said, "Silly boy, when you were at home you thought three or five hundred taels of silver was an unimaginable amount, but when you are poor at home you become rich on the road, and there are many places on the road where you need to spend money!
What's more, the Huo family is a criminal family. If they want to live a good life, a mere three or five hundred taels of silver is far from enough.
Don't worry about the money, I'll prepare it for you. By the way, have you found out where the place of exile is?"
Huo Bing nodded and reported a long place name.
Shen Qing couldn't remember, but he heard the word "Bashu" clearly.
Isn’t this Sichuan!
In the evening, she bought some books about Sichuan customs and dialect translations from the mall to study, and also made some preparations for Boss A Bing and the others in advance.
At the same time, we calculated the time. It took two months to get from Qili Village to Jincheng. But this was because they had to bring their families and a lot of belongings with them, and the other families in the team had to walk. If they had taken a donkey cart the whole way and traveled light, it would have taken about twenty days.
The distance from Sichuan to Jincheng is twice as long as the distance from Qili Village to Jincheng. It takes at least one and a half months. If everything goes well, it will take three months to go back and forth. Adding various emergencies on the road and the need to reminisce about the past, it will take about five months.
Five months is a very long journey in modern times, but for Huo Bing, it only takes five months to see his mother and come back, which is very short...
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The people who have been exerting great effort these days are all young people. The biggest advantage of young people is that no matter how tired or sleepy they are, they can just take a good sleep.
Jiang Xiangxi and his group, who were out carrying goods, brought back the last batch of goods in the morning.
The cargo on these two trains was rather monotonous, with the first train carrying all grain.
Various grains, but mostly white flour.
The last trip was for vegetables, the weight of which had been agreed upon when they rented a house in Fugui Village. After returning this morning, the group of men were still in high spirits. Thinking that the New Year was coming tomorrow, they decided to bring them back together this morning.
I hope I can have a peaceful New Year's Eve tomorrow!
After Shen Qing and Huo Bing discussed it, they didn't want to divide the silver, nor did they want the clothes and fabrics, but they had to divide the pork and grain!
Originally, the old men led by Mr. Jiang Er refused to accept any food, so they accepted the pork. Every household had enough food and there was no need to divide it.
As for the silver, well, that was used by Huo Bing’s biological father’s concubine in the back house to deal with Huo Bing. Huo Bing took the initiative and got it. What does it have to do with them?
Shen Qing and Huo Bing didn't say much, but asked Huo Bing and Jiang Xiangdong to deliver the divided pork to each family one by one - they couldn't just throw it away, right?
We bought a lot of pork, and although there wasn't much fat, the dish was paired with ribs, trotters, liver, or kidneys, so the variety was quite rich.
During this period, the women from each family learned to cook several dishes from Shen Qing, and they were willing to buy condiments such as soy sauce and vinegar, so this time the pork ribs and pig's trotters could be braised or stewed with dried cowpeas.
Pork liver and kidneys are stir-fried.
Every family immediately has several more dishes for the Chinese New Year!
And they are all meat.
The only two things the two men left for themselves were the pig's head and pig's intestines.
These two things taste better when braised. Several ingredients in the braised dish are spices, which are expensive. Villagers would never be willing to use expensive spices with fatless pig heads and pig intestines.
Shen Qing didn't care. The mall now sold oils, including lard. It would just be a little more troublesome and time-consuming to make the lard by himself, but the lard residue would be his own.
There is no shortage of oil and water at home.
There were about 7,000 to 8,000 kilograms of grain. Including the Lei family, there were a total of twelve families. Each family donated 200 kilograms of flour and 100 kilograms of rice. The remaining 4,000 kilograms were mostly coarse grains such as corn and millet. Together with the vegetables that were transported back, they were all sent to the workshop and added to the food rations of more than 100 people.
Huo Bingjiang and Xiangdong couple presented the gifts to each family with special gratitude and solemnity, and each family gladly accepted them.
Suddenly, there were three hundred kilograms of food, especially all refined grains. Not to mention the children, even the adults couldn't contain their joy!
Who would have thought that I was so worried before, fearing that Liu Sheng would attack, but I didn't expect that I could get such a rich reward while defeating Liu Sheng!
How can one not be excited about this unexpected surprise?
During Chinese New Year, we would slaughter a goose and stew it, then stew the pig’s trotters and pork ribs, steam some smoked pork and pickled mustard greens, stir-fry some pork liver and kidneys, steam the whole eggplant, make some cold tofu, and serve it with rice. We would cook a big pot of white rice, the kind that would be enough for everyone!
For dinner, we had three kinds of dumpling fillings: pork and green onion, pork and sauerkraut, and leek and egg.
The dumpling wrappers don’t contain any corn flour at all, they are all made of white flour!
A whole white flour dumpling
Just thinking about it makes this year feel great!
The women and children in the workshop watched the men carry in batches of grain and vegetables. The children cheered with joy, while the adults breathed a sigh of relief, feeling extremely relieved.
The women were doing their needlework while chatting: "Auntie Ping, you come first. What dishes do you think we should have for the New Year's Eve dinner tomorrow?"
"There's some leftover lard left, can we use it to stew some cabbage?
I've saved a dozen goose eggs these days. How about using them to fry some chives?
Fry a big pot of carrots. These are sweet and the kids like them. They'll be enough for lunch tomorrow."
"For dinner, we can stew white radish with a strip of bacon, stew frozen tofu with pickled mustard greens, and stir-fry a big pot of green vegetables. It will be quite hearty."
They have made great progress and can prepare several kinds of food for the Chinese New Year!
In just a few days, my life has changed dramatically. Not only can I eat my fill, but I can also eat meat!
Pinggu listened quietly, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she responded: "Okay, there are meat dishes for every meal, and the combination is very good."
After being praised, several women tugged at their clothes in embarrassment.
How would they know what matching is? Isn’t it because the host gave them more?
Vegetable oil, lard, vegetables are always available, and lard residue, smoked meat and goose eggs are delivered every now and then. If they save a little, they can have a rich meal during the New Year.
"Speaking of which, our lives are really good now."
"Who says it's not? My family got two sets of clothes from yesterday's distribution. I washed them overnight and hung them in the house. When I woke up this morning, they were already dry!
Look, the eldest and second daughters have already changed into their clothes. They will be changed and washed and can be dried by mid-afternoon. Then I will give them to their two younger brothers. I will try my best to make new clothes. Before the New Year, the whole family will either wear new clothes or clean and fresh clothes.
Just think about the days just a few days ago when we were living in that leaky thatched hut. Could you imagine it?"
"Not only do I not dare to think about it, I can't even dream about it!"
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Pinggu touched the extremely smooth fabric and had the same thoughts as them, except that hers were from a longer time ago.
She came earlier and enjoyed the blessing for a longer time than them.
"Mom! Mom! Come out and see! The host has sent us some New Year's food!"
The women sewing were stunned.
We already have thousands of kilograms of grain and vegetables. Don't we have enough food for the New Year? What else do we need to send over?
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