Chef Fang and his small team of chefs worked all night in front of the temporary stove in the wheat field.
I had just finished preparing meals for the people in Yunxi Town, and prepared food and drinks for the caravan. By the time I was done with all the work, it was almost four in the morning.
Well, don’t expect to go back and lie down at this time. Today, everyone has to go to the fields early to pick bean seedlings before the sun rises.
The food had to be prepared before six o'clock, and with the addition of these two extra teams, Chef Fang's head was overwhelmed.
With so many people, the task of preparing food is very heavy!
Such a large-scale pot dish needs to be large in quantity and not too unpalatable. Chef Fang couldn't think of a better recipe at the moment, so he had to bite the bullet and go to Qiao Xin for advice!
"Steam rice, cook vegetables, and boil eggs. Manager Cao went to the town to order some three-plate tofu, which has been delivered. When the time comes, add some fat to make some oil. If there are any ready-made bean curd and eggplant, just stew them in a pot. The family members and farmhands will all go to the wheat field to eat together. There's no need to cook separately!"
Steam more steamed buns. You have been very hard-working these past two days. I will find some old women in the village to help you later so that you can all take a break!"
"Madam, isn't this too expensive?"
"We can't save this little bit. We have a lot of work to do and we are very tired. If we don't eat more, we will be exhausted and pee blood."
After all, Village Chief Wang and Kiln Master Song are from our own village. They have come all the way here and this is their first time to visit the host’s house. As the host, she must leave a good impression on them, right?
"Old Fang, we should save what we should save and eat what we should eat!"
Qiao Xin said this with full confidence: "The vegetables in the field are growing so fast that we can't eat them all. There's no reason to treat ourselves badly. Saving such a little will not make our Qiao family rich, but will make us bear the bad reputation of being rich and unkind.
If I were stingy, I wouldn't be able to find capable helpers like you and Manager Cao!"
Chef Fang blushed when he was praised like that, and he knew he was overthinking it. He accepted the task and went to work.
In the threshing floor, seven or eight extra-large iron pots were simmering. Two of the pots contained steamers half a person's height. The aroma of rice came from them.
A pot next to it was boiling tea eggs and tofu skin. The cooked egg shells were cracked and soaked in the marinade, so they could be eaten directly when the meal was ready.
Chef Fang and his favorite disciples were standing by several pots in the back, cooking. The pork fat was fried into oil residue, and then cabbage, dried beans, eggplant, and two plates of fresh old tofu were added.
In the past, he would have saved half to fry and eat at noon, but after listening to the old lady's words, Chef Fang stopped saving it. After all, it was for his own family to eat, not for outsiders to enjoy.
I gritted my teeth, added more tofu, half a basin of river shrimps, and fish meatballs, and finally had enough ingredients.
The young men in Yunxi Town are also hardworking.
After being woken up, they went to the well to wash themselves, then turned around and began to look for work on their own. The few young men who stayed in the wheat field to help were stunned by Chef Fang's bold behavior.
"Is this really for us to eat?"
Hearing this, Chef Fang raised his head from the steam and said with a smile, "How could it be false? These are all orders made by the old lady herself. Everyone is eating here today, and it's very busy. Even the master doesn't cook for you. How can anyone cook for you? I can't let you go back hungry, right?"
The boy heard this and muttered, "The food is so good, I don't even want to go back. I'd rather stay and help with the work. I don't even need any wages!"
Nowadays, not to mention making money, even having a full meal is a luxury for them. Staying in the Qiao family not only allows them to have a full meal every day, but also good meals. He would be willing to do so even if it means signing a death contract.
All the young men present who have five or six brothers in their families have thought about this!
Qiao Xin didn't know yet, but just by giving her one or two meals, she easily gained everyone's support. When she was recruiting people to form her own guard in the manor in the future, everyone would be scrambling for the limited spots.
Those who were not selected cried and wailed!
During the rush to harvest, it could be said that the boss asked them to work hard just for show, but now in the ancestral home, and the situation is not particularly urgent, the boss still lets the workers eat so well, he is really a living Bodhisattva.
Liang Shengming and his disciples got up early in the morning and took a walk, and found that there were two or three hundred more people in Laohu Town overnight. Many of them looked like people from the seaside of Runzhou!
Qiao Xin took everyone out early, and only Manager Cao was busy in the wheat field.
Seeing that it was them, he immediately put down his work and came forward to greet them in person.
"Hey sir, I was just about to send someone to bring you food, why did you come here in person?"
"It's okay. Everyone is busy. We can just come and get it ourselves! What are you all so busy for? Why do so many unfamiliar faces come here overnight?"
"Hey, we are all family. We came here at midnight yesterday to deliver food and water jars to the old lady. Farmers are honest and kind. We walked for two days and one night from Yunxi Town and did not dare to delay for a moment. After breakfast this morning, we went to help in the fields.
As for those businessmen, I heard that they came all the way from Runzhou.
I missed the time to enter the city last night. After hearing some news, I thought I'd try my luck here.
The old lady took pity on them for being exhausted after the long journey, so she allowed them to rest in the inn in the town for two days. Not only did our family buy out all their goods, but we also signed a number of sales agreements with them.
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