Chapter 36: Bold Ideas
After everyone left, An Zhiqiu stepped forward and took a close look at his sister. Seeing that there was not much expression on her face, he said carefully, "Xia Xia, don't worry, this credit will not go away. I will fight for you to get a job in the commune."
An Zhixia smiled and shook her head: "In fact, I had this prepared when I handed in the booklet. The village party secretary is an official-obsessed person, and Cui Tianhao is a man who will do anything to achieve his goal. It is not easy to make achievements in this small mountain village, so they will naturally not miss this opportunity."
She has seen all kinds of ups and downs in the entertainment industry, so how could she be shocked by the actions of this father and son?
But she couldn't swallow this anger. She hadn't settled the score for the last time Cui Tianhao harmed her brother, and now this was another one!
"Well, what you said to Liu Yiyue just now is the same as what Brother Yuan meant. Let's get a booklet for comparison. It's not so bad in winter. When the weather gets warm, children like to jump into the river. Aren't there a few accidents every year in the surrounding area? So your chest compression method should be the main one. Without this, other methods alone will not attract the attention of the commune.
As long as we have this method, we can slap them in the face!"
An Zhiqiu's thoughts gradually became clearer, "Brother Yuan said he was going to get the booklet."
An Zhixia looked at her brother and smiled. This cheap little brother was still too young. How could it be easily solved when it came to his career advancement and wealth? However, the road had to be taken step by step and things had to be done one by one.
Whatever the Cui family eats, they will have to spit it out when the time comes!
Although the meals in the cafeteria were good in the morning and at noon, An Zhixia felt sorry for her brother. She thought he had lost five pounds after working all day. Even the spring breeze made him look uglier.
I sent my brother to wash his face and told him to take good care of his skin.
An Zhiqiu muttered that men are not so delicate and that this is manly, but when the girl rolled her eyes at him, he quickly went back to the house to get his things and wash up.
They made hand-rolled noodles with stir-fried cabbage, poached an egg for each person, and added mushrooms and diced pork to the soup. An Zhiqiu ate three large bowls by himself.
After dinner, three children came with a basket containing more than fifty wild duck eggs.
"Where did they come from?" When An Zhixia saw so many of them, she immediately thought of the greasy salted duck eggs and her mouth started watering.
"When Dad heard that we were here to get chicks, he left without even eating. When he came back, he picked up about a hundred duck eggs. We kept half of them, and gave the other half to my sister," Fang Songyan showed her a duck egg as if presenting a treasure. "The wild duck eggs in our Hetang Village are especially delicious."
"My dad is so powerful now. Even the grandparents who live next door don't dare to get close to him. Haha, that bad brother was drooling when he saw us eating meat and eggs, but his grandpa acted as if he didn't see anything. He is not as shameless as before." Fang Gexin also chattered a lot, and at the end she whispered: "It's okay for your sister to know, but don't tell anyone else."
"Okay, okay," An Zhixia responded with a smile, and instructed her brother to take out the duck eggs, and then divide the eggs in half for the chicks, ducklings, and geese. She went back to her room and wrote a recipe for pickled salted duck eggs, and also wrote in detail how to feed the chicks, ducklings, and geese. As long as the nutrition is sufficient, the poultry will grow fast and can lay eggs in three months.
Holding the basket, the three children leaned over to look at it for a long time. Fang Gexin smiled sweetly and said, "Dad said that from now on, all the eggs laid by chickens, ducks, and geese will be ours. We eat half to grow taller, and sell the other half to save."
"I see that your brother and sister are not as obsessed with money as you are," An Zhixia tapped the little girl's nose.
The little girl grinned, "Dad said that my brothers and sisters suffered a lot of hardships and grievances to protect me. Now that I have grown up, I must learn to protect them and not let them be deceived by those bad guys. Of course, I also have to make sure they are well fed and clothed!"
An Zhixia half hugged the little girl and laughed for a long time, but she also felt a little sad.
After the kids left, An Zhixia looked through the pickling methods again. Because the plastic wrap couldn't be taken out, she chose a more traditional pickling method. She had strong liquor, salt, ginger, pepper, star anise, and bay leaves at home, so she started to clean the wild duck eggs with her brother.
While the duck eggs were draining, she made the brine, which included five pounds of water, one pound of salt, five slices of ginger, forty-eight peppercorns, three star anises, and eight bay leaves, and boiled it over high heat until the salt was fully dissolved.
Put the dried duck eggs in a basin, pour in the cooked brine, add two taels of high-proof liquor, then put them in a clean jar without water or oil, and marinate them in a cool place for one month.
"Is it that simple?" An Zhiqiu asked what An Zhixia was thinking.
She nodded firmly. "It's that simple. The method I asked the chef for was accurate to the number of peppercorns. It guarantees 100% success! And every one of them is oily and delicious!"
An Zhiqiu and his sister stared at the jar. "If, I mean if, this jar of duck eggs is really successful. Should I plan to become a chef?"
Although he is a grown man and boasted that he would earn full work points every day to support his girlfriend, but since there are other ways out, why should he work so hard to earn enough food and clothing?
An Zhixia turned her head to look at her brother, "It's a bold idea. Whether it's a state-owned restaurant or a canteen in a large factory, the position of chef is very lucrative. Without strong connections, you can't get in. Not to mention being a chef, even being an assistant is not easy. Every man has his own job, brother."
After saying this, she laughed first, as if after coming to this world, she relied more on her brother and adapted well to the identity of a young educated youth. For her in her previous life, she was completely in a state of passive resistance.
It's just a chef. My brother wants one, so I'll just plan it slowly. She still doesn't believe that she can't become a chef just because she has all the good stuff in a supermarket?
An Zhiqiu scratched his head. "I learned this from you, didn't I? Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. The most important thing right now is for me to practice my cooking skills first, and then we can think about the next step."
"Okay, from now on, dinner will be left to my brother, and I will give you oral instructions," An Zhixia responded.
Both the brother and sister felt a surge of excitement in their hearts. With a goal now in hand, their lives seemed more fulfilled. They were so excited that they couldn't sleep at night.
The wind was whistling outside the yard, and the moonlight was tightly blocked outside by the wooden windows. Suddenly, a slight sound of a stone hitting a wooden door was heard.
An Zhiqiu's heart moved, he put on his coat, quietly opened the door and walked out. Just as he was about to walk towards the courtyard gate, he saw a tall and slender black figure standing under the eaves of his kitchen. He walked over in three or two steps, nodded to the person, and unlocked the kitchen.
After the two of them went in, An Zhiqiu put some firewood into the stove and used a stick to stir it up, and the fire grew bigger. "Brother Yuan, is it really you?"
Under the flickering firelight, Fang Yuan's facial features were deep and his eyes were shockingly bright.
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