Chapter 70 Chapter 70 Just like that, Su...
After sending off several waves of villagers they hadn't interacted with on a regular basis, the Su family was completely bewildered. They had no idea why. It wasn't until the day of building the house that they got the answer from the Mo family, who had come to help.
"Why else? For the meat. Last time you had a party and made those meat dishes, everyone in the village heard about it. This time, knowing that you are building a house and the food is good, they are all vying to come." Mrs. Mo, who arrived early in the morning, said.
Indeed, word of the Su family's generous hospitality had spread throughout the village. When they heard they were going to build a house, many villagers were eager to come. The chance to eat meat alone was a big draw. After all, in the countryside, ordinary people might only eat meat a few times a year. For the villagers, eating meat was synonymous with nourishment, and they naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity.
Of course, there is another reason. Seeing that the Su family bought a mule and built a house, everyone with a discerning eye knew that the Su family had made money. The fact that the Su family sold food was no longer a secret. Many people in the village knew about it, so some smart people wanted to take the opportunity to establish a good relationship with the Su family. Maybe they would remember you when something good happened in the future. Not to mention anything else, just like the Huang family, it would be okay to buy vegetables from them. After all, it was an income.
So don’t think that country people are stupid or foolish. Everyone living in this world has their own survival wisdom.
However, there were different voices in the village. Among them, the Liu family, headed by them, made up stories about the Su family, saying that the Su family was stingy and hired someone to build a house for only 20 cents a day. It would be better for them to go out and find work, where the starting rate was at least 30 cents.
This statement made a lot of sense to some petty-minded people, and they all felt that Liu was right. Some of those who had originally planned to go to the Su family to help gave up and started to watch from the sidelines. Some even advised their relatives not to go.
"Building a house is hard work. 20 cents is too little. It's not worth it if you tire yourself out."
"We have no relationship with the Su family, so there's no need."
"Yeah, forget it."
This persuaded another group of people to leave. Finally, there were 5 families who were determined to come to help. Together with the Huang family, Zeng family, Wang family, and Chen's family, there were 10 families in total. Each family sent about two males, which was more than 20 people. On the auspicious day of August 18th in the lunar calendar, these 20 people came to the Su family early in the morning, carrying hoes and baskets.
Most of us are from the same village, and when we meet, we greet each other, "Good morning, have you eaten?"
"I ate it, and you?"
“I ate it too, haha.”
Then everyone started working according to their division of labor. When building a house in the countryside, the default is only lunch, so everyone came after eating at home. No one was the kind of person who would cheat or be lazy, so when they got here they rolled up their sleeves and got to work, some dug the foundation, some carried stones.
In addition, several women, led by Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Mo, also came to help. They mainly helped the Su family prepare meals for twenty to thirty people every day at noon.
Speaking of which, originally when building a house in the countryside, people who helped each other cook did not need to be paid, they only needed to provide a lunch. However, after discussing it, several people in the Su family thought that they should still pay, so they finally decided to pay 10 cents a day for helping with cooking.
Hearing that they could actually be paid for cooking, the women who came to help were so happy that they worked more efficiently. Some of them even regretted not bringing more family members with them, and they all felt that the Su family was well behaved.
At this time in the backyard, Su Li, Su Hong and others also started preparing lunch to be sold at noon.
Yes, because they had to build a house recently, Old Man Su specially built stoves and set up rainproof sheds in the front and back yards. Mo and the others cooked in the front yard, while Su Li and the others cooked in the back yard. This avoided the two sides mixing together and wasting time, and also avoided people with bad intentions from peeking at Su Li and the others cooking.
Except for the fact that Su Li and the others felt it was difficult to control the heat at the beginning, they quickly adapted to cooking outside. At around 9:00 a.m., they had prepared the food and loaded it into the truck.
"You guys go ahead, I'm at home." Under the sun, Mrs. Wu came over with a teapot and planned to boil another pot of water, and said to Su Li and the others.
"Okay, grandma, let's go."
"Tell your grandfather to drive slowly."
"knew."
After saying that, Su Li and the others got in the car and headed towards the county.
At this time, in the front yard, naturally, someone noticed this scene. Among them were the two nephews from Chen's natal family, who had just been overwhelmed by the aroma of the food. They watched their cousin leave and asked curiously to their father, Ma Laosi, who was picking up stones nearby, "Where are Fifth Aunt and the others going?"
Ma Da and Ma Er didn't know that Su Li and her friends were selling food in the county every day, so they asked this question.
Ma Laosi knew, "Let's go to the county to sell food."
"Selling food? What food? Could it be the pig intestines we saw just now?" Ma Da said. He just saw that his uncle carried a lot of pig intestines to the backyard. In addition, he saw a lot of fish in the water tank. Originally, he thought that those fish were for lunch.
You know what, he actually guessed it right.
Ma Da was surprised to find his thoughts confirmed. He couldn't imagine what delicious food could be made from pig intestines and fish... But the aroma just now was indeed coming from the backyard...
But it was not just them. Other villagers also couldn't figure it out. They also knew that the Su family was selling food, but they didn't know they were selling pig intestines. They didn't expect that the pig intestines would taste so spicy and delicious that they even made the roundworms in their stomachs come out after they had just eaten breakfast.
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On the other side, Old Man Su sent Su Hong and Su Tao to the dock first, and then drove a mule cart to send Su Li and Chen to the county. A small incident happened on the way. The mule, also called Yuanbao, the name given by Lian Gu, refused to leave when it arrived at the dock. No matter how Old Man Su yelled at it or hit it, it refused to move. Su Li saw through its little tricks and took out the bean cakes that she had prepared long ago from her purse and put them in front of its mouth to feed it before it was willing to leave.
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Seeing that the mule finally started to move after eating the bean cake, Old Man Su was speechless but also curious about where Su Li got the bean cake.
"It was given to me by Aunt Lian."
Otherwise, how could Su Li carry this thing with her.
Thinking back to when she just left the house, Aunt Lian came running over and took Su Li's hand, "Auntie, this is Yuanbao's favorite food. Can you feed it to Yuanbao later?"
After saying that, he put two small bean cakes into Su Li's purse. At that time, Su Li didn't think too much about it and just kept it with her. Unexpectedly, it would come in handy.
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