Chapter 71 Chapter 71 The mule can’t walk fast…
The mule was not moving fast and was staggering. It was already noon when they reached the county town. Despite hurrying, they managed to arrive at the county school at lunch time. Old Man Su helped the two of them unload the things from the mule cart before he led the mule away.
After sending Su Li off, he still had to go to the tile kiln outside the city to drag tiles. Estimating the time, by the time he went back to pick up the people, Zeng Laoer should have already dragged tiles several times.
"Mom, maybe there aren't enough bowls and chopsticks. I'll go buy some more." After Su Li put the wooden barrels in place, she said to Chen.
Chen looked in the basket and counted about seven or eight bowls and chopsticks. It was definitely not enough. She'd been so busy these past few days, and since they were renovating the house, they had to keep some bowls and chopsticks. So she said, "I'll go. You stay here and watch."
That’s fine, Su Li nodded in agreement, and Chen left.
However, Su Li was thinking about something else in her mind, which was something she had planned early on, that is, to customize the plates, like the plates used in modern cafeterias, which can divide the dishes into different areas, so as to avoid mixing the dishes and rice, and look cleaner and more hygienic.
It’s just that this era was not like the modern era where there are various metals to make stainless steel dinner plates and the like. We could only make ceramic dinner plates or gold and silver dinner plates. There is no need to talk about gold and silver. First of all, the only thing we can make is ceramic.
But ceramics are also quite expensive, at least with the Su family’s current conditions, they cannot afford it for the time being. They can only put it on hold and do it later when they have more savings.
"Miss Su, why are you here?" Just when Su Li was distracted, a familiar voice suddenly came. Su Li looked up and saw that it was Lin Jing in a green shirt and several of his classmates.
"You have moved your food stall here?" Lin Jing was surprised and at the same time felt indescribably happy. This was great. From now on, he wouldn't have to go all the way out of the city to have lunch at noon!
In addition to him, there were also classmates who had gone to Lin Jing's house for dinner two days ago. They were all very happy to see Su Li. You know, after eating the meal made by Su Li that day, they still remembered it to this day. Even when they were studying, the delicious food that day would occasionally appear in their minds.
"It's perfect, let's have lunch here today." Lin Jing said, and the others nodded in agreement.
"I want pickled fish."
"I want fried pork intestines."
"I want them all."
In this way, Su Li, who had just arrived at the county school not long ago, successfully sold three meals. This scene attracted the attention of several people who were also selling food nearby.
The man selling umbrellas next to them kept looking at Su Li, as if he didn't expect that Su Li, who had just arrived, and her friends actually knew someone in the county school.
Su Li was selling food, and it was time for dinner at the Su family. Amidst the curling smoke, several women, led by Mrs. Mo, brought the food to several large tables that were temporarily placed on the construction site in the front yard. There were more than 20 people, plus the women who helped, and there were three large tables in total. The most eye-catching one was the large pot of pork stewed with green peppers, beans and vermicelli in the middle. That was not the thin pork that everyone usually ate at banquets, but thick slices of meat that were two fingers wide, with more fat and less lean meat. It was obvious that there was enough oil and water, and the top layer was filled with more meat and fewer vegetables, which showed the generosity of the host.
In addition, there is another must-have dish, which is the pork belly with preserved vegetables. It is still a large plate, ensuring that everyone has two slices. The layers of pork belly are marinated, steamed and fried and finally present an attractive sauce color and tiger skin, and are paired with fragrant preserved vegetables. Just looking at it makes people salivate, not to mention a large pot of fried loofah with eggs. As the breeze blows, the aroma of the food is everywhere, which really arouses people's appetite.
"Everyone has worked hard, please sit down and eat."
As the host, Old Man Su brought a stool and greeted the villagers who had just washed their hands.
A villager came to the table and said embarrassedly,
"So many dishes, that's really polite."
"Yeah, you're very kind."
Everyone was polite in their words, but the satisfaction in their eyes could not be concealed.
To be honest, the purpose of such thankless work is just to have a good meal. If the host family can't even afford a good meal, there will be no energy to work.
In the past, there were people like this in the village. They asked people to build houses, but ended up feeding them sweet potato rice. It wasn't just ordinary sweet potato rice, but the kind that was almost entirely made of sweet potatoes. There was very little meat in the dish, probably not even as big as a fingernail. People who went there complained bitterly after returning. After that, of course, there was no later. Knowing that you were this kind of person, there would be no next time.
So even someone as stingy as Mrs. Yang had to buy meat to build her house. She would not give people any money.
However, today's lunch at the Su family was better than any other, and those who came to help were very satisfied.
Not only them, but even Chen's family, brother-in-law Ma Laosi and two nephews were surprised by this scene. They secretly sighed that their sister's family really made money. Look at the meat and vegetables, there are so many of them. Even his family couldn't say that they could prepare such good dishes when they entertained guests.
Moreover, there was another point that made Ma Laosi secretly amazed, that is, he never thought that the Su family could hire so many people to build a house. He originally thought that if there were not enough people, he would call several of his apprentices as well. As a result, after he arrived, he found that there was no need for him to meddle in other people's business.
Not only that, even the things he imagined, such as asking him to buy wood or borrow money from him, did not happen at all. The Su family had already made preparations and even brought back the tiles.
Oh, and the Su family actually bought a mule.
There is still much he doesn't know...
In the end, at the end of the day, he discovered that the Su family was completely different from the impoverished military family his wife had described. Although they might not be particularly rich, they were not that poor either.
He felt the same way as Chen's father, Old Man Chen, and mother, Mrs. Yu, who came to help. They looked at the meat and vegetables in front of them without any extra expression on their faces, but they both remembered in their hearts that what their daughter said about making money by selling food was actually true, and she was not lying to them, otherwise she would not be willing to spend money to buy so much meat.
But at the same time, I felt relieved.
They are relieved that their daughter is doing well.
You know, originally when something like that happened at home, the two of them had no intention of coming, but after thinking about it, their daughter was repairing the house, and it wouldn't be nice if they didn't come, so they decided to come and help for two days. But when they arrived, they found that it didn't seem to make much difference whether they were there or not. No wonder their daughter didn't call them, they were just worrying for nothing!
"In-laws, mother-in-law, please eat your food." On this side, Mrs. Wu finished her work and took a bowl of rice to eat. Seeing that the two of them didn't take much food, she was afraid that they would not get any, so she quickly picked up two large chopsticks of meat for each of them.
The two of them felt extremely embarrassed and thanked her repeatedly. They quickly asked Mrs. Wu to sit down and said, "We're eating. Please eat too, mother-in-law."
After both sides exchanged pleasantries, they picked up the bowls and started eating. It must be said that the stewed pork with beans was really delicious. The beans were fragrant, the vermicelli was soft and sticky, and the pork was even better. It was delicious no matter how it was cooked. However, what the old couple liked most was the braised pork with preserved vegetables. It was really soft, sticky, salty and fragrant, fat but not greasy. Even the lean meat did not need to be chewed hard, as it melted in the mouth. The preserved vegetables in it were even more salty and delicious, with the unique fragrance of preserved vegetables. It was really delicious when eaten with rice.
Everyone was eating with their mouths drooling and couldn't stop praising the food.
After the meal, the Su family specially prepared a large bucket of mung bean soup for everyone to clear away heat and relieve summer heat. After the meal, drinking a bowl of cool and delicious mung bean soup made everyone feel so comfortable, even during the Chinese New Year. Especially when someone discovered that sugar was added to the mung bean soup, the atmosphere was even more heated, "There's actually sugar in this."
"It's real. It's sugared."
"Sweet! Delicious!"
Everyone started discussing the matter one after another, and Mrs. Yu, who was standing by, was surprised and heartbroken when she saw that sugar was put in the mung bean soup. Mrs. Yang was also heartbroken as she was the one who made the mung bean soup. She had originally suggested that plain water would be enough, and why make mung bean soup? It was the Su family who said that mung bean soup could relieve summer heat, and the autumn heat was at its worst, so they didn't want the people who helped to suffer from the heat.
This makes sense, so forget it, but she doesn't agree with adding sugar. Sugar is so expensive, isn't it a waste of money? But the host is generous and says that people have worked hard all day and adding some sugar will sweeten their mouths. So this is the sugared version of mung bean soup.
"How can it not be delicious? It's sweetened." Mrs. Yang curled her lips and held up a big spoon to serve mung bean soup to the people who came.
"That's enough. You just drank and came back for more. One bowl per person is enough. Is that too much?" Seeing someone taking advantage of the situation and coming back for more after just drinking, Mrs. Yang waved her spoon in annoyance.
The man didn't get angry when he saw it. He chuckled twice and said shamelessly, "Give me another bite. I haven't tasted it yet."
"By the time you taste it, you will have drunk the whole well dry." Mrs. Yang rolled her eyes without mercy.
The person in front of him could only make the second best decision and said to his partner next to him, "Let me have a sip of yours."
Who would have thought that the person being asked would shake his head like a rattle and say, "I still don't have enough to drink!"
After saying that, he quickly gulped down the rest of the drink for fear that the other party would snatch it away.
So comfortable!
The young man wiped his mouth and showed a relieved expression.
Seeing this, the man had no choice but to give up, but he was hoping that tomorrow would come soon so that he could drink the sweet water again.
The result of the Su family's straightforward approach was that everyone worked with all their might in the afternoon. Originally, there were always one or two people who liked to take advantage of the situation, but because of the delicious food and mung bean soup, they put all their energy into the work and the progress was very fast. Ma Laosi, the carpenter, roughly estimated that if things continued like this, the project would be completed several days ahead of schedule!
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On the other side, Su Li and her friends' food was almost sold out, with only 3 portions left. Because she had come to the county town the day before, Su Li didn't bring much, only enough for about 20 people.
Su Li observed and found that the diners who came were basically students who had bought Su Li's meals at the pier before. Occasionally, there were a few who came just to try it out or were dragged here by their classmates.
But there is nothing that can be done about it. Su Li was not discouraged. After all, it would take time to accumulate customers since she just arrived. For now, it would be enough to maintain around 20 customers.
"Young lady, I want one of these. What kind of fish?" At this moment, a middle-aged man in a long robe and a beard suddenly pointed at the pickled fish and said.
The man's name was Jia Tian. He taught mathematics at the county school. He had always eaten in the cafeteria, but today happened to be his last class. After the get out of class, there was no food left in the cafeteria, so he went out to grab a bite to eat. As a result, he saw Su Li's food stall.
It just so happened that there were not many people at her food stall at the moment, so Jia Tian decided to have a meal there.
"Sir, this is pickled fish." Su Li added with a smile.
"It's ten coins per portion. If you want to add pig intestines, it's fifteen coins."
Pig intestines? Could it be what he was thinking? Jia Tian's face turned pale.
"No thanks."
The man rejected Su Li's proposal.
Su Li was stunned when she saw this. Yes, after a long time, she had forgotten that people nowadays were terrified of pig intestines. The man in front of her was wearing a clean robe and was a scholar, so he would definitely not accept it. "Okay, wait a moment, sir."
Jia Tian nodded and watched Su Li get her meal.
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