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Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Although Lu Che didn't say anything, those eyes had already scared the four of them to the point where their hearts trembled, and even the speed of their feet accelerated a lot.
But even if they accelerated, it was already late when they arrived at the county seat, and the pork from the supply and marketing cooperative had been sold out as expected.
Zhu Xia thought it didn't matter, because she never thought about buying meat, but Jiang Yao wanted to.
The conditions of the Lu family were not very good, but Mrs. Lu still made egg syrup to show her welcome. Reciprocity, she plans to cook something delicious tonight and invite them back.
The pork stalls are now left with some unsold items such as pig water, pig bones and pig trotters. Jiang Yao didn't dislike it, and directly spent fifty cents to buy a pair of big pig trotters and a few big bones.
I bought a lot of meat for the price of a pound of meat, and can save meat tickets, which is simply not a good deal.
"Yaoyao, why are you buying so much? Can you eat so much by yourself now?" Zhou Qiong asked.
"She must want to invite the Lu family to eat together." Zhu Xia said angrily: "Yaoyao, I know your family is in good condition, but you can't be too generous. If you start now, you won't be afraid of being given to them in the future. Laid on?"
"No." Jiang Yao affirmed: "As soon as I arrive at Lu's house today, Grandma Lu will treat me with egg and sugar water. They are from bad backgrounds and have a hard life, but they are not people who like to take advantage of others. I still have to live in their house for a long time in the future, and I have to get the relationship right first."
There's one more thing Jiang Yao didn't say, that is, she just offended the boss, so she has to apologize anyway.
This morning, Lu Qing brought sweet potatoes to Jiang Yao, and everyone was envious when they saw it, but they didn't expect better ones to follow. Arrange the egg syrup, there is really nothing to say.
After leaving the pork stall, everyone continued to wander around the supply and marketing cooperative to buy what they needed. Jiang Yao had a lot of money in her hand, and bought 2 catties of flour, a pack of white rabbit toffee, a can of malted milk essence, and condiments such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.
It was cool when bought it, but it was a bit miserable when went back. The total weight of her two hands was nearly ten pounds. It was really boring to carry it around for an hour.
Fortunately, Zhu Xia didn't buy many things, so everyone helped her carry a little, so it wouldn't be so miserable.
When they had just left the busy town of the county and walked towards the Qingyuan production team, a grandmother in her fifties suddenly ran out and walked to Zhu Xia's side, and asked in a low voice, "Little girls, do you want eggs? Fresh fat, a penny. One."
As Grandma said, she lifted the hogweed above her basket to a corner, revealing the white eggs.
Jiang Yao glanced at it, and couldn't tell if it was new or not. It was medium in size, but it was worthy of the price. Zhu Xia bought three of them each, as an occasional meal for herself.
"Yaoyao, why don't you buy it?" Wen Qian asked, "In this weather, your pig's trotters have to be eaten today, and the eggs can be stored for a few days. I just shook them and they are very fresh."
"I know." Jiang Yao said, "The Lu family usually takes eggs to market and sells them. Anyway, they sell it to everyone. If I want to eat it, I will tell Sister Qing to change it. To make the relationship between the two parties more harmonious, why not do it?
In fact, everyone knows her reasoning, but the farmers they face are different from the Lu family. If you want to change it, it is a good thing to change it, and you are afraid that you will be fooled if you change it once. Ask them to change an egg every day, people can bear it, but money can't bear it, they are not Jiang Yao.
Speaking of which, Zhu Xia thought of the four chickens at the educated youth point and asked, "I have asked other people's opinions about the chickens, and they all want to sell them and share the money. To be honest, I am willing to keep them. Our fellow villagers see that we have food subsidies every month, and they come from the city, so they can get some benefits from us. If anyone brings chickens over there, they will become fat chickens waiting to be slaughtered. ?"
"I agree." Zhou Qiong and Wen Qian both raised their hands in approval.
"Jiang Yao, what's your opinion?" Zhu Xia asked.
Jiang Yao thought for a while and said, "Sell me the four chickens. I'll pay as much as the market price."
"You're not afraid of the Lu family when you buy it..." Zhou Qiong put it away halfway through and said, "You raise it, the Lu family's ideological awareness is very high."
"..."
Back in Qingyuan Village, they first went back to Lu's house together. First, they helped Jiang Yao send things back, and second, Jiang Yao gave Zhu Xia the chicken money.
Jiang Yao originally planned to let them come in and take a look at her room, but they were still shocked by Lu Che's "prestige", so they stayed outside and waited for her to take out the money.
The four chickens ordered by the educated youth were considered chubby, each about three catties, and four chickens cost twelve yuan. Jiang Yao deducted her own piece and gave Zhu Xia eleven pieces to share with other educated youths.
"I'll send the money from house to house in a while." Zhu Xia assured and then urged: "You'd better take the chicken back today, although no one should dare to steal the chicken, but it can be seen that there is no one living in Qingdian now, and at night, Maybe someone is stealing chickens and dogs. It’s useless to cry when they are stolen and no one is caught.”
"I see." Jiang Yao nodded, "It's getting late, you guys hurry back and cook."
After they left, Jiang Yao also turned around and went in to deal with her pig trotters and pig bones.
The Lu family used to be a big family, with two in the kitchen. For the convenience of Jiang Yao, Lu Qing cleaned the small kitchen near her room for her to use.
Although it is a small kitchen, it is larger than the kitchen of the educated youth, and the stove is well cooked. It is said that this kitchen was used by the long-term workers who lived in the Lu family in the past, and they were so attentive to the servants. It is no wonder that Mrs. Lu is generally respected by everyone.
Jiang Yao was about to fetch water to clean the pig's trotters and bones, when she remembered that there was no running water, so if she wanted water, she had to go to the well to pick it up. In the past, at the educated youth point, the men educated youth took turns to be responsible for the task of carrying water. Now, when they come here, they have to rely on themselves.
She looked at the huge water tank in the corner and immediately stopped. But no matter how you stop the vegetables, it has to be dry. If you don't deal with the meat, it will go sour.
Jiang Yao resignedly walked to the water tank, raised her hand and lifted the lid of the water tank, trying to measure how many times she had to pick up water.
This lift is incredible, the water in the tank is full to the brim.
Who's doing this? Jiang Yao had the answer in the next second.
Doing good deeds without leaving a name, sure enough, he has the temperament and potential to be a business boss.
With water, Jiang Yao can cook happily. She boiled a pot of boiling water, and after blanching the pig trotters and pig bones together, they handled them separately.
She wanted to make pork trotters ginger, but today she didn't buy much sugar, and the vinegar was mature vinegar, not sweet vinegar. It was estimated that putting all the sugar in it would not be sweet enough, so she made braised pork trotters instead.
The braised ingredients are the same as the braised pig intestines last time, but the pig intestines were served with sauerkraut last time.
She didn't buy radishes today, but the Lu family's vegetable garden did. Lu Qing said before that she could pick any vegetables in the vegetable garden, but she was really embarrassed. She planned to pick them first and report later tonight.
After setting the stove for the braised pig's trotters to a low fire, Jiang Yao put on a thin cardigan shirt and a straw hat, and went to pick radishes. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the vegetable garden, he saw Lu Che picking vegetables.
Jiang Yao was still embarrassed when she thought of saying that someone was caught on the spot this morning. But she can't run now, otherwise she seems more guilty. She walked over and said in a flattering tone: "That...I want to borrow two radishes, is that okay?"
Lu Che didn't answer her words, and continued to pick vegetables silently with his back to her.
What a stingy man!
Jiang Yao was sullen in her heart, but she didn't dare to speak. She stood there watching him pick vegetables, hoping that he would change his mind later.
But she was fascinated when she saw it.
Today, Lu Che is still dressed in home-made cloth with patches, a sleeveless shirt on the upper body, and cropped trousers on the bottom/body. The exposed arms and a pair of small belly legs are not strong, but the muscle lines are obvious and full of strength.
The sun was shining on his head, and beads of sweat slid down the lines of his muscles.
Jiang Yao felt that she was too thirsty, otherwise when the sweat dripped into the soil, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
"Why are you standing there? The radish is over there, you can't pull it yourself, wait for me to pull it out for you?"
Lu Che turned around unexpectedly, with the same expression and tone as always, but Jiang Yao didn't want to complain at this moment, and was only ashamed of her swallowing behavior just now.
"No...No, I'll just pull it out myself." Jiang Yao immediately lowered her head and walked to the radish field on the side.
Jiang Yao's grandmother used to grow vegetables in the yard, as long as she could grow them alive, she would grow them. She was often pulled to pick vegetables, so facing a vegetable field at the moment, there would not be a situation of "grains are not divided".
The Lu family's radishes are very big, and Jiang Yao plucks two radishes. Seeing that Lu Che wasn't finished, she said, "I'll go back first, thank you."
Lu Che was still working hard and ignoring others, but Jiang Yao had already taken it easy, and walked back with a radish in one hand.
But she just walked a few steps when she found purslane beside her, and she suddenly had an idea to drink purslane bone soup tonight. Purslane is very effective in removing dampness, and the soup boiled with it is very suitable for drinking in this hot and humid weather.
"I'll dig some purslane here too." After posting so many cold farts/shares, Jiang Yao didn't bother to ask politely, and put forward her ideas directly.
She thought she would not get a response from Lu Che this time, but she didn't expect him to suddenly raise his head, "Wait, I'll dig it for you."
"……Oh."
Jiang Yao didn't know where he was making trouble, so she just stood up obediently and waited for him to come over to dig.
The most medicinal value of purslane is the rhizome. Jiang Yao thought that tonight's soup is for six people, and waited until Lu Che dug six roots to stop him, "Enough, thank you."
Saying that, she was about to pick up the purslane on the ground, but Lu Che took it over first, "I'll take it back for you."
"..." Is he suddenly enlightened, showing a gentleman's demeanor? No, the turnip in her hand is much heavier than the purslane head.
Without giving Jiang Yao any chance to ask questions, Lu Che had already strode forward, and she immediately trotted to follow.
Back in the small kitchen, Lu Che showed no sign of stopping yet. He filled a basin of water, washed the head of the purslane once, then poured another basin of water and washed it again.
Now, the purslane heads that were covered with mud had been washed clean, and Lu Che chopped them into small pieces with a knife, and finally put them in the basin and said to Jiang Yao, "You will take it later. Look at it, there are thorns on it."
When the words fell, he turned and walked out of the kitchen.
It wasn't until his back disappeared around the corner that Jiang Yao came back to his senses.
The tone and expression of the boss are all June Feishuang. If she thinks that he is worried that he will be stabbed by the thorns of purslane, and he will help pick and help wash and chop, will she be considered self-indulgent?
Whether Jiang Yao thinks too much or Lu Che's noodles are cold-hearted, she has to cook the soup and stew the pig's trotters, and invite the Lu family to come down and have a good meal.
In the evening, when Lu Qing came back from work and was about to cook, he was stopped by Jiang Yao, "Sister Qing, I have already prepared everyone's meals, you don't have to, you can cook when Lu Che comes back. ."
"This can't be done." Lu Qing quickly shied away and said, "Why would you be so embarrassed to let you spend money? You can eat it by yourself. I'll make it quickly."
"I've done a lot. Even if you treat me like a duck tonight, I won't be able to eat it. You should help. In this weather, if you can't eat it, you have to throw it away."
Jiang Yao was half threatening and half coquettish, Lu Qing had no choice but to follow her, but when she paid the rent, she refused to ask for anything, "Yaoyao, you can live in this house with peace of mind, I will not accept the rent if I say no. I will accept it, don't mention it again in the future, I am afraid that others will know and use it to make a fuss."
"Okay." Jiang Yao took the money back. She knew what Lu Qing was worried about, so she stopped reluctantly and secretly thought that she would subsidize them more in terms of food in the future.
Just after Lu Che got off work, he pushed open the door of the yard, and there was a mouth-watering fragrance coming from his nostrils.
He remembered the smell. He smelled it in Jiang Yao's small kitchen at noon today, but he didn't expect it to float to the front yard at night. What kind of delicious food did this woman make, the smell made people even more hungry.
Thinking of his dinner at home, he suddenly felt that it was boring. don't know when he can let his family eat such delicious food?
Before he came back, he washed the mud off his body by the river, and now he was sweating again when he got home. He washed his face and hands before walking towards the main room.
"Uncle, you're back... Sister Yaoyao invites us to dinner tonight." Just as he crossed the threshold, Zhou Yang and Zhou Xin rushed towards him, hugged him, and looked up at him with a look of praise.
He looked up and saw that Jiang Yao was already sitting in the hall, looking at him with a beaming smile.
Lu Che turned his head away, surrounded by the twins, and sat down at the dining table expressionlessly.
The old lady and Lu Qing knew what his temperament was, but Jiang Yao's goodwill was not easy to refuse. At this moment, the old lady didn't emphasize Jiang Yao's invitation to dinner, but said, "Everyone is hungry, let's eat quickly."
Although Lu Che didn't say anything, he only had vegetables and vegetables when he was eating.
"Uncle, why don't you eat pig's trotters? The pig's trotters made by Yaoyao's sister are very delicious. I have never eaten such delicious pig's trotters." Zhou Yang asked while nibbling on the pig's trotters.
Lu Che heard the sound and said lightly: "Pig trotters are eaten by women, you are a man, don't eat so much."
"Why? Pig trotters are so delicious." Zhou Yang, who had always been taught by his father and uncle to be a man, was a little embarrassed.
"Yangyang, eat with confidence." Jiang Yao said suddenly, "In my house, pig trotters are all made for men to eat."
Lu Che was sneering at Jiang Yao's nonsense in his heart, and suddenly there was a piece of pig's trotter in his bowl. When he looked up, he saw Jiang Yao saying to him with a smile: "Eat it, big pig's trotter is only for men."
"..."
A meal was eaten with relish and joy.
Especially the old lady, she can't remember how long she hasn't eaten such delicious food.
In fact, compared to many old ladies in the village, her life is quite good. Let's not talk about the past. Now her youngest daughter Lu Yuan is married to Hong Kong City and sends her money every month. Lu Qing is married to an officer, and she lives well without forgetting her grandmother. Although Lu Che works She worked hard and didn't earn much money, but anything good was close to her.
But with the lessons learned, she still lived a tight life, for fear that others would be jealous. She saved all the money Lu Yuan sent back, and planned to give Lu Che a betrothal gift in the future, but Lu Qing didn't spend much money, for fear that she would be inferior in front of her grandson-in-law.
"Yaoyao, thanks to you today, we will eat like the Chinese New Year." The old lady took Jiang Yao's hand and said, "If you have any difficulties in the future, you must tell us, you're welcome. Use it, it can be done thoroughly.”
Lu Che: "..."
"Grandma Lu, you're too kind." Jiang Yao said, "but I really need help now."
"What's the matter? Just say it."
"I need to bring back a few chickens ordered by the educated youth, but... I can't catch chickens."
"It's not that simple." The old lady waved her hand, "Chose is the best at catching chickens, let him go."
Lu Che: "..."
The author has something to say:
Lu Che: My first date with Yaoyao was to catch a chicken?
Xiaomi: It's good to catch chickens. It's easiest to cultivate JQ when the moon is dark and the wind is high.
Lu Che: It seems pretty good.
Xiaomi: Can my mother be wrong? It just smells like chicken shit.
Lu Che: ...
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