Chapter 114 Wait Until Tomorrow
Chapter 114 Wait Until Tomorrow
Several people looked at each other at first, and then it was old Yang who said, "Dongzi, let's not say more. I will stay here for a while, and since you are young and strong, you have to help me build a bamboo house first. It will be a good opportunity for Wuyan to practice calligraphy with me there. I see that it is so crowded here that there is no place for him to write." Old Yang spoke at this time.
Even though Old Yang is an old man in the kitchen, these young people just listen to what he says.
Zhao Dong has to be responsible for the brothers around him, but he is a generous person by nature, otherwise these people who came out with him would not follow him.
Now that the conversation was open, Old Yang wanted a bamboo house, so he naturally agreed, "Okay, let's eat first, and then I'll help you build a bamboo house after we're done."
Here, when Wen Wuyan heard about writing, he immediately thought of paper, and when he thought of paper, he naturally thought of the kiln that Qingqing wanted. Although Uncle Zhang He said that he could give it a try, he just wanted to ask everyone at this time.
"Brother Dong, I remember you made a lot of things before. Can you build a kiln to make pottery?"
Zhao Dong waved his hands and laughed, saying, "Why do you still want to make pottery? I can build a kiln, but we don't know how to mold porcelain and fire it in a kiln. That's a technical job."
Wen Wuyan also laughed and said, "Of course I'm not going to make pottery. I plan to make something else. When the blue bricks arrive, I'll trouble Brother Dong to help me build one."
Zhao Dong waved his hand proudly, "Don't worry about this. I will build it for you in any style you want."
It took them just a few words to finish their meal. Without even taking a break, they urged Niu Yuzhu to take them up the mountain to cut bamboo.
The land for building the bamboo house was what Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing had discussed before, and it was not far in front of their wooden house.
But Old Yang disagreed. "Why would an old man like me get so close to you?"
After walking around, he chose two plots of land.
One is on the north side of the hillside, close to Niutou Mountain, and the other is on the south side of the Wen Wuyan Mountain fields.
The good thing about the north side is that it is close to the water source, but the bad thing is that it is also close to Niutou Mountain. If some wild animal comes down from Niutou Mountain one day, won’t his little bamboo house be in trouble?
Wen Wuyan thought about it and decided to let him build it on the south side of the mountain field.
Gu Qingqing came back with the cart after noon. When Wen Wuyan saw Gu Qingqing, he told her about Zhao Dong and the others' plan.
Gu Qingqing saw that they were not there and asked, "Where are they?"
"I went to cut bamboo to help Uncle Yang build a bamboo house. Come and have some water." Wen Wuyan said as he poured her a glass of water.
Gu Qingqing drank the water, thought for a while and said, "We don't have any long-term work at the moment, but we have a lot of small jobs. Just tell them to build a house, plant winter wheat in a few days and ask them to help, plant bamboo in the spring, and then make plans after this stage is completed. By then, even if we can't hire all of them, we can use half of them."
Wen Wuyan agreed, but he also comforted Gu Qingqing and said, "Don't feel pressured. If we can help, we will try our best. If we really can't help, there is nothing we can do."
Gu Qingqing gave him a glare, "I'm not worried. Okay, there will always be a way out. I bought a lot of food today, and also bought two jars of wine. Living well in the present is the real thing. In addition, I bought the detailed drawings of the house from Boss Jiang. They are in the bamboo basket. You can take them later and discuss with them how to make it."
"it is good."
In the evening, Gu Qingqing cooked a sumptuous welcoming banquet for them. Knowing that they could eat spicy food, she prepared stir-fried spicy pork intestines, stir-fried pork liver with onions, spicy tofu, black fungus and cabbage, scrambled eggs with green onions, and half a roast duck. The roast duck was not bought by her, but given to her by Shen Chenan today.
She gave half to the people outside, and kept the other half for herself and Dahua and Erhua to eat.
I also made two cold dishes, one was cold-boiled pork heart and the other was cold-boiled shredded white radish.
Gu Qingqing ordered Wen Wuyan to kill the hen they caught on the mountain. It had been at home for a few days and had not sat on roost or laid eggs. It had been crying in the bamboo basket every day like a ghost.
Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that Dahei went there every day to intimidate people.
You have to feed it every day, what's the point of keeping it?
This caused the chickens in her chicken coop to prick up their ears to listen to the dirty talk every day.
The hen was not big, probably about two or three taels short of two kilograms. She used it to make soup with pig stomach, gave some to the people outside, and the rest was for the children at home and Shen Chenan.
When Old Yang and Zhao Dong came back from work, their faces immediately turned ugly when they saw the sumptuous dishes on the small table.
"Wu Yan, we are so familiar with each other, why are you wasting time like this?"
"That's right, we are satisfied with just a sip of wine, why did you let your sister-in-law prepare such a sumptuous meal? And this chicken..." Zhao Dong looked at the table full of meat. He was happy but also felt it was too sumptuous.
Wen Wuyan in the yard smiled and explained, "Look carefully, these pig offal, how much is pig offal worth? The fungus is picked from the mountain, and the cabbage is grown at home. The mountain onion is dug from the mountain, and we only have an egg. And this chicken was caught by Qingqing in the mountain two days ago. It was originally going to be killed, but it was killed today. Come and take a seat, you have been traveling all day today, and you can rest early after eating."
Zhao Dong took a deep breath and waved to Zhao Nan and Zhao Xi, "Eat. After having this good meal from Wu Yan, we will have to use all our strength to work later."
Gu Qingqing could hear clearly the conversation outside in the kitchen.
There were outsiders here today, so it was not appropriate for her to sit and eat with them. So she took Dahua, Erhua and Sanhua to eat in the kitchen. They ate the same food as outside, and she saved some of the dishes she cooked.
Although you can't eat Sanhua, you can watch them eat.
They can also tease Sanhua from time to time.
The next few days were very busy for everyone.
Gu Qingqing was busy selling pig intestines in the town every day. The pig intestine business did not become saturated because she went there to sell it every day. Instead, it attracted more people to come.
Mainly, it’s delicious and cheap.
There was even a big man who usually took care of her business who suddenly brought a live duck, hoping that Gu Qingqing could braise it in the same way as she made pig intestines.
Gu Qingqing looked at the duck, and suddenly her whole body was filled with smiles. She tried hard to suppress the upturned corners of her mouth, but she couldn't do it at all.
What is this called?
Since she can make braised pork intestines, she can naturally make some changes to the sauce to make other things.
For example: duck!
For example: chicken!
For example: pig heads, pig ears, and pig feet. These are cheap to buy, so it would be absolutely cost-effective if she made them.
You can also braise vegetables, such as tofu, dried tofu, bean curd sticks, lotus root slices, and peanuts. She saw lotus root being sold in the market.
The strong man saw Gu Qingqing curled up in laughter and asked in confusion, "But ducks can't do it?"
Gu Qingqing was overjoyed and said confidently, "Yes, absolutely. Don't worry, big brother, I will definitely do it for you."
Seeing that she agreed, the man smiled and said, "That's the best. Just tell me the price. As long as you cook it well, I'll have your business in the future. Also, can you braise it longer? My mother's teeth are not very good."
Gu Qingqing took the duck, looked at it, and then her eyes fell on the old man selling tofu not far from her stall.
She then said, "I can braise the duck to make it softer. I'll make something else softer tomorrow. You can come early and wait."
"Oh, something new has come out? What is it this time?" the big man asked in surprise.
Gu Qingqing pretended to smile mysteriously, "Brother, wait until tomorrow!"
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