Breakfast was very simple, still noodles, and the base soup was the leftover mutton soup from last night.
Although there is no mutton, the soup base stewed with large pieces of mutton bones is still very delicious.
After a delicious meal, Li Jie and Qin Nan followed the brigade secretary back to the old house.
On their way back, they happened to bump into Lao Guo, who was pulling a donkey cart and walking over with a smile.
Behind the donkey cart were several baskets, which contained nothing but the clay that would be used later.
"Brother Guo, I'm sorry to bother you, but I went to pull soil early in the morning."
Li Jie smiled and offered a cigarette, and then lit one himself.
Stay with me!
"What's the trouble? This thing is everywhere here."
Lao Guo smiled and put the cigarette to his ear, then glanced towards the old house.
"Just in time, I brought everything. I'll take advantage of the nice weather today to repair that wall."
"It's not me."
"I, Lao Guo, am famous for his skills as a bricklayer from all over the country. Just for that wall, it won't take half a day. I guarantee that it will be beautifully repaired for you."
"Okay, let me help you!"
"I can do this job of making clay!"
Hearing this, Lao Guo raised his eyebrows and said, "You're from the city, how can you do this?"
"I learned a little bit when I went to the countryside before."
Li Jie laughed and made up a reason casually.
"Okay, then you do it with me."
In Lao Guo's view, it doesn't matter whether Li Jie really knows it or not.
It's important to be willing to help.
Besides, it's just a wall repair, and it doesn't require any technical skills. As long as you have the strength, you can do it.
As for Li Jie's strength, he, Lao Guo, has seen it before.
When I came that day, I was carrying such a heavy load on my back, and my face was red and I was out of breath.
Not long after, the group came to the old house. Li Jie saw a bucket on the donkey cart, so he took the initiative to pick up the load and ran to fetch water.
For some time in the future, he and Qin Nan will live here, and it can be regarded as their home.
You must take your own family matters seriously.
"Eh?"
"Xiao Gao, you..."
Seeing Li Jie's fast steps, Lao Guo raised his hand. However, before he finished speaking, Li Jie ran away.
After looking at it for a moment, he had no choice but to look away.
This kid is too lazy to do things.
As Lao Guo said, building the wall is not troublesome at all, not to mention he has three helpers.
Li Jie, Qin Nan and the brigade secretary helped together, and the holes were repaired before noon.
After patching it up, Lao Guo took a shovel and repaired it. Before finishing the work, he patted the wall.
"Let it dry for two or three days, and it will almost start to work. By then, the strength will be the same as new."
"Brother's craftsmanship is certainly nothing to say."
Li Jie's words are not a compliment. Lao Guo's skills as a bricklayer are indeed good. In a few decades, he will be a master who is at least a few hundred days older than him.
"By the way, let's make do with it at my place at noon."
With that said, Li Jie winked at Qin Nan and asked her to go over and take out the remaining things.
"become."
Lao Guo laughed and had no intention of refusing. It was customary to build a house for others and provide meals for the host family.
His money was also confiscated, and he was left with nothing to eat, which was reasonable.
However, when he washed his hands and walked into the house, he felt that something was wrong.
What is that big bowl of spicy and oily meat sticks on the table?
If I read it correctly, that is beef, right?
And it's air-dried.
This big pot cannot be made without four or five kilograms of fresh beef.
Good guy!
This is a tough dish!
As far as they are concerned, if a family takes a wife and holds a banquet with ten or eight tables, they won't use so much beef.
Thinking of this, Lao Guo couldn't help but turn his head and look at Li Jie a few more times.
Where did this doll come from so many good things?
He heard from the brigade secretary that Li Jie's file showed that this kid was from an ordinary worker's family.
But a child from an ordinary working-class family can eat four or five pounds of beef in one meal?
And that Fenjiu!
No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like something an ordinary family can do.
However, it seems a bit unreasonable to say that this doll's family is not ordinary.
Strange, strange.
This strong sense of disobedience is so strange.
Li Jie didn't think that much. In his opinion, no matter how many good things there are, they are only for eating.
It's just a few kilograms of beef, it doesn't matter.
If you really want to calculate the cost, the biggest cost of this pot of air-dried and confit spicy beef is his labor cost.
With his craftsmanship, not to mention, in future generations, it would not be expensive to charge a processing fee of several thousand yuan.
That's all, it depends on his mood.
If he is not that person, he will not do it even if he is offered a fortune.
Not long after, the brigade secretary also walked into the room. When he saw the large basin of beef jerky, he was stunned for a moment, and then greeted him quickly.
"Xiao Gao, I'll go back and get some food and drinks to go with it. I'll be back in a minute."
As soon as the brigade secretary left, Qin Nan brought out another plate of food.
"oops."
Lao Guo said embarrassedly when he saw the dishes on the plate.
"I said, Xiao Gao, don't do this. Even a landlord's house can't build it like this."
"Tell your siblings to put away the sausage."
"This pot of vegetables is enough."
Upon hearing this, Qin Nan immediately looked at Li Jie. In this family, he must be the male lead.
When outsiders are present, it is naturally dominated by men.
Li Jie ignored Lao Guo, walked straight to Qin Nan, took the plate on his own initiative, and smiled when he turned around.
"Brother, this is the only dish."
"We just came here and haven't bought anything. If you want it, I don't have anything left."
After finishing today's meal, Li Jie has basically eaten everything he brought over.
There was still a little bit of confit-fried spicy beef, but it was only about half a catty. Even if he and Qin Nan ate it, they wouldn't be able to eat it for a few days.
There is quite a lot of sausage left, about two kilograms left.
However, if you need to eat, you can eat it. If you don't have it, you can buy it. If you can't buy it in town, Li Jie will have it sent to you from the magic city.
His good friend Xiao Jian is doing pretty well now. With his help in the past two years, he has established a very useful line.
If nothing else happens, even if Xiao Jian goes to the countryside, he will not go too far.
"That works."
Lao Guo smiled and rubbed his hands: "To be honest, today's dish is so rich that it makes me feel embarrassed."
These words were completely spoken by Lao Guo from the bottom of his heart.
Their area was notoriously poor, and the people in the brigade knew nothing but herding.
Herding is hard work and does not make any money.
Especially when you go out to graze, you may encounter dangers, not to mention sleeping in the open air.
If you encounter a pack of wolves, it's no joke.
Those beasts only pick weak persimmons.
In the eyes of those beasts, compared with humans and horses, people are weak.
(End of chapter)
