Su Qingluan took a bite of the eggplant box, revealing the light yellow eggplant meat and meat filling.
The eggplant flesh has a soft and absorbent texture before it is cooked. It feels like a sponge. Su Qingluan added a little bit of water and eggs to the meat filling and beat it vigorously to make the whole meat Although the filling is full of water, it will not let the juice flow out.
In this way, when the meat stuffing is stuffed into the eggplant, although the eggplant gradually changes from a sponge-like soft texture to a soft, glutinous and dense texture after being heated, because there is a layer of batter on the outside, it will not absorb too much oil, but the soup in the meat stuffing will The juice flows out when heated, bringing out some of the salt and seeping into the eggplant's flesh.
In addition, no seasoning is added to the eggplant meat and batter to adjust the saltiness, which is just enough to neutralize the overly salty meat filling.
Because eggs were added when filling the meat filling, the meat filling was very tender and smooth. Child Su Xuanhe was burned several times because he was too impatient, and finally learned to hold back a small bite.
However, Su Xueyan, probably because she is young and has a small mouth, still finds it difficult to eat thick food like eggplant boxes, but she is able to do so "gentlely".
While eating, Su Qingluan suddenly thought of what she wanted to ask before: "Dad, when I went out just now, did anyone follow the recruitment notice?"
Su Guangfu nodded: "A mason finally came today. He said that he would call some brothers who are doing the work when he goes back." Then he turned to Mrs. Yang and said, "You can find some women who are good at making big pots of rice to help. "
Su Xuanhe stood there and grinned because he was so hot. When he heard his father's words, he raised his head from the bowl and said, "Why don't you let sister be directly responsible for cooking? Sister's cooking is delicious!"
Su Qingluan gave this brat a dirty look and said to herself that it would not hurt her back to stand and talk without doing anything.
It was my sister Su Xueyan who was considerate: "Brother, there are so many people coming! Sister is very tired from cooking so much!"
Su Qingluan touched the little angel sister's head and put another eggplant box for her: "Oh, my sister is still considerate, some stinky brothers can make people angry!"
"Then...then didn't I praise your delicious cooking..." Su Xuanhe also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he lowered his head and muttered and stopped talking.
Su Guangfu and Yang ignored the quarrels of the children. Su Qingluan also knew that these two cooks had to be hired and the money had to be spent.
Although she has some skills in cooking, she is not good at making big pot rice, and big pot rice has different techniques from ordinary cooking methods.
Thinking like this, Su Qingluan also gave up the idea of making a big pot of rice. After eating, he turned to his room. Before it got completely dark, he opened the window and took advantage of the light outside to read a borrowed book about house renting. .
When night falls, you can continue reading by candlelight. However, the flame of the candle is dim and the light source is very unstable. After reading for a while, your eyes will hurt and you will feel dizzy. Su Qingluan thought that there is no need to make herself blind just to read a book. , simply turn around and blow out the candles to sleep.
It was only the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and it was still very early in the morning. Before leaving the stall in the morning, Su Qingluan took the time to read a book. During the day, she works at the stall with her parents in the county town. There are not many customers, so when her help is not needed, she is also reading books beside her.
Just reading books like this for a few days really made her see a little bit of the secrets.
There are many laws about house leasing. Su Qingluan can see the predecessors of modern laws in many of them, but one law caught her attention - if the tenant sublets the house, then if the house is damaged and It cannot be proven that the second landlord did it personally. The second landlord and his tenants must bear the losses of destroying the house at the same time.
Su Qingluan was shocked: the rent was obviously lower than the market price, and the landlord's anxious attitude...
Although Shopkeeper Liang said that after inquiring, the puddle caused by the subsidence of the ground was left by the previous tenant, but what if that was a lie? What if the young man who calls himself the "shopkeeper" is actually the second landlord?
Even though the rent of twenty or thirty taels is much cheaper than the sixty or seventy taels, it is still a considerable expenditure for the Su family, and Su Qingluan has to be cautious.
Fortunately, in this era, although the recording methods of various documents are relatively backward, if you want to inquire, there are still ways.
With the help of shopkeeper Liang, Su Qingluan finally understood through careful inquiries from many parties: It turned out that the skinny young man who called himself "shopkeeper" was named Zheng Hai, and he was the second landlord who planned to rent out the house at a low price.
The reason why he was so anxious to rent out the house was the same as Su Qingluan had speculated before - to pass on the risk of compensation.
Seeing that the matter was exposed, he quickly begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother with a sad face, and asked Su Qingluan not to make any noise about it, and he himself told the whole story like he was pouring beans.
But it turned out that about a year ago, Zheng Hai signed a two-year lease with the real owner of "Gong Yu Pavilion" and paid rent once a year.
Because the store is a bit small, musical instruments are different from ordinary cloth and food items. They are hollow in the middle and take up a lot of space. There is no way to fold and stack them, so the store is somewhat insufficient.
So Zheng Hai started to use his brain. Taking advantage of rainy days when no one came to visit, he put up a sign of closure outside and dug out a basement from the floor of the store to store sundries. The space for miscellaneous items is freed up, and more musical instruments can be placed.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Hai's "basement" was built secretly and did not dare to show off, so many places were cut corners, causing the ground to collapse and settle. There was a lot of rain in the past period, and the disadvantages of cutting corners were fully revealed. The basement collapsed and rainwater poured in. A large number of musical instruments placed on the shelves below were soaked in water.
Each of these instruments takes a lot of effort to make. Even the cheapest flute requires only three or five pieces, not to mention some guqins that require higher craftsmanship.
So this time Zheng Hai spent a lot of money in it.
What's even more frightening is that the day when the annual rent collection is coming is coming, and he can't plug such a big hole in the ground.
Just as Su Qingluan originally thought, since there has been a lot of rain these days, even if the water is scooped out, the surrounding groundwater will still seep in. The best way is to wait until the weather becomes less rainy and dry in autumn and the surrounding water levels drop. Go down and refill the cave, or do the foundation and waterproofing so that this basement will no longer see water.
However, it was obvious that God did not give Zheng Hai this opportunity, because just when he was talking about his "suffering experience" with snot and tears, the person who came to urge him to pay the rent happened to come over.
Putting aside the furious look of the man after seeing the "vast ocean" state in the store, Su Qingluan only stared at the man's face, wondering: This man...had he seen it somewhere before?
