Su Qingluan didn't know how long it would take to finish the work today.
Although these people were eager to give it a try as soon as they heard "double wages", Su Qingluan looked at the tired faces and thought that many people here are considered "middle-aged and elderly" and can call themselves The "old man" or "old woman" kind of person is determined not to overload.
So Su Qingluan said: "Considering that some people stayed to work overtime today, we will gather in front of my house at noon tomorrow - of course the wages will still be settled and will not be reduced. Okay, those who don't work overtime should go home quickly, and the rest will Stay where you are.”
When those people who didn't work overtime were almost gone, Su Qingluan handed Liu Yunniang the key to the shop in the town: "Now if you take these people to the town, you should be able to make it in time before the city gate is closed."
Although Lefeng Town is only a small town, the city gates need to be closed at night to implement a curfew. However, there is still more than an hour before the city gate is closed, so we can definitely arrive in time.
"Brother Zhao, please come back to my house with me once. I'm going to get those things." Su Qingluan, who was spending the night, had already considered the possibility of working overtime, so he had already made preparations on the second floor of the shop.
However, Aunt Zou has gone back first. There is one less person in the "logistics team", but they still have to prepare everyone's midnight snacks. Naturally, some of the kitchen utensils and seasonings that Su Qingluan usually uses are indispensable. Su Qingluan wants to bring them all.
By the way, he told his family that they would spend the night in the town tonight. Su Qingluan hurried to the town with Zhaodi.
Zhaodi has a slender physique. Even if Su Qingluan started giving her an egg a day to replenish her strength yesterday, physical change cannot be accomplished in a day or two.
So Su Qingluan had to accommodate her somewhat slow pace - although Su Qingluan also understood that she had tried her best to recruit her younger brother, but she had already started running at a trot and was out of breath.
Later, Su Qingluan was really afraid that he would not be able to catch up with the city gate closing, so he simply took Zhaodi and trotted all the way, and finally caught up with the gate.
But even so, the two of them were still reminded by the officer guarding the gate: "It's going to be night soon, and the county town is no better than the countryside without night patrols. If you are caught wandering around the city after dark, you will go to jail!"
Zhaodi was so frightened that his already pale face turned a little blue, but Su Qingluan smiled calmly and said: "Thank you for the advice, sir. We have relatives who have defected to the town and we will not wander around in the city. , causing trouble to the official."
Anyone who hears it is willing to listen, let alone Su Qingluan, a fair-looking and beautiful little girl. The officers and soldiers guarding the city scratched their heads: "Hey, what kind of 'official' am I? I'm just trying to make a living. But you, if you really encounter patrollers, just have a better attitude and tell them that you will be home soon. If you look at it this way, you will see that it belongs to the simple people, and no one will be embarrassed."
Upon hearing this, Su Qingluan quickly nodded and thanked her, and went into the town with Zhaodi.
The sky was getting darker and darker. On the way to their destination, Su Qingluan and Zhaodi met two groups of people patrolling in front and back, just as the officers and soldiers guarding the city said. But maybe it was because the city gate had not been completely closed, or because the two little girls Su Qingluan and Zhaodi were so thin and small that they really didn't look like gangsters, so they were allowed to pass.
Su Qingluan thought to herself that it was true that wherever she went, she would reach out and not hit anyone with a smiling face.
By the time the two of them arrived at Su's shop, it was already brightly lit and bustling.
Liu Yunniang led those people here and only carried out some preliminary preparations such as simple cleaning and placement, and lighting all the stoves.
Since the difference between Su Qingluan and Liu Yunniang's group in front was only half an hour, everyone had just turned up the stove when Su Qingluan arrived.
Su Qingluan clapped her hands and began to arrange tasks: "The five groups will split up later. The first and second groups will rinse all the fruits and pick out the fruits that have been damaged by squeezing; The fruits are scattered on several dustpans placed on the shelves in the yard - be careful not to stack the fruits. The fifth group listens to me and Yun Niang acting randomly."
Everyone received their own work and began to light oil lamps and candles, and then the stars and lights started to work.
In the kitchen, Su Qingluan and Liu Yunniang were also very busy.
Although there are one or two people in each group who do not choose to work overtime, there are nearly 20 remaining people.
To make a big pot of rice, the seasoning is just about the same, but stir-frying a large amount of ingredients is a laborious task.
So Su Qingluan took Zhaodi and Liu Yuniang to be responsible for selecting vegetables, cutting vegetables and preparing food. The remaining three people in the fifth group happened to be all men, and because two of the three were farmers and the other was a hunter, they had very different physiques. Relatively robust. So from a physical point of view, it is absolutely no problem to stir-fry large pots of food.
So, the three of them took turns to cook a big pot of food on the stove, while the remaining two made coarse grain steamed buns.
Su Qingluan had to sigh again. There are not so many sayings in small farmers that "a gentleman is far away from the cook". Everyone works when they are free. Everyone has endless work to do every day, so naturally there is nothing " "Division of labor", so men generally can get by with their cooking skills.
Everyone was busy in an orderly manner, and soon one or two groups of people washed the fruits. Su Qingluan asked these people to go to the second floor to clean up two pieces of the ground. Then the curtains could be drawn in the middle, and men and women could sleep on one side of the open floor. shop.
After the three or four groups dried all the fruits in the yard, Su Qingluan asked them to assemble the two millstones in the yard to grind the spices.
In order to prevent the ratio of the spices from being leaked, Su Qingluan had asked the spice merchant to cut them into smaller pieces before purchasing them and weigh them in advance to mix them evenly.
However, this kind of "chopped" spices are just like pieces of traditional Chinese medicine. If they are mixed directly into the jam, it will definitely affect the texture and taste - after all, the taste of a large piece of spices is quite exciting.
Grinding Chinese medicine pieces, ah no, spices, requires patience, especially when Su Qingluan said that the powder should be able to pass through a sieve of white flour three times.
So after one or two groups finished making the bed, they also joined the grinding of spices.
Su Qingluan was also very busy here. It was obviously an autumn night, but because of the blazing stove, everyone in the kitchen was sweating.
By the time it was almost midnight, the sky had completely darkened. At this time, the big pot of rice was finally ready, and everyone was already hungry - after all, not to mention dinner at this time every day, some people had basically washed up and gone to bed.
Su Qingluan saw that there were a few people who still couldn't let go of the work they were doing, so she clapped her hands and said, "There is still a lot of work, and we can't finish it in an instant! Let's eat first to replenish our strength! Otherwise, when you fall down from exhaustion, the gain will not be worth the loss!"
