Smoke curled up from the kitchen.
People working in the yard couldn't help but drool.
But they were all grown men, so naturally they wouldn't stare eagerly at other people's kitchens. As they had agreed before, they would pay thirty cents a day without meals, so they hurried home to fill their stomachs before coming back, drooling and being caught. It was so embarrassing to see.
A group of men put down their tools and were about to leave.
Cheng Wanwan walked out of the kitchen with a smile on her face: "Si Dan dug a lot of shepherd's purse on the mountain in the morning. I happened to have some pork left at home, so I mixed the stuffing and made some dumplings. If you don't mind, everyone , let’s have some, but there aren’t many dumplings, so let’s eat two or three to fill our stomachs first.”
In modern rural areas, when you hire someone to build a house, you have to have a start-up drink first, so that the workers will do their best to build the house solidly.
There is a lack of food this year, so she only invites people to a banquet on the day when the beams are raised. She doesn't want to be too out of the ordinary, so treating two or three dumplings to one person is considered as her devotion. After all, building a house is a lifetime event, at least one must After living there for more than ten or twenty years, no small detail can be neglected.
The men in the yard were shocked.
Pork and shepherd's purse dumplings are a good thing that they can only eat during the Chinese New Year. This is not a festival, so Dashan Niang actually wants to treat them to dumplings.
Just as she was astonished, Wu Huiniang brought out plates of dumplings. Seven or eight plates contained about a hundred dumplings. The aroma became even more fragrant, making her mouth water. The dumpling wrappers were black and yellow, and they must have been mixed with white flour. Other miscellaneous grains, but there is pork in it, which is already considered a rare and rare food.
"This, this is not good!" Zhao Anjiang rubbed his hands, "It's not easy for everyone these days. Let's save it for the children..."
He is Li Zheng's son and the leader of this group of people. He has said so. No matter how reluctant the others are to give up, they can only refuse along with him.
Cheng Wanwan bent down and handed two plates of dumplings to Zhao Sidan: "Send them to the uncle who is digging the foundation over there."
Zhao Sidan took the plate and ran away.
It was not far from Cheng Wanwan's home, and soon they heard the sound of men eating dumplings happily at the base.
Cheng Wanwan smiled and said: "There will be a lot of trouble for everyone in the future. I can still afford two or three dumplings per person. Eat it quickly. It will make your work easier."
The people at the base had already started eating, and the people in the yard no longer pretended to be reserved, so they started directly. Each person took two or three dumplings and swallowed them in one bite.
For these men who have been working all year round, two or three dumplings really don't do much. They feel like they haven't been eaten at all. But with the taste in their mouths, they somehow gain strength and work harder.
Some careful men only ate one to taste it, and wrapped the remaining two in leaves and put them in their clothes, ready to take them back for their children to taste.
It was almost noon when the working men gradually dispersed.
And Zhao Ergou also came back with a glowing face.
Lunch was set up in the main room, and we also had dumplings. Each person had a big bowl, and there were about ten dumplings in one bowl. There was still some left in the pot. If there was not enough food, you could add more dumplings.
A group of people gathered around the table, ready to start.
"Wait a minute!" Zhao Ergou said, "Why don't you ask me how much money I made today?"
Zhao Sidan licked his lips: "How can dumplings be as delicious as money? Let's finish eating the dumplings first."
Shen Zheng nodded: "The dumplings made by the county government cook are not as fragrant. Auntie, can we eat them?"
Cheng Wanwan smiled and said: "Eat, eat."
This group of children were all crazy with hunger. As soon as they started eating, they lowered their heads and plucked the dumplings into their mouths. The dumplings were actually quite big and had a lot of fillings. These kids all devoured them one by one, gasping. Phew, even Cheng Zhao, who has always been gentle, ate the dumplings. After a while, the bottom of the children's bowls was completely empty.
After their bellies were eighty percent full, the children finally had the time to ask Zhao Ergou about his business.
Zhao Ergou took a sip of water and then said proudly: "The thirty kilograms of braised meat I brought to town were sold to Zuixianlou and Jixiang Restaurant respectively. Didn't I say before that I would sell them for sixty cents per kilogram? Afraid of being lowered by the shopkeeper, I offered a price of seventy cents, and later it was raised to sixty-five cents, which means I made a total of nine hundred cents."
He took something out of his pocket, "This is the bouquet I bought for my mother and sister-in-law. I also bought a sesame seed cake for each of them. This rattle is for my future nephew."
The first thing he does when he makes money is to buy things for his family. When he makes more money later, he will buy gold hairpins for his mother.
Wu Huiniang was stunned. She thought the second brother was just making a small fuss, but she didn't expect that this business was as profitable as selling ice powder.
Zhao Dashan swallowed his saliva, "Nine hundred cents, how much rice can this buy?"
Zhao Sanniu's eyes widened. He must have been patrolling for several years before he could save nine hundred coins.
Shen Zheng deliberately argued: "It's only nine hundred coins, but it's worth your arrogance. Look at this person who has never seen the world."
In one sentence, all the boys of the Zhao family were offended.
Zhao Sidan hummed and said, "My second brother earns 900 cash. Brother Zheng, you only earn more than 100 cash. You have the nerve to say that."
Shen Zheng: "..."
He can only earn four cents for one pound of pig offal, and only one hundred and twenty cents for thirty pounds. It's really a bit of a loss when you think about it.
"Shopkeeper Yang and Shopkeeper Zhou said that more than ten kilograms a day is not enough. They hope I can supply more goods." Zhao Ergou sighed, "Today I went to Zhu's house to get the goods. Butcher Zhu said that only five kilograms a day at most is enough." Sixty pounds of pig offal, if it weren’t for too little pig offal, my business could expand a lot.”
Cheng Wanwan laughed: "Pork offal can be braised, and so can other things. Think about it carefully, what else can be braised?"
Zhao Sidan's eyes lit up: "Just use meat. Braised pork is definitely more delicious than pork offal."
Cheng Wanwan nodded: "Pork is okay, but not too much, because other ways of making pork are more delicious than braised pork, such as pork meatballs, braised pork, Dongpo pork, etc., and the most delicious way to make pork offal is to make braised pork. There is no comparison between the two.”
Just as he was talking, there was sudden movement at the door.
The whole family looked towards the yard and saw Xiaodian Xiaohei, Dahei and Wangcai, and four wolf dogs dragging a wild roe deer in.
Zhao Sidan was extremely surprised: "Xiao Dian, you are great, Da Hei, Xiao Hei Wangcai, you are all great!"
Zhao Dashan picked up the wild roe deer and said, "This is almost twenty or thirty kilograms, which is enough for the family to eat for a while."
Cheng Wanwan laughed: "It's better to braise game."
Modern people like to pursue natural and wild things, so the prices of some game meat are very high. However, ancient people actually did not like to eat game. Game has a natural earthy smell and stinky smell, which is difficult to clean and has skin. The meat is thick and lacks fat, so the oil cannot be squeezed out. Of course, for people in Dahe Village, as long as there is meat to eat, it is good, regardless of whether it has a strange smell.
Cook game with marinade. The rich spices can cover up the earthy smell and improve the original meat quality.
The most important thing is that game is cheaper than pork. Nowadays, after the price of pork has been reduced, it costs 25 cents per catty, and game is about 15 or 16 cents per catty.
Zhao Ergou nodded like he was pounding garlic: "Okay, let's braise the game. Let's test the water with this wild roe deer first."
