Although the wooden tray brought by Aunt Han was large, the portions of the three items given to Shen Luzhu were not large. Each item was only half a bowl. The steamed tofu noodle balls looked white and seemed to have no taste. Shen Luzhu I picked up one and tasted it. I thought that the tofu balls were steamed and should be very soft, but the texture was unexpectedly firm. The cut vermicelli also enriched the texture, and the taste was not as good as it looked. It's so bland, with a faint aroma of beans and noodles.
"How's it going? Does it suit you?"
When Shen Luzhu saw Chu Yi asking himself, he picked up another meatball and handed it to his mouth: "It tastes pretty good, you can try it too!"
Seeing Chu Yi chewing a few times, he nodded, and happily distributed the remaining balls to the others. Then he tasted the cold zucchini and the bowl of sour radish soup.
The family often eats zucchini, but this is the first time for Shen Luzhu to eat cold zucchini. Usually, what is made at home is cut into slices and stir-fried, or mixed with scrambled eggs to make fillings for dumplings, or cut into several slices and placed in cooked noodles. The texture is soft, but today The cold zucchini is tender and crispy, and tastes very refreshing.
There is also the bowl of clear soup stewed with pickled radish and mushroom tofu. It is sour, salty and very appetizing!
Shen Luzhu was eating while sharing the food in front of everyone in the family. The three vegetarian dishes were unanimously praised by the whole family. They didn't expect that Aunt Han had such good cooking skills. Several simple vegetarian dishes were not available yet. Use any fat and make it so delicious. Before the rest of the meal was brought to the dining table in the main room, the young couple had basically decided to ask Aunt Han to cook.
Afraid that Shen Luzhu would be uncomfortable if he smelled the oily smell later, Chu Yi took the people back to the east wing in advance. After the second wave of tastings in the main room was over and the plates were removed, Chu Xiuxiu ran over to call Xiao The couple went back.
"How are you, Xiuxiu, do you like the food cooked by Aunt Han? How is your uncle eating?"
Chu Xiuxiu smiled at her cousin and said, "My father just quietly asked me to ask my cousin if she is used to eating!"
"Of course I think it's good, but I don't know how Aunt Han can do with normal meals?"
"It's delicious, cousin. Dad also thinks it's good."
Shen Luzhu nodded: "That's it, you and Ah Li's tastes have always been similar. If you like it, then Ah Li should also like it. In this case, let's almost decide to invite Aunt Han!"
Aunt Han was sitting on a chair near the door of the main room. When she saw the young couple coming back, she quickly stood up. Shen Luzhu felt that she seemed more reserved than when she first entered her yard. She thought for a while that maybe They had just tried the second wave of food, and the reason why she and Chu Yi were not in the main room made Aunt Han mistakenly think that she was dissatisfied with her craftsmanship.
"Aunt Han, you can just sit down. I can't eat these greasy meals recently, and I get very greedy when I see others eating, so I went back to the house to avoid it. Aunt Han, please don't mind!"
After hearing this, Aunt Han breathed a sigh of relief, shook her head and replied, "No, no, this taboo on drinking soup and medicine is indeed a torturous thing."
"Aunt Han, our family thinks that the food you cook is very appetizing, and we would like to ask you to come to our house every day to help cook three meals a day. There are five people in my family, three adults and two children. Every day. Outside of cooking time, Aunt, you don’t have to stay here. You can go home and do some business of your own. Of course, if Aunt feels like going back and forth, she can stay here. The room outside the west wing usually has more It doesn’t belong to anyone. As for the salary, I’ll give you one tael of silver a month. What do you think, Aunt Han?”
When Aunt Han heard that she was just cooking, she could actually be given a salary of one tael a month. This was much better than working as a part-time laborer in the town, so she hurriedly agreed: "Chengchengcheng, thank you very much, boss. You’re the boss lady, I’ll do a good job!”
"Aunt Han, you really don't need to call us boss and boss lady. Since Auntie thinks it's okay, today is the first day!"
When Aunt Han came out today, she didn't expect to be hired so smoothly, so she wanted to go back and report to her family. Shen Luzhu saw that there was still some time before making lunch, and made an arrangement with her to have three meals a day from now on. After an hour, Aunt Han was released to go home.
Qian just had something to say
, but unfortunately, I couldn't open my mouth easily. When I saw someone walking out of the door of the Chu family's old house, I asked: "Ayi, Lu Zhu, why is the price here different from what we negotiated at the beginning? Is there something wrong? It’s on the high side, and working as a part-time worker in the town can give you less than one tael of silver a month.”
When Shen Luzhu first discussed with Mr. Qian about hiring someone to help with the cooking, he did discuss the wages, because there was nothing to refer to, and it was a job that would not consume much physical energy while he could go home. He suggested that according to the wages of part-time workers in the town, about seven or eight hundred cash a month would be quite enough.
"It's okay, Auntie. I see that Aunt Han is quick at work and has good craftsmanship. I want to give her more so that she can work in our house for a long time. Besides, I guess she will have to do this job until I It takes eight or nine months to give birth, so it can’t be considered a part-time job. The price is not much different from the price for hiring long-term workers in the town!"
Qian didn't know that the young couple were talking about the situation of the Han family in the main room that time. Seeing that this person was a good person, they wanted to help. She sighed again in her heart that they had such good children, how could some people just not know about them? As for cherishing, you have to earn something that does not belong to you. In the end, it will chill people's hearts. That is really picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons!
Thinking of the Mr. Chu family who didn't know how to cherish it, Qian remembered what her men had recently said, saying that one or two of them felt that they were deceived by lard and fell into the eyes of the money. For the first time, because of selling paper money, he was laughed at by the village and extorted money. In the end, he didn't learn a lesson at all!
I don’t know whether it was because the villagers saw so many jokes and lost their face completely, or something else. Now I don’t even cover up, and just pay with his family’s paper money, just like the Chu family’s old house. They have the same banner, but they are sold for a penny each. I don’t know how they are so embarrassed!
Qian wanted to complain to the young couple, but when she saw Shen Luzhu's stomach that had not changed at all, she decided to forget it. That family was completely hopeless, so let them mess around on their own. Why bother with those people to disturb the happy life of the young couple!
Qian patted Shen Luzhu's hand and said, "Good boy, you did the right thing. Sooner or later, your pregnancy will be known. You should take good care of her now. When the time comes, The Han family can work more diligently!"
"That's what my cousin said!"
After getting along with each other for a few days, we found that they were both easy-to-get-together people, and their daily interactions became more harmonious. The Chu family takes great care of Aunt Han. They always bring her some food and drink supplies from home. The Chu family is also very kind to her.
Shen Luzhu also felt that life had become easier. Aunt Han was probably grateful for the wages given by the Chu family, and maybe she was afraid that she would be replaced by others if she did not do well. She worked diligently every day. Not only that, but also She told Shen Luzhu and Chu Xiuxiu several times to leave the dishes and chopsticks to be washed in the kitchen, and they would clean them up together while she was cooking the next meal.
Ever since Aunt Han started to come to the Chu family's old house to cook every day, people in the village have noticed this. Everyone is guessing why the old Han family's widow comes to the Chu family's old house all day long. She visits the Chu family's old house two or three times a day. If you don’t say it, the sun will never set.
Soon someone learned the inside story from the Han family. People in the village felt that it was even more outrageous than some people had guessed. How wealthy was the Chu family? They even started to spend money to hire people to cook. Done!
Others thought of Grandpa Chu and Grandma Chu, who had already separated their families. These two old people really didn’t have the luxury of life. They separated their families not long after that. As a result, the Chu family’s children were separated. The life of the couple is better than before, and the third child of the Chu family still knows how to look at people!
The people in the village were just talking about it after dinner, but when the news reached the ears of Mr. Chu’s family, it changed the mood. Grandpa Chu and Grandma Chu always wondered whether Chu Yi and his wife had hidden secrets at home and had not told the truth about the business of the shop, thus deceiving themselves.
Uncle Chu and Wang were even more troubled. They were also selling paper money. In order to make money, their family now ignored the opinions of the villagers. But how come they could barely cope with it without paying any compensation, and others could enjoy popular food and drink spicy food? Let’s live the life of a wealthy family without even having to cook our own meals!
What people outside think seems to be related to Chu
The old house has nothing to do with it. Uncle Chu continues to be busy with trivial matters in the workshop every day, Chu Yi continues to take care of the paper money shop in front of the door, and Shen Luzhu continues to think about the way out of the Shen family's mosquito repellent. As expected, she came up with another good idea without waiting until the end of June.
As soon as he had an idea, Shen Luzhu hurriedly ran to talk to Chu Yi. After getting approval, he called the second brother and cousin of the Shen family to come over to discuss.
"Second brother, cousin, do you still remember the mosquito repellent pills we talked about last year?"
Seeing his sister's excitement, Shen Songjie couldn't bear to pour cold water on her. He thought about it for a long time before saying, "I remember, but Lu Zhu, this is pretty easy to do!"
Shen Luzhu couldn't understand what Shen Songjie meant for a moment, and asked in a daze: "I know, isn't it just like the pills made at home, hawthorn pills, which grandpa always made with his elder brother when he was a kid. We can make them It’s made smaller…”
Shen Songjie scratched his head, wondering: "But Luzhu, it's easy for the drugstore in the town to make it."
Shen Changshan added: "The recipes for medicated wine, medicated oil and medicated pills are all similar, but the final methods are different. Medicinal wine and medicated oil have been made, and it will be a matter of time before the drug stores in the town of medicated pills make them. thing!"
Only then did Shen Luzhu understand what his brothers meant, he shook his head and said, "Second brother, cousin, that's not what I meant. Listen to me, we make mosquito repellent into small pills, but we can't sell the pills directly. !」
"Lu Zhu, you confused the second brother. You can't sell the pills directly after making them into pills. How can you sell them?"
