Mrs. Sun ate very quickly, and within a quarter of an hour, she was full. The other women did the same, sweeping away everything on the table like a storm.
In Xu Wanning's opinion, they are all home-cooked dishes of chicken, duck and fish, but in the eyes of this group of women, this is a very rare delicacy that would not be available at ordinary times if it were not for three festivals a year.
My stomach was full, and I felt a deep sense of guilt.
They had eaten, but the men and children at home had not eaten yet.
Everyone felt embarrassed and guilty again.
Xu Wanning saw it, and Hongmei on the side happened to come over and whispered a few words in her ear. Xu Wanning smiled and nodded. After a while, Hongmei Qingxing Chen looked at several people carrying several large pots of vegetables. Put it on the table.
The pots were filled to the brim with brisket braised pork, which was 30% lean and 70% fat. It was so oily that people couldn't help but salivate at the sight of it.
Everyone was puzzled.
Does the young lady plan to let them eat these pots of braised pork?
Xu Wanning explained with a smile: "It's not for you to eat, it's for you to take home for your family. Didn't you just tell me how many people are in your family? Everyone, please line up, one bowl per person, and take it home for you. The family has a tooth ceremony."
Hongmei held a spoon, Qingxing held a bowl, and Chen Wang gave everyone a big basin.
Until the big basin in everyone's hand was almost heavy, everyone was still in a daze. Is the oily braised pork in the big basin really meant for them to take back to their families?
After each person had a bowl of braised pork, there was still a lot left. Xu Wanning asked Hongmei to share another spoonful with everyone. In addition, before leaving, he gave everyone a bunch of pastries before letting them leave.
After leaving the main house, these more than ten women did not leave immediately. Instead, they looked in the direction of the main house in disbelief, and all of them whispered.
"I-I'm not dreaming, am I?"
"No, look at the braised pork and mung bean cake in your hand. They are real. The young lady really gave them to us."
"Such a good dish, what are we waiting for? Come home quickly and serve it to your family."
"Yes, yes, go quickly, go quickly."
Everyone left one by one, and Mrs. Sun was among them. She turned around and looked gratefully in the direction of the main house, and then trotted home.
The child hadn't eaten yet, and the man and father-in-law were still working in the fields. She had to go back quickly.
The news about Xu Wanning reached Chen Ming's ears.
Chen Ming did not appear from beginning to end.
After hearing this, he just smiled.
"This young lady has no brains at all." She also knows how to win over people's hearts and please these tenants. When the time comes to announce the order, these tenants will be short-handed and soft-spoken, so they won't cause any big trouble.
"The young lady also said that she would kill a pig tomorrow and distribute it to the group of tenants."
"Just kill him." Chen Ming had no objection: "It's the pig of the Marquis's house anyway. The Marquis also said, let her toss, since she is the one who did the offending thing anyway."
Liu Ming and his father are still growing cotton in the fields.
They walked over and came back from the opposite side. Even though it was past lunch time, their stomachs were already hungry, and their waists were sore, swollen, and painful that they couldn't even stand up straight. Don't dare waste any time.
After the work is completed, they will be paid for their hard work. Before the work is completed, no matter how hard they work, their wages will be deducted little by little.
Although Liu Ming was furious, he couldn't do anything about it.
"Dad, baby's dad, it's time to eat."
Liu Ming heard Sun's voice and wanted to stand up, but his waist was so swollen that he could not straighten up. He could only bend over and straighten up slowly bit by bit. Sun saw her husband and father-in-law tired on the opposite field ridge. I couldn't even stand up straight, I felt so distressed.
"Braised pork? Where did the braised pork come from?" Liu Ming saw the oily braised pork and lard mixed with brown rice in the bowl. It was so fragrant that it could make people bite off their tongues.
I haven’t had braised pork in a long time.
Old man Liu was also very excited. He took two pieces of the braised pork that was piled high in the bowl and gave it to Liu Ming: "Dad can't eat that much."
Liu Ming turned around and protected his bowl, "Dad, I have a lot of pieces here, you can eat it yourself."
Mrs. Sun also said: "Dad, it's enough. You can eat it yourself. If it's not enough, there's still more here!"
"Where did the braised pork come from?" Liu Ming was really hungry. He took a bite of rice and ate a piece of braised pork, and then asked Sun.
Mrs. Sun replied: "The young lady gave it to me."
"Young madam? Why did she give us braised pork?" Liu Ming felt that the meat was a bit unpleasant to eat.
I always feel like I taste something uneasy and good-hearted.
"It's not just given to us, it's given to all the tenants in Zhuangzi." Mrs. Sun explained, "How many bowls are there for the number of people in the family? For our family of five, we have five bowls." Including those who are still there. Even the baby in the swaddling clothes.
Mrs. Sun told the whole story about the cause and effect of the incident. Liu Ming couldn't figure out what the young lady wanted to do, so he could only keep his head down and cook. After finishing the meal, Mrs. Sun handed him a piece of mung bean cake.
"This is also given by the young lady. Try it quickly. It's very sweet."
Liu Ming smiled and pushed it back, "You go ahead and eat it." This is good food. Liu Ming has eaten it before. It's so sweet that my mother will definitely love it.
Mrs. Sun was reluctant to eat. Even though she knew it was sweet, she still ate the crumbs that the older baby had eaten. Seeing that Liu Ming refused to eat, she handed them to the older child, cleared away the bowls and chopsticks, told the older child a few words, and then I changed the second baby's diaper and got off the ground.
In the evening, the originally calm and sunny sky suddenly turned into dark clouds and the wind picked up. For the old man who was farming and watching the sky, this was a sign of heavy rain!
Let the old people and children go home first, and some young and strong people hurriedly inserted two more rows before it started to rain. It wasn't until the raindrops fell that this group of people went home anxiously.
Although farming is very important, if you get wet from the rain and catch the wind and cold, the gains outweigh the losses.
The rain fell like beans, and the sky became completely dark.
Xu Wanning calmly closed the window and came to the small kitchen next to the house where she was staying.
This is a small courtyard specially built for the master of the Hou Mansion. It has several rooms, a shower room, and a small kitchen.
Hong Mei Qing Xing is killing and removing fish scales in the kitchen.
When Xu Wanning passed by, Hongmei and Qingxing had already taken care of the fish. The fish was chopped into two pieces, and the scales were collected and cleaned according to Xu Wanning's instructions.
"I told you last time that if I catch a fish, I'll treat you to pickled fish fillets. It's not appropriate in the house. We won't get back here until we get drunk tonight." Xu Wanning rolled up her sleeves and picked up the knife.
Qingxing looked at it, her mouth opened wide, and she was so excited that she couldn't even finish her sentence, "Xiao, Miss, do you want to cook by yourself?"
