Chapter 53: Really Smells Good
The Fan family didn't have a dining table. Before, they didn't have the extra money to buy one, but later they thought there was no place to put it after buying it.
There are only three thatched huts, with people living on the left and right. Some odds and ends are placed in the middle, which takes up almost half of the space. There is no space to put a table and walk on.
There is a large, flat and smooth stone in the open space outside the house, which can be used as a dining table, but the children do not want to sit neatly by the stone to eat. They prefer to find a good corner place with their rice bowls and squat down to watch the ants. Move and eat.
Shui Qing doesn't care, she also loved doing this when she was a child.
Therefore, there are currently five children surrounding the new Bai Ziqian, and they all looked incredibly shocked after hearing his words.
"The kidney flower is a meat vegetable. My grandfather specially left it for us to grow our bodies. Smell? I didn't eat it." Fan Jiang said in a naive voice.
Fan He rolled his eyes and muttered: "You're just not hungry yet! After three days of starvation, shit will taste delicious!"
Fan Hu, the youngest, said softly: "It's not delicious? No. My mother's cooking is the best! No matter what it is, it's delicious."
Bai Ziqian thought disdainfully, how delicious can a country woman make?
It's just that you farmers are ignorant.
Then he thought that they were also pitiful. They must have never had a decent meal for such a long time. When he returned to the Bai family, he would treat them to delicious food... No, no, he said that he would not rely on the Bai family. On their own.
However, under the strong recommendation of three friends, he, who thought he was very proud, took a bite of the kidney flower and was stunned for a moment.
Not fishy or smelly, fresh and smooth, mellow but not greasy, it tasted completely different from anything he had tasted before.
When Fan Jiang and the other three saw their friends' expressions, they immediately understood and proudly said, "What we said is right."
“My mother’s cooking is the best!”
"For the same dish, what my mother cooks is more delicious than what others cook."
Bai Ziqian couldn't stop eating. He ate it with rice. He just thought it was so delicious!
The rice is shiny, fragrant and soft, even more delicious than the best red stem rice at home.
He ate something spicy, so he took a chopstick to eat some luffa and scrambled eggs to relieve the spiciness. He felt that the luffa was soft, the eggs were tender, and everything was delicious.
Could it be that this remote village is the hometown of the imperial chef or that a famous chef lives here...
"Well, what is this?" Bai Ziqian, who was deep in thought and accidentally took a bite of the yellow thread-like food next to him, raised his head and asked Fan He next to him.
"My memory is really bad! I said it was potato shreds." Fan He was disgusted, but still answered the question.
Bai Ziqian looked at the potato shreds in confusion. They were very similar to ginger shreds, but they didn't have the spiciness of ginger shreds. Instead, they were crispy and chewy with a hint of powder.
What does this taste like, and why have you never tasted it before?
"Potato, is this unique to you here? Why haven't I heard of it outside?"
Speaking of delicious potatoes, the children seemed to have started chatting. Even Yan Qiu, who was eating silently next to him, also joined in: "My mother-in-law found a lot of them in the wild woods. We planted some of them and kept the rest from time to time." Go dig some and cook some."
"We have just separated, and the vegetables grown in the vegetable garden will not be available for consumption for more than ten days at the earliest;
Unexpectedly, potatoes are no worse than vegetables. The key is that they are delicious and filling. When steamed and grilled, they are much more delicious than black-faced steamed buns! "Fan Jiang and Yourong Yan said.
"Potato is the name given by my mother-in-law, but my brother and I prefer to call it Hei Dan." Fan He said with a hint.
Hearing Hei Dan, Bai Ziqian felt extremely upset. He shouldn't have used a pseudonym that was completely opposite to his real name!
But at this moment, I can only bite the bullet and ask: "Why?"
Fan Hu Xiao Naiyin was the first to answer: "Because it is black. When dug out from the soil, it is black and round. Isn't it a black egg?"
Bai Ziqian: ....it's really simple and crude.
After finishing the last bite of the food in the bowl, he commented harshly under the enthusiastic looks of several friends: "The presentation is not exquisite enough, the combination is not pleasing to the eye, and the taste is too strong. There is a lot of room for improvement."
The five children were stunned.
Shui Qing sneered and didn't take it seriously, but she would never leave a half-year-old child to just eat and not do anything.
In their house, even if the Bull Demon King comes, he still has to plow two acres of land before leaving
She faced Bai Ziqian with a smile and said in a very kind tone, "Heizi, are you full?"
Bai Ziqian nodded. It was not certain whether he was eating or not, but he was indeed full.
He thought he wouldn't be able to finish the stoneware basin that was bigger than his head, but he didn't expect not a grain of rice was left - it must be because he went out in anger and didn't eat all day.
Yes, he is very hungry. He will definitely not be able to finish eating tomorrow.
Seeing Bai Ziqian nod, Shui Qing asked more kindly: "What kind of work can you do?"
Bai Ziqian looked up blankly, working?
What kind of work could he be required to do? Even dressing and washing were done for him by servants and maids.
Uh, by the way, he is no longer in the Bai family and has no servants or maids.
Shui Qing patiently asked in detail: "Boiling water? Mixing chicken food to feed the chickens? Plowing vegetable fields to grow vegetables? Washing clothes..."
Every time he asked a question, Bai Ziqian shook his head blankly.
Shui Qing was not annoyed and explained very gently: "No, it doesn't matter. I'm not saying this to see if you can do it, I'm just telling you that there is so much to do;
Yan Qiu and the others know how to do it, so you can start learning from them tonight, and you will be able to do it yourself tomorrow. "
Bai Ziqian opened his mouth wide and asked, "Will you do it tomorrow?"
"Is there a problem? Even seven-year-old Fan Hu can do these jobs, and you can't learn them in one day?" Shui Qing asked back.
Bai Ziqian raised his head proudly, and his stubbornness was revealed: "Of course!"
Shui Qing: ... Very good, it's suitable to use the method of provocation.
Bai Ziqian suddenly realized that he was provoked, and he gritted his teeth and asked: "How is the salary calculated?"
"What salary?"
Bai Ziqian always knew that his family was a businessman and valued profits, but the Bai family would also pay the servants, not to mention the hired workers!
Isn't he a helper now?
"I am equivalent to a helper, shouldn't I be paid?"
After the salary is paid, he can save it and take it back to show his parents, so that they know that he can also make money with his own ability.
"I've provided you with food. Three full meals are your wages. Why don't you go to the village and ask if anyone is willing to provide you with three meals?" Shui Qing didn't mention that the young master had said he wanted to repay her a favor an hour ago. She only considered the reality.
Business is business. The young master of a rich family wants to experience the life of a countryman. She has to cooperate, right?
He must feel at home and unforgettable for life!
"Three meals are not enough"
Fan Jiang and others started to discuss.
"How can people in the village have rice to eat? They still eat black rice porridge and corn flour buns."
"It's impossible to have three meals. Now it's the slack season. Two meals a day, half dry and half liquid will do."
"You are stupid. You also know that it's the slack season. How can our village hire people? Besides, we won't hire a half-grown boy who is only a few years older than us."
"Not necessarily. He can also peel chicken head rice."
"Look at his hands. Does he look like he can peel and peel chicken head rice?"