Chapter 296 The first day of work
"Aunt, there are four days off every month, but those who don't get on the schedule can postpone it." Wanxia, who was cutting vegetables, reminded without raising her head.
She talked a lot more at her aunt's house, because she knew that her aunt would not scold her, and would not beat her for no reason or because she was in a bad mood;
If she pointed it out like this, her mother would either say to her: No one will think you are dumb if you don't speak, or she would beat her in anger. After a few times, she knew that it was useless to point it out, and it was better to keep silent.
But her aunt was different. When her aunt was pointed out, she would not scold them, but encourage them to use their brains and think more about solutions, saying that if they encounter similar things in the future, they will know how to deal with it most appropriately.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Shui Qing looked at Wan Xia and praised her, "Yes, Wan Xia is thoughtful, so let's postpone it."
He then looked at Yan Qiu and Xing Hui and asked casually, "Do you have any suggestions or ideas on personnel arrangements?"
These are not big things. Precisely because they are not big things, the children can be involved. When the time comes, they can follow their opinions on what they say is good and can be implemented, which will increase the enthusiasm of the children.
After all, they have to walk their own way in the future. People with ability can get along well anywhere, so it is important to accumulate experience.
And where can experience be accumulated? Isn't it just all kinds of things in life? If you can't handle small and unimportant things, will you be able to handle big and important things? That is nothing short of a fantasy.
She has never been a mother and doesn't know how to get along with children, but she can learn and try to make her children more confident, lively and cheerful, and more capable and capable.
Yan Qiu Xing Hui began to think.
After a while, Yan Qiu said, "Mother, there are only three people cutting herbs, but there are five people in each group cleaning herbs. I wonder if the women cutting herbs can not participate?"
She found that this job was not tiring when she was cutting vegetables. It could be done in the house without being exposed to the wind and sun, and it was not dirty. However, it was a bit time-consuming, and she had to concentrate on it, otherwise the thick ones would be too thick and the thin ones would be too thin, and the appearance would be bad.
There were many people cooking, and it was only once every ten days or half a month. It was okay for people in special positions not to participate, just like the five people in charge of steaming and cooking, Da Ni, Er Ni, and mother did not count them.
Xing Hui and Wan Xia looked at the eldest sister with admiration. The eldest sister was so amazing! Mother thought of the suggestion as soon as she asked her.
Shui Qing, who was cooking, was very satisfied.
Children use their brains to actively think of ways, which always makes people happy. She nodded in approval: "Okay, very good, I will announce this rule at lunch time."
Yan Qiu smiled gently and continued to cut vegetables with her head down.
Xinghui and Wanxia looked proud and happy, as if it was them that A Niang praised.
The four people divided the work and cooperated well, and soon the kitchen smelled of food.
The people who built the factory building did not need to provide meals because they were working.
There were more than 30 people working in the workshop, and there were more than 10 people in the family. Cooking for 40 or 50 people was not an easy job.
Fortunately, this was not a Chinese banquet, so there was no need for more than 10 or 20 dishes, or even 10 or 8 dishes. Two dishes with a bucket of soup, as long as the portion was enough, would be fine!
Everyone was not particular or picky, and it was a very good thing to be able to provide meals and eat enough.
Shuiqing thought that everyone was doing hard work, and they couldn't eat too badly. If that was the case, how could they have the energy to work?
Moreover, they didn't cook alone at noon these days, and ate with the women working in the workshop. Everyone had a lot of work waiting for them, and they were not idle, so the food couldn't be too bad.
Knowing that I was going to build a herbal medicine workshop, I bought a lot of pig fat to make lard. I could put the lard in the workshop kitchen. If I couldn't eat meat, it would be good to eat some lard to supplement the oil and water.
Boiling a lot of pig fat, while producing lard, also stored a lot of lard residue.
These lard residues came in handy during this period.
In September, the growth of chicken feather vegetables was particularly good. It was a seasonal vegetable. I fried a large pot of lard residue, and even the soup was stained with oil.
The cowpeas were almost finished, and some were old. After frying them in water, they were steamed on the rice rack. In this way, they were soft and fragrant after being taken out of the pot.
The most common soup was loofah, which was cut into thin slices and cooked. More than 30 eggs were beaten and stirred and poured into boiling water. There were particularly many eggs in the full soup.
The staple food was rice, but not all rice, but two-grain rice - with the mall, I had the strength to eat rice every day, but it was too ostentatious, so I could only eat two-grain rice.
Shuiqing chose rice and millet. Even if millet is cheaper than rice in the shopping mall, millet must be added.
However, within the scope of his ability, Shuiqing adjusted the proportion of rice to a higher level. First, fine grains are more suitable for the poor these days; second, millet is more expensive than rice, so why not use more rice that looks good and tastes good!
At noon, the women on the mountain picked the first batch of fruits under the leadership of Ding Heli. They all looked happy and returned to the yard with high morale carrying large baskets of fruits without feeling tired.
The workers in the yard had already finished washing the medicinal materials under the guidance of Qin Yilin.
The five people in charge of steaming, Da Ni, Er Ni, and others watched Ding Jiajia operate and explain in the room. They looked tense, fearing that they would not remember everything wrong.
Zhao Lan, Li Tiantian, and Zhang Xiaocao, who were responsible for cutting medicinal materials, had no work, but they did not avoid being idle and lazy. Instead, they helped to chop and split a large pile of firewood with axe and axe, and neatly stacked them along the wall.
A lot of firewood will be needed to steam and cook the medicinal materials later. Prepare it in advance so that you won’t panic and delay the progress.
Qin Yilin was very satisfied when she saw the firewood prepared by Zhao Lan and the other two. They were all good people with good eyesight and experience. Such people were easy to use.
They were all good.
At noon on the first day of work, everyone was working hard and learning while working.
When Shuiqing called for lunch, they were surprised to find that time passed so quickly. It was time for lunch in a blink of an eye.
They felt that they didn't do much work, so how could the morning be gone?
Qin Yilin felt very good. These women in the village worked faster and better than the guys in her Qin family in the past!
Most of those guys were men, but they were not so diligent, and their hands and feet were not as nimble as them.
It turned out that women were more capable. Men would only move when whipped, and would not move if not whipped. However, these women and girls in the village did not need to be reminded at all. They were used to doing farm work and housework at home, and they were very skilled and fast in washing without being taught.
Thirty or forty people lined up to wash their hands and came to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, a long table was temporarily placed, on which were two large wooden basins filled with vegetables. Next to the table was a large bucket half a person's height, filled with loofah and egg drop soup.
The lid on the stove had been opened, revealing the rice in the large iron pot, which was steaming.