Chapter 297 A sumptuous lunch
When the five wives, Li Dani and Erni, first came here, because the men at home had to help Mr. Bai deliver potatoes and could not build a house, they lived with their wives for a while.
The lady did not differentiate between meat, eggs and fine grains, and fed them the same food.
During that time, I really saw the world and the food was extremely good.
But they knew that it was Madam's good, and it was very good to be able to live for a while. They were not greedy, not to mention that after they were separated and had a small family, the food was also very good. It was as good as the ones in the village before, not to mention the sky and the earth, and even bigger than the village. Most people’s food is good!
But they never expected that the food in the medicinal shop would be so good!
Stir-fried chicken lettuce with lard residue, the vegetable leaves and soup water are covered with oil. There are more eggs than loofah in the luffa and egg soup!
There is not only dry rice in the pot, there is more white and shiny rice than yellow millet. At first glance, it is all white, and yellow only accounts for a small part.
The excitement of Li Dani, Ernie and the other five people was beyond words, and the people in the village were even more surprised.
They looked at the food in front of them and had not yet recovered from the shock.
Is this lunch for the people who work for them?
It would be nice if they could have dry black-faced steamed buns to eat at home. For rice, they can only eat millet porridge and corn paste, and then mix it with various cooking dishes. They never thought that they could eat rice. .
Rice is so exquisite and expensive. Although it is also worse than millet, the millet is so small that it can be ignored, and even if it is all millet, it is enough for them.
Millet is a coarse grain. In the past, coarse grains sold for at least seven or eight cents a pound in the city. Not to mention that after the flood, the price of all grains increased. Black noodles cost six cents. Wouldn't millet be more expensive?
But now the coarse grain millet only accounts for a minority, and the fine grain rice accounts for the majority!
"Hey, the water is clear, we are here to work, why do we need to eat so well? I think millet is very good, pure millet is very good." Aunt Wu looked at the steam coming from the big iron pot. While sipping the steaming rice, he swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, suppressed his greed and advised Shang Shuiqing.
Of course she wanted to eat delicious and filling rice, but she also knew her identity. She was here to work and get paid, so how could she eat such good food from her master's house?
Other women also echoed: "There are so many of us. Now we have three big pots of rice. How much money will it cost?"
"The medicinal materials haven't turned into money yet, I'm afraid, I'm afraid we'll make you poor."
"The water must flow steadily, otherwise what will happen if there is no food in the back?"
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Yan Qiu stood up and explained with a smile: "Aunts, aunts and sisters, just eat with confidence, my aunt knows it well.
Grandma said that only when we are full can we have the strength to work. We are full and the money we earn from doing more work will be enough to add to the food later. "
When they heard that they would not be poor and the water would be clear, the scene became quiet, and the women breathed a sigh of relief. The hard-earned work they had earned could not be lost.
Only when Shui Qing earns money can they have work to do and money to earn. From the bottom of their hearts, they hope that the herbal medicine shop can continue to operate for a long time. Working diligently is a must!
After the tight strings were loosened, everyone's eyes fell on the food again.
Looking at it, I was even more amazed.
There was a lot of lard residue in the chicken lettuce, and there was an astonishing amount of egg droplets in the bucket, more than they could eat at home!
There was a large stoneware basin on the stove. He poured two pieces of rice into it with clear water and filled the bottom of the bowl. He said: "Come on, one bowl for each person. Line up to receive the rice. After receiving the meal, go over and line up for the dishes. One bowl for each person will be eggs." You can add more to the flower soup when you’re done eating, it’s done when you’re full, don’t waste it.”
Everyone stood in line in a daze, received the fragrant rice, and then lined up to get food.
Xing Hui is responsible for scooping out lard residue and frying chicken feathers, late summer is responsible for scooping cowpeas, and Yan Qiu is responsible for making loofah and egg drop soup.
People lined up and walked out of the kitchen with a stoneware bowl full of food in their right hand and egg drop soup in their left hand, but they still felt unreal.
Is this really food for helpers?
They have never had such a good meal in their entire lives!
One is because the husband's family is poor, and the other is because they are women. Even if they kill chickens and ducks during festivals, they have to keep their older brothers and younger brothers in their natal family. When you have a child, let this go and let that go. The only thing that tastes good is not as good as theirs.
There may be girls who are favored, but for poor families, it is good to have a full stomach. Where can they eat two rice?
Li Tiantian is favored at home, but even if she is favored again, the family cannot give her enough rice to eat, and it is impossible for her to eat refined grains alone when the whole family eats black noodles.
Zhang Xiaocao's eyes were filled with tears as he looked at the pile of food.
Her father was a gambler. He gambled away all the money and food in the family and lost the fields. When he was a child, he was always hungry, so hungry that his chest pressed against his back, and he woke up several times in the middle of the night. She was not the only one in the family who was like this, her mother It's the same with my brothers and sisters.
Only last year after following Sister Shui Qing did her family live a life of full food.
She also built an adobe house with tiles and had her own house. She also had her own house, and now she was eating meat dishes and eggs again!
Such good food would have been unavailable even during the Chinese New Year.
What my mother said is true. If you follow Sister Shui Qing, you will have food to eat.
No, not only there is food to eat, but also meat and eggs!
She must follow Sister Shui Qing well and do whatever she asks her to do from now on. She must firmly trust and support Sister Shui Qing!
There is a special dining room, but the women came to the courtyard with bowls in their hands, sat down casually on the corridor or on the bluestone floor, put down the small bowls of egg drop soup, and started eating from the stoneware basins.
fragrant!
Delicious!
The lard residue is so moist that you can't bear to swallow it when you eat it. The chicken feathers are stained with oil and water, and they are no longer dry and become extremely smooth;
Needless to say, the eggs are extremely smooth, less fishy and sweeter than duck and goose eggs;
The cowpeas are a bit old, but they are steamed and soft. This is a dish that is often eaten at home, but why does it taste better than the homemade ones?
Zhao Lan noticed it with sharp eyes and shouted: "Hey, do you think there are oily spots on the cowpeas? Maybe they were fried in lard, right?"
Aunt Wu often cooks spoons at home. She looked carefully and exclaimed: "It's true! I thought it was due to the oil residue not being washed in the pot after frying, but then I thought about how there could be so much oil splatter in the pot without washing it. ? This is obviously filled with lard!"
"Sister Shui Qing is too willing to give up!" Li Tiantian murmured.
Zhang Xiaocao next to her responded: "Who says it's not the case?"
The wages are high, the work is not tiring, and the lunch includes meat, eggs, and rice. This is a life that they would not dare to make a wish in front of the Buddha.