"Uncle, Uncle, Uncle! Uncle Third? Why are you here?" Yu Xiaocao pulled the latch, opened the door, saw several figures standing in front of the door, and couldn't help shouting in surprise.
Xiaocao's third uncle, Yu Jiang, glanced into the yard and said with a smile: "I heard from my second brother that today you are left alone at home to pick vegetables, so you can't be too busy? Your grandpa asked me to come and help .”
"Come here quickly, Aunt Zhou brought her two older sisters to help, and Aunt Qian!" Xiaocao hurriedly let people into the yard.
Uncle Liu Pei's hair was dripping wet, whether it was the morning dew or sweat from the hasty journey. With a smile on his simple and honest face, he asked loudly: "Xiaocao, your father has already gone to the field? Then let's hurry to the field to help!"
Seeing that his family didn't need his help, Yu Jiang said to Xiaocao's uncles, "Do you two elder brothers know the way to the field? I'm also here to help. Since the family can come over, I'll help dig the field too." Let's go, I'll take you there!"
Xiaocao understood the reason for his uncle and uncles' visit, and said movedly: "Uncle, Uncle, you have much more land than ours. At this time, everyone is scrambling for spring plowing. You are here, can Grandpa and the others be busy?" ?”
The eldest aunt touched Xiaocao's white and tender face, wiped off the dirty marks on her chin, and said with a smile: "Your grandfather has long been concerned about your family's spring farming, saying that your father's legs are not very smooth, Xiaosha It hurts again. You have little land, first turn over your land, and then plant it!"
Yu Jiang also smiled and said: "Your family wants to go with us. There are so many people, it's easy to do things! Just your three acres of land, just the few of us, don't take half a day to reorganize it."
"Hey! Why is it so lively today?" Qian Xiaoduo drove the carriage over slowly. From a long distance away, I saw a lot of people standing at the gate of Yu's old house, fearing that something might happen, they galloped over quickly.
"Little Toge came early today. The vegetables haven't been picked yet. You can sit in the yard and drink some water to rest." Seeing that Yu Xiaocao usually came with the Yao family's youngest son, Yu Xiaocao said, Looking back, he saw the Yao family's carriage approaching.
Qian Xiaoduo smiled wryly, and said, "Miss Yu, our young master treats you as a younger sister, how dare you call me 'brother'? You should call me Xiaoduo!"
"He is him, you are you! Let's go our separate ways!" Yu Xiaocao smiled sincerely.
Liu Pei looked at the sky and said to his daughter-in-law, "Don't go to the field, stay here and help pick vegetables, cook and so on. Xiaocao, let's go to the field first."
"Uncle, Uncle, come all the way here, let's drink some water and rest first!" Grandma lived in Xishan Village, when she came here, she had to climb over a big mountain, and when she saw the trousers wetted by dew, she knew that they were sick. Set off without lighting.
"No need! Go dig the ground first!" The second uncle Liu Han had a rather dull temper and didn't talk much.
Seeing that she couldn't keep them, Xiaocao took a water bag from the kitchen, filled it with diluted spirit stone water, and asked the uncles to take it with them. Drinking Lingshi water not only quenches thirst, but also relieves fatigue.
Led by Yu Jiang, the uncles set off towards the fields. Xiao Si'er also drove the carriage to the door and began to unload the bamboo baskets. The bamboo baskets used to hold vegetables were all woven by Yu Hai. The daily needs are quite large, so when he is free at night, he will cut some bamboo and come back to weave baskets.
"Little grass girl! From today onwards, we have to double the amount of vegetables we want. Our master's friend had a meal at home and insisted that our vegetables taste better than the ones they bought! The two families live not far away. No, let me drop by and help buy some."
Yao's family buys vegetables, mainly for their masters and stewards to eat. The daily requirement is not much, half a car is enough. Therefore, it can be pulled over by doubling again.
Qian Xiaoduo gulped down the water that Xiaocao gave him, drank it all up, wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and said with a smile: "The mountain spring water is different, it tastes sweet, and after drinking it, I am full of strength. Little Si, drink quickly, and go to work after drinking!"
Every time Qian Xiaoduo came, he would drink a bowl of Yu's tea, although it was white water, it was more refreshing than good tea.
Xiaosi also hurriedly filled the bowl with water, waved his arms, and said with a smile, "Let's go! Let's pick vegetables!!" These two would help out with some work every time they came, treating them as their own Same.
With the addition of the three laborers, the eldest aunt and the two of them, the speed of picking vegetables is naturally much faster. After a while, the empty baskets were filled with juicy vegetables.
Xiaocao washed a few cucumbers and shared one with each of them: "You don't have to be polite when you grow them yourself. Taste how they taste!"
Fang refused, shaking her head again and again, "Your vegetables are not cheap now. These cucumbers weigh a few catties? They can sell for hundreds of cash. Don't waste them, put them in the basket!"
Zhou Coral, a snack foodie, already opened his mouth wide, and almost stuffed cucumbers in his mouth. Hearing what her mother said, she pouted, but consciously put the cucumbers into the basket.
Xiaocao hurriedly stuffed the cucumber back into her hands, and said, "You guys have been helping me for almost an hour. How can you not be willing to eat cucumbers? Are you treating our family like an iron cock?"
"You child!" The eldest aunt Han glared at her, and said to the helper with a smile, "Although the child's words are not pleasant, they are sincere. Eat, eat!"
Seeing that others were still hesitant to eat, Yu Xiaocao broke off the cucumbers one by one from the middle, showed them, and said with a smile: "It's broken, I can't sell it!"
"This child!" Fang could hardly laugh or cry. She picked up the broken cucumber and took a bite. The crisp and juicy taste, light and sweet taste immediately conquered her palate.
"Wow! Xiaocao, your cucumbers are more delicious than others'!" Zhou Coral yelled while eating.
of course! Cucumbers irrigated with Lingshi water are not only big, but also delicious. Naturally, you can't tell them directly, Xiaocao just smiled and said: "It's the first time you eat cucumbers after half a year, so you think it's delicious. When your family comes down and eats more, you won't feel it anymore."
Qian Xiaoduo chewed the cucumber in big mouthfuls, and said with a smile: "This cucumber is really good! Little grass girl, what kind of fertilizer is on your ground? Vegetables grow so well, and they grow so fast. The cucumbers couldn't be picked yesterday. Well, I harvested two baskets today!"
"Uh... now that the weather is warmer, the vegetables will naturally grow faster." Xiaocao made an excuse casually. Fortunately, Qian Xiaoduo's family is not a farmer, so he just said it casually and didn't go into it.
After the vegetables were weighed and the money was paid, Qian Xiaoduo and Xiao Si'er hurried back. Zhenxiu Restaurant is still waiting for this batch of vegetables to entertain guests!
The three mothers, Mao and Fang, left when they were weighing the scales. The eldest aunt Han looked at the fifty taels of silver in Yu Xiaocao's hand, and couldn't help but be speechless: "I didn't expect the price of vegetables in this season to be so expensive! Cucumbers cost thirty yuan a catty? Is it worth the price of pork?"
Yu Xiaocao smiled at her, gave her a bright red tomato, and said, "Cucumbers, beans and other vegetables haven't come down yet! The rich people in the city want to eat something fresh, don't they?" That’s three taels of money! Zhenxiu Restaurant sells a plate of cucumbers for one or two taels of silver! This price is even more trifling to them!”
Cucumbers from Xiaocao's family can be sold for a plate, and the cost is only a few dozen renminbi. A plate of cucumbers can be sold for hundreds of times the profit, tsk tsk, there is no one else!
Seeing that it was still early, Mrs. Han went to the field to help. Xiaocao stopped her and said, "My family doesn't have much land. My parents and uncle are enough. The eldest aunt sits down and has a tomato. Help me clean up the ducks later."
"Tomato? I thought it was a persimmon! Where did you get the persimmon at this time of year?" Han looked curiously at the red tomato in his hand.
"This is a tomato. We eat less in this small place. It is said that the capital and some big cities in the south eat more. Tomatoes can be cooled with sugar, fried eggs, and soup..." Yu Xiaocao pointed to her aunt try it.
Han found that there were not many tomatoes picked, only four or five, so he smiled and said: "I won't eat any more, I will save it for a while to cook, and everyone will eat together!"
What else Xiaocao wanted to say, Han Shi had already stood up, walked to the kitchen door, picked up the duck that was tied up by its legs, and was about to walk to the edge of the well!
"Wait a minute, auntie! I'll get a big bowl of duck blood!" Speaking of duck blood, Xiaocao couldn't help but think of delicious food such as "duck blood stewed tofu" and "duck blood vermicelli soup".
Han thought for a while, and said with a smile: "It turns out that you can make delicious food not only with chicken blood, but also with duck blood! You can also eat the internal organs of the duck!"
Xiaocao nodded and said, "I'll marinate the duck gizzard, duck liver and duck intestines in a while, and I can add another dish at noon! Duck blood, unfortunately there are no vermicelli, let's make duck blood stewed tofu!"
Han skillfully drew a knife on the duck's neck, dripped the blood into the bowl, and asked, "Vermicelli? What is that? Is it delicious?"
"Hasn't my aunt heard of vermicelli?" Could it be that vermicelli has not appeared in this era? When did vermicelli appear in history? Xiaocao, who has not yet graduated from junior high school, couldn't help feeling a little confused.
Han shook his head, threw the kicked duck on the ground, and picked up another one: "I've never heard of vermicelli. Stewed with duck blood, is it delicious?"
"The vermicelli can be made with sweet potato flour or mung bean flour. It tastes smooth and chewy!" Xiaocao's eyes lit up, and a way to make money was brewing in her mind.
Boiling a pot of water, scalding the duck, and plucking duck feathers is also a huge project. Xiaocao is in charge of cleaning up the internal organs of the duck and braising them with old brine.
She planned to make two ducks into salted water ducks, but due to time constraints, the salting process of one of them had to be shortened. With her craftsmanship, it shouldn't have much impact.
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Try to add a new chapter today! ! effort! !
I really think I haven't thanked my love Yingyi for the red envelope... I love Yingyi (づ￣3￣)づ