"Without wages, many people can't get enough food these days. Where can the wages come from, just give him something to eat and live in."
If Li Changfeng didn't even want to think about it, the people in the courtyard were left feeling empty. If there is no salary, then he can't subsidize his family, it makes no difference.
Youngest Li's face also sank, "You go and let him come back quickly! It's like an unmarried brother taking care of others!"
Li Changfeng shook his head, "How can this work, and this is also a good thing, isn't it?"
"What's so good! A serious brother will take care of a stranger who doesn't know each other?! Call me back quickly!" Old man Li said viciously.
"Yes, if this matter spreads out, it will cause the villagers to gossip," Boss Li's daughter-in-law said in a low voice, being pulled by Boss Li by the side.
Li Changfeng smiled calmly, "Why is it not a good thing, my younger brother is also afraid that the life at home will be irrelevant, and he also knows that he eats a lot, this time, he is not far from the town, and he will come back as long as he wants to go home. Home, the family doesn't have to prepare his food, why is it not a good thing?"
This is also true. The faces of Li Laoyao and Li Laohan eased, but Li Laohan still insisted, "Then let him figure it out!"
"That's alright, then I'll go back too." Li Changfeng stood up after leaving the hospital and just got into the donkey cart, the youngest Li looked at the sturdy donkey and couldn't help saying: "This donkey grows faster than our piglets. Seriously, you must have a lot to feed and eat, and it will take a lot of trouble."
"It doesn't take much trouble, our whole family's life depends on it. If we can pull a few people on the road and take care of it, what is it? Let's go!" Li Changfeng didn't follow Li's routine and went on his own. Gu Zi's selling is poor, and the youngest Li is annoyed, and he can't tell it directly. He can't say that he wants to eat meat!
"So that's what happened. Since it's like this, we'll go and see my brother every so often." Xu Qing finally felt relieved after hearing Li Changfeng's story about Li Xiaoge.
"Okay, I know, you can rest assured." Li Changfeng thought about what he said in the yard of Li's house to tell Li Xiaoge, don't ignorant Li Xiaoge stupidly hand over all the wages back, Li Xiaoge It is also the age to prepare for marriage, so I need to save more private money.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the seasons changed. In the blink of an eye, Xu Qing's belly grew from five months to eight months, and the melons were ripe in two months, and now, it was November. It's been a month, and it's starting to get cold.
The good news is that just last month, it finally started to rain. Although the crops in the fields are gone, the rain has come, and the hope of the peasants has also come.
Li Changfeng has already turned over the fields again in that month, and he has also irrigated the water, and the ditch should be hooked well. It can be said that this is a good hand in the field!
The water level of the river outside the village has also risen, and the smiles in the village have also increased. These days, I have been planting vegetables and grains that can still be planted in the ground, so that I can eat some warm dishes in winter. .
What surprised Xu Qing in particular was that there were potatoes here! So he didn't care whether he could survive or not, anyway, he had a spiritual spring, so he let Li Changfeng free up one mu of land to plant potatoes and one mu of land to plant sweet potatoes!
During this period, when Xu Qing was free, he secretly wandered into the ground dripping with spiritual springs. Now the sweet potato seedlings and potato seedlings in the ground have grown a lot, which makes the villagers who see this place even more hopeful. At this time Can be planted out, and I am afraid that this winter will be difficult!
So the village began to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes with Xu Qing and the others. In desperation, Xu Qing secretly dripped some spiritual springs into the main source of irrigation water in the village. In this way, how many potatoes and sweet potatoes were planted by every household? All sprouted.
Although Xu Qing's belly is huge, but this man is thin everywhere except his belly. From a distance, he can only see his belly. It looks a little scary. The energy of the body, so although Xu Qing eats a lot, but except for the stomach, the reason why he is not fat in other places comes out.
But what surprised Li Changfeng and Xu Qing even more was that the child turned over in his stomach at every turn, "stretching his fists and feet," all the time reminding the new father how strong and lively the child is.
As soon as Li Changfeng came home, he saw Xu Qing cat rubbing his waist and rubbing his stomach.
"Kicked you again?"
Xu Qing nodded, "That's not it, it's amazing that he doesn't kick me more than ten times a day!" When the movements are light, he doesn't hurt, but occasionally a big one comes, and he hurts badly!
Li Changfeng just put his hand on Xu Qing's stomach when he felt the little guy kicked again, Li Changfeng smiled silly, Xu Qing patted his hand away, "Stop laughing, give me a hand, I'll go home to warm up."
Although there is a kang and a fire wall, it has only just begun to be cold today, and Xu Qing is unwilling to start using it, otherwise he will not want to go out when it is cold later.
"Today Xie Amei talked about Brother Xiaoyu again." Xu Qing was lying on the warm bed and just wanted to hum, but remembering what Xie Amei said today, he still talked to Li Changfeng.
"But you're worried about the child again?" Li Changfeng didn't have to guess what Xie Ame was worried about. This brother Xie has been married to the Lin family for more than half a year, and there is still no movement in his stomach. Isn't Xie Ame just worried!
Xie Ge'er's body was under the care of old doctor Lin, and Xu Qing gave him Lingquan before, and Lin Fangliang was kind to him. It can be said that he lived comfortably and was healthy, but he couldn't conceive. Brother Xie's pressure began to increase. Even if Lin Fangliang said it was okay to have no children, he still couldn't let go.
"I think Brother Xiaoyu's mind is too heavy!" Xu Qing heard a case before, that is, the more he wants to get pregnant, the less he can get pregnant, the more he can't conceive, the more this person thinks, the more he is worried about. It is heavy, and the body naturally does not let go, ready, how can I get pregnant.
"That's right, by the way, what do you want to eat at night?" The most important thing Li Changfeng thought about was Xu Qing.
"what are we eating."
Xu Qing really didn't know that his appetite had suddenly declined these days, "By the way, where are the soybeans we bought!" Xu Qing suddenly thought of tofu!
"In the warehouse, do you want to eat it? I'll cook it!" They eat soybeans directly by boiling them.
"No need to cook, I'll teach you a new dish to try! Go and scoop up three bowls, we just need to pick out the unwanted beans and soak them in water, we'll make them tomorrow, and we'll eat fried eggs tonight. Let's have a cake." These days, Li Changfeng's cooking skills are getting better and better under Xu Qing's guidance.
The selection of tofu is also very important. After letting Li Changfeng remove impurities such as sundries, inferior beans, vegetation and sandy soil through a sieve, he starts soaking the beans, that is, soaking the soybeans in water to remove the impurities floating on the surface of the water. , the amount of water is subject to immersion of soybeans.
"During the soaking process, the water quality of the soaked beans can be prevented from becoming sour and rancid, which will affect the quality. The soaking time varies according to the temperature. Generally, soaking beans in summer is two to three hours; in winter, it is four to six hours." When Xu Qing watched Li Changfeng add water to the beans, he talked about the program and pointed at the water level of the other party.
In the afternoon of the second day, Xu Qing asked Li Changfeng to use a stone mill to grind his soaked soybeans. According to Xu Qing, Li Changfeng added soybeans and water to grind them into a soy milk paste, "You have to remember that when grinding, add beans and water. Evenly, in harmony with the speed you grind with the stone, so that you can grind out a fine and tender soy milk.”
Li Changfeng was doing it seriously, for fear that he would miss a little bit of the steps that Xu Qing said. Xu Qing found a piece of cloth with a relatively sparse wire mesh, and let Li Changfeng use it to filter, add the ground soy milk paste to warm water and mix it well, put it in a cloth bag, lift the cloth bag, shake it by hand, wait for the slurry to flow out, repeat the operation several times, until the slurry is drained.
Looking at the white water in the pot and smelling the unique beany smell emanating from the soy milk in the air, Xu Qing was very satisfied, so that the original soybeans would make great tofu.
The last is to cook the milk. Xu Qing asked Li Changfeng to take the filtered raw soy milk and put it into the pot, heat it up and boil it until the soy milk foam on the pot noodles bursts.
Xu Qing deliberately scooped out two large bowls of hot soy milk, added sugar to the bowl, stirred it until it melted, and handed a bowl to Li Changfeng, "Come, have a taste."
Li Changfeng took the bowl, blew the hot air on his face, and a special fragrance came from the tip of his nose. He took a small sip first, his eyes brightened, and he didn't care about burning it, he drank the bowl clean after a few gulps!
"How about it?"
Xu Qing asked Li Changfeng, Li Changfeng nodded, directly scooped a bowl into the pot and put sugar again, and then prepared to scoop out all the soy milk in the pot.
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Xu Qing hurriedly stopped Li Changfeng's movements, "What's wrong?" Li Changfeng stopped and asked in confusion. "This is just a small snack. This cauldron is not just for drinking. Come and listen to me."
This soy milk is so delicious, and there are other things. Li Changfeng is full of expectations. He also obeys Xu Qing and pours the soy milk that he just scooped into the bowl, leaving only the bowl he just put sugar in. .
To make tofu, you need some pulp. Scoop the boiled soy milk out of the pot and let it cool slightly. When the temperature drops, you can order the paste. When ordering, stir the soymilk forward with a small spoon, and slowly add the salt and brine. When the soymilk sticks to the spoon, slow down the stirring and slow down the speed of adding the salt and brine, until the soymilk appears nail-sized tofu grains, stop. Stir, cover the pot and let it sit for about a quarter of an hour.
Taking advantage of this time, Xu Qing asked Li Changfeng to wash the wooden grid specially made this morning and put it aside. Well, squeeze with a heavy object to squeeze out the water. Generally, it should not be pressed too dry, otherwise it will not be tofu, but dry tofu.
After a while, Li Changfeng opened the cotton cloth, and what was in front of him was tender and white tofu. Xu Qing broke a piece and put it in his mouth, "Well, this is the taste!" And it tasted better than modern ones!
"You try it too, we're done." Xu Qing asked Li Changfeng to try the taste as well. Li Changfeng carefully took a small piece and tried it, frowning a little.
"do not like?"
Xu Qing remembered that Li Changfeng's tastes were relatively heavy, so the tofu that came out was relatively light, and it was normal not to like it.
Li Changfeng couldn't tell whether he liked it or not, "I just think the taste is a little weird, so I can't tell."
"It's okay, we can make the taste you like." Xu Qing broke another piece and stuffed it into his mouth, um, delicious.
Because he was afraid that Li Changfeng would be inexperienced in doing it for the first time, Xu Qing did it himself, and Li Changfeng started it. What he wanted to do was spicy tofu!
Thinking about Xie Ah and the others trying it out, Xu Qing took a few larger pieces of tofu, cut the tofu into pieces, blanched them in water for later use, and cut a side dish similar to chili peppers and garlic into small pieces. After the sweet potato flour was prepared, he cut a small piece of meat that Li Changfeng took out of the well into minced meat, then added a spoonful of wine and a spoonful of salt to marinate for a quarter of an hour, and then let Li Changfeng set the fire on fire.
After the pot was hot, Xu Qing put the oil in the pot and heated it, then put the side dishes and garlic in the pot to fry until fragrant, and then put the marinated minced meat into the pot to stir-fry until the fragrance came out, Xu Qing poured the prepared sweet potato powder into the pot, stir-fry, pour in appropriate water, bring it to a boil, then put the cut tofu into the pot, stir-fry it a few times, and then scoop it in. Sprinkle chopped green onion in the bowl, and two big bowls of good-looking and smelling spicy tofu are ready.
"You bring this bowl to Xie Amo's house, I'll make another soup, and you can eat when you come back." Xu Qing put the bowl of spicy tofu for Xie Amo and the others in a basket, and used another piece of it. After covering it with a clean cloth, let Li Changfeng send it over.
Li Changfeng swiftly cleaned the pot, and then set the fire to a boil. After Xu Qing prepared the eggs for the soup, he carried the basket and walked to the village.
Xie Ama was cooking with Xie Ama, and even at this moment, Xie Ama's eyebrows were full of sadness, "What are you talking about! If it wasn't for the Ma family back then, our brother wouldn't be like this!"