The French fries made by Lin Qingqing are different from the KFC French fries in later generations. The French fries she made are made of sweet potatoes and are sweet.
The method of making sweet potato fries is very simple. Cut the peeled sweet potatoes into strips and then put them into boiling water. It does not need to be boiled for too long. You can take them out when they are half cooked and set them aside to dry.
Then use flour, eggs, sugar and water to make a paste. After mixing, put the dried sweet potatoes in, roll them around, and then fry them in oil.
The fried fries are not only sweet, but also quite sticky because they contain sweet potatoes.
Lin Qingqing liked to eat this kind of French fries in later lives. Maybe she was tired of eating potato fries and wanted to change the taste.
"Mom, it smells so good." Lu Haici stood aside and watched, occasionally looking at the fire in the stove, but paying more attention to the food.
Smells good? Lin Qingqing didn't smell any fragrance at all. But she knew the little guy was greedy. "It will be ready soon. Mom will go to work after frying. Do you want to go with me? Or go play with your friends Ji Yang and Qin Ming?"
Lu Haici thought for a moment and said, "I want to play with Qin Ming and Ji Yang. I will come to the cafeteria to find my mother during dinner."
Lin Qingqing: "Okay." She knew that the kid wanted to show off.
Ten big sweet potatoes can make a lot of French fries, but Lin Qingqing didn’t finish them all. She only cut five sweet potato strips to make French fries, and planned to make the remaining five tomorrow.
The freshly fried French fries were a little hot. Lin picked up one and blew on it, then handed it to Lu Haici: "Eat slowly, it's a little hot, be careful not to burn your mouth."
Lu Haici blew a few times and said, "I know."
Lin smiled gently and put the remaining fries into the basket. "I'll put all these on the table. If you want to eat, take them yourself, but you have to eat them slowly." She had to go to the cafeteria at about the same time. She was supposed to pay Yu Xiuyao and the others in the afternoon, but it was too late and she could only wait until the evening.
All of this... was caused by Lu Cheng. He had to play with his son when there were so many things he could do.
Lu Haici stared at the French fries in the basket, and even when his mother was leaving, he didn't follow her, but he still knew to say, "Goodbye, Mom."
Lin shook her head gently. Every child is like this. When there is food, parents have to stand aside. When she left, she closed the kitchen as usual and went to the third company's cooking class.
After his mother left, Lu Haici stood by the table, staring at the French fries in the basket. Not only that, he also blew at the basket with his mouth, trying to keep the French fries from getting too hot.
Lu Haici blew for a while, then went to his room to take out his small schoolbag, then picked up the lunch box prepared on the side, put the French fries into the lunch box one by one, and then put the lunch box into the small schoolbag. After packing, his two hands were not idle, each of them grabbed a few French fries, and finally went out.
Lu Haici went to the next door first. He saw that Ji Yang’s door was closed and called out loudly several times: "Ji Yang... Ji Yang..." In fact, Lu Haici also guessed that Ji Yang was not at home. If Ji Yang was there, he would have come to find him when he came back from the supply and marketing cooperative just now.
Ji Yang was not around, so Lu Haici went to find Qin Ming again. If it was before, Lu Haici only had Ji Yang as his friend, and if he couldn't find Ji Yang, he would definitely go home, but now, he has other friends. Especially Qin Ming had beaten Chen Zhou with him, and the friendship between the little men was born in this way.
Lu Haici ate French fries and skipped towards Qin Ming's house.
"Lu Haici, where are you going?" A kindergarten kid met him on the road and ran over to say hello.
Lu Haici took a bite of French fries and said, "I'm going to play with Qin Ming."
"Qin Ming and Ji Yang are playing ball in the playground." said the child.
"Play ball?" Lu Haici was stunned. "What ball?"
"Football, this is the first time I've seen it, but Qin Ming won't let us play, do you want to go?"
"I'll go take a look." Lu Haici knew where the playground was. There was also a playground in the family compound, with a large empty space. Lu Haici and Ji Yang had also played there.
"I'll go with you." said the child.
Lu Haici nodded.
"Lu Haici, what are you eating?" the child asked curiously.
Lu Haici said: "I'm eating French fries, French fries made by my mother." He thought for a moment and gave a French fry to the child.
The child took the French fry and took a small bite. It was crunchy at first, then soft and sticky, but both were sweet. It was like... fried dough sticks, but fried dough sticks are salty. "Lu Haici, this looks like a small fried dough stick." The child had also eaten fried dough sticks before, so he had this idea.
Lu Haici had also eaten fried dough sticks before, and when he heard the kid say that, he also felt it was a little hard to resemble. "Well, it looks like a small fried dough stick, but this is called French fries."
"Why are they called French fries?" the child asked curiously.
Lu Haici didn't know why they were called French fries, but he was good at thinking. After thinking about it, he found a suitable answer: "Because they are made of sweet potatoes, and they are in strips, so they are called French fries."
Even if the kid ate slowly, a French fry was so small that it was gone in no time. He asked, "Lu Haici, can you give me another one? I have peanuts at home, I'll trade them with you."
Lu Haici said, "Okay." He gave the kid another French fry.
"Lu Haici, your mother is so nice." The children envied Lu Haici. When he was in kindergarten, Lu Haici's mother would prepare food for him and give him milk candy every day. Now that it's vacation, she also gives him French fries. His mother is so nice, and he also wants to have a mother like this.
"Well, my mother is the best mother in the world." Lu Haici has always believed so.
"Hello your mother, hello your father, your father will send you to school. My father never sends me to school." The child also wants his heroic father to send him to school, but when he sees his father, he is a little scared and dares not say anything.
Speaking of his father, Lu Haici thought of the ice cream that his father took away. He immediately became unhappy: "My father is the bad one. He ate my ice cream. He is the most annoying."
"Ah? What is ice cream? Is it delicious? Is it as delicious as French fries?" When the child heard about food, he was attracted again.
Lu Haici: "It's delicious. Ice cream is just popsicles, but it's different from sugar popsicles. This one has a nice fragrance inside, just like milk powder."
Child: "I like to drink milk powder too, it tastes good, fragrant and sweet."
Lu Haici: "The sesame paste made by my mother is also delicious, fragrant and sweet. The tofu pudding made by my mother is also delicious..."
The canteen of the third company's cooking class
"Comrade Lin, have you told Deputy Captain Lu about the food competition that the kitchen team will be performing on National Day?" Qi Shao came to Lin Qingqing, remembered this matter, and asked casually.
"Not yet, what's wrong?" Lin Qingqing had completely forgotten about this matter.
Qi Shao said: "I mentioned this matter to the other cook squad leaders of our independent regiment during lunch break today. Everyone is interested in participating, but they don't know what it means."
Although Lin Qingqing had forgotten about this matter, she was still interested. After all, there were too few programs in this era. "Okay, I'll ask him tonight. By the way, Qi, I'll give you the money for the ash. You can use it to buy mung beans. The weather is hot now, so you can prepare mung bean soup for lunch every day." Lin Qingqing calculated the price of the ash based on a profit of half a cent per kilogram of food. For 1,680 kilograms of food, the total cost was 8.4 yuan.
Qi Shao was stunned when he saw the price of 8.4 yuan. Why is it so much? It's just the wood ash. It's not worth the money.
Lin Qingqing said: "If there are more, just consider it as my thanks to the comrades for defending the country. How much is a pound of mung beans now?"
Qi Shao knew this, as he often purchased.
"Then 8.4 yuan can buy 140 kilograms." Lin Qingqing quickly calculated.
Qi Shao looked at her. He really didn't want to accept the money, but he had been with Lin Qingqing for a week and knew that Lin Qingqing was a person with her own ideas. In that case, he accepted it. "Then I would like to thank Comrade Lin on behalf of the comrades of the Independent Regiment."
Lin Qingqing said: "I should be the one to thank you on behalf of the common people."
It was almost time for dinner, and Lu Haici came back, bringing Ji Yang and Qin Ming with him. The three children's faces were covered in sweat, but each of them was smiling brightly.
"Mom, let's have dinner." Lu Haici called out towards the window.
Lin Qingqing was watching from the window. Seeing them sweating profusely, she couldn't help but ask, "What did you do this afternoon? Why are you sweating all over?"
Qin Ming said: "We went to play ball. My mother bought me a football from the department store."
Qian Yuelan seldom went back home, but she has been coming back frequently in the past few days. She was afraid that if she didn't come back alone, her mother-in-law would find a child for her husband. In order to please her son, she also bought him a lot of good things. The purpose was to let her mother-in-law see that although she had never changed her son's diapers, she really loved him.
"You are really great. You all can play football now." She praised with a smile.
Hearing her praise, the three children immediately felt very proud, and they straightened their chests one by one. "Auntie's French fries are really delicious. Lu Haici gave us French fries today." Qin Ming said cleverly.
Ji Yang also said: "Well, it's delicious. Lu Haici also said that the ice cream is delicious. We want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy ice cream tomorrow. Today Qin Ming invited us to play football, and Lu Haici invited us to eat French fries. Tomorrow I will treat them to ice cream." Xu Huijuan earned money and gave Ji Yang pocket money, so Ji Yang had the confidence to treat everyone to ice cream.
But the question is: "How do you go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy ice cream?"
"Let's walk there. I know where the supply and marketing cooperative is." Qin Ming said.
"I also know where the supply and marketing cooperative is." Lu Haici also said.
Lin Qingqing looked at them and didn't know how to react. These three little guys were really ambitious. They dared to walk to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy ice cream. "The supply and marketing cooperative is far away. You can't walk there. I'll take you there on the weekend." It just so happened that she also wanted to go there to eat.
"Really? Thank you, Auntie."
Lin Qingqing: "Okay, now you guys go eat first." They had played all afternoon and must be hungry. If they didn't eat, the comrades from the third company would come to grab the food.
In fact, not long after they had finished their meal, comrades from the third company arrived.
Lu Haici saw his father's voice, and when his father passed by, he hummed, and in case his father couldn't hear him, he hummed especially loudly.
Ji Yang thought that Lu Haici had a nose discomfort, so he asked very considerately: "Lu Haici, is your nose blocked?" When he had a cold, his nose was blocked and he often hummed.
"No, not at all." Lu Haici said.
"Then why are you humming?"
"My nose feels uncomfortable." Ji Yang is so annoying. Why did he ask
Lu Cheng passed by his son without even giving him a glance. The little bastard dared to hum at him, his butt was itchy. But thinking of the two ice creams he had eaten at noon, he felt very happy. It is only natural for a father to eat his son's food. What about retirement care? It has to start from now.
Lu Cheng's good mood lasted the whole afternoon. However, it didn't last until Lin Qingqing got off work.
Lin Qingqing, like usual, cleaned up the cafeteria and left work. Although she said many times that Lu Cheng didn't need to wait for her, Lu Cheng didn't listen, and Lin Qingqing had no choice.
"By the way, Lu Cheng, Hai Ci cried this afternoon. I don’t know who he had a fight with. He wouldn’t tell me when I asked him." The family of three was walking on the road when Lin Qingqing suddenly brought up the matter.
Lu Cheng paused.
Lin Qingqing said again: "You are all gay, why don't you ask him tonight?"
Lu Cheng pursed his lips: "Okay."
Lin Qingqing: "Then ask and tell me. If Haici is wrong, we have to go and apologize to them. If they are wrong, we have to seek justice for Haici."
Lu Cheng: "...Okay."
Lu Haici blinked his eyes. It was his father who bullied him in the afternoon, so why did his mother ask about his father? However, the smart Lu Haici did not ask aloud.
Lin teased Lu Cheng lightly and then got down to business: "Didn't I go to the supply and marketing cooperative to settle the June bill today? The total was 109.2 yuan, for a total of 1,680 kilograms. Then I gave 8.4 yuan to the canteen at a profit of half a cent per kilogram. Qi Shao didn't want it. I thought of using the money to buy some mung beans and cook mung bean soup for the comrades. Do you think it's feasible? Will it have any impact on you?"
"It won't have any impact." Lu Cheng said, "Strictly speaking, you are trying to win people's hearts for me."
"I didn't." Lin Qingqing blushed and immediately denied it. She really didn't think about winning people's hearts when she did it. She just didn't want to take advantage of Wood Ash and didn't want anyone to gossip about her about it.
Lu Cheng chuckled: "Yeah, I know." He also knew that she would consider him when doing things.
Lin Qingqing rarely saw him laugh, and when she heard his laughter suddenly, she looked at him curiously. When she met his gaze, she immediately looked away. "Um... I haven't paid Aunt Xiuyao and the others' wages today. I'll go pay them later. After that, I'll have about 75 yuan left. Didn't you say that you'll go buy things for the Lin family and your aunt on the weekend? What do you think we should buy for them?" Her heart was beating fast, so she couldn't help but speak faster.
"It's up to you to decide." Lu Cheng had already retracted his gaze, looking ahead with an uneasy look. If time could stop at this moment, it would actually be nice.
"Can you get some milk powder tickets?" Lin Qingqing remembered what she had said to Director Ma about milk powder at noon. "Hai Ci is still young. Milk powder is good for children. I also want to buy milk powder for the Lin family and your aunt to supplement their bodies." Clothes are more important than food. For them, supplementing the body and staying healthy are the most important things.
Lu Cheng said: "I'll go ask if I can get some, but I may not be able to get much at the moment."
Lin Qingqing: "That's fine, you can save it first."
Lu Cheng: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
After returning home, Lin Qingqing took the account book and went to find Yu Xiuyao.
It was actually still early, not even seven o'clock. Yu Xiuyao had finished dinner and was chatting with her neighbor at the door when she saw Lin Qingqing coming over. "Qingqing, why are you here?"
Lin Qingqing said, "I came to talk to my sister-in-law about something." Then he greeted the woman next to him, "Hello, sister-in-law."
"Hello, hello..." Comrade Lin Qingqing, a famous person in the family compound, was a neighbor of Yu Xiuyao, so she certainly knew about it. She also knew that the food that Yu Xiuyao and her friends were washing was related to Lin Qingqing, because she had also seen Lin Qingqing when she came to deliver the seasoning. But she didn't know more about it. Although she asked Yu Xiuyao out of curiosity, Yu Xiuyao would not reveal it.
Yu Xiuyao said hello to her neighbors and brought Lin Qingqing home.
After entering the house, Lin Qingqing took out the account book and said, "Sister-in-law, I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to settle the bill at noon today. Let me check it with your account book first to see if there is any problem."
Yu Xiuyao herself doesn't know how to do the accounting, so she handed it over to her son Dawang, but she would ask Dawang about it every day. Now that Lin Qingqing came to check the accounts, she called Dawang over and brought the account book.
Lin Qingqing continued, "We received a total of 1,680 kilograms of food in June. Of that, you, sister-in-law, received 525 kilograms, and the other sisters-in-law received 385 kilograms, right?"
Yu Xiuyao and the others divided the ingredients equally, so that no one had to fight over them and no one had to compete with each other. Lin Qingqing thought this way of dividing the food was good.
Yu Xiuyao looked at Dawang: "Is your aunt right?"
Dawang said: "Yes, it is the same as what I registered."
Lin Qingqing continued: "According to what was said at the beginning, my sister-in-law made a profit of one and a half cents per kilogram, so for 525 kilograms, she should get 7.9 yuan. Plus, my sister-in-law is the team leader, and I..."
"Wait..." Yu Xiuyao interrupted Lin Qingqing, "Qingqing, everyone else is making a profit of 1 cent per pound, but it's not good for you to give me a profit of 1.5 cents per pound. I'd better take the profit of 1 cent per pound. Otherwise, if this gets out, it won't be good for you either."
Lin Qingqing said: "If you don't tell them and I don't tell them, they won't know."
Yu Xiuyao still said firmly: "No, no, I'll stick with the profit of one cent per pound."
Lin Qingqing knew that a straightforward person like Yu Xiuyao was sometimes very persistent. So she thought about it and said, "How about this, sister-in-law, I won't give you the subsidy for being a team leader, nor will I give you the subsidy for delivering and picking up goods every month. You will be paid the same as a team leader, 1.5 cents per kilogram. This way, others will have no objections. Even if they have objections, there must be a difference between a team leader and an ordinary person. Even in a factory, ordinary workers are divided into different levels, don't you think?"
Yu Xiuyao sighed. She knew that Lin Qingqing had arranged this, and she had taken advantage of it. She thought that she could only repay Lin Qingqing's trust if she did a good job. "Okay, that's it."
Lin Qingqing gave Yu Xiuyao 7.9 yuan: "The other three sisters-in-law each weigh 385 kilograms. According to the profit of one cent per kilogram, it is 3.9 yuan. Among them, sister Cui has a bicycle, so she goes with you to deliver and pick up goods every day. We agreed before that you will give her a subsidy of 2 yuan per month. There are only eight days in this month, so I will calculate it based on half a month and give her an additional subsidy of 1 yuan, so she will get 4.9 yuan. Can you calculate it? Is there any problem?"
Yu Xiuyao looked at her son.
Dawang said: "It should be 3.85 yuan per person, and my aunt gave 3.9 yuan."
Lin Qingqing said: "It's okay, if there are points in the future, just move up one level directly."
Yu Xiuyao said: "According to what your sister-in-law said."
Da Wang: "That's no problem, they all match."
Lin Qingqing took out the 12.7 yuan from the other three sisters-in-law and gave it to Yu Xiuyao: "Sister-in-law, you go and divide their money. I won't go over."
Yu Xiuyao considered herself the team leader, so it was her duty to do so: "Okay, leave this to me."
"By the way, I bought some defective cloth at the supply and marketing cooperative today. Sister-in-law, you can ask other sisters-in-law. If you are short of cloth, you can come to my house tomorrow at noon." Lin Qingqing thought of this.
Yu Xiuyao was happy when she heard this: "Then I'll ask them later."
After the discussion, Lin Qingqing didn't want to stay any longer: "Then I'll go back."
Yu Xiuyao was also uncomfortable holding other people's money, so she said, "I'll go give them the money, and I'll go with you."
That night, Lin Qingqing and the other four female comrades were particularly happy and satisfied. With money in hand, they had the confidence to do anything.
For example, Yu Xiuyao, because the salted duck eggs are not ready yet, this income has not yet come in. But from Lin Qingqing's side, she can also earn 20 to 30 yuan a month, which is higher than the average worker. As a housewife all her life, she has never thought of this.
There are other sisters-in-law who earn about 4 yuan in seven or eight days, which is 12 yuan a month. Even if the household expenses are paid by the men, they can save 12 yuan of pocket money every month. So after getting the money, they think about buying meat tomorrow.
The happiest person was Lin Qingqing. After she settled everyone's bills, she found that she still had 80.2. Together with the wages paid by the third company's kitchen team, she earned a total of 83.2 last month. Although this money could not be compared with her income as a anchor, Lin Qingqing felt that it made her happier.
Lin Qingqing took a bath happily and found that Lu Haici was not in her room. She curiously went to the next room and saw Lu Haici lying on the bed reading a book. She asked, "Little Lu Haici, aren't you sleeping with your mother today?"
Lu Haici raised his head from the book: "Mom, I'm sleeping with Dad today, and I'll sleep with you tomorrow."
Lin Qingqing couldn't believe it for a moment. Maybe it was because Lu Haici had been sleeping with her since she entered the book. This little guy suddenly changed, and she couldn't adapt to it. But she smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you tomorrow."
Turning around, Lin Qingqing went to ask Lu Cheng.