The Culinary Tycoon

Chang Le's house is on the east side of the village, and the paddy field is on the west side of the village. A small stream separates the paddy field from the village.

Chang Le walked ahead alone with a threshing machine on his back, very manly!

It is said to be a threshing machine, but it is actually an open empty box nailed by several large wooden boards, three-dimensional inverted trapezoidal, and there are no rollers and covers inside.Yu Qingze was a little curious about how they would thresh.

Grandpa Chang followed behind carrying a basket with a jar of water and a shaukei inside.The baskets were also specially made oversized ones, which looked like they were prepared for Chang Le.

Yu Qingze had a foot injury and couldn't walk fast, so he walked slowly behind with a wooden crutch, and the young Chang Hao accompanied him.Yu Qingze took the opportunity to observe the situation in the village. With Chang Hao around, he learned a lot about the situation.

For example, the name Niutou Village comes from the fact that the back mountain looks like a bull's head.Yu Qingze looked sideways, and it was indeed a bit similar.

There are two surnames in the village, Yu and Chang.There are more than 30 households surnamed Yu, most of whom live near the creek; there are only 200 households surnamed Chang, who were relocated during the war and lived in the east of the village, with a distance of [-] meters between them. In the past, the family surnamed Yu has long been familiar with and accepted more than a dozen families surnamed Chang.

Most of the houses are still thatched cottages.There are only two mud-brick houses and one big tile-roofed house made of blue bricks. They are considered wealthy households in the village.

Yu Qingze was a little curious, so he asked.

Chang Hao then explained to him: "The big tiled house with blue bricks belongs to Yu Wei's family, and his father is a scholar." When the young boy talked about the scholar, his face was full of respect and longing.

With a thought, Yu Qingze asked, "Xiaohao, do you want to go to school?"

Chang Hao didn't hide it, and replied: "I think so, there is a primary school in the village, Mr. Xiucai is a gentleman, and people in the nearby villages who want to study come here to learn. But they have to pay 200 Wen every month. Sorry."

Hearing this, Yu Qingze was silent for a while, and then said: "If you want to read, I can teach you."

Chang Hao immediately turned his head to stare at him, surprised and said: "You can read? Can you teach me?!"

Yu Qingze nodded, very sure: "Yes."

"Okay, okay, I want to learn!" A flower bloomed on Chang Hao's face, which was very bright.

After a while, he asked again: "Brother Yu, can my brother learn to read with you? My brother is very smart and has a good memory!"

Almost no brothers in the village can go to school, and those who go to school are all men.Afraid that Yu Qingze would not agree, Chang Hao praised his brother again.

"Okay!" Yu Qingze smiled, the two brothers have such a good relationship, they always think about each other, and they are very envious.

The two said they were too busy and the double grabs would start in the past few days.After finalizing this matter, Chang Hao was very happy, and he knew everything about Yu Qingze's other problems.

"The tile-roofed house belongs to the village head. He can do carpentry, and his son can also do carpentry. Some of the furniture needed by the nearby villages is basically made by him. Our big wooden barrel is also made by him. My brother went to the mountains to cut high-quality wood and carried them back together. The other tile-roofed house belongs to Orion's family, and his family specially delivers game to restaurants in the town..."

Yu Qingze grasped an important point and asked: "The village head can do carpentry? How about their family?"

Chang Hao replied: "The village chief is a very nice person, and the elder brother of the village chief's family is also very good. Our pair of big wooden barrels, my elder brother carried a big piece of wood, and the village chief confiscated our family's money. He gave us a wooden basin, just for washing vegetables."

Hearing this, Yu Qingze had the bottom line in his heart, and secretly thought of a plan.

The two of them passed through the village, and their eyes suddenly brightened.

A piece of golden.

The yellow rice seems to have covered the earth with a layer of golden carpet. When the breeze blows, the ears of rice rise and fall with the waves, rustling, singing the praises of the harvest cheerfully.

The early rice harvest this season is not bad, and the villagers are happily rushing to harvest the rice.Although the weather is hot, people will be covered with sweat as soon as they go out, as if they have just soaked in hot water, but the joy of harvest completely covers this tiredness.

Thinking of the harvested millet, there is endless energy.

By the time the two of them arrived in the field, Chang Le and Grandpa Chang had already cut a long distance.

Chang Hao picked up the harvesting knife and went to cut the crops.Because of his foot injury, Yu Qingze couldn't squat down to cut grain like them, but he could stand beside the threshing machine and do the threshing work.

But the problem is, facing the empty threshing machine, he doesn't know how to operate it.He turned his head and looked at the other villagers not far away, but it seemed that everyone was harvesting and no one was threshing. Moreover, the threshing machines in other people's homes were the same as the one in front of him.

In the end, Chang Le brought a large bundle of rice and put it next to him, and Yu Qingze asked for advice by the way.He saw Chang Le pick up a hand of rice, raised his hands above his head, and smashed it against the inner wall of the threshing machine.

slam-la-

"..." Yu Qingze heard the sound of millet falling to the bottom of the box.

Afterwards, I saw Chang Le shaking his hands, shaking off the loose grains in the ears of rice, and when they were gone, he lifted them up and smashed them hard!

In this way, after smashing it four or five times, it will be basically clean, and the rest can be removed by hand.

Yu Qingze: "..." No wonder it's called threshing millet, it couldn't be more appropriate!

It's very raw and rough, and it looks very tired.This made him firmer in his mind, and he must make harvesting less tiring for them in the future.

In short, Yu Qingze knew how to thresh.

Chang Le was afraid that his legs and feet would be inconvenient, so he moved all the rice to the threshing machine very considerately, and then went on to cut the grain.

This field is quite big, maybe seven to eighty percent. In the morning, Chang Le and Grandpa Chang had already cut a small half.

Chang Le cuts the crops very quickly, and her movements are very neat and skillful.

He squatted in front of the rice grains, his feet were slightly wider than his shoulders, he cut the grass knife with his right hand, and held the grain grains with his left hand. Swish, swish, swish, his body moved from right to left with the movement of his hands, and cut from right to left in a few seconds. Yiyang shakes the ears of rice smoothly, then arranges a handful of grain neatly on the left side, and then turns back to continue cutting...

He and his party could probably harvest eight or nine grains of grass.

Two hours later, the entire field was mowed, and Yu Qingze didn't even watch him rest.

Grandpa Chang and Chang Hao would stand up and take a rest when their feet became numb, but Chang Le never stood up.After cutting one side, he took advantage of the trend to turn around, cut through the other side, and then cut on the other side.

Yu Qingze had no doubts that if he cut all the fields by himself, the entire field would probably be able to form a circle of mosquito coils or a dragon in the end.

After cutting, they went back to the threshing machine and sat down to rest for a while, and Yu Qingze also rested for a while.

After more than two hours, no matter how strong he was, his arms were sore and he was sweating profusely.

He also deeply realized that harvesting is relatively easy, and threshing is the most important thing!Especially in this midsummer when the sun is shining, it is like a salt water bath!Salt is self-produced and sold!

He especially misses modern harvesters.

When he was a child, his grandfather’s house had a threshing machine with rollers driven by a diesel engine. At that time, his family was the only one in the village who did not need to step on the threshing machine to thresh grain. The villagers were always envious.

Let alone harvesters and diesel threshing machines, even if there is a threshing machine with feet, he will be moved by heaven and earth!

He quickly recalled the structure of the threshing machine in his mind, as well as several common agricultural tools, as well as some simple and useful ancient agricultural tools that he saw when he visited the farming museum before. When he was ready to go back, he drew them and asked someone to make them !

Although he was tired, the results of his efforts were gratifying. There was already a large pile of grass behind him, and there was already a thick layer of millet at the bottom of the threshing machine.

"Wow, Brother Yu, you are so good, you have already harvested so much!" Chang Hao exclaimed in surprise when he came over and saw the millet in the threshing machine.

Grandpa Chang also praised: "Not bad, you are a good player!"

Chang Le hugged the water jar, first poured a bowl of water for grandpa, then poured another bowl for Yu Qingze, and gave him a thumbs up as a compliment.

Being praised by their family, Yu Qingze felt embarrassed, his handsome face turned red, he waved his hand, and said: "If you praise me again, I will float up, and the clouds in the sky can be picked off !"

Several people laughed, and the atmosphere was warm and happy.

After resting for a while, several people started to play.

It was approaching noon, seeing that the time was about the same, and the millet was almost enough for a load, so they stopped and prepared to go home to rest and have lunch, and come back in the afternoon.

The sun was scorching hot, and after a whole morning of busy work, it was still such strenuous work that the clothes of several people were soaked, and their hair was also wet.

At this time, Chang Hao was very envious of Yu Qingze's short hair, not only easy to clean, but also super cool!

About Yu Qingze's short hair, Chang Hao and the others asked curiously before, and Yu Qingze made an excuse, saying that before coming to the south, he followed the horse team to the north to buy furs, and he was infected with lice, which couldn't be cleaned properly, so he shaved them all. Lost.

Well-founded, very reasonable.

So they believed it, and comforted him, making Yu Qingze dumbfounded.

Because it was too hot, when Chang Le used the Shau Kei to pick up the grains in the bucket, Yu Qingze discovered the secret behind Chang Le's thick and long bangs.

Sweat wetted his forehead hair, and Chang Le's bangs were put together in locks, revealing a four to five centimeter long scar on his fair forehead, extending from the middle of his left eyebrow all the way up to his forehead.If you look carefully, you can also find that the middle of his left eyebrow is broken, but the front eyebrow grows to cover it, so it is not so conspicuous.

Yu Qingze was taken aback for a moment. There was such a long scar, and the eyes were underneath. I don't know how it was injured, but you can imagine how dangerous it was when you were injured.

The scar actually looks very old, and the color has faded, but it is slightly protruding. At first glance, such a long strip crawling on the fair skin still looks a bit hideous.

No wonder Chang Le has such thick and long bangs.

No wonder, his uncle said he was out of shape, he was really out of shape, otherwise, Chang Le really looks very good-looking.

Healthy complexion, delicate face, moderately thick lips, and a pair of lively eyes are very energetic.The skin is also very good and the pores are not visible at all.

Yu Qingze felt a little sorry, and felt sorry for Chang Le.This scar probably scares away many marriage partners.

Although he hadn't even been awake for 24 hours, Chang Le had left a good impression on him.

Diligent, gentle, kind, loving family, and gentle to strangers like him.

Such a good little brother deserves happiness.

Perhaps Yu Qingze's gaze was too focused, Chang Le noticed it, and he turned his head in surprise and looked at him.After discovering the surprise and pity in his eyes, Chang Le was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around, with Yu Qingze on her back, stretched out her hand to comb the bangs on her forehead, and then quickly left with the millet.

Yu Qingze: ... I was accidentally embarrassed again. Fortunately, Grandpa Chang and Chang Hao didn't notice.

It was Chang Hao who accompanied Yu Qingze to move back slowly.Grandpa Chang went back to cook first, and Chang Le picked the millet and went back to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables. The division of labor was very clear.

When Yu Qingze and Chang Hao arrived home, Chang Le had already picked all the beans, and the water spinach was ready to be cooked.

Seeing this, Yu Qingze hurriedly said: "Brother Le, you go to the rest meeting, I will do it."

When Chang Le saw him, he felt a little embarrassed, for fear that his scar would scare him.

In the past, many people would be frightened when they saw the scar on his forehead. Children of the same age would always laugh at him and call him ugly, so he wore long bangs to cover up the scar.There are more than ten years.

But Chang Le saw that Yu Qingze's expression seemed to be the same, so he was a little relieved and gave him a grateful look.

Afterwards, he quickly gestured to answer Yu Qingze's words, and Chang Hao was beside him translating.

It means that Yu Qingze is a guest, and he already cooked breakfast, so how could he be allowed to cook lunch.Although the dishes he cooks are delicious, they are not in line with his family's way of hospitality.

Yu Qingze said with a smile: "Cooking is my hobby, and that's all I have. I live here for nothing, and if you don't let me do some work, I'm embarrassed to live anymore."

Chang Le originally wanted to refuse, but Yu Qingze brought out his trump card, "Look, Grandpa and Xiao Hao also like to eat, so let me show it off."

Grandpa and younger brother are Chang Le's weaknesses, once they are moved out, he will have nothing to do.Who made himself a bad cook?He hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement, and went to light the fire silently.

Chang Hao saw that his brother looked a little disappointed, and hurriedly said: "Brother, I also like to eat your dishes!"

Hearing this, Chang Le patted his younger brother's shoulder deeply.

If you have never eaten the dishes made by Yu Qingze, if you have not wished to lick the bowl of sweet potato stems in the morning, then I will believe you.

Yu Qingze simply washed his face and hands, and then started cooking.

Although it is only the most common beans and water spinach, and lacks other ingredients, the taste of the chef's cooking is still fundamentally different from that of ordinary people.

If it is made by Changle, the beans are cooked directly in water.

However, Chef Yu uses stir-frying, and when there is no dried ginger, garlic, pepper, and dried chili, and he has to consider saving fuel, he just stir-fries it for him.Although it is not as flavorful as the authentic dry-stir-fried beans, compared to the boiled one, it is enough to distinguish the difference between the toad and the frog prince.

While lighting the fire according to Yu Qingze's request, Chang Le looked up at Yu Qingze's movements secretly, trying to write down his cooking steps and the heat he asked for.

The first step to improve your cooking skills is to steal from your master!

Yu Qingze didn't realize that Chang Le was secretly studying, he was just cooking without distraction.It should be said that he is used to being watched while cooking. He had a few apprentices before, and it was common for him to be watched cooking.

He cooks very fast, and the food is on the table in a short while.The three members of Chang Le's family ate all the food while boasting very much.

Tired all morning, several people finished eating, and after a while of cooling off, Chang Hao opened the back door of the main room, dragged out two bamboo mats and spread them on the floor of the main room, and called Yu Qingze to take a nap together!

The sun in midsummer is too poisonous, especially at noon, so it is not suitable to go out to work. Everyone is used to taking a nap, resting their bodies, and going to work after noon.

The three men spread two bamboo mats and lay on the floor of the main room. The front and back were ventilated, and the floor was very cool. Yu Qingze, who hadn't slept well at night and worked all morning, fell asleep.And Chang Le went to the creek to wash clothes and came back, and spread a straw mat on the kitchen floor, near the water tank, which was also very cool.

It was half past time (about two o'clock in the afternoon), Chang Le got up and went to the field first with baskets.

Grandpa Chang also got up and went to the kitchen to chop pig grass and cook pig food.Chang Le refused to let him go to the fields at noon, fearing that he would suffer from heat stroke, and forced him to go out after the end of the day (three o'clock in the afternoon). He couldn't hold him back, so he cooked pig food every day before going out.

Yu Qingze and Chang Hao overslept a bit, and when they went to the field with Grandpa Chang, they found a large circle of people on the road at the head of the field, and Chang Le was surrounded in the middle, noisy, as if something happened thing.

When Chang Le and Grandpa Chang met, they rushed over.

Yu Qingze was stunned for a moment, ignoring the sprain, so he quickened his pace, took a few steps on tiptoe and jumped a few steps, switching back and forth to rush over.

The author has something to say: This chapter is very thick and long, there is no reason!

Small Theater of Threshing Millet:

Author: Come on, raise your hands and wave them to your heart's content!

Chang Hao clenched his fists: I have used my prehistoric power!

Yu Qingze waved his arm: Please look at my unicorn arm!

Chang Le silently raised the threshing machine full of millet.

Chang Hao & Yu Qingze: ...Big brother, here is your knee_(:з」∠)_