Traveling through mountains and rivers

Ning Ze woke up after hardly any sleep. He ran out of salt yesterday, so he had to buy it today. Ning Ze asked Tao Deshu to borrow an ox cart, took half a wild boar meat and went to town.

This wild boar was given to Laiyue Restaurant. Ning Ze didn't know if the restaurant would want it, so he didn't give much. Half a small wild boar, with the head and tail removed, the internal organs and legs, there was not much meat left.

Ning Ze left early, and the sun didn't come out until he arrived in town. Laiyue Restaurant has to do morning business, so it opened early.

When Ning Ze arrived, the shopkeeper happened to come out, and when he saw the meat on the cart, he laughed and joked, "Why, why don't you grow crops and sell meat instead?"

Ning Ze didn't have time to talk to him, so he just said, "Shopkeeper, do you want this half leaf of wild boar meat? If you don't want it, I'll take it back."

"Wild pork?" The shopkeeper touched his bare chin and walked to the side of the bullock cart, and asked, "Is this really wild pork?"

Ning Ze said, "That's still fake. I went up the mountain to fight this yesterday. I just stayed overnight. I've already dealt with it. It's guaranteed not to smell. Do you want it?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Since it's real boar meat, I naturally want it. You can send it to the kitchen for me, and I'll have someone count the money for you."

Ning Ze carried the pork into the door, and said as he walked, "It's okay to pay the money next time. I'm in a hurry today, and I have to go back quickly after I bought something."

Hearing what he said, the shopkeeper waved his hand, "That's fine, then come next time, and I won't waste your time."

Delivering the meat was just a matter of convenience. After putting it in the kitchen, Ning Ze hurried to buy salt, and also bought a large bag of melon seeds by the way.

He remembered that in modern banquets, melon seeds and sugar are distributed, and sugar is more expensive, so Ning Ze didn't think about it and just bought melon seeds.

But I didn't buy a lot, so there is definitely not enough food for so many people, so I will put it on a plate and grab some for the people who come to register to deliver things.

Ning Ze bought the most salt. This incident made him understand one thing. They may encounter wild boars in the future, so it is okay to have more salt at home.

Even if there are no wild boars, they usually still have to eat it themselves. You don't seem to use much of this stuff, but it doesn't take long for a pack of salt to be used up.

After shopping, Ning Ze didn't delay, and drove back in the bullock cart.

There are not many people eating this breakfast in the morning, they are all people who come to help, the dinner is at noon, but there are many people, but there are not many cooks, so it is necessary to prepare as soon as possible.

When Ning Ze went back, it was just in time for breakfast. After breakfast, the helpers were busy preparing the dishes. Ning Ze and Tao Qing were about to prepare to welcome guests, and they stood by the table for registering favors.

The registration is naturally done by the village chief, who is the most familiar person in the village, and he can write, and he is the village chief, so it seems inappropriate not to ask him for this kind of thing.

The people who came to help this time, Ning Ze had agreed before that they would be given money, ten coppers per person, although not much, but to many people, it was like getting nothing for nothing. Is there anything you can't agree to.

The position of the village chief has the most money, and it costs [-] yuan, but Ning Ze feels that he is at a loss if he doesn't have one. After all, he is also a manager, so helping him can't be done in vain, and the price is naturally different for different types of jobs. same.

The people who came from the village chief didn’t send anything expensive. Some eggs from this family, a liter of rice from that family, and a few handfuls of green vegetables also came. They didn’t receive money.

But Ning Ze and the others didn't want to collect money, they just wanted to celebrate the completion of the new house, just for auspicious occasions, so they didn't care about what to give.

Not long after, a pile of things was placed next to the village head, Ning Ze simply went to find a few frames and put all the things into the frames.

If anyone in the village has a banquet, as long as the whole village is invited, then it is really the whole village, and they all come with their families.

But this has become a habit in the village. Even though there are so many people, no one said anything wrong.

It's just that in this way, the banquet will have to sit for several rounds before they can all be seated.

However, when Ning Ze decided to invite the whole village, the Tao family had already reminded him, so they prepared a lot of things, even if they bought a whole pig, they were afraid that it would not be enough.

It's better now, there are more wild boars left, but it's not bad anyway.

In October, the sun was still very strong. Ning Ze and Tao Qing stood under the recuperation room, feeling almost sunburned. They wanted to leave but couldn't. These people came one by one.

Ning Ze had already been arrested when he bought it back. Ning Ze let them catch them by themselves. He thought that these people would consciously grab a handful and leave, but he never expected that they were caught one after another. Even if they couldn't take it down, they had to force it. Although Ning Ze and Tao Qing were watching, they couldn't tell people not to catch it, so they could only watch helplessly as the people in front finished catching the melon seeds.

Then there was no one behind, so Ning Ze simply put away the melon seeds, lest it would be embarrassing to see it empty when people came.

But fortunately, no one asked him for melon seeds, otherwise he really didn't know how to explain this matter, anyway, people would think they were stingy, why didn't they know how to buy more, just bought it like this A little bit.

It was hard to stay up until noon under the sun, and those who came early sat down at the table early, waiting for the food to be served.

After the kitchen helpers finished all the dishes, the village chief yelled to open the table, and Tao An just bought firecrackers and lit them nearby.

After the crackling sound, the helpers began to serve the dishes.

Nine dishes, one bowl of chicken, one fish, one bowl of roasted white meat, one bowl of braised meat, one bowl of sandwiched meat, one fried pork with chili, one vegetable tofu, one fried bean sprouts, and one cold cucumber, such a dish The style is also first-class in this Xianning village.

The folks who have eaten it for so many years have never eaten such a good dish even when they married their brother or husband, let alone when they moved.

Many people said that Ning Ze was kind, willing, and forgot all about the little thing about not eating melon seeds.

But Ningze didn’t spend much money this time, the meat is almost free, the tofu is ground at home, the vegetables are picked from the field, and the bean sprouts are grown by himself. I saved some money, but compared to the money I saved, it was small.

Ning Ze is also very satisfied to have the current effect.

With so many people, it took three full rounds to sit. Those who came to help were still counted. After the people in the village had finished eating and dispersed, the helpers sat at three more tables.

But they kept what they ate, so there was still something to eat in the end.

After being busy for so long, Ning Ze was also hungry, so he sat down and ate hard.

During the meal, Tao Anfuyun suddenly said to Ning Ze, "Yaoze, I saw people from Ning's third family come today, and the whole family came, but they didn't give anything away, so they sat down while eating." There was a table, and no one else was able to get to the table."

Ning Ze was eating happily. He was a little less interested when he heard this, but he didn't react much. He said, "It's okay, just eat one meal. If I really don't let them eat, there will be people Saying we are not, I guess many people are watching them like this today, if we don’t say something, those who like to say it will probably spread everywhere, we just don’t know about it.”

When Tao Anfu heard this, he said, "I just want to remind you to let you know about this, lest it will be the same as before, and you say you have nothing to eat."

Ning Ze smiled, still remembering this emotionally.

Ning Ze said, "Brother, it's okay, anyway, so many people are watching, it's not okay if they want to talk nonsense."

Tao Anfu said, "It's nothing to us. I'm afraid people will say that you two are such grown-ups. You need to be careful."

Knowing that Tao Anfu was doing it for their own good, Ning Ze nodded, "Thank you, brother, we know and will pay attention."

"That's fine."

The others didn't interrupt, obviously they meant the same thing as Tao Anfulang, Ning Ze knew their kindness, thanked them before continuing to eat.

If it hadn't been for Tao Anfu's reminder, Ning Ze and Tao Qing really didn't know about this matter. Speaking of which, Ning Ze also felt that he should be careful.

When they invited people, they didn't invite the Ning family. Now they eat without saying hello. This kind of cooking is really shameless.

Ning Ze felt that they were really thick-skinned, and he thought he couldn't compare them, but he didn't need to compare their skins with this group of people, so he was just asking for trouble.

For lunch and dinner, everything needs to be cleaned up. Those who come to help pack up all the things, and return the borrowed things to others. Leave after getting paid.

When they left, these people thanked Ning Ze repeatedly. It didn't seem like Ning Ze asked them for help, but it seemed that Ning Ze helped them.

After the helpers were sent away, only the Tao family and Ning Dong were left. Ning Ze gave Ning Dong his wages, brought him a piece of meat, and finally gave him the salt he borrowed yesterday.

Ningdong looked at the pile of things in front of him, only took the salt, and pushed the rest to Ning Ze, "Zezi, I can't take these things from you, I should help you, as for the meat, I have already shared There are a lot of leftovers, I don't want you to take this meat, if you can't finish it, you can sell it."

Ning Ze picked it up and stuffed it into his hand, "If you give it to you, just take it, what are you talking about, do you think you are the only one eating at home? If you don't eat, take it back to your husband, let him eat it." He arranged to go."

"How can this work? They also came at noon. They have already had a meal. How can they ask for more?"

Ning Dong wanted to return the things to him, but Ning Ze felt annoyed by his groaning, so he pushed him out.

Ning Dong was pushed away, and he couldn't put away the things in his hands, so he had to hold them.

Once outside the door, Ning Dong hesitated to speak, obviously having something to say.

Seeing him like this, Ning Ze took the initiative to speak, "Speak up if you have something to say, what does it look like."

Ning Dong hesitated for a while, and then said, "Zezi, isn't your house going to build a pond? Can I go? You also know that my husband Yun just gave birth not long ago, and it costs money to raise a child, and I want to leave again. It’s better to take care of them closer to home, that’s why…”

Ning Ze patted him, "Okay, come to me tomorrow, I still have something to do here today, so I'll tell you better tomorrow."

Ning Dong was not sure what Ning Ze meant, but he nodded and left.

Ning Ze also turned around and walked into the house. He was also thinking about one thing, a very important thing.