return to the garden

On the second day, starting early in the morning, a steady stream of materials began to enter the village, first various kinds of wood, and then materials such as tiles and blue bricks. It took half a morning to get all the materials. remove.

And Liao Qing, of course, started to be a money-scattering boy when he got up, inspecting the goods and paying the money without hesitation.

The stewards who sent the materials naturally liked generous customers like Liao Qing, and said that if they ran out of materials in the future, they would give them a discount if they went to them again.

There were a lot of things to do, and the courtyard was inconvenient. In the end, a few stewards were not left for dinner, but one of them gave a red envelope for drinking tea. It could be seen that several people were happier, and they all walked away with a hula.

The work didn't start in the afternoon, and the masons from the two teams rushed over. Liao Qing wanted to sharpen the knife and not miss the woodcutters, so he simply let people rest and rest. The next day, when he started full of energy, he would be more efficient. So give them a rest the next day too.

But the night before, Liao Qing didn't pay attention. Those masons and carpenters were eating dry food, but the next day they couldn't do it. How to arrange dinner over there.

"Lunch? I'm thinking about adding steamed buns to them. The steamed buns will be handed over to Uncle Zhang's house. Mother Song will cook the bottom of the pot according to my instructions. I will bring a few pots over and give them to them every meal. It’s good to send the raw vegetables over there, not to mention the convenience of cooking, but also let them eat well.” Liao Qing was carving the inkstone, his slender fingertips were slightly red because of the constant force.

"Okay, then I'll go talk to Uncle Zhang and his family now?" Zhang Xiaoli paid attention to Liao Qing's hand, seeing that his fingers were red, he couldn't help pulling them over, rubbing them carefully, and blowing gently. He breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother Liao, don't worry about the inkstone, we can go to Yunzhou a few days later, it will be bad if your hands are sore."

"Haha, I'm not made of porcelain. I'm not so delicate. It doesn't take much effort. After a few days, the sculpture will be finished. After we arrange things here, we can prepare to go to Yunzhou. Xiaoli can't go back on his word." Liao Qing also followed Zhang Xiaoli's strength and rubbed Zhang Xiaoli's hand in turn, "I'll go to Uncle Zhang's side, it's just a rest, rest your eyes."

"Okay then, shall I go see Nanny Song making the soup?" Zhang Xiaoli didn't know what to do, but Brother Liao rubbed his hands so comfortably that he didn't want to let go, "But I don't know how..."

"I'll write one for you, and you can take it to Nanny Song later, and let her cook it, so you don't have to go in, it's so smoky, don't let our Xiaoli smoke it." Liao Qing rubbed Rub Zhang Xiaoli's head.

I don't know when, when facing two children, he especially likes to rub their hair. However, compared with Zhang Xiaolin's wire-like hair, Zhang Xiaoli's soft hair is much more comfortable to the touch, and Liao Qing also I prefer touching Zhang Xiaoli's hair.

"Okay..." Zhang Xiaoli blushed with embarrassment.

Liao Qing wrote a prescription for him.

"The vegetable oil is refined; the lard oil is cut into small pieces; the dried chili is boiled in a pot under water for about a while, then fished out and chopped into minced rice cakes; the ginger is smashed; the garlic is peeled and peeled into petals; the green onion is knotted; rock sugar is tapped Crumble; star anise, three Nye, and cinnamon are broken into small pieces; grass fruit is broken, pour vegetable oil into a hot pan and heat it up, add lard to boil, add ginger, garlic cloves, green onion knots and sauté until fragrant, then add chili sauce and glutinous rice cakes Turn to low heat and fry the chili slowly for about half an hour. When the chili sauce is dry, the aroma is overflowing and the chili is slightly whitish, pick out the green onions in the pot and use them; then add star anise, three Nye, cinnamon, small Spices such as fennel, grass fruit, comfrey, fragrant leaves, vanilla, male clove, etc., continue to fry on low heat for about a quarter of an hour. When the color of the spices in the pot becomes darker, add rock sugar and glutinous rice juice, and cook slowly When the water in the fermented glutinous rice juice has completely evaporated, remove the pot from the burner, cover and let the raw materials in the pot cool down, and then the bottom of the pot will be made." Zhang Xiaoli took the prescription given by Liao Qing, but didn't quite understand what was written on it. What.

"Give it to Nanny Song. She should have read some books. In addition, you can ask her to cook some soup. If you can't eat spicy food, just eat a pot of clear soup." Liao Qing tapped Zhang Xiaoli's forehead and rubbed it again. Knead before letting people go.

Naturally, Liao Qing wasn't idle anymore, first he went to Uncle Zhang's house, and talked about ordering 150 steamed buns for each meal.

Uncle Zhang naturally had no objection, one meal and one knot cost 150 to 250 Wen for [-] steamed buns, but Liao Qing paid a high price of [-] Wen, so why not do it.

We finished talking here, but Liao Qing remembered that it takes a lot of food to boil the pot, so he hurriedly asked Uncle Zhang.

"Vegetables, it's just spring now, and most people have a lot of bran radish, Chinese cabbage, and red taro that they hoarded years ago, but I'm afraid there are no fresh vegetables, except for digging out those early-growing wild vegetables." Uncle Zhang Think about what vegetables are available in this season.

"Well, can Uncle Zhang collect some of these vegetables from the village? I won't take advantage of you, just sell them to me at a higher price, and I won't run away one by one." Liao Qing drank his saliva, Woke up early in the morning with a dry throat and discomfort.

"How can this be? The normal price is enough. Mr. Liao has taken good care of our family on weekdays, but we can't just take advantage of money everywhere. I can't do that." Uncle Zhang resolutely rejected Liao Qing's double Double the price.

Liao Qing pushed with others for a while, and saw that Uncle Zhang was indeed determined and did not force it, so he just made up for it in other places.

The children of Uncle Zhang’s grandchildren are dressed cleanly, but the clothes are basically overdue again and again, and the puddings are stacked up several times. Liao Qing watched the children feeding the chickens in the yard, and simply thought Next time, I will give two sets of clothes to each of the children to make up for.

"By the way, is there a place to buy meat and vegetables in the village?" Liao Qing thought that he couldn't be a pure vegetarian. The clear soup lacked water, and the craftsmen didn't have the energy to work. He could only live in his village in a monkey year.

"Hmm..." Uncle Zhang thought for a while. There is no pig butcher in the village, so there is probably no pork. "There are no pig butchers here, but there are a few hunters who hunt things all the year round. Most of them make bacon. You can go ask ask."

There is no way, most people in the village are reluctant to eat meat, and fresh meat is really hard to find.

"Okay, I got it." Liao Qing asked Uncle Zhang for directions, left ten taels of silver as money for the next steamed bun, and followed the route Uncle Zhang said to find the most powerful hunter.

That Orion is called Zhang Shushan, he is a good player, he has good skills, and he is also good at setting traps. He basically never comes back empty-handed after entering the mountain.

Liao Qing looked at a lonely house at the foot of the mountain, and knocked on the door.

The hunter was dealing with prey, and he got up early in the morning to collect the traps, but what he collected was not rabbits and pheasants, but they were all wilted, so he simply slaughtered them all, and he was processing the fur.

Zhang Shushan came to open the door, saw Liao Qing but didn't know who it was, looked around and asked who Liao Qing was.

"Next is Liao Qing." Liao Qing smiled. "I heard that there is a hunter living here. I want to buy some meat. Is it convenient?"

Zhang Shushan was far away from the village, and he had no contact with the villagers, and he didn't know who Liao Qing was. He only heard that Liao Qing was buying prey, so he let Liao Qing in.

"What do you buy?" Zhang Shushan led the way, "Rabbit, pheasant, venison, roe deer, wild boar, etc."

Zhang Shushan opened a door at the front. He was so tall that he had to shrink his body to enter the house.

Liao Qing also went in with his head down. The two big men stood inside, feeling a bit crowded.

Liao Qing saw that it was full of bacon, the walls were full of bacon, and the beams of the house were also hung high and low.

"Uh... this..." Liao Qing couldn't breathe through his nose. Normally, the house was rarely opened, and the whole house smelled bad, with a fishy smell.

"Huh?" Zhang Shushan turned his head, although there were many scars on his face from the branches, but his eyes looked honest and honest, "I'm very good at making bacon, it's not bad at all, don't look at the color, go back and wash it clean , It’s not good to cook and eat delicious food.”

Liao Qing smiled and waved his hands, "No, I just saw some freshly hunted ones in the yard?" It's better to buy fresh ones.

"Oh, those are the animal traps I just went to collect this morning. There are quite a few, and they are almost finished. If you want those, you can do it." Seeing that Liao Qing was really uncomfortable, Zhang Shushan led Liao Qing Qing went out.

"That's great, I'll have it all, can you send it to me later?" Liao Qing pondered so much, there shouldn't be enough to eat there, he can still use a rabbit to make braised rabbit diced, thinking I like everything.

"Okay, you're a real person, and I won't go with those vain people. Do you think it's all right for half a tael of silver?" Zhang Shushan packed the rabbits and pheasants into the box. There were twelve rabbits in total. There are also twenty chickens.

Liao Qing nodded, and made all the next orders by the way.

"I will send sixty catties of meat for every meal. Is it worth fifteen cents per catty?" Liao Qing discussed with Zhang Shushan.

Zhang Shushan naturally agreed, and Liao Qing still gave ten taels of silver for the meat for a certain period of time.

Zhang Shushan didn't send it off later, he just packed up the wild things, followed Liao Qing, and sent it to Liao Qing.

Just when they were at the door, Uncle Zhang also came to deliver steamed buns and vegetables, and they weighed them together and unloaded them in the yard.

Zhang Xiaoli came over and wiped off Liao Qing's unnecessary sweat.

"Let Zhigui and those boys choose the vegetables, and then Nanny Song will help chop the meat." Liao Qing led Zhang Xiaoli and told Nanny Song to poke his head out.

"Keep two rabbits and make braised rabbit diced tonight." Liao Qing didn't forget to satisfy his mouth.

"Okay." Nanny Song moved the boiled base material aside.

Liao Qing felt relieved when she saw Nanny Song, so she simply let go, found a picture book for Zhang Xiaoli and read it, and the two of them basked in the sun.