Little wealth

"Fuck-"

Put the oil in the hot pan, pour the garlic in and sauté until fragrant, then pour in the pork and shrimp and sauté until fragrant, then pour a large pot of papaya into the pot, stir fry with a shovel, pour a spoonful of water, cover Cover and continue cooking.

In addition, there is a fried pork liver with fungus and shiitake mushrooms. The pork liver was sent by Chen Yan's family, and it saved them a lot of money to buy meat.

In the end, I made another cold salad, and there were three dishes and one soup together.

Today is only the first day of work, and it's not a banquet. It's good to have these two half-meat dishes.Moreover, this house cannot be built in a day or two. The days to come are still long, and people come to work every day. They can’t afford the big fish and meat every day. It’s better to keep it simple, with some oil and water in the dishes, and they can manage it. Just be full.

"The steamed buns are ready too. Those of you who are hungry can eat one first." Josh lifted the lid of the steamer, and the steamed buns inside were already steamed.This is a steamed bun made from a mixture of millet flour and buckwheat flour. The color is a bit taupe, and a single steamed bun is the size of an adult's fist. Once the steamer is opened, the smell of steamed buns fills the room.

He took one and broke it open, took a small bite and tasted it. The taste was not bad, and it was very fragrant to chew. "Xi Xi, it's so hot!" It's just that the steamed buns in his hand were too hot, so he hurriedly threw the steamed buns back into the steamer.

"Not hungry, we'll eat later." Zhao Amu said with a smile.

"Mum, pass me that pot, and I'll put some vegetables in it." Lifting the lid of the iron pot here, the pumpkin inside has been boiled soft, put two spoonfuls of salt into it, and add a few drops of soy sauce, Joe Xu scooped up the soup with a shovel and tasted it. The taste was just right, so there was no need to add salt.

The weather is hot, so he deliberately puts less salt in his cooking, otherwise he will be thirsty and drink water after eating.

"Are you ready?" Zhao Amu hurriedly handed over the basin, and leaned over to take a look. She was not hungry at first, but she felt a little hungry after smelling this smell.

"Well, it's all good." Josh picked up the spoon, scooped the cooked papaya into the wooden basin, and put the last bit in a big bowl. I picked up some steamed buns from a big bowl and said, “The steamed buns and vegetables in the bowls are for our family to eat. Let’s take the ones in these wooden basins outside. It’s just noon, and their workers are also hungry. gone."

"All right, let's serve it, let's serve it." Zhao Amu took Chen Yan out with the dishes, and the two women who came to help also helped to take out the things together.

The men working next door have already smelled the aroma of vegetables, and a gust of wind brought a burst of aroma. They smelled this smell and their stomachs growled non-stop. It smelled like meat, and they didn’t know what they ate today. Everyone has some expectations in their hearts.

"Everyone stop, come and eat first." Zhao Amu led someone out with steamed buns and vegetables, and placed them under a table under the tree.

It happens that there are two trees here, and there is a bit of shade under the trees. The tables and stools are just placed here. People who are tired from work can come here to drink water and have a rest. At noon, they can also place meals here for everyone. eat.

"Everyone stop, let's go eat first." Zhao He stopped what he was doing and said to the others.

At this time, everyone stopped what they were doing and went to eat together in twos and threes. Seeing so many large pots of vegetables and steamed buns, the freshly baked steamed buns were still smelling, and meat could still be vaguely seen in the dishes.

It smelled very fragrant, and the men rubbed their hands behind them, waiting to get their food.

Zhao Amu distributed food to people in front, a large bowl of vegetables for each person, a wooden bucket scooped a spoon, the top was cold cucumber, scooped up a large bowl, "Steamed buns, take it, it's not enough Come over and add more. There is soup in the wooden barrel, you can fill it yourself.”

"Good good."

The man walking in front received a large bowl of vegetables and a pair of chopsticks, and took two steamed buns. Instead of looking for a seat, he went to find a shaded place under a tree, and squatted down to eat with the bowl in his hand. .

Soon there was a row of people squatting under the tree, none of them said a word, they started eating with their bowls and chopsticks in their hands, one mouthful of steamed buns, one mouthful of vegetables, and one big mouthful of grunts, no one was eating slower.

Many of them have eaten a meal of meat since the Chinese New Year until now. Although the weather has been good and the harvest has been good in recent years, many people have a large number of people in their families. The food provided was barely enough for their family to eat half full, who was willing to eat big fish and meat every day.

The grain in the field will not be harvested until the end of July and August. At this time, many people have no surplus grain in their homes, and everyone's life is very difficult.

They had heard that the Zhao family had made money and came back to buy land and build a house. When they came to work for others today and ate such a big bowl of dishes with pork and liver sandwiched between them, they really understood the life of the Zhao family. It's really getting better, so I'm willing to give them such a delicious meal!

"Em, bring me a bowl." Zhao He lined up at the back of the line, and waited until the people in front had finished, before he went to get food.Seeing that it was her son who came to pick up the food, Zhao Amu said while serving food to others: "Brother Qiao and the child are in the yard, why don't you go back and eat in the yard?"

"No need, let's eat outside here. You can go back to the courtyard to eat later." Zhao He took a bowl of food and a pair of chopsticks, turned around and handed them to Butcher Chen who was following him, and said, " Uncle Chen, eat first, there are stools over there, go sit and eat."

"Hey, good." Chen Tuhu took the bowl and chopsticks, said yes repeatedly, and found a stool to sit down to eat.

Zhao Hu followed behind his father-in-law with a bowl in his hand. He wanted to talk to his father-in-law, but when he saw his father-in-law lowered his head and picking vegetables, he couldn't find a chance to get along with his father-in-law, so he had to sit on the bench as well. Sitting in a row with my father-in-law for dinner.

Later, Zhao He went over with steamed buns and vegetables, and several people sat and ate together, but no one spoke.

After everyone finished receiving the dishes, there was only a little vegetable juice left in the basin.

"It's just right, not too much, not too little. Fortunately, today's dishes are cooked a little too much, or there is not enough to eat. Has anyone missed it?" There are still a few steamed buns left in the two big baskets, Zhao Ah Mu took a look and saw that everyone was eating with food, and no one missed it, so he packed up his things and called Brother Chen to go back to the courtyard for dinner.

The two women who came to help also took food and ate outside, so they didn't go back to the courtyard to eat with them.

"Mum, you guys are back. Is there enough food over there?" Just as Josh brought their food to the main room and made food for the children, he heard the footsteps of someone coming back. Come back, he asked.

Zhao Amu took Chen Ge'er and brought several wooden basins and barrels into the kitchen, went to sit down in the main room, raised her hand to wipe the sweat off her face, and said, "It's just enough. Fortunately, you cooked a little more food, otherwise there would not be enough food for so many people."

"Oh, that's good." Josh asked again how many people were working outside, and how many people came to help with the work. Hearing the number in his Eminem newspaper, he nodded, and he had a rough idea in his heart. Said: "We can prepare more in the future. If we can't finish eating, we can save it for dinner. We are not afraid of waste. It is better than not having enough food, and let everyone work hungry."

"Yes, that's the truth." Zhao Amu nodded, thinking it was such a truth.

"Mum, Brother Chen, please drink some soup before eating. I chilled the soup just now." There were several bowls of soup on the table, which Josh had filled in advance just now, and it was already cold now.

The soup is a clear soup made from bones, and loofah is poured into it to cook the soup. The soup is clear and sweet.

Zhao Amu picked it up and took a sip, picked up a piece of pork liver with chopsticks and ate it, remembered something, and said: "Our family is running out of food, so you can buy some food when you come back from town someday, so as to save money." When I got there, there was no rice to eat."

Chen Yan sat down to drink soup and eat, listening to the conversation of the two people next to him.

The little baby was eating the vegetables in his own bowl, not paying attention to eating, and used his small spoon to scoop up a spoonful of vegetables and gave it to someone else's bowl.When Chen Yan saw the extra food in the bowl, he didn't dislike it, and used the chopsticks in his hand to pick up a piece of pork liver for the child.

Josh reached out and ordered some of the brat's bowls, telling him to concentrate on eating and not to disturb others, and replied, "Okay, let's go to town tomorrow, and then we'll buy the food back."

He calculated the number in his heart. If twenty people work in a day, each person will eat half a catty of grain for one meal, which is only ten catties of grain a day, plus the rice grain for three meals a day for several members of his family. Five hundred catties of grain per month is enough.

The cheapest coarse grains cost about four renminbi a catty, and the money to buy grain in a month would be about two to five hundred renminbi, not counting the cost of vegetables.If there is a little bit of meat every day like today, the food cost will be increased by one more.

... Well, it’s not like I don’t know, but if I calculate it, I find that the money spent on grocery shopping and cooking in a month is quite a lot.Coupled with the blue bricks and tiles used to build the house, and the wages for hiring people to work, the zero and zero will add up to a lot of money. It seems that they still have to work hard to make money in the future.

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After everyone outside had a meal, they rested for a while and continued working again.

They had lunch in the courtyard, and after they packed up, there were still a bunch of pots and pans in the kitchen that hadn't been washed.After coaxing the children to take a nap, Josh came out of the house and heard the sound of someone washing things in the kitchen. He also went to help and asked, "Why don't you clean up when I come?"

"Hey, there's no need to wait for you to come. We've washed everything. Go back to the main room and rest. You don't need to come here anymore, so you don't have to get your hands dirty." Zhao Amu took her future son The daughter-in-law is washing the dishes, one is washing the dishes and the other is rinsing the water. The two cooperate very well and wash quickly.

No one in their family is lazy at work, and Josh can't do that kind of thing. Seeing other people doing things, he goes to rest alone. He really can't do this kind of thing, so he also stays to help.

The three of them packed up the things in the kitchen before going to the main room to rest.