Food for the people

In the next few days, Qiao Yu's business was not doing well, and Aunt Qiufeng came to his house to help for three hours a day, not only in the morning, but also in the afternoon to help.

Qiao Yu is as busy as a spinning top every day, but because of the lack of physical work, she is not particularly tired. On the contrary, she lives every day with great hope. After all, money is not everything, but money is absolutely impossible. In this world There are no entertainment items, and only making money can make him happy.

"anyone there?"

One day, Qiao Yu was resting in his room after having lunch, when he heard someone knocking on the door outside the yard, before he could move, Qiao Ling had already run over to open the door, and said in a low voice while opening the door: "Hush your voice, My brother is sleeping."

Standing outside was an unknown man, holding something wrapped in cloth in his hand, which looked a little heavy, and he couldn't tell what it was from the outside.

The man saw that it was a child who opened the door, which was different from what he described, so he asked with a smile, "Is this Mr. Qiao Shengqiao's house?"

Qiao Ling didn't know what this man was doing, and he looked a little alert, nodded and said, "I'm his younger brother Qiao Ling, what do you want from him?"

The man saw that he was quite experienced in speaking and doing things, so he said bluntly: "This is something that Mr. Shen from the Pocket Museum asked me to send. He said that you will know it when you look at it."

Qiao Yu thought for a moment that the noodle press machine should have been delivered, so she didn't have time to sleep, so she quickly got up and invited the man in, and put the things for him in the kitchen.

"Xiaoling, pour this big brother a glass of water."

Qiao Ling took the order to get the cup, but the man immediately waved his hand and refused, "No, no, I have other things to do in a hurry. You are welcome, sir. By the way, there is one more thing that I almost forgot to tell you." The man He took out a small pouch from his bosom, handed it to Qiao Yu and said, "This is the silver Master Shen ordered me to bring, and it's also for you, Young Master."

Qiao Yu asked inexplicably, "Money? Why did Mr. Shen give me the money?"

The man wondered: "Master Shen didn't tell you? He only asked me to bring you the money, and I don't know the rest."

After he said that, Qiao Yu had no choice but to accept it first.

After the man made it clear why he came, he hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Only then did Qiao Yu take out the purse, opened it to look, and found that besides the silver, there was a note inside. Some of the words Qiao Yu knew and some didn’t, so he beckoned Qiao Ling to come over and translate it for him. .

It turned out that Mr. Shen had already made a car in the past few days. As soon as it was placed in the pocket shop, it was considered to be bought. The money was the dividend that Mr. Shen promised to give him at the beginning.

Qiao Yu poured out the silver and counted it, and there were as many as five taels. If it weren't for the total of five silver ingots, Qiao Yu almost suspected that he had made a mistake. He had built a car from Liu Qiaoshou, no Counting the extra two taels of silver, the cost would have been five taels of silver, and now he was given five taels of silver just for dividends, and I don't know how much money Mr. Shen sold for that car to whom.

Fearing that Mr. Shen made a wrong calculation, Qiao Yu didn't dare to put the money into his piggy bank, so he put it back in his purse as it was, and put it away somewhere, and wait until he sees Mr. Shen and ask him next time.

After finishing all these things, he was in the mood to look at his tailor-made noodle press.

After unwrapping the wrapped cloth and taking a look, Qiao Yu couldn't help but sigh that the old Shen that Lu Jincheng had found for him was really the right one.

Wood is no better than metal, if it is too thin, it will be easily damaged, so the overall volume of this noodle press is several times larger than the one he used.

However, although the volume has changed, the overall appearance and function are not much different from what Qiao Yu thought. The rollers for pressing the dough can be adjusted, and there are several gears on the side. Adjusting the gap between the rollers can change the thickness of the dough. The roller is connected to the hand rocker, and wooden gears are set in the place blocked below, which are interlocking and very delicate.

The entire noodle pressing machine is not only exquisite in detail, but also has no bumps on the outside, and is very smooth.

Qiao Yu became more and more satisfied as he looked at it. He took a basin of water, wet the rag and wrung it dry, wiped the machine inside and out, and then put it aside to dry. He was going to try the machine when Aunt Qiufeng came. Effect.

After a while, Qiu Feng brought Wen Sheng back. After greeting Qiao Yu, she asked Wen Sheng to play in the yard, rolled up her sleeves, and went to the kitchen to prepare for work.

Qiao Yu paid her more than other places, so Qiufeng has been working very diligently, and Qiao Yu doesn't need to say anything. Although Qiao Yu is more than ten years younger than her, Qiufeng has never thought of doing it casually. To be fooled, but because the two children are young and have no parental relationship, she will help where she can help in life.

As soon as Qiufeng walked into the kitchen, she saw the extra big guy. She took a closer look and didn't see any tricks, so she didn't study it any more, and pulled out the basin and started kneading the dough.

Qiao Yu walked in from the outside and asked with high spirits, "Auntie, what do you think of my noodle making machine?"

Qiufeng looked back at the big guy he was patting, and gestured twice with puzzled eyes.

Qiao Yu actually didn't understand her sign language very well, but he knew roughly what she was going to ask, so he simply introduced to her this rare thing he specially made in an all-round way.

When Qiao Yu said that this thing could help her roll out noodles, Qiufeng finally stood up in amazement, leaned closer to take a look, and gestured hurriedly, wanting Qiao Yu to show her a demonstration.

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Auntie, don't worry, when your noodles are ready, I'll show you how to use this thing, and rolling noodles will save you a lot of trouble in the future."

Qiufeng smiled and nodded.

Qiao Yu said again: "Auntie, if this noodle press can be used, I plan to add some new gadgets. At that time, you may need to work here for a longer time. Auntie, see if it works. I will definitely not give you less money. You, please be a little tired."

Qiufeng reacted for a while before she understood what he meant.

Although she now works at Qiao Yu's side for three hours a day, it's not the whole day after all. She still has a few hours to work in the weaving workshop. Recently, her time in the weaving workshop is getting shorter and shorter. I am not very satisfied, although she has done a lot of work that should be done, but the boss of Zhifang always picks and chooses, telling her to leave quickly if she can't do it, don't do so little work a day and get a share salary.

Of course she was embarrassed to say these words to Qiao Yu, because Qiao Yu actually took care of the two of them, and the wages for three hours were much higher than other places. She will be paid according to three hours, and she should not be too greedy.

And now what Qiao Yu means is to let her quit her job at the weaving workshop so that she can concentrate on helping him on his side in the future. Although it is not a big deal, it means that her wages in the future will be higher than before. More than doubled.

Qiufeng's eyes were a little red when she was happy for a while, and after a moment of stunned, she gestured and bowed to Qiao Yu, which startled Qiao Yu, and hurried forward to help her.

"Oh, auntie, don't be like this, I can't stand your gift."

Qiufeng insisted on bowing to him twice, not only bowed herself, but also walked to the door of the kitchen and beckoned Wen Sheng.

When Wen Sheng saw his mother calling him, he immediately put down the branch in his hand and walked towards his mother. As soon as he came to the front, Qiu Feng held his head down and saluted Qiao Yu. He did whatever he wanted, and he knew what he was going to do as soon as Qiufeng touched his head, so he gave Qiao Yu a big gift obediently.

Qiao Yu didn't expect Qiufeng to react so strongly, he couldn't laugh or cry, he hugged Wen Sheng up, touched his face: "Auntie, you really don't have to do this, we help each other, although I give you wages, you also give I work, don’t I, if you do this again, I really don’t know what to do.”

Only then did Qiufeng nod to give up, and asked Qiao Yu to put Wen Sheng down, and waved him to continue playing in the yard.

Qiao Yu's words were like a shot in the arm for Qiufeng. She worked harder than before. During the middle, Qiao Yu said twice to tell her to take her time, but she waved her hand and refused. It wasn't until the two basins of noodles were reconciled that he wiped the sweat from his forehead and stopped.

Qiao Yu covered the dough with a damp cloth, and asked Qiufeng to drink water in the yard first without rushing to work.

Qiao Yu met an old man who sold hawthorn on West Street two days ago, he said that it was the hawthorn from his own tree, which was big, sweet and cheap, but there were not many around. The hawthorn is indeed quite big, so I bought two bowls, and after I came back and washed it, I realized that I was cheated. Although the hawthorn was big, it didn’t have a well-ripe taste. It was very sour. .

Qiao Yu took one bite and couldn't take it anymore, Qiao Ling's sour expression was out of control but he endured eating several of them, grinning sourly, while saying that these were bought with money and should not be wasted.

Qiao Yu originally wanted to throw away the two bowls of hawthorn, but when he heard this, he changed his mind and thought of another idea.

He washed and removed the pits from all the hawthorns, marinated them with half a bowl of sugar to get the juice, and boiled them in a small pot into a crystal clear hawthorn sauce. Two bowls of hawthorns and half a bowl of sugar boiled a bowl of hawthorn sauce, which was cooked in a jar. Sealed, it can be dipped in cakes and eaten, and can also be washed with water to become a hawthorn drink.

Hawthorn drink is suitable for sweet and sour drink, which can quench thirst and produce body fluids. The pink color is very beautiful.

As soon as Qiao Yu poured it out, Wen Sheng, who was digging in the mud, caught the attention of Wen Sheng. He wiped his little hands on his clothes, looked at Qiao Yu with longing eyes, and called his brother in a low voice.

Before Qiao Yu could speak, Qiao Ling brought him a cup first.

Although Qiao Ling is not very old, he is a very good brother and takes good care of Wen Sheng. Qiao Yu is very relieved to see Wen Sheng. Wen Sheng is very cute, but his brother is also really good.

Qiao Yu poured another glass and handed it to Qiao Ling, and then handed a glass to Qiu Feng who just came out of the kitchen.

Qiufeng looked at the pink liquid in the cup, shook it strangely, took a sip and tasted it.

Then she found that this glass of pink water was sour and sweet to quench her thirst, and it was very delicious.

Qiufeng drank a large glass in one go, then gave Qiao Yu a thumbs up, pointed at the car and pointed at the glass, signaling him to sell this thing as well.

Qiao Yu said with a smile: "The current stall is a bit small, let's not buy these for now, and when it gets bigger, I'll try adding some drinks."

Qiufeng didn't understand these things, but she knew that her little boss was quick-witted, full of whimsical ideas, and everything she did was decent.

And he is generous, kind and easy to get along with. Such a man doesn't know what kind of woman is worthy of him.