12dz Chapter 379 Niu Butler
Chapter 379 Niu Butler
"Hahaha, aunt and sister-in-law, these are secondary. The main thing is that these two children can get married. I will be happy as an uncle, and I will be happy as an uncle. Our two families will be even closer, which is really the best."
"That's right, that's right~ You are both my uncle and my uncle, you are a relative!"
Zhou Mingzhi's marriage obviously made the relationship between the two families closer.
They are not only neighbors and friends, but now they are also relatives.
After eating and drinking, everyone started to clean up the mess from lunch, and took a short rest after finishing.
Zhou Mingshu and several of his children returned home.
The wheat was drying in the yard at home. They went back to turn it over, then let the donkey pull it onto the cart and turn it around to thresh it, which would make it easier to thresh it later.
This was the easiest job, so it was given to a few maids to do at home.
Zhou Mingqi washed the watermelon, put it in a bucket, and put it in the well to cool it down.
"It's so hot, I can't wait to soak in the well for a while."
As soon as she said this, Zhou Mingqin and Zhou Mingshu burst into laughter.
"You look hotter than anyone else. I didn't ask you to stay in the yard, why don't you stay in the shade?"
Zhou Mingqin was pulling the donkey around in the yard. She was the hottest and most tired one.
Zhou Mingshu packed up some pots and pans and prepared to make some jelly.
"Second sister, please go to the vegetable garden and pick two cucumbers for me. I can use them."
"Okay, I'll pick a few more and soak them in the well for a while so they'll be crispier when you eat them."
As soon as she ran away, Zhou Mingshu used hot water to soak dried jasmine flowers, dried honeysuckle and dried mint leaves.
Wait until the color and benefits inside are soaked out, then mix it with ice jelly. This way, the cooled ice jelly will be dyed with color and taste richer.
The weather is so hot now, eating some ice jelly to cool down is good.
After a while, Zhou Mingqi ran back from the vegetable garden, sweating profusely.
"I just met Grandma Wang at the door. She said to me, what a shame! If we don't make jelly at home, they won't be able to eat it even if they want to."
Indeed, we made it for a few months last year and everyone liked it very much.
This year my family opened a restaurant, and no one has time to cook.
"That's not true. We still have a lot of acorns piled up in the warehouse. When we have time to make them, they will take up quite a bit of space in the warehouse."
"That's right. The little squirrel eats all by itself. I don't know when it will finish eating."
After Zhou Mingqi scrubbed the small thorns off the cucumber, he threw it into the bucket and put it together with the watermelon ice.
Zhou Mingshu took her two cucumbers, peeled off the cucumber skin, and then ground them into juice and mixed them with the jelly.
The transparent jelly was quickly dyed into a green color, which looked very beautiful and tasted a bit like cucumber.
"I make many kinds of them, and you can eat them once they are formed."
After covering everything up, Zhou Mingshu went to the yard to lead the donkey for his elder sister.
We can't always let her walk around in the yard alone, the weather is too hot and she may easily get heatstroke.
The three girls stayed at home until mid-afternoon before they went to the restaurant with the prepared food.
All this jelly is eaten by our family members and their helpers, and the workers have nothing to eat.
Seeing that they all had cool ice jelly to eat, the workers refused to work.
"Aunt Zhou, don't just serve it to your family, give us some too. It doesn't matter if it's a little expensive. The weather is too hot and we want to have something cold, too."
There were no air conditioners or fans in that era, so after eating and drinking some soup, your clothes would be soaked with sweat in a short while.
Even though the windows had been modified by Zhou Mingshu, the workers in the lobby were still sweating profusely.
"Okay, then we'll make some. Please support us. This jelly will go bad overnight."
"Don't worry, Aunt Zhou. No one would be willing to leave such delicious food overnight."
A group of old men said with laughter.
Since you choose to make it, make more so that everyone can have enough.
It's nothing more than hiring two more helpers.
But it’s not possible these days. Every household is still busy. If you want to make jelly, you have to wait until everyone is free.
Old Mrs. Zhou also had her own thoughts. The girls could grind the wheat at home, but they were not capable of really collecting the wheat.
She had to go back and help.
"Okay, then you guys wait a little longer and start when you're done with your housework."
"Okay, thank you very much, Auntie."
"No, no, just eat yourselves. There are watermelons on the counter. Each of you can have one piece. It's free, but you can't take more than that."
The watermelons were grown in our own vegetable garden, and a lot of them were produced the first time we planted them.
If you can’t finish it at home, you can take it to the restaurant as an after-meal treat.
Although we couldn’t eat jelly, we had watermelon to sweeten our mouths, and everyone was very happy.
-
The next morning.
Qi Rui was jogging in the martial arts arena with his bare chest.
Qi Xu came over with a sullen face.
"Second brother, I see you are quite capable now. When will you take over this official business?"
Qi Xu's face looked very bad, and it seemed that he had been tortured by official duties.
"Didn't we agree that you would take my place for three months? How come you can't do it after only one and a half months?"
Qi Rui retorted sarcastically.
"Who said I'm no longer capable? I haven't made any mistakes in the past month and a half."
Qi Xu pouted his lips, looking extremely proud.
"That's right. With a good helper like Chengfeng, it's hard for you to make mistakes!"
Qi Rui tightened his wrist guard and planned to continue running.
Seeing that his second brother had no intention of taking over the official duties, Qi Xu could only bite the bullet and continue doing it angrily.
It was because he was too soft-hearted at that time that he kept talking for three months.
Seeing him jumping around in the martial arts arena, he hated his own soft tongue.
When Qi Rui saw his brother leaving, he immediately started running again.
He hadn't exercised much recently, and coupled with Zhou Mingshu's various delicious foods, his joints felt like they were rusted.
He had to work hard to get back to his previous state while he had time.
When he reached the gate, Qi Xu saw someone walking towards him.
"Butler Niu? How come you have time to come here? Does Magistrate Niu have any instructions?"
Butler Niu bowed to Qi Xu.
"Fourth Young Master, my master did have something to ask the General of the Central Army. I went to the main tent just now and he said that he was fighting in the martial arts arena, so I came here."
"Oh~ What's the matter? I'm in charge of the camp's affairs now. Just tell me."
Butler Niu rolled his eyes and said, "Fourth Master, it's not that I don't want to tell you. Actually, this is not a matter of official business. Magistrate Niu asked me to pass something to the General of the Central Army."
Qi Xu's brows furrowed even deeper. Why did everything go wrong today?
"Okay, then go in and find him."
Butler Niu leaned forward and walked towards the fighting arena.
He looked up and was surprised to see that the fighting arena was so huge. It was full of bare-armed men. With his presbyopia, how could he tell which one was the General?