12dz Chapter 384 Big Order
Chapter 384 Big Order
Xu Qing only prepared a large plate of glutinous rice. It didn't take long for four people to wrap the dumplings. They were soon done. The dumplings were already being cooked on the big stove on the other side. Gu Qingming and many others were squatting by the stove watching. Lai Fu was very outgoing and ran to play with Wu Gu and Wu Dong, and was lazily lying in the yard with his belly spread out to bask in the sun.
Everything seems so warm and cozy.
On the other side, in the clay pot on the stove, Village Chief Gu had already stewed a whole chicken, and the aroma of chicken soup filled the whole room.
Xu Qing opened the lid, took out the chopsticks and fished out the whole chicken. Village Chief Gu took it automatically and started chopping it into pieces with a knife.
Xu Yuan was now free and sat on the corridor. There was a bird's nest on the beam, but there was no bird inside.
"Wuhei is not at home now. He will fly back to sleep at night." Gu Qingming took the initiative to explain when he saw Xuyuan's eyes resting on the bird's nest.
"I thought it would return to the mountains and forests." Xuyuan replied.
"I thought so at first, but Wuhei seemed to regard this place as his home. Even if we drove him away for two days, he would still fly back, so my parents let him be."
Gu Qingming sat on the corridor, swinging his little feet, looking at Xiaoduo who was sitting on the swing on the other side and laughing. Guozi was pushing the swing from behind and quickly got up and went over.
The aroma of stir-frying ginger and scallions soon wafted through the kitchen, followed by the sound of stir-frying. I have to say, once this smell came out, it couldn't be bad.
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Fu Man Lou
Hu Zhanggui couldn't help frowning as he looked at An Zeyun who was eating heartily in the private room on the second floor.
He would find ten faults with every dish and say that he disliked it, but the way he stuffed the food into his mouth was very honest. He was dissatisfied with this and that, which really made life difficult for him and his friends.
"Boss, how long will that distinguished person stay here?" Ah Fu stood beside Hu Zhanggui and asked quietly.
Although Fu Man Lou has entertained many guests, he is one of the most troublesome guests. He either complains that the dishes are too salty or too bland. After the waiter who serves the dishes is replaced, he complains that the waiter looks ugly and asks for a replacement. He even finds problems with a plate of peanuts, asking for them to be of uniform size. It is understandable that the pepper is too spicy, but it is difficult for Ah Fu to understand why he wants the pork slices fried with pepper to be less spicy.
Anyway, it feels like he's here to mess things up.
But destroying their own business? Ah Fu was young, and he really didn't understand what these rich girls were thinking.
"Well, it may take some time." Hu Zhanggui scratched his head. He had been feeling very anxious recently, purely out of anger. In addition to dealing with the weird customers in the shop every day, he also had to deal with the eldest lady, whom he could not afford to offend. He felt a little tired.
I only found out today that the young lady, in addition to having plenty of free time to compare the taste of the food in Lin'an County and Fumanlou in North City, also had to transport a batch of fresh peppers back to North City.
It's a rare visit, so of course the quantity required will not be small. At least Miss Xu should have time to prepare. Hu Zhanggui just sent someone to deliver a letter to the small courtyard, and I don't know whether Miss Xu received the letter.
Sometimes Hu Zhanggui thought that the small courtyard could lead to the so-called Xinzhu Village. He had sent people to inquire about the location of Xinzhu Village, but after entering Zhupian Mountain, there was thick fog and a wall of ghosts, and he couldn't find the location of Xinzhu Village at all. It was really strange. Sometimes he really doubted whether Xinzhu Village really existed and whether there were really people living there. But the people in Xinzhu Village in front of him were real people.
Hu Zhanggui fell into confusion, and it was Lao Gao who persuaded him that as long as they could bring him wealth and they would not harm anyone, why should he care so much? Maybe they just didn't want to be disturbed.
Hu Zhanggui thought it made sense. If Fumanlou’s business was good, his salary would also be much better, and that was enough.
After standing for a while, Hu Zhanggui called Ah Fu to go downstairs to entertain the guests, while he went to the kitchen to check the dishes.
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A large table full of dishes was placed on the table.
Ginger and scallion chicken, braised fish, a plate of stir-fried chicken mushrooms, a plate of stir-fried sweet potato leaves with garlic, and a large pot of mushroom and chicken soup. It is extremely rich.
"Xiaoyuan, Xiaozhi, Guozi, Xiaoduo, these are all home-cooked meals. Don't be polite, just eat them boldly." Xu Qing entertained.
"Well, then we won't be polite." Xu Yuan nodded and replied.
Village Chief Gu and Xu Qing did not have the habit of not talking while eating or sleeping. They talked while eating. In fact, most of the time, they were the only ones chatting about village affairs. Gu Qingming, Xuanyuen and Guozi also joined in to talk in whispers. For a while, the atmosphere was very harmonious. Xu Yuan and Xu Zhi pricked up their ears to listen to everyone's gossip.
Xuyuan felt a note thrown into the mailbox of the small house and scanned the message with his consciousness.
It turned out to be a large order, and they wanted as many fresh peppers as possible.
After lunch, Xu Yuan told the news to Village Chief Gu. After all, Village Chief Gu only needed to ring the bell to convey the message, which was convenient and saves trouble.
"Wish girl, when do you want it?" Village chief Gu thought that Xuyuan was planning to make all the peppers into dried peppers, or make them into chopped pepper sauce or pickled peppers, but he didn't expect that this time he wanted fresh peppers. Fortunately, it had been raining for some time, and the peppers in the field had not been picked yet.
"The day after tomorrow, leaving you enough time. By the way, Village Chief, I will have other varieties for you to plant later, and you can also open up some wasteland in your free time."
"That's no problem. I'll explain it to you all later."
Now that the weather is hot, Village Chief Gu has stopped his fish ball business. After all, these fish balls cannot be preserved for long. Even if there is mountain spring water, he cannot spare the time during the busy farm work. So Village Chief Gu decided to open the fish ball business in the cool autumn.
So without the big source of income from fish balls, most villagers had to sell the mushrooms and sprouts they picked, as well as vegetables from their own gardens, for money. The remaining peppers were also a top priority, and the villagers put a lot of effort into them. Then there were peanuts, which were not yet harvested, but the occasional rain made the villagers worried that they might be affected.
The heavy rains a while ago have almost blown down most of the rice in the village, which is a depressing sight. We plan to start harvesting after picking the peppers.
Xuyuan wants a lot of chili peppers this time, so he can earn a lot of money at once. The villagers will definitely be very happy to hear this good news.
Xu Yuan was carrying a basket of cooked triangular rice dumplings and a small bag of glutinous rice. Xu Zhi's three siblings, led by Guozi, followed behind him, walking slowly home.
Halfway through the journey, the sound of a few bells spread throughout the village.