jdhmnovel Chapter 417: One Pot After Another
Chapter 417: One Pot After Another
After finishing a dish and a soup, the other women came to help. Seeing them rolling up their sleeves, she said, "It's already this late. How long will it take to wash them one by one? We don't eat the outer shell of this thing. It's almost done. Let me do it."
He picked up the snails with both hands and rubbed them. Soon the water in the basin turned black.
When it was almost done, it was placed in another basin. The children looked at it one by one and saw that there was still a lot of dirt in the cracks of the shell. They frowned and said, "This won't work. If it's not cleaned thoroughly, it will stink. It has to be washed thoroughly bit by bit to get rid of the stink."
"Why isn't it clean? It's very clean! Oh, what are you afraid of? It's all mud. How can mud be dirty? The food we eat grows from the soil. Why don't you see any disgust? Don't you eat enough mud normally?"
It was almost noon, and if they didn't hurry up, people would go hungry. How could this be possible? So many people were preparing meals, but in the end they had to work on an empty stomach. If they couldn't serve the meal at mealtime, they would be scolded to death by the head of the household and scolded to death by the women in the village.
The women now showed their dexterity and finished cleaning the remaining snails in no time.
Then he picked up a small stone, grabbed a snail and hit it on the butt. The butt was smashed to pieces and the broken pieces were picked up. It was not much different from cutting with scissors.
He can beat three or four people in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Guo was stunned. It turned out that when it came to working quickly, it was these aunties who were used to working for years. They could work really quickly!
With their participation, she can also slow down and take a break.
At noon, the snails were finally washed.
Normally the dishes would be ready by this time, but today they haven’t been put into the pot yet.
Li and his friends apologized repeatedly, but the workers laughed and said, "It's okay, you are not lazy. Good things are worth waiting for. For such delicious food, don't even mention asking me to wait a little longer. I can wait even if I have to eat it on an empty stomach at night. Don't worry, we can wait. Just take your time and don't ruin it!"
Everyone said yes with a smile, and they didn't mind. It was reasonable to wait a little longer for such delicious food. After all, they were the ones who wanted to eat more, so they could only wait a little longer.
The women were relieved to see this, as they were really afraid of causing dissatisfaction.
Zhou Guo was waving the spatula with sweat all over his forehead. It would take three pots to fry so many.
Pot after pot of fragrant snails came out of the pot. The children gathered around the pot, staring at them eagerly and swallowing their saliva. They had never tasted such fragrance at home. They didn’t know that food could be cooked like this?
When the first pot of snails came out of the pot, they were divided up by the people from each family who were waiting by the pot. Everyone took a bowl back, and no one wanted the extra ones.
The second pot is theirs. Zhou Guo said, "Brother, let them come down to eat. Okay."
Then he turned to the children beside the pot and said, "Don't worry, there is one last pot. This pot is all yours. Go back and get two bowls each."
When everyone heard this, they all ran out, babbling like little cannonballs. The whole pot was theirs! Each family could get two bowls!
The people who worked at Zhou's house were already enjoying the meal and sighing after every bite. It was something they had never dared to imagine before that the stinky snails could be made into this shape.
Li smiled and said, "There are a lot of snails today, everyone can eat them, and then go back to work."
Everyone was having so much fun that they just nodded and had no time to talk.
When the children came running over breathlessly with their bowls in their arms, Zhou Guo's third pot was ready. He took their big bowls, filled each one up, and put them in the basket they brought with them, saying, "Be careful on the road, and take it back to eat."
They left one by one, carrying their baskets, satisfied.
"It's really a lot! Two big bowls! Sister Guoguo is so nice! Now we can have a good meal!"
After sharing the whole pot among them, there was still one bowl left.
After Zhou Guo sent the last two children away, he couldn't help rubbing his wrists. His hands were really tired and hadn't rested since he got up in the morning.
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "You must be tired now. Come and eat. I feel that today's food is even better than last time. I'll save some for Ermao and Sanmao. They complained last time that they didn't have enough. I'll save some more this time."
When she said she would leave more, she really meant it. She directly brought out a clay pot and filled it with food.
Zhou Guo said: "Sister, you didn't leave this for them, you left it for our family!"
Zhou Xing was a little embarrassed and said, "Isn't it... everyone likes to eat it? Anyway, there is a lot of it. Sharing this much is enough for them to eat."
The old man nodded and said, "Well, next time we have to wait until the house is built, and then we can do it only when our family is eating. Otherwise, if we do so much at once, anyone would be exhausted."
He spent the whole morning busying himself with everyone, holding a loofah in his hand. As an old man, his eyesight was not very good and he was dizzy and tired.
Zhou Guo said, "Master, I told you to go to the village entrance to chat with the old men, or go out to herd cattle, but you refused to go and insisted on washing snails with us."
The old man said, "Didn't you say that only things that you work hard to make will taste better? I think it makes sense. I think today's meat tastes better than last time. It seems that my hard work has not been in vain."
Everyone else laughed, Zhou Gu said, "Sir, I don't think so. Although I work hard to make things that taste good, I just don't think they're as delicious as Guo Guo's."
Zhou Su buried his head and ate snails. Hearing this, he looked up and said, "Brother, you can't compete with your sister. You have to compete with people whose cooking is just as bad as yours."
Everybody burst into laughter.
Zhou Guo slurped up snails and gnawed on steamed buns, feeling the breeze caressing his cheeks. After working hard for the whole morning, he finally felt alive. It was so relaxing to have a break from his busy schedule!
A group of people ate a pot of snails slowly. It took more than half an hour and they actually finished it!
Everyone pursed their lips and sighed, "It's so satisfying! It's really satisfying! I've never eaten anything to my heart's content before, but today we're finally enjoying it."
Zhou Guo had blisters on his tongue from sucking. He felt a little drowsy after eating, so he lay down on the makeshift bed in the shed and fell asleep.
Little Zhou Su got up too early and fell asleep beside her.
Mrs. Li shook her head and said, "These two siblings even sleep in the same way, just like their father. They lie down on the bed with their arms and legs stretched out as wide as the bed can accommodate."
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "How can they be siblings otherwise? Xiao Su is the one who sticks to Guo Guo the most, so it doesn't make sense that they don't look alike."
The children in the village carefully carried two large bowls of snails back home. When their families saw them, they were really surprised and delighted, "So many?! Two large bowls?"