jdhmnovel Chapter 366 Busy Farming
Chapter 366 Busy Farming
It's mid-May and the sun is already getting hot.
The sky was still gray, and Gu Qingqing climbed up from the kang, scooped a bucket of cold water from the tub and washed her face.
He went to the kitchen and scooped three scoops of white flour and two scoops of sorghum flour into a large porcelain basin. Then he added water to the basin while starting to mix the flour in the basin with his other hand.
The family is harvesting wheat today, so she has to prepare meals for everyone early so that everyone can eat well before working.
While Gu Qingqing was kneading the noodles, she heard footsteps coming from the yard. When she looked up, she saw Dahua coming in from outside, rubbing her eyes.
"Mom, why didn't you wake me up? Didn't you say yesterday that you would wake me up today?" Dahua was a little unhappy because Gu Qingqing didn't wake her up.
"I can handle it by myself in the morning, you don't have to get up with me."
"That's not what you said when you asked your aunt to leave yesterday. You said I was still at home, and that's why your aunt could leave with peace of mind." Dahua was still unhappy.
Every household is about to start harvesting wheat, and after harvesting the wheat they have to sow seeds. However, this is a major event in the year for farmers. Who doesn’t rely on the fields at home to make a living?
Gu Qingqing sent Lu Xiaocao back yesterday and told her not to take care of the shop for the next few days, so she could just help harvest the wheat from the fields.
She was afraid that her mother, Zhuangzhuang and Xiaocao did not have enough manpower, so she asked Wen Shengxi to go over and help as well.
After all, there are two old people lying on the kang in the room over there, and there is also little Gu Qi in the room. People who work also need to eat well. If Wen Shengxi goes over to help, Gu Jia can focus half of her energy on the home.
Seeing that Dahua was unhappy because of this, Gu Qingqing laughed guiltily and hurriedly instructed Dahua to work with a flattering tone, "We are going to eat noodles today. Please prepare the dough board and rolling pin for me and boil water in the big pot."
"Okay, I'll go right away." A smile appeared on Dahua's little face.
She first set up the small table for eating in the kitchen. The board used for kneading steamed buns was a bit big, and it was difficult for her to lift it, so she could only put one corner on the back of her feet and walk on tiptoe.
After placing it, wipe the panel with a clean rag, especially the corner where your instep was pressed.
He used a tinder to light the hay and slowly stuffed it into the stove. He then picked up some small branches and put them in. When the fire was normal, Dahua blinked his eyes like morning dew and looked at Gu Qingqing, "Mom, how about Aunt Meihua and I go to town today, and you stay at home to greet people. There must be a lot of people who want to come to our house to buy stew today."
After hearing this, Gu Qingqing smiled and shook her head at Dahua, "Go drive the donkey cart in town. Our stubborn donkey won't let your Aunt Meihua drive it yet. The business in the shop has been good these days, so you can't help much if you go there, so I'll go. In addition, we've left half a pot of braised offal for you, so you can take Erhua and Sanhua home to sell it, and we can eat the rest ourselves in the evening."
Wen Ji Luzhu is doing very well these days, and the pig offal sent from Zhenxi is not enough at all.
Just when Gu Qingqing was thinking about how to solve this problem, a butcher from the vegetable market came over with a pair of offal. "We kill pigs and buy meat ourselves, so we get a pair of offal every other day. We can't take good care of it, but it's a pity to throw it away. You can just give us two cents for it."
When the other party came, they only had a pair of large and small intestines, which was not worth two cents, but Gu Qingqing still accepted it.
However, the other party's approach opened up new ideas for Gu Qingqing.
In the past, when she was setting up a stall on the street, she only went to this meat stall in the west of the town because she wanted to buy it herself.
There were a few paintings scattered around in the market, but since they were not fixed every day and she was not willing to go to each store to ask, she almost forgot where they were.
Now that I have opened a shop, braised offal is cheap, tastes good and is affordable, and it is obviously the first to sell out. So when the butcher comes to me and asks for it, I say yes, of course I want it.
Moreover, Gu Qingqing made a direct agreement with the other party that as long as his family slaughtered a pig, he would send the offal to the shop as soon as possible.
For a whole set of pig offal, including large and small intestines, pig lungs, pig livers, pig lungs, etc., excluding the pig heart, Gu Qingqing charged him six cents, which was less than the price she gave to the stall in Zhenxi. When she closed the stall, a whole set was eight cents.
She asked for a steady supply.
price, the butcher was delighted.
Gu Qingqing also asked him to help promote her shop to the individual pig butchers in the market, saying that she collected pig offal.
During this period of time, the villagers who were close to her all knew that her family was making braised pork, so they naturally came to her house to buy some to try. She sold it cheaply in the village, only six cents per spoonful.
She knew the villagers' frugality, so she sold them by a spoonful or half a spoonful, and if they gave her enough marinade, she would give her an extra spoonful or half a spoonful of soup.
After they take the soup, they can use it to dip steamed buns or pour it on noodles.
Especially in the past two days, every household is busy harvesting crops in the fields, and they want to eat the best they can, otherwise they will not have the energy to work. This leads to many households coming to buy braised offal every day.
Dahua knew that what her mother said made sense, so she could only nod and agree.
"Qingqing, Dahua is here with you. I sent Sanhua to the east wing. No... Dahua, you are really here." Wen Wuyan, who came in from the yard, was wearing a work shirt. He originally wanted to say that he didn't see Dahua in the house.
As a result, Dahua appeared in front of him unexpectedly.
Dahua turned her head and called out "Dad" obediently.
"Well, you stay here and help your mother. I'll go open the street door."
Just as he opened the door, Old Yang and Daxin, who lived in the front yard, came out of the house one after another in high spirits.
"Uncle Yang, you're up too." Wen Wuyan greeted him.
"Hahaha, I've been waiting for this day. You don't know that I haven't worked for a long time. My old bones are getting loose." Old Yang said as he stretched lazily at the door.
Wen Wuyan laughed and waved at Old Yang, "Uncle Yang, you don't have to go to the farm to work. You can stay at home today. Zhao Dong and Zhao Bei are staying to help today."
The business of the big white wall in the town is really just as Gu Qingqing expected, and is expanding from point to surface and then from surface to whole.
Zhao Dong and his colleagues work day and night during this period of time every day.
In addition, Gu Qingqing had specifically communicated with them and told them not to sacrifice quality for the sake of progress, so no matter which company they worked for, they did their work very seriously and carefully.
Never smash the sign in your hand.
Now it is spring harvest time, Zhao Dong knows the importance of the work in town and cannot delay, so he takes Zhao Bei with him and tells him to stay at home and harvest wheat.
At this time, when Old Yang heard Wen Wuyan said that he would not be allowed to go, he immediately glared at him, "What? You think nothing of my old bones? Even though I have been teaching the children to read for the past six months, I have not fallen behind in my work."
Wen Wuyan laughed, "Uncle Yang, you are a cook, so why would you swing a sickle? Qingqing will go to the town later, and we are counting on you to cook for us at noon."