jdhmnovel Chapter 135 Braised Pork Noodles
Chapter 135 Braised Pork Noodles
The next day, just after dawn, Gu Qingqing went to the kitchen to take a look at the pig intestines and other things that had been braised in the pot last night.
After making sure that it had not been eaten by anything, she picked up a piece and threw it to Dahei who was guarding the stove.
"Here, this is a reward for you."
Dahei swallowed the pig intestines in one gulp. When he saw her start to walk, he followed her like a stumbling block, which often caused Gu Qingqing to laugh and scold him.
Dahei, however, was not moved at all and still ran around happily following her.
After Luo Meihua, Wu Fang and Yang Xing arrived, Gu Qingqing handed them the braised pork intestines, peanuts, dried tofu and pig ears.
Then he gave them the bean sprouts he grew himself.
Luo Meihua was fine as she drove her own car to the town, so Gu Qingqing put the wooden basket of raw bean sprouts on the car.
Wu Fang and the others carried the things on their shoulders, and Gu Qingqing helped put them into two bamboo baskets before watching them leave.
Next, she began to feed the chickens, the dogs, and the awakened Sanhua.
Wen Wuyan hardly slept last night. Limestone was being burned in the kiln, and he had to get up almost every half an hour to check on it.
So, when he saw Li Xin getting up early in the morning, Wen Wuyan seemed to have caught his successor. He asked him to guard the kiln while he went back to take a nap.
Until people started to come to the house, before Gu Qingqing could call out, Wen Wuyan had already walked out of the house.
The two greeted each other and started to go about their own business.
Because they were eating braised meat noodles, Gu Qingqing definitely wouldn't have enough time to cook alone. Just when she was thinking about calling someone for help, Yuzhu's mother arrived early.
Seeing that she was the only one here, Gu Qingqing hurriedly asked, "Aunt, why are you here alone? Where are Xiaoyang and Xiaoguang?"
"They are not at home. Their uncle came yesterday evening and took the two children away. Later, I heard Yuzhu say that you were going to make noodles for them today, so I came to see if there was anything I could do to help." Yuzhu's mother said relaxedly.
Seeing someone coming to help, Gu Qingqing was not polite at all, "Then I'll have to trouble you later, Auntie. I'm worried that I will have to roll a lot of noodles later, and I need someone to help me."
"Hey, why are we still talking about these things?" Yuzhu's mother looked up at the Queen Mother and continued, "It's a little early to serve noodles now. How about we make the sauce first and keep it warm on the stove? Then we can concentrate on making noodles."
After hearing what she said, Gu Qingqing had a bright smile on her face, "My aunt and I have the same idea. Let's make the stew first. We will have enough time to knead the dough later."
Just as Gu Qingqing finished speaking, another voice rang out, "I said I was late, but seeing that you haven't started yet, I feel relieved."
When Gu Qingqing walked out of the kitchen, she saw that the person coming was none other than Dajun’s wife, Wang Xiaoxiu.
"Xiao Xiu, you are a rare guest. Why are you here today? Don't you need to take care of the children at home?" Gu Qingqing now knows the basic situation of every household in the village.
Da Jun and Xiao Xiu are the same age, eighteen this year. They have two boys, the eldest is two years old and the younger is now three or four months old.
Xiaoxiu rarely shows up on weekdays and is busy taking care of her children at home all day.
So how could Gu Qingqing not be surprised when she saw her coming today.
"I wanted to help a few days ago, but I didn't have time until now. My mother is helping to take care of the child, so I was able to get away." After Wang Xiaoxiu finished speaking, she saw Niu Li coming out of the kitchen and hurriedly greeted her, "Aunt is here."
With Wang Xiaoxiu's help in the morning, I have to say that things went a lot faster.
The smell of braised meat carried with the breeze, and the men building a house not far away smelled the aroma and worked harder.
More than half of white flour is mixed into sorghum flour, rolled into chewy noodles, and topped with diced meat sauce.
The man who worked at home today ate the meal with great comfort and joy.
"Sister, I want to eat more." After interacting with everyone these days, Gu Zhuangzhuang's social skills have finally improved.
Gu Qingqing took his bowl and filled it with another thick bowl.
After the men had almost finished eating, Gu Qingqing began to serve food to herself, Yuzhu's mother and Wang Xiaoxiu.
But when she finished serving, Wang Xiaoxiu was nowhere to be seen.
Gu Qingqing found Yuzhu's mother and asked, "Auntie, have you seen Xiaoxiu?"
"I saw it. She just left when we weren't paying attention."
"Gone? Why did he leave when it's time for dinner?" Gu Qingqing was surprised.
Niu Li first spread her hands, then smiled as if she was used to it and said, "Just leave if you want to. I guess you're worried about your children at home."
Niu Li said this, but she knew that this was the case in the village. Some people would deliberately leave when dinner was served, just to help.
Wang Xiaoxiu thought so too. She seldom came here on weekdays, but she came today specifically because she heard Dajun say yesterday that they were going to make rolled noodles today.
Rolling noodles wouldn't be tiring on normal days, but it would be tiring if she had to do a lot of housework, so she came here to help today.
As for leaving during meal time, it was because she didn't want people to think she was just there to eat for free.
After the people went back, Gu Qingqing had no choice but to share the extra bowl with Yuzhu Niang.
When the men were about to go to work, Gu Qingqing took the opportunity to keep Gu Zhuangzhuang.
"Sister, I'm doing fine carrying bricks." Gu Zhuangzhuang just thought that his sister was worried about him.
"That's good. I have other things for you to do in the afternoon. Just follow me." Gu Qingqing said to him.
Wen Wuyan, who was listening nearby, also came over and said, "Are we going to make compost? Is Zhuangzhuang enough alone? Do you want me to call Yuzhu along?"
Gu Qingqing said while washing dishes, "No, there's not much stuff right now, just him and I are enough, you can continue to do your own things in the afternoon. We don't need to keep an eye on the house, Uncle Zhang He and Zhao Dong will be watching, you can go to school with Uncle Yang without worry."
"Well, I have my own plans. Qingqing doesn't need to worry about me." Wen Wuyan replied.
The two of them were chatting seriously. They both knew that with the construction going on at home, it would be difficult for Wen Wuyan to study well.
Gu Qingqing deliberately tried to excuse herself, "I'm not worrying about you, but to find a backer for myself. So, in order to better protect me, remember to study hard!"
After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, she did not forget to give Wen Wuyan a wink.
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"Zhuangzhuang, do you know that there is a pit in the field at the south end?" Gu Qingqing asked Gu Zhuangzhuang while shoveling the wood ash that had been used to rub pig intestines into an old bamboo basket at home.
As for Gu Zhuangzhuang, he looked in the direction of her gesture and nodded.
"That's fine. You can carry these two baskets of wood ash over there and pour them directly into the pit. Then come back with the baskets and fill them with the rest.
Gu Zhuangzhuang didn't ask any more questions. He had two bowls of braised pork noodles at noon and felt full of energy. He waited for Gu Qingqing to fill the wood ash with a shovel and then carried it away in a hurry.