bookcurios Chapter 138 Exchange money
Chapter 138 Exchange money
In the previous winter, everyone went to the rice fields to catch rice fish. After Tian Shengnan and his friends dried the rice fish, they divided it into three equal parts and sent each of them back home.
Now it is spring ploughing time, and you can still catch rice field fish in the rice fields. However, you are too busy at work to catch these fish. You can only wait until the spring ploughing is over and you are not so busy, and then consider whether to continue catching rice field fish.
To be honest, rice field fish is more delicious when it is fresh, because after it is dried, only a layer of shell is left, and there is not much meat. But it is difficult to eat meat at home, and dried salted fish can be considered a dish, which is much better than having nothing.
Wen Xi knew that Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue were going to use the lunch time to pick bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, so he went back to the cafeteria and poured the lard into a dough bowl, and asked Jiang Yue to take it back in a basket, leaving only the lard residue and the oil for use in the evening. He just needed to bring a little lard with him when he came to the cafeteria every day. If he left it all here, it would easily attract rats.
Afterwards, Wen Xi also asked Shen Jiaojiao to go back. She washed the pig offal and caught fish by herself at the river. She processed and washed the caught fish directly, and then put them into the system warehouse, so that she could dry the fish tomorrow and make spicy dried fish to go with rice.
By the time the pigs were washed, Wenxi was so tired that his back and waist ached. It was really not easy to eat!
Wenxi carried the pig offal back to the canteen in two trips and began to blanch the offal. He put the offal into a pot with cold water, put all the offal into the pot, added onions, ginger, garlic and peppercorns, and then lit a fire and started to cook.
Bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam caused by the blood, then remove all the offal and wash them again. When it is not so hot anymore, cut the offal into small pieces that are easy to eat.
Then heat the oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, add onion, ginger, garlic and peppercorns. After frying until fragrant, add one third of the pork offal. If you put too much, it won’t stir-fry at all.
After stir-frying for a while, Wenxi added a pot of water and started stewing it. He then followed the same method and stewed the pig offal in three large iron pots at the same time.
After the firewood is set up, there is no need to keep an eye on it. Just check the size of the fire occasionally. Wenxi then cut the radishes and potatoes into dice, filling three large pots. When the time comes, stew them with the pig offal into three full pots so that everyone can enjoy the meal.
Wang Xiaoju and Sun Mei were watching at the cooking stove, but no one came to help. Neither of them wanted to do even a little more work. They both curled their lips as they watched Wen Xi put all kinds of seasonings into the pot as if they were free.
If they had so many good things, the food they made would be delicious.
It takes several hours to stew the pig offal until it is flavorful, so since there was nothing to do afterwards, Wenxi found a place to sit down and rest. Cooking is not tiring, but cooking for hundreds of people is very tiring. You don't even know how many times you have to stir-fry the vegetables, so Wenxi prefers to just stew a hodgepodge.
Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue did not stay back for too long. They each picked a basket of bamboo shoots and came over. After all, their current job was cooking. If they kept doing personal things, it would definitely cause public outrage.
But there is no need to cook in the evening, the hodgepodge is enough for everyone.
Half an hour before the first group of people arrived to eat, Wen Xi put the vegetables into the pot, covered it with a lid, and then all they had to do was wait. Wang Xiaoju and Sun Mei almost drooled at the aroma of the hodgepodge because it was so fragrant.
Twenty minutes before dinner was about to start, the five people in charge of cooking had dinner first. However, the amount of rice they ordered was according to the standard and they did not order more than they should.
Wang Xiaoju and Sun Mei finally got to eat the hodgepodge that made them drool. It was so fragrant and delicious that they almost swallowed their tongues.
When everyone walked towards the canteen after work, they could smell a faint fragrance at first. The closer they got to the canteen, the stronger the fragrance became. Many people couldn't help swallowing.
After the meal was ready and we sat down, we first took a sip of the hodgepodge soup, then squinted our eyes in satisfaction, this soup was simply too delicious!
Then we started eating the pig offal. I didn’t expect that it tasted so good. It was very soft and tender. It looked light, but there was no smell at all. It tasted better than the pig-killing dish we had at the end of the year. I didn’t expect that Wenxi’s cooking skills were better than those of the veterans who had been cooking pig-killing dishes for many years.
After dinner, everyone went home contentedly, talking about how delicious the food was on the way. Home-cooked meals are edible, but definitely not delicious.
Wenxi and the others cleaned and tidied up the cafeteria and went home.
Wenxi filled the big iron pot with water, started the fire, and put the firewood on the stove. Then he sat there leaning against the wall, taking a rest while taking out the money. "Jiaojiao, your bamboo shoots are 320 kilograms, which is 16 yuan in total."
Shen Jiaojiao widened her eyes in shock and asked in disbelief, "How much?"
"You can tell how much it is just by counting it yourself." Wen Xi stuffed the money into Shen Jiaojiao's hand, and then began to count Jiang Yue's money, "Xiao Yue, your bamboo shoots are 340 kilograms, and you got 17 yuan in return."
Shen Jiaojiao took the money from Wen Xi and counted it with shaking hands. She was shocked. "Sixteen dollars, it's really sixteen dollars. I only earned sixteen dollars in a few days. It's a few dollars higher than the salary of a temporary worker!"
"Shh!" Wen Xi made a gesture to keep quiet, "Keep your voice down, it's not good for the people in front to hear you."
They live in the last row, near the foot of the mountain, but there are several rows of houses in front of them. Everyone is at home at this time. What if they hear the noise from their side and think that they are undermining socialism?
The bamboo forest is full of bamboo shoots. If people don't pick them, what does it have to do with them?
Jiang Yue started crying as she counted. She had finally earned her first money with her own hands. You know, when she went to the countryside, her family only gave her 30 yuan. If it weren't for Wen Xi and Shen Jiaojiao's help, she would not have been able to hold on for long.
Seeing Jiang Yue handing the money back to him, Wen Xi was a little surprised, "Xiao Yue, what are you doing?"
"Xiaoxi, since I went to the countryside, I have been eating your food, drinking your drinks, and using your things..." Oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, toilet paper, sanitary napkins, skin care products, and daily snacks were all paid for by Wenxi. She felt bad about it and just wanted to repay Wenxi.
"Xiaoyue, didn't I make it clear when we first settled down? Those who have money will contribute money, and those who have strength will contribute strength. Since you have chosen to contribute strength, you don't have to contribute money anymore!" Wenxi said, "But you can each contribute five dollars to your living expenses starting next month, how about that?"