Chapter 17 Pork Slices in Soup
It’s important to have big eyes but a small mouth!
Xia Mingyue warned herself not to do this in the future, so she just put the remaining braised noodles in a basin and prepared to eat them again tomorrow morning.
After thinking about it, Xia Mingyue found a coarse porcelain bowl that was mostly broken, picked out a chopstick and stewed noodles in it, and placed it next to the swill bucket at the door.
Last time, all the kitchen waste was eaten by wild cats. I think those plush animals were also starving, so I left some for them to fill their stomachs.
When she woke up the next morning, Xia Mingyue felt relieved when she saw that the bottom of the coarse porcelain bowl next to the swill bucket had been eaten clean.
I just don’t know what kind of fluffy little cutie is here to look for food...
After breakfast early, when Xia Mingyue and Lu Shi started busy making cakes, Liu Caisheng arrived.
The flatbed truck he was pulling was piled with various materials such as green bricks and loess for building the stove.
“You came quite early.” Xia Mingyue greeted.
"Yesterday, I took on another job. After I finish here, I have to go to the next one." Liu Caisheng told the truth and started unloading things from the flatbed truck.
If you can work in such a hurry, your craftsmanship should be as good as what people said before, excellent.
Xia Mingyue was confident in her heart, but she did not forget to tell her, "Even if you are in a hurry, the work here must be done well. If the stove is well done, my kitchen, the courtyard wall and the I want to tidy up the roof, there is still a lot of work to do in the future.” Liu Caisheng raised his eyes and looked at the roof and the courtyard wall that Xia Mingyue mentioned, and said, “Don’t worry.” br>
After saying that, he put all the neatly cleaned green bricks aside, went to the water tank, brought a bucket of water, and mixed the loess and broken wheat straw together to make mud.
After the preparations were completed, Liu Caisheng and Xia Mingyue repeatedly confirmed the location and size of the stove and began to build the stove.
Xia Mingyue and Lu Shi had also made all the cakes, and told Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu to watch Liu Caisheng at home and then go to the street to sell cakes as usual.
Business is still booming.
Seeing that the cakes were almost sold out, Xia Mingyue said, "Sister-in-law, let's have dinner together at home at noon."
For such a job, as usual, the host family has to take care of the food.
Xia Mingyue lives alone, and it is inevitably inconvenient to have to take care of Liu Caisheng's meals at home.
Mr. Lu understood and did not refuse, "Okay, I just happened to be lazy at noon. The cakes have almost been sold. My brothers and sisters will go back to work first. I will go back to help after the work is finished."
"Now you have to build a new stove next to the original stove. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for you to make a fire. Go use mine first and ask Erhu to help you light the fire."
"Okay." Xia Mingyue agreed. After buying a bunch of ingredients, she went to the kitchen of Lu's house and started busy.
The lean meat slices are cooked in warm oil and served with fresh garlic sprouts cooked in lard, soaked diced fungus, chopped yuba, shredded oyster mushrooms, deep-fried and cut into long strips of tofu, etc. Serve with enough pepper and vinegar, remove from the pot, drizzle with some sesame oil, and garnish with some minced coriander...
When eating it at noon, it was paired with some original sesame seed cakes with crispy crust that Xia Mingyue made with Lu Shi in the morning.
The soup is a combination of meat and vegetables, and the meat slices in this soup are made from mature vinegar, which is sour and mellow. The spiciness comes from pepper. The aftertaste is spicy but soft in the mouth. You can even drink two big bowls of it. My taste buds feel tired, but the more I drink, the more enjoyable I feel.
Shaobing and soup are an excellent combination, and the pork slices in this soup are sour, spicy and refreshing, and full of appetizers. Having a bowl of it on such a spring day will make you feel that your tiredness in this spring day has been swept away. , replaced by a feeling of transparency and comfort all over.
The two brothers Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu drank two bowls each, Lu drank three bowls, and even Xia Mingyue drank two full bowls and added another spoonful.
Liu Caisheng, who was working, was used to doing manual labor and had a big appetite. He had done a whole morning of work in the morning and was very hungry. Now he opened it to eat and actually drank five bowls. Pork slices with soup and six original sesame seed cakes.
When he put down his chopsticks, Liu Caisheng said hesitantly, "When I finish the work later, I will only pay four hundred and eighty yuan."
He ate too much. And this Lady Xia is also very honest, and there are really a lot of meat slices in the soup.
Liu Caisheng felt that he was taking advantage.
Taking advantage is the last thing he wants to do.
"Why?" Xia Mingyue was a little surprised, but when she saw Liu Caisheng's eyes lingering on the bowl in front of him, she immediately understood, "Brother Liu, is it because of the food?"
Liu Caisheng nodded, " Don’t let the host suffer too much.”
He is an honest person.
Xia Mingyue applauded in her heart and said with a smile, "When we look for people to do the work, it is the rule for the host family to take care of the food. It is probably inappropriate to ask the workers to pay for the food. If they are afraid that the host family will suffer a loss, then the living Do it better."
Seeing Xia Mingyue say this, Liu Caisheng didn't insist anymore, "Well, next time you want to repair the roof, build the courtyard wall, etc., I will give you a cheaper price. .”
"Okay." Xia Mingyue agreed, "There is still some soup in the pot. There is no meat left. The weather is hot and I can't hold it in. I'll give you some more."
Just now Xia Mingyue saw Liu Caisheng put the soup in the bowl After finishing the soup and meat slices, he held the bowl hesitantly.
Obviously he was not full and he was too embarrassed to eat again.
“Thank you.” Liu Caisheng did not refuse.
When Xia Mingyue helped him ladle soup, she gave him another sesame seed cake.
Liu Caisheng thanked him again, ate quickly, scooped out water, washed his dishes and put them back into the basket, and continued working.
Laying bricks, plastering mud, shaping...
After Liu Caisheng completed the stove and the short chimney, he carefully measured the size of the middle of the stove to ensure that there were no errors. Only then did the finishing work begin.
There was still some wheat straw and yellow mud left, so Liu Caisheng stuck it on the edge of the window.
The house has been around for a long time. Due to daily thermal expansion, contraction and weathering, the gap between the wooden frame of the window and the wall has become larger. After being sealed, the window frame will not creak when the wind blows, and the window frame will not creak in winter. So cold.
"Thank you." After all the work was done, Xia Mingyue counted Liu Caisheng's wages.
"The stove must be completely dry before lighting a fire, otherwise it will crack." Liu Caisheng warned, "The weather has been getting warmer and windier these days, so I think it will only take three or four days. Just to be on the safe side, you can Before using it for five days, bake it over low heat first. If there is no problem, bake it again. The toilet can be used normally.”
“If anything happens, you can come to me on North Street. If I’m not here, just find someone who knows me to help.”
Liu Caisheng loaded all the guys onto the flatbed truck.
“Walk slowly.”
Xia Mingyue sent people out. Seeing that it was not too late, she and Lu prepared leeks and other ingredients for tomorrow's business.
Because I started late today, it will be dark by the time I finish my work.
The stove at home was temporarily unavailable, so Xia Mingyue had dinner at Lu's house that night.
Scallions mixed with tofu, hot and sour potato shreds, Lu cooked a large pot of white flour porridge, and finally knocked four egg yolks into the pot.
Luoyang Flowing Water Banquet with Pork Slices in Soup, but the author has not eaten the Luoyang version, only the hometown version, also called pork slices soup. It has basically the same taste as the tofu and meatball soup, and they are both very, very, very delicious. Especially for weddings and weddings, the taste is far more authentic and delicious than the ones in restaurants. Suddenly I started to miss my childhood...o(╥﹏╥)o
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