Chapter 68 Self-knowledge (please vote)
The rainy season is approaching, and her roof has not yet been repaired.
The original plan to build the courtyard wall and renovate the kitchen was not on the agenda. Seeing that the money on hand was gradually sufficient, Xia Mingyue decided to build two and a half west wing rooms at the base of the west wall. come out.
One room is for Jiang Zhuguo to live in, and the other is for spare use. The remaining half can be used to store some sundries, and it is also convenient to store some ingredients in winter.
Xia Mingyue thought about it and felt that the matter could not be delayed any longer and needed to be completed before the rainy season, so she found an opportunity to find Liu Caisheng and explain her thoughts.
Seeing that Xia Mingyue wanted to build a house and repair the courtyard wall, Liu Caisheng was very interested. He went to Xia Mingyue's house to check the layout of the original house, measured the size of the house, and even drew a simple sketch on paper with charcoal strips. , let Xia Mingyue see it.
Xia Mingyue didn't know much about architecture, but she believed in Liu Caisheng's craftsmanship, so she just entrusted these matters to Liu Caisheng and let him make the decision.
But there is only one thing, which is to build an additional shack for Wujin that looks like a real thing.
Although Xia Mingyue also built a shack for Wu Jin, which also had basic functions of sheltering from wind and rain, it looked too simple and not very decent.
Since Wujin is a member of the family, he should also have his own house.
Liu Caisheng agreed wholeheartedly, feeling warm in his heart that Xia Mingyue trusted him so much, and secretly warned himself that he must handle this matter beautifully and live up to Xia Mingyue's trust.
After Wu Jin heard this, the dog was also very happy. He was worthy of being the owner he personally chose. He cares about him so much and feels sorry for him. He will definitely take good care of his home and care for his family in the future!
Wujin’s last shack was located at the corner of the west wing and the courtyard wall. It could avoid the western sun and was in the center of the entire house, making it easy for inspections.
Xia Mingyue quite agrees with this.
After confirming all the preliminary matters, Liu Caisheng began to get busy.
Help Xia Mingyue buy bricks and tiles, find quicklime and soil needed to build a house, and use wood to make roof beams, rafters and windows.
In addition, Liu Caisheng needs help.
Repairing roofs, building houses, and repairing courtyard walls add up to a lot of work. Liu Caisheng cannot complete it alone. He needs to find a big worker and a small worker to help him.
There are many people doing this kind of work in Bei City, and there are also a few people with good skills and good character. Liu Caisheng came to the door one by one, appointed two people to work together, and gave them a suitable wage.
Everything is ready, the personnel are in place, and the work begins.
The first step is to repair the roof of the old house.
The roof could not be repaired in one day, and the kitchen had to be repaired next, which made food and accommodation a little inconvenient. Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo simply moved to Lu's house first, and were crowded for the time being. The last squeeze lasted for a few days.
Regarding the fact that Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo came to stay at home, Lu welcomed them and was even very happy. Regardless of whether Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu were willing or not, she just threw all their bedding into the west wing. , and the original west house was packed up for Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo to live in.
The West Room was cleaned again, the kang was spotless, and even the window paper was replaced. Mrs. Lu very thoughtfully laid out mattresses and sheets for Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo.
Looking at Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu...
The west wing has not been lived in for a long time, and only has a lot of debris. First, you need to put all the debris in the corner, and secondly, tie the broom to a long wooden stick to clean the roof and the spider webs in the corners. Secondly, they have to clean out the thick dust accumulated on the kang, on the windows, and on the ground...
It took the two brothers a full day to do this. When taking a bath at night, they even cleaned it from their nostrils. Two black lumps were blown out.
Even with such cleaning, when sleeping at night, Zhao Erhu touched Zhao Dahu's arm and said, "Brother, there are mice in the house."
"How many are there?"
< br>"Three." "It's okay, rats don't eat people."
"Oh." Zhao Erhu then lay down, and after a while, he got up again, "Brother, there are centipedes crawling."
"Trampled to death!"
"Brother, there are ants."
"Count and see how many there are."
"..."
"Brother, I miss my own kang."
"That's a good idea, don't think about it next time." Zhao Dahu patted Zhao Erhu's arm sincerely.
The most important thing for this person is to have self-awareness.
Zhao Erhu flattened his mouth and closed his eyes with some grievance.
The feeling of grievance lasted all night, and even lasted until noon of the second day, and was quickly transformed by Zhao Erhu into...appetite!
Hire someone to do the work, and the host will take care of the food. In order to compensate for disturbing the Lu family in the past few days, Xia Mingyue specially cooked at noon.
Cut some fat white meat from the pork belly and chop it into cubes. Fry the onion, ginger, garlic, star anise and bay leaves in a pan until the fat is completely fried. When the skin of the fried white meat is browned, Add the diced pork belly, rice wine, blanched diced mushrooms, sweet noodle sauce, soybean paste, minced green onion, boiling water...
When taking it out of the pot, add a little bit of sugar to enhance the freshness.
Cook the noodles until half cooked and add them to the bowl. Add a spoonful of fried mushroom meat sauce and a handful of thinly sliced cucumbers.
After mixing evenly, eat directly.
The noodles are specially made by Xia Mingyue and passed through a stream of cold water. The texture is extremely round and chewy. Each noodle is coated with enough meat sauce. It tastes extremely fragrant and full of aftertaste.
Moreover, the meat sauce is full of texture and is quite enjoyable to eat. The white meat in it is fully stir-fried to produce fat, so it does not taste greasy at all. Instead, it only tastes good because the skin is crispy. I think the meat is very fragrant and satisfies my craving.
The presence of refreshing cucumber shreds relieves the taste fatigue caused by the overly fragrant meat sauce. The crisp texture and fragrant taste make the miscellaneous sauce noodles never get tired of eating, and you just want to have another bowl.
As the saying goes, if you eat noodles without garlic, the flavor will be reduced by half.
After having the delicious miscellaneous sauce noodles, Xia Mingyue remembered the pickled sugar garlic before, so she took out a can, opened it and fished out a few pieces.
This jar is made of white sugared garlic. As soon as it is opened, it exudes a strong sweet and sour taste, making people's mouth water.
When eating candied garlic, it is not necessary to completely peel off the garlic skin of each candied garlic. You only need to peel off one garlic and bite it directly into the mouth. The garlic cloves wrapped in the garlic skin will be It was bitten into pieces crispy. Once it broke away from the garlic skin and entered the mouth, the crispy, sweet, sour and unique spicy taste of garlic began to impact every part of the mouth...
This time the sugar-garlic pickling was quite successful. , Xia Mingyue was full of praises, and it was inevitable to eat a few more when eating.
To eat sugar and garlic, you have to eat something, so I unknowingly ate half a bowl of extra noodles.
Others have the same thoughts and practices as Xia Mingyue.
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