Chapter 523 Buying Goods
“They are all the girl’s things. You are a big man, do you understand how to handle them?” Aunt Han said dissatisfied.
“The talented lady just now said that I should learn more from my mother and learn how to bring things to Mrs. Jiang, but apart from the money, the things my mother brought were all needlework skills, and I don’t know how to do that. Yes, how do you learn..."
"You have all the skills, why can't you learn?"
"This, this, this...this doesn't seem to be the work of big men. Let’s live.”
"I only heard that rabbits are divided into male and female, cats and dogs are divided into male and female, and people are divided into male and female, but I didn't hear that this job is also divided into male and female. Do you want to tell me, making money is a job that men should do, no? How many men can’t make money and have to rely on women?”
Aunt Han was displeased, “It doesn’t make sense to say this, you? There is so much free time all day long, and Zhu Guo is so busy. Why don’t you do more of this kind of work? Is it possible that Zhu Guo can do it all alone?”
“Mother is right...” Wu Xiong thought for a while and nodded, "I'll study tomorrow!"
If he does more, Jiang Zhuguo can do less.
My mother is right!
Xia Mingyue, "..."
Just...
Very good!
Because Aunt Han and Wu Xiong brought quite a lot of things to Jiang Zhuguo, when Xia Mingyue walked back, Wu Xiong specially pulled the car to deliver them.
Because of this and the large number of people going with him, when Xia Mingyue went to Changzhou Fucheng, there were two more carriages than expected.
These are all trivial matters. Zhang Heming doesn't care. He even thinks that even if Xia Mingyue wants to move the entire courtyard in Jinqiu County to Changzhou Fucheng, let alone two more carriages, he will be happy to do so and try his best to Cooperate.
With Zhang Heming and his escort accompanying him, the journey from Jinqiu County to Changzhou Fucheng went very smoothly.
Zhang Heming even sent Xia Mingyue and his party to their residence before leaving.
Jiang Zhuguo and Manager Fu got the message a day earlier. Not only did they tidy up the courtyard and house in advance, they also welcomed Xia Mingyue at the entrance of the alley.
After receiving Xia Mingyue, we will welcome her to her residence and take care of her.
After not seeing each other for a long time, Jiang Zhuguo and Manager Fu both wanted to say a lot to Xia Mingyue, but they remembered that traveling by car was the most tiring, so they suppressed their full words for the time being and settled down to have a good rest.
Fan Jinglan and Ying'er moved into the east wing next to each other.
I wandered around in the carriage for almost a whole day, and discussed many things about the tofu workshop with Zhang Heming on the way. I was really tired at this time. After a simple wash, I lay down on the bed and fell asleep. .
The next day, Jiang Zhuguo got up early as usual and cooked breakfast himself.
Vegetarian pot stickers made of fresh tender pumpkin paired with fresh scrambled eggs. The skin is thin and the filling is big. The skin is crispy and tough. Eat it while hot. You can best taste the tenderness of the pumpkin when it is slightly scalded. Sweet and fragrant.
It is a thin soup with gnocchi. The gnocchi are small and broken, and the taste is soft. Tomato is added when cooking, which makes it sour and appetizing.
Paired with pot stickers and pimple soup, and seasonal cucumbers, it’s full of satisfaction.
Xia Mingyue ate very happily, "Zhuguo's craftsmanship is much better than before."
"As long as Sister Xia likes it." Jiang Zhuguo was recognized for his craftsmanship and smiled. De's eyebrows were curved, "I also learned a few special dishes, and Sister Xia also tried them in the past few days."
"Okay." But let’s make an agreement first. Even if this eater is short-tongued, I still have to say what needs to be said when I go to see Xia Ji Central Kitchen later. You can’t stop it.”
"Sister Xia is willing to say it, but I don't want it, but I'm afraid that Sister Xia won't say it." Jiang Zhuguo pursed his lips and smiled. If she was willing to say it, it was because Sister Xia still cared about her and was willing to give her advice. She really wanted it and she was very willing to listen.
“Looking at your confident look, I really have to take a closer look later.” Xia Mingyue picked up the bowl on the table, “This I’ll also drink an extra bowl of pimple soup later to avoid having to wait until later. I don’t have the energy to point and point.”
“Then I’ll give Sister Xia half a bowl...”
Breakfast ended with laughter and after a short rest, Xia Mingyue followed Jiang Zhuguo. Went to Xia Ji’s central kitchen first.
Overall, the central kitchen is roughly the same as when Xia Mingyue left Changzhou Fucheng, but the layout has been slightly adjusted.
If you take a closer look and look at the situation of working people, you can see that these adjustments are not made rashly, but based on actual needs, which is more practical and more appropriate.
Everyone is doing things in an orderly manner according to their duties and looks very neat.
Xia Mingyue nodded frequently and checked the process and sanitary conditions everywhere. They all met the requirements and praised, "Not bad."
I brought Xia Mingyue to the central kitchen. Jiang Zhuguo had been holding a breath in his heart, and when he heard the affirmative words, he immediately spit it out.
"I can see that you are working very hard, keep up the good work." Xia Mingyue said again.
“Yes.” Jiang Zhuguo straightened his back and agreed loudly.
I will definitely continue to do good things and not let Sister Xia down!
Xia Mingyue looked around again and asked, "Where's Honglian, I don't seem to see her."
"It should be Honglian's turn to rest today, but Brother He There was a lot of work over there, so Honglian went to buy goods with Brother He.”
Jiang Zhuguo kept looking outside as he spoke, "Look at the time, I guess I should be back in an hour."
At this time, Honglian, who was being talked about by Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo, was Busy in Hongjia Village with He Shunzi.
The main goods coming to Hongjiacun today are chili peppers.
Dried small red peppers are stir-fried and ground to make chili oil for seasoning.
He Shunzi had previously said hello to the farmers, asking them to be picked and dried thoroughly, and he is here to pick them up today.
Because the goods were ordered in advance, the farmers only needed to shout twice when they arrived, and the farmers took out all the dried peppers and weighed them to calculate the money.
Things are not complicated, but you need to be careful, and most of the people who grow and dry peppers are women or elderly people. Many times, you need to spend more time.
On a normal day, He Shunzi would have nothing to worry about as he had a helper around him. But today, the clerk's mother was ill and reported illness. He Shunzi had a headache because he had to deal with all this alone.
But now with Honglian’s help, everything has become much smoother than imagined.
Just when He Shunzi was rejoicing and thinking that he would be able to receive enough red peppers without much effort and go back as soon as possible, someone raised his voice.
"My chili was weighed at home. It was clearly three catties and six taels. Why did it weigh three catties and forty taels here?"
Honglian, who was holding the scale beam, hung the scale hook there again and loaded the chili peppers. On top of the bamboo basket, he showed the mark on the scale rod to the shouting person, "Look, madam, this weight is indeed above three catties and four liang. The weight is still a bit low. It is said to be three and a half catties. It's up to you." Because you are so old, I give you three pounds and four ounces specially.”