Chapter 033 Arrowroot
"Second Aunt, let go. I won't go. I bought everything and you want to return it? I won't do such an embarrassing thing!" Huang Guilu struggled.
Pop!
Huang Lao's second daughter-in-law gave him two slaps and said with scarlet eyes: "If you dare not to go, I will dare to kill you here!"
Her whole family gave him The eldest son and his wife acted as knives and offended so many people. Her mother-in-law was killed on the road, but the eldest daughter-in-law dared to delay her son like this. If she endured it any longer, she would not be a human being.
Huang Guilu was afraid and did not dare to struggle anymore. He could only follow Huang Lao's second daughter-in-law to the meat pie stall. After a scene, the stall owner was afraid and returned the money: "Eighteen cents, all of it will be returned to you. Hurry up." Get out!”
The townspeople watching the excitement were so angry that they spat. Scolding: "If you can't afford it, don't eat it. If you buy it and then make a fuss about returning it, the untouchables from other places are just annoying!"
Huang Lao's second daughter-in-law didn't care about this. After taking the money, she took the good things from Huang Guilu. His clothes were stripped off and he was taken to the medical clinic. He kept kowtowing and begging the doctor to save Huang Gui's family.
The doctor was afraid that something might happen, so he had no choice but to treat Huang Gui's family, apply medicine to their bones, fix their injuries, and send them out with a pack of medicine. He didn't dare to spend any more time breathing.
Si Lifang could not tolerate the out-of-town victims causing trouble like this, so they sent officers to capture Huang Laoer and his wife at the entrance of the town, and whipped them ten times in public.
When everything was over and we returned to the village, it was completely dark, but Huang Lao's second wife refused to accept it and made another fuss.
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Qin Liupo asked Qin Laoliu to light a torch and escort them. After listening to the gossip for half an hour, she ran back and told them: "Then the Huang family is afraid that the ancestral graves are not buried properly. , bad things happen one after another, and the trouble is more exciting than singing!"
"That yellow! Mrs. Wu is also a sinister person. The life-saving money she gives to her nephew is as much as the food and drink money she gives to her son. If I were Huang Lao’s second daughter-in-law, I would strangle her to death on the spot.”
Because there is an ancestral legacy in the family! Although he was the village chief, he ran away from disaster again. The brothers of Village Chief Huang had not yet separated their families, and the money was all managed by the Huang Wu family.
"That Huang Guilu is not a thing. When he was detained and wanted to be punished, he threatened the Huang family, saying that if he was injured, he would not be admitted as a scholar next year, and the Huang family would have to wait another three years to turn around!"
"After hearing this, the Huang family He actually believed it, and most of the people came forward to intercede with him... Bah, Huang Guilu is so weak that he can't even walk well, but whether he can survive until next year is a matter of course!"
One His mouth was open and his saliva was flying everywhere.
Qin Xiaomi quickly grabbed the basket and stepped back ten feet.
Qin Liupo was angry and asked her with her arms akimbo: "Little girl Xiaomi, what do you mean? Do you dislike me?"
Then he pointed at the basket and said: "What are you doing with these kudzu roots? I told you, this thing is as hard as firewood. Even if you cook it for several hours, people can't bite it. If you still do it, you are really eating the roots." Addicted? ”
Qin Liupo Feeling that she was seriously ill, she advised Grandma Qin: "Fifth sister-in-law, although the girl's movie is not valuable, Xiaomi's father only has her bloodline left. You should spend money to take her to the town to have a brain scan. After all, she has been injured." .”
Qin Xiaomi really wanted to strangle her to death: "If you curse me again, I will pay you back the money from selling the wild boar!"
Qin Liupo was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly slapped herself in the mouth, and said with a smile: "Yes The sixth wife can't speak, so don't give birth to Xiaomi girl. "Qi... If you like to eat this kudzu, then the sixth wife will help you get it. But it's too late now, and the sixth wife is too tired from clearing the wasteland. She has to go back to sleep. I'll help you tomorrow."
Say that. , pulling Qin Laoliu, he ran back to the half-collapsed house on the right.
Qin Xiaomi was angry: "I feel tired when I work, why don't I feel tired when I go to listen to gossip?!"
"Xiaomi, don't talk about your elders like that." Grandma Qin said and asked her to pack her things: "The sky is bright It’s really late. Go to bed and do it tomorrow.”
Qin Xiaomi was also sleepy: “Okay.”
Aunt Qin left hot water for her and asked her to scrub her body. Let’s go back to the main room on the right to sleep together.
This room is specially designed for girls to sleep in. Their aunt and nephew, Qin Mei, Qin Ertao, Qiao Lizi, and four-year-old Jiang Xiaozhu all live here, and it is very lively.
The next day, the men of the Jiu family got up before dawn again and rushed to work on the land that was cleared yesterday.
Not long after, people from the Chai and Zhang families also arrived, and they were busy opening up wasteland.
There were many people in the field today, and they were afraid that someone would stare at the girls, so the girls did not come to open up wasteland today. They all stayed at home to help Qin Xiaomi get kudzu. Ouch, dusk, the whole house was filled with the sound of splitting kudzu root. Mrs. Qin Liupo's hands were numb from the splitting, and she said angrily: "Girl Xiaomi, if you can't make the kudzu powder you mentioned, you have to pay us labor. Anyway, you have money!"
A child’s family can’t hide money, so if they don’t spend the one or two silver dollars quickly, they might lose it.
Qin Xiaomi chuckled: "You are really good at scheming. If you don't want to split kudzu roots and go to open up wasteland, I didn't beg Liu Po to stay and make kudzu powder."
Qin Liu Po said hurriedly: "Liu Po was wrong. "The sixth wife likes to make kudzu powder."
At least she can sit in the house and control the younger people, which is much more enjoyable than going to open up wasteland.
"If you can't sit still, go fetch water." Grandma Qin said, looking at Qin Eryong's wife and Qin Cunquan's wife: "Put down the bucket. You are too young. It is not safe to fetch water. Let me have it." Older women go."
The villagers have all escaped the famine, so they must be careful, otherwise if something happens, their family will be destroyed.
"Hey." Mrs. Su and Mrs. Liu put down the buckets.
Qin Liupo was so stared at by Grandma Qin that she did not dare to sit any longer. She got up and went to fetch water with Aunt Xu, Aunt Qiao, Dashi's wife, and Dayan's wife.
Qin Xiaomi and the others accelerated the chopping of kudzu. After chopping, they put the kudzu pieces into a stone mortar and pounded them with a large wooden pillar.
After grinding the kudzu cubes into crumbs, put them into water and start washing the powder and filtering the kudzu residue.
After washing and filtering three times, Qin Liupo couldn't hold back, threw away the pole, and asked angrily: "Are you done with washing? If you continue washing, all of us water carriers will be useless!"
Qin Xiaomi: "Okay, after the water settles, you can get the arrowroot powder."
Qin Liupo: "How long does it take for it to settle? What kind of nonsense is this? I have never seen it in all my years. , if you do If you don’t, you have to pay me for carrying water!”
The kudzu root in Dawei is relatively hard. People here call it kudzu and dislike it. They are afraid that it will leave too much residue when used to raise pigs! , blocking the pig's intestines and making the pig sick.
Furthermore, if no one makes it for you, this food-preparing method of extracting starch from rhizome plants will sound a bit fanciful at first, so Qin Liupo doesn’t believe it.
Grandma Qin doesn’t believe it either, but she dotes on her granddaughter, and they are short of food now. It would be a good thing if Xiaomi really tinkered with some new food.
There is another one, Xiaomi's parents are dead, his brother is missing, and his reputation is not good. If he can get a new grain, it will be good for his reputation. If Jiang Dalang becomes successful in the future, he will not dare to dislike Xiaomi.
Qin Xiaomi said: "Six Po, just because you haven't seen it, it doesn't mean there is no such method of making flour in the world."
He added: "I will definitely let you eat arrowroot starch tomorrow."
"Okay, if you can't eat, you should be prepared to pay wages." Qin Liupo was so tired that she stopped doing any work and fell down to take a nap.
I had a dream. I dreamed that Qin Xiaomi failed to make arrowroot powder and was scolded by her. Xiaomi girl cried and admitted her mistake. She also paid her one tael of silver for the work and guaranteed it. From now on, I will listen to her orders and never contradict her again.
Hahaha, Mrs. Qin Liu woke up from her sweet dream.
Qin Xiaomi thought she was sick and was afraid of being infected, so he stayed away from her.
Before dark, the men came back and had dinner together.
Jiang Dalang asked about kudzu powder and learned that it would take a few hours to pour water to make powder. He got up before dawn the next day and helped Qin Xiaomi pour water to make powder.
Qin Xiaomi heard the noise and hurriedly got up to take a look. When he saw it, he said: "Dalang, you don't have to help me like this, let's..."
Jiang Dalang interrupted her and said with a smile: "I understand, I won't force you. It's just that if this arrowroot powder is really made, it will be a profitable business, and my family also wants to take a share, so I have to help with the work."
He has to be involved in her affairs, making their bond deeper and deeper, to the point where they are inseparable!
(End of this chapter)