Chapter 384 Opportunity
Jiang Xia walked into the kitchen.
The whole kitchen is steaming.
Tian Caihua is cutting the noodles into strips, just like rice noodles.
“Mom, are you making pho?”
"My mother's side is called Wo Zai Noodles, which is similar to rice noodles. It's made of rice milk."
"Can I help?"
Mother Zhou opened the big iron pot. Lifting the lid, another wave of heat surged up: "No, there is a lot of steam here, so don't come in. I will go out today." Are you tired after going for a day? If you are tired, just go back to the house and rest. You will be fine in a while. No need for help. "
"I'm not tired. I went back to my parents' house and took a nap before going home." There is a round non-porous dustpan with a thin layer of transparent powder steamed on it.
The steam is steaming, and the moment the lid of the pot is opened, the rice noodles are puffed up by the steam.
Mother Zhou quickly picked up the dustpan from the iron nest, placed it vertically on the large wooden basin on the ground, and leaned against the edge of the stove to steady it.
Two dustpans are already leaning on the edge of the stove, with powder crust on them.
"Tonight we will eat seafood rice noodles. Do you want soup noodles, rice noodles, or stir-fried rice noodles?" There was a wooden barrel at Zhou's mother's feet containing a little bit of white rice milk that was about to bottom out. She picked up another empty dustpan, scooped a little rice milk onto the dustpan, held the dustpan with both hands and turned it so that the rice milk evenly covered the entire dustpan, and then steamed it in a large iron pot.
Steam for a minute or two.
Jiang Xia: "Get some noodles! I'll handle the seafood."
Zhou's mother: "No, it's almost ready. I can make it."
"The seafood noodles made by Mom are delicious. You can try it." Tian Caihua finished cutting three pieces of noodles and took another Pick up a dustpan and carefully peel off the cool pink skin on it.
After peeling off about a quarter, she used a rolling pin to cover the pink skin, and then used the rolling pin to carefully peel off the entire pink skin.
Put it on the empty round dustpan aside, and fold it into three layers like a quilt, so that it can be cut into strips later.
After that, go and peel off a piece of pink skin.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law work together seamlessly, one steams the noodles and the other peels the noodles.
Jiang Xia stepped forward to help cut it, and took the cut vermicelli to dry on the bamboo pole.
Those scraps are very short and difficult to dry. They are tonight’s dinner.
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When Zhou Chenglei came to the entrance of the production team and lined up to buy riceton, people in the village gathered around him and asked: "Alei, didn't your mother buy three big bags of riceton? Not enough? ”
"Yeah."
"Ah Lei, are you using white sugar to make rice noodles? Tsk, I'm so willing!"
"Ah Lei is so capable and makes so much money. Just a little sugar , It’s not like you can’t afford it, so why can’t you give it up?”
A little saccharin is enough. White sugar is not as sweet as saccharin, so you need to add more. The price is still expensive, so no one is willing to buy it. Come and make mitong.
Not Jiang Xiati, Zhou Chenglei didn’t think of using white sugar.
"Lei, how much does your new tractor cost? Can you lend it to my family to plow the land after the Chinese New Year?"
As soon as these words came out, a group of people rushed forward to borrow the tractor.
"Ah Lei, please lend it to my family to plow the fields when the time comes! My family ranks second!"
"Ah Lei, my family also wants to lend it to me, I am third!"
< br>"I am fourth, Alei, I also want to borrow a tractor, I am fourth!"
...
An hour ago, Zhou Chengxin drove back with a new tractor, shocking the entire dock.
Tractor!
Every household wants to have a tractor.
You can pull fish to sell, you can pull grain, you can carry people, you can plow fields, how convenient is it? Who doesn't want to have one? For villagers, this is a more practical means of transportation than motorcycles.
The villagers had been gathering flowers in Zhou Chengxin’s field for a long time, and they were still looking for a new tractor.
When I learned that Zhou Chenglei bought it, I sighed again.
Too rich!
Zhou Chenglei knew that the villagers would gather around him, so he just didn't feel comfortable letting Jiang Xia line up to get rice.
He only replied: "Okay, two yuan to cultivate an acre of land."
In an instant, many villagers shut up and refused to mention the loan. Some of them were stingy and couldn't help saying:
"Repay it." Do you need money?”
“Two yuan per acre is too expensive!”
“Ale, can it be cheaper? Is two yuan a day okay? ”
...
Zhou Chenglei: "Rent a tractor to plow the land for 20 yuan a day for eight hours. The gas fee is not included. You pay for the gas yourself."
Zhou Chenglei has no intention of making the money himself; Not available.
When the time comes, let the eldest brother do it when he has time. If the eldest brother doesn’t have time, find someone else to do it.
He bought this tractor to facilitate his family's delivery of dried fish to the city, not to make money.
Someone listened and said in a low voice:
“The richer you are, the stingier you become. We all have the surname Zhou and are all brothers. We have to charge money to borrow a tractor.”
“ It’s expensive! It’s two yuan per acre, so it’s better to queue up and use the production team.”
……
Zhou Li walked out of the production team and heard a few women in the village who were notoriously lazy and talkative gathered together to argue. It was Zhou Chenglei who was talking about them, so she said, "Isn't it normal to collect money? People spend three to four thousand yuan. I bought the tractor and lent it to you for free? Of course I bought it to make money.”
"It doesn't cost anything. Everyone comes to borrow it. I'll lose money on gas! And if it's worn out, who does it belong to? It costs money to repair and maintain the tractor! Who pays for the repair?"
Zhou Li finished speaking , he walked towards Zhou Chenglei and said with a smile: "A Lei , thank you for calling an ambulance to take Xiaowan to the hospital. Guohua originally wanted to take Wenwan away when he arrived at the hospital, but he didn't expect that she almost fainted as soon as she walked out of the hospital. "
" I just called back. She has to be hospitalized for one night, the doctor told her Severe malnutrition. The child is vomiting so much and dares to go to the city by himself. What if he faints along the way? I'm sorry to trouble you!" br>Zhou Chenglei : "As long as everything is fine."
"The child has been suffering from severe morning sickness recently. She vomited after eating and couldn't eat anything, which led to malnutrition. Guohua and my sister-in-law tried their best to give her food. ”
Zhou Chenglei said nothing and turned his head to look at the sea.
Seeing that Zhou Chenglei was silent, Zhou Li immediately changed the subject: "I heard that Xiaoxia is also pregnant. Is your health okay? Do you have morning sickness."
"It's okay, not for the time being."
“It’s better not to have it, this woman is pregnant with The child is particularly hard, with morning sickness and vomiting in the early stage. As the belly gets bigger, it becomes difficult to bend over, walk, and breathe. In the later stage, the feet will become swollen and it will be difficult to sleep and eat..."
Zhou Chenglei did not speak. , I hope Jiang Xia will not encounter this.
Zhou Li is used to observing words and expressions. Seeing that Zhou Chenglei seemed to be listening, she immediately continued to share: "The closer to giving birth, the harder it becomes. Finally, when it comes to giving birth, the pain is excruciating! The throbbing pain can literally kill someone." , I gave birth to my first child, and it took me two days and one night to give birth. Even if it hurt a lot, I couldn’t shout loudly, I had to conserve my strength. If you shout too much, you won’t have the energy to give birth later..."
"After giving birth to a baby, confinement is even worse. The baby cries and can’t sleep well. If you don’t get enough rest, your health will not be good and you will fall easily. Confinement disease..."
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Zhou Li kept talking and didn't stop until Zhou Chenglei finished beating Mitong and left.
Zhou Li watched Zhou Chenglei leave with two big bags of rice and thought of bringing some fruit or something to thank Jiang Xia tomorrow.
Originally she was worried that she didn't have a chance to talk to Jiang Xia, but it just so happened that they helped Wen Wan today, so she had a chance.