Chapter 92 Cook Zhou Yang
Zhang Jianwen just wanted to visit Li Hongbin, so everyone came over with Zhang Jianguo after the meeting in the village.
Unexpectedly, I met Zhang An’s family for lunch. He was not polite and just sat down to eat together.
Everyone in the village generally eats lunch late. Some people don’t have lunch until after twelve o’clock or even one o’clock.
Zhang An usually eats late at home, but because there are guests coming, Wang Fang makes lunch a little earlier.
"By the way, uncle, do you want to drink."
Zhang Angang asked Li Hongbin and the uncle if they wanted to drink, but they were stopped by two people.
The two of them drank a lot last night, especially Li Hongbin. Now he wants to vomit if he smells the smell of alcohol.
"By the way, Hong Bin, I have discussed with the village. We welcome your family to settle in the village, so the village decided to provide you with a piece of private land for you to build a house."
< br>The old village chief picked up a crispy salted bean, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and then started talking to Li Hongbin about business after swallowing it.
This was already discussed in the village last night, but Li Hongbin was unconscious after drinking last night and had no chance to tell him.
Then he told Li Hongbin the approximate locations of several reserved lands in the village.
“Let’s take the piece of land next to Zhang An’s new yard. It’s closer to their house.”
Li Hongbin thought about it and chose a piece of private land next to Zhang An’s new house. It's more convenient if we live next to each other.
“Hey, that piece of land is not very big, only half an acre in size, and the others are slightly wider.”
Zhang Jianwen was still a little surprised that Li Hongbin chose the smallest piece of private land. of.
When building a house in the village, everyone likes to choose a larger plot of land, which not only has a yard, but also a garden for growing vegetables.
The private land next to Zhang An's new house is only a little over four quarters in size. If a house is built, it will not be that big without a yard and vegetable plot.
"Uncle, you don't need to build a house that big. It's just big enough for a family to live in. It's also convenient for starting construction. You don't have to worry about road construction."
Li Hongbin then said that he didn't need to give it as a gift from the village. Buy it.
But the old village head said that he had helped the village so much that it was appropriate for the village to give him a homestead.
Li Hongbin is not worried about the issue of real estate rights. Zhang An and the others are not interested in doing this now.
Zhang An clearly remembers that it seemed to be more than ten years later that Changqing Village began to count the property rights of houses and homesteads, because he came back once specifically at that time.
Just to handle this matter, I got a red book for my old house that has always been undocumented.
Basically, there will be no problems with the houses built before that time. At that time, when the people above come to count, just cooperate with them in measuring and registering.
If you need to build a house after that, you need to follow the corresponding procedures.
It was relatively easy to obtain in the first few years, but after many years, it is basically difficult to get approval for a homestead.
But this is not just the case in Changqing Village, but in most places.
As for Li Hongbin, he just thought that the money he donated to Changqing for road construction yesterday was only used by himself to do good deeds. Even if it was not used here, it would be used elsewhere.
Seeing that everyone in the village was willing to accept his family and welcomed him here, he even wanted to spend some money to buy this land.
But the old village chief on the other side had the idea of giving me papaya and giving me Qiongju in return.
In the end, with the enthusiasm of the old village chief, Li Hongbin accepted the homestead donated by the village.
In the words of the old village chief, our Changqing Village lacks everything except plenty of land.
Otherwise, when the land was divided in the 1980s, there wouldn’t be so many people coming to settle in Changqing Village.
After the village gave Li Hongbin land, nothing happened. After dinner, Li Hongbin went to the village to get the approval document, and he could build a house whenever he wanted.
After lunch, Li Hongbin did not stay. As for moving the elderly at home to Changqing Village, he still had to go home and talk to his parents and wife at home.
When Zhang An sent Li Hongbin out and came back, he found his mother picking soybeans in the yard.
"Mom, what are you doing with the soybeans? Do you want to grind the tofu?"
I only saw Wang Fang pouring the soybeans into the dustpan, shaking them back and forth several times, and grinding some of the empty shells The spoiled beans are winnowed out.
This is not over yet. This can only pick out some bad beans that are obviously rotten and have no weight.
There are also some that are broken, but their weight is not much different from that of good beans and they cannot be shaken out.
“I think the weather is nice, so I’ll make some tempeh to eat.”
Wang Fang poured the winnowed soybeans into the dustpan, took out the bamboo mat specially used for picking beans and started picking them.
Zhang An had nothing to do, so he helped pick it up.
Soybeans are a good thing in the village. They do not need to be planted in a special field.
After planting corn every year, you only need to interplant them with corn.
When the soybeans grow up, bloom and bear fruit, and grow beans, they are called edamame.
Edamame is a seasonal vegetable in summer. After peeling off the shell, you will find a young version of soybeans, which are still green and can be fried and eaten.
You can also pick them off the bean poles without peeling them, put them in a pot and cook them with salt water, which is also very delicious.
When Zhang An was a child, he liked to eat boiled corn and edamame every summer.
Later, many places that sold braised meat also sold braised edamame.
Even in the vegetable market in the city, there are many vegetable vendors selling edamame.
Some are sold with bean poles, which are cheaper, but you need to take them home and shell them yourself, and it is also a big loss. And some people will peel off the shells and sell only edamame rice seeds.
Of course, the price is much more expensive, but it also saves the effort of buying and peeling the shells. You can fry them directly after washing them, and you can buy as much as you want without losing any money. The only drawback is that it is expensive. .
The maturity period of soybeans is earlier than that of corn. Soybeans can be harvested before corn is ripe.
Nowadays, every household in the village grows a lot of soybeans, which can not only be used to sell them for money, but can also be used to grind tofu and make tempeh.
You can also fry salted beans in oil, and stew pig trotters soup.
The Zhang An family had never bought tofu on the street before. Wang Fang always soaked the beans and ground the tofu himself.
Because Zhang An has always heard her say that the tofu sold on the street is made with gypsum, which is brine, while the tofu made at home is made with sour soup. Be more delicious.
It can only be said that each place has its own taste.
Three kilograms of beans didn't seem like much, but it took the mother and son a long time to sort them, and then Wang Fang took them to a bucket to soak.
You can start making tempeh tomorrow after soaking it. Speaking of tempeh, Zhang An has not eaten it for a while.
Many people may not be used to this food and find the smell of tempeh to be quite overpowering. After all, the name stinky tempeh is no joke.
Once the tempeh is ready, it can be dried in the sun to make dry tempeh, or soaked in water to make water tempeh.
Dried tempeh can be used to make tempeh oil chili, or it can be stir-fried with lard residue or green chili for cooking.
In this era, everyone buys lard on the street and the lard residue left over from refining is reluctant to throw away. They keep it for their own consumption. This fried black bean sauce is quite delicious.
Water tempeh is generally used to make tempeh and dipped in water. In a few years, these things will be canned and sold on the market.
"Mom, I won't be at home for dinner tonight. Zhou Yang is back and calls me over for dinner."
It was still early at this time, so Zhang An took advantage of his mother not finishing cooking. , said it in advance.
"Zhou Yang is back home. That's okay. Your dad and I can just make some food for dinner tonight. No more cooking."
Wang Fang knew that Zhou Yang had gone to work in the provincial capital, but she didn't know that he had gone home yet.
"Sister-in-law Zhou was injured and couldn't get out of bed. She was about to start harvesting crops. Brother Shuanglin in his family couldn't handle it alone, and he had to take care of two children, so he came back to help. . ”
At around five o’clock, Zhang An went out to Zhou Yang’s house.
When Xiaohu saw Zhang An going out, he followed Zhang An all the way out.
It only takes two or three minutes from Zhang An's home to Zhou Yang's home, separated by a neighbor in the village.
"Zhang An is here, come and sit down, Yanhong, bring out a stool for your little uncle An."
Seeing Zhang An enter the yard, Zhou Shuanglin, who was killing the chicken, had a fight with Zhang An Hello, shouting to the girl in the room.
"Brother Shuanglin got a big one today."
Zhou An looked at a few fish in the basin next to him. One grass carp was quite big, and he placed it in an enamel basin. , the tail still has to be bent, and it looks like it is four or five pounds in size.
“I’m lucky today. I just wanted to get into a cage and catch some wild crucian carp for your sister-in-law to make fish soup. But I didn’t expect that a big fish came in. I asked Yoko to cook it at night, but this The fish are not as big as those in your pond.”
Hearing Zhang An's arrival, Zhou Yang also walked out of the kitchen.
Don't tell me, this man is wearing an apron, he really looks good.
“Here we come, I was just about to call you.”
“I’m not here anymore, how can I ask the great chef to invite you?”
Zhang An followed Zhou Yang into the kitchen and found a knife. Next to him, Zhou Yang's father was handling the rooster. Zhang An took the knife and helped to pick up the fish in the basin.
We are all children in the village and can do these basic tasks. Zhou Shuanglin was not polite, and the two of them chatted while cleaning up.
After Zhang An opened the belly of the fish, he took out the fish bubbles, washed them, and handed them to Zhou Yanhong to find a place to put them. It seemed that they could be used as medicine or something.
So no matter whose family killed the fish, they soaked the fish and left it to dry and put away.
After picking up the fish, Zhou Shuanglin next to him also slaughtered the chicken on his hand and took it in to Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang's craftsmanship seems to be pretty good, and he has a decent style, flipping the pot and spoon sometimes.
In more than half an hour, the last dish was ready.
Grass carp has many bones and is not the best choice for making pickled fish. Zhou Yang used vegetable oil to crisp it thoroughly and made it into braised fish with sauce.
You don’t need to pick out the fish bones when eating them, because the fish bones are fried crispy by the oil and can be eaten directly.
Sister-in-law Zhou had a cast on her leg and it was a bit inconvenient to move around, so she didn’t get up to eat together. Zhou Yang would get her to eat next to the bed later. "Give it a try and see how I do."
Zhou Yang distributed the chopsticks to his father and Zhang An and set out the rice bowl.
The little tiger was lying on the side. Zhou Yang's family didn't have a dog, so he wanted to get a basin for the little tiger to put some food in it.
"Zhou Yang, don't bother." Then he said to Xiaohu, "Go back and get your dog bowl."
Hearing this, Xiaohu shook his head and went home to get his own food. Guy.
Before Zhou Yang came back, Zhou Shuanglin told Zhou Yang on the phone about his mother’s leg injury.
After coming back, I heard my father say that Zhang An picked a big wild boar by himself a few days ago, and the three dogs of Zhang An's family also surrounded one. It was considered revenge for his mother, and their family even divided some. What about pork.
Now that I see how smart the tiger cub brought by Zhang An is, I can’t help but want to raise one too.
Soon he saw the little tiger coming over with a basin in his mouth. Zhang An looked behind him, but luckily the big tiger and the second tiger didn't follow him.
"What are you looking at?" Zhou Yang asked curiously when he saw Zhang An staring at the door.
"I'm watching to see if Big Tiger and Two Tigers are coming. If they come, we won't have to eat tonight. The pot of rice you made is only enough for three of them."
< br>Zhang An felt relieved when he saw that Xiaohu was the only one coming.
"Do they eat so much? I also want to think about raising one at home."
Zhou Yang said angrily, if it can eat so much, it can't be raised.
“Our family can’t afford to raise them. The three dogs of Zhang An’s family can eat a large bowl at a time. Otherwise, they would not be able to surround the wild boars. Only Zhang An’s family in this village is willing to feed them like this. , How can other people afford to eat like this?"
Zhou Shuanglin had seen Wang Fang prepare food for the three Xiaohu brothers, and finish the meal in one meal.
Zhou Yang thought about it and realized the same thing.
I put some rice in Xiaohu's dog bowl, then put some vegetable soup in it, and finally Zhou Shuanglin poured some chicken soup in it.
It made Zhou Yang wonder how his father had become so generous, and how could he be willing to feed chicken bones and soup to dogs at any time.
This cannot be blamed on Zhou Shuanglin. The wild boar that caused his mother-in-law to break her leg was Xiaohu who took the lead in surrounding it, so it was considered revenge for their family, and giving him some meat was considered as repayment.
Besides, Zhang An is a guest, and Zhang An’s family usually feeds him like this. I can’t be too stingy when I come to my home. Although it’s a pity, it doesn’t matter if I feed him a meal.
After Zhou Yang finished it, he handed the basin to Xiaohu, but he still didn't see Xiaohu moving his mouth.
"Uncle An, why doesn't your little tiger eat it?"
Zhang An smiled, took the dog bowl and put it aside, greeted the little tiger, and then the little tiger came over Start eating.
"The tiger cubs usually don't eat what others feed, unless it comes from my parents and I."
At this time, Zhou Yang and Zhou Shuanglin just After reacting, everyone praised him and said he was a good dog.
Nowadays, there are many people who come into the village to steal chickens and dogs. They often ride a motorcycle. If they see a dog in their house, they will give them some medicine. Once they get used to it, they will drag it away and sell it to the dog meat restaurant in the town.
After finishing it for Xiaohu, everyone started to eat.
Zhou Yang didn't bring any food, but Zhou Shuanglin took the bayberry wine brewed at home and poured some for Zhang An.
"Brother Shuanglin, enough is enough. I just drank enough yesterday. I have to save some money today."
Zhou Shuanglin knows Zhang An's drinking capacity and also knows that Zhang An drank yesterday. Quite a few, so I didn’t pour too much today.
“It’s not much, just treat it as a drink and try how my bayberry wine tastes.”
When Grandpa Zhang An was here, he would drink wine every time he drank. I want to dip him in some and let Zhang An have a taste.
Later, when Zhang An grew up, he started to carry the bowl for Zhang An and take a sip. Over time, Zhang An developed a drinking capacity. Although Zhang An didn’t drink often, he still drank a pound of wine. There is still plenty of alcohol to drink.
In later generations, Zhang An's company held its annual meeting at the end of the year, and the boss also said that the person who drank the best would get a month's salary as a reward. Zhang An drank a lot of people that day.
Everyone knows that Zhang An, who usually doesn’t talk much, is also a ruthless person.
The bayberry wine in Zhou Yang's house is made from the bayberries his father picked from the mountains. You can see that the bayberry wine in the bowl has turned pink.
"Zhou Yang's craftsmanship is so good that he can open his own restaurant."
Zhang An has eaten all the dishes on the table and they are all good. They are better than those in the restaurants in the county. It's much better. It's true that I have been studying this industry for several years.
"Hey, do whatever you want, eat the food and eat the food."
After three rounds of drinking, Zhou Shuanglin did not persuade him to drink. We are not outsiders.
I just kept urging Zhang An to eat vegetables. During the dinner, they talked about the family's shortcomings, but Zhang An and Zhou Yang talked about their days in the city.
Zhou Yang's younger brothers and sisters didn't say much from the time they were holding bowls to eating until they were done eating. Usually Zhou Yang's family was very strict. She had to call out to people when they saw them and they were not allowed to talk during meals unless others asked. Wait.
As for Zhou Yang, he and Zhang An were used to being wild when they were young. By the time Sister-in-law Zhou wanted to discipline him, it was already too late. After all, Zhou Yang had already grown crooked by that time and his nature was hard to change.
So the next two children were treated strictly by their mother since they were young.
I won't give you a chance to grow crooked, and I will fix it for you even if it shows signs of distortion.
It can be said that Zhou Yang is responsible for half of what the two brothers and sisters are today.
After dinner and tea, Zhou Yang and his son and Zhang An were eating in the yard.
The matter of washing the dishes has been taken care of by Zhou Yang's sister Zhou Yanhong.
Zhang An also went home without finishing. This was something without rules. It was not like going to someone else’s house for a meal. He had to leave after eating to make room for the people below.
"I asked you how you got such strength. Why have I never seen you so brave before? Otherwise we wouldn't have had to endure so many beatings."
Zhou Yang was still able to treat Zhang An A man who killed a wild boar was a little curious. He had played with this boy since he was a child, but they hadn't seen him for a few years. How could he evolve into a Super Saiyan?
“You ask me how I know, maybe it’s because of my extraordinary talent.”
Zhang An could only roll his eyes at what Zhou Yang said. When they were young, the two of them often followed each other. People fight.
The two of them also fight when there is one person facing them, and they also fight when there are several people facing them.
When faced with a large number of people, we suffer a lot.
But at that time, these two people mainly focused on dissatisfaction. They would fight if they could win, and they would give it a try if they couldn't.
When Zhou Shuanglin heard his son talk about fighting when he was a child, Zhou Shuanglin remembered that he was often called a parent by the school at that time.
“You still feel honored, don’t you.”
Amidst the chirping of cicadas, Zhou Yang’s father, Zhou Shuanglin, got to the point.
"Zhang An, I heard from my uncle that you are planning to build a farmhouse there, right?"
"Yes, we have this plan. We saw that it was very popular in other places, so let's It’s not any worse here than others, so I want to give it a try,” Zhang An said, taking a sip of the freshly brewed tea.
"Then if your place is opened, won't you find someone to cook when there are too many people here? What do you think of Zhou Yang? If you can open it, your sister-in-law and I will think about it Let him follow you and don't let him go out."
"Brother Shuanglin, I don't know if it can be done now, and I don't know how many people there are. I really can't say this now. "
Zhang An thought for a while and said, he couldn't agree immediately.
“If there are really many people in the future and someone needs to be responsible, based on Zhou Yang’s skills and the relationship between us, I will definitely find him first.”
Zhou Shuanglin and his wife saw that Zhang An did not go out to work, but the life of the family was getting better and better, so they wanted to ask Zhang An for his opinion.
"That's what we mentioned. Mainly because we want Zhou Yang to stop going out to work. If he goes out, he won't be able to take care of his family."
Zhou Yang's father sighed. Foreigners learn to be cooks, but unlike villagers who learn to be masons, they can wait and work at home.
As for chefs, in the village, people will basically be invited when there is a big banquet. But these days, everyone's conditions are just like that, and no one will make a big banquet and invite people to drink.
It is not like the later generations who drank one drink every three days and one drink every two days.
"Brother Shuanglin, if this is the case, I have an idea that you can consider."
Zhang An thought for a while and slowly said to Zhou Yang and his son.
"Oh? What do you think?"
After hearing Zhang An say that he had an idea, Zhou Yang and his son immediately sat up and wanted to hear what Zhang An had to say.
Everyone in Changqing Village is saying that Zhang An is smart and has many ideas.
"Look, there are many people coming to fish in our big river every day. You people are not short of money. Look, the biscuits and instant noodles they bring every day cost a lot of money, so you go and ask Those people, whether they need to order food or not, with Zhou Yang’s skills, I believe that if they can spend money to buy freshly prepared meals, who would be willing to eat dry biscuits?”
When Zhou Yang and Zhou Shuanglin heard Zhang An's words, they thought about it and realized that something seemed to be going on.
"Yes, this seems to be possible. Why didn't we think of it before? No wonder people say you are smart."
Zhang An is not smart. This is because the villagers in later generations Someone discovered this business opportunity and specialized in cooking and selling to these people.
Originally, Zhang An wanted to cook it at home, but the conditions at home were not bad, and he didn't want his mother to be busy in the kitchen every day.
"It's nothing, but it must be kept clean and hygienic, and the food and charges must be reasonable. Otherwise, it will ruin the reputation. People will not buy it after buying it once, and everyone will say it later. If this is done well They come to order food every day. It’s a long-term business.”
Originally, Zhang An wanted the third uncle’s family to cook it, but the food cooked by the third uncle and the third aunt was just like that. It was okay to eat at home. If you sell it and others buy it once, you won't buy it again, and your reputation will be ruined in vain.
The second uncle is a stonemason. Although he is often too busy to work at home, the conditions are not too bad. This business is not suitable for them.
Zhou Yang has just learned cooking skills for a few years and is pretty good at cooking. As long as he pays attention to the quality and hygiene of the food, I believe he will be welcomed by everyone.
“Don’t worry, we will pay attention to this aspect.”
Zhang An just reminded him of what he knew. As for what to do, it was up to Zhou Yang and his family.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang An took Xiaohu to say goodbye and went home, leaving Zhou Yang and his family to discuss what they should do.
When Xiaohu left, he did not forget to take away the guy who was eating.
Today there was a power outage at the company and at home. Although I had a day off, the electricity was only delivered now, so the update is a little late. I'm sorry.
(End of this chapter)