Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 8 It's delicious but dumplings (recommendation ticket for collection and investment)
This evening, the Chen family's dinner is dumplings.

Unlike northern dumplings, which are a staple food, in Erlong Town, dumplings are rarely eaten except during Chinese New Year.

So. When he was young, Chen Li once thought that dumplings were the best food in the world.

Not only are dumplings delicious, but also because eating dumplings represents the Chinese New Year.

It's just that as a family that eats rice as the staple food, the Chen family rarely eats a meal of dumplings.

Today's dumpling meal is thanks to Chen Xue, because this girl also likes to eat dumplings, and since the senior high school entrance examination is approaching, she will probably be able to eat a lot of dumplings during this period of time.

"The dumplings are ready, come and bring them yourself~."

Following the greeting from the mother in the kitchen, Chen Xue threw away the textbook in her hand, and trotted directly to the kitchen.

"I want fifteen."

The way of eating dumplings in Erlong Town is different from that in the north. The dumplings eaten here are served with soup, and they are also red soup.

Big white and fat dumplings, with various seasonings and the aroma of chili oil, and finally sprinkled with a handful of chopped green onions, the taste is simply incredible.

"I want twenty."

The dumplings made by Chen's family are not comparable to those made in small restaurants outside. They are a lot bigger in size alone, not to mention that the fillings inside are only seasoned with chives besides meat.

Chen Li can eat thirty of these dumplings at a time.

It's just that this meal is dinner, and Chen Li doesn't want to eat too much.In addition, he will have to go out to "earn extra money" later, and he can have another meal when he comes back after earning extra money.

However, although Chen Li said that he ate twenty dumplings, Wang Dongmei scooped them up with two colanders, so there were more than 25 dumplings in Chen Li's bowl.

Yes "basin".

It is not suitable for Chen Li to eat dumplings.The biggest bowl in the house can hold less than twenty dumplings, so the bowl Chen Li eats dumplings is actually a small enamel basin.

Not only does he use this small bowl to eat, Chen Guofu also uses a small enamel bowl.

People these days actually eat a lot.Chen Li even saw the porter he was looking for at the grain station, who could eat almost a catty of dried noodles for a meal.

A catty of dried noodles is a big pot after being cooked.

Not to mention a meal for one person, even the four members of the Chen family can't eat so much in one meal.

At that time, Chen Li was almost dumbfounded. He was even worried that that buddy would be overwhelmed.

But the facts have proved that people can indeed eat so much, and after that, they continue to carry big bags like a normal person.

Of course, this way of eating is definitely unhealthy, and in severe cases, it may even endanger life safety.

But in those days, some people didn't have the opportunity to eat with an open stomach a few times a year, so how could they care about health or unhealthy issues.

Chen Li held a small pot, and seasoned the dumplings in the pot again, with an appropriate amount of salt, more chili oil, more vinegar, and a little bit of monosodium glutamate and pepper.

A pot of fragrant spicy and sour soup dumplings was born.

As for why MSG is put instead of chicken essence. This is nonsense.

These days, ordinary people almost don't use chicken essence, because the price of that thing is much more expensive than monosodium glutamate.

Holding a bowl of dumplings, Chen Li went to his parents' bedroom, planning to watch TV while eating dumplings.

"Oh!!"

As a result, before entering the room, Chen Xue, who entered the room first, let out a sigh.Chen Li didn't even need to guess, he knew that there should be a power outage.

Even though it is already 97, once the summer comes, the power supply is still relatively tight.

Therefore, in the months of June, July, and August, there will be frequent power outages.

For such a situation, the residents of Erlong Town are almost used to it.

Fortunately, it was only around seven o'clock at this time, and it was not dark outside, so there was no problem with eating.

Chen Li took the rice bowl and went to the Eight Immortals Table under the eaves, and after a while, other members of the Chen family also came here to eat.

"Hey, your family is tired of eating dumplings today?"

As soon as Chen Li started to eat, someone walked over there with a bowl.

"Yeah! Xuewa likes to eat. It's been a long time since I ate it! She's about to take an exam, give her a few good meals."

The person who came was Xiao Jiang, another custodian of the grain station, who lived next door to the Chen family. He was 25 years old and a bachelor.

The timing of this buddy's entry into the grain station was not good. He had just entered the grain station and encountered the reform of state-owned enterprises, and the benefits of the grain station have also become much worse than before.

But this buddy has a good attitude, or this buddy has no ambitions, so even if the current salary at the grain station is mediocre, Xiao Jiang doesn't think about finding another way to make a living.

There was no politeness, they were all familiar neighbors, Xiao Jiang directly sat down next to Chen Li with his noodle bowl.

As soon as this buddy sat down, Chen Li couldn't help sniffing.

I don't know if it smells like sweat because I haven't showered for a few days.

You must know that Erlong Town belongs to the hinterland of Sichuan Province, the air humidity here is quite high, and in summer, this kind of climate will turn into a kind of sauna day.

Living in such a sauna day, if he didn't take a bath for a few days, Chen Li didn't know if this buddy felt uncomfortable.

Ok!This is Chen Li being a bit hypocritical. In fact, due to the limited conditions these days, it is really difficult to take a bath every day.

It's just that Xiao Jiang is obviously a little lazy, and he sweated a lot when harvesting grain due to the white rain at noon, so he seems to smell a bit strong at the moment.

"Old Chen, Shancheng is about to become a municipality directly under the central government. If you go to Shancheng in the future, it will be equivalent to leaving the province."

As soon as Xiao Jiang opened his mouth, he was talking about important national affairs.This is one of the most popular topics of conversation these days.

"What's going out of the province? It's not going abroad!"

The chatterbox was opened, and the middle and young generations chatted about various national affairs without any sense of disobedience.

From the upgrading of a mountain city to a municipality directly under the central government, to the upcoming return of Hong Kong Island, everything shows the strength of the country.

However, Chen Li doesn't pay much attention to these national affairs for the time being, after all, he is a sophomore in high school, not a keyboard warrior.

Compared with the important national affairs that his father said, Chen Li paid more attention to how to complete his promotion task, but this matter will not be rushed for a while.

Before completing the system promotion task, Chen Li still needs to complete one more thing.
Catch the eels!
This is a relatively stable source of income for Chen Li after his rebirth.

Of course, Chen Li's source of income is not limited to this, such as fishing for black sticks, catching turtles, reselling common Chinese herbal medicines such as summer mushroom grass, etc.

In short, in this era of undeveloped economy and information, Chen Li has a lot of ways to make some small money for himself.

It was indeed just a small amount of money, because of the limitation of channels, it was impossible for Chen Li to obtain too much economic benefit from these aspects.

However, for an "ordinary" high school student, this is already an extraordinary achievement.

This is also one of the reasons why Chen Li became "other people's child" in the mouth of other parents.

After all, a child who has good grades and can generate income for the family is a good child these days.

"Mom, I'm going to catch eels at night, remember to save the bath water for me."

"Don't catch it too late!"

Wang Dongmei was used to her son catching eels, so she just gave a casual order and it was over.

"I also need to go."

Chen Xue's eyes lit up, and she also wanted to catch eels, because the eels she caught could be exchanged for money, and the most important thing was that her brother would not withhold the money.

As long as it is the rice field eel she catches, she will have a share of it if it is sold for money.

"What are you going to do? Have you finished your homework?"

Before Chen Li spoke, my mother was not happy.Chen Li could go and catch rice field eels, after all, he was a boy, but Chen Xue, a girl, went out to go crazy, that would not work.

And now that Chen Xue is about to take the senior high school entrance examination, she should study hard at home.

Chen Xue quickly looked at her brother. She had no say in this kind of matter, but my brother was different.

"Cough~!"

Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by his sister, Chen Li coughed lightly.

"Mom, let Xiaoxue go out with me to play. I won't catch up for a long time today, so let her relax."

"Combining work and rest!"

Chen Xue's grades are very good, so Chen Li is not too worried about this girl's high school entrance examination.

But this is also because Chen Xue is only in the third year of junior high school. If she was in the third year of high school, then Chen Li would not dare to take this girl out to play.

"That's fine! Don't hold on to it for too long, I'll boil more water later."

After thinking about it, Wang Dongmei finally agreed.

"Yeah~!"

Seeing that her mother agreed, Chen Xue instantly became happy, and directly compared Chen Li!
(End of this chapter)