Poor family mother and son

Chapter 57 Xiaobao's Camellia Noodles
It was the end of October, and the autumn harvest was over long ago. After paying the grain tax, the good mood of the villagers for the autumn harvest was gone.

There is little rain this year, and the output of rice and wheat is not as good as last year. After paying taxes, the remaining grain will not last until next spring.

Chu Qing often heard the voices of villagers who came to work asking and complaining to each other.What a sad day.But the villagers are all thankful that there is still Chu Qing who can make money here to subsidize their families.I thought they would have to disband after selling the bricks, but later found that the bricks continued to be sold, and the work of crushing ore came again.

The weather is getting colder and colder, but fortunately Chuqing has no shortage of coal, and there is no problem with heating, but he doesn't like to go to the reception hall.

The room was big and had no heating.Now if there is anything to go there, the servant must go in with a brazier.And the brazier can't solve much of the problem.Chu Qing planned to get an iron stove and an iron chimney, and put them in the middle of the room. Although it is not pretty, it is warm.

The molded steel pot researched by Chu Qing and Master Lu was very successful.Basically, after demoulding, it only needs to be polished and polished, and there is no need to hire a blacksmith.

Chu Qing gave a steel pot to each of the three village chiefs, and gave Mr. Xie a steel pot and an extra ladle.I also gave Zhang Erni a horse spoon.The horse spoon is suitable for cooking small stoves.

If you want to have a good relationship with the villagers, you cannot live apart from society.Although Chu Qing didn't get along well with the villagers, she didn't want to offend anyone.

Fortunately, I live far away from the village, so I don't hear any bad words.Now the villagers really don't chew their tongues in private.Even talking about Chu Qing is a good word.Chu Qing is the owner.

Today's day is very gloomy, and the cold wind is blowing.Chu Qing felt the cold and didn't want to go out of the house, so he studied what to eat.Xiaobao has grown a little and looks thinner, so he needs to make up for it.

When Chu Qing came to the kitchen, she was very satisfied to see the flour jar full of flour.I have been here for half a year. When I first came here, I had to shake the corners of the noodle bag carefully when eating flour, so as not to waste it. Now, the rice and noodle vats are full.

Chu Qing dug out a spoonful of lard, and wanted to make some camellia noodles for Xiaobao.The food here is too monotonous.In the morning it is porridge.From time to time, Chu Qing would make some wontons for Xiaobao, but sometimes she really didn't have time when she was busy.

If you get some camellia noodles, it's fragrant, and it's good for a snack.Knock the lard spoon on the pot, and the solidified white lard will fall down.It emits a meaty smell when heated.

Chu Qing doesn't like this smell, is there any other way?Xiao Bao came in and stood by to see what delicious food Chu Qing had prepared.The little hand grabbed something from the pocket and stuffed it into Chu Qing's mouth.

Chu Qing never looked at what Xiaobao fed, and just opened his mouth to take it.After chewing it a few times, it was crunchy and tasted it, it was fried soybeans.good smell!
Chu Qing touched Xiao Bao's head with a smile: "You really are a little koi!"

Xiaobao was puzzled, and stared at Chu Qing with a pair of round eyes.It's been half a year, and Xiaobao's hair has grown a lot, but it still can't be tied up. The only one that can be tied up is the handful on the top of his head.The rest are scattered in a mess, Chu Qing needs to use wood shavings to comb and shape it every day. Fortunately, it is not neat, otherwise it would be a "princess cut".

Shaving water is a good thing, cheap and high quality.The elm trees that can be seen everywhere, except the outermost black cracked part, the bark below is planed into thin slices with a woodworking plane, soaked in warm water, it can be used as hair gel, and it is easy to clean.All natural and hair-friendly.

It is said that relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, Chu Qing is really relying on the mountains now, using the rocks and trees on the mountains, and eating the wild vegetables and wild fruits on the mountains.

The lard was hot and melted.Chu Qing mixed the flour with crushed peanuts and hazelnuts and stir-fried.Don't be lazy when making camellia oleifera noodles, you have to keep stirring them all the time.

Xiaobao sniffed the gradually intensified aroma and satiated his craving with his nose.Chu Qing chatted with Xiaobao while working: "I said you are a little koi, because every time I encounter a problem, hey, you can give me inspiration and think of a way! Look, you peel peanuts and let me Thinking of making iron pot molds; I was worried that lard is not good, and sesame oil in the city is too expensive, and you sent fried soybeans. Shall we make soybean oil?"

Xiao Bao didn't know what soybean oil was for, but as long as Chu Qing said it, he just nodded.Be clear about what you have to do, everything is different.

The camellia noodles came out of the pot, Chu Qing made a bowl for Xiao Bao with boiling water, and added a small spoonful of sugar.White sugar is precious, so you have to go to the city to buy it.None of the county towns sold them.

This world is very strange. According to history, sugar was only available in the Song Dynasty, and peanuts were introduced in the Ming Dynasty.But here, there is sugar and peanuts, but there is no peanut oil, and of course there is no soybean oil.I really don't know what kind of world this is.

Xiaobao's food was delicious and sweet, and it was the first time he ate such a delicious paste.Chu Qing stretched out his hand to him: "Give me some money, I want to buy soybeans."

Xiao Bao conveniently took out a ten tael ingot of silver from his pocket and gave it to Chu Qing, Chu Qing was dumbfounded!Is this kid so casual?I have no money on me!Is it so safe these days, children carry ten taels of silver with them?
"Little Treasure, are you not afraid of being robbed?" Chu Qing asked.

Xiao Bao pointed out.Chu Yuan was looking this way.Presumably it was attracted by the aroma.Now the [-] elders in Chuqing all live in brick houses, and they are all in the original shacks.But Bai Jiaxing and Chu Yuan live in Chu Qing's big courtyard.On both sides of the gate, two houses were added, one on the left and one on the right.It was Chu Qing who asked them to guard the gate for the purpose of safety.

So Chu Qing made something delicious in the kitchen, both of them knew.Chu Qing also sent them some from time to time.Bai Jiaxing has always been polite and courteous, but now Chu Yuan is letting himself go more and more.Occasionally, when she sees that Chu Qing is in a good mood, she will take the initiative to ask for food.

Now Chu Yuan is looking here.Seeing Xiaobao pointing at him, he ran over.He knows kung fu and has good hearing. He heard the conversation in the kitchen just now, so he said as soon as he came in: "I asked Xiaobao to put some money in his pocket. I'm afraid we won't be around when you need money. Me and Baijiaxing and Xiaobao each carry ten taels. No matter who follows you, if you want to buy something, you can get silver."

Moved!Chu Qing was really moved.I can pay with WeChat in my own world, so I often don’t bring my wallet, and I have my mobile phone in my hand. I have the world.After arriving here, I was poor and had no money at first, and then I was busy all day and had no chance to spend money by myself, so I didn't develop the habit of carrying money with me.If you need to spend money, just ask Xiaobao.Little Treasure is in charge of the banknotes and the whole banknotes at home.

Look, these people around him are all supporting him in various ways invisibly, Chu Qing's nose feels a little sore.Turning around, he took a soup bowl and made two big bowls of camellia noodles. Put a big spoonful of sugar in each bowl, and asked Chu Yuan to ask Bai Jiaxing to eat together.

While both of them were there, Chu Qing asked them to help collect some soybeans after eating.

"Boss, how much do you charge?" Chu Yuan asked.

"Let's take five hundred catties first." Chu Qing said after making the final calculation.According to the ratio of less than one catty of oil from ten catties of beans, less than fifty catties of oil can be produced from five hundred catties, but it can be eaten for a while.

"Five hundred catties!" Bai Jiaxing exclaimed, "It is estimated that two acres of land will not produce five hundred catties!"

"Huh? Is the yield so low?" Chu Qing didn't know the yield per mu here, and thought that five hundred catties would be the yield of one mu of land.

"One mu of land is less than two hundred catties of beans." Bai Jiaxing said, he had more experience than Chu Yuan in these matters.

"Oh, why don't you two go to a few more stores and collect some from each?" Chu Qing asked.She saw that there was a mill in the village, and everyone's soybeans were exchanged for tofu at most.I seldom eat bean sprouts. There is no food in winter, and the family has to entertain guests, so I am willing to send some bean sprouts.

"Sure, let's collect it."

The two of them quickly bought five hundred catties of beans, and because they heard that Chu Qing harvested them, and the price was the same as the county, they happily sold them to both of them.

　Thank you Maoqiu Weiwei for your reward!Your encouragement is my motivation!
　　
　
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