Chapter 10: ready (1/2)
The door of the room was opened with a creak, and a sturdy, dark-skinned man walked out of it, dirty, holding a knife in one hand and a wooden shovel in the other, with sawdust stained on his shirt. Let people see what he was doing just now.
”What's the matter? Who are these two?” Uncle Huang looked at the two extra people who had suddenly appeared and asked about his family.
Huang Ama told him about Zhong Ziqi.
Uncle Huang is very easy to say: ”If you want to rent, you can rent. It just depends on your age. Let me tell you the truth. It is difficult to do business on the pier. Unless you are good at craftsmanship, you will be crowded out sooner or later. , Isn’t this the one in our family. This thing was made for him at the beginning, but his craftsmanship was mediocre, and finally had to...So you guys, if you don’t have a great craftsmanship, I’ll forget it, and be careful to lose money.”
Huang Ama nodded sadly thinking of his own experience.
Zhong Ziqi was surprised. He didn't expect to meet two people with good hearts. He smiled gently: ”Don't tell me that we are a couple who have just separated from each other. Seeing that there is no income at home, we have to The one who made the idea here, Jiamu taught me cooking when he was alive, so I am a little proficient. We can also hear the kindness of Uncle Huang and Ama Huang, but if we don’t do some of these things, we will There is definitely no hope, but if you do, there is a ray of hope. Are you right?”
Uncle Huang was surprised that a brother could say such a thing, and he couldn't help but look sideways at the kid who had been silently standing behind his brother.
Zhong Ziqi also saw his doubts, and took Zhao Zhengan's hand to his side and said with a wry smile: ”Presumably the two are also very confused? Why am I talking all the time? Actually, my husband is hurt here and there are some problems. ”Zhong Ziqi pointed to her head.
”This-no wonder. Poor, it's not easy for you to be a brother.” Huang Ama said pityingly.
”Hey, since that's the case, we don't have to say anything. You can pay a price for the rent.” Uncle Huang shook his head and said. The two of them are not around. Seeing these two children is like seeing his children.
In this way, Zhong Ziqi rented the trolley at a cheap price of eight cents a day. The note stated that if something is delayed, it will be counted as half a day for less than half a day, and it will be counted as a day for less than a day. Pick up the car in the morning and come back. When I settled the rent, the eight cents of rent was really super cheap, and the Zhong Ziqi at the back was completely convinced that it was the two who saw them poorly that allowed them to settle the money after finishing the work.
After finishing the important things, Zhong Ziqi relaxed a lot, pulling Zhao Zhengan around on the street, and Zhao Zhengan gradually returned to his former vigor.
Zhong Ziqi felt distressed for his well-being, and stopped by a seller of candied haws, bought a bunch of candied haws for two cents and handed it to Zhao Zhengan: ”Eat.”
Zhao Zhengan happily took it, looking left and right, reluctant to eat.
Zhong Ziqi looked funny: ”Hurry up, eat it, it will be all in a while.”
Zhao Zhengan passed the candied haws to his mouth after hearing the words: ”Daughter-in-law eat it.”
Zhong Ziqi was taken aback. Then she smiled, opened her mouth and ate one: ”You eat it, I don't like it.”
Zhao Zhengan looked at his wife and took the first bite before he took the second bite contentedly.
In addition to this incident when Zhong Ziqi entered the town this time, he also wanted to buy back all the necessary seasonings and missing ingredients. If everything is ready tomorrow, he wants to officially start business the day after tomorrow.
After buying the condiments from the condiment shop, Zhong Ziqi and the two went straight to the butcher stall. They didn’t expect the butcher stall owner to have a good memory. He greeted him enthusiastically, “This husband, you are here again, how about? How about my meat? Absolutely fresh!”
Zhong Ziqi saw that this person was good, and she might want to buy it frequently in the future, she opened her mouth and praised: ”Yes, boss, your meat is really good, don't you think I came back to buy it again.”
The boss of the meat stall exclaimed, ”What do you want this time?” Zhong Ziqi pointed at the pile of bones beside the meat: ”If you want it, you can give me five pounds.”
”Good.” The butcher's owner wrapped the bones quickly. There are not a few people who like to chew bones and drink bone soup these days, so he is not surprised.
After paying, Zhong Ziqi strolled around again, and finally went to the shop where he sold rice noodles last time. He remembers seeing Mifensi here last time because he needs to be tough and thin enough to make cold noodles. But obviously this world is not there yet, so after a few laps, Zhong Ziqi can only retreat to buy rice minsi. Although the taste is a little worse, the slickness is not bad. After buying the rice noodles, I bought some noodles. Zhong Ziqi also bought a large clay pot over her knees and some bowls and chopsticks. The bowls and chopsticks were sent to Uncle Huang’s house, so you won’t have to bother to carry them back and forth in the future. Take it home for soup.
No matter what happened, Zhong Ziqi and Zhao Zhengan went back to Zhaojiacun.
When it was still early when he got home, Zhong Ziqi took out one of the bones he bought, cleaned and cut it, and boiled the soup in the pot. After boiled for more than two hours, Zhong Ziqi and the noodles made the noodles and boiled them in the boiled bone broth. After a while, a fragrance wafted out.
After cooking for more than ten minutes, Zhong Ziqi took the noodles out of the pot and served them to the table. The smoothness and tenderness of the noodles and the fragrance of the bone broth all tempted people to taste it, and then taste it again.
Zhong Ziqi watched Zhao Zhengan eat the Xili and sweated profusely, thinking that if some sour bamboo shoots were added, it would definitely be more delicious. That's right, he will make this sour bamboo shoots and big bone soup noodles the morning after tomorrow, while the cold noodles and silky noodles will be made at noon. I believe that this unique taste is enough to attract many people.
After eating, the sun on the horizon has gone down, but the afterglow still illuminates the distant earth.
Zhong Ziqi was thinking about things thoughtfully while squatting with Zhao Zhengan in the yard to pull the weeds. Suddenly he thought of a serious problem. Although he could finish the bone soup and bring it over, but how to bring water, it is impossible to bring it from home. The water used for the cold noodles must be cold water from the well. Then he won’t have time to fetch water when he arrives at the pier. Uncle Huang is not far from the dock, but who is going to fetch water? Neither he nor Zhao Zhengan can leave alone, so here comes the question!
Zhong Ziqi sighed helplessly. It's not easy to do anything.
”Daughter-in-law, don't frown, are you unhappy?” Zhao Zhengan stretched out his hand and rubbed Zhong Ziqi's squeezed eyebrows, regardless of whether his hands were dirty.