The Peasant Gourment Chef - Chapter 31

After arriving home, the owner of the donkey cart helped Li Hehua unload the table and chairs and move them into the yard. Li Hehua was very grateful and thanked him repeatedly, thinking that he will definitely find this person next time he has to move things.

Li Hehua carried the little guy to the chair in the main room, and kissed him, “Baby, this is where my mother lives now, but this is rented by my mother, because my mother doesn’t have the money to buy a house of her own. But my mother is working hard to make money, and I will soon be able to buy a better yard than this, and then my mother will pick you up to live with her, and then you can invite your friends to come and play at home.”

The little guy was sitting neatly, staring at Li Hehua with his bright black eyes, his big eyes blinking.

Li Hehua patted his head, “Okay, mother is going to prepare the cakes for sale tomorrow. Would you like to play by yourself for a while? Except you can’t go out, you can play casually in the yard,”

Li Hehua plans to officially open the food stall the day after tomorrow, just in time when the trolley can be delivered. She wants to start preparing the ingredients for the food stall after selling the pastries tomorrow. As for this afternoon, she will just make some pastries.

Li Hehua walked towards the kitchen, but just two steps away, his trouser legs were pulled. Li Hehua paused, and when he lowered his head, he saw the little guy slipped off the chair, grabbing her trouser legs and looking at her.

Li Hehua pinched his little nose, “Do you want to go to the kitchen with your mother?”

The little guy blinked.

This is what the little guy is thinking, “Okay, let’s go with mother then.”

Li Hehua carried the little guy to the kitchen and put it on the chair by the table, “Okay, you can sit here and accompany your mother, the mother will make the cakes, and I will make you a double-skin milk to eat, just in time for the mother. I bought some goat milk ice in the well yesterday.”

The little guy sat obediently, staring at Li Hehua’s hand.

Li Hehua shook his head with a chuckle, and began to get busy under the watchful eyes of the little guy. The little guy is different from a normal child. He can sit in one place without moving for a day, or stare at one thing all day without getting tired. Just like that, his **** eyes keep staring at him. Looking at Li Hehua, he was not impatient at all, and kept watching until Li Hehua finished making the cakes to be sold tomorrow.

Li Hehua was helpless and funny, and walked over to scratch his little nose, “You little guy, why are you so quiet? Isn’t it boring to sit here and watch my mother all the time?”

The little guy blinked as if to say ‘not boring at all’.

“You…” Li Hehua chuckled and turned to take out the goat’s milk that was frozen in the well. “That mother will make you double-skin milk now.”

She bought the goat milk from a man who came to town to sell sheep. Originally, the man was selling sheep. She thought about the high nutritional value of goat milk and asked him if he had goat milk at home. The man said that he had a lot of goats at home. She couldn’t finish her milk every day, so she had an idea and told the man that she could sell goat milk to her for five cents a barrel in the future.

The man was overjoyed when he heard this, and he would bring her a bucket every few days after that.

However, goat milk has a smell of taint. If most people do not handle it, they will feel that goat milk is difficult to drink. In fact, if goat milk is handled well, it can remove the smell of taint, and it is very nutritious. Children drink it right. She’s in good health, and making pastries is delicious, so she bought so many, and now she’s making food for the little guy.

Li Hehua poured the goat milk into the pot, then put the almonds he bought before into the goat milk, and slowly boiled it over a low heat, so as to remove the odor in the goat milk.

After removing the smell of mutton, put an appropriate amount of sugar in it for stirring, the purpose is to increase the sweetness of the double skin milk, if it is not sweet, children will not like it.

At this time, the eggs are about to be used. Li Hehua took out four eggs, separated the egg whites, and beat them continuously with chopsticks. After the egg whites rose, slowly pour the freshly processed goat milk into the In the egg white, stir while pouring, be sure to let the goat milk and egg white mix well.

After mixing evenly, Li Hehua took two bowls, poured the goat milk into the bowls respectively, and then steamed them with water. When it comes out of the pot, it will be solidified double skin milk.

There happened to be red beans at home. Li Hehua used the existing red beans to make some honey beans, and then spread them on the double-skin milk. This is the red bean and double-skin milk, and the taste is better.

Generally speaking, double skin milk can be eaten hot or cold, but the little guy has a bad spleen and stomach, so it is best to eat it hot. the little kid eats.

“Come on baby, the double-skin milk is ready, try it.” Li Hehua sat down next to the little guy with a bowl, scooped a spoonful of blowing with a spoon, and fed it to his mouth.

The little guy immediately opened his mouth and ate it in one bite, his big eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was savoring.

“How is it? It’s delicious, right?” Li Hehua can see his little mood without looking at any of the little guy’s expressions. He must think it’s delicious at the moment.

The little guy answered her with practical actions, each bite was very sweet, and she was in a very good mood. I secretly wished that the little guy could stay by her side all the time. I believe she will be able to do it within two months. If you raise him to be fat and white, it will definitely be cuter by then.

Unfortunately, this idea is not realistic, hey~

It was still early after the little guy had eaten the double-skin milk. Li Hehua simply carried the little guy to the yard and sat down. She sat down beside him, and then took out the square wooden board she had specially asked for from the carpenter Qian, and prepared Write a food stall menu.

In order to adapt to this era, Li Hehua deliberately bought a book like a dictionary. The characters in it are all traditional Chinese characters. Although she has never written them, she still recognizes them, so she plans to follow the characters in this book. to write the menu.

After deciding how to write almost every word, Li Hehua dipped a brush in ink, wrote the names of various foods on the wooden board, and then wrote the corresponding price on the back.

She had thought about it before. Ordinary fried rice, fried noodles and soup noodles are four cents a bowl. You can add beef, pork, etc., and you will be charged two cents for each addition. Three cents a penny; donburi are also divided into vegetarian and meat dishes, a bowl of four penny for vegetarian, and six penny for a bowl of meat. So there are basically two prices on her stall: four cents and six cents, which is easy to remember.

At the same time, she also plans to sell some steamed buns and buns at the stall, for those who work hard. Those people are reluctant to spend money on such expensive food, so they can buy some cheap steamed buns to eat, and then she will make them. Order vegetable soup as free soup, as long as the guests who pay to eat can drink a bowl of vegetable soup each, this is also a way to attract customers.

Although the price Li Hehua set is a little more expensive than the noodles sold by other people, she believes that the taste she makes can beat other people’s noodles, and there are many kinds, so the price is not high. will be a problem.

After the menu was written, Li Hehua naturally remembered the work in the kitchen. Previously, she thought that she would do all the work in the kitchen by herself, but now it seems that her thinking is too simple, and she may not be able to do it alone. Because there are so many types on the menu, she needs to prepare a large number of different ingredients every day after closing the stall. Not only do she have to prepare all kinds of dumpling stuffing, but also make fried noodles and noodles, and then knead the noodles to make dumpling skins. In addition to making steamed buns and steamed buns, more importantly, she also makes pastries sold by Cao Simei.

With so much work, it is estimated that she will do it alone until dawn, how can she bear it.

Looks like she’ll have to find someone to help her in the kitchen.

As for the candidate, she wants to find a home and lives near here, she can be busy until late every day and go home, and she has good cooking skills, but such a person is probably a little hard to find, and she is also a newcomer. If you move here, you don’t know anyone, which makes it even harder to find the right person.

Li Hehua felt that this matter had to be asked by someone who was very familiar with the people nearby. After thinking about it, she thought of Fang Dongfang’s sister-in-law. Sister-in-law Fang’s family also lives nearby, and her family has lived here for many years. She must be very familiar with the people nearby, so it should be right to ask her.

So, Li Hehua wrapped a few cakes in oil paper, picked up the little guy, locked the door, and went to Mrs. Fang’s house.

Sister-in-law Fang was sitting in the yard picking vegetables, and when she saw Li Hehua coming over, she quickly stood up, “Sister Lotus, why are you here, come in and sit!” Seeing the little guy in Li Hehua’s arms, she asked, “Who is this child?”

Li Hehua introduced: “This is my son. He doesn’t like to talk. Sister-in-law, don’t mind.”

Sister Fang quickly said no.

Li Hehua handed the cake in his hand to Sister-in-law Fang, “Sister-in-law Fang, this is the cake I made. I’ll bring some for you and the children to try.”

Sister-in-law Fang hurriedly refused, “No way, you can come here and bring something to eat. Bring it back for the children to eat.”

Li Hehua pushed forward again: “Sister-in-law, don’t be polite, I’m a cake seller, don’t be polite with me about this, I will take care of you in the future. If you are polite, I will be embarrassed to disturb me in the future. you guys.”

Sister-in-law Fang saw Li Hehua say this, so she had to accept the cakes and said embarrassedly, “Then I will accept it shamelessly, and don’t bring anything when you come back.”

Seeing that Sister-in-law Fang accepted it, Li Hehua sat down on the stool she had brought in, and without greeting others, he directly stated his intention: “Sister-in-law, I have something to ask you for help today.”

Sister-in-law Fang said quickly: “You said, I will definitely help those who can help.”

Li Hehua said: “It’s like this, I plan to set up a food stall at the street to sell some food, but I can’t do it alone, so I want to find someone to help me, but you know, I just moved here. I don’t know anyone, so I just want to ask your sister-in-law to help you, you are very familiar with this place.”

Sister-in-law Fang suddenly said, “It turns out to be such a thing, I really asked the right question. I have lived here for more than ten years, and I know who is nearby. You tell me your request. Tell me, I’ll show you.”

Li Hehua knew that it was right to find Mrs. Fang, so he expressed his request: “I want to find a home nearby, so I can go home later in the evening, because it is estimated that I will be a little late to prepare the ingredients; in addition, this person’s kitchen skills It’s better, and people have to be clean and diligent, and that kind of preoccupied with petty cheap is not acceptable.”

Sister-in-law Fang nodded, “No, don’t worry, I will not introduce you to those who love petty bargains, such people are not reliable.” After speaking, she pondered, “Let me see who is more suitable.. …”

Sister-in-law Fang pondered for a while in her mind, and suddenly clapped her hands, “I thought about it, there is someone who really meets your requirements, and they live in the alley behind us. Her husband’s surname is Xie, who is a little two years younger than me, everyone. They all call her Sister-in-law Xie, she is good at cooking, and she is also clean and capable, she is a good hand at housework.” After speaking, Sister-in-law Fang suddenly sighed, “That’s right,

Her life is a bit difficult. Her man was originally a bricklayer, and the life at home is still very good. However, once her man accidentally fell from the roof while building a wall. He was rescued with great difficulty, but he fell Paralyzed, she can only live in bed from now on, the mainstay of the family has collapsed like this, and it will be difficult for the remaining four orphans, widows and mothers to live, so the burden of making money falls on her, but the woman’s family What can I do, nothing more than washing clothes for others, I can’t make any money. “

After Mrs. Fang finished speaking, afraid of Li Hehua’s misunderstanding, she quickly patted her hand and explained, “Sister, I’m not recommending her because of sympathy for her, but she really meets your requirements and her craftsmanship is very good. , and the person is good, you can go and see for yourself, if you can, it will be a help to her, if not, I will think about other people for you.”

Li Hehua doesn’t mind helping those in need. As long as this sister-in-law Xie really meets her requirements, why would she not want to.

“Sister-in-law, take me to see Sister-in-law Xie. If it’s really suitable, I’ll ask her to help me.”

Sister-in-law Fang was very happy, and immediately put down the dishes in her hand and stood up, “Okay, okay, then let’s go now, it’s in the back, it’s very close.”

Sister-in-law Fang took Li Hehua to Sister-in-law Xie’s house. Sister-in-law Xie was washing a large pot of dirty clothes in the yard. When she saw Sister-in-law Fang coming, she quickly washed her hands with water, “Sister Fang, why are you here? Come in and sit down. “Speaking of seeing Li Hehua who was following behind him, he wondered, “Who is this?”

Sister-in-law Fang smiled and introduced to her: “This is a new tenant who rents my small courtyard.” Then she pulled Li Hehua forward, “I am not here to find you today, but she is looking for you. She is going to open a snack. The stall, there is no one to help, I think you are very suitable, so I brought her over to find you.”

Sister-in-law Xie was stunned for a moment, then she was surprised and happy, she wiped her hands on her apron crampedly, “Oh oh oh… hurry in, hurry in” and shouted into the room, “San’er, hurry up. Pour two glasses of water!”

Li Hehua quickly waved his hand to refuse, “You’re welcome, thank you sister-in-law, I’m just here to talk to you, don’t be too busy.”

Sister-in-law Xie didn’t listen, she opened her hand and greeted the person in the main room, “I’m not busy with anything. Come in and sit down, let’s sit down and talk about it.”

Li Hehua followed Sister Fang into the house, “Sister-in-law, don’t be too busy, sit down, let’s sit down and talk.”

Sister-in-law Xie knew that Li Hehua wanted to see if she was suitable, so she sat down immediately, but her expression was a little nervous.

Li Hehua said with a smile: “Sister-in-law, I heard from Mrs. Fang that you are very good at cooking. Can you make steamed buns?”

Hearing the familiar topic, Sister-in-law Xie breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly, “Yes, yes, we used to make it often in our family, and the children like to eat the steamed buns I made.”

At this time, Mrs. Fang proved on the side: “This is true. I have eaten the buns made by her before, and they are no worse than the ones sold by the bakery shops outside.”

Li Hehua nodded with a smile to show that he understood, and he didn’t actually doubt Sister Xie’s craftsmanship, otherwise Sister Fang wouldn’t introduce it. Her main concern is the character of this person, and she doesn’t want to recruit someone with a bad personality. But now it seems that this sister-in-law Xie is an honest person, not that treacherous and rude, and overall not bad.

Li Hehua said: “Sister-in-law, I need someone to help me prepare the ingredients. It starts at the end of the afternoon every day, and I may be busy later in the evening. I won’t be able to go home for dinner. I wonder if your family can take care of it?”

Sister-in-law Xie nodded, “Sister, the three children in my family are all grown up and can take care of the house, and I don’t need me to come back to cook dinner, and I don’t need me to watch, so it’s okay to come back later at night. Actually, to tell you the truth, I Even now the laundry has to be washed every night until midnight.”

Li Hehua heard the words, and the last concern in his heart disappeared. He felt that this sister-in-law Xie could use it first, but if it really didn’t work, she didn’t need it.

“That’s okay, sister-in-law, let me introduce you to the work first: the time is almost like from the end of the week to the fifth hour, and what you do is to knead bread, dumplings, steamed steamed buns, etc. with me. As for the wages, for the time being First, it will be calculated at 20 cents per day, if you do it for a long time and do it well, you will be paid more.” After speaking, Li Hehua asked Mrs. Xie’s opinion: “Sister-in-law, do you think it’s okay? If it works, let’s try it first. try.”

Sister-in-law Xie nodded without thinking, “Yes, yes!” How could this not be possible? It was a surprise to her. She must know that she washes clothes for others every day, and she earns less than ten dollars a day from morning to night. Wen money, even a strong laborer carrying bags at the dock only costs twenty or thirty cents a day. Now I only work half a day, and I can get 20 pennies just by doing some help in the kitchen. Where can I find such a good thing?

Sister-in-law Xie seemed to be afraid that this opportunity would fly away, so she quickly asked, “Sister, when will I go to work? I can go now.”

Seeing that she was more anxious than himself, Li Hehua smiled, “Don’t worry, sister-in-law, my stall will officially open the day after tomorrow. Today, you should arrange things at home first, and go to my house tomorrow afternoon to start helping.”

This arrangement couldn’t be better. Sister-in-law Xie nodded quickly, “It’s alright, I’ll go tomorrow afternoon, and I’ll do my best.”

Seeing that Sister Xie was so excited, Li Hehua knew that she cherished this job too much, and thought that if she did a good job, she would not treat her badly.