Poor family mother and son

Chapter 26

In the courtyard of the school, there was the sound of children chattering and laughing. 48 students all came.They feel fresh.Collective labor is actually making buns!
They are scholars that every family puts high hopes on. They are reluctant to use them in the field if they are not short of manpower, and they are not allowed to participate in the kitchen work.

Some children in the classics class tentatively asked: "Auntie, didn't you say 'a gentleman stays away from the kitchen'? We are men, and we are all scholars. Is it wrong to go to the kitchen?" Now these children know that Chu Qing killed someone yesterday. Yes, no one dares to do it again, but they also dare not get too close.

"'A gentleman stays away from the kitchen', this sentence comes from "Liang Huiwang Chapter [-]" in "Mencius"." Chu Qing said while picking the fat off the pork.A few days ago, the progress of the listening class was still on "The Analects of Confucius", and it is estimated that "Mencius" has not yet been involved.

"It means that a gentleman should have the virtue of benevolence, not that men should not go to the kitchen." There is too much fat, and more oil should be cut off.

After coming here, all Chu Qing came into contact with was lard, but no vegetable oil.Lard is very rare and expensive, so you have to calculate it every time you cook.

"Impossible? I heard from scholars in the county that a gentleman doesn't cook!" The children were puzzled. After all, Chu Qing is a woman, so what kind of knowledge can she understand?

"This sentence was said by Mencius to persuade King Xuan of Qi to practice benevolence." Chu Qing said while working: "King Xuan of Qi asked Mencius: "Can you tell me about the hegemony of Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period?" Can I hear you?

Mencius replied: Confucius' students did not talk about Qi Huangong and Jin Wengong's hegemony, so it has not been passed down to future generations, and I have not heard of it.Your Majesty, if you must tell me.Then let me talk about the kingly way of unifying the world with morality?

King Xuan asked: How can morality unify the world?

Mencius said: Everything is for the common people to live and work in peace and contentment.To unify the world in this way, no one can stop it.”

King Xuan asked again: Can people like me make the people live and work in peace?

Mencius replied: Yes.

King Xuan said: How do you know I can do it?

Mencius said: I once heard Hu Yan tell me something. It was said that one day when you were sitting in the hall, the king, someone walked past His Highness with an ox. When you saw it, you asked, "Where do you want to take the ox?" ? ’ The man who led the cow replied: ‘I’m going to kill the clock for taking blood and offering sacrifices’.You say: 'Let it go!I can't bear to see it trembling with fear, like being sentenced to death for no crime. ’ The man who led the cow asked: ‘Then don’t sacrifice the bell? ’ You said: ‘How can you not worship the bell?Use sheep instead of cows! '-- I don't know if there is such a thing?
King Xuan said: "There is such a thing."

Mencius said: With your benevolence, Your Majesty, you can unify the world.When the common people heard about this, they thought you were stingy, but I knew that you were not stingy, but because you couldn't bear it.

King Xuan said: Yes, some people do think so.However, although our country of Qi is not big, how can I be so stingy that I can't bear to part with a cow?I really couldn't bear to see it trembling with fear, as if it was sentenced to death for no crime, so I replaced it with a sheep.

Mencius said: Your Majesty, don't blame the common people for thinking you are stingy.They only saw that you replaced the big cow with a small sheep, how could they know the meaning behind it?What's more, if your majesty pities it to be slaughtered without any crime, then what's the difference between an ox and a sheep?

King Xuan smiled and said: Yes, even I myself don't know what kind of psychology it is.It is true that I am not stingy with money to replace cattle with sheep, but the common people do have their reasons for thinking this way.

Mencius spoke very measuredly, he said: It doesn't matter.Your Majesty's intolerance is just an expression of kindness, just because you saw the cow but not the sheep.As for birds and beasts, a gentleman cannot bear to see them die when he sees them alive; he cannot bear to eat their flesh when he hears their cries.Therefore, a gentleman always stays away from the kitchen. "

Chu Qing told them a story, which was also where she used to compete.In the past, she didn't understand why this saying was passed down. Even if you look down on chefs, aren't chefs in ancient times generally male?After reading "Mencius" carefully, I realized that this is just an out-of-context statement about men avoiding labor.

The children listened with gusto.Chu Qing sent Xiaobao to supervise them queuing up to wash their hands, and they were very obedient.Because Xiaobao also dared to kill.They were also in awe of Little Treasure.

With his little hands behind his back, Xiao Bao stood by the sink and watched, looking cute and serious.

Chu Qing led the older children to make noodles, and asked the younger children to carry firewood and wash vegetables.

The older children are very sensible and try to be light-handed so as not to waste flour.In the years of war, food prices soared, and flour was expensive.

The children are also very serious about washing vegetables, almost washing the leaves of vegetables.

The face of the kid who made the fire was covered with black ashes, and then you wiped my face, and I rubbed it on your face, and we had a great time fighting.

The kitchen is not big enough to accommodate too many people.When the stove was on fire, Chu Qing drove everyone out.Everyone is working in the yard.

Chu Qing asked the children to move their desks to the yard and arrange them side by side as a long conference table, and everyone worked around the table.

The children hadn't heard enough of the story of "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen" just now, so they asked Chu Qing questions here and there.

Tell them what you clearly know, and tell them that you don't understand what you don't know.

The children thought that this aunt was so kind, and forgot that she would kill people.

When Mr. Xie entered the yard, several older children were chopping meat, and some older children were carrying water. These children were really wasting water.Under Chu Qing's guidance, the children cut the washed vegetables into small pieces, because Chu Qing told them to make soup.

There are also a few children pestering Xiaobao, wanting to see Xiaobao's bamboo tube pen.The bamboo tube pen was gone, Xiaobao shook his head and remained silent.

Mr. Xie watched the lively scene and joined in.He rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands, and asked a child in the small class to call the old wife and the little book boy to have a lively and lively together.Then he also joined the team of peeling onions and garlic.

Everything is ready, everyone makes buns collectively.

Under Chu Qing's guidance, the children carefully held the dough in their hands, for fear that the meat inside would fall out.Counting the pleats of the buns they made by two or three.

Chu Qing took Xiaobao's hand and helped him make a wheat bun.

Mr. Xie learns from others, he can copy whatever he knows.Not to mention, the hands are really good, except that the rabbit buns are not as chubby as Chu Qingbao, they are basically the same, Mrs. Le Dexie covered her mouth and smiled, rubbing the flour on her face.

Chu Qing taught the children how to pack more fillings into the buns.That's how thin the skin is.

Wrap it up and cook it, and put it in a drawer to steam.Both pots are used, and there is a large stack of steaming trays.

By lunch time, the steamed stuffed buns were all out of the pot, and the children decided which ones were made by themselves, and rushed to stuff them into their mouths.Chu Qing told them that this meal was enough.

Xiao Bao held his own wheat bun and bit it, and Chu Qing touched his wheat bun with the rabbit bun, which was a gesture of cheering.In the past, Chu Qing and his son Meng Dao also played like this, even touching an orange.

Mr. Xie didn't know why, but he also touched his old wife's bun with his skinny rabbit bun.

This time it was great, the children did not toast with soup bowls, but all bumped each other with steamed stuffed buns.

The buns with pure meat are so delicious!The children are stretched out.

Chu Qing used up 50 catties of flour in this meal, a total of 600 buns!There are still a lot of buns left.

Chu Qing asked the children to share six or seven pieces each, and asked them to take them home to eat.The pure meat buns also made their family eat meat.

It's a joy to eat lunch, and it's quick to clean up after the meal. It's easy to work with so many people!The children quickly put the tables, chairs and benches back, helped tidy up the kitchen, and even cleaned the yard before leaving.Otherwise, they all feel sorry for this pure meat bun.

Chu Qing and Xiaobao went back to the utility room, closed the door and prepared to hide the money.The previous 15 taels of silver, plus today's 44 taels, are so much!The pull out hole under the bed is not quite enough yet.

After digging for a long time, Chu Qing removed two and a half bricks before hiding all the money.

Now Chu Qing is not in a hurry to buy daily necessities.The change of clothes sent by Village Chief Wu's wife is enough, and Xiao Bao also has a change of clothes.Nothing else is in a hurry.

These days were the sloppiest days Chu Qing lived, she relied on scrubbing for bathing, and branches for brushing her teeth.Every day, except for the clean face and hands, everything is dusty.Walking around the village, the trouser legs and shoes are covered with dirt.

No wonder there is always such an action in the rural movies on TV: before entering the house, take off the headscarf and whip the trouser legs.

Now Chu Qing does the same thing every day.

(End of this chapter)