The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 170 Whole Crab Feast

"Good news, good news, you can apply for low-rent housing. Neighbors, if you have a household registration in the capital and your family income is less than ten taels a year, you can apply for it!"

"Wait a minute, wait a moment, speak slowly, is that the house under construction in the south?"

"Isn't that the one, Lao Teng, we're all in line, do you want to go to your house? I heard that the monthly rent is only 150 to [-] Wen, and there will be no rent increase within ten years!"

"Why don't you go? That's a cement brick house, but is it our turn?"

"Register first and then talk. If it's not your turn, there's nothing to lose, right?"

That night, the poor in the entire capital were boiling, although there were very few who were unwilling to move to the suburbs.However, for the vast majority of families without houses and low incomes, this is a long drought and rain.

Just after dawn, a long queue formed on the main street in front of Jingzhao Mansion. The whole street was bustling with people. Familiar and unfamiliar neighbors were chatting loudly, knowing each other's conditions while secretly comparing themselves with their own.

I was very nervous when I heard that the other party's income was lower than my own, and I would breathe a sigh of relief if I heard that someone who was richer than myself was also included.I was so anxious repeatedly, and I didn't feel relieved until I saw the documents on the registration form and wrote down my name and household registration address.

When the clerks wrote down the list, they repeatedly emphasized to the people who came here: the registration period is half a month, and after the deadline for registration, the imperial court will verify the basic conditions of these registered families, and check those who do not meet the low-rent requirements. The list of room requirements is removed.

In particular, it is emphasized that some large families who have not separated before should not take this opportunity to separate, and the family will occupy a few more apartments.

As soon as this was said, some admitted their mistakes on the spot, and some didn't take it seriously, thinking that these were just to scare them, and they still went their own way.

After signing up, the common people ran to the construction site in groups to watch. They only heard about it before, but now, they have a good chance to live in these houses. From other people's houses to their own, their feelings immediately sublimated. .

There are more than 5000 households and more than 1 houses in order. Standing on the official road and looking at the east and west sides, it is needless to say that it is shocking.

"Is this really for us to live in? My God, this house, is it so well repaired?"

The old man who asked this question still can't believe it. His family also had a house in the capital in the generation of his great-grandfather.But the great-grandfather's generation has been in decline since the beginning, and they raised actors and were fond of gambling, and the family didn't pay off the debt until his father's generation.He has lived in a rented house for several generations, and the old man still thinks he is dreaming when he encounters such a good thing.

"Can the Jingzhao Mansion play tricks on our people? It will definitely count, as long as your family's situation is true!"

"This concrete floor is really clean, and the walls are also clean. If my wife can stay for one night, it's worth it even if she dies!"

"Have you seen the kitchen? There are also pigpens and huts. When the pigpen is not raising pigs, you can raise chickens. Living in a courtyard in the capital is not as convenient as living in this village!"

"I can't wait to live in tomorrow. I just want to ask, did you say when the list will be announced?"

"I've said it, at the latest in Dongyue, the people who are eligible to live in will be allowed to celebrate the New Year in the new house!"

They not only looked at the east side, but also the west side, and finally stood on the street that was still under construction and pointed.Plasterers, listening to these discussions, straightened their backs. This is the home they built with their own hands, and no one cares about their houses.

In this area where tens of thousands of people live, in addition to houses, a school and a few streets of shops will also be built.Not only can it be convenient for residents to buy, but it can also allow pedestrians passing by to rest. Staying here for one night is much more cost-effective than staying in an inn in the capital.

If it takes shape, it can be regarded as a large-scale town, even with a population larger than that of some small counties. The town is so close to the official road and the capital, and its future prosperity can already be foreseen.

As for Chief Designer Zhong Qinbo, he has no time to go to the construction site now. He has to check the list of purchased materials during the day, and works as a coolie at night to help his wife.

In order to make dried lemon slices for Hei Wa, Cuihua picked lemons for more than half a month in the space, and used the drying equipment in the space to slice and dry them non-stop.

I also picked a few thousand catties of small yellow apricots, cut them in half, removed the pits and dehydrated them into dried apricots. There is nowhere to buy these things this year.

The couple had to go back to the bedroom early every night, and they didn't go to bed until the end of their work.After being so busy, I went straight to Juyue, and Cuihua talked about the need for some rituals in life.

In the chrysanthemum moon in previous years, it is also a scene to appreciate chrysanthemums and eat crabs. What chrysanthemums are there this year?There are quite a lot of crabs, and the Yuan Manor held a crab feast on the Moon Festival.

A cage of big crabs weighing more than half a catty is so fresh that it can show its teeth and claws. The black panther and black tiger know how powerful these crabs are, but they don't know. With so many living creatures, it can't help but want to eat them. provocative.

"Ah, ah, daughter-in-law, help~"

"Pain to death bird, pain to death bird~" Humph's miserable cry resounded through the main courtyard.

"Hahahahahaha."

Seeing the humming of the claws caught by the crab, the children were so happy that they would not die if they didn't do it.The little guy actually used his claws to catch the crab, but was caught by the crab's big pincers. He couldn't shake it off, so he had to call his masters to help.

The children were laughing and laughing, and the big kitchen was busy all the time. Under the command and arrangement of the mistress Cuihua, the cooks disassembled hundreds of female crabs and cooked a whole dozen crab dishes. Bald Butter Bibimbap.

Remove the bones of the herring and chop it into mud, then mix the removed crab meat and crab roe with it, add a little starch, black pepper, salt and a small amount of Shaojiu to remove the fishy smell, and stir clockwise continuously.

Finally, these meatballs are squeezed into balls and cooked in clear water over medium heat. The delicious small balls are like dragon balls. Compared with the taste of fish balls, they are more fresh than fresh.

Stir-fried rice cake with crab: The soft, glutinous rice cake absorbs the umami taste of the crab. It is hard to say whether the crab meat is fresher or the rice cake is sweeter. This dish of Cuihua can be eaten without getting tired.

Salt-baked female crab: only plump and golden, combined with the salt-baked method, it not only retains the original sweetness of the crab meat, but also adds the salty aroma of sea salt and spices, which has an extra layer of flavor compared to steaming.

Crab powder and shrimp tofu: Crab powder made of crab roe, crab paste, crab meat, and crab oil perfectly retains the "freshness" of the soul of lake crabs, and is served with soft and silky tofu and fresh and elastic shrimp. Sprinkle a large spoon on the rice, and the mouth is fragrant.

Crispy Crab Meat Roll: Slice the chicken breast meat into thin slices, marinate it and wrap it with crab meat, roll it into a cylindrical shape, then wrap it with white sesame seeds, and deep-fry until golden. Crab meat is fragrant.No child can escape the charm of this dish, and can't stop eating with chopsticks.

Select the two tendons of the pig's front hoof and stew them in advance until they are soft and rotten.Take out the crab meat and crab roe, season with broth and simmer over low heat to melt, and then meet with the tendons. The soft and glutinous tendons are mixed with golden and delicious crab powder, and the surroundings are decorated with blanched cabbage hearts, which are eye-catching and stomach-friendly.

As the soul partner of tonight's rice, bald butter, the method is actually simple and rough: just heat the oil in a pan, add minced ginger and sauté until fragrant, then add crab roe, boil the butter, then add minced green onion and crab paste, stir fry thoroughly and add Shaoxing Wine, water, salt, pepper to taste.

It tastes better after being refrigerated. There is no other problem with this oil, it is crab roe and crab paste.

In addition to these, of course there are also Huadiao drunk crabs, flavored crabs fried with spicy pot bottom ingredients, etc. Bald butter and drunk crabs are prepared two days in advance.

Old head Yuan led the Yuan family from Dali Village back to the capital, but it was a pity that the sister-in-law could not eat too many crabs because of her pregnancy. Fan Qingju was so greedy that she swallowed her saliva, and repeatedly begged her sister-in-law to do it again next year.

Sure enough, everyone loves crabs, but they are impatient to peel crabs. The first thing everyone eats are those crab dishes that don’t need to be peeled.Cuihua also has two cubs waiting to be fed with their mouths open, wishing they could grow ten arms.

"Mom, this yellow oil is so good, I can eat three bowls of bibimbap!" Xiao Liu is a big fan of bald butter, taking one bite after another, making a big bowl of dry rice.

"Son, you have to peel more than a dozen crabs for all the oil you ate in this bowl of rice. Our family doesn't have so much money!"

Hearing what the auntie said, both the third and fourth heads speeded up the cooking. Such delicious oily rice only comes once a year.Xiao Wu directly asked for a bigger bowl, and the rice cooker disliked the trouble of putting rice in a small bowl, and wished he could use a basin.

Xiao Wu, who has turned four years old and eats five-year-old meals, now eats as much as his half-aged brothers. Master Wu has already agreed to give Xiao Wu a medicinal bath after the new year. Next year, this baby will be able to practice internal martial arts Work done.

After eating a sumptuous whole crab feast, there are freshly baked crab shell yellow cakes at night. The sweet ones include: jujube paste filling, brown sugar filling, and the salty ones include: pork and crab powder filling and crab powder and shrimp filling. .

Crisp, pine, fragrant, fresh, a few mouthfuls, the little ones can't wait to grow two stomachs, Yuan Wenjie and Yuan Wenwu packed hundreds of them back to the palace.

The weather was getting colder, and the sister-in-law, who had been pregnant for eight months, never returned to Dali Village after returning to Bofu for the Moon Festival. They were going to give birth in the capital, and Mrs. Ma also lived in the capital with her daughters-in-law.

Old Yuantou was left alone to guard Dali Village. Their workshop already has a scale of thousands of people, most of whom are making life jackets for sailors and ship merchants who are about to go far away. The entire front yard of Yuan's old house is overcrowded.

There are also a lot of gorgeous colors for the pictures of the jigsaw puzzles. The accompanying reading group no longer sticks to their own hands, and the court painters are not uncommonly harassed by them.

These carpenters can't wait to start working at twelve hours. After getting their wages, even if the price of grain has risen a lot, they can still buy it with silver.

The imperial court also distributed a lot of seafood. The cabbage, radish, and lettuce grown can also be eaten. Chickens and ducks eat earthworms and vegetable leaves, and they grow faster than food. These days, we can live!
(End of this chapter)