I am many years in the courtyard

Chapter 168, Burning wheat and being lazy
No matter what the three little ones said, they hadn't been told for many years.

"Hmph, it's fine if you don't tell third uncle, let's ask third aunt."

The little ones were not stupid, seeing that it was useless to be coquettish, they snorted angrily, and ran to the kitchen to ask Qin Huairu.

The latter smiled gently and shook her head to show that she didn't know either.

This time, the three little ones were completely dumbfounded.

"Then I won't go, hum, I don't believe it anymore, third uncle will never tell me."

"Yes, I'm not leaving either, Third Aunt, I'll help you add more firewood."

The three little rascals were squatting in the kitchen, unwilling to move.

Although it looks very angry, in fact, it is just a joke.

I haven't mentioned it for many years, but it's because the small window in the bathroom is open, so I can hear it from outside.

He could hear the sound coming from the laundry trough, and it was normal for his voice to spread outside.

It is better to do things like making siu mai and rice wine in secret, there is no need to spread the word.

Sixty cents a catty of baijiu is not enough to drink, but rice wine is fine, right?
After finishing the work, when the glutinous rice was steamed, I ordered the three little ones to close the doors and windows for many years.

Let’s make siu mai today and brew glutinous rice wine, we have to wait until tomorrow morning.

Because the glutinous rice wine needs to soak the glutinous rice overnight in advance, and the next day can be steamed before the next step.

The production of siu mai is relatively simple, there is no need to soak the glutinous rice in advance, and steaming is the same.

The dough has already woken up, and there are not many accessories for the side dishes. The shiitake mushrooms, minced meat, potatoes, and carrots are diced and fried for later use.

Then pour in the steamed glutinous rice, put it on the dustpan and stir evenly.

Then knead the dough, and then use a rolling pin to roll it into a small dough.

"Third Uncle, I'll roll the noodles, I will!"

Xu Xiaoqian's eyes widened, and she reached out for a rolling pin.

"Can you really?"

Although he was asking her, he still handed her the rolling pin for many years.

She didn't talk nonsense, took the rolling pin and started working.

He also asked him how thin the dough would be, looking very professional.

But it's really just a fake, the rolled dough is hard to describe.

Seeing that everyone was laughing at her, Xu Xiaoqian blushed and explained:
"I'm still a beginner, isn't it normal to be unskilled?"

Haha!

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Xu Wumei's voice came in immediately.

"Third Uncle, open the door?"

The little guy Xu Weidong immediately looked at his third uncle and asked hesitantly.

"Do you still need to ask? Go and open the door."

"Oh!"

The little guy oh, and Pidianpidianer ran to open the door.

After Xiaomei came in, she saw that everyone was making delicious food, and joined in enthusiastically.

The job of rolling the noodles was given to her. 13-year-old Xu Wumei is a master of rolling noodles.

Because she is young and has a strong learning ability, and every time the family needs to roll noodles, she rushes to come.

The next step is to wrap the glutinous rice with the dough. This step is quite simple.

Relying on the stickiness of glutinous rice, it is very simple to squeeze together.

After many years of guidance, the three little ones learned it quickly, and made a lot of them, but the appearance is much worse.

Qin Huairu is dexterous, she knows it at a glance, and she pinches it nicely and evenly.

After making it, steam it in a pot and it will be ready to eat soon.

The doors and windows were blocked, and the fragrance was locked in the house.

Soon, after the siu mai was cooked, the three little ones couldn't wait to taste it.

"What's the hurry? It's very hot, let it cool for a while."

Many years hilariously slapped off the little hands that wanted to sneak up, and then clipped some out first.

Put it in a lunch box, cover it with a lid, put it in a basket, cover it again, and then ask Xu Wumei to help take it to the front yard.

"Go slowly, don't fall down."

"Third brother, don't worry, I walk very steadily."

Xiaomei went out with her basket, and Xu Weidong closed the door as soon as she left.

Because the third uncle said, don't let the smell go out.

Listen to Uncle San, you can eat delicious food.

Xu Wumei promised well, but when she passed by the hallway, she was knocked to the ground by the sneaky Xu Damao.

"Ghost!"

The hall was dark, with no lights.

In addition, Xu Damao had a guilty conscience and accidentally knocked Xiaomei down.

He wanted to stop Xiaomei who was screaming, but he didn't expect her to scream even louder.

The ear-piercing voice, with super high decibels, called out all the neighbors in the courtyard.

At this time, every household stays at home to eat and chat.

Hearing the sound, they all ran out.

When Xu Damao saw it, he couldn't care about Xiaomei immediately, and wanted to run away with oil on the soles of his feet.

However, there were people in both directions of the front yard and the middle yard, so he couldn't escape at all.

Soon, everyone surrounded both ends of the hall.

With the help of the light of the kerosene lamp, the situation was quickly seen clearly.

For many years at this time, squeeze through the crowd and come to the front.

Helping Xiaomei up, he comforted her with a funny voice:
"How can there be a ghost? Don't cover your eyes, everyone is watching."

Xu Wumei opened her eyes when she heard the voice of her third brother.

Sure enough, being stared at by everyone, she continued to cover her face shyly, wishing she could dig a hole and bury herself in it.

He didn't continue to talk to her for many years, but picked up the basket, looked at Xu Damao who was standing awkwardly, and said:
"I said Xu Damao, you are no longer a film projectionist, you should be an actor, right? Wearing white clothes at night to scare people? Are you still part-time as Bai Wuchang?"

Haha!

The neighbors who watched laughed loudly. In fact, everyone was shocked just now, thinking that they really encountered a ghost.

Ghosts are not allowed after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and neither is Xu Damao!

Not to mention the white impermanence.

"I'm just out for a walk, just for a walk, what's wrong with wearing white clothes? Is it against the law?"

Xu Damao defended himself.

Although I have a guilty conscience, I have to get over the difficulties in front of me first.

"Hehe, you scared my sister and you are still so arrogant?" Many years sneered.

It wasn't a big deal at first, and it was over after an apology, but Xu Damao's face really made him angry.

After taking a look, Xiaomei, who had been protected by Zhou Hongmei for many years, continued:
"Xu Damao, talk about it yourself, what's the deal?"

"What counts? Isn't she okay..." Xu Damao was pretending to be stupid, but was interrupted by many years:

"You said it's okay? That's fine, I'll scare you every night from now on, I hope you're okay, okay?"

Karma!
Occasionally being next time, Xu Damao certainly wouldn't mind.

But being scared of a tiger every night, why not sleep?

"That must not work, I just scared her once, and I didn't mean it..."

"You know that too, don't you?"

I have been too lazy to talk nonsense with the other party for many years, and continued:
"Hurry up and apologize to my sister. Seriously, for such a grown-up person, it's fine if you don't apologize for doing something wrong, but you're still making excuses? You're not even as good as a child!"

Xu Damao, who was bullied again, had no choice but to apologize to Xu Wumei.

After apologizing, he wanted to slip away, but the neighbors refused to let him go. Everyone wanted to know why he was dressed like this and came out for a walk?
But Xu Damao didn't want to stay, let alone explain.

Does he dare to say that this is because he has recently been chasing a beautiful lesbian, a woman who aspires to become an actress?
That lesbian is very beautiful, and she is not greedy for his money, just let him learn more.

And the lesbian said that he is too timid, and she doesn't like such a man.

The best way to exercise courage is to break through yourself.

That's why Xu Damao made such a move.

If he confessed, he would definitely be laughed at by the neighbors.

The neighbors stopped him for a while, but they didn't stop him. Xu Damao, who became angry from embarrassment, broke through and escaped.

The restaurant of the old Xu family in the front yard has opened the basket for many years:

"Xiaomei, aren't you too timid? I even told you to be careful, you are so careless, are you not scared?"

Xu Wumei, who was sitting on the stool, was eating siu mai, whimpering and wanting to talk, but couldn't hear what she was saying at all.

Fan Zhaodi looked at the siu mai in the lunch box with glowing eyes, and asked what is it for many years?It smells good.

For siu mai, with so many ingredients and seasonings, it is not particularly fragrant.

After all, when frying side dishes such as shiitake mushrooms, the fragrance will lose a lot.

But delicious is real.

"This is siu mai. I've heard people say it before, but I've never eaten it."

Zhou Hongmei was amazed, she took one and put it in her mouth, took a bite, the rich deliciousness exploded in the mouth, and the taste buds received the signal and sent it to the brain.

It's a delightful treat.

As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as a street snack, siu mai became popular in the capital area.

Later, it spread to the southern region and directly boarded the Hall of Elegance.

Many literati and celebrities are proud of eating siu mai, thinking that it is a delicacy that can only be enjoyed by the "upper class".

And with the passage of time, siu mai is not only becoming more and more popular, but also more and more refined.

In different places, siu mai also has different characteristics.

For example, beef siu mai is the main dish in Hangzhou, mutton siu mai is the favorite in Shandong, and Sanxian siu mai is the signature dish in Suzhou.

Although siu mai is loved by many people, in the 50s, most people really didn't taste it much.

The lack of supplies makes it a luxury for everyone to eat enough, so how can it be possible to spend money to eat siu mai?
As for making siu mai, it is more difficult.

Because it is too difficult and expensive to buy ingredients for making siu mai.

Among other things, it is difficult to obtain sticky rice tickets.

In contrast, it is easier to obtain food stamps for buying rice, but glutinous rice stamps are very rare.

why?
You know, rice can be found in various grain and oil stores, supply and marketing cooperatives, etc. in the capital, but glutinous rice is not only rare, but also extremely difficult to find.

It is only available in department stores and a few large grain and oil stores, and glutinous rice tickets are also difficult to obtain, so just buying glutinous rice has blocked 90.00% of the people.

Not to mention the need to buy the pork in the side dishes, and it is mostly lean meat, so everyone is even more reluctant.

"Then you should eat more."

Many years said with a smile, glanced at Lao Xu and the second brother, and then said to Xiaomei:

"I'll go back first, Xiaomei, do you want to stay here or follow me to the middle courtyard?"

"Third brother, I'll go back with you."

She didn't want to go back by herself, for fear of being scared again.

When the two brothers and sisters returned to the living room, the three little ones hadn't started eating yet, obviously they also joined in the fun just now.

However, they sat obediently, staring at the siu mai on the table, almost drooling.

Seeing their third uncle and sister-in-law come in, they got up quickly and hurriedly dragged Nian to sit down.

"Third Uncle, eat quickly."

"So polite? Didn't you steal it?"

"No, if you don't believe me, you can ask Third Aunt?"

Qin Huairu smiled softly and shook her head, "They said they can only eat it after Third Uncle comes back."

"Okay, since you are so polite, I will allow you to eat more."

I have been very happy for many years, and hearing his words, the three little ones are even happier.

With siu mai, everyone is not very interested in dinner anymore, but the amount of siu mai is not much, so it is finished in threes and fives.

Finally, I have to eat dinner, otherwise I will not be able to resist hunger.

In the age without oil and water, the appetite was naturally very large.

Of course, no one can eat four or five steamed buns every day, because the steamed buns in this era are really big.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Qin Huairu had already gotten up and went downstairs to start working before she woke up for many years.

Recently, because of being obsessed, his wake-up time has been delayed.

However, Qin Huairu had had enough sleep, and she needed to make wine today, so she got up early in the morning to light the fire and steamed the glutinous rice.

After many years of running outside, the glutinous rice has already been steamed.

According to his instructions, Qin Huairu put the glutinous rice aside to cool down a little while preparing others.

After waiting for a while, many years to help, pour the glutinous rice on the cleaned bamboo woven dustpan and spread it out.

Then sprinkle the koji crushed into powder on the glutinous rice, and then stir well.

Then put the glutinous rice into the big stick that was washed last night, press it tightly, dig a round hole in the middle to the bottom of the tank, seal it, and ferment for three days.

The so-called sealing is naturally made of straw and broken quilts.

The whole operation process has been practiced for many years, which makes Qin Huairu very suspicious. Has he done it many times?

That's for sure, because his mother has done it many times in his previous life, and when he grows up, he will occasionally brew it a few times.

Although life improved later, if I wanted to drink rice wine or sweet distiller's grains, I could buy them outside.

But he still likes to make it himself, only in this way can he drink with confidence.

The degree of glutinous rice wine is not high, generally around seven or eight degrees.

For many years I didn't like to drink beer, but I only liked glutinous rice wine, but I didn't drink much.

After finishing all this, I had breakfast with Qin Huairu and went to work after many years.

In the rolling mill, in the public toilet, Xu Shugen has been squatting on the toilet for almost half an hour.

But I just can't pull it off, obviously I feel it very much, but I can't get out of it.

At this time, outside the toilet, Chen Shijie came over.

"Old Xu, did you fall into the toilet? It's been half an hour and I haven't seen anyone. What's going on?"

There is no such thing as paid shit in this day and age, but squatting in the pit for half an hour also gave the workshop director reason to suspect whether Old Xu was being lazy.

As for Lao Xu falling into the toilet, it was purely a joke.

"Director, I'm really shitting, why don't you come in and take a look, I'm definitely not a lazy person."

Old Xu in the toilet, with an old face, was flushed from holding back.

As a second-level worker in a rolling mill, he also worked with dignity and professionalism for several years.

Although he is not very smart, and he is only a second-level worker at such an age, he is very diligent and his work efficiency is not bad.

But recently, this stomach doesn't know what's going on, and it's always against him.

Obviously he has worked very hard, and he has exhausted all his energy for feeding, but the feces in his stomach just don't want to leave him.

If this continues, his reputation may not be guaranteed in his later years.

"I believe you won't be lazy, but aren't you going too far?"

Chen Shijie was also helpless, the old Xu was not such a person in the past, but recently, he came to the public toilet every now and then, and squatted for more than half an hour.

In the workshop, people are spreading gossip.

If this continues, what can we do if everyone follows suit?
"Have you come to the toilet twice today? This morning, you have been squatting in the toilet for almost an hour. Are you still working?"

After the public-private partnership of the rolling mill, the workers in the factory have become iron rice bowls, and it is extremely difficult to dismiss a worker.

However, with Lao Xu's work style, the higher-ups know about it, and they will definitely punish Lao Xu.

So no matter what, Chen Shijie thinks that Old Xu is almost enough.

As long as Lao Xu returns to normal, he, Chen Shijie, can let the past go.

After all, Old Xu has been working hard in the first workshop for so many years, and he, Chen Shijie, still knows it well.

"Director, it's not that I don't want to go back to work. It's not like you don't know how stinky this toilet is."

Xu Shugen's old face was flushed, and he explained loudly:

"I really can't pull it off, I"

He was dying of anxiety, it was really painful!
Although there are excrement picking workers in the public toilets every three days, but there are so many people in the rolling mill, the cesspit will be filled soon.

Therefore, it is really not just talking about the smell.

Who wants to stay in such a smelly place?

Chen Shijie was also speechless, sighed, and left.

He went in once in the morning, and Lao Xu was indeed squatting in the pit.

Even if you want to be lazy, you should find a place with better air to daze, right?
Who the hell would choose to squat in the toilet in a daze?
It's not the flush toilet at home for many years, the smell will not stay for long before being washed away by the water.

Chen Shijie, who returned to the first workshop, continued to do his work.

Several workers saw this scene, enviously said while working:

"Old Xu is really good. I haven't seen him doing foreign work before. Recently, he always goes to the toilet to be lazy. The director seems to have nothing to do with him, tsk tsk"

"If you are envious, you can also go to the pit, anyway, there are still many pits."

"Fart, is labor and capital like that?"

"Stop making noise, I think Lao Xu's trick is good, I'll try it in the toilet too."

With that said, Zhao Ergou really got up and went to the toilet.

As a result, in less than 10 minutes, Zhao Ergou came back.

When they came back, Xu Shugen also came back with him.

Several other workers immediately laughed and asked Zhao Ergou: "Ergou, how is it? Does the toilet stink?"

"Nonsense, don't you know how to smell it yourself?" Zhao Ergou said with a bad face.

Because not long after he went to the toilet, the excrement picker came over.

As we all know, when picking manure, the smell can break through Ren and Du's two veins, and go straight to Guangmingding, which is very good.

(End of this chapter)