Border Cook

Chapter 523: Cargo
"These are all girls' things. You, a grown man, do you know how to take care of them?" Aunt Han said dissatisfiedly.

"Just now mother told me to learn more from her, to learn how to bring things to Madam Jiang, but the things she brought, apart from the silver, were all needlework, which I don't know how to do, how can I learn..."

"You have hands and feet, why can't you learn?"

"This, this, this... this doesn't seem like a job for a grown man."

"I've only heard that rabbits are divided into male and female, cats and dogs are divided into male and female, and people are divided into male and female, but I haven't heard that this job is also divided into male and female. If you ask me, is it still a job for men to earn money? Aren't there many men who can't earn money and have to rely on women?"

Aunt Han was unhappy. "That doesn't make sense. You have a lot of free time every day, while Zhuguo is so busy. What's wrong with you doing more of this kind of work? Do you think Zhuguo has to bear all the responsibilities?"

"What mom said makes sense..." Wu Xiong thought about it and nodded, "I will learn it tomorrow!"

If he does more, Jiang Zhuguo will have to do less.

Mom is right!
Xia Mingyue, "..."

At once……

pretty good!
Because Aunt Han and Wu Xiong brought a lot of things for Jiang Zhuguo, when Xia Mingyue was walking back, Wu Xiong specially drove a car to deliver them.

Because of this, and the fact that there were many people going together, when Xia Mingyue went to Changzhou City, there were two more carriages than expected.

These were all trivial matters, and Zhang Heming did not care about them. He even felt that even if Xia Mingyue wanted to move the entire courtyard in Jinqiu County to Changzhou Prefecture, let alone two more carriages, he would be happy to cooperate.

With Zhang Heming and the yamen runners and guards accompanying them, the journey from Jinqiu County to Changzhou Prefecture was very smooth.

Zhang Heming even sent Xia Mingyue and her group to their residence before leaving.

Jiang Zhuguo and Manager Fu received the news a day earlier. Not only did they clean up the courtyard and the house in advance, they also greeted Xia Mingyue at the entrance of the alley.

After meeting Xia Mingyue, he took her to her residence and gave her a warm welcome.

After not seeing each other for a long time, Jiang Zhuguo and Manager Fu both had a lot to say to Xia Mingyue, but as traveling by car was very tiring, they suppressed their words for the time being and arranged for her to have a good rest.

Fan Jinglan and Ying'er moved into the adjacent east wing.

After spending almost the entire day in the carriage and discussing many things about the tofu workshop with Zhang Heming on the way, he was indeed very tired. After a simple wash, he lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Jiang Zhuguo got up early as usual and cooked breakfast herself.

Vegetarian pot stickers are made of fresh tender pumpkin and fresh scrambled eggs. The skin is thin and the filling is large. The skin is crispy and chewy. Eat it while it is hot. You can taste the freshness and sweetness of the pumpkin when it is slightly hot, and your mouth will be filled with fragrance.

The thin dumpling soup is made of small and broken dumplings, which are soft in the mouth. Tomatoes are added while cooking, which makes it sour and appetizing.

The pot stickers are paired with dumpling soup and the seasonal smashed cucumber, which is very satisfying.

Xia Mingyue enjoyed the meal very much. "The cooking skills of the bamboo fruit are much better than before."

"As long as Sister Xia likes it." Jiang Zhuguo smiled happily because her cooking skills were recognized. "I also learned a few specialties. Sister Xia, please try them out in the next few days."

"Okay." Xia Mingyue agreed with a smile, but then she started to tease him, "But let's make it clear first, even if I have to beg you for mercy, I will still say what I should say when I go to see Xia's Central Kitchen later. I can't stop you from saying it."

"I'm so happy that Sister Xia is willing to talk. I'm just afraid that Sister Xia won't talk." Jiang Zhuguo smiled. She was willing to talk because Sister Xia still cared about her and was willing to give her advice. She really wanted it and was very willing to listen.

"You look so confident. I really need to take a good look at you later." Xia Mingyue picked up the bowl on the table, "Drink an extra bowl of dumpling soup now, so that you won't have the energy to point fingers later."

"Then I'll add another half bowl for Sister Xia..."

Breakfast ended with laughter and after a short rest, Xia Mingyue followed Jiang Zhuguo to Xia Ji’s central kitchen.

Overall, the central kitchen is roughly the same as it was when Xia Mingyue left Changzhou City, but the layout has been slightly adjusted.

If you look closely and combine it with the situation of the people doing the work, you can see that these adjustments are not made rashly, but are made according to actual needs, which is more practical and appropriate.

Everyone is doing their work in an orderly manner according to their responsibilities, and everything looks very neat.

Xia Mingyue nodded frequently and checked the processes and sanitary conditions in various places. They all met the requirements, so she praised, "Not bad."

Jiang Zhuguo had been holding his breath since he brought Xia Mingyue to the central kitchen. When he heard the affirmative words, he immediately let out the breath.

"I can see that you are working very hard. Keep it up." Xia Mingyue said again.

"Yes." Jiang Zhuguo straightened his back and agreed loudly.

I will continue to work hard and not let Sister Xia down!

Xia Mingyue looked around again and asked, "Where's Honglian? I don't think I saw her."

"It should have been Honglian's turn to rest today, but Brother He was a little too busy, so Honglian followed Brother He to transport the goods."

Jiang Zhuguo kept looking outside while talking, "Look at the time. I estimate that he should be back in an hour."

At this time, Honglian, who was talked about by Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo, was busy in Hongjia Village with He Shunzi.

The goods brought to Hongjia Village today are mainly peppers.

The dried red peppers are stir-fried and ground into chili oil, which can be used as seasoning.

He Shunzi had previously informed the farmers about these goods and had them pick them and dry them thoroughly. He came to pick them up today.

Also because the goods were ordered in advance, when they arrived, one only had to shout twice and the farmer would take out all the dried peppers, weigh them and calculate the price.

The matter is not complicated, but it requires carefulness. Most of the people who grow and dry peppers are women or elderly people, so it often takes a lot of effort.

On normal days, He Shunzi had a helpful clerk around him, so he wouldn't be afraid of anything. But today, it happened that the clerk's mother fell ill, and He Shunzi was a little worried about having to deal with all this alone.

But now with Honglian's help, everything became much smoother than expected.

Just as He Shunzi was rejoicing and thinking that he would be able to get enough red peppers without too much effort so that he could go back as soon as possible, someone started shouting.

"I weighed this chili pepper at home and it was clearly 3.6 jin. Why did it become 3.4 jin here?"

Honglian, holding the scale, hung the hook on the bamboo basket of peppers again and showed the scale to the shouting person, "Look, Auntie, the weight is indeed above 3.4 jin. The weight is still a little low. It should be 3.35 jin. Considering your age, I specially adjusted it to 3.4 jin for you."