marriage is natural

Chapter 546

After picking the peaches, everyone sat at the entrance of a shady cave to drink water and enjoy the cool.

The temperature in the cave is only 24 to [-] degrees. It is still a bit cold after sitting for a long time, but the entrance of the cave is comfortable, cool but not too cold.

He Qingdong asked someone to carry a few boxes of mineral water and juice drinks in the cave in advance, as well as a few bamboo chairs. If there were not enough to sit on, he would rest on the floor at the entrance of the cave.

The workers continued to work after drinking water.

In one corner of the cave are packed cardboard boxes, gift boxes, tapes, ribbons, scissors and other sundries.

Bring a dozen cardboard gift boxes, pick out the peaches that everyone picked in the bamboo basket, and put the big red ones on one side, and the ones that are not very big or not very beautiful, and put them on the other side, and wait for the peaches from beginning to end. After screening all the peaches, the temperature of the peaches also dropped, and then wrapped the large peaches with a thin layer of translucent paper, and put them one by one in a flat gift box. The lid of the gift box was not closed immediately, but It was spread out, and the lids were closed one by one after all the big flat peaches were wrapped in a thin layer of paper and put into the gift box.

"Why do you have to wait until the peaches are completely cool before packing them?" He Songbei asked the staff while playing with a flat peach curiously.

He Wei also listened with her ears up, because she was also very curious.

The staff patiently explained in bad Kyoto dialect with a southern accent: "The freshly picked peaches are very hot, and they will generate water vapor if they are directly sealed in the box. It doesn't matter if it is cool in the cave, but the temperature outside is so high, and it is easy to rot if it is stuffy for a long time. Spoiled..."

"So that's how it is!" He Songbei suddenly realized, and then asked again, "What about the peaches on the other side? Why are they separated?"

"These big owners say they are for giving away, so they have to use better packaging boxes. The ones over there will keep a few boxes for the New Year's welfare, and the others will be sold to the fruit dealers together with the yellow peaches."

"Give it away?" He Songbei rolled his eyes, thought of something, and excitedly stroked the non-existent sleeves and said, "I'll help put it on together."

"You don't need to do the boxing. If you really want to help, two boxes are packed with ribbons, and they will be picked up in the car later." He Qingdong said.

There are eight flat peaches in a gift box. If you give them away, two boxes like this and tied with a ribbon are quite classy.

He Songbei twitched the corners of his mouth, pulled He Lingxi to work together, and asked tentatively while tying a ribbon: "Brother, besides what I eat, can I have two more boxes?"

He Qingdong glanced at him with a half-smile: "What? Sending you a girlfriend?"

"What, what's the matter, just ordinary friends." He Songbei felt very guilty when he was swept away by his eldest cousin.

He Lingxi dragged his long voice and said slowly: "Since they are just ordinary friends, why bother to give such a good one? It's not bad for a small person to carry a bag."

He Songbei kept shooting eye arrows at the twin brother, but the other party didn't receive the hint from his eyes, wiped his face deeply, and said hesitantly: "It can't be said that we are ordinary friends..."

"That means more than ordinary friends and less than girlfriends?" He Lingxi cheerfully said the words of his stupid brother.

He Songbei said in a daze, "Bad, almost."

He Wei couldn't help but chuckle.

He Songbei's face suddenly turned into that of Guan Gong, and he turned to He Qingdong in annoyance: "Brother, take care of your wife!"

He Qingdong hooked the corners of his mouth, he didn't mean to care about his wife at all.But for the sake of the twins' hard work today, he asked the two cousins ​​to choose by themselves: "You can choose if you want wages or peaches. The wages are two hundred per person, as long as the peaches do not exceed twenty boxes. Take whatever you want."

He Songbei continued without thinking: "I choose peaches."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

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At noon, eat a farm meal in the big kitchen of the farm.

Grange is a general term, including grain fields, vegetable fields, and the places where the staff in charge of the fields work and are on duty.

There are two rows of seven or eight bungalows with white walls and black tiles. The back row is the warehouse, and the front row is the kitchen, office area, and duty room.The toilet is built separately in the northeast corner of the bungalow, between the fruit forest and the field, surrounded by green bamboo and Qilixiang to repel mosquitoes.

In the middle of the two rows of houses is the sun-drying field of two mu of land, poured with cement, smooth and clean, an indispensable auxiliary field for autumn harvest, and a good heating place in winter, but it suffers in summer-the hot sun shines brightly The concrete floor baked the surrounding houses into fiery heat.Fortunately, there are many tall and dense camphor trees planted in front of and behind the house, which can somewhat block the light.

The house in the front row is an asphalt road that can run a minivan, and willows and peach trees are planted beside the road. In spring, it is really charming to see the peach blossoms and willows green on this road.But the peach trees beside the sidewalk only bloom but not bear fruit.

One side of the road leads to fruit forests and farms, and the opposite direction is the farm exit or dormitory area.

Beyond the green avenue is a shuttle-shaped fish pond, which divides the field into two parts.

The left side is dedicated to growing grain. On the field in August, the green autumn rice is swaying in the wind, and the yellow wheat that is about to enter the harvest period is graceful and graceful.

On the right is the vegetable field, the tall ones are corn, the short ones are pumpkins; the red ones are tomatoes and peppers, the yellow ones are gourds and pumpkins, and the purple eggplants and white-skinned cucumbers; Crawling all over the ground; in addition, there are sweet potatoes and potatoes growing in the ground, asparagus and water chestnuts growing by the water... This is just an open-air vegetable garden, and there are several greenhouses prepared for winter next to it.

The Grange's large kitchen is actually the farm's staff canteen.

There is a large four-eye stove in the middle, and there are gas stoves, briquette stoves, charcoal stoves for barbecues and hot pots, induction cookers on the side, and modern electrical appliances such as ovens, refrigerators, and freezers.

The outer room is the dining room, with milky white walls, blue floor tiles, and the north and south windows are airy and bright.The curtains are not fabric but bamboo roller blinds.In the center is a long dining table about three meters long and 1.2 meters wide made of logs, and a long bench on each side, which is also made of logs, which looks a bit antique.

A set of log sofas and tea tables under the north window can accommodate seven or eight people to sit and rest.

Between the entrance door and the south window are two stainless steel hot water buckets, which are filled with boiled water and herbal tea respectively.A few cans of ordinary-grade tea are placed on the low cabinet next to the barrel.Farm workers who come and go can come here to pour water and make tea and rest their feet.

Several pots of lush green radishes and spider plants hang on the windowsills on both sides.A sticky flyboard was spread in the corner of the window sill, and a few baited flies were lying on the board.

Two discs of smokeless sandalwood incense and mosquito coils are burning under the coffee table and in the corner of the entrance.Compared with mosquito coils with a thicker ring and a stronger smoke smell, this is more environmentally friendly.

After He Qingdong took over, he didn't make any changes to the farm, except that the green avenue was a unified plan for the whole farm, and everything else was still operated in the same way.However, there has been some increase or decrease in the number of staff members. A few people with dirty hands and feet were dismissed, and a few farm workers were recruited in the local area.All aspects of income have increased, which is the most effective way to retain people.

Today, there are a total of 26 people working in the farm, one of them is a husband and wife, the wife is in charge of the kitchen, and the husband is in charge of the fish pond.There are no other concerns at home, so I signed a long-term contract.In ancient times, it was the steward and the steward's wife of the village, with a little authority.

Since He Qingdong decided to renovate the farm, he has conducted a detailed investigation of the staff on the farm to ensure that they are safe and usable, and then no longer care about them.The left and right are on the farm, and the food is up to them. They eat whatever they like. The human belly is always so big. How can dozens of people eat up a farm of hundreds of acres?

When Nie Meiyun was taking care of it, there were some sneaky things happened.Although fierce mercenaries were hired to guard it, in the final analysis it still depends on the person himself. The character of the person is not good, and no matter how strict the management is, there will be omissions.On the contrary, people with good character, even if the gatekeeper is just an old man, no one wants to transport the output of the farm to sell secretly.

When he came with Xu Lingxuan and his group last time, He Qingdong had instructed Aunt Yang who was in charge of the kitchen. From now on, whenever guests came, Aunt Yang would decide what dishes to prepare by herself. She didn't have to ask him every time.

So, this time, Aunt Yang heard that the owner brought guests to the farm, and they came to help pick peaches. She would definitely eat here at noon, and got busy as soon as she received the news.Everyone else went to Taolin to help, and she was too busy to take care of so many people's food by herself.

Fortunately, the chickens and ducks are all killed and delivered from the farm, and she only needs to wash them before they can be put into the pot.

The fish was caught temporarily by her family, two big grass carp weighing five or six catties and a bunch of small miscellaneous fish as thick as fingers.

One slice of grass carp is used to make sauerkraut fish. The sauerkraut was pickled in the winter of last year. At that time, there were too many autumn cabbages to store, so I pickled two jars of sauerkraut. It is very popular, especially in summer. The sauerkraut can be used in soup Two bowls of rice.Another piece of grass carp is used as sweet and sour fish.

Wash the miscellaneous fish, wrap it in starch and fry it, it is crispy and crispy.She remembered that the lady's favorite dish was the deep-fried small fish, which was delicious when dipped in tomato sauce.Today she specially fried a lot, that's enough.

Besides the fish, there is also a bucket of lobster and river prawns.Lobster is a frequent visitor in summer, as long as you get up early, you can harvest a big bucket every morning.River prawns are more difficult to catch. They are small and slippery, so special shrimp baskets are required.But this is not a problem for her family. Before fishing, the shrimp baskets are loaded, and after fishing, they take it back and see that there are two plates of shrimps.

What to do with the chickens and ducks sent from the farm?In the summer, it was too oily and unappetizing. Aunt Yang chopped one of the ducks into four big pieces with a knife in her hand. After blanching, she threw it into a large earthen pot and soaked it before and after the Qingming Festival. Put the dried wild bamboo shoots into a large earthen pot and let it simmer slowly; the other duck is marinated with cooking wine and spices, and then it is ready to be roasted.Cut the remaining duck meat into cubes and roast the beer duck. If you can't finish it, put it in the refrigerator, so you don't have to cook meat dishes tomorrow.Three chickens, two chickens, one chopped, one stewed mushroom, and one rooster make spicy roasted chicken.With so many people, there must be someone who likes spicy food.

　The second update arrives~ I wish you a happy holiday in advance!
　　
　
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