Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 48
Cui Yuanwai is kind and kind, and he is well-known throughout Hui County for his extensive charity. His family is also rich and successful, with hundreds of acres of land under his single name.It may really be because of the accumulation of good deeds and good fortune, the whole family has been going smoothly in recent years.Now the young master of the Cui family has been recommended to his superiors by the favor of a fifth-rank official in the capital, and he looks like he is about to enter an official career and serve the country.

The status of scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce varies from high to low. Cui Yuanwai used to just occupy the word "nong" in the past, and he can be regarded as a big landlord.Now my son is going to be an official in the capital, but he has climbed to the top of the "scholar" all of a sudden, and his status has also risen. Who in Hui County doesn't talk about the adventures of young master Cui's family?
Cui Yuanwai is also well versed in the principle of mass effect. In the days before he left, he carried forward the word "goodness" even more. He added 20 taels of sesame oil to Yuanguang Temple and allocated [-] taels of silver to several private schools in Hui County. Education Fund", and set up a porridge shop outside the house for three consecutive days, euphemistically called "Return to the Village", to repay the elders and villagers for their care over the years.

Of course, the county magistrate must not forget to take care of it. In addition to sending some money to curry favor, Cui Yuan also specially invited the county magistrate to have a big meal at the famous Fumanlou in the town. You have to hum and smash it in your mouth.

All these gossips were heard by Li Xin from the people doing the work in the kitchen, especially when it came to Cui Yuanwai's invitation to the county magistrate, the person who broke the news was especially excited.

Guan Wen's group of people who moved bricks and tiles were very busy every day, as long as the masons didn't rest, they couldn't rest.A salary of [-] yuan a day is not so easy to earn.In comparison, Li Xin's work in the kitchen is much easier.

The weather was getting colder, and Guan Wen and the others were prone to sweating while working. When they were tired, they sometimes lost their appetite.Li Xin changed his ways to cook some food. One day it was stir-fried pork belly, and the next day it was sauerkraut soup, which really whetted the appetite of these people.

If you eat enough, you will naturally have strength to work, and you will not delay your work.

Because Guan Wen and Li Xin are a couple, Cui Guanshi even allocated a small room for them to live in. In addition to washing Guan Wen’s clothes every night, Li Xin also gave him massages, especially his legs. He was also looking forward to finding a good doctor to cure his leg problems.

The people who worked together joked about Guan Wen, saying that Brother Wen and his wife are good-looking and considerate, she is kind, and she is a good cook in the kitchen.Some of the women in the family were fierce, and there were unmarried young men in their prime who were secretly envious, and two unmarried young men secretly asked Guan Wen if there were any unmarried girls in his sister-in-law's natal family.

Guan Wen laughed and said no at the time, but after thinking about it, isn't Axiu considered a daughter-in-law or a sister?
Suddenly, Guan Wen looked at the two young men who were working together as if he was a brother-in-law looking at his sister-in-law. He was picky, and secretly told Li Xin that this one is a bit short, and Axiu is tall. , I definitely don't like it; that one speaks a bit rough, and the front teeth of the scurry are exposed, and it doesn't look very good.Li Xin was so happy that he patted him on the back, laughing that he had fallen in love with my uncle before he even gave a word.

After working in Cui's house for nearly ten days, both Guan Wen and Li Xin felt that this day job was on the right track.Especially Guan Wen, although he was a little tired during the day, but at night his wife took care of her comfortably, beating her back and rubbing her shoulders, and even boiled hot water to compress her feet, not to mention, After being teased by her like that, I woke up refreshed the next day, and I was much more energetic when working.

This day, Li Xin was frying the big pot of rice for noon today in the kitchen. She bought the pig intestines from the main kitchen. After cleaning the feces in the large intestines, she rubbed the inner walls of the intestines with coarse salt two or three times, and then washed them with rice noodles. , Blanched it with vinegar, and the smell disappeared.The weather is a bit cold today, Li Xin wanted to make something with a stronger taste, so that everyone can enjoy it, and after much deliberation, he decided to make fried sausages with scallions, which are delicious without food.

Steward Cui asked Li Xin to fix the food with a set amount of money, which can be saved but not exceeded.Li Xin took care of that very well, the amount of money was more than enough, like green onions, it basically didn't cost any money, and the pigs were basically thrown away in the main kitchen, and she saved a lot of money by using them.

As soon as the scallion sausage was ready, I saw Cui Guanshi coming here beating his waist and sniffing.

Li Xin hurriedly greeted him, Cui Guanshi said with a smile: "Big sister, your craftsmanship is really good, you can smell the fragrance from a long distance."

Cui Guanshi also came here occasionally to pick up two chopsticks dishes, and he was full of praise for Li Xin's craftsmanship.

Li Xin immediately gave him a pair of clean chopsticks, "Uncle Cui is here to oversee the work? It's time for lunch soon. Would you like to try this scallion fried sausage?"

Cui Guanshi was also polite, took a bite of the chopsticks, squinted his eyes and chewed twice, his eyes lit up, "Not bad, delicious!"

Li Xin's hands were unambiguous, and he scooped up vegetables with a few shovels and put them in a large basin. Seeing that the vegetable soup was ready, he was busy frying a vegetarian dish again.

Cui Guanshi kept watching her movements, and when she finished her work, two day laborers came to serve the food with a smile on their faces, and hurriedly greeted Cui Guanshi.

For these workers, the most comfortable part of the day is eating and sleeping. They didn't feel that eating was so comfortable before. Since Li Xin came to make big pot meals for them, these people have longed for these two meals.

What is a little different today is that Cui Guanshi also sat with these day laborers for lunch.

With a head, the old and young men who usually make jokes and jokes during meals appear a little more reserved.

After the meal, Li Xin cleaned up the pots and pans and was about to wash the dishes, but was stopped by Cui Guanshi. After hesitating for a while, he heard Cui Guanshi say: "Big sister, my young lady has lost her appetite recently, and she doesn't feel interested in eating anything." , I ate your sour soup earlier and found it very appetizing, and the food you made with pig offal tastes very unique. Look, do you have any other ones that are suitable for young ladies?"

Oh, I dare say that the young lady can't eat and wants to get some fresh ones, but she thinks that the sour soup and pig's intestines are not on the table, so let her find another way?
Li Xin understood it and didn't shirk it, thinking that if he could get some rewards for being kind to the young lady, wouldn't that be a windfall?
Thinking of this, Li Xin smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, Uncle Cui, I can still make some snacks, just in case Miss won't like it."

"It's okay, you just do it. If the lady likes it, she will definitely be rewarded. If the lady doesn't like it, it's okay to argue with you, right?"

Since Guanshi Cui said that, of course Li Xin had no objection, and immediately followed Guanshi Cui to the main kitchen to get busy.

She made it very quickly, and it was full of street snacks that she liked to eat in her previous life.A bowl of lotus root soup, a stack of small glutinous rice cakes, and a small bowl of golden cold noodles.The lotus root soup is sticky and smells like lotus leaves. It is also dotted with a few wolfberries, making it even more lovely.The glutinous rice cakes are kneaded, and Cui Guanshi can't help swallowing the fragrance of the powdered sugar layer on top.As for the popular bowl of cold noodles, it was Li Xin who put the seasoning behind her back. She was the only one who prepared it. Others couldn't figure out how she matched the seasoning to make the noodles smell sour, sweet and fragrant. .

Cui Guanshi was overjoyed as soon as the three snacks were put on the table.He took the chopsticks and tasted the glutinous rice cake and cold noodles respectively, and nodded straightly.I took a spoon to scoop up some lotus root soup, it was sweet and melted in the mouth, very smooth.

Cui Guanshi patted the table and said hello, and directly asked the maid who was guarding the door to swallow her saliva to bring it up.

Seeing that she had nothing to do, Li Xin thought about making clothes for Guan Wen in the afternoon.Steward Cui didn't stop her either.

Li Xin was halfway busy comparing the clothes to the size of his arms, when a crisp voice sounded outside the door.

"Is Mrs. Guan there?"

Li Xin didn't realize that Mrs. Guan was calling him for a while, and when the person outside the door called again, he suddenly woke up and hurried to open the door.The person standing outside the door was none other than the maid who brought snacks to the young lady just now.

"Hello, Sister-in-law Guan." The little girl smiled shyly. Li Xin looked out, and Cui Guanshi was also standing not far from the door, probably a little far away to avoid suspicion.Seeing Li Xin coming out, Cui Guanshi smiled and said: "Big sister is lucky, my wife and young lady are together today, after the food was served, the young lady had a big appetite and ate it cleanly, the lady also ate some, and thought it tasted very good. Well, I praised the cook and rewarded him with money."

Cui Guanshi said, and the little maid held a red handkerchief with two pieces of broken silver on it.

This is two taels of silver, which is equivalent to 4000 RMB now.

Li Xin's first thought was: The Cui family is so generous!

Of course, she knew that if she served these three things, she would have a high chance of getting a reward, but she didn't expect to get so much.It really flattered her a little bit.

Hurry up and take it over, and don't forget to thank Steward Cui and the little maid.

"Madam also asked which room you are the cook from. It's a pity to learn that you just came to do part-time work with your head of the house. The lady will eat what kind of food after making a fuss. Madam can't help it, so she can only ask me to ask Ask, how did you do that thing?"

Li Xin changed his mind, "Uncle Cui, to tell you the truth, I figured out this thing by myself, and I said that I would save some money in the future and buy a small shop in the town to open a snack shop. Madam, if you want to eat, you can come to the store to buy..." The implication is that this practice is a secret.

It's hard for Li Xin to say that about Cui Guanshi, but the little maid was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Sister Guan, teach me, and I will do it for the young lady in the future. Our Cui family is about to move to the capital. How can I go to your store to buy it? Besides, you don’t even know when the store opens!”

This maid is too scheming.Li Xin pretended to laugh reluctantly, "This can be regarded as...my original craft, and I will be inseparable from this to support my family in the future, so I rashly teach it to others, this..."

Steward Cui hurriedly scolded the servant girl, and said apologetically, "Big sister, I'm sorry, I'll report it to Madam and Miss right now. Madam and Miss are kind people and will understand."

Li Xin quickly thanked Steward Cui, but the little maid gave her an angrily look, as if she was dissatisfied that she didn't teach her how to make dim sum.

(End of this chapter)