Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 147 Gifts
The first thing Ning Wan did when she returned home was to send someone the things Mrs. Wu gave to Lu Tieshi. Sure enough, Mrs. Gong came back after a while, and after a while, Lu Tieshi also came.

He didn't wear any armor or helmet today, his hair was simply pulled back, and he was wearing an ordinary blue cloth robe, but he still looked like a very neat military uniform with arrow sleeves, a waist and cowhide wrist guards, but Ning Wan still didn't like it very much. To adapt, the Lu Tieshi she remembered had always appeared in Hutai County wearing a military uniform.Right now, he seemed to be sitting idle at home and suddenly came out - and it should be the case, but the sharp smell all over his body was much lighter, and the casualness made Ning Wan feel uncomfortable.

Lu Tieshi came in through the back door, and directly placed the eight gift boxes on the table where Ning Wan was checking the account, "Take it back!"

Ning Wan blinked her eyes, feeling more and more embarrassed, "It's not just for you, everyone has it."

Although she was a girl from the countryside, she also managed many businesses of the Zhao family back then, so she knew very well that doing business should not just be about her own business, but also take care of everything.

Unlike Mayi Town, where the chiefs of the town and the village are good, Hutai County is much larger and has many more officials. There are people on the street that cannot be ignored.

Although Ning Wan used to be a high-ranking young lady, she was very attentive to everything in the shop except asking the shopkeeper, looking at the books, and taking inventory of the inventory. The Zhao Dian historian also gave it away. After all, business is a business, and favors are favors. The Zhao family's care is indispensable for their own shop in Hutai County.Of course, she will never forget Lu Tieshi, the deputy thousand householder who has just arrived in Hutai County, and Lu Tieshi has helped her a lot.

Just now when she asked the clerk to deliver the gift box, she didn't need to say anything more. From her point of view, she had reached a very high level of gift giving, and she finished the matter quietly.

But Lu Tieshi said: "I don't care about others, I don't want it."

"I know you may not need it," Ning Wan quickly explained with a smile, "but these gift boxes are also very good to give to your boss as gifts, such as Ye Qianhu, County Magistrate Qian..." The gift boxes sent by the family are not fake. , the things contained in it can definitely be handed out, whether it is for personal use or as a gift, it is very decent, but Ning Wan can't continue talking about things that are obviously very reasonable.

Because Lu Tieshi said indifferently: "I never give gifts to my boss."

That day when Lu Tieshi was sitting on a horse wearing armor and smiling at her, the image of a hero in Ning Wan's heart collapsed, but now they all stand upright again. Lu Tieshi is indeed a mountain-like figure, he is such a cold-faced and selfless , A person who solves all problems only by his own force.

As a result, Ning Wan felt even more guilty. She, who was always good at words, didn't know what to say, so she responded softly.

At this time, Lu Tieshi added another sentence, "I have been rejected by the gatekeeper directly from other people's homes." The implication is that it is very kind of him to send it back.Suddenly he smiled and asked, "Why don't you sell buns at home? Is it the big stuffed buns I ate that time?"

When it came to business, Ning Wan finally came to her senses, "Let's try to make some twisted pancakes, and then we'll start selling steamed stuffed buns after the new year." Then Fuzhi asked with a deep heart: "Do you like to eat my steamed stuffed buns? Fortunately, Ning Wan claimed that she was not stupid, and immediately said: "The house is going to steam buns tonight, and I will send you some."

Lu Tieshi smiled again, showing his white teeth, "That's good."

Ning Wan's heart collapsed again, how could a general with a hard heart want to eat steamed stuffed buns?Shouldn't he eat whatever he wants, like he has seen before, and he doesn't seem to care if he swallows felt and drinks snow?You must know that what he thinks in his heart should only be martial arts, the army, and the country!

Lu Tieshi obviously didn't have these entanglements, and asked again: "Do you have any difficulties?"

When they met, their own family was in trouble, so almost every time they met Lu Tieshi, she would ask her what was the problem. Ning Wan was used to hearing it, and her heart still warmed up, so she stretched out her right hand and made a gesture of six, "This shop in the county is my home. I spent this amount to buy it, and the family has opened two branches in Liuzhi Town and Guapo Town, plus the original Mayi Town, a total of three." The pride is beyond words.

Ning Wan never reveals her wealth in front of others, but she is not afraid of Lu Tieshi knowing that in the past four years, the Ning family's wealth has rolled upwards, and now the shop and goods add up to almost 1000 taels! "If you need money, I can still borrow it from you."

In fact, Ning Wan was just casually being polite, she knew that Lu Tieshi would not lend her money.Money is the least important thing for a tough man like him.Of course, according to Ning Wan's estimate, Lu Tieshi didn't have much money, and the deputy thousand household was from the fifth rank, with a monthly salary of fourteen shilumi.With his personality, he wouldn't even accept annual gifts from shops in the county town, and naturally he wouldn't skimp on military pay and rations, and of course he didn't have any other income.And his father, Commander Lu, would not give him more subsidies, and his mother, Mrs. Wu, had no money left.

Unexpectedly, Lu Tieshi nodded seriously, "Okay, I see."

Ning Wan was embarrassed again. Of course she didn't make excuses, but who would have thought that Lu Tieshi would nod instead of refusing, as if she would really consider borrowing money from herself.

Of course, Ning Wan definitely did not refuse to borrow money. If Lu Tieshi really asked her to borrow money, she would still borrow money even after selling the shop!Don't even need to say borrow, just give for free!The problem now is that she feels that Lu Tieshi is not the crippled general she knows.Of course his legs had completely returned to normal, and he was no longer a crippled general, but his personality seemed to have changed too?
He was originally a bit taciturn, and it is not surprising that he has developed a ruthless temperament after experiencing cruel wars in Duolun and walking on the edge of life and death at any time, but why does he seem to be more talkative than when they first met?
Ning Wan couldn't believe it, and saw that Lu Tieshi had already turned and left the door, leaving only one sentence, "I'll be waiting to eat buns tonight."

Seeing that Lu Tieshi was walking away, Ning Wan got up quickly, went to the kitchen, scooped up a basin of noodles, put warm water on it, and then took a large piece of Auntie's flour and put it in, kneaded it all and covered it with a curtain Put it in a warm place by the stove, and found a small quilt to cover it tightly.It turns out that it's almost You time now, if you want to eat buns at night, the noodles must rise quickly, and Ning Wan's method is to let the noodles rise early.

At this time, Mrs. Yu came in from the outside, holding a piece of pork, and seeing Yao Nu making noodles, she was very surprised and asked: "Didn't it be agreed to make red beans and rice tonight, and the red beans have been soaked for a day?" Too much, just when it’s time to soak, why are you making noodles again?”

But Ning Wan saw the meat in her mother's hand at a glance, and hurried forward to take it, "The plum blossom meat in this meat is just right!" The plum blossom meat is the tenderest and most fragrant meat on the pig's neck, so the surface of this meat It looks thin, but in fact, there is a trace of fat sandwiched in the pink lean meat after cutting, which is the most essence of pork.

Mrs. Wu is from Shandong. Lu Tieshi is used to her cooking since he was a snack, so he should like Shandong taste. Ning Wan decided to make Shandong buns today, and the meat used in Shandong buns must be both fat and lean.Of course, ordinary meat can also be made, but plum meat will be more delicious.

After washing the meat, Ning Wan picked off the plum blossom meat and cut it into diced meat the size of soybeans. The meat stuffing of Shandong buns is not minced meat.

Yu looked at her daughter even more strangely, "Yesterday it wasn't you who said that everyone worked too hard and asked me to make red bean rice and sauerkraut stew to reward everyone. Why are you kneading noodles and dicing meat today? What are you going to do?" ?”

At this time, Ning Wan was able to tell her mother, "Vice Lu Qianhu just came and returned all the gifts from our family. Probably because he was afraid of embarrassing me, he said he wanted to eat our buns, so I Hurry up and make buns!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Yu became anxious, "Is there still time for the dough to rise at this time?" Touching the washbasin, he replied, "It should be about the same." Looking at Yaonu cutting the meat, he said, "You cut it like this." It’s too slow, let me chop the minced meat.”

Ning Wan shook her head, "That's what I want to cut. If Mom is free, help me get some scallions."

Mrs. Yu knew that Yaonu was better at tea and rice than herself, so she hurried to get green onions, peeled two green onions, washed them and put them on the cutting board, but she didn't want Ning Wan to take a look, "Mother, take two more." Shandong steamed buns must be filled with more meat and green onions, so that the taste is fragrant and mellow.

Ning Wan cut up the diced meat and put it in a bowl, then cut the scallions into chopped green onions that were larger than usual, mixed them with soy sauce, salt, sesame oil, pepper noodles, etc. into the diced meat and marinated them thoroughly.At this time, I took another cabbage, but only picked the leaves that were not too big or small in the middle, peeled off the leaves and washed them, and cut them into soybean-sized pieces, and mixed them with the marinated diced meat.

Seeing that the noodles had already risen, Ning Wan added a large amount of alkali to it, tried it a few times before she felt it was just right, then wrapped it into a big bun, put it on the drawer with hot water for more than two quarters of an hour When the buns swelled up again, they were added to the fire and steamed.

Yu lifted the lid of the pot and screamed, "This big white and fat bun is as big as a bowl for eating!"

Ning Wan said: "Shandong steamed stuffed buns are just like this, they are more fragrant than the steamed stuffed buns we usually eat." As he spoke, he put the steamed stuffed buns into the food box one by one regardless of the heat, and put the lid on when it was full , I baked a small quilt outside again, and called the boy, "Quick! Hurry up and deliver it to Deputy Lu Qianhu's house." The buns are best eaten only when they are hot.

The boy ran out.Ning Wan called him back again, "If Deputy Lu Qianhu is not at home, send it to the city wall. If not, then inquire about it, and it must be delivered to him."

It turned out that Lu Tieshi was transferred to Hutai County this time because he was Gao Sheng, but he changed from the chief officer in charge of the first department to his deputy. There used to be one thousand households and two deputy thousand households in Hutai County, but now he has become the third. One, in charge of patrolling the city wall.Ning Wan didn't think about it before, but now she is very concerned about Lu Tieshi's news, so she has long realized that this is the way Commander Zhou made Mingsheng and secretly surrendered, and Lu Tieshi was emptied, so that he would not make any more military exploits.

All the strong soldiers Lu Tieshi trained in the desert stayed in Duolun Hundred Households. Although he brought some soldiers back, Hutai County no longer gave him soldiers and horses, so his strength was reduced.On the other hand, patrolling the city wall in Hutai County was busy all day and it was impossible to make military achievements. Even Lu Tieshi rarely met with people in Hutai County because he was on the city wall all day.

Of course, Ning Wan is not worried about Lu Tieshi at all, just like she once knew that he would go deep into the desert and kill the barbarians to retake the military households. She also knows that no one can hide his brilliance, and more importantly, Lu Tieshi is so firm Man, these little setbacks are nothing to him!
Seeing the young man leaving, Mrs. Yu sighed: "Master Lu is even busier in Hutai County, and he is not seen every day. Last time your father said that he would invite him to dinner, he didn't have time to come over. This time the gift was returned. Since he likes to eat steamed stuffed buns, let's give them every day from now on."

"No need, mother." Ning Wan shook her head, "Young Master Lu is the deputy thousand householder after all, what's the point of sending buns every day for people to see?"

"Then let's send it to the head office a few times." Seeing her daughter nodding, Yu felt relieved, but then remembered something, "Actually, don't worry, it's the one named Luo. Last time I asked him why If you don’t hire someone to go to Fuqianhu’s house to cook for a dozen of them, he said he’s trained as a cook and he cooks very well.”

(End of this chapter)