Chapter 152

There are a lot of wood in the village head's house. They are all chopped up when they are free. The small ones are used by themselves, while the large ones are piled outside the gate

"Take it. Take what you need."

Xia Xi is not polite either. She puts her machete aside and looks at it carefully. She goes up and draws out four pieces of the same thickness. Then she peels off the bark with her machete.

When the village head's daughter-in-law saw it, she went back to her home and took a machete to help her.

After peeling the four sticks, Xia Xi took them home and polished them clean.

After the sweet potatoes were peeled and washed, they went back home with their own kitchen knives and cut them into small pieces. Then they took the sweet potatoes to the grinding plate and asked four people to grind them.

The four had never seen anyone do this before, so they took a look at it, and then they went to push the mill, one put sweet potatoes in it, and the other put the soup into it.

It takes a lot of time to grind 20 jin sweet potato slices. It's already noon.

Xia Xi said, "let's work here first. You go home for dinner and come back in an hour."

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law mentioned the barrel of sweet potato paste, "you guys go home, I'll send this back."

The other three women went home without any humility.

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law and Xia Xi went back, "Lady Xia, you haven't been at home for several days, and there's nothing to eat at home. Go to our house."

"Good."

Xia Xi is ready to respond.

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law was so happy that she sent the bucket to her mother-in-law's house in a hurry.

On hearing this, the village head's daughter-in-law took out the only two eggs in the family. "Qi'er and Hu Zi are just one person. Xia Niang's side, we roll noodles for her."

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law had no idea. She took the basin, went to the kitchen, opened the cylinder head and scooped out all the faces in the cylinder. As soon as the lid was closed, Xia Xi entered the door.

Xia Xi was carrying a bag of noodles in her hand. "There are so many white noodles left at home. I'm often away from home and can't eat. I'll bring them to you."

"That's not good."

The village head's daughter-in-law said that she would not accept anything. So many white noodles are worth a lot of money. Xia Xi just had a meal. They can't get so much light.

Xia Xi deliberately said, "if my aunt doesn't accept it, I won't eat here."

"You are..."

The village head's daughter-in-law didn't know what to say.

Xia Xi brought the noodles to the door of the kitchen. Seeing that Wei Qian's daughter-in-law was just making noodles, she knew that they were going to cook for themselves. She said, "time is tight. Don't bother. In this way, you can give me a hand. Can we make hot pimple soup?"

"All right."

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law put down the basin and turned to brush the pot.

Xia Xi also went into the kitchen, "Auntie, I cook with my sister-in-law. You go and call the children of my sister-in-law's house."

The village head's daughter-in-law waved her hand, "this can't do. Let's eat first, and I'll send some to them later."

"It's not delicious. Besides, later Qi'er will come. He likes to be lively. He will be very happy with many children."

"This..."

Some of the village head's daughter-in-law also hesitated. Pimple soup is a good thing. The family can't eat it once a year. When the two children saw it, they had to go crazy to eat it. Xia Xi would be tired of it. Maybe their eldest son and daughter-in-law would lose their jobs.

Seeing what she thought in her heart, Xia Xi didn't care and urged her with a smile, "aunt, go quickly. When you come back, go to my house by the way and ask Qi'er and Hu Zi to come over. By the way, there's a coachman."

If she refuses, she will appear to be deliberate, and the village head's daughter-in-law will have to shout for the children.

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law brushes the pot well, takes two cabbages, peels them clean, leaving almost only the tender leaves inside. Then she draws water, cleans them one by one, takes them into the kitchen, cuts them, and then moves out the oil pot and sets it aside.

When everything was ready, I squatted down to make a fire.

Hot pot, Xia Xi put oil, choked the scallions, and then the cabbage into it, stir fry a little bit, add water, add salt, also want to add other seasonings, looked at it, did not find, did not ask, directly covered the pot, and then scooped half a basin of noodles, want to mix with batter.

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law has been secretly looking at it. Seeing that she has scooped so much, she almost screamed out. She forbeared, but she still didn't, "Lady Xia, you use too many white noodles."

So much, enough for a family to eat two meals of noodles.

"If there are too many people, do more and save not enough."

Xia Xi didn't care at all. She scooped the water with a ladle and cooked it into batter skillfully.

Taking advantage of the water has not opened, to Wei Qian daughter-in-law nag home, "sister-in-law, where do you come from this ladle?"

"It's home grown. If you need it, I'll give you some later."

Countrymen have a wide range of places. When the season comes, they plant things in front of and behind their houses. This gourd is very lively, and there are many kinds of gourds in every family.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

……

Wei Qian had two children, one son and one daughter. His eldest son was eight years old, and his youngest daughter was six years old. The village head's daughter-in-law called them to come to dinner and told them to behave themselves when they ate.

Wei Qian was sick at home all the year round. He couldn't take care of his work in the field, so he taught his two children at home. The two children were well taught by him. After listening to his grandmother's words, they knew how to do it.

The village head's daughter-in-law set up two tables, one in the east room, for Xia Xiniang's three and the coachman to eat. The whole family stayed in the main room.

"Don't be so troublesome. There are too many people. It's still lively to eat together."

Xia Xi directly sits down at the table in the main room. Qi'er and Hu Zi also sit down.

When the village head's daughter-in-law saw it, she gave her daughter-in-law a wink and asked her to take her children to the kitchen.

"Auntie, sister-in-law, please sit down. I have something to tell you."

Xia Xi said, Wei Qian's daughter-in-law naturally can't go, let two children sit next to Qi'er, she one by one to Sheng good pimple soup, Qi'er and tiger son is a big bowl full, his two children's is half bowl, afraid of Xia Xi misunderstanding, also explained with a smile, "they eat small, can't eat so much."

Xia Xi stood up, took the spoon in her hand, directly to fill, "it is the time to grow the body, how can not eat much?"

Two children dare not move chopsticks, look at their own mother.

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law didn't stop her. She was sorry, but she had already put it in a bowl. It was not appropriate to scoop it out again. To the two children, she said, "eat."

Are women and children, coachman did not come in, Xia Xi gave him to stay in the pot, let him go to Sheng.

When people eat, Xia Xi asks the villagers about sweet potatoes and their opinions. "If this food is successful, we will need a lot of sweet potatoes. I don't know how much we charge for one jin?"

Every household has sweet potatoes, and no one has ever sold them. The village head's daughter-in-law was surprised to hear her ask, "are you going to take sweet potatoes?"

Xia Xi nodded, "if this food is successful, it will need a lot of sweet potatoes."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took a look at each other, and both of them were surprised in each other's eyes. After living for so many years, I heard for the first time that sweet potato can still sell for money.

"We don't know about that. No one has ever collected sweet potatoes."

"Estimate, how much do you think is appropriate?"

The village head's daughter-in-law thought for a moment, "it's two Jin for one Wen. Sweet potatoes are heavy and can be sold for a lot of money."

Xia Xi is surprised, "so low?"

"It's only five Wen a Jin for coarse grain, and two Jin for sweet potato. Once you say you'll take it, it's estimated that there won't be fewer people coming to sell it."

"Let me see."

……

After dinner, Xia Xi went home and put the white cloth on the rope. She poured the sweet potato powder on the white cloth, diluted it with water and filtered the starch.

This process is simple.

It's just that the filtered starch needs to be dried in the sun.

After that, she gave Wei Qian's daughter-in-law the drying work. It is estimated that she can do it in two days. She will continue to do it when she comes back.

Two days later, the starch was dried. Xia Xi only called the village head's daughter-in-law to work together.

Stir the dry starch into a paste with warm water until it falls naturally and does not break.

After boiling the hot water on the stove, Xia Xi took a ladle and made five or six holes of the same size on it. Xia Xi poured the starch into it and then shook it gently. The pieces of powder leaked out and fell into the hot water below.

"It's done!"

Xia Xi a exclamation, lead the chess son and tiger son run out to see, see the powder in the pot, surprised, tiger son hand will go fishing.

Xia Xi quickly stopped him, "don't move, hot!"

Hu Zi quickly takes back his hand and rushes at Xia Xi.

Xia Xi fished out the vermicelli with a fence, blew it, and handed it to Hu Zi, "taste it, is it delicious?"

The newly made vermicelli is still steaming. Hu Zi has never seen such a thing before. He quickly reaches out his hand, takes one, and is about to put it in his mouth.

"Slow down."

Xia Xi makes a sound.

Tiger's action meal, and then a pair of wrong expression to see Xia Xi, Xia Xi taught him many times, let him eat etiquette, in fact, he remembered, but the vermicelli too curious, just can't wait.

Xia Xi touched his head with one hand, "it's not going to be an example."

Tiger son immediately laughed, took the noodles in his mouth, bit off a break, chewed two, then vomited out, "not delicious, no taste."

Xia Xi smile can't support, gave Qi Er a, "you try."

Qi Er took it and bit it. She chewed it in her mouth for a while and nodded, "it's very chewy."

Xia Xi put down the fence, hugged Qi'er and gave him a kiss on his forehead, "son, we're going to make a fortune again."

"And me, and me."

Tiger pointed to his forehead to come over, anxiously waiting for Xia Xi Pro up.

"No way!"

Qi Er stands in front of him, "my mother can't kiss you."

The tiger son is impatient, pull Qi Er with the hand, "you get out of the way!"

Qi Er stood still, "uncle, I said no, I just can't do it."

The tiger's mouth is turning, and he is about to cry.

In the past, Qi'er used to eat him very much, but this time she was very firm and could not give in, "if men and women give and receive each other, my mother just can't kiss you."

"Then why can you kiss?"

Huzi is accused of crying.

"Because I am mother's son, she can kiss me, you are not."

"Then I'll be my sister-in-law's son, too."

Then tiger tiptoed over Qi'er to see Xia Xi, "sister-in-law, I want to be your son, too."

Xia Xi can't laugh or cry, "tiger, sister-in-law is sister-in-law, can't be your mother."

"Oh."

The tiger turned his mouth and tears came down. Looking back, he looked at the yard over there.

Xia Xi looked in the eye, slapped twice, attracted his attention, handed him the vermicelli in the fence, "you and Qi'er find a clean place to dry, and my sister-in-law will make delicious food for you."

As soon as I heard the delicious food, tiger's tears disappeared immediately. Happily, he held the fence and asked Qi'er happily, "Qi'er, where do you say to hang it?"

Qi'er also feels that her attitude just now is a little too much. She reaches out her hand and helps Hu Zi carry the fence. She looks for a circle in the yard. When she sees the clothesline, her eyes light up. "Let's go over there."

Rope high, two people can't reach, Qi son to move a stool out of the house, he helped, let the tiger up.

A few pieces of vermicelli swayed on the rope. Huzi clapped his hands happily, "Qi'er, we have delicious food again."

……

He called several women who came to work that day to come over. When they saw this scene, they were all surprised and widened their eyes, "is this

"Vermicelli."

Xia Xi answers.

Several people's eyes were even bigger, and they were about to stare out, "this, this, this..."

From the moment they remember, they eat sweet potatoes, but they never know how to make such things.

"After being dried in the sun, it's well preserved. It's not bad for a year and a half. It's very delicious for stewing."

Several people looked and looked, and one of the women could not help walking forward and touching it with her hand. It was soft and slippery, which was very strange.

"What about what I asked you to inquire about?"

Xia Xi asked them to go door-to-door to ask how many sweet potatoes each family had.

"Yes, there are a lot of them in every family. As soon as we heard that you wanted to collect them, we were very happy. We were all anxious to ask how much it was. You didn't say that. We didn't dare to talk too much."

"OK, I'll make the rest of the vermicelli first. I've added something in it. It's completely functional."

Xia Xi really said.

The technique of making vermicelli is too simple. If you don't add some mystery, you may not be able to sell it in the future. She was afraid that these people had other thoughts.

Several people hurried past, Xia Xi a person gives them a ladle, teach them personally.

Half afternoon, the rest of the sweet potato powder will be all made into vermicelli.

Let the other three women go home, Xia Xi left Wei Qian's daughter-in-law, "sister-in-law, this vermicelli needs to be dried to save, I want to go back to the county, this vermicelli will be given to you and your aunt."

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law answered, "don't worry."

……

Several women went back and said something about the vermicelli. The villagers were very curious. They wanted to come and have a look, but they were afraid that they would annoy Xia Xi. They stood in front of their house and looked around. They saw Xia Xi get on the carriage and leave the village. They could not wait to run over.

Xia Xi left the key to the gate to Wei Qian's daughter-in-law. Wei Qian's daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law wanted to take the vermicelli to their yard according to Xia Xi's instructions. They gathered around in twos and threes. They also took a look at her mother-in-law and said with a smile, "come here and help me take these vermicelli to my home."

People came over and began to touch curiously, "Wei Qian's daughter-in-law, is this the vermicelli made of sweet potato?"

"Yes, lady Xia said that if it can be used after drying, she will collect a lot of sweet potatoes and recruit people from the village."