boyutpedia Chapter 212 The matchmaker comes to visit
Chapter 212 The matchmaker comes to visit
Boss Zhou and a group of children were cleaning up the yard. Now that the yard has doubled in size, they are still a little uncomfortable with the situation.
Zhou Mingshu walked around the yard. Now that the small courtyard was built, she could even run in her own yard.
The next step is to move the entire soap business here so that the house won’t be so crowded.
Everyone carried the customized wooden tables into the house one by one, and then transferred all the soaps over.
"San Ya, thank you for your foresight, otherwise we would have to wait for several more days. Now that the wooden racks are ready and the soaps have been moved in, there is still so much space left, we can make some more soap and hang it up."
"That is, no matter how busy the family is, there must be two people making soap."
The soap business cannot be stopped.
The house has been built and the cleaning has just been completed. The grand autumn harvest is about to begin.
The village chief Wang Fugui has already sent people to take care of the threshing ground and planted many wooden racks.
If there is not enough space in the villagers’ homes, they can pile it on the threshing ground.
Old Mrs. Zhou was turning over the peppers in the basket. After being dried for such a long time, the pepper seeds inside were rustling, which meant that they were all dried and could be stored.
There are also some larger peppers hanging by the window, strung together with ropes, which looks very festive.
You can use it whenever you want when cooking, which is very convenient!
"Mrs. Zhou, our village is tidying up the threshing ground. Do you want to use it this time? I think the wasteland you used before has become a vegetable field. I'm afraid there's no place to put it."
"Oh, I didn't think of that, but the yards on both sides are big enough, maybe it can be put in."
"Don't worry about it. If there's nowhere else to put it, you can just throw it in the vegetable garden. When you have time, ask Shouren and the others to plant two pillars in the threshing ground. It won't take much effort. I've reserved a space for you, right next to his second uncle."
"Okay, okay, I'll let them go when they come back."
Old Mrs. Zhou smiled happily and had forgotten about the incident.
Zhou Mingqi and Zhou Mingshu came back from the backyard carrying baskets. "Grandma, look, we picked up another basket of chicken and duck eggs."
There were red and white things in the basket, all of them were round and many of them were still hot.
Old Mrs. Zhou was also a little worried. The weather was still quite hot. Although she picked the ones that were old enough, she would still pick out one or two bad ones from time to time.
"Okay, put them aside for now. Tsk, we are running out of eggs at home. I plan to make some salted duck eggs and salted chicken eggs."
After hearing what his grandmother said, Zhou Mingshu's desire to make preserved eggs and preserved eggs began to rekindle.
"Grandma, how many salted eggs and salted duck eggs do you plan to make?"
"We have stored a lot of chicken and duck eggs recently. The weather is hot now and I am afraid they will go bad, so I plan to make more."
"Grandma, why don't you let me handle this? I just want to make some preserved eggs and preserved eggs. This is a very delicious local snack. I'll make it for everyone to try."
"Okay, then you go and get it done." Old Mrs. Zhou gave them the key to the kitchen, and she went to tidy up the pepper trees in the vegetable garden.
She originally wanted to dry it and cook it, but San Ya said it was a medicinal herb and was very effective in treating frostbite, so she felt reluctant to do so.
It's so cold in winter and many people in the family have frostbite, so she has to dry it and store it, and then she can share some with the villagers.
There are so many empty rooms in the house, we have to fill them with more things for the winter.
After getting permission from Old Mrs. Zhou, Zhou Mingshu and Zhou Mingqi got to work.
She asked Zhou Mingqi to clean the chicken and duck eggs while she prepared the ingredients for making preserved eggs and preserved eggs.
Fortunately, there was some quicklime at home, so everything was prepared quickly.
Wrap the duck eggs with the mixed paste and seal them in a jar for a month. Finally, take them out and dry them in the sun for a day or two before eating.
The steps for curing eggs are similar to those for preserved eggs, but the time is greatly reduced and you only need to wait for a week before you can eat them.
"Sanya, are these preserved eggs and preserved eggs really as delicious as you said?" Zhou Mingqi was curious. How delicious could they be? They were not just eggs.
"Don't worry, when the time comes, pour a little sesame oil on it and add a plate of salad cucumbers. It will be so delicious."
The two sisters moved the jars to a corner of the new house and waited for time to pickle them successfully.
"What about the cucumber salad? Grandma pulled out all the cucumber vines in our backyard. What's more, after a month, only the cucumber seeds are left. They are too old to be eaten."
"Hahaha, you're right. We did it too late. If it was a month earlier, maybe we could have eaten it with cold cucumber salad."
Zhou Mingqin and Zhou Mingzhi were making soap in another room.
The steps for making this soap are not difficult, and it is perfect for a man and a woman to make it.
The eldest sister does the delicate work, and the eldest brother does the physical work, and they come over to help from time to time, so they don’t feel tired.
"Big sister, my second sister and I made something delicious. We can eat it in seven or eight days."
"You two are little foodies. All you do all day is fiddle with food." Zhou Mingqin glanced at them and spoke with a smile.
"Haha, sister, that's not true. Only by eating and drinking well can we have a good body and have the strength to work and earn money." Zhou Mingshu sat aside and started to pick up the conch shells.
"Sister, I just heard mother and aunt chatting. They said that a matchmaker came to our house. I wonder if it's to propose marriage to you?" Zhou Mingqi mentioned it with a smile. In her opinion, this was a happy event.
"Go away, what nonsense are you talking about? I'll be angry if you keep talking." When Zhou Mingqin heard this, her previous joy disappeared.
Zhou Mingshu poked Zhou Mingqi with his elbow, signaling her to stop talking.
The two of them helped for a while, but when they saw that the situation was not right, they ran away.
Zhou Mingqi was a little annoyed. Why did she bring up things that were not related to the topic? She made her elder sister unhappy.
"Forget it. I think we should go pick up some snails. I don't think we have many snail shells saved. If we keep busy for a while, they will all be used up."
"Okay, I'll get a basket."
The two of them went out with the basket, but not long after, a fat woman came to Old Zhou's house. She was the matchmaker that Liu and Zhu had mentioned.
Old Mrs. Zhou was busy working in the vegetable garden next door. When she looked up, she saw Si Ya coming to look for her, saying that someone had come to her house and she didn't know him.
She was also confused as to who this could be.
Who would have thought that this was a matchmaker?
After understanding the whole situation, Mrs. Zhou left with a cold face.
The person the matchmaker was talking about was from the Li family in Lijiagou.
She had seen the character of the people in this village, and there was no way she would let Daya marry him.
So, the matchmaker was sent away without even seeing Zhou Mingqin's appearance.
Zhou Mingqin was in a bad mood, but when she heard that the matchmaker was driven away, she started to smile.
She hadn't expected this to happen, which was great.
The matchmaker didn't expect that she would be kicked out. She was so angry that she was fuming and fanning herself very quickly.