Since they were sure they could be eaten, the villagers stopped trying to persuade them. Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and then said, "In the future, when you harvest rice, can you also catch the fresh shrimps in your fields? My family pays five cents a pound." receive!"

Not to mention five cents, even three cents or two cents, the villagers are willing to take this job. After all, they are all free things. When they harvest rice, they just take it in their pockets. It is just a gift. After thinking about it, the villagers became embarrassed: "They are all from the village, so you make us feel that we are taking advantage of your family, right?"

Xiaoxiao waved her hand grandly: "Don't say that, I can't let your help go in vain. Besides, if I make this thing particularly delicious, I might order a large amount later, and the price will go up by then, otherwise This is how our family takes advantage of everyone."

Ouch, hearing this, the Ning family girl is quite confident?

They laughed and didn't take it seriously. They just watched the Ning family being busy, draining the water in the rice fields, catching the green shrimps, and walking into the fields again. They were gone in the morning.

The afternoon sun is good, which is perfect for drying the soil. There are not many days when we can have such good weather after the rainy season.

In fact, Xiaoxiao specifically asked Magistrate Shen and learned that it was sunny days recently that suggested harvesting rice earlier. Ning Fengnian originally thought that his own rice grew faster than others, so he agreed after confirming it.

According to the weather, rice can be harvested in less than ten days. He made a visual inspection and said to Mrs. Song uncertainly: "Why do I feel that the harvest in our field is much more than what we budgeted for?"

Mrs. Song did not doubt that he was there, so she followed the words and said, "Maybe you took good care of him?"

How could a farmer resist such a compliment? Hehehehehehehehahadistributed dog food to his children, and both husband and wife returned the house.

Ning An looked back and asked Xiaoxiao with twitching eyes: "When you say 'good Samaritans try to eat', do you mean the bandits who were captured in our house earlier?"

Xiaoxiao nodded kindly. The eldest brother had already noticed something was wrong, but the second brother believed it 100%.

Fortunately, the eldest brother didn't come to ask her. Master Chen has given him a lot of homework these days to help him enrich his extracurricular life. He has no energy to care about other things. Recently, the eldest brother has been walking like he's floating, and he's always talking nonsense. The laws of Daxia are pitiful.

Xiaoxiao decided to make him more delicious food, such as crayfish.

There are many people in the family, so there are many flavors that can be cooked. Xiaoxiao caught a lot of crayfish from the field, and she secretly exchanged some from the space. The two large pots in the new kitchen are full, and even the steamer is not idle. She minced garlic with one hand and chopped chili peppers with the other. Sometimes she could adjust the sauce and add a handful of Sichuan peppercorns to the pot. She was very busy.

When the villagers who came to help build the house saw it, they couldn't help but have some other thoughts in their hearts.

"Qiu Niang, your Xiaoxiao will be thirteen in the next year, right?"

Mrs. Song nodded with a particularly soft smile: "Yes, she has grown into a big girl in the blink of an eye. Now she is the most capable person in the family."

The aunt who asked looked around, leaned over and lowered her voice: "Did you say we'd like to kiss you?"

This aunt has a good temper, and she and Mrs. Song often wash clothes and dig wild vegetables together. Now she remembers not to affect Xiaoxiao's reputation and keeps her words in a low voice, so Mrs. Song also replies in a good-tempered way: "Not yet. You also know the previous situation in my family, and besides, she is still young."

The aunt did not mention the "big girl" she just mentioned, and only said: "Your girl is a good girl, good-looking, smart, and kind-hearted. Her family has become prosperous, and she is always thinking of ways to help the village. I guess When I grow up, the person proposing marriage will break all the barriers."

She came closer again, put her hand in Mrs. Song's ear and said, "Qiu Niang, can you let my nephew stand in line first? My nephew is sixteen years old, three years older than your girl. It just so happens that he doesn't have too much, and he knows how to care for others. Although he has never read a book, he learned the craft from a carpenter, can endure hardship, and is honest..."

Mrs. Song took another look at Xiaoxiao and felt a lot in her heart. The girl who could not even cry quietly at the beginning has now reached the age where she can say goodbye.

"Don't worry now, we'll see in two years."

The aunt didn't push her and nodded, and the two of them pretended that nothing had happened and continued to go about their own business.

At this time, a strong aroma that no one could refuse came out of the kitchen. The villagers who were helping could not help but sniff their noses and their eyes couldn't stop wandering there.

The sound of the collision of spatulas seemed to suddenly become louder, hitting their ears one after another. When Mrs. Song saw this, she stood up funny and proud, walked to the kitchen door and asked, "How's it going?"

Xiaoxiao sucked the freshly peeled shrimp into her mouth, puffed out her cheeks and gave her a thumbs up. Mrs. Song looked at the dozen or so pots of covered vegetables on the table in the room, and said hello: "Everyone, please stop busy, rest." Let’s have a meal later, my daughter will cook today.”

The Ning family does not have many people, but there are more than a dozen people who help, so everyone usually brings food by themselves. It is rare that Xiaoxiao is at home today and cooks in person. The villagers who have been curious about her craftsmanship do not need to say hello and go one by one. Fetch water, wash your hands and sit down.

The woman who came to help went to the kitchen and took out all the covered dishes that Xiaoxiao had prepared.

Farmers want to eat cheaply and conveniently, and they don’t like the rich people who pay attention to a small plate and a small butterfly. They just feel that no matter how beautiful the thing is, they can’t fill their stomachs, so Xiaoxiao cooks for them and prepares the dishes. Ocean bowls and iron basins.

The lids were lifted one by one, and the real big bones and braised pork in soy sauce made the villagers almost embarrassed to use their chopsticks. Of course, it was just a little embarrassed on the surface, and no one was ambiguous about what to eat. After all, it was not the New Year or the festival. No one eats meat every day.

Generally speaking, when someone builds a house in the village, they ask neighbors to help them on a blind date, and then look at the situation of each house. If the conditions are better, then they will pay a salary, and if the conditions are more difficult, they will send a piece of meat and a basket of eggs. Everyone ate something fishy and no one said anything.

There is also a saying for this meaty smell. It may appear in everything from shredded meat to minced meat, but like the Ning family, they just put the whole piece of braised pork and the whole tube bone on the table for free, and let everyone open it. This was the first time I had eaten.

The villagers accidentally got drunk and emptied their bowls and bowls before realizing that they were eating surprisingly well. They thought they were going to make people laugh, but they heard Mrs. Song laughing and asking: "Do you want more? It's all about physical strength." Living, if you don’t have enough to eat, where will your strength come from?”

The Ning family is really kind, but they really can't eat anymore, mainly because they are embarrassed to continue eating.

It was under such circumstances that Xiaoxiao brought out the crayfish.

Considering that the ancients of this era were not familiar with crayfish as an ingredient, she removed the inedible heads, gills, stomachs and intestines of the shrimp before cooking them.

So now just peel it off and eat it.

Mrs. Ning, who was passing by with her clothes in her arms, smelled the fragrance and looked into the room. She happened to be spotted by an aunt with whom she had a problem: "Ouch, who did I think was peeking in here? It turns out to be Sister Liu." , What’s the matter, we have no food or meat at home, so why don’t you come to borrow it from your step-son who has already separated?”

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