Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

"Brother Zheng, Brother Zheng, I'm back"

“I’m dying of thirst”

Then I heard the sound of "dun,dun". A bald man, sweating profusely, lay down on the bluestone trough beside the pond and drank it all at once. It was late autumn, and except for the coolness in the morning and evening, the temperature was still quite high at noon, otherwise you would get sick from drinking so much.

"Second brother, how is it going?"

After Wang Erleng drank enough water and took a breath, Liu Guozheng asked hurriedly.

"Um, Brother Zheng, you can call me Erleng, Erlengzi, or Wang Erleng, but please don't call me Lao Er, okay?"

"This thing easily makes people think of bad things."

Wang Erleng wiped the sweat off his face and pleaded bitterly.

"Okay, second brother."

"Second brother, you should first tell me how things went."

"Brother Zheng, are you still screaming?"

"Don't force me to do it, kid. Tell me, how is the matter going?"

"Okay, okay, brother, I'll do the job, don't worry."

Wang Erleng's face was full of confidence. He presented a pig's head to him and became friends with the director of the brick factory.

"However, we can only distribute 800 bricks every day."

Seeing that the boss looked unhappy, Erleng hurriedly added.

"Eight hundred a day?"

To be honest, it's possible. At worst, we can hire fewer people, and then we can produce bricks for about five rooms in a month.

"Brother Zheng, this is all we have now. Director Song of the brick factory said that as long as there is meat, we will increase it as appropriate later."

"Brother Zheng, how is it?"

"Is this okay for me?"

"Can you please stop calling me second brother?"

Wang Erleng looked at Liu Guozheng expectantly, his face revealing that disgusting flattering smile again.

"Erlang, put away that disgusting smile of yours."

"Hey, okay bro."

This guy was happy. The eldest brother finally changed his words. "Second brother." But calling him "Second brother" really doesn't sound good, especially in Henan Province, it also represents something. It's not as nice as calling him "Erleng."

"Have you agreed on when the delivery will be made?"

"It's agreed that the bricks will be delivered this afternoon, and the meat will be brought back at the same time."

"Well, let's go cook."

"what?"

Erlang was stunned this time. He was not allowed to rest after coming back and was asked to cook, but he couldn't do it himself!

"Brother Zheng, besides working, I only know how to eat. Even if you don't think my cooking is bad, I can't cook."

"Okay, I'll do it, you go ahead and continue digging."

As he said that, he handed over the shovel.

"I…"

"Forget it, I'll go cook."

I had just come back and was asked to dig the ground. I was really exhausted. It was more than ten kilometers from the Jingxi Brick Factory to the village.

"I really don't dare to eat the food you cooked."

Liu Guozheng was just teasing him and didn't really want Erleng to cook. You can't really rely on someone who can even cook a simple potato pot dry.

"Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, stop working for now. Take a break and go hunting in the mountains. It would be great if we could bring back another wild boar."

"it is good."

Putting down the shovel, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu left without saying much.

"Tsk tsk, brother, you know what, this name is really good, he is a capable general under Lao Bao!"

"They just don't like to talk."

Erlang said as he looked at Zhang Long and Zhao Hu who left without saying a word.

"Haha, there are many different people. I can't help but feel that way."

"Why don't you go get some water and light a fire? If you don't know how to do this, you won't have any dinner today."

Liu Guozheng turned around and walked towards the warehouse.

"Okay, I can do this."

After saying that, Wang Erleng just ran away. If he didn't run, he would be kicked in the butt.

By the time Liu Guozheng took out a chicken and some potatoes (wild potatoes in the second world), Wang Erleng had already lit the fire and was pouring water into the pot.

Put the chopped chicken pieces directly into cold water and blanch them, and simply add some ginger slices to remove the fishy smell.

Dice potatoes and cut onions, ginger and garlic into sections.

"Brother Zheng, I have to say, your knife skills are amazing."

While making fire, he complimented her and at the same time, he looked at the chicken nuggets beside him and swallowed secretly.

"Erleng, if you can't talk, then just keep silent. You're just good at cutting potatoes."

After hearing Erleng's words, Liu Guozheng was so upset that his knife skills were so poor when he was cutting potatoes, onions, ginger and garlic.

"Hey hey hey."

"I look at the inside, the inside."

Realizing that he had flattered himself, Wang Erleng hurriedly tried to make amends for himself.

"Here's your pot."

Liu Guozheng said unhappily.

"Brother Zheng, tell me how you make it so I can learn from you. Who knows, maybe I can become a great chef in the future."

"Okay, it's rare that you want to learn."

Then Liu Guozheng explained while doing it.

After seven or eight minutes, remove the blanched chicken pieces, wash them and set aside.

First fry the sugar color, then add the chicken cubes that have been fried in water and stir-fry continuously until the water is dry.

Then start seasoning. Add ginger slices, minced garlic, chili peppers and other seasonings, and continue to stir-fry until fragrant.

When the chicken is 80% cooked, pour in spring water to cover the chicken pieces, add potatoes and continue stewing.

Finally, add the tortillas and cover the pot.

Just wait patiently for twenty minutes.

"Hiss, it smells so good."

"Before I came out, I just wanted to have something to eat and survive."

"I didn't expect that we could eat meat."

Erlang looked at Liu Guozheng with gratitude, thinking to himself that this will be my real brother from now on. At the same time, he kept sniffing the rich and mellow fragrance that wafted out, and his saliva was flowing.

While Liu Guozheng wasn't paying attention, he wanted to lift the lid of the pot and take a look.

"Snapped!"

Who knew that as soon as the hand was stretched out, it was slapped in the face.

"Wipe your drool, kid."

"If you move the pot lid again, you'll be done for if I beat you up."

"Hehe, it smells so good, I can't help myself, I can't help myself, ha!"

"Prospects..."