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According to the information provided by 444, only 4 catties of sweet potatoes can be dried in the sun to produce 1 catty of dried sweet potatoes, so if Gu Xi makes 100 catties of sweet potatoes, there will be 25 catties of dried sweet potatoes.

He dried sweet potatoes on a new straw mat. Gu Xi sliced ​​100 catties of sweet potatoes neatly, but he needed someone's help to take them out of the water to dry, so He Kai was a free labor force, not only helping to dry, but also helping to cut them.

While waiting for dinner, Fan Xuezhi came back with two children who had just finished finishing.

The two children carried small baskets on their backs, their faces were beaming, and it seemed that the harvest was good.They brought dry food and didn't even come back for lunch.

"Mr. Li, what delicious food are you doing?" In the little fat man's heart, Teacher Li = delicious food, which is consistent with Gao Dapeng's approval.

"Sweet potato chips."

"Is it just dried sweet potatoes?"

"No, it's better than dried sweet potatoes, and sweet potato chips need to be deep-fried."

"Mr. Li, I want to eat."

"Daddy, I want to eat too."

"Wait until the sweet potato chips are dried and fried before eating." Gu Xi said, "Starting tomorrow, Dad will give you a new task. You have to guard the sweet potato chips every day, and don't let birds, dogs, cats, etc. Something picks them up, you know?"

"I know." Li Chengtu, who finally had a new mission, was extremely happy.

"I want to guard it too." The little fat man hurriedly said.

"Okay, you guys stay together."

"What about me?" Da Zhizhi, who couldn't find a sense of existence, felt a little lost.

"Aren't you going back to the army?" He looked disgusted.

Da Zhizhi pursed his lips, and then explained unwillingly: "I'm on vacation for 20 days, and I'm only busy at the beginning of the new year." Afraid that Gu Xi wouldn't understand, he explained, "All those in the army who are on vacation have gone back to their hometowns to find wives." , I want to live here for 20 days.

"My brother doesn't have a wife." The little fat man added, "You can hunt pheasants, and let Teacher Li cook pheasant soup."

Dazhi gave the little fat man an appreciative look: "Yes."

"Okay, how many did you shoot today?"

Da Zhizhi, who got his wife's consent, said happily: "There are not many pheasants in winter, only three." Usually, they can be hunted all morning, but today they even managed to hunt them all day.

"Let's keep two and take one back to your parents." Gu Xi said.

"My parents don't like meat." The little fat man said.It means that there is no need to give it.

But it attracted a chestnut head from his brother: "Okay."

The little fat man's eyes were red: "Why did you hit me?" I was so wronged.

Gu Xi touched the little fat man's head: "It's not that your parents don't like meat, it's because there is less meat, and your parents love you and your brother, so they leave the meat for you to eat. They hope that the little fat man will eat it." The meat will grow up quickly."

"Then...then give them one." The little fat man lowered his head in shame.

"Good boy."

If you cook pheasant soup, if you don't have enough ingredients, you won't be able to cook the soup.In the past, there were no ingredients such as star anise and ginger, but Gu Xi had black fungus and shiitake mushrooms, and now the black fungus and shiitake mushrooms are gone.So Gu Xi planned to take a look at the vegetable market in the county seat tomorrow, and it happened that Da Zhizhi gave him two vegetable tickets to buy some ingredients.

In the evening, He Kai was invited to dinner. The free labor may be used for a long time in the future, so meals must be provided.For dinner, three adults and two children, Gu Xi cooked: Potato stewed pork ribs with chestnuts, cold cucumber, braised winter melon, and vinegared Chinese cabbage.

The next morning, Fan Xuezhi returned to the army compound with a pheasant, the little fat man and Xiao Chengtu looked after the house, Gu Xi went to the county vegetable market and sold the meat tickets to sell ribs by the way, and He Kai plucked the pheasant feathers at home.

He Kai started teaching in November and taught for three months, with a salary of 11 yuan, three meat coupons of 15 catty, and 3 catties of grain.But Gu Xi had never seen him buy meat before. This time when Gu Xi entered the city, He Kai gave Gu Xi the 1-jin meat ticket and the money: "Brother Li, this is a 60-jin meat ticket with an extra 1 cents. Can you sell it for me?" Meat?"

"Okay." Gu Xi said, "But for meat, ribs are the best deal. You see, I seldom sell meat, and I mostly buy ribs. You know, I can afford meat, but why should I buy ribs? Because ribs The soup made from the bones is more nutritious, although the ribs are less meaty, but if you want to nourish your body, the ribs must be cost-effective. And the ribs cost 4 cents a catty, and a catty of meat tickets can buy 4 catties of ribs."

Only then did He Kai understand, no wonder, he has been unable to figure out why Gu Xi always buys pork ribs, he sees that Gu Xi is not the kind of person who is reluctant to eat.

"Then I'll give you another 4 cents, 1 yuan and 2, and you can help me buy four catties of ribs."

"Row."

Gu Xi first went to buy ribs for He Kai, and then went to the vegetable market in the county town by himself. The vegetable market in this small county town is not as big as the Sanjiaodi vegetable market in old Shanghai, and it is a bit crude here.Gu Xi went for a stroll inside, and found a place to buy ingredients in the corner, including ginger, star anise, and even goji berries.

Gu Xi only had two food tickets, so he exchanged three industrial tickets for three food tickets.The people who come to the vegetable market to buy vegetables are the family members of the employees. There are many factories in the county, and there are many family members of the employees, so the industrial tickets are quickly exchanged.

With 5 vegetable tickets, he bought 2 catties of ginger, 1 catty of star anise, 1 catty of wolfberry, half catty of soda powder, and half catty of yeast powder.I bought green onions for a few cents at a stall, and the waiter confiscated the ticket for such a small thing.

On the way home, 444 took the initiative to find Gu Xi: "Host, I recently found all the recipes for pork ribs. In addition to the old-fashioned potato ribs soup, there are two kinds of cooking. There are not many requirements for ingredients. You can try."

"What to cook?"

“Sweet and Sour Pork and Deep Fried Pork.”

"I will make fried ribs at noon, and give me the steps."

"it is good."

"Little 4, you are so virtuous, how should I reward you?"

444's white and tender glutinous rice balls showed a pink blush: "Wait for me... When I have a physical body, can I have a bite of what the host made?" It made a request in a low voice.As a system where numbers are dying, it has always been too inferior.

"no problem."

When I got home at noon, I found that not only Fan Xuezhi had returned, but there was also a guest at home.Gu Xi suddenly felt that the enemy's road was narrow, and he knew this guest, who was the policeman in charge of the case of Widow Lin.Thinking of the excuse she used to lie to him, Gu Xi really didn't want to welcome this person.

"So it's you." Zhang Jianjun said cheerfully, "So you're the captain's new brother. It's really a fate."

"Nie Yuan, don't mention it." Gu Xi said.But he seemed to have thought of something, and asked Zhang Jianjun, "Did you tell him about this?" He was referring to Da Zhizhi.

"I said it." Zhang Jianjun said innocently, "Oh, don't be angry, I'm just happy."

Gu Xi glanced at him, then looked at Fan Xuezhi.

Fan Xuezhi said, "I didn't laugh." He quickly cleared himself up, "And I know you are not, you are just trying to prove your innocence." He has touched it all, and of course he knows that Gu Xi's job is fine. "This is my brother in the army. Later, his hand was injured and he couldn't hold a gun for a long time, so he transferred to the police station in the county town. You can find him in the future if you need anything."

"Yes, yes, come to me if you need anything." Zhang Jianjun hurriedly said.

Gu Xi smiled: "Li Aiguo, 21 years old, the principal of Lijiacun Primary School." The principal with a salary of 10 yuan a month.

"I'm sorry, I adore intellectuals like you." Zhang Jianjun said, "My family is poor, and I only went to elementary school until the third grade, and then I joined the army. After 3 years, I just lack a daughter-in-law."

Fan Xuezhi inadvertently puffed out his chest. As a 23-year-old young man, he already has a wife and feels very proud.

Gu Xi glanced at Fan Xuezhi, and Fan Xuezhi immediately faltered, his face ruthlessly retracting his chest.

Gu Xi handed He Kai's four catties of pork ribs to him: "There are friends at home, let's have lunch together."

"Thank you, Brother Li, but I'm going to He Mingkuan's house for dinner at noon. He married Yang Erya and held a banquet at noon. Although we educated youths come from different places, we are also from the same place for Lijia Village, so the educated youths We discussed buying something for him, and everyone said I had a meat ticket, so I bought him meat."

"Your meat is for He Mingkuan? Then you might as well buy meat. For him, pork ribs are definitely not as good as meat."

"I sent my heart, he can be picky if he wants to."

At noon, there were three big men and two children, among them Fan Xuezhi and Zhang Jianjun were both rice buckets, so Gu Xi cooked a lot of rice and vegetables.

A pound of deep-fried pork ribs, fried to crisp the bones, came out with two plates; a plate of vinegared potato shreds; a plate of cabbage soup, finely chopped and added with soda powder; a plate of scrambled eggs with cucumbers; A plate of braised winter melon.

Five dishes, Zhang Jianjun looked at it and thought he had entered a state-run restaurant.So much so that when Fan Xuezhi took Zhang Jianjun to hunt in the afternoon, Zhang Jianjun was still thinking about it.

"Captain, you are a good friend to find, and the cooking is delicious."

"Ah."

"Captain, this man is quite interesting. Every time I see him, he looks different."

"Ah."

"Captain, the conditions in the countryside are not good. We are a little embarrassed to eat so many dishes from him?"

"No." He ate his wife's food without embarrassment at all.

"team leader……"

"To shut up."

Gu Xi went to Carpenter Li's house again, carrying a catty of white wine and 5 eggs, and asked him to help him make a wooden bathtub.Like a bathtub, the wooden barrel has a length of 1 meters, a wooden cover on it, and a height of 5 meter.

It's Chinese New Year, and Carpenter Li doesn't have much business, and this is very convenient, and he promised to finish it within 7 days.

Back home, Gu Xi tidied up the woodshed.Pigs are no longer raised, the pigsty is dismantled, the soil inside is completely refurbished, and the soil is covered with firewood ash to sterilize, and then a layer of soil is spread.

Xiao Chengtu and the little fat man stood at the door of the firewood room and watched, like two little door gods.Xiao Chengtu asked curiously, "Dad, are you going to raise a little piggy?"

"No, Dad moved the chicken coop inside and made a tub outside, so we don't have to be in the room when we take a shower in the future, and the floor won't get wet." Gu Xi replied.