After graduation, I went home to keep bees

There was nothing good to eat in the mountains at night, so Jiang Xiaoman rummaged in the kitchen, scooped up half a pot of noodles, and made half a pot of gnocchi.

I used the leftover chicken soup from the night as a base, tore apart the chicken, and sprinkled it in the noodle soup. I also beat four poached eggs into it, and chopped a handful of vegetable sprouts and a few garlic sprouts.

The pimple soup made in this way is orange-yellow in color, and green garlic sprouts float on the noodle soup, which is beautiful and delicious.

After the gnocchi was cooked, Jiang Xiaoman cut another plate of pickled artichokes and mixed them with chopped peppers.

When he was eating just now, he discovered that Sun Zheyuan especially liked eating this Jerusalem artichoke. There was a large bowl of chopped pepper and Jerusalem artichoke on the table, and he ate half of it by himself.

Sure enough, seeing another plate of freshly mixed Jerusalem artichoke slices on the table, Sun Zheyuan's eyes lit up, he quickened his pace and walked over to help Jiang Xiaoman bring the well-packed gnocchi to the table.

There were only two of them, and it was quite cold in the mountains at night in this season, so Jiang Xiaoman didn't take it to the restaurant next door, but moved the small dining table to the side of the stove.

The freshly fired stove is very warm. Sitting here and eating a bowl of hot gnocchi soup, the whole person is warmed up from the inside out.

With crispy and spicy Jerusalem artichoke slices, Sun Zheyuan ate three bowls of pimple soup in one go, almost unable to stand up.

"Xiaoman, hurry up and decorate your guest room. Later, when I apply to be stationed in the village, I will live in your house and work for you. You don't need salary, and you just take care of my meals."

When Sun Zheyuan thought of the menu that hadn't been changed in the canteen in the town for two consecutive years, he immediately didn't want to go back.

"What's the point? You can apply when you get back. There are too many rooms on the second floor, so I can't fit them in for the time being. I'll ask someone to separate a room in the attic above for you to live in."

Jiang Xiaoman is also reluctant to let Sun Zheyuan go now. It is rare that there is such a person who can make up for his shortcomings. The most important thing is that he doesn't need to pay his salary. Doesn't he only care about three meals a day?

Not to mention staying for a few days, he is willing to stay for a long time.

I'm afraid that the town won't let people go, hehe...

really!Hearing that Sun Zheyuan, the only "master of material writing" in the town, wanted to apply to be stationed in the village, the town leader refused without thinking.

joke!

Sun Zheyuan has gone to the village, who will write speeches, work reports, and meeting minutes for the leaders...

Anyway, Sun Zheyuan finally got himself five days of "project inspection" time.

They only stayed for five days, and there was no need to temporarily decorate the attic just for this matter, so Jiang Xiaoman simply moved the extra bed in his father's room to his room.

Anyway, the two of them still have to communicate with each other at night on how to write application materials, and it's easy to live in the same room.

The next morning, Sun Zheyuan returned to town with the application materials that he had rushed out last night.

He wanted to submit the project declaration form of Jiang Xiaoman's beekeeping cooperative as soon as possible.

Then I packed my luggage and went to Langshan Village for a "village inspection"——

The project declaration form is only the first step, and the relevant situation of the project implementation must be submitted later.

The main reason is that he, a poverty alleviation cadre, has to personally visit a few beekeepers participating in the cooperative to verify whether they have really participated in Jiang Xiaoman's beekeeping cooperative, how much they invested, how much their annual income is expected to be, and so on. They also need to take photos and record videos ...

Therefore, if you want to get government subsidies, you can't just get them for nothing. You have to show the above with real results!

Jiang Xiaoman and Sun Zheyuan went down the mountain together, and the logistics information showed that the emperor chrysanthemum seedlings he ordered would arrive in town this afternoon, so he had to quickly find Shanyan and call some apprentices to help.

It's not that he wants to take advantage and save the wages of those helpers. The main reason is that the apprentices like Shanyan also want to plant imperial chrysanthemums with him. In this case, it is necessary to come to him for an "internship" first.

I heard that his family's chrysanthemum seedlings will arrive in the afternoon, and tomorrow they will invite someone to plant the seedlings on the mountain. Even Lang Ying said they would go together.

Ever since she got divorced, this young lady has been full of career ambitions, but she refuses to give up any chance of making money.

This time, she didn't even wait and see, and directly took out all the acres of mountain land she was allocated, and wanted to be the "first batch of emperor chrysanthemum planters" in Langshan Village with Jiang Xiaoman.

Jiang Xiaoman admired her courage very much, and when she heard that she was going to learn how to grow imperial chrysanthemums, she quickly agreed.

He has already ordered the second batch of emperor chrysanthemum seedlings from a store online, and half of them belong to Lang Ying's family.

I have to say that Jiang Xiaoman is really lucky, just as he opened the door of Shanyan's house, he saw that one of Shanyan's apprentices was one by one, and they were all in his yard!

"Are you guys in a meeting?" Jiang Xiaoman looked at the crowd in bewilderment.

"Oh! What's the meeting? These brats are making a fuss!" Jiang Yu gave Shanyan an angry look, blaming him as the master!The apprentice messed around, and he didn't stop him!

"Brother Xiaoman, you came just in time, you can have dinner today! Brother Xiaoyu celebrates his birthday today, turning [-], this is a big day!"

It is said that a man stands at thirty, and at the age of 30, it is indeed necessary to do something.

It's just that Jiang Yu has always been low-key, and he didn't really want to invite his relatives. He didn't expect that he said no, but Shan Yan and his disciples refused. One set, all the congratulatory gifts were delivered directly.

"Okay, Brother Yu! You didn't invite me after your [-]th birthday! At least three drinks with me later?" Jiang Xiaoman took off his coat rudely, rolled up his sleeves, and planned to be a bachelor. Forgive today's congratulatory gift——

"You didn't call me, so I don't need to make up for this congratulatory gift. Let me make you a bowl of longevity noodles."

"Brother Xiaoman, you are a good person and do it to the end, why don't you help me cook this lunch?" Jiang Yu saw him coming, how could he let Shanyan cook again?

Others thought that they would be poisoned by Shan Yan's cooking skills today. After all, Jiang Yu is the birthday star today, so there is no reason for the birthday star to cook for them. The three Shan Cha sisters are still young, and only Shan Yan can cook at home. .

Shanyan's craftsmanship... Let's put it this way, if they could, they would rather eat roasted potatoes!

A group of boys coaxed and persuaded, and rolled the chef Jiang Xiaoman into the kitchen. They were all very attentive, helping to pick vegetables, light the fire and take the dinner plates.

Jiang Xiaoman shook his head with a smile. Anyway, the seedlings won't arrive until the afternoon, so there's really no rush, so I just cook a good meal for everyone. After all, it's the turn of these boys to help his family tomorrow.

Let's go and see what ingredients are available for lunch today.

Looking at it this way, he was so jealous that he wished he could accept some filial disciples!

The apprentices of Shan Yan are really filial to Jiang Yu, the "teacher's wife"!In the corner of the kitchen is a pile of delicious food, all of which were gifts they brought from home.

There is a whole big ham, a pair of bright-colored big roosters in a bamboo cage, a fat-headed fish weighing more than ten catties, and a basket full of wild eggs...

People in the mountains don't actually have many good things, and these things are considered decent gifts for them.

The fat-headed fish with the red paper on its body has already died in peace, so it has to be killed quickly. Jiang Xiaoman has to prepare other ingredients, so he simply asked Shan Yan's two apprentices to move the fish to the edge of the pool in the yard, and then killed it quickly. Remove fish scales, dissect and wash.

"Leave a palm-width piece of fish head below the fish head, cut it in half, and make a fish head with chopped peppers for the birthday man at noon. I wish him a prosperous year!"

"Leave a chopstick-long piece of fish meat on the tail of the fish, and be a dragon wagging its tail!"

"What is Shenlong Wagging Tail?" several boys asked curiously.

"It's braised in braised water." Jiang Xiaoman explained casually, and told them not to cut the remaining fish in the middle, but cut it in half first. Such a big fish is really rare in spring, cut into pieces and roast tofu Pity.

And according to their customs here, the tofu dish cannot be served on birthday celebrations, because someone in the local family died, and the meal for entertaining guests is commonly known as "tofu rice".

Tofu is used as a dish at the birthday celebration banquet. Isn't that a curse for the birthday star to die?

So today he plans to use the meat from these two pieces of fish to make two plates of crispy fried fish pieces.

Cut the meat of the fish into two-finger-wide fish fillets, first marinate with salt, rice wine, rice vinegar, shredded ginger, etc. Stir salt, pepper and thicker chili powder into batter, heat the oil pan, dip the marinated fish fillets into the batter and fry them in the pan.

The fish steaks fried in this way can be eaten in hot pot, or stewed with vermicelli and Chinese cabbage. If you can't finish eating them, put them in the refrigerator and they won't go bad in two days.

In the past, when Jiang Xiaoman and his father went to the reservoir to pick up fish, they would often make a large pot of fried fish pieces like this at home, pack them in bags and freeze them in the refrigerator, and take them out separately when they wanted to eat them. bag, very convenient.

Smelling the smell of fried fish steaks in the air, not to mention a bunch of gluttonous kids, even the little girl Shanguo looked at the door frame several times, almost drooling.

Seeing that it was still early for dinner, Jiang Xiaoman simply took the ready-made oil pan, beat a few more eggs, chopped a handful of minced leeks and poured them in, scooped up four bowls full of flour, and fried two large plates for them oil noodle cake.

This kind of cake does not need to be fermented, as long as the batter is stirred well, it can be fried in the pan.

Jiang Xiaoman is good at cooking, and all the fried cakes are chubby and golden. Because he took care of the children, he didn't put chili noodles and made them all original.

"If you want spicy food, go and make chili noodles yourself!" Jiang Xiaoman handed the oily noodle cake to Qingshan, asking him and his brothers to eat something to fill their stomachs first.

His house was close, and he wasn't hungry after breakfast. These boys lived far away, so they probably were already hungry after running all the way after breakfast.

Jiang Xiaoman's fried noodles are different from what they make at home. Most people here in Langshan fry this. They mix flour with water to make a paste, add some salt, and dip it in chili noodles to eat after frying.

However, Jiang Xiaoman's oil noodle cake has chopped leeks, eggs, etc. added in it. If you taste it carefully, you can taste the taste of minced ginger. This way, it is not as spicy as adding chili peppers directly, but after eating, you will feel warm all over your body. The crispy and tender taste is just right.

After eating and drinking enough, the group of people seemed to be pumped up, and they were more and more looking forward to today's birthday banquet.

Seeing that they were bored, Jiang Xiaoman felt relieved to order them around, telling this one to peel the garlic, and the other to dig some wild shepherd's purse and wild garlic for him on the river dam, and directed the disciples of Shanyan to go around.

"My group of apprentices will soon become yours." Shan Yan couldn't help teasing Jiang Xiaoman when he saw that all the apprentices had rebelled for the delicious food.

"Hey~ What's the relationship between our two families? What's yours is mine, and what's mine is naturally yours." Seeing that Jiang Yu was not there, Jiang Xiaoman smiled and joked with Shan Yan, "I think Brother Xiaoyu and his parents are really serious. Isn't it ridiculous, I don't look like an elder at all, so why don't I divide my father into half of you in the future, my father is good to my children! This way you also have a father, and I can relieve some pressure. "

"Good idea!" Jiang Yu, who came in with firewood, couldn't help but give him a sip.

Randomly and proudly showing off: "I am now a father myself, and I don't care for other people's fathers! When Shan Cha and the others grow up and get married, and bring their sons-in-law back to their mother's house during the festivals, a row of six will call me father!"

Jiang Xiaoman silently rolled his eyes at the stove, seeing that Jiang Xiaoyu was birthday today, he showed kindness and did not remind him for the time being.

After all, the three daughters came back with their families to pay him New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year. Even if it is a family of three, he would have to cook meals for nine more people. You won't be exhausted!

If this kind of blessing was given to him, he wouldn't dare to take it...