Chapter 384 Opportunity


    Jiang Xia walked into the stove.


    The whole kitchen was steaming hot.


    Tian Caihua is cutting the powdered skin, and the powder is cut out one by one, just like pho.


    "Mom, are you making pho?"


    "My mother''s house is called Wozai flour, which is similar to pho noodles. They are made of rice paste."


    "What''s there to help?"


    Zhou''s mother uncovered the lid of the large iron pot, and another heat surged up: "No, the steam here is very strong, don''t come in. Go out for a day today, are you tired? If you are tired, go back to the house to rest. It will be fine for a while, no need to help."


    "I''m not tired. I went back to my parents'' home and slept for a nap before I went home." Jiang Xia saw a round, porous dustpan in the iron nest, with a thin layer of transparent powder steamed on it.


    The hot steam swelled, and the moment the lid of the pot was opened, the powder was blown into a bag with water vapor.


    Zhou''s mother quickly picked up the dustpan in the iron nest, placed it vertically on the large wooden basin on the ground, and leaned against the edge of the stove to stabilize it.


    The edge of the stove is already against two dustpans, with powder on it.


    "I''ll eat seafood tonight to fish the rice noodles. Do you want to eat soup noodles or fry the rice noodles?" There was a wooden barrel on Zhou''s feet containing a little white rice paste that was almost bottoming out. She picked up another empty dustpan, scooped a little rice mud onto the dustpan, held the dustpan in both hands and turned it around, so that the rice mud could evenly fill the dustpan, and then put it in a large iron pot to steam.


    Steam for one or two minutes.


    Jiang Xia: "Get the rice dumplings! I''ll handle seafood."


    Zhou’s mother: “No, it’s almost done, I’ll do it.”


    "The seafood noodles made by mom are delicious, you can try them." After cutting three pieces of powdered skins, Tian Caihua picked up a dustpan and carefully peeled off the cooled powdered skin on them.


    After peeling out about a quarter of it, she used a rolling pin to cover the powder, and then carefully peeled off the whole powder completely with the rolling pin.


    Put it on the empty round dustpan on the side, and then fold it into three layers like a quilt, so that it can be cut in a while.


    After that, I will peel off a piece of powder.


    One of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law steamed the pastry and the other peeled the pastry, and they worked together endlessly.


    Jiang Xia went forward to help cut it, and took the cut vermicelli to dry it on the bamboo pole.


    The scraps are very short and difficult to dry, so it is for dinner tonight.


    *


    When Zhou Chenglei came to the production team to line up to score rice, everyone in the village surrounded him and asked, "A Lei, didn''t your mother get three big bags of rice? Isn''t that enough?"


    "Um."


    "A Lei, are you using white sand candy to beat Mitong? Tsk, I''m so willing to do it!"


    "A Lei is so capable and makes so much money, just a little bit of sugar. It''s not that he can''t afford it, so why can''t he bear it?"


    A little sugar is enough. White sand sugar is not as sweet as saccharin, so the amount you put is a little more, and the price is still expensive, so no one is willing to buy it to make Mitong.


    It’s not Jiang Xiati, and Zhou Chenglei didn’t expect to use white sand sugar.


    "A Lei, how much does your new tractor cost? Can you lend me the plowing land after the New Year?"


    As soon as these words came out, a group of people rushed forward to borrow a tractor.


    "A Lei, I''ll lend it to my family to plow the fields at that time! My family ranks second!"


    "A Lei, my family also wants to borrow it, I''m the third one!"


    "I''m the fourth, A Lei, I''m going to borrow a tractor, I''m the fourth!"


    …


    An hour ago, Zhou Chengxin came back with a new tractor, which caused a sensation at the people in the entire dock.


    Tractor!


    Every household wants to have a tractor.


    How convenient can you pull fish to sell, how can you pull grain, how can you carry people, and how can you plow the fields? Who doesn''t want to have one? For villagers, this is a more practical means of transportation than motorcycles.


    Previously, the villagers had been surrounded by Zhou Chengxin and the flowers, but they were still new tractors for a long time.


    When he learned that it was bought by Zhou Chenglei, he sighed again.


    So rich!


    Zhou Chenglei knew that the villagers would surround him, and just now he was worried that Jiang Xia would line up to get the rice.


    He only replied: "Yes, you can plow acre of land for two yuan."


    In an instant, many villagers shut up and stopped borrowing, and they were so stingy that they couldn''t help it:


    "You still want money?"


    "One acre of land costs two yuan, this is too expensive!"


    "A Lei, can it be cheaper? Two yuan per acre is too expensive. Can two yuan per day be OK?"


    …


    Zhou Chenglei: "Rent a tractor and cultivated land for 20 yuan a day, for eight hours, no oil expenses are included, and the oil money is paid by yourself."


    Zhou Chenglei did not plan to make this money by himself, and he had no time either.


    At that time, let the elder brother do it when he has time, and the elder brother doesn’t have time to find someone else to do it.


    He bought this tractor to facilitate his family to send dried fish to the city, not to make money.


    Someone heard this and whispered:


    "The richer you are, the more stingy you are. Everyone is surnamed Zhou, and they are all brothers. They borrow a tractor and they have to collect money."


    "It''s still expensive! Two yuan per acre, it''s better to queue up to use a production team."


    …


    Zhou Li walked out of the production team and heard several lazi and slutty women in the village gathered together to talk about right and wrong. She was talking about Zhou Chenglei, and said, "Isn''t it normal to collect money? The tractor I bought for three or four thousand yuan will lend it to you for free? Of course, they bought it to make money."


    "I don''t have money, everyone comes to borrow money, and they will lose money! And if they use it, who''s the money? Tractor repairs and maintenance costs are all cost-effective! Who''s the money to repair?"


    After Zhou Li finished speaking, she walked towards Zhou Chenglei and smiled and said, "A Lei, thank you for calling an ambulance to take Xiaowan to the hospital. Guohua wanted to pick up Wenwan when he arrived at the hospital, but she almost fainted as soon as she walked out of the hospital."


    "I just called and said I would be hospitalized for one night. The doctor said she was seriously malnourished. The child vomited so much and dared to go to the city alone, which would cause trouble for people. What if I fainted along the way? Fortunately, I met you today, so I''m going to bother you!"


    Zhou Chenglei: "It''s good if you''re okay."


    "The child has had severe morning sickness recently and vomited after eating and couldn''t eat anything, which led to malnutrition. Guohua and my sister-in-law both tried their best to get her food."


    Zhou Chenglei didn''t say anything and turned his head to look at the sea.


    Seeing that Zhou Chenglei didn''t speak, Zhou Li immediately changed the topic: "I heard that Xiao Xia has it too, is she in good health? Do you have morning sickness?"


    "It''s okay, not yet."


    "It''s good if you don''t. This woman has a very hard time getting pregnant. She vomits to death in the early stages. As her belly grows bigger, she has difficulty bending, walking and breathing. In the later stages, her feet will swollen and she will be unable to sleep or eat...."


    Zhou Chenglei didn''t say anything, hoping that Jiang Xia would not encounter these things.


    Zhou Li is accustomed to observing her expressions and seeing that Zhou Chenglei seemed to be listening, she immediately continued to share: "The more you get born, the harder you work. After finally having a child, it hurts so hard that you are dying again! The pain of thrusting can kill people. I gave birth to my first child. It took two days and one night to give birth! Even if it hurts, I can''t shout loudly. I have to preserve my energy. If I shout too much, I will not have the strength to give birth later..."


    "After giving birth, the confinement period is even worse. The child cries and can''t sleep well. If he doesn''t have a good rest, he will be in poor health and will easily suffer from confinement illness..."


    …


    Zhou Li kept saying that she stopped until Zhou Chenglei finished playing with Mitong.


    Zhou Li watched Zhou Chenglei leave with two large bags of rice dumplings, thinking about bringing some fruits and other things to the door to thank Jiang Xia tomorrow.


    She was worried that she didn’t have the chance to tell Jiang Xia. It just so happened that they helped Wen Wan today, so she had the chance.