Chapter 265 Straw buns

   Secretary Chen finished speaking angrily, then frowning, put down his tea bowl, stood up and walked out.

   "Hurry up, if you are late, if the interception is not timely, then I will ignore you."

   Secretary Chen glanced at him with drooping eyes, "Can't you be more confident?"

   "It's enough to live up to. I have only been out at sea for less than half a year. I can't become a fat man in one sitting."

   Secretary Chen shook his head, walked out with his hands behind his back.

  Ye Yaodong looked at his slow movements and was worried for him.

Lin Xiuqing was sitting in front of the stove cooking, and heard the whole thing from the beginning to the end, but she didn't make a sound. When she heard him say that she was Yangwei, she couldn't hold the tongs firmly, and her ears were red from embarrassment. This guy really has no taboos .

"gone?"

   "Well, he left, and said he came to me for something good, which made me happy, so that's it?"

   "If only we had 10,000 yuan." Lin Xiuqing felt a little regretful, and she also felt that the opportunity was rare.

"Ten thousand yuan is a good thing, but there is no need to advertise it widely. There will be troubles that will follow, and we don't have that much ability and so much free time to deal with it? People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. Waiting for our money If there are so many that you are not afraid of people hitting the autumn wind, then it doesn't matter."

  Lin Xiuqing blinked her eyes, thinking it made sense.

  Ye Yaodong flicked her head, "Hurry up and cook, I've worked all day and I'm starving to death."

  The couple thought that what Secretary Chen said would be over after they said it, but they didn't expect it to be over.

  The whole family was having dinner lively, when Secretary Chen came over in a hurry again, Ye Yaodong felt a thump in his heart.

   If this is intercepted, he won't make another trip, right?

   "Ah Dong, I'm really sorry, I just came out this afternoon to check with you, but when I went back to check, the report had already been typed up, and they might not have time to submit it in advance."

"The group of people in the village committee all think that you should be close to ten, maybe a little bit, and then the village will help you to make up a little bit, and you can move it for a few days, so it's up to you." Secretary Chen walked in. Just a sincere apology.

  Ye Yaodong threw down his chopsticks and stood up in shock, "Fuck...you guys are messing around! Didn't I say it all, am I a step ahead of the boss? You guys cut it first and then play it. Do you really think that money is so easy to make?"

"Oh, I don't know. I told them to ask you in the afternoon. Who knew that they were afraid of being preempted by other villages. They were also worried that it would be too late. If it was delayed until tomorrow, they would report it directly. Who made you show off too much during this time..."

   "Damn, are you blaming me for making your own decisions?"

Secretary Chen sneered embarrassedly, "Look, it's all been reported, or you'll be the top one, and when the time comes, someone will come and tell you all about your fishing experience during this period? Poor Qiancun Let me move a little inside to lend you?"

   "Don't you need to pay it back? I'm short of nine thousand yuan!"

  He raised his voice, "Nine thousand dollars? Are you kidding me?"

  Secretary Chen shook his head like a rattle, "That won't work, it was borrowed from you, not given to you, no matter how much it is, you have to pay it back after paying it."

   "Then you said wool, I thought you would give it to me directly, then I will reluctantly get it."

   "Look at what you said, how many people have squeezed their heads and want to be ten thousand yuan, but they don't have the opportunity. It's a public commendation, and it's published in the newspaper. This opportunity is in front of you..."

Ye Yaodong wrinkled his face, and waved his hand, "I can't help, I can't help. I'm an honest person, I can't do deception, you can find someone else, when someone from the county comes, just take it to someone else's house, I really do No. Some time ago, there were quite a few people who got rich in the village, you go and ask, and arrange someone to be the top."

  Secretary Chen directly and automatically skipped the words he said that he was an honest person, and also felt that this matter is a bit difficult to handle now, and if he is stuck, he should not have thought about those false names in the first place.

   "Really not possible?"

   "No way!"

   "Let me take a look at the situation first. Either you don't go to sea in the next few days? Stay at home first, maybe someone will come sometime?"

   What a day!

   "I don't care." He glared at Secretary Chen depressedly, "A day without going to sea is a day's loss. You make me up? It's okay to force me to find trouble..."

   "I'll go back to discuss it, and we'll find out more. Let's put it this way first. You know what I'm going to do. I'll go first..." Secretary Chen said as he retreated.

   "What do you mean you know what you mean? You don't want me to bite the bullet...Hey...speak clearly..."

  Ye Yaodong stood at the door and shouted, and saw Secretary Chen walking faster and faster, running behind him, as if he was afraid that he would catch up.

  Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua who just came back also heard his voice, and came out of the room one after another, "What's the matter, third child?"

   "What's the matter? What is Secretary Chen looking for you for? Where are you going?" Ye Yaopeng looked at the back of the far away, and asked a little puzzled.

   "Damn it, you dug a hole for me, and you insisted on telling me to jump, looking for trouble for nothing, you'll be **** off by him..."

   "What's the matter?"

   "Speak out and listen?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the curious faces of his two elder brothers, and felt that there was nothing to say. His two sister-in-laws found out, and if he continued to yell nonsense and couldn't stop, his reputation as a million-dollar household might be further confirmed by then. What a **** dog.

   "It's okay, it's okay, I'm complaining before the matter comes to the fore, let's go eat first!"

   "Are you all right? Just saw your reaction so big..."

  He waved his hand and went straight into the room, "Let's talk!"

   After eating, he still has to go to the literacy class. Now he goes as soon as he can, and if he doesn’t, it’s always there anyway.

During the day, I originally wanted to order bait from Ah Cai, but after being intercepted by Secretary Chen and went home, I was delayed for a long time. After that, there were not many miscellaneous fish and shrimps. As long as it came to the afternoon, he would load the car while receiving the goods. Early confession, generally depends on luck.

  Without bait, he has to go out to sea as usual at night. The longline can’t be released, and he still has trawl nets and sticky nets. How could he sit at home and wait for the matter of ten thousand yuan households when he had time.

   As for whether there will be anyone from the county? Will you still call him the top? Or have you found someone else? This was out of his consideration, and it was not his will in the first place.

  Going out of the sea for four consecutive days, and collected the goods of the ground cage that should be collected.

  In winter, the activity of fish is low, and the wind is easy to blow in the afternoon. In recent days, the wind blows at two or three o'clock and comes back early.

The daily income is more than 40, and sometimes the goods with floor cages are 60 to 70. It’s not a big deal, but the delivery is pretty good, and there is a lot left after deducting the gas money. It’s better than being idle at home. well.

  The weather has been sunny for more than ten days in a row, and he has only been out at sea for four days before it started to wind and rain again, turning into cloudy and rainy weather. Fortunately, I dried everything that should be dried a few days ago, dried fish, sweet potatoes, and radishes were all dried and put away.

  Although it is a bit uncomfortable on rainy days, in winter, the weather is dry and not very humid. Even if the temperature drops again, the whole family eats every day and is wrapped in blankets and is reluctant to get up.

  It has been cloudy and rainy for several days, and Lin Xiuqing has nothing to do at home. Thinking that the winter solstice is coming soon, she dried the shredded radish a few days ago, and the newly made sweet potato flour brought by Ye Mu, so she planned to make some rice dumplings.

  The locals also call rice dumplings "grass buns."

  Eating rice dumplings during the winter solstice is a local custom, and they are usually prepared in advance and placed there, and steamed when you want to eat.

  Actually, she doesn't really want to get up early in the morning to cook breakfast. It's too cold, so she makes some rice dumplings and puts them there. She just needs to get up and steam a few every morning. It's convenient and delicious.

  Ye Yaodong knew that she was going to make rice dumplings, so he was also very interested in collecting ingredients for her. The rice dumplings must be filled with squid to be delicious. He hasn't gone to sea for a few days, and there is no stock at home.

  So early in the morning, he planned to go to the road in the center of the village to wait for the right time. It was very windy today, but there was no rain. There should be a small cart coming to sell goods. It's the winter solstice again recently, and there must be squid meat on the cart.

  As soon as he arrived, he saw a lot of women shopping around the trolley, most of them were buying squid. It was almost Chinese New Year, and most people were willing to spend some money.

   What's more, the winter solstice is approaching. For the locals, the winter solstice is a very important solar term.

  Ye Yaodong waited for the women to finish grabbing the squid meat before wrapping up the remaining squid meat. The squid sold at the stalls were not the small squids on the market. What they sold were huge whole slices of squid meat, cut as much as you wanted.

   This kind of giant squid is only found in the deep sea. It has a large body, and the meat on its body is particularly thick. It is one or two times larger than a cutting board when spread out.

The remaining squid meat is about a catty, which is enough. The peddler directly pokes a hole with a knife, passes it through with a straw rope and gives it to him. He asks the peddler to cut a piece of three-layered meat, which also needs to be put in the grass bun meaty.

  The other ingredients are all available at home, so there is no need to buy them.

  After returning home, Lin Xiuqing asked him to wash and peel the sweet potatoes, while she went to pull out the celery and garlic leaves. She had to fry the stuffing first, and she didn't dare to prepare it in advance if she didn't buy meat and squid.

   Dice the meat, cut the squid into cubes, cut the celery and garlic leaves into small pieces, and fry them together with shredded radish to release the flavor.

  They like celery very much locally, and they like to put some celery in everything they cook.

   Fortunately, it is an earthen stove, which is big enough for easy stir-frying. After a while, a large pot of delicious fillings comes out of the pot.

  The two children were already salivating when they smelled the smell. Lin Xiuqing filled a small bowl for each of them and sent them away so as not to get in the way.

   Then she immediately cut the peeled sweet potatoes into pieces and steamed them in a pan, preparing to mix them into sweet potato flour for a while.

The dough made in this way is reddish-brown and very soft. You can also leave out the fresh sweet potatoes, but it tastes better if you leave it steamed, it will be white, or you can also put purple potatoes, so that the steamed straw buns are delicious. It's purple.

  Ye Yaodong saw her busy running around, thinking that there was still sweet potato flour left unpacked, so he took an empty can bottle, scooped up the freshly made sweet potato flour a few days ago in the sack, poured most of the washbasin before adding water and kneading the noodles.

   "You will?" Lin Xiuqing watched his actions suspiciously, but she had never seen him do it before.

   "It's just kneading the dough, what can't be done? I have a lot of strength, so I just knead it."

   "This amount of sweet potato flour is not enough, we need to cook another basin, pack more, and send some to the old house when the time comes."

   "Is there any sugar, pack a little sweet, the old lady likes to eat sweet straw buns."

   "I also like sweet ones!" Ye Chenghu ate the salty stuffing, but he didn't forget to order a sweet one.

  Lin Xiuqing ignored the elder son, "Then you'll go to the small shop to buy some crushed peanuts later, the sugar is available at home."

  Ye Yaodong nodded.

  (end of this chapter)