Luo Yong was also very satisfied with the Zheng family's mother and daughter. Zheng family was indeed as Grandma Yu said, and he was a down-to-earth and willing to work hard.

Over the past few days, the mother and daughter have kept the pigpens of the Luo family in an orderly manner. The newly purchased batch of piglets a few days ago have also been raised by her.

The main pig feed of the Luo family is bean dregs, crumbs, bran, bran, and bran. Add some wild vegetables and chop them into pieces and cook them together. As for how many wild vegetables you need to put in a pot of pig food, there is no specific requirement for Luo to use. Generally, you can use as much as you can dig it back.

After feeding pigs in the morning and afternoon, the Zheng family and daughter would carry bamboo baskets to the fields outside to pick some wild vegetables and pig grass. Si Niang sometimes caught Wulang to help check the shop, and she would also take two young people from home to show off. Recently, she usually went out to dig wild vegetables with the Zheng family and her daughter.

After the time entered mid-September, the weather was colder one day, and the wild vegetables in the field gradually became a little yellow. Fortunately, they were just used to feed pigs. They took them back and washed them and chopped them up. They were placed in a pot and cooked with beans and bran. The cooked hot was the best pig food.

The Zheng family and the daughter have been digging a lot of wild vegetables every day recently. They couldn't finish them that day, so they tied straw ropes to dry them in a string. Outside the wall of the Luo family's courtyard, a lot of them have been dried. These are all for use after winter. When the snow falls, there will be no wild vegetables outside.

"Sister, are you free?" On the afternoon of that day, Goro was arrested by Si Niang and stayed at home to look at the shop. After a while, when he saw Er Niang coming out of the backyard, he asked quickly.

He heard Xu Erlang and others talk about the ditch repairs a few days ago. They had already started digging ditches these days. Wulang felt that it was new and wanted to go over to watch the fun every day, but he could not defeat Si Niang and was always detained by her at home to see the shop.

"Okay, go." Erniang has always been easier to talk to when facing Wuro. He has been a well-behaved and sensible since he was a child. Because of his weak body, Erniang has always treated him with great care.

"I'll go see them dig a ditch." Goro said, happily running to watch the fun again.

"You must remember to come back and mix chicken food later." Erniang called him from behind.

"I know." The boy Goro ran away and disappeared. Erniang smiled helplessly. The boy was becoming more and more lively now, but he was sensible and knew how to help his family.

Saburo often told her that she should not take care of all her work on herself, and that these small people in the family should also be used from time to time, so as not to raise them all into a group of lazy people in the future.

This is of course very reasonable. Many people in the village say that their Sanlang is accustomed to children, but he doesn't know that he is not just a habit, and he also spends a lot of effort on it.

"I'm sorry, I need two loads of cement." At this time, a father and son who were pushing a cart came outside the Luo family's yard. They pushed the cart down the slope, leaving the teenager to watch the cart there. The young man entered the yard with more than a dozen copper coins, counted out twelve pieces, and placed them on the counter of the grocery store.

"Oh, okay." Erniang accepted the copper coins neatly and handed them two bamboo sticks.

The man took the bamboo stick and left the yard without saying anything. This was not the first time he came to Xipo Village to buy cement. He exchanged the bamboo stick here for money, and then went to the cement workshop to change the cement. Two loads of cement were tied to the wheeled wooden cart. The father and son each pushed the cart and pulled the cart, which was not too difficult.

These two tumblers of cement were bought from Xipo Village for twelve cents. When transported to the county, they could be worth at least fifteen cents. If you meet a wealthy family from other places who come to Lishi County to buy cement, you can sell it for sixteen or seven cents at random.

Although those rich families had ox carts, they had to travel all day from Xipo Village to Lishi County. They were not short of one or two cents, and most of them were willing to spend a few more copper coins to buy ready-made ones.

Outside Lishi County, a small cement market has recently been formed. First, some wealthy families rushed out of the city to wait for the porters carrying loads and carts in order to collect cement. Later, gradually, many people came to pick up cement from Xipo Village, and most of them traded there.

A few days ago, the government built a fence around this market and sent officials to manage it. These officials only earned the fees for the wealthy merchants and wealthy merchants who came here to buy cement, but did not take any penny for those porters. After all, if these porters refused to sell cement in this place and instead went to another place, then the market would have no value for existence. If cement was not available, any wealthy merchants would come here.

However, the local small merchants and Xiaofu Family in Lishi County generally do not come to this market, and rarely buy cement at high prices. They usually have familiar porters and fixed channels.

For the porters, although they don’t have much profit in cooperation with these people in the county, they have the advantage of safety and stability. They are all from the same county and they are also aware of each other.

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On this side, Luo Yong was receiving an old acquaintance - Guo An.

I remember that the first clan child Luo Yong had just woken up and came into contact with was Guo An. Two years have passed in a blink of an eye. Now Luo Yong's mentality is very different from that time, and his situation is also different. His understanding of this era and the gentry group is much deeper than before.

Luo Yong's space has a lot of information. Although it is not systematic, it is scattered. As long as you search patiently, you can always find some useful information. In the past two years, he has also heard various rumors from the merchants who traveled from south to north and into the north, and has a clearer understanding of the status of the aristocratic group in this era.

Although the Guo family in Taiyuan behind Guo An is not considered a first-class family, it has a lot of history. Nowadays, several people have become officials in the court and have a deep relationship with the Cui family in Qinghe and the Wang family in Taiyuan.

Guo An came this time, which brought bad news to Luo Yong, because Luo Yong's original work of straw paper annoyed a considerable number of the gentry groups, so they adopted a boycott of Luo Yong and even the entire Lishi County, creating public opinion in Chang'an City, and belittled Luo Yong and everything he created.

".........Since Mr. Liu was ridiculed in the street, few officials and students have rode Yan'er flying again. Nowadays, most of the servants and vendors are still in use." Guo An sat upright in the Luo family's main hall and talked to Luo Yongyan's tea.

When the two arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw Guo An's servant Du Yishan who was releasing the horses, so they called him and went to the Xu family's house together. Luo ordered a few dishes, dumplings, three shreds of mixed with shreds, fish-flavored pork shreds, corn porridge, and crockpot chicken. After that, they asked Guo An and Du Yishan what else they wanted.

The three of them ate so much, so Guo An stopped asking for anything. Instead, Du Yishan ordered an extra dumpling.

The dumplings in the Xu family's house are also unique and cannot be eaten anywhere else. Du Yishan sent a group of beans to come to Luo Yong for a fermented bean curd. At that time, he ate this dumplings in the Xu family's house. After returning, he always thought about it, but he couldn't eat them, which made him greedy.

Cold dishes and corn porridge were served the fastest. The three of them first drank a few sips of hot porridge to the bottom, and then ate a few chopsticks to make the appetizer.

The corn used for this porridge is the fresh corn that has been cooked these days. It is sticky and glutinous, with a faint rice aroma, and is very delicious. The three-spark used are dried tofu shredded soybean sprouts and green onion leaves. There is neither kelp nor rice noodles. The taste is quite good and it is very refreshing.

"If you can put some kelp silk here, it will taste better." Luo Yong grabbed a chopstick and mixed three silk threads, and said to Guo Andu Yishan and the other two with a smile.

"If you really put the kelp shredded, you can't even beat this dish without saying three cents." Du Yishan slapped a mouthful of corn porridge, then picked up a chopstick and mixed three silk and stuffed it into his mouth.

The food in the Xu family's guesthouse is a bit different from other places. Just the plate of cold dishes in front of me, there is sesame oil and pepper oil. I also took minced garlic, vinegar and a little soy sauce. This plate is sold for only three cents. It is really delicious and affordable. I just wish I could buy it every day and eat it every day.

"In Chang'an City, is the price of kelp cheaper than here?" Luo Yong asked Guo Andao.

"It's not cheap either." Guo An said: "The kelp is rarely produced in the southern waters. The fishermen in the north occasionally get a little, but they only have a little. This thing is mostly produced in Ryukyu and Goguryeo. After several turns, when they arrive in the Central Plains, the price will naturally be very high."

Guo An is worthy of being a gentry. Because he has a profound family and has a better chance to go out to gain knowledge than others, he is knowledgeable and can tell you something casually at the dinner table.

Luo Yong just learned not long ago that kelp was still very rare in this era. It was expensive and ordinary people could not afford it. Occasionally, it was mostly used as medicine to treat big neck diseases. People at this time also called it goiter.

While talking, two large plates of dumplings were also served. Because dinner time was almost up, the aunt and the others had prepared some dumpling skins and meat fillings. At this time, just add seasonings to mix the dumpling fillings, wrap them up and put them in the pot and cook them.

Aunt Luo and his wife now make a lot of dumplings every day, and they have also practiced the method of making dumplings. They squeezed them with their hands and squeezed them. The speed was so fast that Lin Wulang just kept burning the fire under the stove. When he boiled the fire, the aunt had already made two large plates of dumplings.

The dumplings were wrapped in thin skin and large size. After a bite, they were tender and juicy, with a rich and delicious taste. Du Yishan killed a large plate by himself, and still had some unsatisfactory.

Fortunately, the fish-flavored shredded pork and the clay pot chicken also came up. Luo Yong saw that the three-shrimp on the table had also eaten it, so he ordered another plate of shallots and tofu and a stir-fried mustard green onion. There must be a meat-vegetarian combination so that he won’t get tired of eating it.

The clay pot chicken is chopped into pieces, placed in the clay pot with ginger, scallion slices, soy sauce and cooking wine, and simmered it slowly over low heat. This dish is actually ready in the kitchen. It was prepared at noon today and was not sold out. Recently, it has been cold and it is okay to put it in one meal or two meals. When it gets hot, it will add more flavor when you eat it.

The little rooster who has been in a pot for more than half a year has been simmered until the chicken skin is soft and glutinous, the tendons are still a little chewy, and the seasonings are not much, but they taste very delicious.

Du Yishan ate a few pieces of chicken one after another, took another sip of hot porridge, mixed the only chopsticks left on the plate and swept them clean, and then went to the plate of fish-flavored shredded pork. After eating these chopsticks, he felt that it was a bit different.

"The fish-flavored shredded pork seems a little different from what I ate last time." Du Yishan said, then reached out to grab a chopstick to eat.

"What's the difference?" This was the first time Guo An ate the fish-flavored shredded pork from Xu Jiakes. Naturally, he didn't know what improvements had been made in this dish, so he just thought it was delicious. Looking at the thick soup, he was worried that it would be very greasy, but it didn't turn out. The taste was fragrant and strong, and it was a little refreshing, and it tasted good or not.

Guo An searched on the plate, but he found some differences. He added some sauce-colored shredded vegetables to the plate of fish-flavored shredded pork, put them in his mouth and chewed them carefully, with a bit of the fragrance of courgettes. It seemed that this thing was marinated courgettes with sauce.

He was right. When Luo Yong first taught Xu Jiake's fish-flavored shredded pork, he used some pickles instead because there were no pickled peppers. The taste was not strong enough, so he added a little more sauce.

This summer, when the cucumbers are ripe, Luo marinated them with picking some tender cucumbers and marinated them with the base of the soy sauce tank, and then used these sauce cucumbers to make fish-flavored shredded pork, so naturally the previous pickles were not added.

The taste of cucumber in this sauce is different from pickled peppers, but the fish-flavored shredded pork produced in this way is also a unique flavor and has a good taste. In addition, he later took out a method of thickening with cooking oil noodles from the pink notebook, which is much more fragrant than thickening with flour directly.

Du Yishan guessed Hu Gua, but couldn't guess the secret of thickening. Even if they did it themselves after they returned, the taste would still be worse.

There are many people who learn to cook in the restaurants of the Xu family in Lishi County. Some masters with good skills are also delicious. There are always one or two tricks that they cannot mix thoroughly, such as the method of thickening the fish-flavored shredded pork, and how can the dumpling filling be so tender, juicy and full, and how can the date bean cake be so fluffy and soft...

These seem to be nothing big, but for some people who are tactful and delicious, it is like a new world being opened. They want to come and eat every day and every meal.
Chapter completed!