C17

"Auntie, don't worry about the work for now. Take me to see what you have prepared at home."

This time, he was going to be the first one to take a big spoonful of liquor from Liu Qiang's restaurant. If this shot was fired, there would be a steady stream of people coming for them. Maicao and Qinglin would have a good day.

In her previous life, she had eaten too much. Once she arrived at such a poverty-stricken place, it was very rare to see even a single meat star every year. Maicao felt that she was like the food in Mr. Liang Shiqiu's book, a bird about to fade out of her mouth.

She had to find a way to make money to improve her life.

When Liu Qingshan heard this, he brought Maicao to look at the things he had prepared beforehand, they were mostly dried goods that he could store them in: peanuts, powdered noodles, mushrooms and wooden ears from the mountains, and a box of eggs that he had saved up after a long time. The rest were some vegetables, cucumbers, eggplants, beans and so on.

As the weather was still hot, he was afraid that it would turn bad if he let it go for too long, so he had to wait until the day before the banquet to buy meat and fish for the meat dishes.

Maicao knew how difficult the lives of these people were. If she could get a daughter-in-law back for her son, she would almost run out of money, so she sincerely wanted to save some for them.

After looking at the Liu family's inventory and taking into account the restaurant budget that Liu Qingshan had told her the day before, Maicao took out the paper and pen she had brought and wrote down the dishes she had designed. There were eight dishes in total: cold, hot, meaty.

For these dishes, Maicao was the most likely to use the ingredients that the Liu Clan had. If she bought less of them, then she would spend less.

After Maicao finished writing, she read these dishes to Liu Qingshan. Liu Qingshan listened and calculated secretly. He found that the cost of the dishes was less than what he had expected, almost twenty yuan less, and he wouldn't lose his dignity.

Liu Qingshan's family was overjoyed. When Maicao came home, they packed a small bag of peanuts for her to bring back.

According to the promise, the day before Liu Qiang's wedding, Maicao went to Liu Qingshan's house and made some of the things she wanted to use the next day. To fry the fish and to cook the peanuts, she did everything that she could to make them for the next day so that she wouldn't be too busy to do the wrong thing the next day.

The Liu family prepared eight tables of banquet, each table was filled with eight dishes and a soup. Therefore, although it was the preliminary preparation work and the workload was astonishing, even though the Liu family sent several women to help Maicao, Maicao was still exhausted. When she got home, she collapsed onto the bed.

But this was just the beginning. The biggest battle was on the second day.

The next day, Maicao went to the Liu family house early in the morning. Together with the few women who helped her, they started preparing.

All morning, Maicao had been busy at the kitchen counter in the backyard, not even bothering to take a sip of water, let alone go to the front yard to see the bride. She had only heard the loud crackling of firecrackers, and the laughter of the people was almost deafening.

After all the dishes had been served, the women who helped the kitchen went to see the bride with a smile. Maicao sat on the stool, too tired to stand up again.

Maybe she could earn money by cooking with a big spoon, but if this went on for a long time, Maicao felt that she would never be able to afford it. Therefore, no matter how much money she earned from this mission, it would only be a short-term business.

Maicao was resting when she saw a woman who had helped the chef walk over. When she saw Maicao, she smiled and said, "Sister Maicao, why are you sitting here by yourself? Why aren't you going to see your new daughter-in-law? "The ruckus up ahead is still going on."

Before Maicao could answer, the woman pulled her up, "Come, let's go take a look. I heard that this new wife is very pretty. I can't tell that Liu Qiang is lucky."

Maicao was too embarrassed to refuse that person's kindness, so she followed him to the front yard.

The front yard had long become a mess, a few people had smeared something on their hands, it was dark, those few people were holding up a pair of black hands and running around the yard after Liu Qingshan and his old partner.

Liu Qingshan and his old partner were both old people, so how could they outrun those young guys? They were chased up to them and then several people carried them, wiping their faces. When they let go of the two, their faces immediately changed and the laughter in the yard became louder.

Maicao suddenly remembered that she had seen an introduction about marriage customs. At weddings in certain places, relatives and friends of the main family would take a pot of ash and rub it onto the faces of their future father-in-law and mother-in-law. Most of them would only be able to make half of the introductions and cause a ruckus, causing the entire wedding to be full of joy.

The scene in front of him should be a showdown of this kind of marriage.

Liu Qingshan and his wife wiped their faces randomly. They wanted to wipe off the ashes of the pot, but the more they wiped, the more flowery it became. The yard seemed to be boiling as laughter filled the air.

Liu Qingshan and his wife wanted to wash the ashes off their faces, so how could these people let them go? They blocked on the left and on the right, preventing them from washing their faces with water. Then, a group of people pulled the two of them behind a long table and pushed them onto two chairs.

The new wife came out from the house. She looked to be a very reserved person, but even the most reserved person, after seeing the Liu Qingshan couple's flowery face, immediately lost his job and burst out laughing.

Liu Qingshan and Liu Qingshan were immediately embarrassed by the new wife's smile. They struggled to get up, but how could the crowd on the side let them get up? Some coaxed them and pushed them down again.

Maicao couldn't help but laugh.

This wedding wouldn't end until two or three in the afternoon, when all the guests had left. Although Maicao was very tired, she still forced herself to keep her spirits up and helped the Liu family clean up the stove, and arranged the rest of the dishes. She gave them instructions on how to store them before taking her leave.

"Maicao, thank you for treating me to the feast today. The people from my family are all complimenting me for my good manners. They say that the dishes today are both delicious and delicious. Everyone is praising me endlessly." After saying that, Liu Qingshan's wife took out 10 yuan from her pocket and put it into Maicao's hands.

"Aunt, this money is a bit too much." Each table was one yuan, and the Liu family had organized eight tables. According to the rules, they should pay Maicao eight yuan for her work. Maicao would not accept the extra two yuan, otherwise, she would lose her reputation as a greedy person.

"Not much, not much at all. Uncle and auntie specifically thanked you for those two dollars. Maicao, quickly take it away. Don't let Auntie take it. Otherwise, Auntie will get angry."

The Liu family was indeed very satisfied with Han Maicao. Putting everything else aside, just the fact that they saved up was a lot better than Yang Dachui.

That Yang Dachui, cooking in someone else's house was a waste of energy. The food that he spoiled was really painful to look at.

This time at the banquet, because of her staff, the Liu family had saved more than twenty yuan. The Liu family members were all very grateful to Maicao, and although they had given her two extra dollars, they were very willing to give her this money.

Auntie Liu held down Maicao's hand, which was about to take back the money. Then she tied a piece of meat with straw and handed it to Maicao. "Auntie knows you still have two brothers. Take this meat back and give it to the two kids."

Maicao was about to refuse, but Auntie Liu put the meat into her hands without any further explanation. "Maicao, you've been tired all day, and auntie won't keep you any longer. Quickly go home and have a good rest. When you have some free time, you can come over to Auntie's house to play."

Since the owner of the house was sincere in giving her money and meat, Maicao didn't try to push it away. Since the owner of the house was sincere in giving her money and meat, Maicao didn't try to push it away.

Maicao walked out from the Liu family's residence, walking home in exhaustion. She forced herself to cook another meal, but by the time she finished and cleaned up, she no longer had any strength left in her body.

Maicao didn't care about Qingyu and Qinglin anymore. She only instructed them to finish their homework before going to bed. She didn't have the strength to wash up, so she directly fell on the bed. The moment her head touched the pillow, she fell into a deep sleep.

After Liu Qiang's wedding feast, Maicao's fame exploded. She had really underestimated the speed at which the rumors spread around in this era, because not long after, everyone in the area knew that there was a Lili in the Han Family Village. Her culinary skills were very good, and more importantly, she was kind to her master and had her master think of everything.

In the period between the harvest and the new year, because the farm work in the fields had already been busy, and because the sky was high and the air was fresh, everyone would take advantage of this time to build a house, have a happy occasion, and have a feast. Now that they heard of Han Maicao's good reputation, they all rushed to get her to be the head chef.

Even though she had earned some money, Maicao was exhausted. If it wasn't for the fact that she didn't want to live a life of begging for money for six dollars, Maicao really wouldn't have worked anymore.

Therefore, Maicao had made up her mind to think of other ways to make money as quickly as possible after this period of time.

Ignoring the fact that Maicao was too busy, let's talk about Yang Dachui.

The day when Han Qingwang's house was renovated, Yang Dachui walked out of it angrily. When he walked out of Han Qingwang's house, he walked quickly so that people would think that he was really angry.

However, after walking not too far, Yang Dachui slowed down. He was waiting for Han Qingwang to chase after him and stop him, begging him to go back.

At this time, he could take the opportunity to increase the price. In any case, this was all caused by that girl just now, so he couldn't blame himself for increasing the price.

However, Yang Dachui's wishful thinking did not work. He had already walked out of the Han Family Village, and hadn't seen the Wu and Steel family chasing after him.

He thought, "If you don't want to beg me, then you have to solve it yourself." Yang Dachui was really angry at this time, and he thought, "You don't have to beg me, then you have to solve it yourself.

Yang Dachui knew that he couldn't find another chef like him within the radius of more than ten miles. Maybe this time, the family could solve their problem by themselves, but after that, the workers would be fooled. After that, didn't they have other happy things to do at home?

Because of this, Yang Dachui stayed at home and waited for people from the Wu family to come and apologize. At that time, he would have to put on some airs and let everyone see that he was not someone they could afford to offend.

However, Yang Dachui was waiting at home, but he didn't see anyone from the Wu and Steel family.