pertwk Chapter 6 Going to the Market
Chapter 6 Going to the Market
Before going to bed that night, Lu Changming neatly handed 5000 yuan to Lu Yuan without saying a word of reassurance.
Looking at that stack of blue banknotes, Lu Yuan admired his father's decisiveness from the bottom of his heart.
After his rebirth, he felt more and more that his father had the qualities to achieve great things, and that with Lu Yuan's guidance, he would definitely become a powerful figure.
After a while, Wei Yinghong came to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and helped Lu Yuan smooth out the mattress. She casually said, "Don't worry about the lamb for now. The lambs at your uncle's house are almost ready. Have him send them over for us."
Lu Yuan was momentarily dazed; he had almost forgotten that his uncle used to raise sheep, though he hadn't continued doing so.
"Okay, then I'll charge my uncle the market price."
"Don't worry about the money. We'll talk about it after we've made some."
"Oh? That's not a good idea!"
"What's wrong with that? Your uncle isn't getting married, so he's useless to you for money!"
Before leaving, Wei Yinghong added, "If he dares to complain, I'll teach him a lesson. You should also go to bed early; you have to go to the market tomorrow."
Uncle Wei Yingxiong wasn't much older than Lu Yuan. He was always acting frivolously, either writing poetry or singing while herding sheep.
When we come back from herding sheep, one or two are often missing, so we have to search for them all over the mountains and fields.
For this, Uncle Lu got a lot of beatings from Lu Yuan's mother and grandfather, but that's just his nature, and he'll never change.
As night deepened, Lu Yuan lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), unable to fall asleep.
On the one hand, he underestimated the power of this innocent era, which always warmed his eyes and made him want to pee without him even realizing it.
These past two days he's been a little confused about how he drifted further and further away from these beautiful things in his past life.
On the other hand, he was a little anxious. As a chef specializing in state banquets, he had very high standards for the kitchen.
Given the current conditions of Xiao Lu's farmhouse restaurant, it is sufficient, but it is still far from meeting his standards.
That's why he decided not to rush into opening the business, but to first improve the kitchen setup as much as possible, otherwise he wouldn't have time to upgrade the kitchen after reopening.
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Lu Hua's tractor was already churning up outside the yard.
Lu Yuan was only one minute late in leaving when the horn was already blaring.
"Xiao Yuan, hurry up! If you're not enthusiastic about going to the market, there's something wrong with your thinking!" Lu Jie sat on the handlebars of the tractor and started reciting rhymes again.
"Brother Yuan, hurry up and get on! If you're late, you won't be able to buy any bean curd candy!" A little head poked out from the back of the tractor, its eyes still sleepy, looking incredibly cute.
Lu Yuan rubbed Lu Xue's head, grabbed the edge of the truck bed, and climbed into the truck bed by stepping on the tires.
Lu Xue was still asleep. After seeing Lu Yuan get into the car, she shrank back to sleep next to Lu Ying.
"Good morning, Brother Yuan." Lu Ying greeted him sweetly and gracefully.
Good morning, Yingying.
Lu Ying is about to enter her senior year of high school. She has excellent grades, wears round-framed glasses, and is quiet and gentle, like a city girl.
Lu Xue is not old enough to go to school yet. She follows her older brother and sister around all day. She plays wildly as soon as she wakes up, and then falls asleep as soon as she's done playing. She is the darling of the Lu family.
Lu Ying and Lu Xue are the daughters of the second uncle's family. The second uncle got married late, and his children were the youngest.
Luwangtan Village is quite a distance from Jinling Town; it takes half an hour to get there by tractor.
Over the next 20 years, this two-lane national highway fostered the development of many high-quality industrial brands.
In addition to the famous highway restaurants, there are also high-quality agricultural products such as grapes, red dates, and watermelons.
The market in Jinling Town is huge, covering more than a dozen surrounding villages.
When they arrived, the once empty square on the east side of Jinling Town had been filled with vendors using canvas awnings.
In addition to the usual vegetables, beef and mutton, the store also has a full range of daily necessities, inexpensive clothing, shoes and socks, pots and pans, and farm tools.
There are also more snack stalls selling lamb offal, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, cold noodles, candy, melon seeds, roasted nuts, old-fashioned cakes, and so on.
Further away in an open area, a group of people were gathered together trading live poultry and livestock such as cattle, sheep, chickens, and ducks.
After Lu Hua parked the tractor, Lu Xue, who had been sound asleep, twitched her nose and jumped up: "I want to eat bean curd candy!"
"Xiaoxue, stop jumping around, you're going to fall!" Lu Ying struggled to hold down the restless Lu Xue.
Lu Yuan jumped out of the car first, reached out and carried Lu Xue down, then took Lu Ying down.
After the five people gathered, Lu Yuan took out a 100-yuan blue bill and handed it to Lu Hua: "Brother Hua, treat everyone to a good meal and drinks, then fill up the gas tank for the tractor, and I'll go to the tableware store myself."
Lu Hua curled his lip and pushed away the 100 yuan Lu Yuan handed him: "Keep the money your third uncle made from selling grain yesterday for your shop. Don't forget I'm the eldest brother. Do you think you can act all high and mighty here?"
"Let's go! Big brother will take you to eat something delicious!" Lu Hua picked up Lu Xue with one hand and called everyone to rush towards the food stall.
Lu Yuan felt a warmth in his heart and suddenly found himself a little funny. In his previous life, he was used to being an executive chef and always thought about taking care of everyone.
But when you're actually with your family, you realize that their care is always subtle and gentle.
Lu Yuanlai's purpose in coming to the market was very clear: first, to renovate the kitchen and add more stoves, as the current two stoves were simply not enough to handle the large volume of food production later on.
Secondly, we purchased a batch of dried goods, spices, and seasonings. The quality of the peppercorns, dried chilies, soy sauce, and other ingredients in the store's inventory was very average, which greatly affected the final presentation of the dishes.
Spices are always a case of "you get what you pay for." If the spices used on the day of stir-frying the lamb were of higher quality, the flavor would be even better.
Third, Lu Yuan also needs to purchase a batch of tableware, as the plating will have a crucial impact on the final product.
Although these farmhouse restaurants along the national highway emphasize natural and organic food, they also have their own way of plating.
This effect is based on the sensory experience that vision transmits to the brain; after all, vision is the biggest influencing factor before a dish is even tasted.
Fourth, he also wants to install a flush toilet to renovate the dry toilet in his house. After all, he is used to flush toilets and really can't adapt to the dry toilet in the countryside.
At the same time, the flush toilets can be used as a signboard, placed along the national highway. A clean toilet is very attractive to young women in the city.
金灵镇的大集只开每个月9号、19号、29号这3天，也就是说周边的村民们都要在这3天时间採购好一个月的物资。
The market was packed with people, and it was difficult for Lu Yuan to move through the crowd while carrying a large black bag.
What's even more outrageous are those carrying freshly cooked snacks; the tempting aroma makes his mouth water.
After finally managing to order all the supplies needed, Lu Yuan was almost exhausted from the crowd.
He didn't have the energy to squeeze through the food stalls to find Lu Xue and the others, so he simply went back to the tractor and sat down to rest.
Suddenly, a small hand holding a fried sugar cake was thrust in front of Lu Yuan: "Brother Yuan, open your mouth!"
Lu Yuan opened his mouth, and Lu Xue's small hand stuffed the fried sugar cake into his mouth, instantly restoring most of his energy.
Lu Ying handed over another bag: "Brother Yuan, there's cold noodles, cold rice noodles, and lamb offal in here. Have some!"
Lu Hua, with a toothpick dangling from his mouth, stared at the large black bag: "Xiao Yuan, you only bought this much?"
As Lu Yuan opened the cold noodles, he said with a smile, "Don't rush, the food will be here soon!"
Before long, the ordered spices, dried goods, seasonings, tableware, and wood-fired stove were delivered.
After Lu Yuan inspected and paid for each item, he loaded it onto the truck. Looking at the truck bed, now completely full, Lu Hua was dumbfounded: "Xiao Yuan, is that 100 yuan still valid? It'll take so much fuel to haul this back!"
Lu Yuan chuckled and refused, saying, "Dream on! You were the one who didn't want it!"
(Fried sugar cake)