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Chapter 763 - Chapter 763 753. Braised Chicken with Chestnuts_1

Chapter 763: 753. Braised Chicken with Chestnuts_1 Chapter 763: 753. Braised Chicken with Chestnuts_1 Master Qian really wanted to eat sweet potato vine!

He had it last night at Song Tan’s house.

That old fellow, Song Youliang, the older he gets, the purer his cooking skills become. He picked tender sweet potato vines, broke them into small pieces, and stir-fried them with garlic and chili peppers, making the dish refreshingly crisp and spicy, you wouldn’t believe how well it went with rice!

As for the older vines, not a single one was wasted–they all went to feed the pigs!

Those green vines being chopped up right before his eyes was almost like they were chopping up his heart!

How could Master Qian stand it!

He was about to shout out loud that he could pickle the sweet potato vine, but that dark-skinned young guy named Zhang Yanping was no good-hearted person. As soon as he heard that the old vines had to be broken into pieces and peeled to be tasty, he immediately said they weren’t short on vegetables, only good pork.

In the end, all those vines were destined for the pigpen.

And Master Qian had originally wanted the workers to try them so that he could have another meal himself.

But he didn’t expect this group of people…

Alas!

He sighed, and finally went out for a walk with his hands clasped behind his back, watching the nearby radish sprouts that were already as long as the palm of a hand, he couldn’t help but crave stir-fried chopped radish greens with minced meat.

Moving forward, seeing that the baby bok choy already had several leaves, he couldn’t help but ponder what flavor it would be if quickly stir-fried.

Walking even further, spinach, parsley, lettuce, cabbage… they had all grown quite large too.

And looking towards the lower ground with more stable temperatures, the autumn snap beans and peppers had already grown to a considerable size.

“We’ll need to set up a greenhouse by next month… They say it’s a new frost-resistant variety, but I don’t know if it will actually work…”

Master Qian stared quietly for a while, and gradually his mood began to stabilize. He looked into the distance where the sturdy chestnut trees were flipping their leaves, showing a slight white hue, the heavy spiky fruits weighing down the branches, almost ripe.

And the golden rice fields at the foot of the hills further away…

Golden!!!

The rice harvest is coming! New rice!

He was exhilarated, feeling light and agile, and in no time, he hurried down the mountain:

“Song Tan, when are you going to harvest the rice? Sell me some rice! I want it for personal use, not for the restaurant.”

Song Tan was startled: “Master Qian, I can’t sell the rice; there are only these two plots, and the yield is only enough for my family to eat.”

Even that is barely sufficient, and they usually have to alternate with other foods. But there’s no other way, everyone in the family is a big eater!

Master Qian’s old face fell as he pleaded pitifully, “My old partner is getting on in years and frail, and she loves drinking plain rice porridge… This rice… ”

Song Tan: …Come on, Master Qian, just yesterday you were saying your wife goes out every day wearing high-heeled shoes to dance at the square!

She even leads everyone in practicing the Eight Pieces of Brocade in the park in the morning!

She laughed resignedly, “Alright, Master Qian… when you leave, I’ll put aside ten pounds of rice just for you, okay?”

Seeing Master Qian wanted to say more, she quickly intervened: “No more than that or there won’t be any left! Ten pounds of rice is more than enough for porridge for a long time. You can’t eat plain porridge every day, right?”

Master Qian, with not a hint of embarrassment on his old face, was now contentedly heading back up the mountain.

Before leaving, he turned his head and called out to Seventh Uncle: “Old Song, I see that the chestnuts on the mountain are ripe, when are you going to make chestnut-stewed chicken, huh?”

Seventh Uncle cursed at his retreating back, “Have some shame at your age, craving whatever you set eyes on! You’re supposed to be a master chef, how can you be so gluttonous?!”

“Um…” Wang Xiaoshun spoke up weakly from the side, “I can peel chestnuts…”

Seventh Uncle: …

“Eat, eat, eat! A bunch of gluttons! It’s all about eating at night! Tantan, good chestnuts should be paired with good meat. Why not catch a random hen or rooster from the back mountain?”

It’s when the meat is tender!

Before Song Tan could speak, Qiaoqiao disagreed first, “Seventh Uncle, how can you be like that!”

“Sister has said that a chick costs several bucks to buy, and now it has eaten so much of our grain. It hasn’t even laid eggs properly for a few years. How can we just eat it like this?”

He shook his head and sighed, with a touch of Wu Lan’s usual sighing over a prodigal child, “Seventh Uncle, you really don’t know how to do business!”

Seventh Uncle fell silent for a moment, then said, “Qiaoqiao, is it possible that I’m a chef?”

Qiaoqiao was dumbfounded.

…

But speaking of rice harvesting…

Wu Lan had just hung up the phone, “It’s the same as always, mechanized harvesting costs 450 yuan per mu. Let’s still hire people to do it.”

In the plains, it would probably cost only two or three hundred yuan per mu, but this place is mountainous.

Moreover, in the area, only their family has rice to harvest. For those two pieces of land, the machinery operators don’t offer a lower price than 450 yuan.

But adding both pieces of land together, there are around three or four mu in total. Thinking it over, Wu Lan considered that there are excavators up the mountain digging holes for fruit trees. The new labor from the village who have returned will continue with the meticulous work of digging and planting once the trees arrive…

Since that’s the case, paying 300 yuan a day, why not have them help with the harvest? Three people should be able to finish these two pieces of land in less than two days.

The only disagreement now is–

“Didn’t sister say that I could have a class reunion during the rice harvest?”

Qiaoqiao looked expectantly at Song Tan.

Song Tan: …

Just… when you’re cajoling kids, don’t promises come out automatically?

But now… even if people come, there’s nothing much to sell, the economic benefits are low!

But Qiaoqiao has been taught so well now, if the promise is not fulfilled…

Song Tan thought for a moment and seriously discussed it with him, “If there’s no supervision during rice cutting, it’s easy to get hurt. Last time, at the class reunion, sister had to keep an eye out. It was especially hard work.”

“Qiaoqiao, I can’t hold a class reunion for you during this year’s rice cutting, but how about before the Chinese New Year when we butcher the pig, I invite five people for the class reunion, okay?”

“We can let them watch the pig butchering and even help pull the pig’s legs. Afterward, they can be invited to eat the pork dishes.”

And when they leave, they can buy some big and small packages… after all, the New Year is approaching, and even the stingiest person will splurge a bit.

Qiaoqiao pondered a moment and didn’t seem particularly insistent.

He simply emphasized very seriously, “You must invite them for the pig butchering, and you can’t postpone it to next year.”

“Definitely, definitely!” Song Tan also breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Lan, who was busy responding to everyone’s questions, was also overjoyed, “Harvesting rice will take a couple of days, planting fruit trees will also take several days, and then it’s time to sow the winter wheat.”

The land is already tilled; it just needs some ridges to be made for sowing. The temperatures these days are still a bit high. If the wheat is planted too early, it may grow excessively. Waiting until the end of the month is more appropriate.

Calculating it all, the next half-month will be busy. Not a single person able to work in the village will be wasted. Everyone will have income…

Wu Lan thought to herself, she had worked in farming all her life, and only this year did she feel there was hope for the future.

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