Chapter 264 Straw Cake

After Secretary Chen finished speaking angrily, he put down his tea bowl and stood up with a frown on his face and walked out.

"You go faster. If you're late and don't intercept in time, I won't care about you then."

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

"That's impressive. I've only been out to sea for less than half a year. I can't become fat in one sitting."

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

Ye Yaodong was worried for him when he saw his slow movements.

Lin Xiuqing was sitting in front of the stove cooking, listening to the whole story without saying a word. When she heard him talking about herself, she couldn't hold the fire tongs firmly in her hand, and her ears turned red with embarrassment. This guy really has no inhibitions. .

"gone?"

"Well, he left, and he said he had something good for me, which made me happy. So that's it?"

"It would be nice if we had 10,000 yuan." Lin Xiuqing felt a little regretful, and she also felt that the opportunity was rare.

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

Lin Xiuqing blinked her eyes and thought it made sense.

Ye Yaodong flicked her head and said, "Hurry up and cook. I'm starving after a day's work."

The couple thought that what Secretary Chen said would be over after he had said it, but they didn't expect that it was not over yet.

The family was having dinner in a lively manner, and Secretary Chen came over in a hurry again. Ye Yaodong's heart skipped a beat.

If this was intercepted, he wouldn't make this trip again, would he?

"Ah Dong, I'm so sorry. I came out this afternoon to check with you, but when I went back I saw that the report had already been typed. They were afraid that it would be too late to hand it in in advance."

"Everyone in the village committee thinks that you should be close to each other, maybe a little bit worse. When the time comes, the village will help to make up for it and just let you move for a few days, so I made my own decision." Secretary Chen walked in. Just sincerely apologize.

Ye Yaodong was so shocked that he dropped Kuaizi and stood up, "Damn... you guys are messing around! Didn't I already tell you that I'm a step behind the boss? You guys are killing first and then showing off. Do you really think it's so easy to make money?"

"Oh, I don't know either. I told them to ask you this afternoon, but they were afraid that other villages would get ahead of them. They were also worried that it would be too late and would be delayed until tomorrow, so they reported it directly. Who made you have too much limelight during this period..."

"Damn it, you took matters into your own hands and you blame me?"

Secretary Chen sneered sheepishly, "Look, this has all been reported, or you can take the lead, and then when the time comes, you can tell us all about your fishing experience during this period? Poor Qiancun Can I move some inside and lend it to you first?"

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

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

Secretary Chen shook his head like a rattle, "No, that's lent to you, not given to you. No matter how much it is, you have to pay it back after you've dealt with it."

"Then you said wool. I thought you could just give it to me, so I had to do it reluctantly."

"Look at what you're saying. How many people have tried their best to become a household worth ten thousand yuan, but they don't even have the chance. That's a public commendation, and it's even published in the newspaper. This opportunity is right in front of you..."

Ye Yaodong wrinkled his face and waved his hand, "I can't help you, I can't help you. I'm an honest person and I can't commit fraud. You can find someone else. When the time comes, someone from the county can just take him to someone else's home. I really No. There were quite a few people who got rich in the village some time ago. Go and ask around and arrange for someone to take over."

Secretary Chen automatically ignored the words he said he was an honest person. He also felt that this matter was a bit difficult to deal with now. If he was stuck, he would have known better not to think about those false reputations in the first place.

"Really not possible?"

"No way!"

"Let me check the situation first. Either you don't go to sea in the next few days? Stay at home first. Maybe someone will come?"

What a mess!

"I don't care." He stared at Secretary Chen depressedly. "One day without going to sea is a day's loss. Are you going to make up for me? You are forcing me to find trouble..."

"I'll go back and discuss it. Let's keep searching. Let's put it this way first. You have an idea. I'll leave first..." Secretary Chen said as he retreated.

"What do you mean you have an idea in your mind? 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, and everyone started running behind him, as if he was afraid that he would catch up.

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua, who had just returned, also heard his voice and walked out of the room, "What's the matter, third child?"

"What's wrong? Why did Secretary Chen come to see you? Where are you going?" Ye Yaopeng looked at the retreating figure and asked in confusion.

"***, he dug a hole for me and insisted on making me jump. He's just looking for trouble. He's going to be pissed to death..."

"What's going on?"

"Speak out and listen?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the curious expressions of his two brothers and felt that he had nothing to say. If his two sisters-in-law found out about it, and if they kept making noises everywhere and couldn't stop, then his reputation as a householder worth ten thousand yuan might become more solid. What a mess.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm going to complain before things come to light. Let's go eat first!"

"Are you really okay? I just saw your reaction so much..."

He waved his hand and went directly into the room, "Let's talk about it later!"

After eating, he has to go to literacy class. Now he goes as long as he can and if he can't, it's always there anyway.

During the day, he originally wanted to order fishing bait from Ah Cai, but was intercepted by Secretary Chen and went home directly. He was delayed for a long time. There were not many miscellaneous fish and shrimps in the past. As long as the afternoon came, he would load the truck while receiving the goods. Turning in early usually depends on luck.

Without bait, he still has to go out to sea at night as usual. Longline fishing cannot be released, and he still has trawl nets and sticky nets. How could he have the time to sit at home and wait for something like a ten thousand-yuan household?

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

After going out to the sea for four consecutive days, I collected the goods that should be collected from the ground cage.

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

The daily income is about forty, and sometimes the goods with floor cages are sixty or seventy. It’s not a big deal, but the delivery is pretty good, and you can still have a lot left after deducting the gas money. It’s better than spending time at home. Well done.

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

Although it is a bit uncomfortable on rainy days, in the middle of winter, the weather is dry and not very humid. Even though the temperature has dropped again, the whole family is wrapped in the quilt and reluctant to get up after eating every day.

It had been raining for several days, and Lin Xiuqing had nothing to do at home. Thinking that the winter solstice was approaching, she dried shredded radish a few days ago and the newly made sweet potato flour that Ye Mu brought, so she planned to make some rice dumplings to eat.

The locals also call rice dumplings "straw dumplings."

It is a local custom to eat rice dumplings during the Winter Solstice. They are usually made in advance and placed there, and a few can be steamed at any time when you want to eat them.

In fact, she didn't want to get up early in the morning to cook breakfast. It was too cold, so she made some rice dumplings and put them there. She just had to get up and steam a few every morning. It was easy, convenient and delicious.

After Ye Yaodong knew that she was going to make rice dumplings, he also enthusiastically collected the ingredients for her. The rice dumplings had to be filled with squid to be delicious. He hadn't gone to sea for a few days and he didn't have any stock at home.

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

As soon as he arrived, he saw many women shopping around the cart, and most of them were buying yuyu. It was almost the Chinese New Year, and most people were not willing to spend some money.

What's more, the winter solstice is coming soon. For the local people, the winter solstice is a very important solar term.

Ye Yaodong waited for the women to finish grabbing, and then wrapped the remaining squid meat into balls. The squid sold at the stall was not the small squid on the market, but an oversized whole piece of squid meat, which could be cut into as many pieces as you wanted. .

Huge squid of this size can only be found in the deep sea. It is large and the meat on its body is particularly thick. When spread out flat, it is twice as big as a cutting board.

The remaining yuyu meat was about a pound, which was enough. The vendor directly poked a hole with a knife and put a straw rope through it before carrying it to him. He also asked the vendor to cut a strip of three-layer meat, which also needed to be put inside the straw cake. 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 pluck celery and garlic leaves and fry the fillings first. She didn't buy meat and squid, so she didn't dare to prepare them in advance.

Cut the meat into cubes, cut the squid into cubes, cut the celery and garlic leaves into small pieces, and stir-fry them with shredded radish until cooked to add flavor.

The locals like celery very much and like to put some celery in everything they cook.

Fortunately, it was an earthen stove, which was big enough for stir-frying. After a while, a large basin of fragrant stuffing came out of the pot.

The two children were already drooling while waiting by smelling 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 cut the peeled sweet potatoes into cubes and steamed them in a pot, preparing to mix them into the sweet potato flour.

The dough made in this way is reddish brown and very soft. You can also leave out the fresh sweet potatoes, but it will taste better if you add them in. The steamed cake will be white if you leave it out. You can also add purple potatoes, and the straw cake will be steamed like this. It's purple.

Seeing how busy she was, Ye Yaodong thought that there was still sweet potato starch that had not been packed out, so he took an empty can bottle and scooped out the newly made sweet potato starch from the past few days in a sack. He poured most of the basin into it before starting to add water to knead the noodles.

"You know how?" Lin Xiuqing looked at his actions questioningly. She had never seen him do it before.

"It's just kneading dough, what else can I do? I'm very strong, so I can knead it just fine."

"This little bit of sweet potato flour is not enough. I need to make more of it. I'll pack a little more and send some to my old house when the time comes."

"Is there any sugar? Make it a little sweet. The old lady likes sweet straw cakes."

"I also like sweet food!" Ye Chenghu ate the salty fillings and didn't forget to order a sweet one.

Lin Xiuqing ignored her eldest son, "Then go to the small shop later and buy some crushed peanuts. We have sugar at home."

Ye Yaodong nodded.