Food bloggers made fortunes in ancient times

Shitou and others were quick and efficient and cleared the weeds on the ground in no time.

The village chief solemnly began to read out the prayer: "Disciples, burn incense and worship the City God, the Mountain God, the Land God, and the God of Fortune and Righteousness..."

He recited a string of gods' names and continued, "With this incense stick as a common offering, today is an auspicious day to start construction here. I'm afraid that starting construction would offend the gods."

"…with mercy, the project was completed during the construction period, the population was safe, everything was safe and smooth, and everything was auspicious."

As the village chief finished speaking, Song Yan lit the long string of firecrackers.

As soon as the fire flashed, firecrackers immediately burst into crackling sounds, like spring thunder roaring in the ears, echoing in every corner of the village.

The moment the firecrackers sounded, Gousheng, who was squatting at the door, was frightened by the sudden noise and let out a "wow", quickly running back into the house.

The sound continued, accompanied by the smoke of gunpowder, slowly spreading in the air and forming a hazy mist.

Song Yan quickly walked to the side, put her hand on Zhengdu's shoulder, and watched the lively scene with a smile.

Song Zhengdu also had a smile on his face, and his eyes looked particularly bright in the smoke of firecrackers.

Song Wanzhou hid behind her two brothers and covered Yaya's ears with her hands. Her heart was beating violently to the rhythm of the firecrackers.

However, amidst the deafening noise, Song Wanzhou's little face showed a big smile.

Laugh happily and wantonly.

The sound of firecrackers gradually subsided, and Shitou and his group said auspicious words such as "safe and smooth".

Song Yan smiled and bowed, saying, "Thank you all for your help from now on."

After reading the prayer, the village chief returned without a moment's delay.

Shitou and the others also started to get busy, and one of the strong brothers took out an inkstone from his arms.

He fixed one end of the ink fountain firmly on the ground and held the other end tightly in his hand.

Then, he walked to the corresponding position with the ink line and shouted, "Stone!"

The stone came over, drew an ink line in the middle, and then quickly flicked it, and a straight black line appeared on the ground.

Seeing that it was still early, Song Yan was not in a hurry to go back. She just squatted beside them, watching the brothers busying themselves and chatting with them.

"Brother Shitou, how do we dig this foundation?"

Song Yan knew nothing about building a house and didn't know where to start even if he wanted to help.

Shitou wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied to Song Yan with a smile: "Digging the foundation is a technical job."

He pointed to the ink line on the ground and continued, "Look, this ink line is the boundary of our foundation. We have to dig along this line to ensure that the width and depth of the foundation are uniform."

Song Yan listened with great interest and asked, "How deep should we dig?"

Shitou thought for a moment and said, "A dig one or two meters deep will be enough."

Song Yan nodded suddenly.

As the two were chatting, several other big brothers also joined the discussion, sharing their experiences.

Song Yan listened attentively and couldn't help but sigh: "It turns out that building a house is so complicated. I thought it was just a matter of digging a hole."

Shitou smiled and said, "That won't work. Houses are for people to live in. Safety is the most important thing. We can't be careless at every step."

It's almost the 9th hour, and it's time to prepare lunch.

Song Yan stood up and dusted himself off: "Brother Shitou, I'm going back to cook."

Because she had to cook for more than a dozen people, Song Yan did not prepare any stir-fried dishes. For convenience, she directly cooked in a big pot.

Big pot dish, also known as big stew.

Chop chicken into cubes and slice pork into thin slices.

When the pan is heated, add a bowl of peanut oil and then put the chicken and pork into the pan.

Add chopped ginger and scallion segments, and stir-fry quickly over high heat until the edges of the meat slices turn an attractive brown color and emit bursts of aroma.

Pour half a bowl of soy sauce into the pot and continue to stir-fry until the color and flavor of the soy sauce are quickly absorbed into the meat.

Gousheng came in following the scent, sweeping his calf with his tail from time to time.

"Stop messing around and go play somewhere else." Song Yan kicked it gently, then grabbed the ladle, scooped up half a spoonful of water and poured it into the pot.

The chicken was stewed in the pot for a quarter of an hour. Song Yan then added the chicken blood, internal organs, etc. left when the chicken was killed, as well as bean curd sheets, tofu cubes, and cabbage into the pot and continued to stew over low heat.

Song Yan wiped her hands and told Zheng Du, "Erlin, watch the fire. I'll go to Aunt Niu's house to see if the meal is ready."

Originally, Song Yan had invited Aniu to come over to help today.

But Uncle Niu's family suddenly had something to do, so they went to Lijia Village in the next town.

The reason was that something happened to Aniu's sister.

The person who came to deliver the message spoke vaguely, and the Niu family didn't even know what had happened. They were so anxious that they didn't sleep well the whole night.

Early this morning, Uncle Niu and his family hurried over.

Aniu's sister, Niu Axiang, is five years older than Aniu.

Not long ago, Song Yan heard Aunt Niu mention that Sister Xiang had originally planned to go back to her parents' home around the Mid-Autumn Festival.

But during this period she was pregnant again and the fetus was unstable, so her mother-in-law did not allow her to come back, so she only asked someone to bring Mid-Autumn Festival gifts.

Aunt Niu was a little disappointed when she heard the news at that time, but when she learned that she was pregnant, she forced a smile.

After only one month, news came that Sister Xiang had an accident.

Song Yan couldn't help but feel a little worried.

When he arrived at Niu's house, he took out his key and opened the door.

Before Aunt Niu left, she gave him the key to the house.

Today he had to cook for more than a dozen people, but the pots at home were not enough, so he borrowed the pot from Niu's family to cook rice.

Just as the rice was cooked, Song Yan came over with the pot and told Erya, "Go and call Brother Shitou and the others to eat."

When they heard that they were going to have a meal, the older brothers immediately dropped the shovels in their hands and swarmed in.

Their eyes first fell on the huge pot of meat and vegetables, and then they were attracted by the solid dry rice.

Except for a few older brothers who had helped Song Yan harvest the crops, the rest of the people came to the Song family to help for the first time.

A group of people couldn't help swallowing their saliva, and secretly sighed in their hearts: Even if we work as temporary workers for Mr. Huang, we can't eat such a sumptuous meal.

While a few people were still being reserved, Shitou and his friends had already started grabbing the dishes, especially Shitou, who grabbed several pieces of chicken from his bowl.

The men finally came to their senses and yelled, "Stop clamping the stones, leave me some meat!"

A group of people rushed up.

Song Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought, it's a good thing he had left a dish, otherwise, at the speed people were snatching the food away, he wouldn't even be able to grab a leaf.

When it was time to eat, Song Yan realized that there were not enough stools at home, and Shi Tou and others were squatting to eat.

He quickly said, "I'll go to Niu's house and get some stools."

Shitou was still chewing his rice and said, "Xiao Song, don't worry, we can just squat and eat."

The other elder brothers also smiled and said: "The food tastes better when you squat and eat."

Everyone enjoyed the meal very much and worked even harder.

Song Yan went to take a look at the foundation they had dug in the morning. In just one morning, they had quickly dug out half of the foundation.

I estimate that all the digging will be completed by the afternoon.

After lunch, I asked Uncle Dazhu to take Zhengdu back to the private school.

Song Yan also went to the town. A few days ago, he negotiated with someone through his connections for a batch of bricks, stones and timber, and arranged for them to be delivered today.

Mules pulled cartloads of bricks, stones and wood back to Zhangjia Village and piled them all in the open space in front of the door.

Song Yan was inviting the drivers to drink water.

Suddenly he heard someone calling him: "Xiao Song!"

Song Yan turned his head and saw a tall and strong young man walking towards him.

It turned out to be Shu Changsheng whom I hadn’t seen for a long time.

He was surprised and delighted: "Brother Shu, when did you come back?"

Shu Changsheng has been escorting escorts outside for most of the past six months, and his skin has become tanned.

He grinned, revealing his white teeth: "I just got back not long ago."

Song Yan was busy at the moment and couldn't leave, so she stood at the door and started talking to Shu Changsheng.

"Why are you here today?" he asked.

Shu Changsheng waved the invitation in his hand: "I came here specially to give you the invitation."