When Mr. Ma and his colleagues were copying the documents, they were already impressed by Qingning's insights on employing people. Therefore, they were no longer surprised to see her using both kindness and force to deal with the workers. The first batch of workers hired did not dare to look down on Qingning at all. They also realized during the few days they helped here that Qingning took the lead in many matters in their family.

Everyone was busy working, working even harder. They had work to do and received monthly wages, as well as the chance to rest and have children. They even received red envelopes. Where else could they find such a thing? This was probably unique in the Great Xia Dynasty, so naturally, they would not neglect it and would work hard.

Qing Ning went to the mushroom house to check on the mushrooms. They were mature enough. Tomorrow, they would start cultivating the strains. All this had been theoretical talk before, meaning she'd seen it but never put it into practice. She was nervous. She went outside and saw that the snails she'd caught yesterday were almost completely vomited out. She was going to eat them tonight.

One part of the snail meat was fried with leeks, another part was snail pancakes with wild onions, and another part of the stir-fried snails. This one was steamed! We ate all the pheasant and rabbit that Grandpa Yu brought last time, and everyone who helped had a meal together.

As soon as Qing Ning mentioned it, Mr. Ma, Old Man Yu, the village chief, and the clan leader immediately agreed. Qing Ning's cooking skills were really good, and they hadn't eaten enough yet. The people who wanted to help wanted to refuse, but after being persuaded by Old Lady Chen and the others, they didn't hesitate.

Qing Ning called Qing Yu and Qing Bai and asked them to be responsible for cleaning the snails and smashing their butts. Yu Shi was like a brick, moving wherever he was needed, and was directed by Qing Ning to help cut vegetables.

"Big sister, we're having noodles tonight. I'll leave it to you."

"Okay, I'll go and knead the dough right away." Qingke got up and went to his own kitchen to knead the dough. When Mai Miao saw this, he followed him without saying much. Qingke definitely couldn't do it alone with so many people.

"Qingning, do you need help in the kitchen? The two of us will help you." Seeing that she was busy preparing meals for so many people by herself, Chen Xin offered to help.

"Then I'll have to trouble my two cousins. We need to pick some vegetables." Qing Ning accepted everyone's help and directly arranged for two people to help pick vegetables.

We'd harvested quite a few mushrooms today, and since the market only opened in the afternoon, many people from the neighboring courtyard were still coming in to sell their mushrooms. While they were harvesting and sorting, those in this courtyard were busy cleaning and organizing them. They kept adding tank after tank, exhausting the young men. Luckily, with Yu San and the others helping, things were much easier than before.

"Old San, you guys, come and help with the work starting tomorrow. Old Wu and Old Qi, come over too after you finish your classes." Several people agreed one by one.

"You don't feel bad about ordering me around." Mr. Ma sat there listening to Mr. Yu and jokingly said.

"That's what young people should be like. If you do nothing with us two old people, you'll be useless." Picking up the cup and taking a sip of tea, the four old people sat and chatted, speaking a few words here and there, looking very comfortable.

Qing Ning glanced at them casually and suddenly felt that this feeling was incredibly warm. In her previous life, her grandparents had passed away early, so she didn't have a deep impression of them, but she did have some. As she grew older, she often thought how nice it would be if the old people were still alive.

Qing Ning came back to his senses and smiled knowingly, then asked, "Brother, have you washed the snails?"

"These are washed, I'll bring them over and you can cook them. Some of the ones for hitting your butt will be ready in a while, I'll bring them over." Qingbai said as he brought the washed ones into the kitchen.

Yu Shi chopped the meat and vegetables, and when he saw that they needed to make a fire, he took the initiative to take over the job.

He put water in the pot, threw in ginger and green onions, and added a little white wine to remove the fishy smell. When the water boiled, he poured the snails into the pot and cooked them for about an incense stick. Then he fished them out. He also found some bamboo, split it into skewers, and used them to pick the meat. Seeing that no one was busy, he placed them in front of the four old men.

"Four grandfathers, you are free anyway, so please pick out the snail meat and put it in this basin." He said with a smile and turned away without waiting for an answer.

The four old men looked at each other and obediently picked the meat with skewers.

There's been a lot of fresh produce these days, and I've received a lot of different mushrooms. I grabbed a handful of morels, washed them, and prepared to use them in chicken soup. The pheasant has been cut up, washed, blanched, and then stewed in a clay pot.

For the remaining chicken, prepare a mushroom chicken dish. First, rinse and drain the chicken, then marinate it in salt and wine. Chop the mushrooms and set aside. Heat a wok over medium heat, add oil, sauté the scallions, ginger, and garlic, then add the mushrooms and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the marinated chicken to the wok and stir-fry until the chicken changes color.

Add soy sauce, sugar, Gu Yue powder and other seasonings, stir-fry evenly, then pour into a plate and spread evenly. Add water to the pot, put the steamer in and put the chicken on it. Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium heat and steam for a quarter of an hour. It is then ready to be served.

All the rabbit meat was stewed in one pot, this time with chili peppers and spices. The aroma made everyone in the yard eager to try it.

Sisters Chen Xin and Chen Yi picked a lot of fresh vegetables, sliced ​​some meat, and cooked two dishes of bamboo shoots and pork. They also picked a lot of snail meat, washed it, and cooked one dish with chives. The dishes came out of the pot one after another, filling up the long table.

After mixing the dough and seasoning for the snail pancakes, they asked their cousin Chen Xin to go to their aunt's house to make the pancakes. Qing Bai brought in the cleaned snails and asked Yu Shi to increase the heat.

Hot oil, onion, ginger, garlic, and chili flakes, the snails sizzled as they were put into the pot, the fumes went straight up and the spicy smell was pungent, I really inhaled a lot. Stir-fry, add the ingredients, stew for a quarter of an hour, sprinkle with chopped green onions, it was so tempting, it filled two large pots.

Because she had noodles for dinner and made toppings for dinner, her small body was really tired after preparing the meal. She didn't want to finish the tail, now she just wanted to eat and sleep. She was still too young to be too tired, otherwise she would not grow up, what would happen? Children should get more sleep.

He invited everyone to eat and went to the workshop to call the workers. Two large tables were set up in the yard. Since there were not enough chairs, the elders were naturally seated first, while the others ate standing at the table. At this time, no one cared about etiquette.

Many people here are eating chili for the first time, and they love it and hate it. They love the taste, but they still hate the taste. It is so delicious.

"Qingning, this fried snail is so delicious. It has no earthy smell and is fragrant and spicy. I have never eaten such delicious snails." Aunt He Xiang's mouth turned red from the spiciness, but it did not reduce her love for this dish.

"Yes, how did you make the lime flavor? What did you put in it?" Because she put bay leaves and cinnamon in the snails, the flavor of the spices was also very prominent.

"Girl, if you pair this dish with wine, I can drink a whole jar." Ma Xingsheng also loves this dish very much. It is fragrant, spicy and interesting.

Among so many dishes, the spicy fried snails are their favorite. They have no time to care about other dishes and are all focused on the snails.

"Although snails are delicious, you should eat less. If you eat too much today, you can't eat them again in the next few days. Snails are cold, so you can't eat too many." Qingning was not surprised to see that they liked to eat them, but still reminded them not to eat too much for fear of upset stomach.

Everyone listened to the advice, but since food couldn't be wasted, they naturally had to eat it all today. They practically devoured the entire meal, their bellies bulging. A few aunts stayed behind to help clear the dishes, while the others said goodbye and left.

By the time they finished cleaning up, it was already late. The Chen family counted their accounts for the day and realized how quickly their money was going. Qing Ning decided they needed to find another way to make money, or else they'd starve to death if they waited too long for a business. Because tomorrow was the first day of school, the family quickly washed up and went to bed.

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