Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 557 A different approach

"Hey, another chickadee. I didn't expect there are so many chickadees in this field." A voice sounded.

"Yes, there are quite a few fish (xi), as well as fish balls and frogs. I just turned over a water viper (hui), which gave me a fright." Another voice sounded nearby.

Hualei's ears twitched. The statements here were a little different from those in the previous life. Xi (鳛) was the loach mentioned in the previous life, Yudan was the eel, Tianji was the frog, and Hui (水虺) was the non-venomous water snake.

"Are there a lot of fish eggs here?" Hua Lei asked the person who was speaking.

The sudden female voice startled the two people who were talking. When they saw the official uniform on Hualei, they were even more frightened. Did they get caught because they didn't plow the soil properly?

"If there are a lot of bream, fish balls, and frogs, collect them and take them home to make soup. It's nutritious and delicious." Hua Lei said with a smile, "Just be quick and don't affect the tillage."

"Sir, look at the plots. Some plots have a lot, some have fewer. But if one person collects them in a day, he can only collect five or six at most.

And... there are no buckets or bamboo baskets. Besides, we have nowhere to cook them after we take them back." One of them said bravely.

Some of the people who dug the dug holes would build a thatched hut or something next to the dug hole. These people might come together as fathers, sons or brothers, and then several people would build a thatched hut together as a kitchen.

However, there are also many people who have not built a hut, or have not had time to build one. After all, straw is a scarce resource here, and the straw huts built in the dugouts are usually built by the people who cut straw from the fields.

Therefore, apart from the steamed buns and porridge provided by the court, they seldom cooked for themselves and only boiled some water occasionally.

"Is that so?" Hualei frowned slightly and said, "How about this, you can work as a team and put the fish balls and fish eggs you collected together.

Give it to your team leader when you finish work in the evening. I will have someone help you prepare it before leaving work the next day. You can share it?

But I would like to make it clear in advance that you don't have to pay for the seasonings such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, but you can pay 20% to 30% of the fish balls and fish balls you collect as seasoning and processing fees. How about that?

If you think it's not cost-effective, you can chop some firewood and bring it back to me to offset the seasoning and processing fees. How about that?

Look, there are so many dogtail grasses in the wasteland next to you. You can cut a few of them and bring them back to me. That's fine." Hualei pointed to the uncultivated land next door, where there were large patches of dogtail grass.

"Sir, aren't you at a great disadvantage? Oil and salt are both precious commodities, how, how can you use dogtail grass to replace them?" Another person also stammered.

"I'll calculate this. At most, I can ask you to cut a few more bundles of foxtail grass. What do you think? Do you want to try it? Anyway, it would be a waste if you don't pick up these breams and fish balls. If you pick them up, you can have a hot soup when you get home from work in the evening.

However, I also said in advance that picking up chicks and fish balls should not delay tilling the soil, otherwise, if the higher-ups blame you, I will not bear the blame for you." Hua Lei said seriously.

"No, no, sir, this? Is this really okay?" The first person who spoke asked hesitantly.

"You'll know if it works if you try it. If you think it doesn't work, just don't collect it tomorrow. It's only once that you'll be cheated, right?" Hua Lei chuckled.

At the same time, he instructs Gao Tiedan, Xiao Yuanzi and others to prepare a few wooden barrels and bamboo baskets for each team to collect fish eggs and frogs.

Gao Tiedan, Xiao Yuanzi and others had been following Hua Lei when they were reclaiming the wasteland in the capital. They also knew about Hua Lei's business of exchanging steamed buns in the wasteland.

So when Hualei opened her mouth, they knew that Hualei's replacement business was about to start again. However, this time the method was slightly changed.

So, he quickly went to find some wooden barrels and bamboo baskets and placed a few in each of his teams. He also took advantage of the lunch break to talk to the team members.

The team members were skeptical. They didn't think that such a good thing would happen. Maybe all the fish and fish balls they collected would end up in Hualei's stomach.

Seeing the indifferent expressions of the pioneers, Gao Tiedan, Xiao Yuanzi and the others knew that these pioneers did not believe it.

So, she told them about Hualei's steamed bun exchange business in Shangjing City. Now, more people believed her.

Moreover, they also felt that Hua Lei was right. Even if they were really cheated, it would only be a once. Besides, picking up these fish eggs did not cause any loss to them.

So, starting in the afternoon, when they were turning the soil, they put the bream and fish balls they found into the wooden barrel beside them. Of course, they didn't bother chasing and catching the bream and fish balls that escaped quickly.

With the mentality of taking what you have and not forcing what you don't have, they collected them. By the time they finished work in the afternoon, Gao Tiedan's team had collected a bucket and a half of bream and fish balls, and most of a basket of frogs.

But there was no firewood. For the first time, they would rather remove 30% of the fish and fish balls from the flower buds than spend a little more effort to chop firewood to offset the seasoning and processing fees.

What if Hualei was deceiving them? They didn't have to put in any extra effort. In this world, it's always the case that you have a policy and I have a countermeasure, right?

After receiving the loaches, eels and frogs, Hua Lei didn't say anything and sent them to her restaurant and asked the chef to help process them.

Braised loach or something like that would definitely not be enough for so many people, so Hualei asked the chef to help make loach soup. Whether it was loach, yellow eel or frog, Hualei prepared all in one pot.

Because the loach was still alive, after we brought it to the restaurant, we kept it in clean water overnight to let the sand spit out. Of course, the same procedure was done for the eels and frogs.

After the sand was spit out, the loach's internal organs were cleaned, and the mucus on the loach's surface was scalded with boiling water and then rinsed. In order to ensure that everyone could catch a piece of loach, Hua Lei asked the chef to cut the loach into pieces of appropriate size, just like the yellow eel.

Fry the loach in a hot pan with cold oil, then pour in boiling water. The soup will be milky white and taste better. Then add some tofu. After all the ingredients are cooked, add a little salt and sprinkle some chopped green onions, and you can serve.

Of course, before doing it, Hualei also calculated the cost of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, firewood and labor, and then unceremoniously took 25% of the loaches for himself. He would not take advantage of the pioneers, but he also ensured that his work was not in vain.