Chapter 140 (1/2)

Tick, tick.

A Yao sleeps in the middle of the night. She feels cool on her face. As more and more water drops fall on her face, she is awakened by the cold.

Bouncing and sitting up, I felt cold water droplets on my clothes and face. I reached out and looked up. It happened that the water droplets fell on my eyelids“ God, isn't it raining? ”

A Yao got out of bed and lit the light, and then the sound outside the window confirmed her idea.

It rains every night.

The House official didn't tell her that the house was leaking!

A Yao protected the oil lamp and took a circle around the house. She couldn't cry or laugh. She gave up the idea of filling water in a wooden basin and went to find a bricklayer to repair the roof tomorrow morning. She rushed to the kitchen to look after it. Fortunately, the former head of household attached great importance to the kitchen. Even if the roof of the house was like a dummy, it ensured that there was no drop of rootless water in the kitchen, and the rice noodles, meat and seasoning dishes she bought were not wet and damp.

There was nothing wrong with the kitchen she cleaned up. Ah Yao came back to the house with a strong spirit, moved the wooden table to the full berth, opened the oil paper umbrella and adjusted the position to ensure that the rain would not fall on her head, woke her up, blew out the oil lamp, climbed to the bed, hugged the burden and slept.

Early in the morning, the sky light shone into the room through the window lattice. The ground was wet, and the wooden table was stained with water.

”Fortunately, it didn't come until summer. The rain wasn't particularly heavy.” A Yao is glad that she only wiped the bed yesterday, and that other places haven't had time to tidy up. Today, she bought a dog and asked the bricklayer to repair the roof, and then cleaned the house.

There was a little flour left in the kitchen. She picked up a handful and sniffed it. It was well preserved without peculiar smell and rice worms. She made scallion cake with soybean milk for breakfast.

Light the stove, boil the water, scoop out all the flour and pour it into a large basin. The noodles need to be mixed with boiling hot water. The time to wait for the boiling water is enough for her to buy soybean milk with a teapot.

”Good morning, Aunt Wang.”

Passing by the alley, seeing Aunt Wang chatting with other women, she kept preparing colorful lotions. Ah Yao said hello.

”Every day, the little girl gets up late. Unlike our hard work, she gets up at dawn to preside over the breakfast of the whole family.” The annoying aunt is satirizing again.

”Ignore her. That's her virtue.” Aunt Wang asked, ”did you sleep well yesterday?”

”Fortunately, it rained late at night and the roof leaked. By the way, Aunt Wang, where am I going to hire a bricklayer? What are the prices? Do you need to pack lunch? ” Ah Yao asked.

”I'm not familiar with this either. Let me ask.”

A Yao shook her head when she saw this: ”then don't bother Aunt Wang. I'll inquire myself and get familiar with the surrounding environment by the way.”

The annoying aunt listened and turned her eyes. She came over and interrupted: ”there are people in my family who make bricks and tiles. For the sake of the neighbors, they don't charge you much. You can only charter meals for 180 Wen a day.”

A Yao looked at Aunt Wang. There was no strange expression on her face. Maybe the price is moderate? At ordinary times, ah Yao may promise, but the woman has been mocking her for the past two days since she moved here. She doesn't like it from the bottom of her heart, let alone the person who recommended her. Who knows if there will be anything fishy in it.

So he smiled and said, ”thank you, aunt. I'll think about it again. The water at home is still burning. I have to go back quickly. ”

”Good intentions were struck by thunder.” The woman spat, ”it's really a rich girl. Her fingers don't touch the spring water. I don't know the price of firewood and rice.”

The copper pot on the small stove was smoking and made a gurgling sound. She twisted a wet cloth, poured water into the flour basin, watered it in circles, and mixed the flour with chopsticks while adding water. The flour slowly formed lumps. There was hot water in the pot. Ah Yao poured two bowls back and forth with each other, and then put it in the well water to cool down. The temperature of the boiled water decreased, A Yao slowly added cold water to the flour block. The flour block dissipated the edges and corners in the cold water and her kneading, and the flour stuck to the edge of the basin disappeared and became a large dough.

There are still some bumps on the surface of the dough. Cover it with a wet cloth to wake up the dough. After waking up, knead it with a little cold water until the whole dough is smooth and moist. Then wake up for a while. At this time, she prepares the shallots and cuts them into finely chopped shallots for standby. Cut the large dough into two pieces, knead it into long strips, twist it into small balls, roll it into a round dough from inside to outside with a rolling pin, brush it with lard and sprinkle it with scallions, then roll the left and right sides of the dough inward, roll the long strips, cover them with a wet cloth and continue to wake up.

The woman chatting outside moved her fingers and sniffed everywhere: ”what's the smell?”

”What a delicious smell of scallion.”

”It seems to come from the little girl's family.”

While chatting, the women couldn't help moving to the door of a Yao's house and wanted to probe to see what she was doing.

A Yao was almost startled when she opened the door. ”What's the matter, sisters and aunts?”

The women pushed Aunt Wang out, and she said a few words to ah Yao: ”we smell the fragrance, so we found it. What are you doing so fragrant?”

It turned out to be greedy.

Ah Yao smiled. It was easy to do. She opened the cloth of the basket: ”I made scallion cake for breakfast. I made a little more. I'm going to invite my aunts to try it. My little sister is a newcomer. I hope you will take more care of her in the future. ”

The scallion cake in the basket is still steaming, golden on both sides, and a smell of scallion. They were not polite to ah Yao. Each of them took one. The freshly baked scallion cake scalded their palms. They exchanged their hands. Some people bit it down, and the smell of scallion overflowed. Their lips and tongues were full of oil. The smell of pig fat and scallion was very crisp. Some people tore the cake in half, and then found that the scallion cake had great potential. There were clear layers of dough and scallion sandwiched in it, The oil oozed out.

”It's delicious. What's your name and how do you do it?” Someone asked.

”My family calls me Yao Zhu, just call me a Yao or Yao Zhu. Elder sister and a Niang are both cooks. I learned a little from them. There's no secret to eating pastry with layers of dough. It's just to work hard on the dough, fold several layers, roll flat, continue to fold, and beat it with your hand when burning. This can make it soft and layered. ” Ah Yao replied.

Aunt Wang didn't listen right: ”is your family a cook?”

”Yes, I have some spare money to rent here. I'm gossip.” A Yao PI smiled at the meat and stared at the annoying aunt. She really had the face to eat her scallion cake. The aunt smiled awkwardly and leaned over to continue eating. Ah Yao continued, ”if you need to make a banquet at your sister's and aunt's house, you can come to me and I'll take some money to live.”

”Oh...”

They were moved at first when they heard that ah Yao was a cook at home. Later, they heard that they could find her. Ah Yao was too young and the scallion cake was delicious, but what else can control it?

A Yao: ”if there's nothing else, I'll go to the bricklayer first?”