sbdcsierra Chapter 655: Staying at Zhou's House
Chapter 655: Staying at Zhou's House
Zhou Guo said, "My husband is free and likes to take a nap in this shed."
The old man rocked in the rocking chair and sighed, "Your husband really knows how to enjoy life."
Li pulled Zhou Guo aside and asked, "Why is this old man here? Is he here alone?"
Zhou Guo said, "He said he came to see Fei. He is alone with two servants. Wu Jiang is entertaining them. We only need to take care of the old man's meal."
After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's make braised pork for lunch. He's old and his teeth aren't very good, so braised lion's head will do."
"I can't make the braised lion's head. You have to do it yourself."
Zhou Guo hesitated, thinking that the old man couldn't be alone. Just as he was about to refuse, Zhou Gu came back from the fields, followed by the old man, holding a big grass carp in his hand.
Zhou Guo ran over and said happily, "Master, let's grill such a big fish."
The old man didn't care, "Just roast it and eat it."
Just as I was about to go to the well to wash, a head popped out from the pavilion and said with a smile, "Brother, you look so good, are you going fishing?"
Before the old man could speak, Zhou Gu immediately greeted him, "Hello, old man."
The old man smiled and said, "Okay, okay, we have fish for lunch."
Zhou Guo said, "Master, I'm going to make lion's head. You can help the old man make grilled fish and grilled beef. I see he has never done it before, so you can help him try it."
The old man was unhappy, "You make lion heads when he comes, but you don't make them when he doesn't come?"
Zhou Guo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Aren't you tired of it? Besides, I've always made it for you when you wanted to eat it. I saw that he was old and his teeth might not be good, so he would probably like this dish."
Zhou Gu nodded.
The old man said, "He is a big landlord, not short of money, and he has a chef at home. He has all kinds of braised pork with lion's head. Why would he want to eat these? It's better to make some pickled vegetables to whet his appetite."
Zhou Guo was stunned and felt that it made sense.
The old man poked his head out from the back and said, "It doesn't matter. I just like to eat meat, especially meatloaf! I ate too much pickled vegetables and pickles when I was a kid!"
I ate it every day when I was a child, but for decades, I still don’t like to pick up my chopsticks when I see that thing.
Zhou Guo said: "I'll do it."
Zhou Gu went to the ice cellar and got some mutton and beef.
The old man squatted by the well and processed the fish.
When the old man saw the frozen hard meat in Zhou Gu's hand, he became curious and asked, "Where did this come from?"
Zhou Gu said: "From the ice cellar."
The old man looked around and said, "Ice cellar? Where is it? I'll go check it out."
Zhou Gu took him there. The entrance to the ice cellar was under the window of the east wing of the main house. After removing the thick stone slab and going down the steps, the ice cellar was two meters deep.
Because it is used to store pine mushrooms, this ice cellar is quite large, as big as a room, with large blocks of ice stacked in the middle like a brick wall.
The old man was stunned. He had never seen an ice wall before. The ice cellar in their house was only the size of a cellar, even smaller than a cellar.
Zhou Gu took him to the center, where there was a hole dug on the ground with an ice hole inside, and all the meat was placed inside.
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Zhou Guo made a lion's head and a braised pork, which the old man loved.
I made some cold cucumber, some stir-fried eggplant with garlic, some Yongcai, and some grilled fish and meat.
Li also cooked some beans and preserved eggs, and there were a lot of other things on the table.
In the yard, the old man was already grilling fish.
After she brought the dishes to the table and helped grill the meat, she looked around and saw no one. "Master, where are my eldest brother and old man? It's time to eat. Where are they?"
The old man said, "They went to the cellar. The old man had never seen such a big ice cellar before. He said he wanted to build one like this when he got back so he could see more."
Zhou Guo looked at the entrance to the ice cellar and asked, "How long has he been down there? It's so cold in the ice cellar, can he bear it?"
The old man rolled his eyes at her and said, "Do you really need to worry so much? He's a dead man. Doesn't he know to come up when he's cold? He came up several times and then went down again."
Zhou Guo glanced at him and muttered, "He's like a powder keg, he'll explode if touched. Why don't you just say a few words of concern? When he gets old, we have to take good care of him. If anything happens, who will be able to take the responsibility? He's so old, why are you still jealous?"
After the two of them come up, they will rest for a while and then go down again.
Zhou Guo hurriedly said, "It's time to eat. You've been watching for the whole afternoon, isn't that enough?"
The old man walked over with small steps and said happily, "Little Guoguo of the Zhou family, how did you come up with that ice cellar? You divided up the frozen meat, frozen fruit, mushroom storage, and edible ice cubes, all in different places. It's really convenient."
Zhou Guo said: "Originally, I wanted to store some meat and vegetables in the summer so they wouldn't go bad in a day or two. I wanted to store them in ice, but then I thought I'd just make it bigger so I could store everything and use the ice in the summer. It would be very comfortable whether I eat it or put it in the house to cool down."
The old man nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it's comfortable. I'm going to get one like this when I go back. The one I have at home is a little small."
During the meal, the old man kept asking questions, as if he was interested in everything in their house. He pointed to the plate of orchids under Zhou Guo's corridor and said, "What kind of orchid is that? It looks very unique to me."
Zhou Guo said: "That is Jianlan, I just dug it up in the mountains, it has red flowers, and it doesn't have a name yet. My uncle gave it a name, Yiguanhong."
"A crown of red?" The old man, who had not read many books, also thought the name was good. "Good, grand, worthy of this flower."
The old man finally couldn't help it and asked him, "Are you free?"
"what?"
"If you're bored, come with me into the mountains this afternoon. Do you want to go fishing or hunting pheasants?"
"Go, go, go. I'll go. Do you know how to hunt?"
Zhou Guo and the others looked at each other, thinking it was inappropriate, but when they took a closer look, they realized that the two men were about the same age and neither was much older than the other, so it didn't seem impossible.
So, in the afternoon, the old man followed the old man.
Zhou Xing was a little worried, "Guoguo, are you really okay? The old man can't compare with you, he doesn't know anything. If he falls down the mountain without paying attention, how can we explain to the Zhao family?"
Zhou Guo said, "Don't worry. Didn't Big Brother go with them? Big Brother will be responsible for all the heavy and dangerous work. Master will take good care of him. Nothing will happen to him."
It’s good to go to the mountains, she has to take care of her own things.
In the afternoon, before the sun set, the few of them returned happily.
The servant was anxious and said, "Old Master, let's go back. It's getting late."
The old man waved his hand and said, "I won't go back. The fertilizer will ferment in a few days. I will wait until the fertilizer in the farm is ready before going back. You go back and tell them. I will stay at Zhou's house for the next few days."
Li was shocked and said to Zhou Guo, "What should we do? The old man is staying at our house. How can we entertain him? Will he be able to get used to it?"