Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

Chapter 272 Money, Money, Money

The days passed quickly as Chunni and He Yanqing were busy working during the day and studying at night.

The weather gradually warmed up, and the red tangerines planted by Chunni began to bloom. This was like a signal. The red tangerine flowers, pear flowers, plum flowers, and peach flowers in the village bloomed one after another, white and pink, making Lion Rock look like a fairyland, which was beautiful beyond words.

In this situation, Chunni thought about cooking again. Today she planned to make an old dish - Bobo Chicken.

After Chunni blanched the ingredients and soaked them in the soup that had been prepared long ago, she started to make another dish, garlic spareribs.

Garlic Spare Ribs is one of the traditional Guangdong dishes. Garlic Spare Ribs is made from fresh and tender spare ribs, with garlic paste, ginger, soy sauce, and peanut oil. The ribs are fried and crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, very salty and delicious, and is a delicious dish with good color, aroma and taste.

Chuchu and Cici like to eat spareribs, so Chunni is happy to make them. In addition to Bobo chicken and garlic spareribs, Chunni also prepared a cold dish of purslane. In the spring when flowers bloom, the Lion Mountain is full of wild vegetables and mushrooms. Purslane is the most common one.

Chunni didn't have time to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms, but she was popular, so some relatives and friends sent her a basket of mushrooms, mostly porcini, and a few chicken mushrooms. She planned to cut some bacon and stir-fry the porcini, which would be fresh and delicious. She would use the chicken mushrooms to make chicken mushroom egg soup, which was so delicious.

Chunni was busy in the kitchen when He Ma's two sisters-in-law came back from outside with Chu Ci.

Old Mrs. Chu hurriedly took it and Chuchu admired it, while Cici stared at the Bobo Chicken made by Chunni and drooled secretly.

"One cent for a skewer of Bobo chicken." Chunni hummed.

"One Mao Yi Chuan Bo Bo Chicken..." Ci Ci sang along, but he was not very fluent, so he said it as a string of Guo Guo Chicken. His little baby voice was so serious, so cute.

Chunni felt that Cici was so adorable that she squatted down and kissed her son.

Ma and He's two sisters-in-law were not idle either. Seeing Chunni busying herself, they washed their hands and came to help.

"I saw people coming from the county, and I don't know what happened." Mrs. Ma was more familiar with Chunni's family and they were from the same clan, so she started talking freely.

Chunni thought about it and realized that because Guan Jian was the county magistrate, the county had been quiet for a while. She didn't know why he came.

Chunni's doubts were soon resolved.

Yang Anzhang sent away the people from the county and hurried to Chunni's house.

"Chun Ni, Chun Ni." He shouted with a hint of joy in his tone.

Wiping her hands on her apron, Chunni hurried to the front yard.

"Uncle, is there something wrong?" she asked.

"Good news, great news. The piece of land you wanted has been approved." Yang Anzhang said loudly, he was so excited that he wished that the whole village would hear the good news.

Chunni smiled instantly, took the document handed over by Yang Anzhang, and read it carefully. When she finished reading, her eyebrows curved, and she was obviously very happy.

"What great news!"

The news that Chunni spent a huge amount of money to buy a piece of land spread quickly throughout Shizi Township.

"That piece of wasteland was bought by Chunni. I heard from my sister-in-law's brother's eldest brother-in-law that he spent 10,000 yuan!"

"Nonsense, I heard it cost 20,000 yuan."

"One hundred thousand dollars."

"Some say it's a million."

"Wow, how much does this cost!"

"..."

"Look up at the sky. It's so cloudy that you can't see the sun." Someone interrupted.

The onlookers all looked up at the sky, and sure enough, it was covered with dark clouds.

"Do you know the reason?"

Everyone shook their heads.

The man sighed, "It's all because you guys boasted too much. The bull went up to the sky! Look, it has even blocked out the sun!"

Everyone: ...What should I do if I want to hit someone?

The man made a gesture of resistance, "No, wait until I finish."

"Just tell me." Someone spoke.

"Wait until he finishes speaking before beating him." Everyone echoed.

The man shook his head. Stupid! Stupid! "It's none of your business how much money other people spend!"

Everyone raised their fists.

The man chuckled and continued, "But, but, once the factory is built, we will definitely need to recruit people. Hehe, I'm going to sign up anyway. For this, I even learned dozens of words from my youngest sister! Besides, building a factory will definitely require labor. Shichun's boss Chunni is from Shizi Township. She has to find people from our township to do the work. This is called keeping the wealth within the family!"

"Really?" The gossiping crowd was instantly shocked.

No matter how much money they spent on the land, it was their business. The most urgent thing was that Shichun needed to recruit again.

"My sister-in-law works at Shichun, and I don't know if she can help."

"My sister-in-law's brother is working for Yang Bangming. I wonder if he can help introduce him to me."

"I……"

Everyone in Lion Rock is trying to find connections to get into Shichun, but Chunni looks at the zero on the deposit slip for a long time without saying a word.

The villagers guessed wrong. Strictly speaking, they all guessed too little. Chunni spent a full 18 yuan to buy the wasteland. That was all her savings.

Old Man Chu knew that Chunni was short of money, so he took out 5000 yuan.

"Chun Ni, we forgot to give you all the New Year's money you've received since you were a child. We put it all in this deposit slip. Go to the bank and withdraw it for pocket money!"

Dong Lin, a smart boy, leaned over to take a look and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Wow, there's so much New Year's money, 5000 yuan!"

Chunni would be lying if she said she wasn't touched. Although the old couple of the Chu family received a pension every month, it was only a small amount, 100 yuan a month at most. 100 yuan a month, 1200 yuan a year. To save 5000 yuan, even without food or drink, it would take more than four years!

No one in this world does not spend money, they have children and grandchildren.

This 5000 yuan is probably all the savings of the old couple in the Chu family!

Chunni's tears started to flow.

Old Master Chu threw away his crutches and walked swiftly to Chunni. "Oh, my dear, this money was given to you by your grandparents. You are not required to pay it back."

It would have been better if he didn't try to persuade her, but after he did, Chunni cried even harder.

Old Mrs. Chu couldn't sit still any longer, and her glares flew towards Old Master Chu. Facing Chunni, she regained her usual gentleness. "Ni'er, don't worry about us. We have a pension every month, so we won't starve to death. Besides, we don't need any money to eat and drink for free here! If we really need money, we can still use your uncles and cousins, they all work and have salaries."

Old man Li also took out a bank deposit slip from his pocket, looked at it, and handed it to Chunni with his eyes closed. "Danni, Grandpa Li also has money, don't cry!"

Old Master Chu didn't expect that stingy Li Da could also get money. He took a peek and found that there was 1000 yuan. So, Old Master Chu helped his granddaughter to pick up the deposit certificate without hesitation.

But the deposit slip was in Old Man Li's hand, and he probably didn't use enough strength to snatch it away. He couldn't help but secretly use more strength, but still couldn't snatch it away.

"It seems that Old Man Li is reluctant to part with this deposit certificate!" he said with a forced smile.

Old man Li really couldn't bear to part with this money, as it was his last money. If his children and grandchildren were unfilial, he would have to rely on this money for his old age! However, Chunni seemed to be really broke, and she still needed to build a factory, how much money would it cost! This, this, how could she still eat delicious food in the future!

Chunni burst out laughing when she saw how Old Man Li wanted to give it away but was reluctant to do so.

"Hahahaha!"

Three elderly people: ...

Chunni quickly restrained her expression and put Old Master Chu's deposit slip into his arms with a smile. She then took Old Man Li's deposit slip from Old Master Chu and returned it to him.

"Grandpa, grandma, Grandpa Li, I really don't need money now, you can put your heart back in your stomach, eat and drink well, don't worry."

Although Chunni acted as if nothing had happened, she was actually very nervous!

"Should I really go to the credit union to apply for a loan?" Chunni asked uncertainly as she lay in bed with He Yanqing at night.

"Go ahead! I support you!"

That’s right, Chunni is rich because she took her land to a rural credit cooperative for mortgage loan.

"What if the factory fails?!"

"You don't have confidence in Shichun?" He Yanqing asked back.

"Of course I'm confident!" Chunni said immediately. However, she was a little uneasy because she had never taken out a loan except for a mortgage in her previous life!

"Even if we fail, the land is still ours and we can use it for other purposes. With the income from a few shops and real estate, we can make up for the loss."

Chunni: ...Thank you!