Chapter 78 Smooth Completion (Seeking Collection)

  Thank you for the lonely life and honest person 888's reward! Village mountain knock thank you! Do you have any other collections or recommendations, everyone? Hehe!

  Fix these roads, there's still some time today. Chu Jiaqiang asked everyone to repair the section from the village to his own beach as well, of course, this money would naturally be borne by himself. Everyone had no objection, now Chu Jiaqiang is a person who is grateful in the hearts of many villagers in Chujiazhuang Village, helping with this little thing, they wouldn't decline.

  At this time, the suspension wooden bridge spanning the reservoir has been completed, and the ancient-style wooden pavilion on the small island has also been built. At first glance, it is indeed beautiful and magnificent, mainly because it does not destroy the original style, and then a nearly hundred-meter-long bridge just plays a decorative role, setting off the entire picture. On the small island, several exquisite pavilions are faintly visible.

  As soon as it was completed, a group of kids rushed up to experience it, walked to the middle of the bridge, grabbed the handrail ropes, and then shook them vigorously. These guys were not only unafraid but became more excited, feeling like they were on a swing.

  However, the shaking sensation felt from above is not strong. On the contrary, people on the shore seem to see the whole bridge as a crawling snake, and when the wind blows, its body will twist.

  It's actually an optical illusion. Just like when you stand under a very high transmission tower or a skyscraper and look up, the high-rise building seems to sway slightly. Plus, with the reflection of the suspension bridge on the water surface, as the wind blows by, the reflection on the water surface ripples like waves, affecting visual observation.

  "You little ones shouldn't swing, what if you break?" The adults on the shore were a bit worried.

  "It's okay, go ahead and shake! If you can shake it off, that's your skill, I won't charge you." Chu Jiaqiang laughed.

  The fifth uncle glared at the guy who had just shouted: "One hundred of you go up and shake, even if it breaks, I won't ask for money, I'll be responsible for rebuilding." No wonder this old man's words were full of anger, that guy's words earlier clearly didn't believe in the quality of his craftsmanship! The man smiled awkwardly and didn't dare speak again.

  "Then Wu Shu turned to Chu Jiaqiang: 'How's that? Are you satisfied now?'"

  "Fine, extremely fine! With Fifth Uncle taking action, how could I not feel at ease?"

  "That's good, it's done. You go back and fire off a string of firecrackers to inform heaven and earth. These electric wires can be dismantled later, or I'll get someone to help." said Fifth Uncle.

  "Alright, sounds good! Then it's settled. Let's go back home and sit down for a bit. I'll pay everyone their wages, then we can have a meal together to celebrate the successful completion of the project."

  Everyone heard the news of getting paid and immediately started dismantling the electrical wires without waiting for Wu Gong's instructions.

  Seeing those adults who were eager to try it out, Chu Jiaqiang smiled and said: "Let's all go up together and experience it! Let's go take a look on the small island."

  He took the lead, bringing everyone onto this newly completed suspension bridge, each with complex emotions: excitement, curiosity, caution, fear, and admiration.

  "Jia Qiang, how much did this project cost in total?" the old village chief asked, also somewhat curious. This was indeed the largest project in the history of Chu Family Village.

  "About 150,000!" Chu Jia replied absent-mindedly.

  Everyone present gasped, 1.5 million in Chujiazhuang is an astronomical figure, even the richest old village chief's family didn't have 1.5 million before. With 1.5 million in a rural area where construction land is almost free, you can build a very beautiful small villa.

  Of course, in the eyes of Wan Lao and Yan Lao, building a bridge to connect the small island cost 1.5 million, which is very cheap. In big cities, 1.5 million can only buy a slightly larger toilet.

  "Haha! Playing chess on this tomorrow is just what I need." said Wan Lao. Yan Lao also nodded with a smile, this was exactly his heart's desire. These two men of course had another idea, that was to prepare a fishing rod, sit under the big banyan tree, and quietly fish, which was also one of life's greatest pleasures.

  Firecrackers were already prepared, and Second Aunt immediately killed a chicken. She asked Second Uncle to go into town to buy some pork and wait for his return. Chu Jiaqiang had no choice but to repeat the pre-work rituals again, first going to the temple to burn incense and worship the gods.

  The old village chief simply let his son follow him to the town, buy more meat, and have a big meal at the Chu family's house, also celebrating the completion of the highway.

  At this time, Chu Jiaqiang's old house became lively. Xu Xiu and Erniang couldn't keep up with the work. The old village chief found a few women to help together and mobilized everyone who had dishes to go back and pick some over. At the same time, they looked at which family had more bowls, chopsticks, tables, and chairs, and also carried them over. Fortunately, Chu Jiaqiang's old house was big enough, and with the spacious area in front of the door, they set up more than 20 tables.

  This time, Second Uncle personally went to the kitchen, and everyone had a great fortune. The people of Chujiazhuang all know that the dishes made by Second Uncle are super delicious. His specialties are sugar vinegar fish and sugar vinegar ribs, with a perfect balance of sour and sweet flavors, which is the highest level. Sugar vinegar dishes are actually very popular in the country and are not rare, many people can make them, but being able to achieve the perfect balance of flavors is absolutely rare.

  The method of making sugar vinegar ribs is not difficult, prepare pork ribs, soy sauce, brown sugar (or white sugar), red vinegar, onions, ginger, vegetable oil and so on. Cut the ribs into small pieces of about 3-4 cm in size. After washing, blanch them in boiling water to remove blood foam, then wash again, drain the water, marinate with cooking wine, fine salt, starch, pepper powder, and monosodium glutamate. Mix half a bowl of plain flour with egg, add a small amount of clean water (about half of the flour), mix into a uniform flour paste, and add a small amount of fine salt to the flour paste.

  The above work is just preparation, and the following is the real start of cooking.

  After the oil in the pot is heated, use chopsticks to pick up the marinated small ribs and roll them in the flour mixture to coat. Then quickly put them into the hot oil and fry until golden brown. Use a slotted spoon to remove and drain excess oil. After washing the pot clean, add a small amount of oil again, then add two cloves of garlic and two slices of ginger and stir-fry slightly. Add half a bowl of soy sauce and vinegar mixture (the ratio of soy sauce to vinegar is about 2:1) and one small spoonful of white sugar. After stirring evenly, add the fried small ribs to thicken the sauce (a small amount of cornstarch can be added to thicken). Serve with scallions on top.

  Chu's family deliberately let the second uncle pull back some pineapples, peeled and then put them in to spread out. The sugar vinegar ribs made this way have a bright red color, dry fragrance and moistness, and can be said to be colorful, fragrant and delicious.

  Those little kids would specifically pick out the pineapple from inside and eat it, after finishing, they would also take away the Coca-Cola, Sprite, etc. on each table. This is also a hobby of rural children, that half bottle of unfinished Coke, they might be able to hide it away and drink it for two days, the bottle can also be used to hold other things, or wait for the garbage collector to come. Some kids who couldn't get any even started fighting, instantly causing some adults to scold loudly. Chu Jiaqiang had no choice but to take out ice cream to compensate those kids who couldn't get any.

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