Chapter 17 Parents go to the provincial capital
Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye it's the weekend, Feng Yiping is like an arrow, and Feng Wen only spent more than 20 minutes trekking through mountains and rivers from the school, and ran home in one go, so it's good to be young, he clearly remembers, and then walked through these mountain roads several times, resting and stopping, and it took him an hour to finish, and he was tired and half dead.
Today's dish is particularly good, there is fish and meat, and the meat is fried with chili peppers, which is very fragrant and fragrant. The grass carp sent by the nephew, they were not willing to eat it yesterday, they kept it in a pot, and only killed it this morning, half of it was left to be marinated in oil, this half was cut into pieces, fried first, plus tender tofu, and boiled a pot of soup over a fine fire, and now the soup has been boiled into milky white, sprinkled with a handful of shallots, fragrant and delicious.
Feng Zhenchang hadn't come back yet, Mei Qiuping first filled a big bowl for her son and watched him eat. "What did Dad do?"
"I picked up sand, and I already picked a load yesterday. ”
"Oh," Feng Yiping was overjoyed when he heard this, "you've already thought about it?"
"I think about it, Uncle Xi called back yesterday, I asked, this thing can be done, these two days we picked up the early ripening chestnuts on the tree, first hit a basket, and began to try to fry, Uncle Xi will come back when the time comes, if we fry it is that taste, then collect the chestnuts, we can prepare to go out." So take advantage of the good weather in the past two days, pick up a few loads of sand and come back first, so as not to pick up and dry if the weather changes in two days. ”
"Hehe, that's good. Feng Yiping was very happy. To make money, they don't have many options now, and fried chestnuts with sugar should be one of the quickest results, low risk, and relatively sure. If everything goes well, then this few hundred dollars a month is a big difference to the family's situation.
What's more, if this matter is done, at least some of Feng Yiping's thoughts in the future will be respected by his parents, and they will consider it carefully, and when they encounter something, they will also think about discussing it with him, which is also a purpose that Feng Yiping mainly wants to achieve.
Feng Yiping was surprised that his parents were so resolute and resolute, and he also thought about the problem of money, and it seems that the manuscript fee with high hopes cannot be helped at present. "What about the money, what should I do? Knowing that the chestnuts are harvested this month, it turns out that those people who owe money will come to the door to ask for the account, and if they don't have money, they still have to borrow, and it is estimated that it will not be easy to send it away. “
"Oh, we have discussed this, and when the chestnuts are harvested, we will sell the pigs to the dealers in the town. Your dad also said that it would save trouble in the past two days, and I want to raise it for a few more days. ”
That's a good idea. Feng Yiping also understood what his mother meant, it was not that he was reluctant to sell, but that if he raised it for one more day, the pig would grow a little longer, and in a few days, even if it grew a pound or two, it could be sold for a few more yuan.
It wasn't until Feng Yiping finished two bowls of soup that Feng Zhenchang came back with two large bags of river sand. He was also very happy to see his son.
Feng Yiping realized that this kind of happiness was different from learning that he had won the first place in the exam and was rated as a good student. This kind of joy is the joy of seeing that his son can already help the family at a young age, as if he has grown up. From this day on, Feng Yiping also felt that his parents had already treated him as an adult.
A few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, those who planted early-maturing varieties of chestnuts began to beat chestnuts one after another, and when Feng Yiping came back on the weekend again, their chestnuts could also be beaten, and the brother-in-law also came back, and the parents also brought out the results of their several attempts for the two of them to taste.
My uncle is almost thirty years old, because he always practices blindly according to "Martial Arts", he doesn't seem to have any work, he has a good figure, his hair is a little naturally curly, he is wearing a leather jacket, and his lower body is a pair of jeans, which looks very energetic.
When he saw Feng Yiping, he rubbed his head, "Not bad, Yiping, not only has good grades, but also gives ideas to the family, and he has grown up!"
Feng Yiping smiled, "Uncle, you are very tasteful and handsome!"
Mei Yiliang also smiled, "Yes, I have a good eye!"
Feng Yiping trotted a few steps, looked at the finished product made by his parents on the table, and then said, "You can go to your mother-in-law's house!"
"Hehe," Feng Zhenchang and Mei Qiuping couldn't stop laughing, Mei Yiliang chased after him and wanted to hit his forehead with his finger, "It's terrible, dare to make a joke of me now." ”
Feng Yiping hurriedly begged for mercy, "Uncle, it's important to get down to business, what do you think of this chestnut?"
In the dustpan on the table, there are chestnuts that my parents have just fried, about two catties or more, exuding a sweet smell. Feng Yiping carefully turned it out and looked at it, it was still good, and they were all laughing.
Pick one up, the shell is easy to peel, and the membrane inside is also separated from the chestnut meat, and it will be torn off with a few strokes. This time, I used the tea oil and caramel that my uncle brought back, and the taste was also very positive, but because it was freshly harvested, there was more moisture.
Mei Yiliang tasted a few and nodded, "It tastes good, but there are few fried at home at one time, and it will be a little more difficult to change to a large pot." ”
Mei Qiuping said, "It's not for the emperor to cook a full banquet of the Manchu and Han Dynasty, after cooking for so many years, I still have this level, isn't it just that it is difficult to grasp the heat of the cauldron? ”
Well, this Feng Yiping believes, but he still has to pick thorns, "Now these look like the color is still okay, but the size is different, this one still has to be picked, the size is even, and the appearance is better." ”
Mei Qiuping was a little anxious, like this, her family couldn't make up more than 400 catties of chestnuts, "As long as it's delicious, I'm afraid it's okay!"
"Mom, no matter what other people do, we must do it well, so that we can sell it better than others, besides, those leftover chestnuts are not still collected in the mound, and they can still be sold for money. ”
Feng Zhenchang made the decision, "Then it's better to pick it and buy it for me, I am not happy to see the size of the big and small I bought, and I may not buy it again in the future." "It seems that he has taken into account the problem of repeat customers.
"In addition, the chestnuts are peeled out and picked, and we still have to dry them for two or three days, so that the taste is more authentic. It's good to take it to the provincial capital like this, otherwise it will still be moldy and bad. ”
Mei Qiuping was a little resistant, and after two or three days, she was lighter than a few catties, that is, there were no tens or hundreds of yuan, but what her son said was right, if you don't dry it, the chestnuts will be moldy and rotten after a long time, which is a pity.
The overall situation has been decided, and at dinner, Feng Yiping asked his uncle, "Uncle, you are familiar with the provincial capital, is there a place where schools are more concentrated, whether it is primary school, middle school or university, it is better to have more girls, are you familiar with such a place?"
Mei Yiliang groaned, "Of course, primary and secondary schools are not concentrated, but universities are concentrated, do you mean, don't go to places like farmers' markets, find schools, especially places with many girls?"
"Yes," Feng Yiping said, "first, the farmer's market is in a good location, but there are many disputes and troubles; second, most of the people who buy vegetables are housewives and retired old ladies and old men, who pay attention to the cost performance, and must think that it is cost-effective to buy chestnuts to cook or fry them themselves." Looking for something near the school, because, for example, in elementary school, parents pick up children home, children see our stall, clamoring to eat, parents don't buy him will cry and make trouble, half a catty is only two or three yuan of things, generally parents will rely on their children, as for more girls, of course, because girls like to eat these things more than boys. ”
The three adults were a little surprised, the parents were a little surprised with pride, and the brother-in-law gave a thumbs up, "I can't see it, you still have a set, then I'll go around the provincial capital when I go back, there must be such a place, I'll rent a house around there." ”
"Also," Feng Yiping said, "college students have more free time, and primary and middle schools can only wait for the afternoon when school is out, so we sell them near the university at the rest of the time, and when the primary school ends at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, we go to the primary school." ”
"That's no problem, I know that many universities now have affiliated primary and secondary schools, which are not too far away. Mei Yiliang said.
The uncle stayed at home for four days and helped bring all the chestnuts to the house, and then Feng Zhenchang and Mei Qiuping got up early and touched the dark, and it took three whole days to peel all the chestnuts out.
It was not an easy job, and after three days, both of them had back pain and couldn't sit up straight. Fortunately, the weather is good, the autumn is high and cool, the sun is shining, pick out the chestnuts of uniform size, less than three hundred catties, Mei Qiuping takes care of the drying. As for Feng Zhenchang, he went to Zhiming's house to help peel chestnuts, and they are now confident, and they are discussing selling them at least four or five hundred catties, of course, they want to be evenly sized and give money at the end of the year.
The husband and wife were busy waiting for Mei Yiliang's call. Feng Yiping is in a better mood at school, he goes to class every day, goes to the head teacher's house to find Teacher Zhu, finds time to write something, and at the same time, he is also full of hope, anxiously waiting for the reply from the magazine.
Finally, just after the National Day, Mei Yiliang called his sister and brother-in-law to inform him that the place had been found, the house had been rented, and everything that should be used such as gasoline barrels and stoves had been prepared, and his sister and brother-in-law could prepare to go to the provincial capital.
Feng Zhenchang hurriedly bought the pig, Mei Qiuping arranged all the things at home, handed over the key to Feng Weidong's house next door, and asked them to help take care of it, the couple took more than 200 catties of chestnuts from their own family, plus more than 100 catties of rice, divided into three burdens, and asked Dongming to help, the three of them first picked up the side of the road, and then stopped a tractor, transported it to the town, and then full of hope, took the shuttle bus to the provincial capital.
Three days later, the couple called Mei Jianzhong, who had already settled down and sold thirteen catties on the first day.
A week later, on October 16th, just on the day of Chongyang, the postman went to Mei Jianzhong's house, said that he was looking for saliva to drink, and handed him a postal package, which should contain a book, and the recipient wrote that Mei Jianzhong transferred Feng Yiping to collect, and quietly gave him a remittance slip, the amount was 2,300 yuan.
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