Chapter Eighty-Eight: Reckoning
"It's so fragrant...... "Qixi hurriedly ran over and lifted the covered rice bowl and smiled.
"I boiled it for more than half a day, I also fried sauerkraut shredded potatoes, fried egg sauce, yesterday you didn't give a handful of fresh green onions and the little cabbage, just wash it and eat it, but the sauerkraut taste is not enough. Yun Rong was happy to see it, turned around and went to the table to serve food.
"Enough is enough, saliva is going to come out as soon as I hear it, it's good to have my sister at home, as soon as I get home, there will be a hot meal to eat, hurry up, wash your hands and eat." As soon as she heard that Qixi was in good spirits, these were all her favorite foods, so she turned her head and hurriedly washed her hands.
When I moved, I didn't get anything to eat, this big ballast and sauerkraut or something were sent by my grandmother's house after the Chinese Valentine's Day, and the sauerkraut alone was sent to most of the half tank, which was almost enough for the family to eat, and my grandmother also said that the family was pickled a lot this year, not enough to send it again.
Of course, the shallots and cabbage were made out of the space during the Tanabata Festival, and when the vegetable seedlings were transplanted, they made some relatively large ones, enough for their own family to eat, and the rest grew slowly, and they could be sold in a few days.
The big ballast porridge that has been cooked to the fire, without boiling the pot, the fragrance is all over the house, with cabbage and shallots dipping sauce, and then some shredded potatoes with sauerkraut fried with dried chilies, not to mention how fragrant.
I didn't care about eating dumplings at home, and after standing for a busy day, I was so hungry that my heart was close to my back, and the family washed their hands and hurried to eat first.
Qixi ate two bowls in one go, and then put down the dishes and chopsticks with satisfaction, but Li still thought she ate less, and said that there was no idle time this day, and she couldn't stand it if she didn't eat more.
"Mother, it's a lot. If she eats again, she will eat more than me, why does my little sister love to eat big ballast porridge so much. I don't usually see her eat so much. Jing Sheng interjected and laughed on the side.
After dinner, we picked up the dishes and chopsticks together. Yun Rong quickly washed the dishes and cleaned up the stove, and the family gathered around the table, with the account book and a few money bags spread out in front of them.
Qixi looked at the expressions on the faces of her family, all of them were expectant and uneasy, in fact, she was the same, most of the work today was not in front of the stall, just listening to the second brother said that the business was good, but she didn't know how much she had sold.
Whether it's going to the stall or staying at home, I'm very nervous at this time, and this reckoning can tell how much Lu Dao earns in a day today.
Tanabata started to open the money bag for selling dumplings first. All the brass plates and two small pieces of silver were poured on the kang, and the broken silver from the other two money bags was poured on the table.
"Why is there so much silver? This is all for sale?" Yun Rong was startled when he saw it, this is too much, how much can the dumplings be worth? Not to mention the copper plate, the light and broken silver look like there are more than a dozen taels.
Qixi shook his head: "No, the copper plate and these two small pieces of silver are obtained by selling dumplings, and I will tell you the rest later, eldest sister and second sister, you come over to help first, most of them are wrong." ”
As he spoke, he lowered his head and counted the copper plates. The main thing is to see if there is anything wrong with the account, the eldest brother also sells a bowl during the day to record a bowl, the account and the money are matched, and it is good to calculate how much you can earn by deducting the capital.
Yun Rong looked at the little sister and said this, and the family's face was a little wrong. I wanted to ask quickly, but I saw that the little sister had already begun to count the copper plates, and the eldest brother and the second brother were also looking at the accounts carefully. I shut up first and hurried over with my second sister to help.
Shen Chenghou and his wife and Xiaoshi gathered around and watched without blinking.
"Big brother. We count here one thousand one hundred and seventy-six wen, plus these two pieces of silver. A total of one or two six dollars and seventy-six cents. The sisters counted carefully one by one, and saw that the number was correct, and only reported a total after the last.
There are six tables set up in the house, one table can seat four people, each table is full when the business is at its best, and the big money bags that are specially sewn are all earned today, and those who come to the market do not have a copper plate or something in their hands, and it is still after the end that someone takes two small pieces of silver to pay the bill, or all of them are copper plates, and there are more than a thousand.
"I'm here remembering three hundred and thirty-six bowls, which should be taken back...... One two, six cents, and eighty cents, so you lost four cents?" Jingwen frowned and said.
"Do we really sell more than 300 bowls of Lu?" Li Shi heard the children's words clearly, and still couldn't believe it, turned his head to look at his husband, this is the first day, even if the place is good, but in the end it is something that has not been eaten, how can it be sold to this old man?
Shen Chenghou was also full of surprise, and when he heard his wife ask, he lowered his head and thought about it: "Yes, when our business was good for a few while, we were a little too busy." ”
When there were a lot of people, Shen Chenghou was busy cooking dumplings, Li and Yunduo were a rollout and a bag, fortunately, the two of them were fast, Jingwen Jingsheng added water to collect money and took dumplings to clean up the table or something, where was the Qixi Festival busy to help where, no wonder they were tired enough at the end of the day, and they actually sold more than 300 bowls.
This bowl of twelve dumplings, that is, they sold more than 4,000 dumplings?
"On the eve of the first day, let me get those old stuffings, I'm afraid that I won't be able to sell them and put them bad, this is ...... When we get back, I don't have anything left. Shen Chenghou sighed, no one thought that such a small stall could sell so many old people, even if he opened a shop for a day, he might not be able to sell so much.
"Hmm. Qixi nodded and said with a smile, "This is still the first day, and when I go a few more times in the future, there are more people who know the way, and then there are repeat customers, and there will definitely be more and more people who can sell it by word of mouth."
"But it's also because it's a big gathering today, and our stall is in a good place, and the cold dumplings are just hot to eat this day. Li Shi hurriedly followed and said, she never forgot the affairs of the Zhao family.
"Then how much did our family earn today?" I will calculate ......" Jing Sheng was anxious, just listening to how much was sold, and he was about to calculate how much was left after deducting the capital.
"Four texts are nothing, there are a lot of people today, and it is possible to lose a few articles when you are busy. Qixi smiled at the eldest brother first, and didn't care about the four yuan, so he turned his head to stop her second brother and calculated, "The cost of a bowl of our dumplings is more than three yuan, and the cost of more than three hundred bowls is about 1,200 yuan...... Four hundred and seventy texts. ”
"Ah...... So much?" Jing Sheng was dumbfounded, even if he thought that he should have made a lot of money just now, or he would not have to settle the account with full expectation, but when he heard that it was nearly half a tael of silver, it was still much beyond his imagination.
"Well, in this way, as long as our family works hard, we can have anything sooner or later, second brother, you and your eldest brother will not have to worry about going to school, and our family will be able to save a sum of money until the spring of next year." "Qixi seems to be much calmer, but in fact, I am also very happy.
Don't underestimate these more than 470 Wen, if you can catch six market days in a month, you can almost earn nearly three taels of silver, and there will be more than 30 taels in a year, not counting the New Year's Festival.
You can't become a fat person by eating in one bite, you have to come little by little, that is, the six acres of medium land at home are served, and there is not so much left in a year, and the income of this day is really surprising to the whole family.
Tanabata hasn't said anything about going to "cyclamen" to deliver dumpling fillings and dishes, and she can't say anything if she doesn't give the letter, so she just waits and sees, planning that if "cyclamen" can't look at it, she can't run more on the next market day, why don't you worry about selling it, but in fact, she still has some confidence in her heart.
The family was so happy that they couldn't speak, Shen Chenghou and his wife were so excited that they didn't know what to say, and by the light of the lamp, it seemed that everyone's face was shining, and their faces were full of contentment and joy.
After being happy for a while, Yun Rong was a thoughtful person, and he was still thinking about what had just happened, so he asked again, and then Qixi hesitated and told her.
"Why are you so bold? You still do it with others, who are they?" Yun Rong was anxious when he heard this, especially when he heard that the second brother also scolded others, he turned his head and slapped him first, and then said, "No, don't go to the next episode, little sister, I'll go." ”
"Sister, what's the use of you going?" Qixi couldn't help laughing, sometimes she felt that her eldest sister was like a hen guarding her chickens, and the last time she heard her and Shen Chenghuai do it, she was afraid that she would suffer, "Besides, as soon as this incident comes out today, no one will dare to provoke our family on the big set in the future, just look at it, there will only be people stuttering in the future, and there will definitely be nothing to do in our business." ”
"It's my fault today, I shouldn't have been so ...... at that time" As soon as Qixi finished speaking, Jing Sheng smiled and lowered his head and said.
"Second brother, it's not your fault, everyone would be angry at that time. Qixi shook his head, "Besides, you didn't say anything later......
"I didn't say it later because ......" Jing Sheng turned his head, the eleven-year-old boy's face was unwilling, "They are not afraid of us at all, they are afraid of the Zhao family......"
Qixi looked at the second brother in surprise, thinking that he was scared, but she didn't expect it to be the same reason as her, and for the second time today, she found that her second brother's ideas always seemed to be much more mature than his age.
"Our Sheng'er is right...... Li Shi touched the head of his second son when he heard this, remembering that the child was protecting the stall today, remembering the fear at that time, his eyes were red, "It's my father and mother who are useless, and I don't have the ability to protect you." ”
Shen Chenghou also sighed, his wife was right, it was useless for them to be parents, at that time, those people wanted to do it, and he had nothing to do except protect his wife and children and want to fight with them.
"No, Daddy......" Jing Sheng saw that his father and mother were sad, and immediately said anxiously, clenching his fists, "Don't worry, sooner or later, one day, we will all be promising, no one in our family will dare to look down on us one day, we don't need to be protected by others, just our own family." (To be continued......)