Chapter 71: When the Hardest Time Didn't Start (40 Plus)
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"Your money, save it yourself. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In case that kid passes the exam, you think your money can be used. Just to go to the provincial capital, I don't know how much silver it will cost. Mrs. Li sighed lightly, she collected the cost just now, and then looked at the small pile of copper, and really felt that her daughter was so miserable.
Li Xiucai was silent, if he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of fifteen, it might be the most difficult first step for them.
But the words have already come out, all he can do is be silent, and let his daughter figure it out for herself.
I can't help but think, when he gave up, did he regret it? Because of regret, deep down in his heart, he hoped that Zeng Fan could be admitted. At the very least, someone in the family who succeeds can fill the void. But when he saw his daughter's rough little hands because she kept working, he couldn't bear it anymore. Working so hard, just to realize other people's dreams, he felt distressed and unbearable when he thought of this.
He knew that when he gave up, the whole family was relieved. And when he gave up, he knew that he had the backing of his clan and that he could come back to teach. But that Zeng Fan, if he is admitted to Xiucai at the age of fifteen, and then he will never be able to pass the exam, what will he do?
Alas! Li Xiucai's heart was full of pain, and sure enough, for a father, it seemed that no matter how he chose, it was wrong.
Li Ping didn't bother to think so much, cleaned the pots and pans, did needlework for a while, saw that the time was almost up, and went to the market with Mrs. Li. That's the closing point, in the morning Li Niangzi rushed to a morning market, collected some things, the morning market is actually a little more expensive, now the evening market, the last thing, naturally have to be cleared quickly.
So, Li Ping collected some small miscellaneous fish, as well as all kinds of miscellaneous pieces that people didn't want on the meat stall. Then there are all kinds of melons and fruits, Mrs. Li is a good hand at shouting prices, and people also want to collect their stalls and go home early, so all kinds of cheap.
Li Ping saw that it was almost over, and followed her mother to drive home. Dinner is to pick the good first, Li Ping put the small fish on the side of the well one by one to squeeze out the internal organs, clean it, the best thing for this kind of small fish is to wrap it in batter and fry it. Whether it's a drink or a snack for children, it's good.
So, she divided half of it and let her mother fry it later as a dish, and she put the rest aside for later use.
The miscellaneous things are all things that people don't want, and these things are generally more difficult to deal with, and Mrs. Li usually doesn't want to deal with them, thinking it's too smelly and disgusting.
If even a person as frugal and skilled as Mrs. Li doesn't want to buy it, it's really difficult to deal with it. But for the sake of my daughter, I decided to help. However, Li Ping didn't let her, she just asked about the method, and she cleaned it repeatedly by the well until there was no smell at all.
Brother Hao came back from school to see that Li Ping was still busy, and felt that it was really hard, but he felt that it was amazing, because those things he had never seen before.
"What is this? Why is it such a big piece and is it delicious? Brother Hao squatted next to Li Ping, pointed to a large piece of pink and nearly white flesh and asked.
"Pig lungs, I'll have to cook soup later." Li Ping's imperial physician said that her lung qi was insufficient, although it was mainly caused by spleen deficiency, but it was also very important to clear the lungs and nourish them, and she often made people cook pig lung soup to drink. The taste is very good, and it is very refreshing to cook a clear bowl with radish, and you don't need to eat meat.
"Oh, then I'll have a big bowl." Brother Hao was really happy.
Li Ping smiled, but looking at the stove at home, it was too small, stared at the yard for a while, and hurriedly said to his father, "Dad, let's build a stove in the courtyard, a smaller pot, two stoves." ”
"Okay, I'll go find someone." Li Xiu is a good father, he will go out to find someone immediately, this kind of thing does not mean that you can do it immediately if you find someone right away, you can only come after you go and say it is good, and then people prepare the materials before they can come.
Li Ping saw that her mother finished steaming the rice, and hurriedly went to cook the soup. It was only cut into a small piece, soaked in water, rinsed again, and fried in a pot to dry, and the clay pot on the other side of the porridge had been boiled, and the ginger and pig lungs were put in to boil.
The cauldron here is cleared and ready to cook. She bought all the ingredients for today's dinner, but she felt that the family's living expenses could really be saved.
The vegetables I bought in the afternoon, pick and choose, and put the good ones aside, these can be eaten by the family or put away. If it's not good, wash it and remove the rotten ones that you can't want. The bruised area is cut off and put in the basket where the pig's food is cooked, and after a while the mother can cook them all and give them to the pigs.
She basically refused to think that what she was going to give Zeng Fan and them to eat tomorrow was basically the same as what pigs ate.
So their dinner is just a normal stewed rice, but there are vegetables. After buying so many dishes, I naturally picked the fresh ones and took them out to fry them tenderly. The small fish Li Niangzi was not fried, but burned.
In fact, it's quite simple, pour some oil, put garlic and ginger to stir-fry, then put bean paste to fry red oil, then pour the small fish into it, and then put some water, slowly cook until the juice is thick and thick, and when it comes out, it is a red oil watercress fish.
Li Ping doesn't eat spicy, so there is no spicy food in this dish, only the salty and fresh bean paste, of course, Li Niangzi also added a little sugar, and the taste was immediately raised.
"Master, it's delicious, but there are too many thorns." Because of eating fish, Brother Hao finally got his small chopsticks, and he couldn't help but eat a little slower.
"But it's delicious!" Mrs. Li was in a good mood, and said to him with a smile and tilted her head.
"That's right, okay, let's make other delicious dishes without so many thorns in the future!" Brother Hao nodded, but he still changed his words slyly. He's lazy, so he doesn't want to eat like this in the future.
"Eating fish will be smart!" Li Ping said softly, she also made herself a pair of small chopsticks with pointed heads, which is the best way to eat fish, take off the meat little by little, and leave a complete small fish head with fish bone spur frame.
She did it on purpose, she earned 48 yuan today, but in the afternoon she had to buy vegetables, buy rice, and prepare the money for the stove, and now, she can foresee that she will be in deficit for several days. In fact, to be a female celebrity, no matter how diligent you are, thirty or forty dollars a day are about the same. That's a lot simpler. But that's something she can only do alone, but this is what she can do for her family. By the way, you can also teach Brother Hao.
Just like now, obviously this kind of small fish, she asked her mother to put more vinegar, and the bones were crispy and the flesh was rotten at this time. It's really something that can be eaten with bones attached. And bones are good for children, the old saying is not true, form complements form. But now, she began to want Brother Hao to start using chopsticks.
He had actually been training for a long time, but he thought it was fun, and he didn't think that he could use chopsticks for eating, so when it was time to eat, he went straight to get his spoon. Obviously, he can use his teeth and chopsticks to catch pebbles that don't slip his hands. Now, in this way, she is actually telling him that he should eat with chopsticks in the future. (To be continued.) )