15. Fish tofu
CHAPTER XV
After arriving at the dock, they were busy setting up the stalls, and the person who had bought something last time came over to say hello, "Little brother, I came early today." β
It was almost noon when I arrived here yesterday, and it's not eleven o'clock today. Songbai nodded, "Big brother just call me Songbai." "I drank a lot of alcohol yesterday, and today I feel dizzy, and I have the patience to talk to people.
The enthusiastic eldest brother immediately changed his words, "Brother Songbai, I am Liu Haizi from Peach Blossom Village." I ate your braised vegetables yesterday, alas, it's delicious. β
Songbai showed his white teeth, and his smile was not big, which made people feel very comfortable, "Brother Liu likes to eat." "Put the cold skin and braised vegetables in a good position," how much money can Brother Liu earn a day? β
Brother Liu shook his head, "I can't earn many miles, if there are more goods, I can earn two or five or six wen a day, and when I am less, I can only earn a dozen wen." The key is to be tired, so take advantage of the time when the family is not busy to earn a small amount of money. β
Orange calculated in his heart, labor is really cheap. The workers on the docks are all coolies, and they earn a lot of money when they do a lot of work, and it is not easy for anyone.
The Song couple who sold the baked cakes also came at this time, and Song baked cakes waved their hands with Songbai, and were slapped down by his daughter-in-law, and glared at Song baked cakes. One after another, people came to the orange stall to buy food, and the three of them began to get busy.
"Today, there is a wowotou for sale, a wowotou mixed with white flour, three for a penny, and half a bowl of braised vegetables for a penny, which is delicious and not expensive." Orange shouted, and when he heard this, the person who was going to eat the yakiniku also hesitated. The wowotou mixed with white flour is served with braised vegetables, and it only costs two cents in total, which is more cost-effective than eating baked cakes, and the key is that it is delicious.
The daughter-in-law of Song Yaobiscus is angry, and her strength in rolling dough is two points greater than usual. Song Baked Cake sighed in his heart, he was nagged by his daughter-in-law for half the night when he went home yesterday, disgusted that he had no ability, and now even his business was snatched away by three children.
What can he do, he can only listen to his daughter-in-law's nagging silently. Pedestrians passing by would also look at the orange stalls, and when the child smelled the aroma, he clamored to eat it.
Many people came when Lihua saw the orange shouting, and she also shouted, "Don't miss it when you pass by, the ancestral cold skin, you haven't eaten it, and the delicious braised vegetables and braised meat fruit cakes......"
She didn't shout, just a few words over and over, but also attracted a few pedestrians, there was something to eat, I thought about bringing it back to my wife and children, and the pine and cypress were packed with lotus leaves.
After a busy noon, seeing that today's business was even better than yesterday, the three of them hurriedly ate some food and rushed home. After a few days like this, an uninvited guest came to the stall.
"Brother Pengfei, why are you here?" Rika greeted first, and Songbai also nodded. Peng Fei pulled his shirt awkwardly, "I, I'll eat something, how can this be sold?" β
He pointed to the fruit cake that Orange was making in his hand, "This is a fruit cake, two cents and one piece, with eggs in it." Orange looked up and smiled, why did she think Peng Fei was stupid to read? I don't go home at noon, but I run to the dock to have lunch......
Songbai squinted at Peng Fei, and Peng Fei became even more awkward when he noticed it. He heard the village chief's son Li Hongda say that the oranges had set up a stall on the dock, and he couldn't hold back his thoughts, so the ghost sent the gods to the dock.
But when I went to the dock, I saw that the orange and the pine and the cypress were so intimate, even he and the orange were not so intimate in the past. This made his heart feel more like a thorn, he knew that Orange was his future daughter-in-law since he was a child, and he treated Orange differently. Except for Songbai, he never saw Orange get close to other boys.
Now he can't even accept the intimacy of oranges and pines, but what can he do! Even coming to the dock is sneaky, he has nothing to do with Orange anymore, his family is not in the village anymore, he and Orange are ...... after all
"Brother Pengfei, your fruit cake is ready." Orange finished the fruit cake and was about to give it to Peng Fei, but Songbai took the fruit cake, "Peng Fei, your fruit cake, you don't need money this time, you can go home quickly." β
He frowned when he spoke, Peng Fei was stunned and took the fruit cake, the heat of the cake reached his palm, and his heart suddenly felt much better. When I took a bite into my mouth, it seemed to have the taste of an orange.
Pear Blossom also saw that Peng Fei was wrong, she wouldn't say anything when Orange and Peng Fei were scheduled to kiss in the past, but Orange had already been withdrawn. Just how many people in this village are talking about Sister Orange behind their backs, what is Brother Peng Fei doing?
She preferred to think it was just a coincidence, but for the next few days, Peng Fei appeared in front of the stall at noon every day, out of place in a group of workers. She has always been straightforward and fast-talking, and when she saw Peng Fei coming over again at noon today, she stabbed coldly: "Brother Peng Fei, does my aunt know that you come here to eat every day?" I'm not afraid of delaying time when I go around such a long way, what if I can't pass the exam? β
Peng Fei wanted to open his mouth to say something, but finally closed his mouth and said nothing. Orange is also a little impatient, since the first Pengfei did not give money, these days have not been paid. She estimated that Pengfei didn't have much change, and it would cost him a lot of miles to study.
"Brother Peng Fei, your fruit cake is ready, two cents." Orange handed the fruit cake to Peng Fei, emphasizing the two pennies, she didn't like this person who had nothing to do in front of her, or her ex-fiancΓ©, and she didn't pay for dinner.
"No, orange." Peng Fei took out two pennies from his arms and handed them to the palm of the orange. Orange's impression of him is even worse, why didn't he give him miles a few days ago when he was rich? They are not without a business, and the three of them are tired and half dead all day long.
Orange stuffed the money into Songbai's purse, Peng Fei looked at it, thinking that if he didn't go home, his mother should nag again, and was about to go back, when he saw that his mother Han was in front of him.
"Okay, I said why are you going home later and later every day, and I asked Li Hongda before I knew that you came to the dock, what are you doing in such a dirty place!" Han shouted at Peng Fei in a loud voice, with long hanging triangular eyes, pointed chin, and a thin layer of powder on his face, which was significantly younger than both Chen and Sun. Squinted his eyes and glanced at the orange, "Isn't this the orange that I withdrew?" Why did you come to the dock to do business, and your family can't live anymore? β
Pear Blossom stared angrily, Songbai stood in front of the orange and looked directly at Han, Han sneered, "Yo, this is not Songbai?" What's the matter, is this messed with oranges? Don't forget, that's the daughter-in-law of my Zhang family! β
The surrounding workers all gathered in a circle to watch the excitement, and Song Yaobi's daughter-in-law also squeezed into the crowd and interjected: "I also heard that the concubines of the landlord Li in the town committed suicide because of the two of them, these two are not good things." Her family's business has plummeted during this time, and she asked her relatives to find out about this in Beihe Village, which is not a secret in Beihe Village.
There is also the uneven speaker for Songbai and Orange, "I don't look like the two of them, besides, this Xiucai old man comes here to eat at noon every day, and they don't pay much attention to this Xiucai master, is it a mistake......" Peng Fei was wearing a long robe worn by literati, which was indeed very eye-catching in this place.
When Han heard that his son was so cowardly, he spat on the ground, "Chi Chengzi was withdrawn by my Zhang family, whoever loves it wants it!" She's just angry that my son is Xiucai, son, go home for dinner......"
Peng Fei saw that the faces of the three of them were gloomy, and the ground did not move under his feet. Orange took a deep breath and said, "Auntie, I didn't think about marrying your Zhang family!" In the past, it was set to be a baby parent, and your family was developed and looked down on our family, and we also understood this. Besides, we set up a stall here every day, and Zhang Pengfei came to the door by himself. β
When Peng Fei heard the sound of "Zhang Pengfei", he felt a block on his chest, pulling Han out of the crowd, and Han had to pay attention to it. Seeing the people around him pointing, he stomped his feet and walked home, and Songbai said loudly behind him: "I grew up with Orange since childhood, like brother and sister, aunt, you said this to use up all the friendships of several families in their previous lives." Peng Fei's body stiffened, and he lost more than just oranges......
"Everyone disperse, as for the concubine of Landlord Li that Sister-in-law Song said just now, whether she dies or not has nothing to do with me." Songbai arched his hand to everyone, "We will continue to come tomorrow." β
None of the three of them was in the mood to continue doing business, so they packed up their things and walked to the village, and Lihua scolded Peng Fei Niang for a while on the road, and Xing Niang for a while. It is estimated that the two of them will have to do it in front of them, Orange smiled and touched Pear Blossom's head, Pear Blossom leaned over to look at Orange, "Sister, how can you still laugh?" β
"I'm happy, Zhang Pengfei won't use it to eat in the future, and the province will be annoyed when he sees him." Orange wiped the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief, and when he saw that Songbai's head was also sweaty, he wiped it for him.
Pear Blossom was also happy, "But isn't it, why did you say that Brother Peng Fei became like this, his mother is really amazing, fortunately you didn't marry into their family." β
"People always become, not to mention that their family is now in the town, so they don't look down on our villagers. But in the future, we will earn money to become landlords and go to the town to buy a house. β
After the three of them went back, they didn't mention what happened in the town, didn't they just add to the family? Li Lao Er sent fish to her house twice, and today she sent another one, she was fat, and now Chen is not affectionate when she sees Li Lao Er. Orange went back to the house for a nap, and when the weather was cooler, she started to make fish tofu.
She makes fish tofu because she wants to sell it, and because she is hungry for oden. The fish tofu has no thorns and is delicious in aspects. Chop the fish into fish puree, add eggs, ginger juice, etc., and steam it into a cake base. Golden and creamy, fresh and smooth, neat and white when cut, smooth and sweet.
In the evening, I made a spicy fragrant pot with fish tofu and potato and green vegetable root, and after two days, I made fish balls and shrimp balls, and this dish was even more delicious.