Chapter Twenty-Seven: Death Saves Face
When Zhao Siniang went to Qingfeng Building, Blacksmith Li had already built the small tweezers. So Zhao Yongzhong and his wife quickly left the blacksmith shop and embarked on the return journey.
I didn't go early today, but I was delayed for the little tweezers in the middle, so when I returned to Jiang's house, it was much earlier than the previous two days.
The Yang family had already finished the tofu, and had just picked up a few baskets of sweet potatoes from the cellar, and were about to take them to the river to wash. When they saw that Zhao Yongzhong and his son actually bought two pig's heads and a lot of pig's trotters and came back, they were all surprised and hurriedly surrounded them.
"Kid, father, didn't you say you went to buy pigs to go into the water? Why didn't the pig go into the water, but got so many pig's heads and trotters back? Jiang Shiqi said.
"The pigs were all sold, so I bought these and came back." Zhao Yongzhong replied, and then repeated the verbal agreement reached between Zhao Siniang and Sun Ji Butcher Shop.
"Siniang, you and Sun Ji discussed that he would wrap up his pigs every day, why did you buy these pig heads or something? Although the pig's head is much cheaper than pork, if the pig's head can't be sold, it will lose twenty or thirty dollars every day! Jiang said heartbrokenly. After speaking, he couldn't help glaring at Zhao Yongzhong, and said angrily: "You don't persuade a little, it's all up to the child to mess around!" ā
Zhao Yongzhong saw his daughter-in-law count him down in front of everyone, touched his head, and smiled embarrassedly.
"Mother, don't blame Dad, it's none of Dad's business. When I wanted to buy it, my father stopped me! Zhao Siniang was busy identifying Zhao Yongzhong, and explained: "If we are only willing to pack pigs into the water, people may not be willing to help us keep them every day." You think, our family's business mainly depends on this pig to get into the water. Let's just talk about today, although we didn't calculate carefully, our family used two pairs of pigs to make food, and it is estimated that it has sold hundreds of Wen. If the pig can't supply it one day, we won't have the money to make! ā
"What Siniang said makes sense. Only by ensuring the supply of our pigs can this business be done for a long time, even if it is worth spending some money! And I believe that Siniang can make the pig water so delicious, how can the pig head she made not sell? I'm sure I'll be able to earn my money back with interest! Zhao Sanniang strongly supported Zhao Siniang.
"Yes, sister, Siniang worshipped a famous teacher, and you can put a hundred and twenty hearts on the dishes she cooks!" Jiang Yue'e also fully believes in her little niece's cooking skills.
"Mother, I'll cook a brine pig's head meat for you to taste later, and you'll know that your worries are all in vain!" Zhao Siniang said with a smile.
Jiang Shi thought about it, and said with relief: "Okay, then you can burn it for me to eat, I want to see how delicious it is!" ā
Zhao Siniang smiled and said, "Bao you have a bite and want to eat a second bite!" ā
Jiang had just done it, but Yang asked with a worried face: "I bought all this thing, forget it." But Siniang, you gave the butcher shop owner a deposit of 20 yuan, in case he turns his face and denies it one day, what can he do? ā
"Yesterday, in order to buy the five pairs of pigs into the water, I ran three butcher shops before and after, and after comparison, I still think this Sun Ji butcher shop is the most sincere. And I also inquired, Sun Ji Butcher's Shop has a very good reputation on that street, and it is indeed as Boss Sun himself said. I'm sure he won't break his sign for the sake of that twenty cents. Zhao Siniang smiled confidently.
Hearing Zhao Siniang say this, the Yang family was relieved.
Because there were only Old Man Jiang and Zhao Sanlang in the field now, Zhao Yongzhong drank a sip of water and went to the field to help. The Yang family continued to wash sweet potatoes by the river.
Before going out, Jiang told Zhao Siniang to rest at home. A ten-year-old girl has to make suggestions in the past two days, and she has to go to the shop to help, and she has to go to the town to buy things, she must be tired, and Jiang Shi is very distressed when she thinks of this.
Zhao Siniang nodded obediently, but as soon as her mother left the house, she ran to deal with these pig heads, pig trotters and pig tails.
Looking at these fluffy guys, Zhao Siniang let out a long sigh. Actually, she was looking for someone to help! But two days ago, she asked the Jiang family to wash the pig lungs, and asked them to wash the pig intestines, and now let them help deal with these, she really can't open her mouth!
When Zhao Sanniang came back with a bucket of ground sweet potato pulp, she found that Zhao Siniang, who had just promised to go to rest, was working hard in front of a pig's head, and she didn't even notice that she came in, and her heart couldn't help but feel sour.
"Didn't I tell you to rest for a while?" Zhao Sanniang snatched the tweezers from Zhao Siniang's hand and asked viciously.
"IāI can't sleep......!" Zhao Siniang was taken aback by Zhao Sanniang who suddenly appeared.
"Then sit! I'll leave this one alone! Zhao Sanniang ordered.
"I ...... Oh! Zhao Siniang wanted to insist that I could do it myself, but when I saw Zhao Sanniang's expressionless face, I swallowed the words very spinelessly.
Zhao Siniang, who was idle, sat on the small bench in the stove, her chin with her hands on her chin and looked around boredly. Suddenly, I saw the bag of snacks she had put on the stove, and hurriedly ran over to open it. I saw that there were four pieces of a layer in it, a total of four layers, a total of sixteen pieces of dim sum printed with the words "Qingfeng Building System".
"Second sister, you try it!" Zhao Siniang picked up a piece and put it to Zhao Sanniang's mouth, and said with a flattering smile.
Zhao Sanniang only felt a burst of sweet fragrance, and when she looked closely, what Zhao Siniang was holding in her hand was a delicately made snow-white snack, and she couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Siniang, where did this dim sum come from?" It can't be bought, right? "Zhao Sanniang has never bought such a precious thing, and she doesn't know its price. However, Zhao Qiao's family occasionally asked her second uncle to bring back a few pieces of snacks to Zhao Chenglan, and she heard Zhao Chenglan show off that this kind of fine point would be sold for at least ten yuan a piece! And the dim sum in Zhao Siniang's hand is obviously more exquisite than what Zhao Chenglan eats, how much does this cost! Is this something that costs money? Zhao Sanniang was so distressed.
Zhao Siniang saw her second sister's heartbroken expression, and hurriedly explained: "Second sister, don't worry!" This snack was given to me by the shopkeeper of a restaurant named 'Qingfeng Lou', and you see there is a big bag! With that, he pointed to the bag of snacks on the stove.
Zhao Sanniang thought to herself, it is impossible for their family to afford such a big bag, it seems that it was really given by someone. She couldn't help but wonder: "Why did the shopkeeper send you such a valuable thing?" ā
It's because your sister and I look cute! Of course, Zhao Siniang couldn't say that, so she had to say: "I told the shopkeeper that our family made a new kind of food called fish balls, and I will send him some tomorrow, and he felt that he couldn't take advantage of our family, so he sent me a bag of snacks." ā
"But isn't this fish ball still made yet? In case it ...... done" Zhao Sanniang saw Zhao Siniang pouting a small mouth, and hurriedly stopped what she wanted to say.
"Alright! Second sister, you can taste it! Zhao Siniang put the snack on Zhao Sanniang's mouth and said coquettishly.
Zhao Sanniang couldn't just take a bite, only to feel that this snack melted in her mouth, and a sweet smell lingered on the tip of her tongue, and praised: "It's delicious!" ā
"It's delicious, then the second sister, you can eat more!" Zhao Siniang persuaded with a smile.
Zhao Sanniang knew that her little sister liked to eat this kind of fine bite. When the year is good, Mr. Zhao will give each child a piece of dim sum on the first day of the first month, and they can get four yuan in three rooms, two yuan for Zhao Shilang, and two yuan for Zhao Siniang. Zhao Shilang will devour it, but Zhao Siniang is reluctant to eat it all at once, break a little every day, and can eat until the fifteenth day of the first month. Zhao Sanniang felt uncomfortable when she thought about it, and hurriedly said: "The second sister has eaten enough, you can keep the rest of the fourth mother and eat it slowly!" ā
"Huh? Where's the dim sum? Just when the two sisters were pushing and giving in, the Yang family came back with the ground sweet potato pulp. They were followed by Zhao Shilang and Jiang Xiaohu, who came back from collecting firewood.
Zhao Sanniang repeated Zhao Siniang's remarks again.
I saw Zhao Siniang and Jiang Xiaohu, two children, looked at the half of the stuffed dim sum in Zhao Siniang's hand, and then glanced at the unsealed dim sum on the stove, and then looked at Zhao Siniang with their two pairs of wet eyes and complaining.
Ahem, why does she have a sense of guilt about being caught stealing? Oh my God, she didn't even eat a bite! There are a total of sixteen pieces of dim sum, and there are twelve people in the family, although she has just given birth to one piece for each of the others, and she and Zhao Sanniang have the idea of three pieces per person, but they haven't had time to implement it!
Zhao Siniang has many shortcomings, one of which is to die to save face. She has always been determined to establish a lofty image in front of children, how can she let others misunderstand that she wants to eat alone behind her children's back?
"This snack, I plan to keep it for the second brother, Xiaohu and Pear Blossom. However, there are sixteen yuan in a pack, and it is difficult for three people to divide it, so I let the second sister eat one piece, and the rest is exactly five yuan per person! As soon as Zhao Siniang's words fell, Zhao Shilang and Jiang Xiaohu cheered.
"Siniang, don't you like to eat snacks? Keep some for yourself! Zhao Sanniang persuaded. She was afraid that her sister would be embarrassed to say that.
"I've eaten all in Qingfeng Building. These are specially asked by the shopkeeper for me to take home and give to the children at home. Zhao Siniang said with a smile on her face, but she thought sadly in her heart: Alas, I am also a child! Actually, I want to eat it too, but my skin is also very important.
So Zhao Siniang coaxed Zhao Sanniang to finish eating the remaining half of the dim sum, gently patted off the crumbs on her hand, and personally handed the bag of dim sum to Jiang Xiaohu, her appearance was generous and decent, and her heart was full of reluctance.
However, seeing the two children holding snacks and happily looking for Jiang Lihua who was taking a nap in the room, Zhao Siniang's reluctance disappeared.