Chapter Eighty-Seven: Joy and Prosperity
Today, I was informed that the village had sold fish money, and all the families ran to the ancestral hall with joy, but the money they got was only 20 yuan. Yang Xiuxiu was dumbfounded on the spot, she couldn't believe that the big fish she caught in one net that day was sold for so much money.
It's not that she suspects that the village chief is playing to enrich his own pockets or something, it's just a pity that so many fish are sold so cheaply, no matter how she thinks about it, she feels a loss. Of course, she is the only one who has the idea of 'loss', and everyone got twenty dollars for no reason, and it is too late to be happy.
Yang Xiuxiu thought about it, no matter how she said it, it was also a lot of money for nothing, so she immediately decided to take it out for the whole family to have a good meal.
"Village Chief, do you still have live fish that you haven't sold? I want to buy one and cook it back. "How could she miss such a cheap fish in vain?
"Yes, the ones that are not sold are raised in the small pond at the entrance of the village, and I will ask you Brother Qiangzi to take you over and catch one for you in a while." As soon as he heard that Yang Xiuxiu wanted to buy fish, the village chief was naturally anxious, as for the 'Brother Qiangzi' in his mouth, it was his eldest son, Su Zhengqiang.
By the way, the second son is called Su Fuqiang, and the third son is Su Haoqiang. Yang Xiuxiu was very curious, and she didn't know how the village chief's logic for naming these three babies came from.
"Good Ratcha." Seeing that the village chief was busy distributing money, Yang Xiuxiu pulled Nancy to sit and chat on the old wooden chair in the Su family ancestral hall.
Don't say it, the speed of this penny is really not ordinary, Yang Xiuxiu just had a good time with Nancy here, and the village chief over there shouted after finishing the work at hand. "Qiangzi, I'll keep this account, you take Nancy Niang to the small pond to catch a fish."
Hearing the village chief mention himself, Yang Xiuxiu also consciously stopped playing with Nancy and came to Su Zhengqiang's side. "Brother Qiangzi, I'm sorry for you."
"It's okay, let's go, I'll take you there now." Su Zhengqiang was very face-saving, and agreed to this matter with a pat on his chest, he was so bold.
When he arrived at the small pond, Su Zhengqiang also rolled up his trouser legs and jumped down without saying a word, and caught a big fish in three strokes and two clicks, "Is it okay for Nancy to this?" ”
"Yes, you can." Yang Xiuxiu is actually quite embarrassed, don't you just buy a fish? also bothered Su Zhengqiang to jump into the pond. "Brother Qiangzi, is this pond also from the village?"
How to say it, this fish pond looks very small, probably three Eight Immortal Tables put together so big, and it is rectangular, very special.
"No, this pond belongs to our family, but it is usually idle. No, the village caught fish before it was released here. The water is shallow, and you can't raise fish. Su Zhengqiang explained.
"Oh." Yang Xiuxiu had an idea in her heart, and took the fish from Su Zhengqiang's hand. "Brother Qiangzi, can you sell me this pond in your house?"
"You want to buy a fish pond?" In fact, Su Zhengqiang meant, 'You want to buy this fish pond?' "Nancy, this fish pond can't be raised with fish if it doesn't dig deep." Su Zhengqiang kindly reminded.
"No, I'm not using it to raise fish." Yang Xiuxiu is not so stupid, knowing that the water is shallow and cannot put fish, of course there is another use.
"That's it! Then I'll ask my dad for you. Although Su Zhengqiang said so, he felt sorry for Yang Xiuxiu in his heart, who didn't know that their fish pond was vacant on weekdays, and now someone wants to buy it back and make it clear that they are wronged.
But he could also see that Yang Xiuxiu seemed to like their pond very much, and he didn't talk much as an outsider, so he could only go back and help ask.
"Thank you, Brother Qiangzi, how much is this fish?" Now Yang Xiuxiu is full of thoughts about what she can do with this fish pond, such as planting lotus roots, raising water ducks, and she has even begun to plan to build a fence for this small fish pond.
"Even if it's two pennies." Su Zhengqiang casually gave Yang Xiuxiu a price.
"Two texts? It's so cheap. "Such a big fish is only two cents, and it is no wonder that each family can only divide it into twenty cents in the end. In this life, it is the first time to eat a big fish for two pennies, and it is really cheap.
In fact, Yang Xiuxiu is still too naïve, so she sells it separately for two pennies, and some people buy a lot of it, and they even give it away. Especially the fishmongers who received the wind in the town, they bought more, and they were all calculated by the basket, which was cheaper.
"Mother, do you want to make a lot of delicious food in a while?" Seeing his mother buy fish and meat, Nancy knew he was blessed today.
"Yes, you are obedient, my mother will make you a lot of delicious food." Yang Xiuxiu was in a happy mood, so she learned Nancy's tone and said.
"That's great, mother, I want to help." As soon as she heard that there was something delicious, Nancy could not be calm, and she rolled up her sleeves and came to help.
Today, Su Li went out to fetch firewood, and Yang Xiuxiu decided to cook the meal before Su Li came back. "Okay, okay, then you go and pour a basin of water for your mother first, your mother wants to kill the fish."
"Mother, the water is coming, and then what? And then what? "Look at Nancy's enthusiasm when she hears this, little glutton.
"Then you go and help your mother sue Grandma and the second aunt, and say that you will come to our house for dinner today." It's rare to have a good meal at home, but you can't pull Mrs. Su and Deng Lilian.
"Cier, let's go." Mrs. Su and Deng Lilian usually hurt Nancy a lot, and as soon as they heard that they were going to call them over to eat something delicious together, Nancy ran away.
After processing the fish, Yang Xiuxiu went to the shelf and chose a small jar, this small jar was the first jar of pickles she made, and it was about to be opened.
Speaking of which, there are some stories that happened when these dishes were pickled in the first place. For example, the difference between pickles and sauerkraut, Yang Xiuxiu has eaten pickles here, and they are all sour. This pickle is easy to understand, that is, salt is put to pickle, but where does sauerkraut come from?
Yang Xiuxiu couldn't understand the mystery after thinking about it, so she went to Su Luo's house to find Deng Lilian to learn from the scriptures, but people told her that her method was essentially no different at all, that is, the cabbage was blanched, salted, and then covered and pressed with stones.
As a result, Yang Xiuxiu was very devastated throughout the day, because she couldn't figure out the difference at all. Pickles, sauerkraut, are basically two different things, okay? So she decided that there must be a difference.
Sure enough, the difference is between more salt and less salt. After thinking about it for a whole night, after many discussions with Su Li, Yang Xiuxiu finally realized that pickles and sauerkraut are almost as expensive as salt! It's no wonder that the people here pickle the sauerkraut.
Whether it's pickles or sauerkraut, these things are outdated in modern times, because this thing has another name called kimchi, which is actually adding a lot of seasoning to the recipe to make the taste richer.
Sauerkraut fish, stir-fried meat with sauerkraut, stir-fried diced pork with fungus, a plate of greens, radish bone broth,...... Everyone ate this meal, saying that they had never eaten such delicious sauerkraut.
Of course, most of these people are fried sauerkraut alone, where will someone match it with meat, even if it is, who will match it with so many fat and thin pig's heads. In fact, even Yang Xiuxiu herself didn't expect that this sauerkraut and semi-fat and not lean meat would be so good together.
The acidity of the sauerkraut absolutely neutralizes the greasy fat, and the mouth is full of oil when you bite it, and the taste is really amazing.
Of course, this meal also had a failure, that is, the bowl of sauerkraut fish soup. Obviously, it took the most effort, but the taste was reduced by more than half because it was too sour.
This is not because of the relationship between boiling bone broth, Yang Xiuxiu thought that since there is soup, don't put so much water in the sauerkraut fish, and the result is like this. Yang Xiuxiu was annoyed, thinking that she could put some tofu next time.
"Su Li." After everyone finished eating, Yang Xiuxiu sat at the dinner table and refused to leave, and pulled Su Li alive.
"Xiuxiu, it's so sour, I really can't eat it." Seeing Yang Xiuxiu keep throwing flattering eyes at herself, Su Li subconsciously bit the two rows of teeth, just one word, 'soft'.
"Not this." Yang Xiuxiu waved her hand.
"That? I'm going to wash the dishes. "Xiuxiu just gave him a bowl of sour fish soup, which frightened him, and now he doesn't have to drink it anymore, it's really good. So, Su Li volunteered to wash the dishes.
"Su Li, I want to buy a fish pond." Yang Xiuxiu didn't plan to hide this from Su Li, and besides, she couldn't wait to tell Su Li at all.
"How did you think of buying a fish pond? Xiuxiu, our family hasn't let go of the fish pond. Su Li was puzzled, how could Xiuxiu have such an idea, did she just like to eat fish? It can't be a whim, right?
"I'm not using it to put fish, I'm using it to grow lotus roots." Why is it that when you mention a fish pond, you think it's for fish, so you can't do something else?
Ahem,... Isn't this fishpond just for fish?
"Will this work?" Regarding Yang Xiuxiu's suggestion, Su Li didn't know whether it was feasible or not. "Where's the fishpond?"
"It's the small fish pond at the village chief's house, I went to see it with Nancy today, it's small, it's very cute." She won't say that it was because of the small and cute fish pond that she had the plan to grow lotus roots and raise water ducks.
"Hasn't the small fish pond of the village chief's house been abandoned for a long time? Are you really going to buy it? Su Li knew that Yang Xiuxiu had her own thoughts, just look at her sparkling eyes.
"Uh-huh." Seeing that Su Li's tone had a way, Yang Xiuxiu hurriedly nodded cutely.
At this time, Su Li said while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, "Then is this silver enough for our family?" ”
It's not that he didn't agree to Yang Xiuxiu to buy this fish pond, as long as Xiuxiu is happy, the money will be spent. However, he couldn't let go of Tu Shi'an's one hundred taels of silver, and he didn't dare to mention it on weekdays, for fear that Xiuxiu would be unhappy when he heard it. But the money has to be paid back after all.
"Enough!" This silver must be enough, now she has a lot of money in her hand, even if she excludes Tu Shi'an's one hundred taels, the things she has made these days have also helped her earn a lot. How can it not be enough?
But then again, Tu Shi'an won't really disappear, right? R1152