Chapter 45: Picking Chrysanthemums (2)
"Cheng, my sister burned it once last time, it was soft and slippery, but it was delicious, you don't want it right, then give it to me," Caiyun was not polite, and asked them with a smile.
Da Mei heard her say soft and slippery, how could she still give it to her, only said: "Okay, don't be poor, I have confidence in Muxiang, it's not early, let's hurry up and pick chrysanthemums, I'm more concerned, let's pick the chrysanthemums back, can Muxiang give us cash!" ”
As soon as he thought of the silver, Jin Ju also came to his senses, shook his legs, loosened his muscles and bones, and was busy picking chrysanthemums.
Since there was only one basket left for each person, he plucked a large leaf and put it in the middle, and divided the baskets.
After the rain, the sky is clear, the chrysanthemum petals, there are still water droplets, the chrysanthemums in the hillside are very clean, although they have just been washed by the rain, but the fragrance is strong, the three of them are in the sea of flowers, there is a feeling of being in the fairy mirror.
Mu Xiang cleaned up the fish and shrimp caught by the pond, and after returning home, he should be dried and pickled, and when he was busy, it was getting dark.
The few hens that were bought back have adapted to the environment, and sometimes Muxiang will let them out and move around the yard, but most of the time, they can only stay in the cage.
"Mu Lang, you play at home, I'll cut some bamboo," Mu Xiang picked up the woodcutter, thinking about cutting more bamboo and coming back, the fence outside the courtyard wall has not been built yet, otherwise her little hens can have a place to move.
Mu Lang ran out, "Sister, I don't play, I'll help you drag the bamboo." He reflexively closed the courtyard door and trotted to catch up with Mu Xiang's steps.
Mu Xiang knew that he would not stay at home obediently, and when he saw him chasing him, he took his hand and led him to the bamboo forest together.
What she wants to do is a fence, and she doesn't have to pick up the thick bamboo, but only the ones that are easy to cut. Mu Lang followed behind her, and when he saw that the bamboo he had cut down was almost there, he tied it with a rope and dragged it in the direction of home.
When it was almost dark, Da Mei and the three of them returned. The two baskets I brought were full, and it seemed that I had gained a lot.
"Little rich man, quickly weigh how many catties, how much do you have to pay?" Da Mei put the bamboo basket next to her, and there was more joke in her tone.
Mu Xiang smiled, and really went back to the house to get a pole scale, which was temporarily borrowed from a neighbor, and when he had time to go to town, he would buy another rod himself.
Jin Ju was very surprised when she saw that she really took the scales out, "Ah, it seems that you are real, okay, but we can't take advantage of you, Caiyun, you go home and bring a cloth bag, this bamboo basket is stained with water, and it is not light, and the chrysanthemum is also stained with water, you have to deduct some scales, or you will suffer." ”
Since you really want to do business, you have to nail it, you have to nail it, and your brother will settle the account! Otherwise, it will not be easy to do it.
Mu Xiang understood what she meant, indeed the method she said was very fair, the bamboo basket was soaked in water, and there was more than a catty, "Cheng, then let's settle the account!" ”
Caiyun quickly brought the cloth bag, weighed the chrysanthemums picked by Jin Ju and Da Mei respectively, finished the scales, and gave them the money according to the price agreed in advance.
With the money in his hand, Da Mei couldn't help but believe it, "Mu Xiang, you really plan to do business, but ...... What if I lose money? ”
Compared with her worries, Jin Ju was full of confidence in Mu Xiang, she counted the money, and said calmly: "What's that, Mu Xiang's ability, what you see, it's just a little bit, oops, anyway, I won't be engaged for the time being, just follow Mu Xiang to earn more money, and when I get married, I can also have a private money." "It's much easier to go to the foot of the mountain to pick wild chrysanthemums than to be a helper, pick more and pick less, and it's your own decision, how good is this way to make money!
Da Mei blinked vigorously, and when she saw Mu Xiang's quiet smiling face, she was inexplicably relieved, and patted her chest, "Okay, I'll follow you in the future, Mu Xiang, I'll go pick chrysanthemums tomorrow, you can't help it!" ”
Mu Xiang nodded solemnly, "That's nature, if I release it, can it still be fake?" But this matter, don't tell the people in the village for the time being, just you two know, if someone asks, just say that you two go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, wait for the first batch of goods to go out, if the effect is good, let's find a few more is not too late. ”
Two lives, although this body is a teenage girl, but the heart has long been different, belonging to the frizzy, frivolous, radical of young people, there is nothing in her. Although Tang Mo is a person who can't look down on and doesn't look like a person who doesn't believe in his words, he can't do without the heart of others, besides, they haven't signed an agreement yet!
In Muxiang's dictionary, there is no absoluteness in the world, leave a line for yourself in everything, even if you lose, you will not be defeated.
After receiving the money, Da Mei and Jin Ju were happy in their hearts, but they also had a tacit understanding, and when they went out, they went out like nothing to do, and went home to cook and do housework.
Here, when the two of them left, Mu Xiang hurriedly asked Caiyun to clean up the kang at home and heat it again. I went to the river to fetch water, washed the chrysanthemums, put them in a bamboo basket, and drained them.
Although Caiyun was puzzled, he didn't ask much, squatted under the eaves of the porch, and burned the soil kang.
After washing the chrysanthemums, Mu Xiangtao went to prepare dinner. It's almost autumn, it's dark early, although she also bought an oil lamp, but if she can save it, it's not yet her time to be extravagant!
At night, she ate noodles, and the noodles she rolled out by herself tasted tenacious, and with the leftover soft-shelled turtle soup at noon, the nutrition was nutritious and her stomach was full.
Caiyun ran into the back room, touched the hot kang, ran back to the kitchen, and reported to Mu Xiang, "Sister, the kang is burned, what should I do now?" In fact, what she is even more worried about is that it is not yet winter, and she doesn't dare to lie down and sleep when the kang is so hot!
Mu Xiang was stirring the noodles in the pot with chopsticks, and when she heard Caiyun's question, she pointed her finger casually, and the water had been drained almost chrysanthemums, and said to her: "You put the chrysanthemums in the basket on the kang, remember to spread them out, and you have to put a clean sheet underneath, and then turn it over after half an hour, remember, the fire under the kang can't be extinguished, and the fire can't be too small, otherwise we all want to sleep tonight!" There was no way around it, she thought of using charcoal to smoke it, but no, no matter how clean the charcoal burned, it would smell of smoke.
This chrysanthemum tea is to drink, and it must retain the fragrance of chrysanthemums, and there can be no miscellaneous taste. Her home is small, and the only way she can think of at present is this one, as for what the chrysanthemums look like after drying, she is not sure, try it!
Caiyun hesitated, but finally nodded, ran to prepare, and carefully arranged the chrysanthemums one by one according to the meaning of the woody fragrance. Mu Lang saw it, thought it was funny, and came up to help her.