Chapter 185: Mooncakes
Yunzhu has put a lot of effort into making the rose dew is very sweet, and the taste is very delicate, which is not comparable to rose halogen.
On the rose dew, Yunzhu saw a business opportunity.
She once discussed with Ping'an: "You said that the dew we made should be able to sell for money, right?" ”
Ping'an said: "But it's just something to eat and play, and it can't fill your stomach, and a few people are willing to buy it, but I'm afraid that no one will ask." ”
Yunzhu pouted: "You like to splash me with cold water." I was thinking, as long as I found the right way, maybe I could really get money. That's a matter of vision. ”
Ping An didn't understand this, and he also came up with something inconspicuous that could be sold for money, he didn't like to eat this sweet and greasy thing, but he didn't mean to look down on Yunzhu. He knew that since Yunzhu said that he needed a way, maybe he had found the right way, and he might be able to open up a market. But that's all for later. There's a lot going on in the ground right now,
When he was busy farming, Feng Ping'an successfully hired a short-term worker through the introduction of others, he originally wanted to hire a long-term worker, but long-term workers generally had to be invited at the beginning of the year.
The short-term worker's surname is Yu, and he calls himself Niu'er, so he calls him Yu Niu'er. He looked like he was in his thirties, with dark skin, wearing a blue patched shirt, looking honest, and he didn't talk much, and he did whatever he wanted.
If Ping An wants to use this spare cow, he will let him work as a long-term worker in the future, saving him from having to find someone again. This is still the person he asked Liu Meng to find.
Now is the time when the farm is busy, and Ping'an, Yu Niu'er, and Feng Lao Niang are busy with things in the field every day. Yunzhu cooks at home and takes care of the ducks she raises. This year's round of ducks is coming out, and Ruyi Restaurant promised Yunzhu at the beginning. Collect their ducks. The price has also been negotiated, so Yunzhu wants to feed it until the beginning of next month. Just sell a batch. Then, in mid-September, you can start making duck again.
Less than three acres of rice were planted in the field. The harvest was not a problem, and it was completed after two busy days. All that's left is to harvest the cotton and sorghum from the mountains.
"Your family is really planting cotton this year, I heard that this year's cotton has risen to 25 wen a catty." This is what Liu Wang said to Feng Lao Niang.
"Is it really twenty-five pounds?"
"Not really, but remember to keep some cotton for our family. Or the price will be calculated for you? Liu Wang's tone and eyes are clearly saying, where there are two parents who still collect money, I will see that you are so embarrassed.
Mrs. Feng has lived a long time, and of course she understands what her mother-in-law means. smiled faintly: "What else do we two say about the money, how much do you want?" ”
Liu Wang folded his fingers and counted for a while before he said, "Why don't you leave me thirty catties?" ”
"Thirty pounds?" Mrs. Feng thought about it a lot, if it was fifteen or sixteen catties, it would be okay, so much...... They don't grow much, and it's still unknown how many catties they can collect.
"Yes, Meng'er and Meizi are going to get married here, and new mattresses are indispensable. Then everyone in the family will have a new cotton coat, everywhere. ”
"Isn't the new mattress delivered by our family?"
Liu Wangshi immediately snorted: "It's naturally good that your Feng family can accompany you." ”
When picking cotton, the Liu family came to help, and planted it for the first time this year. There is still some wasteland that has not yet been reclaimed, but it has been planted with six acres and three points of land.
Fortunately, there were many people who picked cotton, and Yunzhu and Xiangmei also went to join in the fun, but it was finished in three days.
Snow-white cotton is piled on the mat. It's like a snow-white hill. Ping'an found a big scale, and Yu Niu'er passed the cotton on the mat one by one, and let Yunzhu dial the abacus next to him to record.
It took a lot of time to say that the cotton was used. In the end, a total of 975 catties of cotton was collected.
"The average yield of one acre of land is about one hundred and fifty-four catties. I don't know if this yield is high or low. ”
Yu Niu'er helps people outside all the year round. It's a little familiar: "Less, better land." If you take care of it carefully, one hundred and eight per acre of land should not be a problem. ”
Ping An was surprised: "It seems that we have no experience, we must plant well next year and open a few more plots." ”
In the end, Mrs. Feng decided to sell 800 catties, and keep the rest for her own use, or give some to relatives. The Feng family sold cotton for twenty taels of silver this year. It's a preliminary taste of sweetness. The money from the sale of cotton is enough to make a box for Xiangmei.
Sorghum also beat two hundred catties, Feng Lao Niang said to keep some of her own wine, the rest was sent to the mill, shelled, sorghum rice, sorghum shell cloud beads were ground up, and some vegetables were pulled back in the oil mill to be prepared into pig feed. The two black pigs in the pen ate happily.
Since then, the Feng family's breakfast has been more varied, such as fried corn tortillas, sorghum rice and mung bean porridge, or stone-ground soybean milk, steamed buns with white flour, and dipped in rose marinade made by her. Life is gradually sweetening.
Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. There is still a lot of work at home, although Yu Niuer can help do some, but the business of the noodle restaurant can only be sold for half a day, and the remaining half a day is safe to come back to work in the field. Fortunately, the business is in the first half of the day, and the second half of the day itself is not good.
Yunzhu thought that it was going to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she had to prepare moon cakes. For this reason, she also deliberately took two coins of silver to Zhu's house, found Zhu Xing and said, "Brother Zhu, help me carve two molds." ”
"Cheng, what is it for?"
Yunzhu smiled: "Use it to make moon cakes." I traced all the patterns on paper. ”
Zhu Xing took it and took a look, it was not a very novel pattern, and it didn't take much effort to carve such a pair: "Cheng, you can get it in three days." ”
In terms of time, Yunzhu was also satisfied, and took the initiative to take out two hundred dollars.
"Brother Zhu, this is wages."
Zhu Xing glanced at it and waved his hand and said, "I don't need this, where do I want your money." It's too much to talk about money. ”
Yunzhu said with a smile: "Brother Zhu eats by handicraft, so the salary should naturally be earned, and besides, your family also needs money to study." If I don't have enough money, it's a deposit. ”
Luo Che thought to himself, how can this person be pedantic and dislike money. You're not a rich man, what kind of righteousness do you say. It's really boring to slap a swollen face and be fat at this time. She really wanted to grab the money to catch Yunzhu. Anyway, their Feng family is much better now, so it's nothing. I don't know how much the tiger head will use in the future.
Zhu Xing completely ignored Luo's expectant and resentful eyes. really confiscated Yunzhu's money.
Yun Zhu was a little reluctant to go.
Zhu Xing said with a smile: "My brother and sister's cooking skills are good, you have to carve the mold again, and when the time comes, you can make delicious moon cakes and give them to the two of us." ”
Yunzhu hurriedly said, "This is no problem. ”
After Yunzhu left, Luo Shi counted Zhu Xinglai: "What kind of generosity are you at this time, and you still dislike money?" ”
"It's not a big deal, how can I collect money. Ping An and I grew up together, and you are someone's matchmaker, and the two families are already close, so you are worried about this. It's really falling into the eyes of money! ”
Because of a disagreement with her husband, Roche left angrily.
Three days later, Yunzhu asked Ping'an to come and take the mold.
Here, she has already prepared flour, oil, and salty and sweet fillings for making mooncakes. With this set of molds, Yunzhu is also more confident to make the same dim sum as in the pastry shop.
Yun Zhu worked at home all afternoon and half of the night, and finally made six flavors of dim sum, each with a dozen to twenty of them.
"After making so much noise, people still think that our family is going to open a dim sum shop."
Yun Zhu smiled slightly: "Eat some by yourself." Take some more and give them away, and that's pretty much what you want. ”
Ping An looked at them one by one, the moon cakes were printed with patterns, and from the appearance, they were really not bad from those in the pastry shop. Naturally, the taste is also a winning chance. Besides, don't worry about what you do, I don't know if it's clean or not.
Yunzhu kept some of each flavor, and the rest was to give it away. The first one to send is naturally her master, and then the Zhu family she promised. Liu's family, Yuan Muhua is sending it there every year. Naturally, it is indispensable.
Mrs. Feng came over and said, "And your two uncles can't do without expression." ”
Yunzhu said: "I forgot about this stubble. It doesn't seem to be possible to send it to my uncle or aunt. Yunzhu remembered that Ping'an's aunt seemed to be good to herself.
In this way, these mooncakes are not enough. She had to go back and get busy, and get some more preparations. Later, I bought mulberry paper and came back, wrapped it one by one, and tied it firmly with a thin hemp rope. Send it one after another.
Yunzhu is worried about Bi's, this year Bi's brought his newborn son and mother-in-law to play at home once, and they haven't seen each other much since. Among the relatives of the Lin family, the Bi family and her were quite close, and when they went to deliver moon cakes safely, Yunzhu asked Ping'an to give a word.
"Let the second cousin-in-law take Xiaocui and them to the house to play."
"Yes."
Ping'an went with moon cakes in the afternoon.
Feng Lao Niang and Xiangmei were cleaning up the cotton, picking out the cotton seeds, planning to play a few beds of new cotton wool, and then some new cotton clothes for the rest, and two pairs of cotton shoes from bits and pieces.
"Azhu, I plan to plant some ramie again next year, and I have cotton in my field. When the time comes, how about borrowing a spinning wheel, spinning some cotton and linen by yourself, dyeing it, and making your own clothes? ”
Before Yunzhu could answer, Xiangmei pouted and said, "The homespun cloth I spun is hard, and the color is not good-looking, and the soil dies when I wear it." ”
"Hmph, you still don't like the cloth you spun? Life is just a little better here, and you learn to pick and choose? Cheng, I didn't discuss it with you, anyway, you will go to the Liu family in two or three months, and you won't be able to take care of the Feng family's affairs. ”
Xiangmei was so counted by her mother, she held her breath in her heart, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she didn't continue to pick cottonseeds, she got up and went back to her room.
Mrs. Feng also scolded and said: "I don't know good things, I don't know how to be thrifty at all, and I have sex with me and shake my face." How will she get along with her mother-in-law in the future? ”
Yunzhu thought to herself why the two of them quarreled, and it wasn't because of any big deal, so she stepped forward to persuade: "Mother, don't be angry with Meizi." She's still young, so she doesn't know any of this. ”
"Small? It's going to be twenty people, which is not small at all. I don't know how to cherish the blessings at all, she used to live a tight life, but she forgot how to live. ”
Xiangmei said resentfully in the back room: "I'm still young, why do I want to wear two good clothes?" ”
Seeing that her daughter dared to talk back to her, Feng Lao Niang stood up with a bang, and the cotton in the dustpan fell to the ground, and the cotton seeds that she had picked out were mixed in again.
"You're still complaining to me? Not convinced, isn't it? ”
Xiangmei was busy silent, but her heart was full of grievances. Isn't it just to make money at home just to have a better life, and if life doesn't improve, what's the difference between it and before. What is the reason for such hard work?
The two of them suddenly became angry, and Yun Zhuzhu couldn't cry or laugh in the middle, persuading this and that. I don't know how many good things have been said.
After Ping'an came back from the Lin family, Yunzhu told him about the matter, meaning to let Ping'an persuade him.
Ping An said, "I thought it was a big deal." Ignore them, and you'll be fine in a few days. ”
"Oh." Since her son and brother say so, there is no need for her to participate in it anymore.
The work in the field is almost busy, and it will be a month before the autumn planting. The couple can devote themselves to the noodle restaurant again.
"You can go into the city in a few days."
"Okay, do you want me to bring something to Tian Tian?"
Yunzhu smiled: "You are a good person, you guessed it immediately." I have something to bring to her. There is still money owed to the Wang family, and we can pay it back if we scrape it together. By the way, I would like to ask about this year's board duck. ”
"Good. I'll go. I'm in town, and this restaurant is closed for a day, right? ”
"The loss of a day is not small, I called my mother to come over to help, I can cope with the past."
The next day, the eldest aunt Chen, Su Fang and Bi led Brother Sheng, who had already reached 100 days, to come.
When Mrs. Feng saw her sister-in-law coming, she was a little surprised, and hurriedly said loudly: "Xiangmei came out, your eldest aunt and your second sister-in-law are here." ”
Su Fang was stunned for a moment, thinking to herself, why didn't her aunt mention her?
Mrs. Feng stepped forward to look at Brother Sheng, who was sleeping soundly in Bi's arms, and said with a kind smile: "This little thing looks good." ”
Bi Shi smiled: "Auntie, do you want to hug it?" ”
Feng Lao Niang naturally liked it, and stretched out her hand to catch it, but Brother Sheng woke up before Bi Shi handed it over to her. With a pair of dark eyes, she glanced at Mrs. Feng, and then her mouth went down and she began to cry.
made Bi a little embarrassed and hurriedly explained: "He has some recognition." ”
"I know how to recognize life at such a young age, so I can see that I am very smart."
Bi Shi didn't see Yunzhu, so he asked, "What about my brother and sister?" ”
Feng Lao Niang smiled, "At this time, they don't have the time to be at home, and they are still busy in the shop." ”
Chen didn't speak much, she sat there, secretly looking at the Feng family now. Secretly, she used to think that the Feng family was poor and looked down on the Feng family, how could she have thought that the Feng family would have a good life today. It would have been nice if Su Fang had married at the beginning. As soon as Chen thought of this, he was angry. (To be continued......)