"Okay, let's cook." Li Wenqiu stood up, thumped his legs, and the three of them went into the kitchen together.

Li Yangqing lit the fire, Wenshui continued to wash the vegetables, Li Wenqiu was responsible for chopping vegetables, cooking vegetables and work on the stove, he was busy for an hour, the meal was finally ready, just waiting for the family to come back, Li Wenqiu put the food in the pot, Li Yangqing withdrew some firewood, and used the residual heat in the stove to keep the food in the pot warm.

There was a knock on the door, Wen Shui got up and hurriedly ran to open the door, "Grandma Li, third uncle, you are back." Wen Shui let the two of them into the courtyard.

"Mother, we made salted duck eggs for the family to eat at noon today, and we left you two boiled salted duck eggs, you can taste them later."

"yes, that's great, when the rice harvest is over, we can go to the town and sell salted duck eggs." Li Qiu was very happy to put down the basket.

"Grandma, third uncle, our dinner is also ready, just wait for the people inside to come back."

"Good boy, you and I are going to prepare to understand the skewers of the stall now, so I won't pick up the leaves with you first." Li Qiu's said as he walked into the kitchen, brought out the materials to be sold tomorrow to the hall, and skewered them with Li Yangming.

In this way, it was not until nightfall, almost at midnight, that the Li family, who were busy in the fields, returned home, and several older people carried a large basket of rice on their backs, and the small ones carried the buckets into the yard together.

"Dad, you're back."

"Grandpa, auntie."

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The four people who were doing things at home saw that everyone was carrying such a heavy amount of food, and they all hurriedly put down their work to help unload the basket, poured the rice into the courtyard and spread it flat, and when they were finally done, everyone was so tired that they sat directly in the courtyard and panted, and even the two brothers Li Chenggang, who loved to make noise on weekdays, were so tired that they couldn't speak.

Seeing that everyone was extremely tired, Wen Shui and the three of them went into the kitchen and poured water for everyone in the yard to rest.

"Grandpa, you drink saliva first, the meal is ready, let's go and set the meal." Li Yangqing took Wen Shui and the others into the kitchen, brought out the food that was still hot in the pot, put it in the hall and put it in the hall, and Li Qiu's put the skewers to be sold tomorrow and brought them to the kitchen.

"Everybody's coming over for dinner." Li Qiu stood at the door of the hall and shouted to the exhausted crowd in the courtyard.

Hearing the meal, they all got up and walked to the hall, Li Tingyuan took Li Zhongshun and other Li family men to sit at a table, Li Qiu's beckoned the women to sit at a table, everyone didn't speak, they were a little hungry, and they picked up a bowl of "hulala" and drank gruel.

After two quarters of an hour, the table was dismounted, and the bellies were full and the people were finally in much better spirits.

"Second brother, Li Si, Li Nian, thank you very much for your help today, we have finally finished harvesting the rice in our field, and we will go to help your family harvest tomorrow."

"Big brother is polite, our family has three acres of land, all planted with rice, the child's mother went early, and there are no flax these things, open a wasteland to grow vegetables, tomorrow harvest the rice of these three acres, you will continue to suffer."

The old man and brother Li chatted for a while, sent away Li Zhongshun's three fathers and sons, and when they returned to the house, they fell directly on the bed tired, snoring.

In this way, I hurried to catch up for more than ten days, the autumn harvest was officially over, and the family had time to go to the town, today it was the third father and son of the Li family, Li Yangqing and Li Qiu's family went to the town together, and when they arrived in the town, Old Man Li took the eldest and the second child and Li Yangqing to the south lane, and Li Yangming and Li Qiu's walked to the north lane.

Old Man Li and the Li family brothers and sisters first prepared to go to Dr. Zheng of Jihe Hall to sell Houttuynia cordata, and then went to find the owner of the Cantonese Restaurant.

"Grandpa Zheng, hello! Here we go. Li Yangqing entered the hospital hall and saw that Dr. Zheng was instructing the medicine boy to grab the medicine.

"Yang Qing girl, you haven't been here with me for a long time, and today you finally have to be free." Doctor Zheng heard Li Yangqing's voice, raised his head and walked to the Li family, and arched his hand at Li Tingyuan: "This old brother should be the father of Yangqing girl!" I haven't seen this for the next generation, so it must be Yangqing's brother! ”

Old Man Li bowed his hand and replied: "Doctor Zheng, I am fortunate to meet you, contemptible Li Tingyuan, this is my eldest son Li Yangde, thanks to the care of Dr. Zheng, I have not had the opportunity to meet, I have been busy with the autumn harvest some time ago, and now it is the season when Houttuynia cordata is ripe, so I am here to disturb Dr. Zheng again." ”

"There, Brother Li is polite, I like to eat this Houttuynia cordata very much, and I can use medicine, but the amount is not much, it costs about ten catties!"

"Doctor Zheng, since I was taken care of by you last time, the family has increased the planting, we discussed that after all, this is an ingredient, and the medical hall can't consume so much, so we are going to sell some to the Cantonese Food Restaurant later."

"Brother Li, you have a good idea, the Canton Restaurant will definitely be interested, just please weigh ten catties for me first!"

Li Yangwu heard Dr. Zheng's request, asked the medicine boy to borrow the scale, weighed ten catties of houttuynia cordata and handed it to the medicine boy, Li Yangwu took the three hundred wen handed over by the medicine boy and put it away.

With the basket on their backs, the Li family thanked Dr. Zheng and walked towards the Cantonese Restaurant when they went out, everyone was still very worried in their hearts, hoping that this deal would be successful.

Entering the door of the Cantonese Restaurant, Xiao Er warmly wanted to entertain everyone to take a seat, Old Man Li interrupted the little second brother loudly, "Little second brother, wait, we are not here to eat today, can I trouble you to inform your host, we have something to find him, we are the Li family who sells Li's fried skewers." ”

"Lee's fried skewers! I've eaten your fried skewers and they taste so good, hehe! I'm going to call our host. After the second brother finished speaking, he ran to the courtyard behind the restaurant to find the owner.

After a while, a chubby middle-aged man in vermilion satin came out, followed by a young man in blue satin and walked towards the Li family.

"You're the one who sells Lee's fried skewers? What are you looking for my dad? It was this teenage blue-clothed young man who spoke, with red lips and white teeth, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, that is, he looked at people's eyes with no one in his eyes, frowned, and made an adult with his hands behind his back.

"Don't be rude, contemptible Qian Bolai, this is the little Qian Ze, I don't know what you are looking for me?" It was the owner of the Canton Restaurant who spoke, he was round and chubby, and he looked like Maitreya Buddha with eyebrows and eyes, and he was worthy of opening the door to do business, even if the Li family didn't dress like a rich man, he also entertained the Li family politely with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Old man Li saw that Qian Dongjia was so polite and polite, and his worried heart fell, "Qian Dongjia, I have admired it for a long time, and I despise Li Tingyuan of Lijia Village, this is my eldest son Li Yangde, second son Li Yangwu and youngest daughter Li Yangqing. ”

"In that case, come with me to the private room. Small packets, a few cups of tea come in. Qian Dongjia raised his hand to guide the Li family towards the private room, and the Li family thanked them and followed them into the private room.

"Old Man Li, what kind of food business are you going to do with us?"

"Qian Dongjia, you also know our Li family fried skewers! We wanted to buy this fried skewer recipe, as well as salted duck eggs and houttuynia cordata. ”

"What are salted duck eggs and houttuynia cordata, can you show me?"

When Li Yangqing heard this, he got up and took out the basket containing salted duck eggs, took out some houttuynia cordata, opened it and put it on the table for everyone present to take a look.

"This is what you call salted duck eggs, this salted duck eggs look no different from ordinary duck eggs on the outside, is there something inside?" Qian Dongjia held the washed salted duck eggs and looked left and right.

"The Qian owner's guess is good, I'll open it for you to taste later." Old Man Li replied.

Qian Dongjia put down the salted duck egg, picked up a fish herb and sniffed it, "Eh, this grass, why does this grass smell a little stinky?" With all due respect, it's a little inappropriate for you to send this stinky grass to make ingredients, this thing can be cooked? ”

"It's really stinky, you guys are so bold that you dare to come to our Canton restaurant to deceive my father." Qian Ze, who was sitting next to Qian Dong's house, took a houttuynia cordata and sniffed it under his nose, frowned and threw it on the table with disgust, expressing his distrust of the Li family from his heart to his mouth.

"Old man Li, the child is a little playful, please bear with me." Although the money shopkeeper has some complaints about the things sent by the Li family, he still retains the attitude of a businessman and makes money, and he is still a good business partner with this attitude, and it is difficult to find a restaurant in the town that can consume the Houttuynia cordata planted by the Li family, and there are even fewer proprietors who have strong financial resources and can sit down with the Li family to talk, and there is no such shop in this village.

Li Yangqing saw that Qian Bolai looked skeptical about this Houttuynia cordata, Qian Ze even expressed his dislike for this grass without disguise, and even made some disrespectful remarks, Li Yangqing was worried that today's business would be so disruptive, and couldn't help but quickly interjected: "Qian Dongjia, Qian Gongzi, you misunderstood, we didn't deceive people, although this Houttuynia smells stinky, but it is very fragrant when cooked, and has both edible and medicinal value, my family has sent it twice to Dr. Zheng of Jiheguan at a price of 20 wen a catty. As long as you use the right cooking methods and recipes, you will definitely be able to make delicious dishes, or I will borrow your kitchen and make it for you to try later, how about we talk about the price? As for this salted duck egg, it has been cooked at home in the morning, I will peel it off and give it to you to taste to know the taste, as for our fried skewers, not to mention in detail, this is well-known in the town, as long as the Qian family buys these three things from my family, it is guaranteed that the business of your Cantonese restaurant will go to a higher level. ”

"Hahaha! You little girl, you are not very old, but you are articulate, well-organized, and elegant, but you have read? Qian Bolai was a little surprised by Li Yangqing's speaking ideas that did not match his age, and the idioms that popped up from time to time.

"Qian Dongjia Liao praised, the little girl did learn a few words from the contemptible people." Old Man Li replied modestly, but the smile raised still revealed the pride of his daughter being praised by outsiders.

"I see, since you little girl is so eccentric and eloquent, then I'll taste the salted duck eggs you said, and you go get a knife and chopsticks."

In a moment, Xiaobao sent the bowls, chopsticks and knives in, Li Yangqing peeled the eggshell, divided the boiled salted duck egg in two, the red oil and water flowed out, and the red and yellow egg yolk instantly attracted the attention of the people in the house.

"Seconds! Seconds! I didn't expect duck eggs to still come out of oil and water, and sure enough, there is something inside, so quickly bring it to me to taste. ”

Even Qian Ze, who had been holding a disgusted attitude just now, opened his mouth wide in surprise, stared at the salted duck eggs curiously, and pulled down his originally somewhat arrogant look, looking like he wanted to eat.

Li Yangqing saw this with a smile on his face, but he thought with some smugness and contempt in his heart: "Hmph! You ignore the salted duck eggs just now, and now you can't afford the salted duck eggs, and you dare to look down on people, it's not that you haven't eaten salted duck eggs. Seeing that the eyes of the two fathers and sons were about to stare through the bowl containing salted duck eggs, they hurriedly served it to the Qian family father and son.