"Just smoked with pine branches?" Chi Lingmiao was a little surprised, she originally thought that it would be done soon.

"Smoke for two hours today, smoke again tomorrow, smoke for a few more days, it's fine." Qi Jiuli explained, "Don't worry, auntie, we will put out the smoke at night." ”

"That's not easy, isn't it good to make bacon?" Chi Lingmiao replied.

"There is no soy sauce at home, so my sister is thinking about making bacon." Qi Shixiang said.

"There's another reason." Qi Jiuli said, "Listening to Shixiang and them, it seems that no one makes bacon, if it tastes good, it can be sold in the future." ”

"Sell?" Chi Lingmiao was a little surprised, "The family has a thick foundation, buy fresh, who likes to eat bacon, and the bacon has no moisture, it is lighter than the one you just bought, you have to set the price higher, otherwise you will lose, then no one likes to buy it." ”

"It's rare to buy meat, and it's not willing to eat it all at once, so it can be made into bacon, and the buckle is just to eat a few more meals."

"Auntie, fresh meat has the taste of fresh meat, bacon and bacon also have its unique taste, and those who are tired of eating fresh meat will always want to try it differently." Qi Jiuli said.

After Qi Jiuli finished speaking, he blinked his eyes, and Chi Lingmiao and Qi Shixiang all looked at him in disbelief.

"Eldest sister, who would eat greasy meat." Qi Shiyi replied with a smile.

Qi Jiuli hehe, okay, she just experienced the ancient times when she had to be careful about eating meat, but no matter ancient or modern, the gap between the rich and the poor has always existed, and there will always be people who want to eat pork with a different taste, "There will always be people, so why do people eat chicken, mutton, rabbit meat, and venison in addition to pork, and they always want to taste it." ”

"But let's wait until it's made, anyway, we're just trying to do it, and if we have the opportunity to go to the town's wine shop and ask, if people want it, we'll do it again, and we won't lose money." Qi Jiuli explained.

"That's right." Chi Lingmiao echoed, "If there are not enough pine branches, I will let your elder brother cut them again, and the three of you are not allowed to go to other places except to pull weeds in the field and pick wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain." ”

"Got it, auntie."

Of course, at night, Qi Qizhu smelled smoke as soon as he entered the house, and learned that Qi Jiuli was going to make meat into bacon, and expressed his support.

Qi Yifei brought a big bowl of potato stewed pheasant, and after Qi Jiuli and the four of them had dinner happily, they seriously admitted their mistake to Qi Qizhu.

Qi Qizhu smiled with satisfaction, "Hmph, for the sake of your confession, I won't talk about you this time." ”

"Brother, you already know?" Qi Shixiang was surprised.

"Well, the eldest aunt told me at the entrance of the village, let me discipline you, and said not to be too harsh." Qi Qizhu said with a smile, "I plan to give you a chance, if you have the courage to admit your mistakes, this matter will be taken lightly." ”

"What if we're not mistaken?" Qi Shiyi asked curiously.

"Then eat bamboo shoots and stir-fry the meat." Qi Qizhu replied.

Qi Shiyi's body shook, very suitable for the situation, and once again stated, "Brother, we already knew we were wrong." ”

On February 15, Qi Jiuli changed into Qi Qizhu's clothes again, oh, no, it's his own now, because Qi Qizhu can't wear it, Qi Jiuli will take it for his own use, and now he is suitable for wearing this at home.

The number of people who went to Jinshui Town was reduced compared to last time, Qi Shixiang and Qi Shiyi didn't go, the two of them automatically asked Ying to go to the field to pull weeds, and another reason was to load more charcoal, and the two of them insisted on vacating their seats.

sent Qi Qizhu and Qi Basong to the private school, Qi Shan drove a donkey cart and took Chi Lingmiao and Qi Jiuli to the backyard of Qiu's house, but Chi Lingmiao knocked on the door.

The one who opened the door was also an acquaintance, "Sister-in-law Qi, you are here, Xiaocao, you go and invite Steward Qiu." ”

"Last time we came here for the first time, we forgot to ask what you called it for fear of bumping into someone." Chi Lingmiao handed over the basket in his hand, "It's not a good thing to pick it early this morning, so I took advantage of the wild vegetables and shepherd's cabbage that I picked now." ”

"Sister-in-law Qi is too polite, my husband's surname is Wang, just call me Wang's." The woman replied.

"The king is in charge." Chi Lingmiao said with a smile.

"Sister-in-law, I don't deserve the title of manager, just call me Mama Wang." The woman smiled and took the basket and beckoned Qi Shan to bring the charcoal in and put it away.

"The king's steward is capable at first glance, and he deserves it." Chi Lingmiao said with a smile.

"Steward Qiu, sister-in-law Qi, they sent charcoal." Mama Wang greeted her with a smile.

"Steward Qiu." Chi Lingmiao called respectfully, pulled the straw covered by the bamboo basket, and exposed the charcoal.

"Okay, let's go over the scales." Steward Qiu nodded.

"Steward Qiu, a total of two hundred and ten pounds."

"It's two hundred pounds." Chi Lingmiao hurriedly said, "Thank you, Steward Qiu, for choosing us to do this charcoal business." ”

Steward Qiu smiled, "I already like to deal with honest people, Sister-in-law Qi is too polite." ”

"Is that little brother here today?" Seeing that Chi Lingmiao was the only one in charge of Steward Qiu, he thought of Qi Jiuli's words before, so it was rare to ask more.

"Steward Qiu, here, outside the door." Mama Wang replied, "I couldn't be more polite, after moving the charcoal in with his father, I went to the door." ”

"That's the nephew of the family...... Nephew, we are her uncle and aunt. Chi Lingmiao explained, feeling a little empty, and almost blurted out her niece, "That child couldn't be more sensible, she knew how to read and write with her brother, she knew everything, and she was very good at arithmetic." ”

"Oh?" Steward Qiu was a little surprised, and then said with a smile, "Then ask him to come in and calculate how much silver you can get from this charcoal today." ”

Mama Wang was very discerning, and hurriedly opened the door and called Qi Jiuli in.

Qi Jiuli carried the basket on his back, looking a little puzzled, but in an instant, he fell into a generous manner, and gave Steward Qiu a look, "Steward Qiu is good." ”

"Listen to your aunt, do you know arithmetic?" Steward Qiu asked.

"It's okay." Qi Jiuli smiled modestly.

"How much silver do you think you can get for the two hundred catties of charcoal?" Steward Qiu asked with a smile.

"One catty of twelve wen, two hundred catties is two taels and four hundred dollars." Qi Jiuli blurted out his debut.

Steward Qiu was a little surprised, but because the two hundred catties were set early in the morning, she was not too surprised, "But when I just passed the scale, there were two hundred and ten catties, you say, how much?" ”

Qi Jiuli hooked the corners of his lips, "It's still two taels and four hundred dollars." ”

Steward Qiu smiled, "What a clever one, then in the autumn, if you are asked to send five hundred and twenty catties, how much do you say?" ”

Qi Jiuli thought for a moment and replied, "Six taels and two hundred and forty big money." ”

Although she is good at arithmetic, it is all by mantra, she is not the cow than coaxing, a long number of various operations in it, can also quickly mental arithmetic people, after all, it involves the multiplication of two digits (zero is still negligible), you still have to think about it.