When several families heard this result, they all felt incredible.

The third grandmother said: "This Mo family is crazy, right?" Let go of He Dacai so easily, and He Dacai will not be entangled in their family in the future? ”

"Yes." Chen Shi rubbed the cinnamon with a stone and said, "It's just twenty boards, or is it played by the people of the He family, how much can it be beaten?" I guess I didn't even break the skin, so I just had to lie down for a few days. ”

After speaking, he looked up and said to Gu Yumei, who was pounding the fragrant leaves: "You still feel bored at home, you want to go around the village, what do you say to make friends with the girls in the village, so as to help the family, will you go this time?" This village is not our hometown, and it is very dangerous. ”

They have only been here for more than ten days, and they are not familiar with the people in the village, and they have their own adults to do this kind of thing, and they don't need Gu Yumei, a girl who has grown up, to go.

Gu Yumei didn't speak, and with a bad face, she pounded the broken fragrant leaves in the wooden bowl with a wooden pole, eager to smash the wooden bowl out of a hole.

Damn Gu Jinli, why did she let her pound the fragrant leaves? She also said that it should be pounded into powder, not too coarse, otherwise it will not taste good if it is sprinkled into the tofu, she pounded it for two days in a row, and her hands were blistered and she had to continue to pound, which was simply infuriating.

Gu Yumei didn't want to do this work, but because she wanted to make a living from tofu, several families had gathered at Gu Jinli's house these days, preparing all kinds of things, and there was no one in their house during the day, she was also afraid of the bastards in the village, so she didn't dare to stay at home alone, so she could only follow to work.

But she felt uncomfortable, if she was still in her hometown, where would she use this kind of work?

Seeing that she was unhappy, Chen muttered dissatisfiedly and stopped talking about her.

Gu Yumei heard Chen's muttering, smashed the broken bay leaves in the bowl more than a dozen times, got up and walked to Gu Jinli's side, and was about to pour the broken bay leaves in the wooden bowl into the cloth bag, but was stopped by Gu Jinli: "You can't do this." I want bay leaf powder, and you're still a lot away from powder. ”

"It's going to be just going to be useless." Gu Yumei spread her right hand in front of Gu Jin, and said resentfully: "Open your eyes wide, my hand is blistered, and I can't move it." ”

Her eyes were red, and she looked very aggrieved.

It's a pity that Gu Jinli doesn't eat this set.

Gu Jinli handed the half-pounded sand kernel in his hand to Gu Yumei: "Then you pound this." ”

The bay leaves are the easiest to pound into powder of all the spices to be used, and she has already divided the easiest work to Gu Yumei, Gu Yumei is still picky, so let's do a difficult job.

When Gu Yumei saw the pieces of sand kernels that were as hard as the bark of a tree, she suddenly didn't dare to complain anymore, took the wooden bowl, and went back to pound the fragrant leaves.

A few women and a few half-grown children were busy until the evening before they finished pounding all the spices, but these were not enough, Gu Jinli said: "Third grandfather, in three days it will be the tenth day of the new year, the hanging pot workshop should be opened, you can go to the town to buy some spices and come back." ”

Now most of these spices are what she found on the way to escape the wilderness, but the number of them is not much, they need a lot of spices to do business, and they have to go to the pharmacy to buy them.

The third grandfather and Gu Dashan were making tables and chairs, and when they heard this, they replied: "Okay, you think about it in the next two days, what else do you need to buy, and on the tenth day of the new year, we will go to the town to buy it again." ”

"Okay." Gu Jinli responded, put the pounded spice powder into a cloth bag, and tied it with a rope.

The third grandmother asked, "Xiaoyu, aren't these spices enough?" "They pounded and scooped it for two days, and they had already made about ten catties of spices.

Gu Jinli said: "It's not enough, these spices should not only be used to make fried spiced tofu, when selling white tofu, they can also be sold to people who buy tofu, so that they can put a little bit into it to season when they make tofu or cook, they need to use a lot of it, prepare more, and they will have to sell it when the time comes, and it will not be out of stock suddenly." ”

The Chen family was just about to go home, and when they heard this, they stopped and asked, "Xiaoyu, can these spices still be sold for money?" ”

Gu Jinli nodded and said, "Yes." These spices are according to some modern spice recipes, according to the proportion, two of these spices of medicinal herbs, the people of Da Chu do not know that they can be used as seasonings.

"Eh, why is Xiaoyu so smart? The things we make can be sold for money, so we haven't been busy for the past two days. Chen was so happy that he asked Gu Jinli again: "Xiaoyu, what ...... the money from selling spices?"

Gu Jinli knew what she wanted to ask, and said, "According to what the third grandfather said." ”

When Chen heard this, he was so happy that he said a few good words, and took a few of his children home, and the others also went home.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the third grandfather went to the town with Gu Dashan and the Luo family father and son, and according to what Gu Jinli said, he bought back a lot of medicinal materials that could be used as spices, and also went to the iron shop to order two iron plates that were one foot wide and half a meter long.

"Those two iron plates are not difficult to make, and they can be taken tomorrow, and they cost four taels of silver." The third grandfather said.

As for the four taels of silver, it will be counted into the capital, and when the tofu is sold for money, the silver will be deducted back.

The next day, everyone began to scoop the spices again, and Gu Jinli matched the spices together according to a certain proportion, and then wrapped them with a few young children in yellow paper one by one, and prepared for a while, and finally arrived on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, several of them got up before dawn, and after working for more than an hour, the third grandfather took Luo's father Chu, Tian Shutian, Gu Damu Yan, Gu Dagui Chen, Qin Sanlang, Gu Jinan, Luo Huiniang and Gu Jinli to the town.

There are so many things to bring, and almost everyone who goes to the town has to carry something.

Father Luo had to carry two iron plates and two heavy tandoors, Uncle Tian and Aunt Tian and Gu Damu Yan were carrying four loads of tofu, and Gu Dagui and Chen were carrying two loads of bean dregs, and they also sold bean dregs cakes this time.

The third grandfather, Chu Shi, Qin Sanlang, and Gu Jinan were carrying four loads of chopped dry firewood, they had no money to buy charcoal, and they were selling cooked food that needed to be cooked, so they could only carry dry firewood to the town.

Gu Jinli and Luo Huiniang were carrying pots and pans, chopsticks, as well as oil, salt and spices.

A group of people hurried to the town at noon.

Tonight is the Lantern Festival, there is a lantern festival in the town, it is a rare day without a curfew, many families come out to set up stalls to do business, when they arrive, all the places that can be set up are occupied.

However, Dr. Du had already asked the medicine boy from the Hanging Pot Workshop to help them occupy a good position five meters square, and also helped them go to the town's Clerk's Workshop to get the stall sign, and they had a place to set up a stall at night.

In ancient times, there was no mayor in the town, but there was a priest's workshop, in which there were two officials and six officials, who were responsible for handling the affairs of the town.

If it is the Lantern Festival or the Mid-Autumn Festival, the stall selling food will cost 100 yuan a day, which is the usual half a month's stall money, but the one who sells agricultural goods only costs 10 yuan a day, and if it is placed for half a day, it only costs 5 yuan.

The medicine boy's name was Cangshu, and when he saw the third grandfather, he immediately beckoned to him and said, "Old man of the Gu family, this way." ”

The third grandfather hurriedly took them to carry things over, and after seeing such a good location, he was so happy: "This location is good, close to the main street, Brother Cangshu, thank you very much." ”

The lantern festival is on the main street, at this time the main street has been erected rows of pillars, a thick rope hung on those pillars, and at night, the thick rope will be hung with all kinds of lanterns, the light can illuminate the entire main street.