Bai Shi didn't show his timidity in front of everyone, she thought about it seriously, "Uncle Li, our family wants three hundred catties of grain, four chickens, and twenty catties of pork." ”

She explained, "I will ask Liu Gong to take his household registration to line up at the door of the grain store today, and once a day in the future, try to save as much grain as possible, and these soaked grains will be used as a backup." The meat can be eaten for a long time when the enema is dried, and so is the chicken. ”

Li Yuan nodded. Bai asked for less weight than he thought, but he wouldn't say anything more. He bought this grain to give the three families, mainly his own family, an extra insurance, if he forced him to buy and sell or had a grudge against the one who bought less, then he would be kind to do bad things.

He instructed Li Zheng to keep accounts on the side, "Three hundred catties of grain are two taels and one yuan, pork and chicken are five and a half yuan, saltpeter, and cotton are divided into two taels." ”

Lin Huan'er suddenly interjected, "Grandpa Li, I was just about to tell you that I want my family to pay for the saltpeter and cotton by myself." ”

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows, "Why?" The grain is stored for everyone, and this money should be shared among the three families. What he said to Bai Shi meant a little more.

Lin Huan'er: "I still want to keep these things for summer ice cubes to sell, so ...... Of course, if you also want to make ice with me, we will share the money for saltpeter and cotton. After speaking, she looked at Li Zheng.

"Okay, I'll join." Li Zheng responded.

"Mother." Liu Jian quietly dragged Bai's.

"No, you have to study and practice martial arts, you don't have that much time."

Liu Jian's face instantly drooped.

"Then it's up to you," Li Yuan said with a smile, "I'll see if you two can toss a business house for me." He asked Li Zheng to keep the account again, "Then the Liu family is two taels and six and a half dollars, the meat is now paid, and the grain is recorded in the treasury." When I left, your Aunt Bai gave me ten taels of silver, and now I return seven taels and three and a half dollars. ”

The handover here was clear, and he looked at Lin Huan'er.

"Grandpa Li, I want 1,200 catties of grain, and the rest of the pork and chicken, can I branch it with your family?" The reason why she reported the number after the Bai family was that she wanted to eat all the food that the Bai family didn't want, and the Bai family really didn't disappoint her.

"But you don't have to buy that much." Li Yuan was puzzled.

Lin Huan'er said clearly, "Pork and chicken can be kept and eaten slowly, my cellar is dug according to the standards of the ice cellar, and it will definitely be able to freeze the pork." Grain...... I used to live in my uncle's house, and I know that my uncle sells most of his grain every year for money, leaving only a small part for himself. At this time, my stupid uncle and stupid second uncle definitely don't know how to save food. ”

"In case they really can't live in the future, they can't be ignored when they ask for grandma."

These words made Zeng's heart hot, and tears almost flowed out. Li Yuan also re-examined this little girl who was only eight years old.

What she said was "Grandma can't ignore it", but she didn't say "I can't ignore it". She doesn't treat her elders as relatives in her heart, but she is still willing to respect Zeng's family, knowing that although those people have hurt her, they are Zeng's children after all. She knew that one day, Zeng's would definitely face a difficult choice, and human nature couldn't withstand the temptation, so she made a choice directly for Zeng's, she didn't want to be tempted.

It can be said that Li Yuan's ideas are very deviant, if Zeng's thinks about it, let others think about it, they will definitely think that Lin Huan'er, this girl, has a pure filial piety heart, and she will still think about the big house and the second room after the uncle has hurt herself repeatedly. But it is probably related to Li Yuan's life experience, he has had too much contact with people of all shapes, so that for Lin Huan'er's answer, he reflexively came up with the above thoughts.

In fact, Lin Huan'er really thinks so. She didn't want to be at odds with her when she was faced with a choice, and she didn't want to know who she would choose when she and her other children and grandchildren were on the same scale.

"That's the case," Li Yuan cleared his throat, "1,200 catties of grain is 8 taels and 4 yuan, saltpeter and cotton are 3 taels, pork and chicken are a total of 10 taels, a total of 21 taels and 44 yuan, Sister Zeng gave me 3 taels, and I earned 20 taels from selling fox skins, and I went back to 1 tael and 6 yuan." ”

"Huh" Lin Huan'er breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the money was just enough, there was no embarrassing scene of asking for a bunch of big mouths, and finally checking out and finding that there was no money.

"I've made so much money selling fox skins." Zeng asked in a whisper.

"Grandma, you don't know how much money I make, and you dare to ask me for so many things." Lin Huan'er laughed and teased.

"We've got a plan." Zeng smiled.

Lin Huan'er secretly bent the corners of her lips.

After the end of the grain distribution meeting and the meat was gathered, Lin Huan'er heard Zeng's say that most of the fields in the village were destroyed, and it was okay if the village couldn't grow grain before, because half of the villagers' income was sold by planting loquats, and now the loquat was smashed by hail as soon as it was yellowed.

The summary is that it is difficult for people in the village to make money and eat this year, although we have bought so much food, don't talk about it with others, and the food left for your uncle and second uncle is also, unless they can't go on, otherwise don't reveal the slightest bit of mouth, just like your uncle, knowing that you have a lot of food, you will definitely have to trouble you with a dead face.

Lin Huan'er listened to them one by one.

The villagers came to help build the house, and some thank-you gifts were not given, so Zeng was so busy putting on a hat and going to each house to send thank-you gifts.

Lin Huan'er chased after her and shouted, "Grandma will come back early, and wait for you to help me make Mei." ”

"Are you going to do it?" Zeng's heart is relieved again, her granddaughter is really successful, just after spending the money, there is a new way to make money.

Thinking about it like this, I suddenly felt that it was hail, and the seedlings fell, this is all a trivial matter, and I am still worried about being like that, so that my little granddaughter laughs.

"Then I'll go and get back quickly." Zeng waved his hand, only to feel that his legs and feet were light.

After the plum is pickled, the second step is rinsing. At this time, the plum in the jar has been wrinkled with salt bubbles, and a layer of salt water has accumulated in the jar.

Lin Huan'er did ideological work for Zeng's for a long time before she gave up the idea of leaving the salt water for cooking. Because there were too few wooden barrels, bamboo strips and other things at home, Lin Huan'er only opened one tank first.

For the first rinse, the salt water is roughly washed, and the second time you need to soak the plums in the water for a while until the water in which the plums are soaked becomes salty again, and then rinse them a third time.

After three times, the plums are fished out, soaked with a clean cotton cloth, and placed on the freshly laid kang to dry.

The windows on both sides of the west wing room are opened, there is convection wind, and the plums can be dried almost overnight, and it has been a long time since the grandparents and grandchildren were busy, and the two were not willing to light the oil lamp, so they left the west wing hand in hand by the moonlight to sleep in the main house.

It was the first day the two of them had moved into a new house.

Lying in the spacious and bright new house, smelling the smell of mud and gypsum that had not yet completely dried, Lin Huan'er had just relaxed, and Zeng suddenly sat up, "I am busy today, and I haven't asked for a stove yet." ”