"Grandma?" Lin Huan'er also secretly tugged on Mrs. Zeng's sleeve underneath.

Only then did Zeng come back to his senses, "Hey! Good, good! I'll send it to you tomorrow! After saying that, she was stunned, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

Or Lin Huan'er raised his head and said, "Shopkeeper, then do we have to have a deposit?" ”

The round-faced shopkeeper glanced at the little girl, grabbed the pen and kept the book, "My surname is Liu, just look for the shopkeeper Liu in the future." This altar is five catties and nine taels, and you should be counted according to six catties, and a total of two coins and four cents of silver should be paid, and then you will be given a deposit of two taels of silver, and the goods will be received within three days. ”

Two taels of silver...... Even Lin Huan'er's eyes are wide open, and the family property has doubled? She reminded herself not to act too excited, making people look down on her, and her big shining eyes had betrayed herself.

After the shopkeeper Liu finished writing the contract, he took out the silver and handed it to the grandparents and grandchildren, and the two walked out of the Jinyuan Restaurant like a dream.

Stepping out of the threshold, Mrs. Zeng first pinched her thigh, and the first thing she said was, "Granddaughter, take a look, is the silver real?" ”

Lin Huan'er put the silver in her mouth and bit it, "Grandma, it's true!" ”

Mrs. Zeng said the second sentence, "Let's go, Grandma will take you to sell meat!" ”

She carefully put the silver into her pocket, grabbed Lin Huan'er's hand and walked towards the big set in Qingshan Town.

In fact, there is also a small vegetable market here, called Hujia Vegetable Farm. There are people in the Hujia vegetable market every day, but the things sold are a little more expensive than the big set in Qingshan Town, sometimes a pound of meat can make a difference of two or three cents, although Mrs. Zeng has made a fortune, but it has not swelled.

When she went to the market, she first greeted a few old ladies who had set up stalls together, and then took Lin Huan'er to start shopping in the market, 20 wen a pound of pork belly, 22 wen of pure fat, the old lady was not willing to buy more, she bought a pound each, and grinded around the meat stall for a long time, and bought the remaining two big bone sticks at a price of ten yuan a catty.

Lin Huan'er held 20% of the 600 wen she earned yesterday and 120 wen in her hand, and exchanged 100 of them for wheat, but she only lifted two catties, and threw the rest into the space.

Then rapeseed oil, brown rice, salt, thinking of the look of the shopkeeper Liu looking at their grandparents today, the old lady gritted her teeth and went to the cloth shop to pull two pieces of dyed coarse cloth. Although this color is dyed nondescriptly, from time to time, the grandparents and grandchildren can finally have new clothes to wear.

After that, there are curtains, scissors and other daily necessities that need to be replenished, until the bamboo basket on the back of Mrs. Zeng is full, the sky is gradually cloudy, and the grandparents and grandchildren go home together.

On the way home, passing by a small stall selling purse head ropes, Mrs. Zeng gritted her teeth again and bought a red head rope with beige flowers for her granddaughter.

Lin Huan'er immediately tied a bow to the red head rope, put it on his head, and jumped forward to lead the way.

I can finally eat a delicious meal, I haven't eaten ancient meat yet!

As soon as he got home, Huan'er was very active in helping Zeng's chop wood to make a fire, and Zeng's first washed the fatty meat, cut it into small cubes, and boiled lard in the pot.

To boil lard, first add a scoop of water to the pot, throw the white meat cut into small cubes into the pot, and make boiled white meat. When the white meat is almost cooked, and there is a thick layer of oil flowers floating on the water, turn to low heat and boil slowly, and wait for the "crackling" sound in the pot, indicating that the water consumption is about the same, and the lard can be served.

The lard boiled out in this way produces the most, and it is pure white, it will not turn yellow, and it will not be wasted, like some stupid women in the village, directly throw the white meat into the pot to fry, the pot is too hot, most of the lard has become oil smoke and flies away, where can there be left.

After boiling the lard, Zeng scooped up the fried oil that was not much left, and put it in a bowl for Lin Huan'er.

Lin Huan'er squatted on the side to eat the oil residue, and Zeng's used the little oil left in the pot to fry the vegetables, and after frying, she didn't wash the pot, just added water, and threw the big bone stick chopped into pieces. Soon, the aroma wafted out, and the soup in the pot slowly turned milky white.

"When the bone stick is ready, you first send a bowl to the Li family and the Liu family, it's not for relatives, we have received so much help from others, we have to thank others." Zeng explained.

After explaining, she filled the firewood and got up, and glanced out, "This day...... Is it going to rain? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a drop of rain fell on the ground outside the door, followed by a second drop, and then a third......

"Ouch, it's raining!" Tsang hurriedly went to rummage through the oiled paper that was placed under the bed.

Lin Huan'er, who was squatting on the side, also quickly stood up, "I'll go and see if the cylinder head is tight." ”

At this time, the nine plums have been pickled, and the braised plums have been prepared, and ten large vats are placed under the eaves and covered with two layers of wooden boards.

The planks must not be protected from rain, and following behind Lin Huan'er, Zeng followed closely with a wad of oiled paper.

Cover two layers of oiled paper on the top of the wooden board, and then tie the oiled paper along the edge of the cylinder with a straw rope, and find stones to press the oiled paper, so as not to be blown by the wind.

"Huan'er go home first and stay there, don't get wet." Tsang shouted in the rain.

"No way!" Lin Huan'er was lifting the oil paper on the third cylinder, her bangs were already wet from the rain, and they were tightly pressed against her forehead, "Grandma, go to work, leave me alone, it's all money!" ”

Zeng was stunned, funny and distressed, and rushed over to help.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, as if the sky is leaking, but fortunately, there is no wind, and the action of the grandparents and grandchildren covering the oiled paper can still be neat, and when the ten large tanks are covered, the grandparents and grandchildren are already soaked.

"Come home, hurry home." Zeng's pushed Lin Huan'er and said.

Lin Huan'er nodded, and before entering the house, she wiped her face and looked in the direction of the Li family.

The crackling raindrops hit the ground and stirred up a layer of mist, and through the vague rain curtain, she saw Li Zheng wearing the green cloth robe and holding an umbrella standing at the door.

From such a distance, she couldn't see Li Zheng's expression clearly, and only felt from his slightly leaning forward body that he should be waiting for someone very anxiously.

What happened to Grandpa Li?

"What are you doing in a daze, why don't you come in quickly?" Zeng, who had already entered the door, dragged Lin Huan'er into the house, "What are you looking at?" ”

Lin Huan'er pursed her lips, looked up and wanted to ask the Zeng family if they wanted to go and ask, Grandpa Li was not at home, and it didn't seem good to let Li Zheng and a child be at home by themselves.

Her eyes swept over the stove, and Lin Huan'er was suddenly stunned, "Huh? ”

Why is there a black thing floating in the pot?

"Smack", another piece.

Something mixed with water fell from his head and fell into the soup pot where the bones were boiling, making a splash.

Lin Huan'er looked up in the direction where the thing fell, and saw that the roof directly above the stove had been completely infiltrated by the rainwater, leaving a black water stain, and the black thing that fell just now was a few wooden sticks that had not had time to be cleaned up.

"Grandma......" Lin Huan'er tugged at the corner of Zeng's clothes.

As soon as the words fell, there was a "bang", and half of the wooden board above the stove fell into the pot, and the rain rushed in.