Chapter 10: The Heart Draws Closer
At this moment, her heart is very calm, such a simple life of sunrise and sunset is the ordinary life that many people dream of.
When the fat meat was almost refined, Chu Yan took out the oil residue and chopped it up for later use, scooped out the lard in the pot and stored it in the oil tank, and ate it slowly.
There are still some left, and there is still some left at the bottom of the pot that can't be scooped out, so it's too wasteful to drop them, Chu Yan put the chopped wild vegetables and diced yam into the pot and stir-fry gently, stir well with the oil residue, add the seasoned coarse salt, and the fresh wild onions, and the bun filling is completed.
At this time, the dough is almost awake, leaving a small piece to make the dough, and the rest is rolled out into a dough of uniform size.
I saw Chu Yan skillfully put the stuffing on the dough cake, pinched the pleats from one side at a time, and soon a bun was completed.
When Tian and Wang Laoshi came back, a pot of fresh, steaming steamed buns came out.
Before entering the house, the two smelled the tempting fragrance of steamed buns.
"Dad, mother, hurry up and wash your hands and eat!" Chu Yan beckoned and drew a basin of water.
"Hey!" Tian responded, and his depressed face had improved a lot over the past few days.
Perhaps it was Chu Yan's change that brought comfort to them who had just lost their son.
There were a lot more smiles on their faces.
After a while, the dilapidated table of the Eight Immortals in the hall was set up for today's meal.
Tian looked at Chu Yan: "I was in the field just now, and it was inconvenient for there to be many people next to me, so I didn't ask you two how the pastries were sold?" ”
"It's all sold out!" Chu Yan was a little excited, and poured the copper plate onto the table with a clatter, "You see, a total of eighty yuan was sold today." ”
"So much?" Tian and Wang Laoshi were stunned, they couldn't earn so much money in a month.
Chu Yan couldn't wait to share today's experience with the second elder, perhaps because she came to this era to earn the first pot of gold.
“…… And just like that, we sold out of pastries. ”
"It cost 20 yuan to buy pork, 15 yuan to buy white noodles, and to share the money with Sister Lan, she only took 5 yuan, which is the remaining 40 yuan."
"Mother, give you the money." Chu Yan pushed the copper plate in front of Tian, "I took twenty wen from you yesterday." ”
Tian waved his hand: "You can use it, see what you need to buy, and you will have to make pastries in the future, so you will inevitably have to buy candy or something." ”
Chu Yan's heart instantly warmed, although she really wanted to give the money to the Tian family, but when she spent money in the future, it was really inconvenient to find the Tian family to take it.
Tian gave her the money because he fully trusted her.
On the other hand, Tian really didn't care about money, but just sighed, "The rich family is also a real person, and the man has gone to become a soldier, and her life is not easy." ”
It's been such a difficult time these days, and it's really not easy to resist the temptation of money.
"I didn't expect to make so much money, Da Zhuang damn, let's hurry up and finish the work in the field in the past two days, and go up the mountain to dig yams together." Wang Laoshi gently knocked on the shell of the cigarette bag, and said loudly through the hazy smoke.
This is the first time in so many days that Chu Yan has heard Wang Laoshi say so many words, and in her eyes, this old man is a real person who doesn't talk much.
At this moment, Chu Yan knew that this old man was so transparent, after she earned money for the first time, he immediately knew that this was a way to make money, and made a decision immediately.
"Hey, listen to you." Tian echoed without thinking.
Don't look at the big and small things on weekdays, Tian's Zhang Luo, in fact, Wang Laoshi is the most thoughtful, but he is used to being taciturn, which always makes people feel that he has no sense of existence.
For the first time, the three people at the same table had smiles on their faces, which was the hope for the future.
After finishing the business, the three of them began to eat, although the meat buns are not made of flour, but they are also white noodles, take a bite, the fragrance of the dough is mixed with the strong fragrance of oil residue and wild vegetables, which makes people can't stop at all.
After the meal, Tian's body was a little unbearable, after all, he was old and didn't often work in the field, so he went back to the house to rest.
Chu Yan went back to the stove room to clean up, preparing to send some food to Shen Yulan.
When he walked to the door, he saw Wang Laoshi squatting in the corner of the wall, the old dry tobacco pouch was clearly extinguished, and his face was a little blurred.
Seeing Chu Yan come out, he knocked the cigarette pouch on his foot and stood up.
"Big strong daughter-in-law." His voice paused.
"Dad, tell me what's wrong."
"I'll go up the mountain with your mother to dig yams, don't you mind, I know that this way to make money is yours, it's not appropriate for us to mix it now, it's just ......."
"If you had money before, Da Zhuang wouldn't have to be a soldier." It turned out that the conscription a few days ago, although it was mandatory for every family in the imperial court to send people, there were exceptions, and if you really didn't want to go, you had to pay money.
One hundred taels of silver for a quota, which is an astronomical amount that is unattainable for peasant families.
Chu Yan's method of making money made Wang Laoshi see hope in an instant, as long as there is money, Wang Dazhuang has hope.
Even if he has already gone to be a soldier, if his family has money, he can ask someone to send it over, find more people to help, and maybe he can pick up a life.
It's like giving hope to a man on the verge of drowning, and he doesn't care about the bad reputation of encroaching on his daughter-in-law's secret recipe to make money.
Chu Yan was stunned for a moment, if he thought that Wang Laoshi was transparent and shrewd enough, now he has more of a frank impression.
In fact, in this era, women are already in a weak position, as the saying goes, marry a chicken with a chicken and marry a dog with a dog, even if Wang Laoshi and Tian take the recipe away, with Chu Yan's current ability, they can't do anything, and others will not be too harsh on the second elder.
At this moment, she felt that she had integrated into the family, and these two old people who were not related by blood regarded her as a family.
"Dad, we are a family, what are you doing outside, you and your mother are willing to help me together, it's too late for me to be happy, otherwise I will really be too busy alone."
Wang Laoshi was suddenly speechless with excitement: "It's good that you don't blame us, it's good if you don't blame us......" He muttered back and forth for several times.
"Dad, you hurry back to the house to rest, I'll go to Sister Lan's house, I've been busy all morning, and I'll send her a few buns."
Shen Yulan's house is about half a mile away from Wang's house, and when she goes out to the east and walks to the end, she just turns a corner.
Shen Yulan's mother-in-law's house looks much better than the Wang family's house in the past, although the east and west wings are thatched houses, but the main house is covered with green walls, that is, the outer layer is made of brick walls, and the inner layer is made of adobe.
It is said that this was also a handsome style in Jinshan Village back then, otherwise the four daughters-in-law of Wang Facai and his brothers would not have been married.
It's just that before she reached the door of Wang Facai's house, Chu Yan heard a noise in the yard, accompanied by the crying of children.