Sophie nodded and said, "Okay, I see." Let's prepare it according to half a month's worth of food for a dozen people. Do you want to eat too? Can Aunt Niu's family still give us some food? ”

Su Jinyao thought for a while and said, "Aunt Niu's family still has to deliver food to the restaurants in the town, but I'm afraid they can't take care of our side." After all, the dishes on the side of the small water shop are all evenly distributed by Aunt Niu. But it's okay for you to ask, Aunt Niu is so good, for my thoughts, if she can give more vegetables, of course we will buy them at her house. If it really doesn't work, eldest sister, let's see who can supply more than a dozen people to our family every day. The price is the same as the market price, and the food should be good, not necessarily cheap. ”

Sophie smiled when she heard this, and asked Su Jinyao, "Are you still the eldest sister who will be greedy for cheap and buy rotten vegetables?" Don't worry, Jinyao, the eldest sister won't do that. ”

Su Jinyao nodded and didn't say anything. After all, Sophie is also developing in a good direction, and she can't always hold on to the past. What's more, the qi of the small family is also poor (bī), and the (rì) son can be changed when it is good.

Su Jinyao made arrangements, went to say hello to Su Xiangui again, and told her about arranging for Su Fei'er to buy food. He specially asked Su Xiangui: "Dad, is your money enough?" It's not enough for me to think about getting some back today. ”

Su Jinyao said that it was an idea, but in fact, she had a silver ticket in her pocket, and she just had to find a bigger money bank in the town to exchange it. It's just that since Su Jinyao has hidden it as private money, she doesn't plan to say it again.

Su Xiangui hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, the income of the small water shop has been quite a lot these days." The fifty taels of silver tickets you gave have not been used. I was just about to call you over, you went to Zhoujiayao to buy adobe bricks today, and gave the money. Let them open the kiln to burn bricks first, don't delay the effort. After speaking, he handed the fifty taels of silver ticket to Su Jinyao again.

Su Jinyao took it and said, "Okay, I'll pay half of the material money in advance, so that they can burn bricks with peace of mind." However, I don't know what kind of wood is used for the beams, so I'll go back and let the four pinghe (chūn) girls order it, anyway, it's too late to build the brick wall first and then put on the beams. ”

"It's all right, Jinyao, you can watch it." Su Xiangui now trusts Su Jinyao the most.

Su Jinyao agreed, led the horse out, and went out. Naturally, there are still people in the village who ask questions, although Su Jinyao doesn't talk much, but looking at the villagers who are usually good, she naturally nodded in response, after all, they all live in the same village. But if the intention is to watch (rè) trouble or (ài) gossip, Su Jinyao will not pay much attention.

Out of the village, it was fast to ride a horse. Although Su Jinyao has never been to Zhoujiayao, she has a good sense of direction, and she will not go wrong if she inquires about the general direction.

The road to Zhoujiayao is also good, at least better than the mountain road in Yanshan, Pingshan Village. This may also be because the brick kiln needs to pull the adobe bricks out from time to time, and the road is not good, and the carriage cannot go fast, which is equivalent to delaying the effort.

It didn't take much time to come to Zhoujiayao, and from a distance, I saw the smoke of the earthen kiln that burned bricks, and there were still earthen bricks that had taken off the embryo and had not been fired in the open space outside.

Su Jinyao jumped off the horse, tied the horse and walked inside, and a young man with bare arms and only a cloth coat and vest greeted her. When the man saw that it was a little girl on horseback, he hurriedly turned around and greeted: "Yaping, come to meet the guests, it's a little girl." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to Su Jinyao and said, "I'm a rough person, and I'm too (rè) when I work, don't be a rude local girl." I called my daughter-in-law to come and say hello. ”

Su Jinyao felt that this man was polite, so she agreed, and stood outside waiting, not going inside. She estimated that the clay kiln where the bricks were fired must be special (rè), and the people who worked were rough men, and the clothes would definitely not be very neat, so it was really bad for her to walk over like this.

After a while, a little daughter-in-law walked out. Don't look at the brick-burning man who is tall and strong, his daughter-in-law Yaping is (jiāo) small and exquisite. It is not enough to wear a short dress of 一 (shēn), and his head is wrapped in a purple turban, which looks lean and neat.

When Yaping saw Su Jinyao, she also apologized first: "Don't be surprised little girl, this is a place where men work, and my family is also rough, but I have no intention of being abrupt." Go, I'll take you over there to talk. ”

After speaking, he pointed to a small shack on the north side of the brick kiln and said, "I usually rest over there, and the inside (tǐng) is clean." Isn't this preparing breakfast for a dozen or so people, I just passed. Little girl, are you going to buy bricks? How much? ”

Before Su Jinyao could speak, the little daughter-in-law Yaping said so much, which shows that Ping (rì) is also a fast and sharp mouth. However, listening to her is not mean, (tǐng) (rè) is a material for trading.

Su Jinyao replied: "I'm here to buy adobe bricks." My family is going to build five rooms, so you can calculate how many bricks you will use. And tomorrow all the masons will be in place, and they will start digging the foundation, and in a day or two they will be building the house with adobe bricks. ”

"Ah, I'm going to use it in the next few days." Yaping looked a little embarrassed and said, "You should have booked a few days earlier." Didn't you see that our family has opened a kiln to burn bricks? It was burned for a family in Dazhang Village, who came to make a reservation last month, and they would come to pull bricks when the time came. You'll have to wait if you want bricks here. Their family will only build a room, but the kiln will be opened today, and it will be the day after tomorrow when they have burned all the bricks used in their family. If you burn your household again, even if the workers rush to make adobe without delaying the work, the kiln temperature is not enough, and it will not be burned before the time comes. ”

Su Jinyao saw that Yaping was embarrassed and didn't look like she was cheating to raise the price, so she said, "Then can you give our family some first?" If you continue to burn here, our family will use it first, don't let the workers stop working. ”

Yaping thought for a while and said: "Their family wants a total of two kilns of adobe bricks, and they will be burned the day after tomorrow, and they will be pulled away by the car at noon." If it is given to you...... tomorrow your family will take away a cart and use it first, and I will ask the workers on the kiln to burn another furnace overnight, and it will be baked in the morning the day after tomorrow, and it will be able to do it. ”

Su Jinyao thanked her again and again, and said, "Okay, it's better to have a car to use first than to let the workers wait." Then you see how much I pay first? Sister Yaping, you help so much, I'll pay half of the money. ”

Yaping was also very happy to hear Su Jinyao so bright. Anyone who buys and sells is most afraid of credit. What's more, she still has to hire people to work in this brick kiln, and her daily expenses are quite a lot. All the money earned is hard-earned money, and they are afraid that the customers will find trouble in the end, erase the east and west, or simply deduct the balance and do not give the money, and they will suffer in vain.

Yaping hurriedly said: "Little girl, you are really refreshing. Don't worry, the bricks fired by our Zhoujia kiln are not cracked or empty, and they are Zhouzheng, the edges are edges, the corners are corners, and they are particularly easy to work. I'll calculate the price for you now, and I will give you the most realistic price for the five rooms, which are also made of a lot of bricks. ”

Su Jinyao laughed when she heard it, and quipped: "It's really interesting to listen to what Sister Yaping said, can the bricks burned by other people's homes be not angular but round?" ”

Yaping also smiled and said, "That's not it." But the bricks are burned well, the size is consistent, and the size cannot be deviated. When I take back the adobe bricks of my house, the brick wall that is more than one person high is erected, and there is no need to stick the mud without crookedness. Do you think it's good? ”

As he spoke, he also walked to the small shack. There was no door to the hut, but a curtain kept it. Yaping lifted the curtain and found a copper hook by the door to pin, and asked Su Jinyao to come in and sit.

Su Jinyao didn't dislike it, and when she went in, she saw that it was really clean, and there was no floating soil on the ground. However, the shack is very small and cannot be placed (chuáng), that is, there is a chaise longue inside, and in the middle is a small ground table and four small benches placed around the ground table. There are abacus, account books and other things on the table, it seems that Yaping usually does business, and her small shack is also a place to talk about business.

Yaping sat on a small bench, pointed to the opposite bench for Su Jinyao to do, and then picked up the abacus and dialed it up. Yaping settled the accounts quickly, first calculated how many adobe bricks Su Jinyao's family would use to build five rooms, and then calculated how many furnaces they had to burn in this brick kiln.

After thinking for a while, Yaping also took the time to explain to Su Jinyao: "If the last furnace is full, of course the price will be cheap." If you only have half a furnace of bricks, we will have to burn it for you, and we can't build a brick house. But it is not good to put the extra burned adobe bricks there in the wind and rain, and we don't want to sell them to others, we don't have them. However, the customers who buy adobe bricks have to bear the fire of one furnace, so the price of the last furnace is generally expensive. Unless you want a full furnace of bricks, or you see who builds a cowshed or a stable, and buys a whole furnace together, then you will be much cheaper, and we will save trouble. ”

Su Jinyao said: "It's okay, you just count it according to the whole stove, I want as much as I want, and I plan to build an independent large room for cooking." If there are more bricks left, cover them bigger, and the rest is too little, so I plan to buy more. ”

"Ah, that's great, we have a big deal, you don't spend too much money, and the materials are not wasted. Okay, I'll do the math for you. After Yaping finished speaking, she picked up the abacus again. This time, the calculation was very fast, and the price of the adobe was directly calculated.

Yaping calculated the price, pointed to the number on the abacus and said to Su Jinyao: "It's all here, a total of twelve furnaces have to be burned, and the last furnace and a half kiln are not satisfied, but you said that the extra ones are also wanted, that is, thirteen furnace bricks." A furnace of adobe bricks is six and a half dollars of silver, and thirteen furnace bricks are eight taels and four dollars and five cents. I don't want the five cents of silver, it's eight taels and four coins in total. ”

Su Jinyao secretly calculated, the price that Siping gave Su Xiangui the budget before was about five taels of silver for the adobe bricks needed for three rooms, and now it costs eight taels of silver to build five rooms, the price is right, not to mention that there is an extra half of the bricks, Su Jinyao plans to build the small water shop over there.

Su Jinyao took out the silver ticket that Su Xiangui gave her, and said, "Pay half of the deposit in advance, and four taels of silver." I'll give you the rest when you've burned all the adobe bricks. ”

Yaping took the silver ticket and looked at it, she was not too surprised, she just turned her back (shēn) and took out a small purse from the undershirt pasted (shēn), and took out a few silver tickets from the purse to give Su Jinyao change.

While counting the silver tickets, Yaping said with a smile: "Let you see the laughter, I am cooking and doing chores, and I am also managing accounts and selling bricks, I am alone inside and out, and the man in my family is in charge of more than a dozen rough people." You said that I am a little daughter-in-law, with a silver ticket, don't you have to collect it carefully? ”

Su Jinyao smiled and teased: "It's all women's families, it's okay." However, if this is a male patron, you will be even more embarrassed. Su Jinyao usually doesn't joke with people, but recently she has a good heart (qíng), and Yaping's neat and shrewd appearance of the little daughter-in-law, she can't help but tease her.

Sure enough, after Su Jinyao finished speaking, Yaping came to the hot scene, glared at her eyes and said, "Hmph, stinky men dare to look at it casually, dig out their eyeballs, and throw them in the earthen kiln to burn and bubble." My Zhoujiayao has been passed down for generations, all of them are women's housekeepers, and men work, who dares to have crooked ideas? My man took all the rough men of the brick kiln and went up and beat him to death. ”

Su Jinyao laughed even more when she heard this, and said, "You have a man's backing, and you have enough confidence." ”

"That's right. My man doesn't look rough, but he really knows that he loves me. After Yaping finished speaking, she handed a few silver tickets to Su Jinyao and said, "This is a silver ticket of forty-five taels, I will give you another eight coins of silver, and the deposit will be paid." I can settle accounts, but I can't write, so I can't open the notes for you. But don't worry, Zhoujiayao pays the most attention to reputation, and I won't let you smash your own signboard with a few taels of deposit. ”

Su Jinyao said, "Okay, I believe you." So he took the money and the money, and prepared to go back.

Yaping sent it to Su Jinyao and told her: "Tomorrow you come early to pull the bricks, I am afraid that the original patron will come to see the bricks in advance, and when I meet your people, I will know that I will give you the bricks that have been burned for their house." In fact, I also made it convenient for me, and I had to let our own workers stay up late in the dark. But it's always bad to offend the customer. ”

Su Jinyao said, "I understand, I really have to thank you for this." I'll call a car early tomorrow morning and pull it away. My name is Su Jinyao, I am from Pingshan Village, and when the time comes, the person who came to pull the bricks said that it was for me, right? ”

Yaping said: "Okay, I remember." I'll tell the person who came to pull the bricks when the next brick will come out of the kiln, and you can just go back and ask him when he will come again. You can see if you are rushing out of the kiln, rushing to pull away, or finally pulling away. ”

In this way, even if the adobe bricks used to build the house are settled, a major matter is solved. The Su family's new house can be regarded as having eyebrows, and Su Jinyao is really unspeakably happy.

Riding on the horse, Su Jinyao hurried home again, and had to go to the small water shop to cook. Calculating the time, there is a group of guests who have booked the time of the return trip before, and said that they are going to come here to eat, but it can't be too late, delaying the guests' journey.

Su Jinyao was really busy non-stop, and when she got home and drank a sip of water, she hurriedly ran up the mountain again. I went over the mountain to the small water shop, but fortunately, the small town was clever and sweet, and he was already greeting guests.

Su Jinyao couldn't take a breath, went to the back stove to cook on the fire, fried two dishes neatly with her hands and feet, and served them to the guests.

The business of the small water shop is really good now, and the customers come and go almost constantly. This one left and that one came, and they all stayed for a meal before leaving. Su Jinyao also kept greeting the guests, saying that she would build a big house after a while to entertain these guests.

Hearing Su Jinyao say that she wanted to build a big house, some guests deliberately gave some more rewards, saying that they had congratulated Su Jinyao in advance.

Su Jinyao really didn't expect that this guest who came and went could still have this thought. It seems that this small water shop is the foundation of their family's wealth, but it also gives passers-by a convenience, so it is so popular.

When it was time for Xiaoshuipu to close the stall, Xiaocheng'er and Su Jinyao were tired and sat on the stone bench with trembling legs. But the two siblings looked at each other and laughed again.

Xiao Cheng'er moved forward, leaned over to help Su Jinyao pinch her shoulders and arms, and said, "Second sister, you're tired of stir-frying, I'll rub it for you." I also learned how to stir-fry when I went back, and I couldn't let you work alone. ”

Su Jinyao removed Xiao Cheng'er's hand and said, "You are just as tired, you don't need to rub it for me." Your second sister can still afford this little work. Let's go, pack up our things and go back to see how the eldest sister at home is doing with the food. There will be more than a dozen people to eat from tomorrow, I think you should help the eldest sister at home, I'll just come to the small water shop alone. ”

Xiao Cheng'er shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to be at home, but second sister, look at it, Xiaoshuipu is also the busiest at noon." (chūn) Aunt Niu can still help the eldest sister, and Dad can also sit on the kang to pick vegetables or something, but there is no one on your side, only yourself. ”

Su Jinyao thought about it, what Xiao Cheng'er said was also reasonable. It's a big deal that Xiaocheng'er will come first tomorrow, Su Jinyao will help Sophie prepare all the dishes to be prepared at noon at home, and then Sophie will just fry it in the pot. There are many people who eat, and what they make is a big pot of dishes, as long as they are full, they don't have to care about whether they are delicious or not.

After talking for a while, they all rested, and Su Jinyao and Xiaocheng'er walked back. It's just that I didn't expect that as soon as I entered the courtyard gate, I saw the third aunt and Dongmei coming out of the house. The third aunt had a burden under her elbow; Dongmei was carrying a basket of vegetables in her left hand and a box in her right hand. The two of them happened to collide with Su Jinyao.

Liu Dongmei was afraid of Su Jinyao, and as soon as she saw Su Jinyao coming in, she subconsciously hid behind her mother (shēn).

The third aunt was also stunned when she saw Su Jinyao, but after all, she was old and bold. He put it there again, and squeezed out a smile, and said, "Jinyao and Cheng'er are back?" Let's rest in the house. Dongmei and I went back, no need to send, no need to send. ”

When Xiao Cheng'er saw that it was this girl, he immediately lost his good face, and scolded loudly: "Who said that I was going to send you?" Tell me, what are you here for? ”

Of course, Liu Dongmei is not afraid of Xiaocheng'er, and when she heard Xiaocheng'er's scolding, she poked her head out from behind the third aunt and opened her mouth to scold. But before she could scold, she felt hot on her face, and then she heard a crisp sound of "pop".