Chapter Twenty-Seven: The White Lotus of Simplicity and Kindness
Bai Ningping took his wife and daughter to stay in the village for one night, and prepared to return to the county seat the next afternoon.
"Lotus, are you at home?"
"Lotus, are you looking for Lotus? Come on in! Zhou Chunjiao saw the white lotus standing outside the door and greeted her warmly, "Lotus, your gold bracelet is very expensive, right?" Look at this outfit, it's just like the ladies in Kyoto! ”
"The second aunt said cautiously, we have never been to Kyoto, how do we know how the ladies in Kyoto are? I came this time to invite Lotus to stay at my house for a while. ”
"Stay? This can't work, Lotus, Lotus is not better than you, she has to work, and the guys in the family can't do without her inside and out! When Zhou Chunjiao heard that Lotus invited White Lotus to live in the county seat, she secretly smacked that little wave of hooves in her heart and made trouble behind her back, seeing that she didn't kill her when she turned around!
"Second aunt, I told my second uncle about this, and my grandfather agreed, if you don't agree, I'll let my grandfather tell you!" The white lotus said without giving an inch.
Zhou Chunjiao secretly took a sip, a dead girl, she actually used that old immortal to press him! Hmph, this time I'll let you get your way, wait for you to come back, and see if I don't pick the skin of that dead girl!
"That's okay, Lotus, Lotus invites you to live in the county!" Zhou Chunjiao pretended to shout.
The white lotus who was ready came out with a small burden on her back and said to the white lotus, "Let's go." ”
The white lotus nodded, and pulled the white lotus into the carriage. At this time, Bai Lotus didn't know that her compassion would completely turn her life upside down, and when she knew, she couldn't tell whether she was glad for the sympathy at that time or resentful.
Early the next morning, Sun Hulu got up and was busy cooking porridge and making lo-mei in the stove.
"Cuckoo, cuckoo" Hearing this voice, Sun Hulu knew that it was Songzhi who came to fetch rice again, she poured the prepared porridge into the casserole and broke it off, handed it to Songzhi and said, "Oh, pork liver millet porridge, let's ask Dr. Wang first and then give it to your young master." ”
Songzhi nodded and said, "Gourd girl, the young master's reply?" ”
Sun Hulu rolled his eyes, remembering the words of Su Yuanzhu who was in the pine branch belt yesterday, if he was really grateful to him, he would write a letter to him every day to tell him about the interesting things outside. "Go back and tell your young master, just say that I can't write, and even Brother Jin saves the pen and paper at home."
Songzhi looked embarrassed, but looking at the situation of the Sun family, he also knew that it was a luxury to buy paper and pen literacy for Sun Hulu.
Songzi took the casserole back to Su's house and Su Yuanzhu went back to his life.
"Gourd, what did you make, so fragrant?" He Pearl walked out of the house with a ruddy face.
"Some lo-mei, the fourth sister-in-law will go and call her father and mother to eat first, and later, I'll pretend to be a little bit the same, and everyone will taste it." After He Pearl's broom yesterday, Sun Dashu praised He Pearl's bravery on the kang last night, and today, there seems to be less estrangement between He Pearl and Sun Hulu, and there is more tacit understanding.
For breakfast, Sun Hulu first brought the brown rice porridge and Old Man Sun's pork liver porridge to the table, and then cut some of the braised pork he made like water, put them on a plate, and put them on the table.
"Little aunt, what's the wind blowing today, there is meat to eat early in the morning!" Sun Tu looked at Sun Hulu with an innocent expression.
Sun Hulu smiled and sandwiched a piece of pig intestine for Sun Tu.
"Dad, mother, you taste this lo-mei, I want to sell this in the town." Old man Sun took a sip of pork liver porridge and stared at the lo-mei on the table.
"Dad, you can't eat more of this, you have a wound on your head, the doctor said that you should eat lightly, hey, give you a piece of pork liver, you can only eat a piece to taste."
Old man Sun smiled and put the pork liver in his mouth, "It's delicious, the cooking skills of the gourd have improved again." Gourd, how do you do this, no spicy seeds, and no the weird smell of pigs in the water. ”
The people at the table also looked at Sun Hulu curiously, Sun Hulu smiled mysteriously and said: "This is a secret, but, father, mother, brother, sister-in-law, do you think this can be sold for money." ”
"Yes, surely, it's so fragrant! It's more fragrant than pork. He Pearl nodded violently and said.
Old man Sun nodded and said, "You can definitely sell it, but you have to think about how much it will cost." ”
"I think about this, these pigs go into the water, and the rich people won't eat them, so I mainly plan to sell them to farmers like us, and people who carry big bags on the dock, I have seen there before, the wharf carries big bags is manual work, if there is no oil and water, many people can't hold on, but if they eat meat, they can't afford it, so the pigs are just right to go into the water.
Pig water twenty wen pair, there are pig liver, pig heart, pig lungs, pig intestine, I calculated, cooked about twenty catties, and then count our firewood money, and the seasoning I bought, the cost is about five cents a catty, I plan to sell it for ten cents a pound first. ”
"Gourd, will it be too expensive for ten yuan a catty, pork is only fifteen yuan a catty, and those who do coolies are only thirty or forty yuan a day, where are they willing to spend ten yuan for a meal." Mrs. Sun said worriedly.
"I plan to make some more coarse bread, I don't necessarily have to buy a catty, but I can also buy half a catty, or three taels, a coarse dough cake, and then two taels of meat, and those strong men will be full." These Sun Hulu have all taken into account, since it is a poor man's business, it cannot be a high profit, it can only be a small profit but a quick turnover.
"It's okay, it's just a gourd, go to the town to do business, can you?" Old man Sun was worried that Sun Hulu would not be able to cope with the business.
"Try it, the third brother knows how to be a carpenter, you can make me a small cart, and then make a big wooden barrel, preferably two layers, which can keep warm. Then make a food box, so I can hold coarse dough cakes. Every day, I just push the cart back and forth. Sun Hulu looked at Sun Dalin and said.
Sun Dalin once apprenticed with an old carpenter in the village, and there was no problem in making some simple household chores.
Sun Dalin patted his chest and said: "Don't worry about the gourd, you must make it properly for the gourd!" ”
Sun Dashan drank all the porridge in the bowl and said: "Then I'll go to find wood for the gourd now, the last time I went to chop wood, I picked up several big pieces, it's just right to fight the house!" ”
Old man Sun nodded, "Hulu, if you go to the town, let your fourth brother accompany you, there is a helper, and those bastards don't dare to find fault easily." ”
Mrs. Sun said: "I just let the big tree go by itself, let the gourd be cooked at home, the big tree will be sold, the gourd is a female baby, show her head, turn around and tan again, besides, what kind of people are there on the dock!" ”
"Mother, there are a lot of good people on the dock, and many people have helped me there before!" Sun Hulu pulled Mrs. Sun's arm.