Chapter 14: Exotic Beauty

Back in the village, the sun had already set!

When Li Yi, Dongzi and others returned to Li's house with a few baskets of mushrooms, Li Shankui and his wife and Li Na were in a daze around the large number of supplies purchased by Li Yi.

They also just came back from work, and as soon as they entered the door, they saw rice, flour, grain and oil all over the house!

Although I don't know how much these things are worth, I can't buy them without a few dozen dollars.

They all knew that Li Yi had been busy selling that cool skin in the county town for the past two days, but in the eyes of Li Shankui and his wife, this was also hard money, and they really didn't know where Li Yi got the money to buy so many things.

Hearing the movement in the courtyard, Li Shankui hurriedly went out to check and saw that it was his son who came back with a group of baby soldiers.

From the big basket they carried, they could guess that these half-sized children must have gone to the mountains to pick mushrooms again.

helped carry a few baskets of mushrooms into the house, and after the half-grown children left, Li Shankui called Li Yi to the house.

Squatting next to the stove, Li Shankui pointed to the rice, flour, grain and oil on the ground, and said with a serious expression: "You got these things back?" ”

Li Yi nodded and said, "Hmm! ”

"That's a lot of money, where did you get that much money?" Li Shankui asked in a deep voice.

Li Yi knew what his father was worried about, and immediately said: "It did cost a lot of money, but I earned it all!" ”

Without waiting for Li Shankui to speak, Li Na on the side couldn't help but say: "Li Yi, are you all fools when we are, you have only gone out to set up a stall for two days in total, can you make so much money?" ”

Li Yi didn't blame the third sister for not believing him, mainly because he had done too many bad things before, and every time he made a mistake, his family had to help him wipe his buttocks.

"Of course, you can't make so much money just by setting up a stall, don't you still have money to sell mushrooms!"

As soon as the words fell, her mother Zhang Yuehong said in surprise: "Do anyone really want those mushrooms?" ”

Li Yi smiled and said, "Not only do people want it, but it's also very valuable!" ”

"Valuable... How much is a basket? ”

"Basket?"

Li Yi said word by word: "7 Mao... A pound! ”

The three people in the room were stunned, as if they had heard something incredible, and even the smoke pot in Li Shankui's hand fell to the ground.

Li Na was the first to react and said in surprise: "Is it really 7 cents a catty?" ”

"Of course it's true!"

"Tell my sister, how much did you sell that basket yesterday?" Li Na asked with some excitement.

"Yesterday's basket was a bit small, less than sixty catties, and it was sold for a total of 40 yuan!"

"40 bucks?"

Li Na subconsciously covered her mouth, Li Shankui and his wife were also full of horror, except for the heavy panting of a few people in the room, there was no other sound!

It's no wonder they are so shocked, although the life of the big guys in the past few years has been better than before, but the money distributed in their hands every year is still pitiful.

There are three people in the Li family who go to work to earn work points, and in addition to the rations they get a year, they can get 100 yuan in the sky.

And Li Yi only earns 40 yuan a day from buying mushrooms, which completely subverts their cognition.

"Then how much money did you make selling cold skin?" Li Na asked again.

"More than thirty dollars!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Na asked a little excitedly: "In other words, you earned a total of more than 70 yuan today?" ”

Li Yi nodded and said: "To be precise, I earned 71 yuan 2, but I bought so many goods, and gave Dongzi and Shi two yuan each, and now there are 33 yuan and 4 cents left!" ”

As he spoke, Li Yi took out the money bag for change and poured all the money on the kang.

When they saw the colorful wool bills with various bills and coins scattered in front of them, Li Shankui and the others felt that their brains were a little insufficient.

After the shock, Li Na suddenly stared at Li Yi and said, "I'll go with you tomorrow!" ”

"Okay!"

Originally, Li Yi didn't want to take her there, after all, the above policies on the individual economy are still not clear at the moment, and the risk of setting up a stall is still very great.

Although he set up a stall at the entrance of the sugar factory is relatively low-key, he can't tell when he will be reported, and it is really not good to bring her.

But he also knew that if he didn't let her see how he made money in person, his family would not feel at ease.

"Do you need to prepare something for tomorrow's stall?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "It's not too late to prepare tomorrow, it just so happens that everyone is here, I have something to say!" ”

"What's the matter?" Zhang Yuehong looked at her youngest son and said.

"I want to propose to Xiaoxue tomorrow!"

Li Shankui said while filling his tobacco pot with tobacco leaves: "Yes, etiquette is indispensable!" ”

Zhang Yuehong said: "If you propose marriage, you have to prepare a bride price and other things, and you have to pull a list!" ”

Li Yi immediately said: "I don't have enough bride price now, so let's take the family's money first, and I will buy the things for my relatives from the county seat when I come back tomorrow!" ”

"That's fine!"

Then Li Shankui said to his mother-in-law: "Child, you wait to go to Mrs. Zhang's house and let her be a matchmaker tomorrow!" ”

"Okay!"

After talking about business, Li Yi asked his father and mother and the third sister to help deal with the mushrooms, while he made dinner.

In fact, rural people have a relatively simple meal at night, usually boiling some porridge and boiling a few potatoes, or heating a few steamed mixed noodles steamed buns at noon, and they can make do with it.

But Li Yi knows that hoeing and watering the ground in summer is the hardest, and if the nutrition can't keep up, the body is easy to be dragged down.

In his previous life, his father died before he was fifty years old, in addition to feeling guilty because of Tang Xue's death, it also had a lot to do with perennial malnutrition.

So, as long as he has time, he will take care of the family's food.

For dinner, Li Yi made oily noodles, this classic noodle dish is trouble-free and delicious, and it is also very nutritious, which is in line with the taste of old farmers like Li Shankui and Zhang Yuehong.

Noodles, rolling, boiling!

The whole process was like flowing water, as if he had done it hundreds or thousands of times.

After boiling the handmade noodles in boiling water, Li Yi spread the ingredients such as chopped green onions, pepper powder, and salt on the noodles together with a thick layer of chili noodles, and poured hot vegetable oil on the seasoning.

When the hot oil is poured on the seasoning, the hot oil boils, and the pepper noodles and chili noodles are scalded and the bowl is full of red light, and the fragrance "scratches" it comes up.

A bowl of fragrant oil poured noodles into the stomach, and everyone in the Li family was indescribably satisfied.

Taking advantage of the time to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Li Na suddenly asked in a low voice, "Isn't this oily noodles our food here?" ”

"Well, it belongs to the characteristics of Qin Province!" Li Yi replied truthfully.

"It's Qin Province again! You keep telling me, have you been eyeing Xiaoxue for a long time? ”

"Uh... What does it mean? Li Yi asked puzzled.

"You still pretend, Xiaoxue's hometown is from Qin Province!"

"I know, but does it matter?"

"Why doesn't it matter, the cold skin, the meat bun and the oily noodles are all characteristics of Qin Province, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world, do you dare to say that these Qin Province delicacies you learn have nothing to do with Xiaoxue?"

Li Yi didn't expect the third sister to think like this, and had the heart to explain, but thinking about it, he really couldn't deny it, because this matter was indeed directly related to Tang Xue.

In her previous life, Tang Xue was buried in Qin Province after committing suicide, and Li Yi would go there every year to see her and the poor child who had not yet had time to take a look at the world.

Sometimes, Li Yi even stayed in Qin Province for a while.

After staying for a long time, I naturally learned a lot of Qin Province cuisine.

"Have you been eyeing Xiaoxue for a long time, you learned these delicacies for Xiaoxue!"

Li Yi's silence was naturally regarded as a default by Li Na, she seemed to have discovered something extraordinary, and looked straight at Li Yi with her eyes.

Li Yi, who was a little hairy by the third sister, showed a wry smile, this was really a perfect misunderstanding, he didn't know how to explain it.