Chapter 66: Loyal Black Dog
"Go back and sleep again!" Li Ailian smiled and waved her hand at the two, "After I boil the soy milk with your mother, you can come over again." ”
Sister Qiu said with a smile: "How can that be? I don't feel at ease with you both, my look. ”
Yesterday, I only made two catties of beans, so Jia felt relaxed, but yesterday evening, Sister Qiu soaked all the remaining eight catties of beans, and the two of them were in a hurry, and she could help a little.
When the day was just dawning, Jia and Li Ailian took Sister Qiu to the town with the burden, leaving Zhang Yuxiu to look after the house, telling her not to open the door no matter who came, and the group of people left. Some people have already started to set up stalls one after another, and because they came early, they also took the middle position in the bazaar and put away their things.
When the sun showed its face, the flow of people on the street gradually increased, and the Jiang family also came early with the donkey, and Dayin and the donkey took a bowl of bean curd, stood on the street, and shouted loudly: "Delicious!" It's delicious! ”
The bean curd is sprinkled with sesame oil, mixed with the fragrance of the bean curd and the unique fragrance of the marinade wafted out far away, and the fried beans were also put on the bean curd, and the crisp sound of the big seal and the donkey biting the beans knew that the beans were fried crispy.
Very soon, people came around, and saw the smell of the big seal and the donkey, and many children pestered the adults to eat, and someone asked, "What are you doing?" How is it sold? ”
Sister Qiu didn't reply to him what this was, but smiled and said, "Uncle, come and taste a bowl?" Two cents a big porcelain bowl, not delicious and don't need money! ”
The so-called large porcelain bowl can hold about half a pound of bean curd, and the small bowl is less than half of the large porcelain bowl. Just smelling the aroma makes my mouth water, and the bean curd looks white and tender, which is coveted, and two cents is indeed not expensive.
Very quickly, someone took two cents and asked for a bowl, and Sister Qiu took a spoon and scraped a bowl of bean curd, poured enough marinade and sesame oil, put fried soybeans and green onion flowers, and served it to the man.
"Delicious!" The man squatted down to the side of the road with the bowl, took the first bite, couldn't help but admire, and began to eat it violently.
The ancients all seemed to have such a kind of mentality, and they always cringed a little when facing new things, just like crabs, until the first person who ate crabs stood up and tried it, and felt that it was delicious, and the big guys suddenly realized that they rushed up to share the food.
After the first person who came to buy bean curd said that it was delicious, Sister Qiu's palm to collect money did not stop, and she was a little busy at first, and the servants often touched a piece of hand, Sister Qiu hurriedly gave in the work plan, Sister Qiu collected money, Jia was responsible for scooping bean flowers from the pot, and Li Ailian was responsible for pouring the marinade for the bean curd.
Before leaving the house, Sister Qiu told Jia and Li Ailian, I don't care how much money I made today, but I must make a reputation, and the villagers who come to the market usually eat less oil and like to eat things with heavy tastes, so on the first day of selling bean curd, not only do you give more bean curd, but you can't be stingy with the marinade and sesame oil in the bean curd.
The servants only brought six bowls over, and four of them were borrowed from Jiang's family, and many people ate the first bowl, but they didn't feel like it, and then bought the second bowl to eat. Those who want to buy bean curd can only wait for the person in front to finish eating and wash the bowl before they can continue to eat. Sister Qiu saw that there were forty copper plates in her pocket, and after telling Jia Shi, she went to the stall selling dishes with the money, and bought ten bowls and ten pairs of wooden chopsticks to relieve the pressure on the dishes.
More and more people rushed to the market, and the people who ate bean curd in front made live advertisements for those who came behind. When Aunt Chunhua came back with the big seal and the donkey to buy things in the market, she was pleasantly surprised to find that such a big pot of bean flowers had already seen the bottom, and there were still many people waiting to buy them.
"It's gone." Sister Qiu rushed over and wanted to buy Douhua's aunt said with a sorry smile.
As soon as I heard it was gone, the little fat dun in the eldest aunt's arms was about to cry when she opened her mouth, sobbing and sobbing, and it was not okay to be wronged, everyone else ate it until it was his turn, and it was gone, this world is too cruel! A child is like that, he has to wait for what he wants.
Sister Qiu saw that there was still a little bit at the bottom of the basin, so she took a spoon to scrape out the remaining bean curd, put sesame oil and marinade, handed it to the eldest aunt, and said: "This is not enough for a bowl, send it to the younger brother to eat, no money." Today we sell this on the first day, and there is less preparation, and we will come again tomorrow, and you will definitely come again. ”
Sister Chongqiu, who was grateful to the eldest aunt, thanked her, squatted aside to feed the little fat dun to eat, and successively indicated that the eldest brother who would take the child would come to eat with his father and give the little lady a scene.
"Huh!" The two good brothers of Dayin and Donkey glanced at each other, and sighed together, the two of them had only eaten a bowl, and they had not eaten enough!
From the beginning of selling the first bowl to the end of the sale, Sister Qiu estimated that it only took a little more than an hour, and this time was the time when the market was the most crowded.
"I did less." Aunt Chunhua said with a smile, helping Jia Shi and Li Ailian to clean up the stall, "Ming'er does a little more, and all of them can be sold." ”
Jia's face was full of happy smiles, she hadn't slept well since last night, and she didn't know the bottom of her heart for the first time to do business, but she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to sell it, and even planned to go to her eldest brother for help if the idea was not good, and find her a job to wash clothes, she didn't expect it to sell so well.
"It's not that our dealer hasn't made an idea, cowardly, no one dares to do more, now that we have touched the market, it's easy to do!" Li Ailian said with a smile that her husband used to pull a cart to do business, and she was much better than Jia Shi's mind and spoke neatly.
A few people closed the stalls and happily walked all the way to Xiaohe Town, and their steps were much brisker. Sister Qiu touched the money bag in her arms and laughed stupidly several times. Jia Shi looked at her as a "little money fan" and couldn't close her smile.
The prices in the grain store in the town are similar to the prices in the Laocheng grocery store, so Sister Qiu didn't buy beans in the town, and it was quite tiring to pick them up. After arriving in the village, several people went home first to put their burdens, and then went to the grocery store of the old family to weigh 50 catties of beans.
Seeing Jia's ruddy complexion and relaxed expression, Lao Cheng was slightly surprised in his heart, and looked at the old lady Xiucai's illness is really good, and now the two of them come to buy beans, and one buy is 50 city catties, and 150 copper plates are not a small amount.
Lao Cheng arched his hand and said with a smile: "Is Mrs. Old Xiucai well?" Congratulations! If you don't die, there will be blessings in the future, and your mother will definitely get better and better in the future! ”
Jia was a little shy, in fact, he didn't have any illness at all, so he pretended to be sick in order to protect his daughter, told such a lie, and deceived the whole village, but he couldn't let others know. "Promise your good words." Jia said with a smile.
"Sister Qiu, her mother is actually not sick." Aunt Chunhua said with a smile, and complained: "They all complain that I and the child and his father are lame, and they went to the town to invite the two Lang Zhong to come over, and they almost hurt Sister Qiu and her mother, but it is better for the eldest sister to invite Lang Zhong!" ”
In the past few days, Aunt Chunhua and the people in the village have always talked like this.
Lao Cheng smiled and joked: "You and Lin are all well-intentioned, Mrs. Lao Xiucai is a good person, how can a good person complain about a well-intentioned person!" "The village is thrifty, and the head of the village comes to buy things, at most it is a three-to-five cents deal, like Sister Qiu's family, a big deal of buying 50 catties of beans, it is difficult to buy a few times a year, and it is too late for Lao Cheng to be happy, and the flattery is more hard.
When they got home, Sister Qiu looked at Lin Zhun holding a black little milk dog standing by the door and waiting for them, Li Ailian smiled and said, "Why didn't Dazhun knock on the door and go in?" Your Yuxiu sister is at home! ”
Lin Zhun smiled and said, "I have just arrived, and I have listened to your speech, so I am waiting for you to come." ”
The little milk dog listened to the speech, and the triangular ears immediately fell, and he raised his eyes from the crook of Lin Zhun's arm, and looked at the person with dark eyes.
Sister Qiu likes it, she hurriedly ran over and touched the head of the little milk dog, the little milk dog is not afraid of life, and after a while, she became familiar with Sister Qiu and a few people, and obediently picked it up on the ground, asking Sister Qiu to scratch its head and smooth its hair.
"Why did you bring a black dog here? Male or female? Aunt Chunhua was a little dissatisfied and preached to Lin Zhun.
Lin Zhun smiled and said: "It's a little, it's going to be late for us to open our mouths, when I passed, there were only two puppies left in the second aunt's family, and one dog was a flower dog, I didn't look very jubilant, but this little black dog was strong, so I didn't want a flower dog." ”
"The black dog is fine." Sister Qiu was afraid that Aunt Chunhua would reprimand Lin Zhun for "not doing things well", so she hurriedly opened her mouth, "The black dog wards off evil spirits, there is Xiao Hei here, and all those Xu Fei Charm Spirits dare not come over." ”
Aunt Chunhua laughed, patted Lin Zhun on the shoulder, and whispered to her son: "Look, I haven't said anything about you yet, so I'll protect it!" ”
Lin Zhun Junxiu's face was dyed with a layer of red, and he glanced at Sister Qiu, seeing that she was playing with the little black dog seriously, and didn't pay attention to this side, so he breathed a sigh of relief and complained softly: "Mother, what are you talking nonsense, Sister Qiu is still young!" He smiled at Jia and Li Ailian, and said, "Uncle, aunt, I'll go home first to feed the grass pig." After speaking, he carried the bean dregs on his back and walked quickly with his head down.
Jia Shi came out of the small kitchen, only looked at Lin Zhun's departing back, sighed and said to Aunt Chunhua: "This kid, why is it leaving, stay for lunch later." ”
Aunt Chunhua, who teased her son, was in a very good mood, and said with a smile: "No, we still have a large piece of water tofu at home that we haven't eaten, and Dayin has been clamoring to eat it since he got home last night, and he won't make it for him at noon, I'm afraid that I will have to talk about it for a long time!" ”
Zhang Yuxiu also likes the fat little black dog, touching the head of the little black dog and saying enviously: "I also want a puppy to play with." ”