Volume 1 Chapter 23
After making money, Qiao Song is not stingy, and Qiao Xi said that he has no objection to eating him in the town.
They found a noodle stall and ordered three bowls of somen noodles, and after a while, the boss brought the noodles, and the three brothers and sisters ate with relish!
"Little sister, let's go back and pick those sour fruits home." Qiao Song didn't expect the hawthorn cake to sell so well, it was only a long time, two baskets of hawthorn cakes were sold out, a basket of hawthorn cakes was about thirty or forty yuan, except for a few pieces of tastings and gifts, each piece of five Wen, he calculated in his heart, two baskets of hawthorn cake about three hundred Wen, the sour fruit did not cost a penny, just spent some labor, and put three catties of sugar when the little sister boiled it, the sugar was fifteen Wen per catty, three catties is forty-five Wen, three hundred Wen minus forty-five Wen, they made a net profit of two hundred and fifty-five Wen, If he copied books, he couldn't earn so much money in a month, no wonder his sister always likes to drill into the mountains, many things that are worthless and inedible in their eyes can become treasures in her eyes.
"Okay, I'll sell it a few more times then. Save more money. "Anyway, the hawthorn on the mountain doesn't cost money, anyone can pick it, but the sugar is a little expensive, and spending that money can be exchanged for greater benefits, why not." There's not much sugar at home, so I'll have to buy some more later. "More than half of the five catties of candy I bought last time have been used, and I have to buy some back.
"Buy, go buy the noodles after eating, is there anything else you want to buy?" With money, Qiao Song is not buckling the rope, and the place where it should be used still has to be used, just like Xiaomei said, the money earned is used to spend, and the province cannot be saved.
Qiao Xi thought about it, the food bought at home before could last for four or five days, so they didn't need to buy it, and this time they knocked down the sale of fish with Juxianlou, if they needed food, they could ask Su Cheng to help buy it and bring it to them at that time, at most she would give some running expenses.
There are still two fish at home, go back and make new food for them in the evening, that is more oil-intensive, if you need to buy some more, "Big brother, then we will go to buy sugar and oil, the rest are still there, there is no need to buy them for the time being." ”
"Okay, eat it quickly, otherwise it won't taste good if it's cold." With a money-making livelihood, Qiao Song's whole person is much more relaxed, fifty taels of silver except for the money he went to the county seat to study, if they really save money, they can also use it for two or three years. Coupled with the small business that Xiaomei is now making up, their days are much more comfortable than many people in the village, the dark clouds shining above his head after the death of his father and mother can finally see the sun in the clouds, and he believes that their days will be better and better under the leadership of Xiaomei, Xiaomei is really a lucky star of their family.
It's not for nothing that her father and mother spoil her. When he has the ability, he will let her live a happy life, and then choose a good husband for her, so that she will have no worries in her life.
Qiao Song thought while eating, and from time to time he would look at Qiao Xi, his eyes were full of doting, Qiao Xi was inexplicable, and he couldn't imagine that her brother would think so long-term, and even her future husband's family was taken into account, if Qiao Xi knew what her eldest brother was thinking, she would definitely roll her eyes fiercely, eldest brother, she was only eight years old, and she was still very far away from the day of marriage, was it necessary to think so far?
A bowl of noodles is actually not much to eat, and it can be solved by three or two of three people.
After eating the noodles, the three of them went straight to the grocery store, bought five catties of sugar and five catties of oil, put them in a basket and walked towards the town.
When passing by the pork stall, Qiao Xi saw the pig offal and pork bones thrown aside by the stall owner, so he ran over and asked, "Uncle, how can you sell this?" ”
The smell of pig offal is heavy, and the smell is not easy to get rid of, and the taste is unpleasant, which is basically not bought by anyone, and most of them are given away as a gift.
Because there is no meat on pork bones, no one will be willing to spend that unjust money to buy them, buy them back to burn the pork bones and waste firewood, and usually the stall owners will throw them away in the end.
When the stall owner saw that the little girl was interested in them, he looked at her clothes and understood that he was reluctant to spend money to sell pork to eat, so he could only buy some of them, which was too addictive to his mouth, and he could be regarded as having tasted the minced meat.
"If you want it, I'll give you all of them, just ten cents."
"Boss, give me all of this?" There are a lot of them there, and they can eat enough to eat for a few days, and now that it's winter, they are not afraid of bad at all.
These things have been made into delicacies in various parts of the Celestial Empire, and they are also very nutritious. It's so cheap for her.
Shiwen, don't be too worthwhile, these things are not cheap in the Celestial Empire.
"Yes, you have to take all the ten wen." The owner was very cheerful.
"Yes, of course, the boss will help me pack it up." How could she not want it, so many things are only ten cents, is it good that she has made a lot of money. Worried that the stall owner would regret it, he immediately paid him.
"Okay." The boss's mind is actually the same as Qiao Xi's, he was afraid that she would suddenly stop paying for it, seeing that she paid so happily, and gave two more lard cubes.
"Thank you boss. I'll come back to you next time to buy it. "On the way, I also gave her a lard block, which is good, yes, she is a businessman. I'll visit his butcher's shop again next time.
"Little sister, I'll come." Qiao Song no longer cares about what Xiaomei buys, and what can catch her eyes is definitely not bad. He just quietly worked as a porter.
When I got closer, I carried the basket directly on my back.
"Okay, go back and make something to eat." Qiao Xi smiled brightly. Others wouldn't, she would.
"It's just you." Qiao Song glared at Qiao Xi, causing her to laugh.
"It's awesome here." He pointed to his head and boasted.
"My sister is amazing, the most powerful." Qiao Bai coaxed on the side.
"You're awesome, too." Qiao Xi didn't forget to praise his little brother.
"Big brother, let's make an ox cart and go back." She and her younger brother don't have much to take, but the eldest brother is carrying a lot of heavy things, and he is still growing his body, so he can't be oppressed.
"Okay, make the ox cart and go back."
There are two ox carts in Qiaojia Village, and they usually earn these small amounts of money to supplement their families.
When the three brothers and sisters came to the archway at the entrance of the town, Qiao Siye was about to set off back.
It seems that this trip will not be able to carry people today, and this time is not early.
"Grandpa Lin, are you going back?" Qiao Xi's mouth was very sweet, and he stepped forward with a smile and asked Qiao Zilin Fourth Master.
"It's Qiao Xi, I'm about to go back, are you going to take the car?" Qiao Zilin didn't have much hope for their siblings, and he still knew about their family's situation.
"Sit, sit."
"Then hurry up." Qiao Zilin just asked casually, he didn't expect them to really take a car, you must know that it is not cheap to take an ox cart once, two cents for one person, three people are six wen, and six wen can buy a pound of rice.
"Hey......"
"Big brother, little brother, quickly put things up and rest." After running around for so long, my legs were almost sore.
When he arrived at the entrance of the village, Qiao Song moved the things on the ox cart, and Qiao Xi handed Qiao Siye eight copper plates, saying that the back basket took up space, and whether anyone took his cart or not, the little thing that should be given should not be ambiguous.
said goodbye to Fourth Master Qiao, and the three brothers and sisters left.
Qiao Siye squinted at the three backs of the departing, there were more things in his eyes, but there seemed to be none.
When he got home, Qiao Song had no time to spare, and after clearing out the things in the back basket, he said hello to Qiao Xi, and went into the mountain with the back basket on his back.
He also refused the help of his younger brother, saying that having him follow would slow him down, and he still had to take care of him, so he went into the mountain alone.
Qiao Xi knew what her eldest brother was thinking, so she brought her younger brother to her side and asked him to help her do things.
Qiao Xi took the pig's small intestine and pork liver aside, and then put the pork belly and pig's large intestine into the basin to clean, if these two things are not cleaned up, the taste will still be very big, very untasty, while commanding the little brother to let him bring the salt and white flour to her.
The main reason why the pig's large intestine and pork belly are not clean is that they are reluctant to use these two things to clean them, even if they know that they will not be willing to waste food.
Qiao Xi didn't think it was bad, but in Qiao Bai's eyes, it was not like that, he looked distressed, and watched his sister pour the white noodles into the stinky pig offal as if she didn't want money, his eyelids began to twitch, and his heart hurt! And why do you pour white noodles into a basin, is it better to make a dish that tastes better?
Qiao Bai had doubts in his heart, but he couldn't hide them, so he asked directly: "Sister, why are you pouring white noodles into the basin, what a waste of food?" "So much white flour is enough for them to eat in one meal.
"Don't you feel distressed? In fact, there is nothing to feel sorry for, if you don't use white flour and salt to clean it, these things will not taste good. This is called reluctant children can't trap wolves, and there is a gift to gain. Qiao Xi did not forget to educate his younger brother, not only to look at the present, but to take a long-term view.
Qiao Bai nodded as if he didn't understand, although he still showed a distressed look on his face, he squatted quietly aside, helping Qiao Xi add water from time to time, and helping her get some things for a while.
After Qiao Xi cleaned up the pig's large intestine and pork belly, he began to clean the pig's small intestine and pork liver, and asked his younger brother to make a fire first, boil a pot of boiling water, and don't put out the fire when the water boils.
Qiao Baiyi slipped into the kitchen and happily lit a fire to boil water.
In the afternoon, Qiao Xi was also busy enough, she didn't plan to eat the pig's large intestine, pig's small intestine and pork belly today, so she just put them in the water.
Tonight, she can make a stir-fried pork liver and stir-fried greens.
The dishes for the evening were all ready, just waiting for her brother to come back from the mountains to cook.
After finishing all this, I started to boil the pork bone soup in a pot, and after boiling almost it, I put some radishes in it and stewed it, this soup is absolutely delicious.
In the other pot, she began to refine the oil, and the plate oil given by the owner of the pork shop before happened to be boiled together at this time.