Chapter 343: Selling Rice Balls
"It's so hard to make this thing, I can't even grasp the chopsticks in my hand." When Mu Xiaoshu was eating dinner, he was still shaking with chopsticks in his hand, but he had been pushing the stone mill today, and he was tired enough.
"Hey, next time I'll go to the big stone mill in the village to grind, and our cattle can still make some effort." Zhou Shuilian put down her chopsticks and thumped her waist.
"Mother, I won't say it all, next time we buy a big stone mill by ourselves, the stone mill is only ground for food, and the big stone mill in the village grinds everything all day long, this entrance thing, we still have to pay attention to cleanliness, otherwise what should I do if I eat my stomach." Mu Xiu also felt tired, and he must not be like this next time......
The next day, everyone got up early in the morning, Mu Xiuzhang steamed a large pot of red beans and made red bean paste, Zhou Shuilian and Mu Xiaoshu kneaded the glutinous rice flour by hand until the dough was smooth and soft, and then began to wrap the rice balls.
I saw Zhou Shuilian pinch a small piece of glutinous rice ball, knead it with both hands, press it into a cake shape, fill the filling, wrap it along the edge, rub the wrapped rice balls in her hands, and wrap a rice ball into different basins after wrapping it according to different fillings.
Mu Xiaoshu and Mu Xiu also wrapped it quickly, and the aunt of the Chen family next door was also called to make dumplings together, Chen Xuhui looked tall and big, but after looking at it for a while, he also sat down and wrapped it up, and it was not bad.
There are many people and great strength, and it took a few people two hours to wrap out more than 90 catties of rice balls.
"Okay, I'll pack these and sell them today." Mu Xiu looked at the time, it was already past nine o'clock.
"I'll load it up." Zhou Shuilian stood up, took out the steamer cloth, covered the basin with wooden water, and Chen Xuhui took these together to the ox cart.
"Mother, you and Aunt Chen continue to wrap up the rest, if you have free time, fry some sesame seeds and peanuts, and then we will send them to my aunt in the county seat tomorrow." Mu Xiu said to Zhou Shuilian.
"Okay, I'll give you some interviews first." Zhou Shuilian turned around and went to the stove, and after a while, the noodles were ready.
Mu Xiaoshu, Mu Shui, Mu Xiu, and Chen Xuhui each had a bowl of noodles, with a poached egg on it, and after eating it, they drove the ox cart to the largest market nearby.
"Huh? Did you hear anything? Mu Xiu suddenly pricked up her ears, as if she heard someone shouting Zhou Shuilian.
"No, what's wrong?" Chen Xuhui also listened carefully, but didn't hear anything.
"It's okay, maybe the wind is blowing loudly, I heard it wrong."
Today is the first time to meet the market, the country road, densely packed with people, Mu Xiu and they are very difficult to get to the market, but it is still late, the market is already full of people, a few people drove the ox cart to the middle of the position.
There are all kinds of things sold in the bazaar, there are all kinds of shops, all kinds of people have them, and the goods are complete, dazzling, Mu Xiu's eyes are sharp, and he found a vacant seat that can only be placed on a table, and hurriedly took it up, Chen Xuhui tacitly moved the table on the ox cart down, and ran to Mu Xiu to put the table away.
Mu Shui in the back looked for a place to tie the cow, and Mu Xiu and the others put out the rice balls they had wrapped at home.
In the past, the rice balls that everyone ate during the Lantern Festival were nothing more than black sesame filling, and it would be good for everyone to get one or two, after all, black sesame and glutinous rice are still very expensive, Mu Xiu made bean paste filling this time, peanut filling, osmanthus rock sugar filling, date filling, and salty ham five-kernel filling, these six flavors were each made fifteen catties, put them in six pots, and put them on the table.
"Sell rice balls, round and big rice balls."
"Peanut five-kernel bean paste, sesame date filling, and ham five-kernel filling, there is always a flavor that suits you."
"If you buy early, you will eat early, and if you buy late, you will not be able to sell it if you sell out."
"Eat glutinous rice balls, and be reunited."
"The filling is full, the skin is glutinous, and the taste is silky, so you can make sure you want to eat it after eating!"
Mu Xiu's shouting and selling quickly attracted everyone, Mu Shui and Chen Xuhui are also old faces in this market, and everyone praises the things they bought back from them.
"It's Mushui, I haven't seen you for a few days, and my grandson has been clamoring to eat steamed egg cakes!" An eldest lady in her early fifties came over, looked at the rice balls on the table, took a closer look, and said in surprise: "How did you get this rice balls, they are white and round, they are so big, they look delicious." ”
"Auntie, you often buy my things, you should know that my things are all real materials, Tong Su is not deceitful, not only the taste is good, but the price is not high." Mu Xiu said with a smile.
"That's right, every time I buy something from your house, go back and taste it, it tastes really good, how much is this glutinous rice ball." The eldest lady nodded, every time she came to the market, she would buy something back when she saw Mushui's stall.
"Four cents a pound, three pounds a dollar, you can buy some of all kinds of flavors and go back to taste them." Mu Xiu quoted with a smile.
"I have a lot of family, so let's get a dollar." The eldest lady heartily took out a dollar, she often buys things outside, she should have a good family background, and two yuan a piece is a small amount of money for her.
"Bring me a pound of mixed food." At this time, the old customers saw that it was Mushui and set up a stall, and they came forward to buy it.
Everyone's curiosity is very strong, and when they see which stall has more people, even if they haven't eaten or bought it, they have to buy it back and try it in line, and after a while, the stall is crowded with people.
Soon, all the more than 90 catties of rice balls brought were sold, and it was only one o'clock in the afternoon.
"I didn't expect this glutinous rice balls to sell so well, the glutinous rice balls are sweet and greasy, I don't like to eat them, it's better to eat dumplings." Mu Shui muttered as he moved things.
"This is called radish greens, each has its own love, I like to eat glutinous rice balls, sweet and silky, let's go, let's go home and eat glutinous rice balls." Mu Xiu jumped on the ox cart and said happily.
"Let's go." Chen Xuhui drove to his home in an ox cart.
"O water lotus! Mother has found you. Chen Xuhui was driving an ox cart, and as soon as he walked out of the market, he saw a man rushing towards the ox cart.
Seeing that he was about to hit someone, Chen Xuhui hurriedly grabbed the ox cart in fright, and quickly stopped, and when the car stopped, he found that it was Wang Yuechun.
Wang Yuechun stopped the ox cart and looked at it, but she didn't see Zhou Shuilian, and her face couldn't help but look ugly.
"What do you want to do?" Mu Xiaoshu stood on the carriage and looked at Wang Yuechun with a vigilant expression.
"Xiaoshu, take me back to find your mother, your village, we really can't get in!" Wang Yuechun thought that these days, as soon as they stepped into Yingwu Village, they were driven out by the men of the Mu family, and they felt sad and wanted to cry.