Chapter 35: Preparing for the Birthday Banquet
Sleeping at night, the family of three covered the quilt that Yu Wan bought (dragged) back, this quilt was very light, Yu Wan was worried that it was not warm enough, and added a thick quilt of her own on it.
As a result, I slept until midnight, and the family of three became steamed shrimp together, and the mattress was soaked......
Breakfast is leftover white flour steamed buns and braised vegetables from last night, and you can eat it hot.
In the interval between steaming steamed buns and braised vegetables in the pot, Yu Wan went to the pigsty.
There are no pigs in the pigsty, and it has been cleaned by Yu Wan, and now it is used to raise chickens.
In order to keep the pheasants warm, Yu Wan surrounded the periphery with cotton cloth, although it was not as warm as the wall, it was much better than sleeping in the open air, and Yu Wan also burned a brazier by the chicken coop.
Pheasants are placed in different chicken coops.
Yu Wan touched them one by one, and when she touched the third one, she was stunned: "You didn't lay eggs again?" ”
I didn't go down yesterday.
"Awan." Yu Feng knocked on the back door of the stove house, he came to take Yu Wan to the town to buy vegetables, thinking that Xiao Tie Dan and the third aunt were still asleep, it was inconvenient to wake them up, so he went around the back door.
Yu Wan opened the door to Yu Feng.
Yu Feng saw the two eggs in her hand and said, "What about the eggs?" ”
The cold wind that poured in made Yu Wan shiver, she hurriedly welcomed Yu Feng in, closed the back door and said: "There is a chicken that doesn't lay eggs, I'm thinking, if I don't wait for it to be sold in the town, it should be able to sell it at a good price." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a crisp clucking from the chicken coop!
Yu Feng ran over and took a look: "Huh? Eggs are laid. ”
……
After Yu Wan dipped the marinade and ate a white-flour steamed bun, she went on the road with Yu Feng.
They went to Bolt's house to rent an ox cart as usual, but unfortunately the ox cart broke down, and the two had to walk.
Yu Wan is used to walking, but she doesn't feel far, and she can save money by walking.
Don't look at the fact that they can eat meat every day now, but that's just because they are in the braised meat business, except for the high cost of ingredients and salt and other condiments, there is not much money in their hands.
And they need to scrape together a hundred taels of medical fees, and there is really a distance of thousands of peaks.
But as long as they work hard, Yu Wan believes that they will be able to earn it one day.
"You don't need to buy vegetarian vegetables, I have already told the villagers, when the time comes, I will go to their fields and pick them, and the price will be at the market." Halfway through, Yu Feng said against the cold wind of hunting like a knife.
Yu Wan nodded, the proportion of vegetarian vegetables is not large, it may not be easy to book in the market, it is better to find the villagers to buy, besides, the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, the same price, is it better for the villagers to make money?
As for meat dishes, they must be purchased at the market.
The two first went to the market where Yu Wan had sold live fish and winter bamboo shoots.
"How do you sell pork belly?" Yu Wan asked, pointing to a beautiful long five-flower strip.
The stall owner said: "Twenty wen a catty." ”
Yu Wan paused: "So expensive? Wasn't it only eighteen yesterday? ”
The stall owner chopped off a pig's trotter and said, "You will be twenty-two tomorrow!" One price a day, the year is like this, even if you go to other places to ask, there is no lower price. ”
Yu Wan didn't believe it at first, and pulled Yu Feng around the market, but as the stall owner said, there was no lower: "Big brother, are there any other markets in the town?" ”
"Yes, there's another one."
The brother and sister went to another market, but the sad thing is that this market is closer to Beizhenkou, and the price is more expensive than the previous one.
"We still have to buy salt, the cost of ingredients is too high, and we will lose money." Although Yu Wan didn't plan to make much, it didn't mean that she wanted to do a loss-making business.
Yu Feng thought for a while and said: "There is a market in Xitou Village, I heard that the food there is cheap, but it is too far away. ”
The sky was covered with snow like goose feathers, and the two of them walked more than ten miles in the wind and snow before finally arriving at the market in Xitou Village.
Yu Wan's ears were frozen red, her hands were stiff, her face was numb, and she couldn't even speak.
Sadly, the food here isn't cheap at all......
"Why are you here?" A carriage stopped beside Yu Wan, the curtain was lifted, and Bai Tang looked at the brother and sister.
Yu Wan said with difficulty: "I, we, come, buy, and eat." ”
"What kind of food to buy and run so far? Not available on the market? Bai Tang asked.
"Buy, white, old, lord, birthday, feast, shang, of, dish." Yu Wan said word by word, it wasn't that she wanted to say it so slowly, but her cheeks were stiff.
Bai Tang Xing's eyes were round and said, "Didn't I make it clear yesterday?" I'll buy the ingredients, you just have to do it with you! ”
Hearing this, even Yu Wan, who had always been calm, couldn't help but be stunned, Miss Bai promised five taels of silver, didn't it mean to let them bring their own ingredients? They only used to make braised vegetables for a day, and they could net so much?!
What kind of ruined daughter is this......
Bai Tang saw that Yu Wan couldn't speak, knowing that she was frozen, and sighed: "Get in the car, I'll send you back." ”
Yu Feng was inconvenient to enter, so he only sat outside with the coachman, but Bai Tang gave him a thick cashmere blanket, and he wrapped it around his body, only to feel like a fire.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the village.
Yu Wan, who had already recovered, sincerely thanked her.
Bai Tang waved his hand and said, "I will send someone to pick you up the day after tomorrow." ”
Yu Wan said politely: "The town is not far away, we can go there ourselves." ”
Bai Tang raised his eyebrows: "Who said my family is in town?" ”
……
In the afternoon, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the wind and snow are mixed outside, but the warm pavilion is as warm as late spring.
The red Luo charcoal burned vigorously.
Mrs. Yan was only wearing a thin short jacket, but she didn't feel cold at all.
In front of her, the kitchen steward Du was asking her to instruct: "...... The venison is set, you see if the fresh donkey meat is also prepared, they all say, dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground, use it to entertain distinguished guests, it is very suitable, but this price is ......"
Steward Du said, showing a look of embarrassment.
Mrs. Yan touched the lazy white cat in her arms, and snorted coldly: "Does our general's mansion seem to be a person who is short of money now?" What is good, how to be considerate, you just have to do it, you don't have to ask me about everything, you just have to remember that the princess and the young master Yan are also coming to the banquet, don't slack them! ”
Steward Du was shocked: "Yes!" Madam! ”
Boom! Boom! Knock knock knock!
Not far away, a deafening drum beat was heard.
The white cat in Mrs. Yan's arms was frightened and jumped away with a meow.
Mrs. Yan's eyebrows frowned: "Who is so bold that he is beating drums in the house?" I don't know that the young lady has been on the road for so long and is resting? Go and beat that deadly minion out! ”
Steward Du touched his nose and said, "It's not our house, it's the Bai Mansion next door, I heard that his master is going to have a birthday, so he specially invited the troupe back from outside." ”