Chapter 17: The Heart
"How much food to stockpile?" Gu Feng's tone was calm and asked tentatively.
Su Jiu'er's eyes narrowed slightly, her eyes were sharp, she hesitated, and her eyes gradually softened, "Xianggong, of course, the more the better, we are ready to go to hundreds of stones, how about it?" ”
If calculated according to rice, one stone is about one hundred catties, one hundred stone is ten thousand catties, one stone is one tael, and one hundred stone costs one hundred and twenty taels of silver.
Not to mention the side, except for the grain store that will hoard so much grain, even if there are rich people in the town, they will not hoard so much grain.
Gu Feng turned his head to look at Su Jiu'er, looked at the sparkling eyes, and said with a serious face, "We can't eat so much food in our lives." ”
Without waiting for Su Jiu'er to speak, Gu Feng put his right hand on Su Jiu'er's waist and said dotingly, "Don't worry, no matter when, I will take care of you, you won't let you starve." ”
He has the ability to make Su Jiu'er live without worry about food and clothing in this life, as for Su Jiu'er's unrealistic idea, he thinks it is better to let her die early.
When Su Jiu'er was about to speak, she heard Gu Feng say, "A hundred stones of grain costs almost more than a hundred taels of silver." ”
Su Jiu'er thought that it would be good to be able to stock up on thousands of stones, but it was precisely because he knew that his family didn't have so much money that he only said that he would hoard a few hundred stones.
The body was held in Gu Feng's arms, Su Jiu'er's forehead was against Gu Feng's chin, and his brows were twisted in a ball where he couldn't see the ground.
If the double-sided embroidered screen is sold here, it can only be sold for one or two hundred taels of silver.
If you are near the capital, the screen can be sold for four or five hundred taels, but for Su Jiu'er, it is impossible to run so far to sell the screen, and it will take more than a month to go back and forth.
Thinking about the screen that had just been embroidered a little, Su Jiu'er felt a deep sense of powerlessness, nestled in Gu Feng's arms, and stretched out her hand to hug Gu Feng.
It's May now, and the autumn harvest is still five months away, so it's good to be able to embroider two screens.
Reality is always cruel.
It is no wonder that people at the bottom can only rely on the imperial examination, because they do not have the capital to do business.
One thousand taels of silver, I'm afraid I won't be able to earn it.
Su Jiu'er couldn't help but let out a long sigh and lowered her eyes slightly.
"Don't worry, even if there is a famine, we won't be without food."
Gu Feng's gentle words came from the top of his head, Su Jiu'er leaned out of his arms, raised his eyes to look at Gu Feng, smiled, and said sweetly, "Xianggong, you are so good!" ”
Lowering his head slightly, Gu Feng's thin lips gently fell on Su Jiu'er's forehead, and he quickly left, "It's not too early, rest early." ”
Su Jiu'er fanned her eyes, her eyebrows stretched, "En." ”
Saying that, finding a comfortable position in his arms, Su Jiu'er fell into a deep sleep.
Su Jiu'er was about to sell cured meat, and the cured meat was a lot more meat than raw meat, and people in the village who had a little savings couldn't help but come to inquire.
For most people, it is God's mercy to be able to eat enough, and eating meat is too luxurious.
Aunt Wang twisted her fat farts and strands, and the two lumps in front of her chest trembled with her movements.
The number one enthusiastic heart-warming person in the village is Aunt Wang, who has always liked to inquire about the shortcomings of the east and west families.
"Wine!" Aunt Wang stood outside the gate of Su Jiu'er, looked at the courtyard quietly, and shouted inside.
Su Jiu'er was embroidering the screen, as soon as she heard the shouting, she responded casually, hurriedly put the things in the sewing basket, and went out of the house with a smile. ”
Aunt Wang answered, raised her feet and walked towards the courtyard.
After looking around for a week, Aunt Wang looked at this small courtyard and their own courtyard, and felt that there was nothing unusual, her eyes fell on Su Jiu'er, standing in the courtyard, and asked with a flattering smile, "Jiu'er, I heard your mother say, you still sell cured meat?" ”
The footsteps stopped slowly, Su Jiu'er smiled, and faced Aunt Wang, "That's right, Xianggong hunted a lot of prey during this time and didn't send it to the town, this meat can't be kept for a long time, so I thought I couldn't eat it all at once, and I thought about selling it to everyone cheaper." ”
Aunt Wang's eyes were squeezed into a line because of the fat on her cheeks, and the corners of her mouth could see her good mood now, "Yes, this meat can be marinated for a while in winter, and now at this season, it must not be put more." ”
"I cut this meat into small dices, and I usually cook noodles and fry them when I eat, you can do it!" Su Jiu'er said with a smile, "Aunt Wang, do you want to take a look at the meat with me?" ”
As soon as Aunt Wang heard Su Jiu'er say this, she followed Su Jiu'er and walked towards the main house.
As soon as she entered the house, Aunt Wang saw a stove on the east side of the house, and more than a dozen jars were stacked in the corner of the north wall.
"These are all cured meats made of rabbit and chicken, and I have dried them all." Su Jiu'er moved the top jar to Aunt Wang, untied the line at the mouth of the altar, and opened the jar, "Aunt Wang, take a look, how about this rabbit meat?" ”
A smell of meat came to her nose, and Aunt Wang's throat swallowed uncontrollably, and she stepped forward, looking at the little meat cubes, her eyes lit up.
This meat taste, her family can only have the opportunity to eat it during the New Year, just smelling this taste, Aunt Wang is a little unable to control herself.
"This," Aunt Wang's slender little eyes stared at the diced meat in the jar, wanting to eat it in one bite, "How much is rabbit meat a catty?" ”
"Twenty-five pounds." Su Jiu'er smiled, looked at Aunt Wang's face a little ugly, and then said, "Aunt Wang, you can go and inquire, the raw rabbit meat sold outside here is also twenty-five wen a catty, after we pickle it, the water in this meat is gone, and this catty is more than two taels more than others." ”
When she heard the price at first, Aunt Wang paused, but after hearing what Su Jiu'er said, she felt that it was quite cost-effective.
"That's expensive, too." Aunt Wang didn't have to pretend at all, she still felt that this was expensive, and sighed helplessly, "The people in our village are poor, how can they afford these things?" ”
Bringing the jar back with a smile, Su Jiu'er resealed the jar and nodded with a smile, "It's much cheaper than in the town!" ”
It's good not to have money. Aunt Wang scolded in her heart, with an embarrassed smile on her face, "It's not early at this time, I still have to cook for them!" ”
It was not the first time Su Jiu'er had seen someone like Aunt Wang, so she politely sent people away.
Looking at the screen that had just started, Su Jiu'er sighed a little helplessly, put the thread to his mouth and sipped it, and then began to thread the needle.
When Gu Feng came back in the evening, Su Jiu'er had already put the prepared meal on the table.
Gu Feng washed his hands, took the towel handed to him by Su Jiu'er, wiped his hands, and glanced at the jar in the corner, "How much has it been sold?" ”
Su Jiu'er shook her head with a smile, sat at the table with Gu Feng, and handed Gu Feng a pair of chopsticks, "There are a lot of people who come to inquire, but they are too expensive." ”
"Go back and dig a hole in the yard and put these things in there, and you can leave them for a few more days." Gu Feng felt that it would be good for them to keep and eat, and they might not be able to sell them at a good price if they were sold to a restaurant.
There is one meat and one vegetable on the table, Gu Feng habitually eats meat first, and feels that he can't eat enough without meat at a meal.
While eating, Gu Feng suddenly remembered something, and raised his eyes to look at Su Jiu'er, "Isn't it time for father-in-law to grab medicine?" ”
Su Jiu'er has been embroidering screens at home these days, and according to what the doctor said, he will take a pair of medicines for two days, and it is estimated that he will not have the last pair of medicines after taking them tomorrow.
"It'll be gone tomorrow after eating." Su Jiu'er held chopsticks in her hand, her brows furrowed slightly, "Let's go and get medicine for my father tomorrow, just ask the doctor to help my father take a look, and see when his old illness will be cured." ”
Gu Feng was eating, and he suddenly remembered that Father Su seemed to have hollowed out the bottom of the Su family because of his old illness.
Listening to Su Jiu'er's meaning, she felt that Father Su was still an old illness this time, Gu Feng raised his eyes and glanced at Su Jiu'er, "Didn't he say, don't go to their house to grab medicine in the future." ”
"You don't say I forgot." Su Jiu'er frowned slightly, puzzled, "It's really weird, shouldn't patients be allowed to go to their homes to buy medicine?" ”
Gu Feng put the meat in Su Jiu'er's bowl, with a comforting smile in his eyes, hiding his inner uneasiness, "He naturally has his reason for doing that." ”
"Do you have the prescription?" Su Jiu'er tilted her head slightly.
"I've memorized it." Gu Feng lowered his eyes slightly, and his eyes were full of confusion and uneasiness.
Xu is weather is hot, the night is not as cold as before, after eating, Su Jiu'er began to boil water.
Su Jiu'er added some firewood to the stove and sat on the little vulture on the side, since marrying Gu Feng, she has hardly done heavy work.
Gu Feng wiped the bow as usual, hung it directly on the wall, walked to the stove, and looked at the smoking hot water in the pot, "It's almost." ”
Su Jiu'er stood up and looked at the water in the pot that hadn't boiled yet, "Wait a minute, I'll wash it too, and it's enough for the two of us to boil." ”
With a casual "oh", Gu Feng walked to the wooden box, opened the lid and began to look for clothes.
Listening to the sound of turning over the box behind her, Su Jiu'er paused slightly, and walked in front of Gu Feng with a smile, "Xianggong, what are you looking for?" ”
"Dirty pants." Although the two of them didn't do anything, they didn't shy away from each other in many things, "It's the dark one." ”
"I took some of my clothes out to dry today and put them on the bed!" Su Jiu'er walked to the side of the bed and took out the obscene pants that Gu Feng said and handed them to him.
Su Jiu'er forgot to put the clothes back after folding them, sorted out the clothes in the box, and then put the clothes on the bed into the wooden box.
The dim candlelit room was warm, and it warmed Gu Feng's heart.
Gu Feng's gaze moved as Su Jiu'er's figure moved, his eagle eyes were deep, and his thin lips hooked up a faint smile.
"It's good to find something to call me later." Su Jiu'er packed up the wooden box and looked back at Gu Feng with a smile.
The wrist was grabbed, and Su Jiu'er's body fell uncontrollably in front of Gu Feng with her arm, and she sat on Gu Feng's big lap, and the flush instantly climbed to the tip of her ear.