Yang and Lai Xi walked along Tangbian Road to the market center. The shops on both sides of the street sent off a group of people who were rushing to the market, and people still came and went.

Unlike those big towns, the streets are clean and tidy, and the shops are rich and bright; The streets of Xiatangji are narrow bluestone roads, but they are also clean, but the shops on both sides are low and cramped, and most of them are suitable for rural people, such as oil mills, tofu shops, all kinds of daily grocery stores, grain shops, etc., and the goods placed in front of some shops crowd the streets, making the roads appear narrower!

It's such a street, full of life!

Rural people bring some home-grown peanuts and sesame seeds to change oil, or take some beans to exchange for tofu; Otherwise, at most buy some cheap daily necessities; The fat powder flowers bought by women are also very cheap, and the cloth shops will not buy those too good materials, they are all coarse cloth and cotton suitable for rural people to wear, and the colors are complete - the big girls and little daughters-in-law in the countryside also love beauty!

When Yang came to the place where the meat and vegetables were sold, the butcher Zhang with a face full of meat saw her through a row of dense meat hooks in front of him, and hurriedly shouted: "Hey! Big girl, you're here! I'm going to keep it for you today. ”

He laughed out loud and tried to make a friendly appearance, but the effect was diametrically opposite!

Laixi pouted and debunked him and said, "Keep it? I'm afraid no one buys it, right? You don't know what to do, my aunt buys your sewer every day, you are not grateful, and in order to covet that penny or two, you say a good deal, and sell it to others! Doing business like you, who is going to buy it? We don't have to sell vegetables made by pigs, my aunt is about to collect some fish and shrimp to sell! ”

Zhang Butcher smiled awkwardly, wiped his hand on the greasy leather girdle on his chest, and said, "Ouch! This little brother, if he is angry, he can't just say that he is in the water! I was blinded by lard yesterday, and I won't be in the future. Big sister, I have two pairs of pigs in the water today, and there are also two pairs of Qian Dazui over there. We all said that we will leave you with this pig in the water in the future! ”

Looks like he's worried! Also, there were a lot of people who came to buy it yesterday, and no one asked about this pig going into the water until now, and if it can't be sold, it won't lose a few dollars.

Yang saw that the money from the meat stall next to her also smiled at her flatteringly, so she said with a straight face: "Although I can earn a few pennies a day, do you know how much work it takes?" Can this pig be eaten if it is not washed cleanly? Can you get it in your mouth if you don't burn it well? Others just came to buy this thing because they were hungry for the delicious food I made, don't you see if he didn't buy it today? Why? The braised pork in Qinghui Restaurant is expensive, why don't you see anyone coming to buy more of your meat? ”

Lai Xi immediately picked up his aunt's words, and smiled weirdly: "That braised pork can't be cooked by anyone." If it were that easy, I'd open a tavern and stop selling groceries. ”

Looking at the ugly face of the butcher Zhang, Yang said again: "Those people only see me making money, and they don't want to think about how hard it is to make this money. Let's not talk about washing and burning-anyway, our croppers are the lives of hard work-even the selling price is not as good as that of a restaurant, such a big spoonful, only a penny; People can earn more than a dozen yuan by frying a slice of meat in a restaurant. We have to be busy for a day and a night to make this dish, and several people in the family are busy! ”

Zhang Butcher smiled a lot again, and said to Yang: "Big sister, in the future, let's not be greedy for that little bargain!" Spare me today! ”

Over there, Qian Dazui also shouted again and again: "Big sister, in the future, this pig will be left for you when it goes into the water, and no one will sell it." Otherwise, you let this little brother come to pick it up early in the morning, and if you take it away, others will naturally not buy it. ”

Zhang Butcher hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, just do it!" ”

Yang said: "I see, you should send it to the 'Fuxi Grocery Store' on the street early every morning!" Don't be unhappy, I will not only buy this pig in the future, but also buy your pig's head, tail, and trotters, and from time to time I will also buy some pork. I can't make any money just selling pigs to the water, and I'm so tired that I'm going to die; With these, the amount of sales is large, and there is some profit, and it doesn't make our family busy in vain! ”

Zhang Butcher and Qian Dazui were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly agreed.

In fact, the so-called delivery is just a matter of dropping these things into the grocery store every morning when you pass by the store. These miscellaneous bits and pieces are the most difficult to sell, and they can go out in one handful, saving them a lot of work!

Yang asked them how much the items cost, and the two looked at each other in embarrassment - these things usually don't sell for a price, and sometimes they are given away for nothing. Now that the Yang family is coming to buy it, it's really hard to give a price!

Zhang Butcher looked at Yang's face and said cautiously: "Otherwise, the pig's head is ten cents each, and the four pig's trotters are four cents, and the pig's tail will be given to you, no money." ”

Laixi jumped up and shouted, "Ouch! You are so generous, all the pig tails are sent? It's not the Qingming New Year to sacrifice the ancestors and put three animals, so why do you still need ten cents for the pig's head? And the pig's trotters, which had no flesh at all, but were all bones and skin. When the time comes, we will burn it and sell it, and I am afraid that no one will buy it for a penny or a spoonful, and it will take two spoonfuls for a penny. Is there any money to be made from this? ”

Yang also said to the two of them sincerely: "These things are also difficult to serve. The pig's head is full of folds, and if the hair on it is not plucked clean, who will dare to eat it? If you're selling for a fee, I can't ask for it—you can't do it at a loss! ”

Qian Dakou said: "Then the pig's head is eight cents for one, the pig's trotters are four or two cents, and the pig's tail still doesn't need money." ”

Yang deliberately calculated for a while, and then agreed.

She said to the two people: "Then let's talk about it, don't sell someone else one day, I won't follow." ”

Zhang Butcher hurriedly said: "No, no!" When we came to the market every day, we threw these things directly at the OSI grocery store. ”

Yang nodded with satisfaction, and asked the two of them to tie up today's pig water and pig's head and tail pig's trotters with straw ropes and put them in the bamboo basket.

Four pairs of pigs in the water, 12 cents; two pig's heads, sixteen cents; sixteen trotters, eight cents; Four pig tails, no money, a total of thirty-six dollars.

Yang paid, and Laixi took the burden and walked out of the small vegetable market.

Zhang Butcher and Qian Dazui glanced at each other, and they were secretly happy: they sold two pig's heads in the morning, both of which were sold for seven cents each. Although an extra penny is nothing, they don't have to bother selling these bits and pieces in the future, which saves a lot of trouble!

Lai Xi carried the burden and said to the Yang family as he walked: "Auntie, this burden is quite heavy, or I will bring it to you next night." ”

Yang said to him angrily: "I'm going to quickly pick it up and wash it, and when you help me bring it over next night, what will Ming'er sell?" ”

Lai Xi smiled: "I forgot! ”

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Yang carried a burden weighing dozens of pounds, and when he arrived home, he was already sweating!

Chrysanthemum hurriedly poured her a cup of hot water to drink, while looking at the contents of the basket. When I saw the pig's head and pig's feet, I was happy, and the secret said that it was true, and no one wanted this thing.

This pig's head meat is marinated, and it is also very fragrant when it is removed, the lean meat on the pig's face is even more delicious, and the pig's ears are also crispy; Pork knuckles are even more good, a good beauty product!

These two things are similar to pigs going into the water, but it takes a lot of work to clean them up, and it is not difficult to burn them out! Chrysanthemums now prefer to use clay stoves to cook these things, because these vegetables are slowly cooked with firewood and grass, and cooked carefully over a warm fire, which tastes extremely fragrant!

Over there, Yang and Zheng Changhe were counting the money they were selling, and the light in their eyes made her feel a little sad.

Yang and Chrysanthemum talked in detail about the pig going into the water with the two meat sellers today, and said that they promised to send these things directly to Uncle Chrysanthemum's grocery store every morning in the future, and never sell them to anyone else.

Chrysanthemum thought, saying so, who could have predicted what would happen in the future, let's do it first!

The two of them quickly made lunch and ate it, and Yang asked Chrysanthemum: "Flowers, what are you doing with this pig's head and pig's trotters?" ”

Chrysanthemum said: "Let Dad pluck the hair on the pig's head and trotters with tweezers first, and then blanch the water again, and then put it in the pot to marinate." ”

Yang said: "Then you blanch the pig's head at home, and let your father help pluck the feathers." I'm going to wash the pig's large intestine and pig's belly, and I'll see that you've washed it. I'll wash all this stuff in the future, you little girl, less cold water. ”

The girl's face is no longer good-looking, and if she makes her hands look like old bark, does she still look like a little girl? So Yang decided that in the future, he would not let his daughter do these jobs.

Zheng Changhe hurriedly asked, "What do you want?" You say, Dad is just flustered with his hands! ”

Chrysanthemum said: "I'll tell my father later." ”

She shouted to Aoki, who hadn't left yet, "Brother, come and make something for me." ”

Hearing his sister call for help, Aoki hurriedly ran into the kitchen and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Chrysanthemum gestured to him: "In a while, it will be used to pluck the fine hair on the pig's head and trotters, and you have to use something like a small clip." I want to do it with bamboo chips. Cut the two ends of the bamboo slices like the edge of a knife, roast them on the fire in the middle, and then bend them over, and use your hands to pinch them one by one, and you can pull out the pig hair. ”

Aoki pondered for a moment, then ran outside without a sound and cut a piece of bamboo. Sharpen the blades at both ends, then take out a piece of burning wood from the stove, and aim the middle of the bamboo slice at the fire and smoke it non-stop. When I feel that it is almost done, I pinch the ends of the bamboo piece with both hands, and gently fold it, and a clip-like thing comes out.

Chrysanthemum said happily: "That's it." Brother, you make a few more. ”

Aoki smiled when he saw that his sister was satisfied, so he made three more before going to the school.

Chrysanthemum took the bamboo tweezers, put the basket containing the pig's feet on the stool, moved it to Zheng Changhe's bed, and said to him: "Dad, you see, this is how it was pulled." He picked up a pig's trotter and showed it to him.

Zheng Changhe praised: "This thing is exquisite, your brother made it?" ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Well, my brother will make four miles in a while!" Dad, you pull it out first! If there is something that is difficult to pull out, scrape it off with scissors. I'll pick up spicy cabbage, and I'll come when it's pickled. ”

Zheng Changhe hurriedly agreed.

Chrysanthemum brought another sieve and put it in front of him, and spread a ragged shirt on it, so that he could catch the hair and pigskin, so as not to stain the bed, and everything was arranged, and then he went to the kitchen to pickle the spicy cabbage.