59. Buying and selling

Zhao Xiaoling looked around and found that some things had been added to the house, a set of tables, chairs and benches for eating, and a cupboard.

Grandma explained: "We can't even have a table for dinner and a stool to sit on at home, right? These are all necessary household belongings, things that are used every day. ”

"Yes, these things can last for years if you buy them once, and they are necessities."

The three of them sat down to eat their first meal in their new home, and everyone was excited in their hearts, which was the beginning of their new life.

Grandma said: "I stayed in this house all day, it was like a dream, I used to dream and couldn't believe that I would live in such a house one day, with running water directly to the house, and this lamp, clean and bright, how comfortable it is to live in such a house!" More than 300 yuan, worth the money. ”

Zhao Xiaoling took a sip of soup and said with a smile: "Grandma, this house is nothing, in the future, let's buy a more beautiful and comfortable house than this to live in, there is not only tap water at home, but also hot water, this hot water is available at any time, we can take a bath at any time, wash our hands, and wash the dishes can be opened and used directly, no need to burn."

My aunt and grandmother were in disbelief.

My aunt asked, "You don't need to boil, you can turn on the faucet and there will be hot water, how did this hot water come from?"

Grandma also nodded and said, "Yes! How is this possible? ”

"There is a thing called solar water heater, which is not available now, but will be available in a few years, which is to use the heat energy of sunlight to heat up the water."

Zhao Xiaoling explained for a long time, and her grandmother and aunt didn't seem to understand.

Grandma said with relief: "Your grandfather insisted on letting you continue to go to school back then, that is, he said that people who read more are smart, and they are better at seeing problems and dealing with things than not reading." Sure enough, you know more than you know. ”

Zhao Xiaoling lowered her head and ate the cake, panicking with shame, she couldn't do anything in her previous life except for dragging down her aunt's family, and now she can do this because she has lived one more life.

"Grandma, without you and grandpa, and aunt, I'm afraid there will be no me Zhao Xiaoling in this world, and I will work hard to make money to repay you."

Grandma said: "Xiaoling, don't talk about this in the future, it seems very obvious to say this, you know?" In my heart and your grandfather's hearts, we treat you as our own granddaughter, and our own granddaughter should do everything she should do, and she doesn't need to repay or not. ”

My aunt also said, "Yes! We are all a family, a dear family, I really love you, you really feel sorry for me, there is no difference. ”

"Yes, auntie, what you said is so good, dear family, you really love me, I really feel sorry for you. You have loved me for sixteen years, and now that I have grown up, I will learn to feel sorry for you, aunt, you can rest assured, everything will be fine, you still go to collect firewood every day these days, I will rest on Sunday, and we will start doing business together. ”

"What kind of business? Have you figured it out? ”

"I thought about it, let's sell a little food, boiled pig blood to sell, it's the busy farming season, there may not be a lot of people on the market day, but it won't be too few, so get a little less, I inquired, go to the food company to pick up a pig's pig blood for only three cents, let's take three pigs to sell, sell the rest we can eat ourselves, it's a loss, we can still afford to lose nine cents."

My aunt said in surprise: "This is a good idea, the pig's blood is delicious to boil, and the plasma of three pigs can be boiled a lot for nine cents!"

"Yes! This pig blood is easy to cook, it doesn't need too many skills, the most important thing is to mix the water when receiving the pig blood, the water is too little, the boiled pig blood is too hard, the water is mixed too much, the boiled pig blood is too tender, there are no muscles and bones, and there is no sample. ”

"Yes! This is very critical, and we have no experience in how much water a pig should be mixed with. ”

"We have a colleague in the factory, her brother kills pigs in the canteen company, and he knows how much water to mix with a pig. When the time comes, let him help get it, and try to make the water mixed with pig blood more appropriate. ”

"That's great." My aunt said reassuringly.

For the next few days, my aunt and grandmother went to the mountains every day to collect firewood, and by Saturday, the firewood they had collected was piled up in the yard into a small hill.

After dinner on Saturday, Zhao Xiaoling took her aunt to her colleague Zhang Qin's house with a foreign iron bucket to ask her brother Zhang Kuan to help pick up pig blood, and she specially brought some walnuts from her hometown to them.

Early that Sunday morning, Zhao Xiaoling and her aunt went to the food company to get pig blood.

Zhang Kuan killed the pig by the way to pick up the pig's blood, this is just within the scope of responsibility, generally buy pig blood directly to hand over the money to him, he gave the pig blood to others, it is also a hand to pay the money and one hand to deliver, so when mixing water, it is also very casual, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less, a little more and a little less is not a big problem.

At that time, the materials were poor, and no one had a bite to eat, and there were very few people like Zhao Xiaoling who were generous and would come to things.

Zhang Kuan said: "You can rest assured, I have killed pigs for five years, and I have experience in mixing pig blood with water, and I will definitely satisfy you."

At five o'clock the next morning, Zhao Xiaoling and her aunt went to the food company to collect pig blood before Zhang Kuan and them got off work at six o'clock.

When they got home, they planned to boil three bowls of water and taste it for themselves, add boiling water to put the pig's blood in it, add oil, salt, oil and chili peppers, and sprinkle a little chopped green onion when they got out of the pot.

Grandma, aunt and Zhao Xiaoling each ate a bowl, the pig's blood was smooth and tender, and the pigs at that time were fed with bran and grain, not only the meat was fragrant, but the pig's blood was also delicious.

The three of them ate deliciously and sweated profusely.

Grandma said, "Xiaoling, how can you make such delicious pig blood?"

Zhao Xiaoling did it in her previous life, she said perfunctorily: "I bought and ate it, and when I saw it, I put some chili peppers fried in sesame oil, and the boiled pig blood was very fragrant, and the water mixed with this pig's blood was very suitable."

The experiment was successful, and no one bought such delicious pig blood, so they began to boil all the pig blood.

Zhao Xiaoling said: "Our pig's blood sells for a dime a bowl, grandma, if it's you, go to the street and spend a dime to buy a bowl of pig's blood like this to eat, are you willing to do it?"

Grandma said: "Spend a dime to buy a bowl of pig blood to eat, or such delicious pig blood, it's quite cost-effective, it's more cost-effective than buying a steamed bun to eat, and it's not a dime, everyone can afford it."

"Grandma, I'm relieved that a thrifty person like you can accept this dime a bowl of pig's blood."

My aunt calculated on the side: "Sell six bowls and you can pay off." Why don't we lose money in this deal, right? ”

"Of course we won't lose money, even if we can't sell out, we can still eat it ourselves!"