Chrysanthemum smiled, "Is this this?" Look at the bamboos on the hillside—" she pointed to the sparse bamboo groves—"and I will raise chickens in the bamboo groves." I'm in this business with you, mainly selling your own chickens. But for now, you have to prepare early, even if you sell a few fewer a day, you have to put up the sign of this roast chicken first. ”

She saw Liu Xiaomei's eyes widen again, and hurriedly said: "This business is not difficult, but it is troublesome for you to do it alone: you want to buy chickens, kill chickens, and wrap roast chickens in yellow mud. As for myself, why don't I open a shop to sell it myself? Didn't I tell you just now, in the future, I will raise chickens in the bamboo forest, and I will feed pigs at home, and I don't want to be distracted by that. Cousin Laixi is used to doing business, let's partner, are you afraid that you can't do this business? ”

Liu Xiaomei thought for a while and said, "You think well, but at the moment, your bamboo forest has not grown into a mile, do you want to buy chickens from outside and come back to do it?" ”

Chrysanthemum said: "What's so difficult about this? I was afraid that there were too many chickens at home, and I was afraid that they would be plagued, and I was about to start selling chickens. ”

Liu Xiaomei said: "Also, when I first started this business, I don't know how many miles I can sell a day, so it's not good to get too many at once." ”

Chrysanthemum nodded: "That's what it means." Now it's important to put up the signboard first. It's not difficult to make this thing, someone will definitely follow suit, let's just make our own, clean it up, the taste should be guaranteed, and the price should not be too expensive. Won't word of mouth spread out? When the business is stable and my chickens are grown, I will add things on the side. ”

Liu Xiaomei asked curiously, "What else do you want to add?" ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "I'll tell you when the time comes." It's not good for you to be busy with your cousin, and you won't be able to make a lot of money, in the future. This business will surely make you some money. ”

When Liu Xiaomei heard this, she suddenly said excitedly: "Oops! Then I have to divide this business separately, and I want to be like you. Save some private property and buy land. ”

Chrysanthemum smiled and said, "That's what I originally meant, I want you to earn some fat and silver." You don't have the right number. This business is also my own. Not counting my mother-in-law's. ”

Liu Xiaomei was even happier and said, "It's really good." You can be regarded as helping me, I don't have the capital to get this myself, I can't compare to you, I have dowry silver as the capital. ”

Chrysanthemum joked: "You really want to get some small doorways, find Cousin Xi to ask for silver, can he still take you?" ”

Liu Xiaomei said: "We earned it ourselves, do you have the confidence in your heart?" Chrysanthemum. So when are you going to make this roast chicken? ”

Chrysanthemum said: "This is simple, just do it." You go back and separate the shop from each other, and then ask someone to bring me a letter. I opened the store and let the black skin be sent to the market every morning. ”

Liu Xiaomei nodded. Very excited, the two muttered for a long time, agreeing on some subtleties. Mortals all want to save money for their private houses, and the same is true for Liu Xiaomei, she is much more prosperous now than before.

Sitting here, you can see the figures in the field shaking, as if planting seedlings, and the eyes are already a large area of green; On the side of the mountain, there are many golden wheat fields, and nearby, there are peanut fields of chrysanthemums.

Several peasant women were weeding in the field, and they were the daughters-in-law of the Wu family and the Wang family. The men went to the paddy fields to plant seedlings, and they weeded in the fields, and these soybeans and peanuts could not be planted.

Liu Xiaomei's eyes lingered in the pond for a while, and suddenly asked: "Chrysanthemum, there are not many lotus leaves right now, what do you take to wrap chicken?" Even if the lotus leaf grows, you can't pinch it - the lotus root below is rotten! ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "You forgot, what do we use to cushion the head of the steamed nest?" Aren't the kudzu vine leaves and the Jinggang thorn leaves all good things? I like to use that leaf to pad steamed steamed buns, there is a fresh fragrance, better than gauze. ”

Both of these plants are shrubs on the mountain, and the leaves are the size of a man's palm, and the scientific name of the Jinggang thorn is unknown, anyway, the villagers call it that. There is no special emphasis on what kind of chicken is practical, the most important thing is to take that fragrance, and the same is true for lotus leaves.

Liu Xiaomei's eyes lit up and said, "That thing is good." But what's the name of this chicken? I originally heard you say lotus leaf wrapped chicken, thinking that it was called 'lotus leaf chicken', but now that these two kinds of leaves are used, it is not easy to call it that. ”

Chrysanthemum said: "It's also called 'lotus leaf chicken'." In the season when there are no lotus leaves, replace them with things on the side, which is nothing, is it difficult for adults to buy a chicken and come to the bottom of it? ”

Liu Xiaomei nodded, pursed her lips and smiled: "I'm waiting to make a fortune." She was eager to try it and wanted to go back and sell chickens right away.

Chrysanthemum saw the shallots writhing in her arms, and was a little impatient, so she got up and said, "Let's go, go home and eat." I said, "Can't you eat at my house?" I'll call Meizi to accompany you, and then call your third sister-in-law Xiaoxiu, let's talk. ”

Liu Xiaomei shook her head and said, "When I came, my mother killed all the chickens, how could I eat here with you, didn't that make her old man angry?" ”

This is also a helpless thing, who let her go back to her parents' house for a few miles.

Chrysanthemum no longer insisted, Liu Xiaomei picked up her son, and the two talked all the way back to the village.

When the seedlings are planted, the wheat is harvested. After the spring ploughing and spring harvest are over, people take a break and do some farm work of pushing seedlings and weeds. The daughters-in-law stayed in the vegetable garden more, and all kinds of vegetables were hula and the seedlings grew vigorously, which was the most careless time. However, these tasks are not stressful, the rule is "work at sunrise and rest at sunset", and people even have the leisure to go up and down the mountains and fields to find some wild food.

On this day, Gui Zhi brought her third uncle and aunt and cousin to the door, and they looked at each other's wealth. Originally, she was going to go to the Zheng family, but Chrysanthemum thought that her mother and sister-in-law were pregnant, and she didn't want them to be tired, so she asked Guizhi to bring someone to Zhang's house.

"Chrysanthemum, my mother is cooking at home, we don't eat here at noon, you don't have to worry about it. There are so many people, you still have two milk babies to take care of, and the noise annoys you. Gui Zhi saw that Chrysanthemum went to the kitchen to arrange lunch, so he rushed over and said this to her.

Chrysanthemum said indifferently: "Sister-in-law Guizhi, why are you so polite?" Your mother has prepared a meal, and you can go home and eat it again in the evening, and it doesn't matter if you eat it at my house at noon. A village, why is it so polite? If you stay longer, you can also take a closer look, otherwise you will be flustered, and you can't ask some words clearly, isn't it a mistake? Catch up with Ming'er, I'll go to your house for a meal, won't it? ”

Gui Zhi laughed when he heard the "flutter", leaned close to her and whispered: "Then look at what my third uncle and third aunt mean, if they think that the wealth is more agreeable, then eat here; If they think this family is not suitable, then they are embarrassed to eat here, right? ”

Chrysanthemum nodded and said, "Cheng." Then I'll prepare first. Anyway, we have a lot of family, so we won't waste some food prepared. ”

She explained a few words to Aunt Liu and the grapes, and then accompanied Guizhi to the hall.

In the hall, Chrysanthemum's second uncles Yang Dezhi, Zheng Changhe and Zhang Dazhuan accompanied Guizhi's second and third uncles to sit at the Eight Immortals table, while Zhao Dazui and Laicai sat on small stools, listening to the elders, and occasionally asking about Shangcai.

The daughters-in-law gathered in Ho's room, gossiping and praising chestnuts and shallots. Chrysanthemum's grandmother, second aunt Lin and Yang He are all there, and the woman is Guizhi's second aunt and third aunt with her cousin Gui Ye, and Uncle Cheng's daughter-in-law Huang - she is Guizhi's aunt.

Chrysanthemum and Guizhi also found a bench and sat down, listening to the elders.

Because Du praised the chestnut for his cleverness, Wang smiled kindly, and seemed to say to He inadvertently: "In-laws, chestnuts are so pleasing, you have to pay attention: you can't get used to him." Speaking of which, Laicai was so smart when he was a child, isn't that loved by everyone? But guess what-" She turned to Aunt Gui Zhi and said slowly-"When a person is old, he is soft-hearted, and he is a good villain and smart, so I indulged in everything, and as a result, I developed a naughty temperament, which is really 'don't fight for three days, go to the house and uncover the tiles', poke three times and pound four all day long, and catch dogs and chickens......"

She and Aunt Guizhi counted the naughty things of Laicai when she was a child, and several people listened to them with relish.

When Lin saw his mother-in-law talking about wealth like this, he was very unconvinced, thinking to himself, how could his son be so naughty? Yes, you can't tell anyone. Aren't you here for a blind date today? Telling people that his son is not a good thing, can that person still look at wealth?

She looked at Yang, saw that she was smiling and listening, and did not interject, so she wanted to open her mouth to say a few good words for Laicai, but when she thought of her mother-in-law's advice before she came, she closed her mouth again.

It's funny to say, before coming to Zhang's house, several people told her to be cautious in her speech; Wang Shi simply said with a straight face: "You keep your mouth closed for me, and listen to it with two ears." Your reputation is not very good, if you can't do it, look at how I clean you up! ”

She had to promise Wang that she would talk less and listen more, so when she came to Zhang's house, she smiled at people very carelessly, didn't talk much, and looked virtuous and docile.

Wang and Aunt Guizhi counted all kinds of naughty things when Laicai was a child, and as soon as the words changed, his eyebrows raised, and he smiled at everyone: "Laicai's temperament, and later he was disciplined by Aoki and Chrysanthemum, so he turned him around." ”

As soon as Chrysanthemum heard that it was on her, she couldn't help but be stunned, and saw Wang Shi looking at her and smiled: "I also know that it's not a thing to get rich so often, but people are old and soft-hearted, and his father hates to beat him to death, I turned my head and coaxed him again, so how can I take care of the baby well?" Chrysanthemum and Aoki are not used to him, and they are not soft in fighting, so as a result, they turned the character of Laicai around. ”

smiled at the third and second aunts of Guizhi: "Speaking of which, you don't believe it, you are not afraid of the nature of the world, and you are afraid of his brother Aoki and sister Chrysanthemum, and listen to what they say the most." What they said was more effective than what my grandmother and his father said. ”