Chapter 40: Insatiable Desires
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Guo finally came out of the house after recuperating for more than half a month, lying down with delicious food and drink every day, his skin was rudder and shiny than before, and his body was plump by two points, and it was estimated that he had grown several catties of meat.
At the end of the month, Liu Bowen and his son came back from the town and told an interesting story, the village Cuihua blocked Li Guang at the door of the school, crying and shouting that he wanted to marry Li Guang as his wife and concubine. This incident has made Li Guang a laughing stock, and if he has nothing to do, he will be taken out by the students in the school to make fun of it.
Liu Qingyan was deeply shocked by Cuihua's courage to pursue a happy life, but she was even more worried that Li Guang would come to settle accounts with her. Fortunately, he didn't come until the salted duck eggs were pickled, and he was probably frightened by the enthusiasm of the big girl in Baishui Village
On the day of June, the sun was like fire, the heat wave swept in, everyone did not leave the fan in their hands, and hid in the shade, the leaves drooped listlessly, and they knew that they were lying on the branches of the trees and pulling their weak throats.
Although the weather is hot, but the weeds and wild barnyard in the rice field are growing wildly, the old man Liu and Liu Boyu went to the field to pull weeds in the dark every day, and the efficiency of pulling the 30 acres of land by two people by hand was too low, so Xie and Guo also went to the field.
This year is a dry year, after the grass in the field has been pulled out for a round, it has not rained for nearly a month at this time, the water in the field has been evaporated by the scorching sun, at this time the rice is still in the stage of heading, there is no lack of water, the villagers have carried the overturned car to the river to drive water to fight the drought, the water level of the Baishui River is falling rapidly.
The terrain of Baishui Village is good, the fields are flat and close to the river, although it is hard, but it will not cause a famine due to the drought year.
The Liu family has a lot of fields, and the old man Liu and Liu Boyu only rest at noon when the sun is the hottest, and they are tired and shed a layer of skin after two days, and they are really tired, so they asked Xie and Guo to replace them for a while.
Driving and drinking is hard work, and the sun is scorching, the father and son of the Liu family have lost a lot of weight, and their skin is tanned and shiny.
Guo Shi learned a lesson, and he didn't dare to cry out anymore, but the eyes of people behind him became more and more gloomy, like a dormant poisonous snake.
Liu Qingyan couldn't help with these things, so she and Qingzhi contracted all the housework, and put a lot of thought into the meal, so that the people who worked would not lose too much, and boiled some mung bean soup every day with cool well water, and sent it to the river to quench the thirst of a few people who were driving water.
The drought finally ended after a torrential rainstorm in late June, and the fields were filled with enough water to sustain the rice and wait for the harvest to be ripe.
Old man Liu looked at the rice ears that were pulled out, and his black face showed a pleased smile, this year's harvest should not be bad.
After being tired for so many days, it is natural to rest for a few days.
In the afternoon of this day, the fierce power of the sun had waned, Liu Boyu lay on the bamboo bed in the house and fell asleep with a fan, and Guo hummed a little song to do needlework.
When the merchant's high-pitched cries and drums sounded, Guo went out again, and when he turned back, he held a small box of incense powder in his hand and his face was full of spring, and he glanced at Liu Boyu, who was tanned, and pouted in disgust.
The sweet potatoes in the field grow densely after being watered by the rain, and the sweet potato vines crisscross the ground, and the green leaves cover the ground so that there is not a trace of dirt in sight. At this time, the sweet potato vine is used as feed to feed pigs and cattle, which is very suitable, saving the whole land to hunt pigweed.
On the second day, it was Guo's turn to do housework, and after breakfast, the sun was already radiating hot heat, and Guo picked a load of dung to go out to cut sweet potato vines.
When he arrived at the sweet potato field, Guo hid the dung basket in a secret place and continued to walk.
There is a mountain col in front of it, where there is a mountain pond with a water surface area of about two acres, and I don't know which family used it to raise fish.
This place is extremely remote, and few people usually set foot except for the owner who comes to feed the fish grass in the morning and evening, not to mention the scorching sun in the hot summer.
A shack was built next to the pond, which was used by the owner of the pond to guard the pond when the water was shallow.
Guo looked around, saw that there was no one around, and dodged into the shack.
A man's voice came from inside the shack.
"Xinhe, why did it take so long to come, I was so anxious to die."
"The hour is early, and the people who are working outside see what to do."
Kwok's coquettish voice
"My heart, I have been wronged for a long time, let my brother hurt you well."
"Dead ghost, look at you monkey hurry."
"Come on, let my brother kiss ...... first" (please make up the picture in the shack)
Half an hour later, Guo came out of the shack, pulled his clothes, gathered his somewhat messy hair, and quickly cut a load of sweet potato vines back to the field.
On the morning of the last day of June, some villagers in Baishui Village who had eaten late for breakfast were still eating, and a luxury convoy composed of more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages was heading towards Baishui Village.
Such an unprecedented grand occasion made Baishui Village boiling again.
Hearing this news, the white-haired old grandfathers and grandmothers with poor legs and feet all came out of the house with crutches to see the excitement, and the unmarried girls of Yunying hurriedly went back to the room to dress up and change into their best clothes, looking forward to a beautiful encounter with the fairy son.
Ten days ago, that is, when the school was closed last time, Liu Qingyan felt ashamed of Li Guang, so she picked up twenty pickled salted duck eggs and Songhua eggs each, and asked her brother Liu Lanqing to take them to the town to hand them over to Li Guang to apologize by the way, and by the way, she also took some boiled salted duck eggs and Songhua eggs to her brother and father to take to the school to improve the food.
After Li Guang received the things, he smiled happily, the sister of the Liu family was really good to him.
The father and son of the Liu family were simple and kind, and they would not enjoy fresh food exclusively, so they took it to the dining hall to share food with their masters and classmates when they had lunch.
The students in the school are divided into three classes: A, B, and C, and Liu Lanqing's class A is all teenagers of similar age who are preparing to participate in the scientific examination.
When the Liu family father and son handed over the salted duck eggs and Songhua eggs to the cooks in Shantang for processing and then serving them on the table, the situation on the master's side was fine, and the students in Shantang suddenly made a fuss.
The egg white of salted duck eggs is delicate as jade, the egg yolk sand is glutinous and oily, the pine flower egg is like amber, crystal clear, poured with fresh red pepper and ginger garlic, soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings mixed with the sauce, the color is rich, it is good-looking, the taste is plump and stretched, mellow and fresh, and the aftertaste is long.
There are more than 20 students in class A, and the usual lunch is basically solved in the good hall of the school, at this time they rush up to grab food, and the noise of the other two classes of students is intertwined with the strange and lively noise, and the usually noisy good hall is simply more lively than the street market.
Rao is these rich children are used to eating food, but they have never seen such novel food, but the number of salted duck eggs and Songhua eggs brought by the Liu family father and son is limited, and one person gets half a salted duck egg and two small petals of Songhua eggs, which is really not enjoyable.
Knowing that Li Guang still had a basket, they coaxed Li Guang to take it out and share it with everyone, so frightened that Li Guang fled home while protecting the basket.
The greedy students were still unsatisfied, and later after a discussion, the master's family had it, and they went to the master's house to eat!
After Li Guang took the salted duck eggs and Songhua eggs back, he asked the cook to make them according to the recipe given by Liu Qingyan, and the family said that they were delicious after tasting them, especially Mrs. Li, who lost her appetite due to the hot weather, had a great appetite after eating the cold Songhua eggs, and was full of praise, and asked Li Guangduo to buy some back to make side dishes to eat.
Li Guangling was ordered to tell Liu Lanqing about this, and Liu Lanqing told him that these two things were made for home food, but it took too long to make them, and I am afraid that there was not much left in the family.
Last time, Liu Qingyan pickled 130 or 40 salted duck eggs and 100 Songhua eggs, and gave Li Guang 20 of each, and took 30 salted duck eggs and 20 Songhua eggs to share with the master and classmates.
Li Guang went back to report the truth, and Mrs. Li immediately said that she wanted to book some so that she could send them to her relatives to taste.
After other classmates learned about this, they said that they also wanted to make a reservation.
After school that afternoon, Liu Lanqing ran back to discuss with his family.
Hearing this news, Liu Qingyan's heart moved, maybe this is an opportunity to earn the first pot of gold in her life!
The children of merchants could not enter the government as officials, and the family insisted on letting their elder brother take the road of the imperial examination to become an official, and the Liu family could not open a shop to do business. If you only get some agricultural and sideline products for domestic sale in your own home, you don't need to go to the yamen for registration and filing, and you can't do business.
Salted duck eggs and Songhua eggs are so popular, there are ways to make money in front of you, and you don't need to hang the name of a merchant, and it is difficult to find a good thing to play lanterns.
Liu Qingyan thought for a moment and said: "Brother, pickling salted duck eggs and Songhua eggs is too time-consuming, and the process is complicated, the price must not be as cheap as ordinary duck eggs, it is better for you to go back to the school and inform your classmates of the price, see how much they want to order, and whether they can accept the price and then negotiate." ”
Liu Lanqing nodded and said, "In this case, I'll talk about it when I come back tomorrow." It's just that how much this price should be set, you have to make up your mind, sister. ”
Liu Qingyan thought that duck eggs cost less than a penny, plus labor, ingredients, etc., and the cost would be at most two pennies. When a novelty is put on the market, the initial price cannot be too low, otherwise there will be no profit in the future when the bargain is made. So the price of salted duck eggs is set at five cents a piece, and Songhua eggs are six dollars a piece, if it is a one-time order of more than 200 pieces, a dish recipe is included.
The price of Songhua eggs is more expensive than salted duck eggs, because quicklime is used to make Songhua eggs, and quicklime needs to be bought in a lime field dozens of miles away.
A salted duck egg of five cents is nothing to Li Guang's family, and everyone else is also not bad at all.
As soon as Liu Lanqing returned to the school and announced, Li Guang immediately said that he wanted three hundred.
Others heard that there were also dishes to give, and they were also orders for this two hundred and that hundred.
Those who have the potential to be foodies even said that they will go to Baishui Village to taste dishes made of salted duck eggs and Songhua eggs next time they take a break, and send a deposit by the way.
Hearing that his classmates were going to Baishui Village, Li Guang was in a hurry, what if one of them also fell in love with the sister of the Liu family and came to rob him. Although he was afraid of meeting the crazy girl who made him a laughing stock last time, he gritted his teeth and offered to lead his classmates after a fierce struggle for the person he liked.
Liu Lanqing registered the list of salted duck eggs and Songhua eggs booked by his classmates, and returned to Baishui Village.
Looking at the long lines of names and numbers on the paper, Liu Qingyan smiled so much that her eyes were crooked like crescent moons. You can't make a fortune by selling salted duck eggs, so it's good to make a small fortune first.
As a result, the preparatory work for the Liujia salted duck egg family workshop was officially launched.
The first is to purchase a large clay jar and other materials and utensils, which are in charge of Old Man Liu and Liu Boyu; Mrs. Liu and Xie were responsible for going to the village to collect duck eggs, and the harvest in the village was not enough, so they went to two nearby villages to collect them.
It is impossible to collect five or six thousand duck eggs in a short period of time, and you have to place an order with the duck keeper.
Now the big duck farmers are happy, they used to worry about the problem of selling duck eggs, but now they finally don't have to worry, and they all say that they can deliver them to their homes.
When Guo learned that the unpopular duck eggs could be sold for five or six cents a piece after pickling, his eyes were immediately filled with greed.
I thought that if I got the recipe and let my mother's family sell it, my mother's family would not be able to offer her as a bodhisattva, and I would have endless silver.