Chapter 10 Consultation
The era that Yunzhu traveled through is only hundreds of thousands of years different from the era in which she originally lived, and there are many seasonings for modern cooking, but in the ancient times where Yunzhu lived, there were really only a handful of seasonings for cooking.
Looking at the salt jar on the stove, Yunzhu finally understood the reason why the dish was delicious, that is, because of the seasoning, ordinary people cook, that is, meat oil made with fatty meat, and a little salt to fry and stir-fry.
If you knew you should have seen what spices were in town today? Thinking secretly in his heart, Yunzhu put the rice in the pot, and in his heart he pondered to find an opportunity to go to the town again.
As usual, Yun Zhu brought dinner to the grass hut to eat with her mother, and while eating, Yun Zhu talked about what she had seen and heard today, and of course the ginseng thing was skipped.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and every day Yunzhu would go up the mountain for a walk, in addition to trying his luck, but also to find some ways to make money.
"Zhu'er, you've worked hard these days, eat at my house at noon today, I'll give you and Ninglin stew." After putting away the three nine-leaf clovers and schisandra sent by Yunzhu, Ning Yi said with a smile.
"Uncle Ning, when are you going to town?" As soon as she heard about eating meat, Yunzhu suddenly remembered what she had been thinking about after returning from the town that day.
"What? Do you want to go to town? There's nothing wrong with the pharmacy lately, but I should go to town to buy some spices and come back, if you want to go, go back and tell your mother, and I'll take you the day after tomorrow. Touching Yunzhu's head with a smile, Ning Yi naturally didn't know what she was thinking, he thought about it carefully and determined the day to go to the town.
"Buying spices?" The eyes lit up, this is really sleepy, someone sent a soft pillow, Yunzhu is trying to go to the town to see the spices!
"Yes, you go play with Ning Lin first, and I'll cook for you." Because she sent herbs to Ning Yi every day, Yun Zhu was already very familiar with the Ning family's father and son, and occasionally she would stay here for a meal, so she nodded obediently and went to the courtyard to help Ning Lin sort the medicinal materials.
On the day of going to the town, Yunzhu got up early in the morning and packed up, preparing to find Ning Yi and his son, and just walked to the gate of the courtyard, the voice of the second aunt Zhang came behind him, "Yo, early in the morning, where are you going?" ”
"Second aunt." Although reluctantly, Yunzhu turned around and reluctantly squeezed out a smile.
Since the Yun family committed suicide, the second uncle Zhang and the eldest uncle Wang have been really quiet, so recently, Yun Zhu's life is quite leisurely, and he doesn't have to go up the mountain to chop wood very early every morning, and he doesn't have to worry about being beaten and scolded by the Zhang family if he cooks late.
"What about you, dumb?" yawned, Zhang glanced at Yun Zhu's body and knew how to dress, "Look at what you are wearing like a person, where are you going to run sao?" ”
Hearing Zhang's words, the smile on Yunzhu's face suddenly disappeared without a trace, the so-called running sao is a local dialect, which means fooling around outside, nonsense, generally saying that those blind people and women who do not abide by women's morals, she is just an eight-year-old child, but Zhang uses such words to slander her.
"Second aunt, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as a dumb person, people always have to keep some virtue, so you are not afraid of going to hell in the future!" As soon as Yun Zhu's words fell, Zhang's face changed. The ancients paid attention to superstition, believing that those who did not keep their morals and talked about the strengths and weaknesses of others every day would go to hell with their tongues plucked out and suffer a lot after they died.
"Okay, you little hoof, I care about you, but you hit a rake upside down, see if I don't kill you!" As she spoke, she rushed towards Yunzhu, Yunzhu naturally wouldn't stand there stupidly waiting for her to chase after her, she turned around and walked out of the courtyard gate, and quickly ran towards the entrance of the village.
The scolding of the Zhang family came from behind her, Yun Zhu didn't pay attention to it at all, she was sure that the Zhang family would not chase it out, so after running a distance, Yun Zhu stopped and turned to look behind her.
As she expected, there was no one behind her, Yun Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards Ning Yi's house.
Just like last time, after eating, Ning Yi drove the donkey cart and took Ning Lin and Yunzhu towards the town.
Because the goal was clear, Ning Yi directly took Ning Lin and Yunzhu to the grain store, which contained rice, flour and oil, as well as seasonings needed for ordinary cooking.
Yunzhu looked at everything in the grain store, the grain was no different from modern times, there was everything that should be there, but the seasoning was scarce, except for sugar and salt, there was nothing else.
Perhaps, this is their future business opportunity.
Thinking like this, a smile appeared on Yun Zhu's lips, and she turned her head to look at Ning Yi, wanting to see what he had bought, but she was attracted by a bag of things.
"Shopkeeper, what is this?" Stretching out his hand and pointing to the bag of black things on the ground, Yunzhu's eyes lit up a little.
"Well, hey, this is a moldy broad bean, I didn't keep it properly, let the water soak it, and I'm thinking about feeding the animals or throwing it away." Hearing Yunzhu ask, the shopkeeper turned his head to look at the ground and opened his mouth to return.
"How many can there be?" The idea in her heart was confirmed, and Yun Zhu became more and more excited, this moldy broad bean is worthless in the eyes of others, but it is a treasure in her eyes!
"It's only thirty pounds, right? What's wrong? What do you want? Because Ning Yi was the shopkeeper of the store, and Yunzhu was brought by Ning Yi, the shopkeeper said jokingly, "If you really want it, give me ten cents, and you can take it all." ”
For the store, although it is a loss to sell it for ten cents, it is better than not making a penny without making money, after all, this broad bean is moldy, and it can't be sold if you want to.
"Really? Then I want it. As soon as she heard about the ten cents, Yunzhu answered without hesitation, and when she went out, she had silver with her, so she took out the ten cents without hesitation and handed it to the store.
"Zhu'er, why did you buy this moldy broad bean? Can't eat it again? Ning Lin saw her take out the money, and asked suspiciously, in his opinion, this moldy thing is not edible, and it is too much to buy it for ten cents.
"Brother Ning Lin, I have my own magic use." With a smile, Yunzhu was in a good mood at this time, and when she saw that the store had collected the money, she spoke again, "Shopkeeper, if I buy more salt, can you give me something cheaper?" ”
"Salt? Salt is already expensive, how much do you want? Although Yunzhu was a little girl, the store didn't mean to despise her.
"About ten pounds." After thinking about it carefully, Yun Zhu spoke, the number of words, let alone the shopkeeper, even the expressions on Ning Yi and Ning Lin's faces were very surprised. , You must know that this salt is very expensive, and every family is reluctant to put more when cooking, and every time you buy a catty, you can eat it for a long time, but Yunzhu is ten catties.
"Yunzhu, what do you want so much salt for?" Ning Yi pulled Yun Zhu aside and asked in a low voice, although he knew that Yun Zhu had some silver in his hand, he still didn't approve of her spending money.
"Uncle Ning, I'm useful, believe me." Knowing that Ning Yi asked this because he cared about her, Yun Zhu replied with a smile, and then turned to look at the store.
"This salt is one hundred and twenty wen a catty, if you want ten catties, I will give you a hundred wen cheaper, what do you think?" In the dynasty where Yunzhu is located, one tael of silver is 1,200 wen, and one catty is ten taels, so when counted, ten catties of salt is less than one tael of silver, and it is still within the range of Yunzhu's heart, not to mention, if her thing is done, this money will soon be able to be earned.
"Okay, that's it." Nodding in agreement, Yun Zhu turned his head to look at Ning Yi, "Uncle Ning, where is there anyone who sells jars and liquor?" ”
"Little girl, you ask me! I live in this town, I know a lot of people, tell me what you need, and I'll find you a buyer, and it's cheaper than you go yourself! "After all, a lot of things were sold at once, so the store was very enthusiastic, and showed Yunzhu the place to sell wine and jars, "You just said that Zhang Liangjia introduced it, and they can give you cheap, you can come over if you need anything in the future, and I will give you cheap!" ”
After thanking the shopkeeper, Yunzhu pulled Ning Yi and Ning Lin towards the place where the wine was sold, although the Ning family father and son were very curious about Yunzhu's actions, they still followed her to buy five catties of ordinary liquor, one catty of koji, and one catty of rice wine, and went to buy ten jars, this time it cost three hundred Wen.
After buying these things, Yun Zhu thought about it carefully, and then dragged Ning Yi back to the previous grain store, bought two catties of glutinous rice and three catties of sugar, and then returned to the village.
"Uncle Ning, can I discuss something with you?" Sitting on the donkey cart, Yunzhu said while nibbling on the bun in his hand.
"What?" Ning Yi, who was driving the car, agreed very happily, he guessed that Yunzhu's matter should be related to these things, and it happened that he was also very curious.
"Although I spent some money today, these things I can buy are of great use, if it really happens, these money will definitely be earned, you know, my mother and I are most lacking now is money." After briefly talking about the use of buying these things, Yunzhu continued to speak, "You also know the situation of my grandfather's house, these things, I'm afraid I can't move them home, can I put them with you, and when the things are done, I will leave some for you as a reward." ”
"You kid, you still see me like this, it just so happens that I still have an empty house, you all these things, just move to that empty house, what do you think?" The courtyard of Ning Yi's house is actually very large, but there are only two people in the family, he and Ning Lin, although he and Ning Lin live in one room, but they are still free, and they usually put some herbs or something, and they don't live in people.
"Thank you, Uncle Ning!" Seeing that Ning Yi responded, Yunzhu excitedly thanked her, she believed that she would definitely be able to make things that were not available in this era, and it would definitely be a good way to make money at that time!