Chapter Twenty-Eight: Rushing to the Market
The shopkeeper Fang affectionately sent Chuncao and others out.
As soon as he went out, Lu Ziqi grabbed Chuncao's hand and walked behind his sister-in-law, the two of them were basically used to swaggering and walking when they went out, and they were also used to the attention of others. ”
Chuncao turned her head and rolled her eyes at Lu Ziqi, "How old am I, can I still lose it?" ”
Lu Ziqi hugged Chuncao and didn't let go, walked in the direction where Chuncao was just going, and said as he walked, "Then don't run blind." ”
The two hugged each other like this on the street, more people looked sideways, the party directly ignored it, and the daughter-in-law of the pillar next to her was a little embarrassed, and wanted to remind her, but she couldn't bear to disturb the two, so she simply lowered her head and followed behind the two, thinking that she wouldn't go out with them in the future, so as not to be embarrassed.
Lu Ziqi has been holding Chuncao like this, and after shopping around this street, he left a deep impression on the people on this street.
When he arrived at the market, Lu Ziqi let go of his hand.
Because today is a fair, the people selling grapes in the market are obviously several times more than the last time Chuncao came to the market, Chuncao began to shuttle through the stalls selling grapes, telling them that the dim sum shop above the town collects grapes, how many are harvested, and after a while, the grape sellers in the market know, and the groups of people who carry the grapes on their backs get up and go to the Fangjia dim sum shop.
Chuncao saw that it was almost over, and pulled Lu Ziqi behind him to the meat stall to find his sister-in-law, at this time his sister-in-law was bargaining with the owner of the meat stall, the boss asked for twelve yuan a catty, and the sister-in-law wanted to pay eleven yuan a catty, Chuncao walked over and pulled her sister-in-law, and the sister-in-law saw that Chuncao was coming, so she stopped talking and stood beside Chuncao.
Since Chuncao married Lu Ziqi, all kinds of things and situations have made her subconsciously form a kind of dependence and trust, and she unconsciously thinks that Chuncao can handle anything.
Chuncao smiled and said, "Boss, otherwise, the meat will still give you twelve yuan a catty, and you will give me the six pairs of pigs next to you?" ”
Because it was a market, the butcher shop owner prepared enough pork, and there were more pigs in the water, but the meat was sold a lot, but the pigs were not sold in the water, thinking that if they couldn't sell it, they would lose it, so they spoke, "You are really good at settling accounts, okay, just give it to you, you see how much meat you want?" ”
Chuncao looked at the pork ribs and pig's trotters next to him, and asked, "How do you sell this, is it a price?" ”
The boss shook his head, "This cheap one with bones is 10 yuan a catty." ”
Chuncao was very surprised, these ribs and pig's trotters are good things, and the meat sold here is actually cheaper because of the discrimination against bones.
Chuncao directly bought 20 catties of meat, 40 catties of pork ribs, 40 catties of pig's trotters, bought so much at once, the boss smiled from ear to ear, and happily gave six pairs of pigs to Chuncao and others. After paying for the meat, Chuncao still has more than 100 yuan on his body (note: one tael of silver is equal to 1,200 yuan).
After buying the meat and moving to the market, I found that the ox cart master was just waiting for customers at the entrance of the market, and when he saw that there were no guests, Chuncao said to rent a car, negotiated with the master for a trip of 20 yuan, loaded the meat, etc., Chuncao bought some seasonal vegetables and loaded them into the car.
I wanted to go to my uncle on the street to pull a little more grapes back, but I found that there were too many people on the street, and the ox cart couldn't catch up at all, so I could only park the ox cart at the entrance of the market, and my sister-in-law was waiting on the ox cart.
I went to Uncle Fang's to have a look, but it was like a market, rushing to sell grapes, the scene was very chaotic, and Uncle Fang was busy sweating.
Chuncao went directly, greeted Uncle Fang, and looked at the grapes harvested, most of them were whole bunches, but there were also a small number of scattered ones, which were not easy to make, and there was no way to make raisins if they were broken, so they specially explained to Uncle Fang, they couldn't be scattered, as long as they were whole bunches. After the explanation, he said loudly to the grape seller at the door, "Everyone be quiet, be quiet," the chaotic crowd stopped crowding, and they all calmed down and looked at the spring grass, a little surprised that this girl looked so good, and the man next to him was also very handsome, and I was curious about what this girl was going to do?
"Everyone line up one by one, don't be crowded," Chuncao watched the crowd calm down, and continued to speak, "We don't accept the grapes of those who don't line up, weigh the weight, please move to the designated place and put it away, otherwise you won't accept it, and you can only get the money from this girl after you put it away." Chuncao pointed to the big girl who was handing out money.
Everyone continued to be still, who is this girl, and the shopkeeper also made her shout here?
When the shopkeeper heard Chuncao's method, he felt that he had to save a lot of effort, and immediately said to the crowd who were looking at Chuncao puzzled, "Just do what she said, everyone hurry up and line up." ”
Only then did the crowd react and began to line up, and the grape harvest was finally carried out in an orderly manner. Chuncao explained to the shopkeeper Fang, he went back first, and later called the ox cart to come and pull the grapes, so he followed Lu Ziqi to the market to gather with his sister-in-law.
On the way, Chuncao asked Lu Ziqi, "Does Da Lang's father rent an ox cart?" ”
"If you don't use it, you'll rent it out, and you're going to rent a car to pull grapes?" Lu Ziqi guessed that Chuncao wanted to rent a car, and it was estimated that it was pulling grapes, so he asked.
"Anyway, it's all about renting a car, since Da Lang's family has an ox cart to rent, why do you have to find someone else, after we go back, you can go to Da Lang's father to help pull grapes." Based on the principle that fertilizer and water do not flow into outsiders' fields, Chuncao instructed Lu Ziqi to do so.
Thinking that making raisins also need tools, Chuncao bought two large pots, and then bought a few dustpans, the two of them carried to the market together, loaded on the ox cart, several people were a little hungry, Chuncao went to the market to buy two buns and a big cake for a person, filled the stomach, and the group went directly around the street and went back to Xiaowang Village.
Chuncao, who was used to being lazy, got on the ox cart, so he hugged Lu Ziqi's arm without energy, leaned on his arm and dozed off, his head shook with the ox cart, and hit Lu Ziqi's arm back and forth.
Seeing that Chuncao was asleep in Lu Ziqi's arms, the daughter-in-law of the pillar was not easy to disturb, and seeing the movements of the two without shying away, she closed her eyes slightly blushing and recuperated.
When I went home, I just passed by Chuncao's mother's house, Zhuzi's daughter-in-law arrived, the car stopped, Chuncao woke up, saw that she was sleeping in Lu Ziqi's arms, and got up with a little blush to help her sister-in-law move things and get out of the car. My sister-in-law only bought a little food, and she moved it all at once, thinking that the ox cart master still had to do business, so she didn't have time to go into the house to say hello to her mother, so she got in the car and went home.
When he returned home and unloaded the things on the oxcart, Lu Ziqi went out with the oxcart master, and he had to go to Dalang's house to rent an oxcart and pull the grapes back first.
Chuncao especially explained to Lu Ziqi that she should take a detour and don't come back from the village first, she doesn't want the people in the village to be curious and rush here, disturbing the cleanliness now.
When Lu Ziqi left, Chuncao was at home alone, lit a fire in the stove, took out the brine materials he bought last time, wrapped them and boiled them, and then took out the few pairs of pigs and washed them while soaking them in alkaline water, but his mind was thinking, looking at the posture of the shopkeeper to collect grapes, this grape is estimated to be a lot, like before using a dustpan to dry in the shade, that is a little unrealistic, but there are not so many dustpans.
Chuncao remembered that when she traveled to Xinjiang, she saw those houses that specialized in making raisins, and it was unrealistic to build one now, and she didn't know how to build it at the current level of construction.
After thinking about it for a long time, I thought about using bamboo poles to make a shelf.
Chuncao washed a pair of pigs in the water, and Lu Ziqi came back, he didn't follow Da Lang's father to pull grapes.
Listening to Lu Ziqi, the shopkeeper Fang's house turned out to be Fang Dalang's village, and later the shopkeeper Fang went out to run a business, made money, bought a shop in the town and opened a store, and then moved to the town.
Lu Ziqi helped Chuncao wash the pig in the water together, and the two of them took a small bench and sat on the edge of the basin.
Chuncao remembered the idea of making raisin shelves just now, so she spoke, "Look at the grapes collected by the shopkeeper, you can't do it with a dustpan alone, and it is not applicable, I have thought of a way." Use two high wooden piles, drill large holes in the middle of the wooden piles in turn, and then use bamboo poles to break them in half, put the two ends into the holes drilled in the wood, and jam a bunch of grapes in the middle of the stem, and the grapes will be hung up one by one. ”
Lu Ziqi looked at Chuncao, his daughter-in-law is really like a mystery, there are too many things on her body that can't be explained, this mystery is like a bottomless pit, which makes Lu Ziqi unable to explore, but it attracts him and makes him curious and wants to know more.
Chuncao looked at Lu Ziqi and just looked at himself without speaking, took out a hand, and shook it in front of Lu Ziqi's eyes, "I'm very good-looking, I'm stunned." The heavy smell on Chuncao's hand lingered on the tip of Lu Ziqi's nose, Lu Ziqi frowned, pulled down Chuncao's hand, and spoke, "Let's try it tomorrow." ”
After a while, Chuncao Niang came over with the pillar daughter-in-law, I heard that Chuncao was going to make raisins, Chuncao Niang was a little worried, although she had eaten it well, but Chuncao was raised by her, she didn't think that her daughter had the mind to do business with others, but she heard the pillar daughter-in-law say that Lu Ziqi didn't say anything, and the head of the conversation with the shopkeeper in the town was the Tao, she was not good at objecting, let her toss. I heard that I had harvested a lot of grapes, and I thought I would come over to help, so I called my daughter-in-law to come over.
Seeing that the mother was coming, the two quickly got up, "Mother, why are you here?" ”
"Why can't I come over, aren't I worried that you'll come and see?" Chuncao Niang talked and looked around, it was very clean, it was still too simple, and she didn't come all the time, that is, she was afraid of seeing the panic in her heart.
Lu Ziqi called "mother" and went into the house to move the chair he was sitting on.
"Where can I be, mother, sit down, I'll pour you tea." Chuncao pointed to the chair that Lu Ziqi moved out and said, it is not easy to pull it if it smells of pig in the water.
"It's only been a few days since I got married, Dao is like a master, my mother has become a guest, what kind of tea to pour, I'm not thirsty, you're busy with yours, then wash what to wash first." Chuncao Niang sat down on the chair as she spoke, glanced at the basin, the pig went into the water?
Zhuzi's daughter-in-law didn't mention the matter of the braised meat workshop to her mother-in-law, mainly because she was afraid that her mother-in-law would oppose it and wouldn't let her do it, let alone mention the matter of lifting the pig into the water.
Chuncao Niang was angry and rushed up, there was no livestock at home, and people ate things when she washed them, she stood up and pointed at Lu Ziqi's nose, "Lu Ziqi, what did you say when you married my Chuncao?" Won't let my family's spring grass suffer? You're going to let me eat this? ”
Lu Ziqi looked at his mother-in-law embarrassedly, a little stunned and didn't know how to explain.
Chuncao saw that her mother was furious, and she couldn't wait to go up and smoke Lu Ziqi, and she didn't care if her hands stinked or not, so she reached out and grabbed her old lady's finger pointing at Lu Ziqi, and hurriedly spoke, "Mother, don't get excited, listen to me tell you." ”
Pulling his mother to sit down on the chair, Chuncao continued to persuade, "This pig is also very delicious, I don't believe you ask your sister-in-law, she has eaten it once." Chuncao turned her head to look at her sister-in-law, and her sister-in-law nodded cooperatively, it was really delicious, and the fishy smell was gone.
"The nerd has a secret recipe at home, and it is very delicious to make, and I am going to use this to discuss with my brother and sister-in-law to open a workshop." Haruka continued to explain.
Chuncao Niang was angry, thinking that Chuncao was worried that Lu Ziqi would be embarrassed to enlighten him, so she snorted and sulked silently.
Lu Ziqi didn't know how to explain it, this was her daughter-in-law's food, but her mother-in-law didn't believe it, what could he do, so she could only say embarrassedly, "Mother, don't be angry, you'll know when I make it for you." After speaking, he lowered his head and silently washed the pig into the water.
Chuncao hurriedly said, "Mother, you smell it, the medicinal fragrance is the secret recipe of the nerd's family, you wait, I'll give you a taste." ”
After speaking, he took the washed pig into the water, washed it with water a few times, cut it and put it in the pot, and by the way, he found out the pig's trotters and ribs that he bought, and asked Lu Ziqi to take the firewood knife and help chop it into pieces.