Although Xu Miao has a large population, Erlang himself, who can catch pigs, Sanlang is not in good health, Xiao Wu and Shiro are too young, she and Xu Miao and Dongmei are all women, and the four of them have not come back yet. Book Fans ()

If you don't find a helper, Ming'er, the pig, doesn't know how to kill it. Fortunately, the men who worked in the workshop were very righteous, and when they heard that their family killed the New Year's pig, they all said that they would come over to help.

There's no shortage of people!

After returning home, Xu Ya and the others were sweeping the dust. There are many houses in the yard of the second entry, and this sweep is naturally more tiring than in previous years, but everyone is happy, because there are more houses, which means that they have a better life.

After Xu Miao returned home, he put the account book on the table from San Lang's side, and combined the two books in his hand together. Although each stroke is recorded in great detail, it still takes a lot of work to add it up.

Xu Miao doesn't know how to use an abacus, so he relies on pen calculations, mental calculations, and the last meal is added by God, excluding the cost and the workers' wages and gift money, the income of the two tofu workshops in the second half of the year is ninety-seven taels of silver, which is fifty taels more than the first half of the year.

It's normal to think about it, the dried tofu is officially batched from the end of May, and it is normal for the income to be high in the second half of the year, plus she has run back to so many places, I believe that next year's income will definitely be able to turn over again.

But those workshops of the Ouyang family ......

It's a pity to think about it, after all, there is still her hard work in it, and now that the owner has changed hands, people will definitely not admit it, so they can only admit that they are unlucky, and there is no other way!

After getting the account books, Xiao Nizi went to the kitchen to clean up, and in the morning Dongmei boiled the stove sugar, and then cleaned up the house, and there was nothing to clean up over there. As soon as she entered the kitchen, Xu Miao couldn't help but shrug her shoulders, it was really messy.

Lighting the fire and boiling water, taking advantage of this gap, she hurriedly regulated. Take out all the dishes and chopsticks and set them aside to be cleaned. Take a broom to sweep the shed, when the house was built, it was made by Quanbei, the roof of the shed is pressed up with slats, and it is very convenient to sweep the ash.

After sweeping, use a rag to carefully wipe the empty bowl rack clean. After being busy for a while, the water was also hot, and Xu Miao hurriedly brushed the dishes again. After Shiro threw things, he heard movement in the kitchen, came over sensibly, saw Xu Miao washing the dishes, stepped forward, and said with a smile:

"Sister, you wash the dishes, I'll wipe it for you with a dry rag."

Xu Miao nodded when she heard this, threw the clean rag to him casually and said:

"Come in, you're done wiping the bowl and putting it back in the bowl rack."

"Hey, okay." Shiro took the rag and came to Xu Miao to stand down, dry and stack the dishes she had cleaned, so that they could be put back in the bowl shelf for a while.

The kitchen was quiet, except for the sound of water washing dishes, and then the sound of Shiro stacking dishes. After Xu Miao's last plate was cleaned, he slowly straightened his waist, turned his head and saw that the dishes in the bowl shelf were placed in a very regular manner.

Nodding with satisfaction, he looked at Shiro with a smile. Shiro looked at his sister's expression, knowing that he was doing a good job, and smiled shyly, and after putting the last stack of plates back on the bowl rack, Xu Miao began to sweep the floor.

Shiro thought for a moment and said, "Sister, I have something I want to tell you. ”

"What's the matter, let's talk about it." Xu Miao didn't look up and continued to do the work in her hands.

"That's right, I've been studying for a year, I know some words, and I can keep accounts and settle accounts." When Shiro said this, he paused, found that Xu Miao was still sweeping the floor, pondered for a while, and continued,

"That's what I thought, I plan to stop going to school in the next year, just ......"

"Click-"

The sound of a broom being thrown on the ground.

Shiro was frightened, looked at Xu Miao with a serious expression on his face, and subconsciously swallowed his saliva, not knowing what to say.

Xu Miao didn't yell at him, squinted his eyes slightly, looked at him with a serious face, and didn't speak. Shiro knew that this was what he meant to continue speaking, so he rubbed his hands nervously, looked like he was at home, and said quickly:

"I want to go to work in the tofu factory, so that I can earn a salary, and I can marry my brother's daughter-in-law, my brother is nineteen years old this year, he is too old, and he will become an old bachelor if he waits."

"Poof—"

When Xu Miao heard this, she immediately burst out laughing. But this slippery heart was also suddenly put down. Originally, I thought that this kid didn't like to study, so he asked not to study, as long as he missed, it was a good thing.

Shiro was a little inexplicably laughed, pursed the corners of his mouth, and looked at Xu Miao with a face full of grievances. Xiao Nizi laughed for a while, reached out and touched the top of his hair, sighed, and said:

"Silly boy, you just have to read your books, your brother marries a daughter-in-law, we have to take our time, the girls who marry at the right age in this village are not only Sister Xu Fu of the second uncle's mother's family, but also Brother Shunzi's sister-in-law, we have to choose carefully, don't we?"

Shiro's eyes widened a little when he heard this, and he still chose to choose? Can you choose? But seeing his sister's firm nod, he believed it again, nodded heavily, and said:

"I must study hard and keep a good account for our tofu factory."

After saying this, the little one jumped and ran. Xu Miao stood in place, and after digesting his words, he shook his head helplessly. What a child, thinking that he would keep accounts when he reads, it's really simple enough.

On the twenty-fourth day of the next month, after breakfast early in the morning, Erlang took a few brothers to set up a platform in the yard, Xu Miao and Xu Ya and Dongmei boiled hot water.

Erlang set up a platform here, and took them to the backyard pigsty, and today is the same as last year, to kill two pigs. As soon as the pig was tied here, the butcher over there came in with a big stride, looked at Xu Miao's pig with a smile, gestured with a thumbs, and said:

"I love to come to your house to kill the pig, and see how big and good this pig grows."

Xu Miao chuckled when she heard this, walked to Zhang Butcher's side, watched him sharpen his knife and said:

"Uncle, my family sells four pigs this year, you see ......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Butcher shook his head and said:

"Don't sell this pig this year, it's too cheap and worthless, let's raise it again."

Re-raising?!

Xu Miao didn't dare to compliment when he heard it.

If you raise it again, you will become an old sow, and the pork will not taste good.

"Wasn't pork expensive last year, but this year it's good, every household raises pigs, and all of a sudden there are more and the price is lower." After Zhang Butcher finished speaking, he stood up, the knife in his hand had been sharpened, pressed the pig's eyes, and muttered a set of snorts in his mouth.

Xu Miao had already guessed last year that the price of pork was bound to drop this year, and last year she sold her pig for fifteen yuan a catty. Two pigs were killed at home, and there were still four pigs left, what if they didn't sell them, did they really raise old sows?

Thinking of this, Xiao Nizi shrugged her shoulders and said, "Uncle, you can spend as much as you want, and I will sell you the remaining four heads." ”

After Zhang slaughtered a pig on the butcher's side, Shan took Xu Ya and Dongmei, and the three of them were stirring pig blood there. Hearing her say this, she symbolically glanced at the backyard twice, nodded, and said:

"This year, this pig is only ten yuan a catty, our two families have a good relationship, I won't earn you so much, a catty of twelve pennies for a pig, just help you make a hand."

The words are very realistic, and they are very ironing to listen to.

Xu Miao thought for a while, and said with a smile: "One catty of eleven wen, when I caught pigs, one catty was twelve wen, and the pigs at home were fed tofu residue, and the feed didn't cost money, so I just got a book." ”

"That's right...... That's fine. Zhang Butcher readily agreed. Two pigs were slaughtered, and the remaining four pigs were weighed, a total of 763 catties. This is good, with an average of more than 190 catties.

Eleven yuan per catty, a total of eight thousand three hundred and ninety-three yuan, Zhang Butcher directly took eight taels of silver, took a set of pigs into the water, and said:

"With the remaining seven cents, buy candy for Xiao Wu and Shiro to eat."

"Thank you, uncle." Xu Miao waved his hand at him and sent the person away.

The butcher doesn't care about the meat, so Xu Zhenghai does the work of dividing the meat. Every year in the old house, he also gets it. On the twenty-second day, I borrowed one hundred and fifty catties of pork from Lizheng's family, and this time I paid it all off.

All the good places such as pork belly or Hou Pickle were given, Xu Liang looked at it and nodded non-stop. Shan's side also kept babbling, and said: "Look at our Miao'er, it's so bright to do things." ”

Xu Miao shook her head with a smile, turned her head to look at Xu Zhenghai and said:

"Uncle San, all the knives for every ten catties of pork, don't shave the bones too hard, let's eat the broken flesh today."

"Okay! Okay. With the knife in his hand, Xu Zhenghai worked in Salem. Jiang's side has begun to clean the pig's large intestine and small intestine, and keep it for a while to fill the blood sausage. Xu Miao saw it and walked over, squatting down to help.

Seeing this, Jiang Shi quickly shook his head and said, "Pull it down, don't get your hands dirty, just come here." ”

As he was talking, Xu Ya brought the caustic soda water and slowly poured it into the big basin, and Jiang quickly kneaded it. Rub, Shan prepared clean water over there, and planned to clean the small intestine for a while. Aunt Li helped Dongmei and put the meat cut by Xu Zhenghai into the tank piece by piece.

With Shan and Xu Ya, Xu Miao is also redundant. Get up and clean up the eight pig's trotters, two pig's heads, pig hearts, pig livers, pork belly, etc. Xu Liang was demolishing the platform with people, and when he saw Xu Miao packing up those things, he hurriedly said loudly:

"Miao'er, the one you cooked last year was very delicious, let's get it again this year, what's going on?"

Xu Liang shouted, Li Langzhong and Chunsheng all nodded in agreement. Xu Miao smiled when he saw it and said:

"Okay, it's all over today, I have prepared two jars of Zhuyeqing, at noon, you and Uncle Chunsheng have a good drink, ah!"

"Don't worry, you're welcome." Chunwang is next to the stubble.

Everyone nodded with a smile, Xu Miao began to work here, sewing the condiments taken back from the grocery store into a cloth bag with gauze, and throwing them directly into the cauldron, shaving and washing the pig's head, and going directly to the pot......