Chapter 48: Little Adds Up
On the day when the ferry officially started to worship the gods, Zhang Sijiu of course got up early in the morning.
It's not dawn yet.
She got up so early to boil water and make soup.
Light bamboo leaves boil the fastest water, boil the water in the pot for about five minutes, you can take out all the light bamboo leaves, and then put the rock sugar into the melt.
Because only this time is the right time to cook the taste of light bamboo leaves, and it will not become unpleasant and bad when overcooked.
As for the rock candy cubes, Zhang Si added them three times.
Every time, I was cautious, for fear of wasting a little more sugar - no way, this candy is so expensive.
Fortunately, you don't need to make it very sweet, you just need a little bit of sweetness.
Mixed with the fresh fragrance of light bamboo leaves, this cauldron of drinks still has a refreshing and delicious meaning.
The same method is used for the root water, but the boiling time is slightly longer.
Finally, there's a barrel of honeysuckle tea.
As for the mung bean soup - Zhang Sijiu entrusted it to the Xu family. After all, this has been boiling up for too long, and I can't wait.
But after the mung bean soup is boiled, there will be a little mung bean paste, which is more suitable for drinking a bowl when you are hungry in the afternoon, and finally there is some mung bean paste at the bottom of the bowl, which is sweet and rustling, and quenches your thirst and fills your stomach a little.
So, you can wait until the afternoon to send it back.
The good news is that the pound of rock candy, under Zhang Sijiu's strict control, has not been used up in the end.
Zhang Sijiu cherished it and put it away, and he was not too reluctant to knock off a piece for Xiaosong Xiaobai to taste.
Thinking about the days when he ate rock candy when he was a child in his previous life, Zhang Sijiu said in his heart that it was too extravagant: At that time, rock candy was not eaten with a sip! Rather, chew and eat! Rattle, one after another, not distressed at all!
She secretly made a wish in her heart: I hope that one day, I can also realize the freedom of rock candy and experience the rock candy chewing childhood in my previous life again!
A childhood that has not chewed rock candy is certainly not a complete childhood.
With this sigh, Zhang Sijiu put on the dishes and chopsticks, fished out the sour cowpeas and tender ginger from the sauerkraut jar, used the kitchen knife, cut the cowpeas into a finger-long strip, cut the tender ginger into thin slices, and then buried the boiled two eggs, one buried in Zhang Xiaoshan's bowl, and the other cut in half, more than half of Xiaosong, and half of Xiaobai, so that everyone had breakfast.
Today's breakfast, because Zhang Xiaoshan has to go out to work, is extraordinarily early.
The sour cowpeas are sour and crunchy, they are simply appetizing, and they are also very delicious.
As for the tender ginger slices, they are sour and spicy, and they are also appetizing.
And eating more ginger in summer is also good for the body.
Zhang Xiaoshan was slightly stunned when he ate the egg, and then he was about to give it to Xu: "Why are you still boiling eggs?" ”
Now that the family has no money, the eggs should be kept and sold for money.
Xu smiled: "This is Jiuniang hurting people." She told me last night, saying that you worked hard and boiled you an egg in the morning. He also said that Komatsu and Kobai are still young, so they should also eat some eggs. No, just cook two, you eat one, and Komatsu Xiaobai eats one. ”
She held Zhang Xiaoshan's chopsticks down and said strongly: "You can eat it, Jiu Niang is right." If you work hard, if you don't eat something good, your body will collapse. ”
Xiaosong Xiaobai is still quite worried about Zhang Sijiu: "What about the eldest sister?" What about mom and grandma? ”
In order to prevent the humble thing from happening, Zhang Sijiu blocked the two of them back with one sentence: "When you raise the ducklings, we can eat them." ”
Komatsu immediately clenched his fists and promised, "I'll go and release the ducks in a while!" ”
The ducks have been raised for so many days and are already a little bigger, and Komatsu has begun to train the ducks to be obedient.
I have to say that children in the countryside seem to have learned these skills by nature, tying a rag strip on a thin bamboo pole and shouting "come and come" in their mouths, which really has some effect.
Zhang Sijiu nodded, not hitting the child at all: "Then come on." We'll be able to eat eggs sooner. You can also marinate salted duck eggs, and it is delicious with porridge! ”
Komatsu almost didn't drool down.
Xiaobai also nodded desperately.
Xu Shi watched his two sons being called, and his heart was very beautiful: he would have bought it earlier! You don't have to worry about them having an accident when they play in the water!
After eating, Zhang Sijiu and Zhang Xiaoshan went out.
Because there were three buckets, Xu also went with him, Zhang Xiaoshan picked a pair, she picked the remaining one, and a bucket of water.
Zhang Sijiu carried a stack of bowls in a basket.
There are not many bowls, just ten.
The main thing is that there are more and there are no more.
Zhaoyin was not as early as Zhang Sijiu, and she still had to mow the grass - and she had to cut double.
Zhang Sijiu was reluctant to leave all this mess to the Xu family, for fear of exhausting the Xu family. So, just let CMB go.
Anyway, early in the morning, it is estimated that there will not be many people to buy drinks. She was busy herself.
As for the matter of account sharing, Zhang Sijiu has already made it clear to CMB, putting aside the cost of buying sugar and firewood, the remaining profits will be divided into a quarter to CMB, and the rest will be the entire Zhang family.
After all, the Zhang family has a lot of manpower, and Xu and Zhang Xiaoshan have to send drinks every day, and Zhang Xiaoshan has to dig well water every day.
CMB has no opinion on this matter, she feels that she can earn two dollars a day, and she is satisfied.
Such a money buys candy cubes to eat, and a money is saved. How good wow!
Zhang Sijiu is more greedy, she hopes to earn more money. At least the pigsty money can come out.
She thought about it, if it wasn't enough, she could give Yang Yuanding an IOU, and then pay it back slowly.
The pigsty and toilets definitely had to be repaired.
Otherwise, it is not safe to go to the toilet - stepping on that plank, although the board is strong, it will also shake, and there are gaps, and the feeling of trembling always makes people feel like they are going to fall into the dung pit.
And after a little longer, Zhang Sijiu felt that he was pickled.
Improving your life must start with the toilet!
This is Dr. Zhang's ambition.
The main reason is that Dr. Zhang, as a doctor, deeply understands how important it is to pay attention to life hygiene and prevent diseases!
When Zhang Sijiu and the others arrived at the edge of the ferry, there were not many people at the ferry, and Zhang Sijiu occupied a feng shui treasure under a big willow tree and put things away.
It's higher than the ferry, and you can see the entire river as far as the eye can see.
The ferry is divided into two parts, on the other side of the river and on this side, both sides of the river should be built to stop the boat, get on and off the boat, and build a long grass hut, so that when it is windy and rainy, passers-by can also have a place to rest, even the boaters can also rest there.
It's not a big project, but it's in a hurry, and it's both sides starting at the same time, so I heard Zhang Xiaoshan say that with the people who supervised the work, there were more than 40 people working in total. There is also a boat to help pass back and forth and deliver things.
Not long after Zhang Sijiu set up his things, one after another, there were more people on the ferry.