Chapter 28: Making Small Money
The next morning, the long-lost sun finally showed its face, and the bright sun shone on the earth, and the chill faded slightly.
There are many people coming out and walking around from house to house, but wherever the sun shines down, you can see clothes and quilts everywhere, and even some dried vegetables and radishes.
After breakfast, Chen Xingling asked Gu Qi to take his son's small cotton pants to the second floor to dry.
Gu Qi nodded and did so.
Li Ying, who was breaking peanuts in the yard, rolled her eyes and snorted coldly: "Aren't you sick?" It's like all your limbs are gone! Our Archie is a painter and a designer, so how can we let him do all this miscellaneous work! β
Chen Xingling came out with a big dustpan in his arms, and just happened to hear these words.
"Why is there so much housework? He wasn't at home before, and I couldn't let him work. β
Li Ying glared at him dissatisfied, and said: "It is so hard for a man to make money outside, you don't understand his hard work, and let him work, do you still have a conscience?" If he hadn't worked to make money to support you, would you be full of the northwest wind? β
Chen Xingling didn't bother to take care of her, put the dustpan in the sun, ran into the room by himself, and took out the dried shrimp and another bag of dried fish.
The packaging bag was transparent, and Li Ying saw it at once, and her eyes lit up instantly.
"Theseβwhere did they come from? Oh my god! What a beautiful dried shrimp and dried fish! The colors are bright! β
The little tiger who was playing with the big black dog saw it and ran over excitedly.
"Mom! Shrimp! I want to eat dried shrimp! β
Chen Xingling stopped his little hand, and also stopped Li Ying who came over.
"I asked my grandparents to send them to sell, and I can't eat them for the time being."
Xiaohuzi blinked his eyes and asked, "Selling?" How do you sell it? β
Li Ying's eyes were firmly fixed on the dried fish, and she snorted coldly and warned: "Who are you selling so much to?" You can't sell things indiscriminately, be careful that people will arrest you! β
Chen Xingling unscrewed the transparent packaging bag and replied, "I don't go to the black market to sell it, I only sell it to nearby neighbors." β
"That'sβthat's fine." Li Ying grabbed a handful of dried shrimp and ate it: "Mmmm! This one is better than the one I sent before! How do you sell this? Do you know the price? I haven't eaten seafood at home for a long time, and the day after tomorrow is going to be the New Year, and I haven't bought any New Year's goods. When I go to the grocery market, I don't dare to go to ask for money and tickets! β
As soon as the old guy's old tail cocked, Chen Xingling knew what she was going to do.
She calmly pinched a handful of dried shrimp and gave it to Xiaohuzi, and said, "Don't worry, there are still a lot of them at home, enough to eat enough for the New Year." β
Then she opened the door, lit the small coal stove in the kitchen, and carefully held it to the threshold.
Li Ying licked the corners of her mouth, looked at the big bag of red shrimp and swallowed her saliva.
"That townshipβHuzi,, what are you doing walking around? According to me, it's better to keep such a good shrimp at home. You are going to Yucheng after the New Year, and there is no shortage of these gadgets in your mother's house. Besides, how much money can you sell for such a loss? β
Chen Xingling listened to it and secretly sneered.
Little Huzi is three years old, and this is the first time I heard my mother-in-law call her "Huzi"!
Usually she is either a "country girl", a "country fisherwoman" or a "surnamed Chen", and sometimes even "feeds" to "feed". Hehe! It's definitely the first time that such a polite title is called today!
It seems that the charm of this large dustpan of dried fish and dried shrimp is really enough!
"I don't know how much I can sell for the time being, but I won't know if I sell it. I kept a lot of them at home, so I didn't have to worry about running out of food. β
Then she went into the kitchen and found a small pot, poured some canola oil into it, and put it on the small coal stove.
Xiaohuzi followed and shouted, excitedly: "Mom! What are you going to do? I still want dried shrimp, can I? β
"Not yet." Chen Xingling chuckled: "You help your mother work first, and later your mother will send you more shrimp." β
Xiaohuzi immediately nodded: "Okay!" β
Chen Xingling saw that the oil was starting to heat up, so he turned around and ordered: "Go to the kitchen and help my mother get a small plate, just the smallest one." β
"Hey!" The little one ran to the kitchen with a cigarette.
Li Ying caught a glimpse of the rapeseed oil in the pot and couldn't help muttering: "Get so much oil at once...... It's like not wanting money! β
Chen Xingling ignored her, grabbed a handful of dried fish and threw it into the oil pot.
Soon, a fishy smell spread!
Little Huzi jumped up and handed the plate to Chen Xingling.
"Mom! It smells so good! Mom, what else can I help with? β
Chen Xingling replied with a smile: "You go and call Da Niu and Da Lang to come over and eat fried dried fish." You say, one person gets a small dried fish! β
Little Huzi: "Hey! With a sound, he crossed the threshold and ran away.
The smell of fried fish was so strong that when the wind blew, the neighbors in the neighborhood quickly smelled it.
In winter, fish and shrimp are very rare, and the smell of fried fish has a touch of fishy, but it is rich and fragrant, which arouses people's appetite, and instantly hooks out the greedy worms of the neighbors who are busy or staying at home.
After a while, someone from every household came out to look, and people passing by also stopped and looked at the gate of Gu's house.
"Yo! This is the daughter-in-law of the Gu family, and her mother's family has sent seafood again, right? Only their family can have seafood to eat in this area! Envy the dead! β
"It tastes so good! If I hadn't just eaten breakfast, my soul would have been hooked! Ha ha! β
"It smells so good! How can the fried fish taste so good! I haven't eaten meat in days, and my saliva is coming out......"
Chen Xingling took out the fried dried fish, drained the rapeseed oil, and poured it into a small plate.
Li Ying watched from the sidelines, swallowing her saliva.
At this time, Xiaohuzi came with a few five or six-year-old children, followed by a few seven or eight-year-old children, all of whom ran out of the smell of fried fish.
Xiaohuzi stood on the threshold and shouted crisply: "My mother said, one person will share a fried dried fish!" One for one child! β
"Oh my God! Are you sure? It's true? β
"Little Tiger, divide me one!"
"Little Huzi! I want it too! β
"I want it too, I want it too!"
Chen Xingling gave them the fried dried fish, one for each person, and the children were crazy, laughing happily, and they didn't hesitate to stuff it into their mouths when they grabbed it with dirty hands.
"Delicious!"
"Wow! It smells so good! β
"It's delicious!"
Li Ying looked anxious on the sidelines, and she was so distressed.
"Ouch! Didn't you say you wanted to sell it? What to do with these little kids! In the blink of an eye, a dozen small fish are gone! Go, go, go! Mari called your mom to buy dried fish! Fast! β
When the children heard that they had to sell it, they scattered the birds and beasts and hurried home.
Soon, neighbors came to the door one after another.
"Archie's daughter-in-law, our eldest man said that your family has small dried fish for sale, is it really fake?!"
"Yo! I've smelled it for a long time! It smells so good! β
Chen Xingling smiled and greeted: "Try it first to see if it's delicious, if it's delicious, buy some and fry it back, just smoke it or fry it, you don't have to cook it hard." Small dried fish are not afraid of thorns, just eat them directly after frying. Lo and behold, the fish heads have been disposed of before drying, so they are very clean and hygienic! β
The neighbor's aunt and sister-in-law took one each, and the greedy one took two more, and they were all satisfied and smiling after eating.
"Archie's daughter-in-law, thenβhow do you sell it? If it's too expensive, we can't afford it. β
Li Ying hurriedly said: "It's the same as the price of the non-staple food market!" β
The smiles on everyone's faces froze one after another, and they retreated a little in embarrassment.