Lin Lan took some and cut it into diced meat, divided the remaining glutinous rice into two parts, poured one into the soaked red beans and mixed well, wrapped the salted meat and red bean dumplings, and the other wrapped the salted meat chestnut dumplings.

Chestnut dumplings are tied with fine hemp rope, and brown strips are used for red bean and salted meat dumplings, which are easy to distinguish when customers buy them.

After scooping most of the pot of water to boil, put the zongzi directly into the pot of water, cover and simmer.

After boiling on high heat for about an hour and a half, the charcoal fire is sandwiched to the large pot outside, and the bean paste and white beans are steamed.

The two sat on the eaves of the steps and began to cut the beans, and the little beans rubbed their eyes and came out: "Mom, I want to go to my grandmother's to play with He Xiaoming." ”

"Good! Mom sent you over. Lin Lan wiped her hands and led him to the old lady's side. Seeing her sitting at the back door doing needlework: "Uncle, why don't you go to my house to sit?" ”

The old lady took off the reading glasses on the bridge of her nose and said with a smile: "The little chicken baby has to look at it a little bit when it is placed in the yard." ”

Xiaodouzi ran to her: "Wife, have you seen He Xiaoming?" ”

The old lady smiled: "I came to look for you just now, you go to his house to find him." ”

Xiaodouzi looked at Lin Lan: "Mom, I'll go to Xiao Ming's house when you go home." ”

Lin Lan nodded: "Go ahead!" ”

Seeing him go towards the front yard, Lin Lan said to the old lady, "Uncle, I wrapped zongzi and will send them to you later." ”

The old lady smiled and nodded: "Okay!" Little bean, I'll look at it, you go back to work. ”

"Hmm!" Lin Lan went home and started making pea cakes, while Yuezhen cut beans on the side.

Wait for the pea cake and beans to be cut, and the rice dumplings stewed in the pot are cooked.

Picked up one of the three flavors of zongzi, dried it for a while and handed it to Yuezhen: "How about tasting it?" ”

Yuezhen nodded, untied it and tasted it, nodding again and again to indicate that it was delicious.

Lin Lan tasted the chestnut dumplings and felt that they were fragrant and glutinous, with a faint fruity aroma, and ate two in one go.

"What's so smelly?" Yang Liying said in the courtyard.

Lin Lan walked to the door and saw the couple and a handsome young man who looked very clever and entered the courtyard.

The young man glanced at Lin Lan shyly and shouted, "Uncle! ”

Lin Lan was stunned for a moment before remembering that he was Yang Liqun's eldest son Wang Zhixue, and said with a smile: "It's Zhixue!" My aunt almost didn't recognize me. Sit down. ”

"It's okay, I'll stand for a while!" Wang Zhixue blushed and smiled.

Lin Yuezhen, who was making bean paste in the house, heard that the guests were coming, and brought a stool out for them to sit.

Yang Liying thanked her, pulled Zhixue to sit beside her, and said to her: "After lunch, Zhixue came to my house and asked me if there is any other way to make money besides making tofu?" ”

Lin Lan glanced at Wang Zhixue: "What does he want to do?" ”

Yang Liying hesitated: "Lin Lan, I heard them say that the garment factory can also set up a stall over there, can you wholesale orchid beans, pea cakes and bean rolls for Zhixue to sell?" ”

Wang Zhixue listened nervously and stiffly.

Lin Lan didn't answer Yang Liying, and turned her head to look at Wang Zhixue: "Zhixue, your father doesn't agree with your mother to sell tofu, why did you think of going to do business?" ”

Wang Zhixue glanced up at Lin Lan, blushed and said, "Uncle, I go to take the yellow eel every day at home, and secretly take it to the cave to sell.

Seeing that there were also people in our team selling things there, his family used to be poorer than my family, and he rebuilt the house after more than half a year's effort. ”

"At that time, I wanted to find something to sell at Dongzikou, but I didn't have the capital and no way. That day, my aunt went to my house to talk to my mother about making tofu, and my mother and I both wanted to agree. Auntie, auntie, I'm sorry for you! Wang Zhixue stood up and said apologetically.

Yang Liying smiled and waved her hand: "It's your father's old cow tendon who said it, why do you apologize for him!" ”

Wang Zhixue blushed: "Uncle, don't worry about it. My dad doesn't have a bad heart, but he has a bad temper. After my aunt left, he still talked to my mother, worried that it would be more difficult for you to live after you were caught. ”

Lin Lan looked at him with satisfaction after hearing this: "Does your mother know that you are here?" ”

She felt that Wang Zemin's heart was not bad, but he was dead-headed, otherwise he would not have taken out all his family resources to help bury Yang Laoqi in such a poor situation.

Wang Zhixue glanced at her: "I know, my mother asked me to come to my aunt." She said that her aunt was a lazy worm and not very reliable.

Lin Lan thought for a moment and asked, "Then is this business yours alone, or did you come out to help the family?" ”

"I forgot to ask you." Yang Liying also looked at him curiously.

Wang Zhixue looked at the two: "I want to come myself, and I will subsidize my mother when I earn money." The third child has good grades and is also very obedient. I want him to study, I don't want him to be like me and my parents anymore. ”

If you are poor, you will think about change, and at a young age, you will see the plight of your family, and you are willing to come out to share your parents' worries, and you are a good child with good conduct.

After Lin Lan asked clearly, she nodded happily: "It's okay to sell it to you wholesale." The garment factory has to charge a booth fee. Seven jiao per day, the monthly subscription is cheaper for fifteen dollars a month, and it is actually not expensive to play two games in the morning and evening. ”

Wang Zhixue bowed to Lin Lan gratefully: "Thank you, aunt, I know that you have to pay for setting up a stall." Last time, I went to Dongzikou to sell yellow eels, and I also gave five corners. ”

Lin Lan looked at him and felt that he was indeed quite clever, if he could do business in a down-to-earth manner, he could also make achievements after opening up, he was afraid that he would be too clever and self-defeating.

looked at him and said: "When I was studying, I heard a sentence from the educated youth on the team, being a man is destined for three points, and seven points depends on hard work, and God will favor him if he works hard." ”

"We must bear hardships and stand hard work in doing business, and second, we must be honest and make money with harmony. The last thing you can do is to cut corners and fool customers, as long as you fool one customer, you will lose ten or hundreds of customers. ”

Wang Zhixue listened carefully and said, "I remember." ”

Lin Lan nodded with satisfaction: "I'll give you the goods on credit first, and you sell them back and give me the capital, and accumulate the capital to reproduce the spot." At the moment there are three varieties, which are sold for two dimes at random and five dimes for wholesale. ”

"The first time you sell something, I'll make fifty of the same for you first, and the freshly soaked beans will be available tomorrow afternoon. Today you can go with your aunt to see Xuexue. ”

"Thank you, aunt!" Wang Zhixue looked at Yang Liying happily, "Auntie, I'll go back and tell my mother first, so that she will be happy." ”

Yang Liying nodded: "Go ahead!" Tell her and come over quickly. ”

"Hey!" Wang Zhixue ran two steps, came back and bowed to the two: "Thank you, auntie, thank you." With that, he ran away.

Several people laughed when they saw his cheerful appearance.

Yang Liying looked at Lin Lan at this time: "You inquired so clearly, are you thinking of going over there to get another stall?" ”

Lin Lan smiled and nodded: "Hmm!" If Zhixue wants to go, I will give it to him, and I can do things at home. "Wholesale to Wang Zhixue to sell, she doesn't have to be so tired, he can also make money to subsidize the family, win-win!