Since Su Qingluan pressed stones on top of the pork strips, she had to turn over the pork strips every morning when she woke up and went home in the afternoon, so that the salt was more evenly dipped and the moisture was more thorough.

On the other hand, since the "shotgun for gun" replaced the more convenient kitchen knife, Liu Yunniang's treatment level and speed of the water immediately improved, and slowly exceeded the previous trend of the Su family's total amount of water treatment in one day.

And considering that Yun Niang's meaty knife technique of cutting water is not proficient, and there is a lot of room for improvement in speed, Su Qingluan feels that there is still a lot of room for improvement in the "shipment" of his own water stall.

Now with Yun Niang's help, even if the Su family deals with some less sewerage, it can be worth the sewer supply on the previous stall, and there is even a surplus.

Therefore, the Su family does not need to get up early every day as in the past, and they are finally a little relieved.

Considering that the Liu family is tight every day, Su Qingluan's wages to Liu Yunniang are all paid daily, and if they are about the same, they will be rounded.

Liu Yunniang naturally knew that Su Qingluan was taking care of her like this, and she knew that she had nothing to thank for the time being, so she only kept the intention of taking care of it silently in her heart and worked harder.

But Liu Yunniang is a thirteen-year-old girl after all, and she has to work and take care of her sick father, so she is a little tired. Although he didn't get sick because of his young age and good foundation, his face was obviously not as energetic as before.

Liu Sheng saw it in his eyes, feeling guilty and anxious.

He knew that only by getting better quickly could he take over the burden that fell on his daughter and wife. But this paralysis doesn't know if it can be cured in the Year of the Monkey, and the consultation fee from the Rejuvenation Hall is slipping away from their fingertips like flowing water, which is really difficult for their small family.

Seeing that his daughter was busy in this way, and his wife also went out early and returned late, Liu Sheng gritted his teeth and made a decision.

On this day, when Su Qingluan was walking around the market to see what new spices there were, he saw Liu Yunniang's slender back.

Su Qingluan curiously leaned over to take a look and saw that she was buying a kitchen knife—not a wrought iron kitchen knife, but a copper kitchen knife.

Of course, bronze kitchen knives are several times cheaper than iron knives, but the quality is not so good.

"Yun Niang?" Su Qingluan looked at the object in her hand with some uncertainty, "Are you here to buy a kitchen knife?" ”

"Young owner!" Liu Yunniang turned around and saw that it was Su Qingluan, and hurriedly curtsy.

Su Qingluan is not used to being worshipped, there is no way to be honored when there is an elder, and now in this kind of private occasion, she can avoid it.

Waving his hand casually, Su Qingluan smiled and said, "They are all flat-headed people, and they are the same age, what kind of etiquette do they have?" ”

Liu Yunniang shook her head: "I don't have anything to repay the kindness of the young owner's family now, so I can only salute every time and work hard every day!" ”

Su Qingluan did not object to Liu Yunniang working hard: "You are right, only by working hard can you earn a good life." Speaking of which......" she looked down at the bronze kitchen knife in Liu Yunniang's hand, "The knife I gave you before was broken?" ”

No, the quality of the knives in the blacksmith shop is well-known near and far.

When Yun Niang heard this, she hurriedly shook her head: "No, no, the knife given by the young owner is very sharp, how can it be broken?" ”

"And ...... you?"

"Oh, this one." Liu Yunniang smiled shyly, "The knife I use to cut vegetables is very rusty, so I'm going to buy a new knife." ”

Thinking of this, Liu Yunniang had a sigh in her heart: If it weren't for the coincidence that she got married to Su Qingluan and volunteered to help, her family would not have a lot of income, and she could have extra money to buy new kitchen knives.

In fact, since she started to help deal with the water, although it has only been half a month, Liu Yunniang has almost a penny in the salary she got from Su Qingluan, which is even more than many coolies for a month.

It is precisely because the remuneration is relatively very generous and the Dong family is kind that the Liu family is very grateful to the Su family.

Su Qingluan didn't know what Liu Yunniang was thinking about, and only looked at the bronze knife with a little embarrassment: "Although I said that the wrought iron knife is for work, you can also use it when you are cooking!" ”

"How?" Liu Yunniang looked serious, "The iron knife was originally borrowed from the Shaodong family, if you accidentally use it, what if it breaks?" ”

Su Qingluan was a little crying and laughing, and wanted to say, "If it's broken, it's a big deal, I'll change it", but looking at the other party's serious expression, he swallowed this sentence back.

Because she estimated that if the knife was really broken, the girl in front of her might still want to think about the original price compensation.

bought a kitchen knife, because there was still a sick father in bed at home, Su Qingluan knew that Liu Yunniang was in a hurry to go back, so she stopped pulling her to talk, the two said goodbye to each other, and Liu Yunniang left.

Back in the cramped narrow alley, Liu Yunniang raised her voice and said, "Daddy, I'm back...... Dad?! ”

When Liu Yunniang entered the door, Liu Sheng, who had been lying in bed all day, sat up by himself at this time!

Originally, Yanagi was paralyzed since he was injured, except for three meals and solving large and small physiological problems, he was lying there boringly.

But every day I saw his wife and daughter busy for themselves, and after a long time, Yanagi slowly gave birth to a desire to recover. So today for the first time, he tried to sit up on his upper arm without the help of his daughter.

After all, he had been bedridden for months, and Yanagi's strength was completely different from that before he was sick.

What's more, he doesn't have any sensation in the lower half of his body, so naturally he can't borrow strength, so it is even more difficult to get up.

But he still didn't want to lie down all the time, so he finally sat up by himself with great effort. And this simple action actually made beads of sweat the size of beans oozing from the back of his forehead.

Liu Yunniang saw this scene as soon as she entered the house.

"Daddy, are you thirsty?"

Liu Sheng shook his head and smiled at his daughter: "You see, Daddy is not all wasted, and he can still sit up by himself." ”

Liu Yunniang was stunned and moistened her eyes.

Here Su Qingluan returned home and came to the stove room again.

Su Xueyan came over and said curiously: "Sister, this strip of meat has been pressed under the stone for several days, when can I take it out?" ”

Su Qingluan lowered her head and scratched the tip of her little sister's nose: "We can take it out today!" ”

As he spoke, he picked up the strips of pork stained with salt.

At this time, the pork strips had turned into a darker dark red than bright red, and because they had absorbed a lot of salt, they were heavier than at the beginning, and Su Qingluan couldn't move the pot alone, so he asked Yang to help bring it out together, first burning the awl with fire, and then wiping off the black charcoal on the surface.

Finally, the pork strips are opened at one end, threaded through the cotton thread, and hung in a cool and ventilated place in the corner of the stove, and the cured meat is finally completed.