Li Laogen took the money to buy buns and eat them, but it was much better than him losing the money!

Li Laogen grabbed the five pennies tightly, took a deep breath, and then took out three mons and gave them to Jin Xiaoye, looking forward to it: "Xiaoye, can you help me buy it?" I want to buy three steamed buns. ”

Chapter 22: Meat Buns

Li Laogen didn't even dare to buy a steamed bun!

Jin Xiaoye was a little speechless, but he still took the three pennies in Li Laogen's hand, and then took out two more from his pocket.

She plans to buy five steamed buns, in addition to Li Laogen's three, one more for Li Qingzhi and one for the two children.

As for herself, she had already eaten in the morning, and she would have to wait until she got back in the evening.

There is a lot of food sold on the dock, and the people who work on the dock most often buy rice balls.

Boiled rice wrapped with pickles and dried tofu costs only two pennies each, but it can already fill the stomachs of adults.

In addition, there is also a popular soup rice, the main ingredient is rice, and the store will also prepare two or three kinds of soup, and the man who works the dock can hold a large bowl of rice for two pennies, and then scoop some soup into it, and snort a bowl of belly, and the stomach will be full.

The most popular soup for this rice is mustard and tofu soup.

There are also kelp soups and the like, of course, there are also people who want to improve their food, you can spend an extra five yuan to add a piece of braised pork, or spend an extra two yuan to add a braised egg.

There is only one steamed bun shop here, that is Cui Damiang's steamed bun shop, after all, the people here in Chongcheng County don't grow much wheat, and they rarely eat pasta.

In the eyes of many people, noodles are relatively rare and precious, noodles mixed with soy sauce can be used for porridge, and dumplings are a dish that can be eaten on the table for people in Chongcheng County.

When you come to the county seat, you can eat a steamed bun or a bun, and for the people of Miaoqian Village, it is already something that you can go back to brag about.

Jin Xiaoye walked to the place where the steamed buns were sold, and Li Laogen followed behind and said, "Xiaoye, one of my three steamed buns is for you to eat, but I treat you as my daughter." ”

The steamed buns in Lady Cui's bun shop are the cheapest, one penny, but adult men can't eat enough to eat one, basically they have to eat three to be full, after all, people who do manual work have a big appetite.

However, it was enough for Li Laogen to eat two, and he offered to buy three, because he wanted to take one back and eat it in front of the rest of the village.

But he doesn't mind saying good things in front of Jin Xiaoye, anyway, Jin Xiaoye won't really ask for his steamed buns, and if he does, he will give him another penny.

Jin Xiaoye glanced at Li Laogen and guessed the twists and turns in Li Laogen's heart.

But she didn't take it seriously, and she wouldn't take advantage of Li Laogen.

Cui Damiang's steamed bun shop was opened by a husband and wife, the man sold steamed buns outside to collect money, and the woman sold steamed buns inside to collect money.

They also hired three middle-aged women to help, two of whom were in charge of making steamed buns and one of them were in charge of steaming them.

The couple was idle themselves, and they also had to help make steamed buns with steamed buns. The two of them got up at three or four o'clock on weekdays, first went to the butcher to get pork, then lit the lamp to knead the dough and chop the stuffing, and were busy until dark before going home to sleep.

When Li Qing insisted that they eat steamed buns, the woman who was called Cui Da Niang was rolling out wonton wrappers next to her, planning to prepare some - the wontons that had been wrapped before were all asked for by Li Qing.

Li Qingzhi watched these people busy, and felt more and more that the job he had just found was very good.

He just asked, the lady who helps the bun shop make buns only has 30 wen a day, but fortunately, the bun shop manages two meals.

Li Qingzhi had already finished eating his own basket of xiaolongbao, and then began to eat the xiaolongbao of the two children.

Li Damao and Li Ermao are still young, and they can't eat all the wontons in a bowl, and they can't finish the buns ordered by Zhu Qian.

Li Damao and Li Ermao are not surprised by this, their father is very good at eating, obviously he has eaten a lot at home, and he has to sneak and gnaw grass when he goes out.

Zhu Qian was a little shocked - this scholar looked so thin, he didn't expect his appetite to be so good!

You must know that there are ten xiaolongbao in this cage, which are not small, and the wontons are also quite large......

"Xiaoye!" Li Qingzhi ate another bun, and then saw Jin Xiaoye walking here.

Jin Xiaoye didn't notice Li Qingzhi at first, but as soon as Li Qingzhi spoke, she looked over: "Ah Qing, you ......"

Why did Li Qingzhi go to the store to eat steamed buns? He shouldn't have spent all that ten pennies, right?

No, it's not right, the kind of xiaolongbao in the store, you can only buy one cage for ten cents, Li Qingzhi is in front of him...... She looked at the ravioli!

Jin Xiaoye had heard Jin Jasmine talk about the taste of wontons before.

According to the rules set by her grandparents, only half of the money earned by their family outside the family should be paid to the family.

Her uncle earns two times a month, and he always pays it to the family, and keeps the rest for himself, and he has a lot of money, and sometimes he will take Jin Jasmine and them to the county seat to eat delicious food.

As for her...... Although her father can also earn a little by helping people with soju banquets, there is very little left after handing over half of it, so it is naturally impossible to be so generous.

"Xiao Ye, I met Master Zhu, Master Zhu gave me an errand and invited me to dinner," Li Qingzhi stood up and walked towards Jin Xiaoye, "You can also come and eat." ”

The two children had eaten some xiaolongbao before, and now they have eaten half of their two bowls of wontons.

Holding Jin Xiaoye, who was a little surprised, Li Qingzhi asked again: "What about Dad?" ”

Jin Xiaoye looked not far away.

Li Qingzhi looked over there, and saw Li Laogen huddled on the side of the road with a basket, looking over this side with his head probed.

Li Qingzhi: "......"

Zhu Qian had already eaten, and he still needed to look at his goods, and when he saw that Li Qingzhi's family was coming, he said hello and left first.

After Li Qingzhi left, he said a word to the shopkeeper, and walked to Li Laogen with Li Damao's unfinished wontons and a few remaining xiaolongbao.

When entering the store to eat, whether it is Li Laogen or Jin Xiaoye, they will feel uncomfortable, so they simply come out to eat.

"This is the ravioli?" Li Laogen took the bowl and looked at it carefully, and couldn't wait to eat one: "This is also too delicious!" What does it smell like? I haven't even eaten it. ”

"This is a wonton stuffed with shiitake mushrooms and pork." Li Qing insisted.

"Shiitake mushrooms? It's really fragrant," Li Laogen asked Li Qingzhi again, "Ah Qing, why did you go to the store to eat wontons?" ”

Jin Xiaoye heard Li Qingzhi say a little just now, but he didn't know the specific reason, and he was holding a wonton bowl at this time, and he also looked at Li Qingzhi curiously.

Li Qingzhi briefly told the matter, saying that Zhu Qian planned to let him help write the book and give him a penny of silver a day.

He didn't say that Zhu Qian would be paid another fee after he finished writing, and planned to whisper to Jin Xiaoye in the evening.

I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm afraid that Li Laogen will float.

But even if it is a penny of silver a day, Li Laogen is already excited: "One penny of silver a day? Silver? ”

"Yes."

"Do you care about the rice?" Li Laogen asked.

"Tube." Li Qing insisted.

Li Laogen gasped: "In this world, there are still such good things!" ”

Even Jin Xiaoye's eyes lit up.

She and Li Laogen carried so many things to the county seat today, if they were all sold, they would probably earn thirty yuan.

But she can't buy so many eggs and duck eggs every day, and if she brings things to the county every day, she probably won't be able to sell them.

Compared to those who rocked the boat and sold things, she was not competitive at all.

Li Qingzhi can actually earn a penny of silver a day!

Li Qing insisted: "This work will not be done for a long time, and when the writing is finished, Boss Zhu will not hire me anymore, but I should be able to do it for a month and pay off the family's debts." ”

Jin Xiaoye's eyes brightened, but Li Laogen said: "Is this Master Zhu blind, how can I find you to write a book, can you write a book?" ”

Li Qingzhi: "......"

Jin Xiaoye immediately glared at Li Laogen: "Eat your wontons!" Why can't A-Qing write a book? ”

Although Jin Xiaoye said this, when he looked at Li Qingzhi, he was still a little worried, you must know that Li Qingzhi said that he was average in learning, and a person with average knowledge can still write books?

Li Qing insisted: "Master Zhu asked me to write a story book, not a book for learning, some storytellers can tell stories if they don't have much literacy, right?" ”

"I see." Li Laogen understood.

Li Qingzhi said again: "It's very troublesome to explain this matter to others, if someone asks about it in the future, you will say that I went to Master Zhu's house to help copy the book." ”

It was nothing for him to help Zhu Qian write an autobiography to earn some money, at this time there were many readers who had no money, and some rich people would celebrate their birthdays, and they would specially invite many readers to their homes and let those readers write poems and praise him.

But telling people that he was writing a book to explain too much might as well that he was helping to copy the book.

Jin Xiaoye also felt that it was easy to copy books, so he turned around and knocked Li Laogen, telling Li Laogen not to talk nonsense when talking to people.

She also made an account with Li Qingzhi by the way: "If you write a book for a month, you can earn about four times, and when you pay off the debt, you will have more than two times, and when the time comes, you and the two children will each make a set of clothes, and there will not be much money left." ”

She also said this to Li Laogen, lest Li Laogen feel that the family has money, so he can't control his own hands.

Li Laogen was beaten, but he was still very happy, and when Li Qingzhi took out ten large meat buns wrapped in oiled paper, he kept swallowing his saliva.

Not to mention the white meat buns, the oil paper wrapped in the meat buns is a rare thing for him.

The buns sold outside will not be packed with oiled paper.

Jin Xiaoye and Li Laogen only ate the bun wontons that the two children didn't finish eating, and they didn't eat enough.

Seeing the big meat buns, Jin Xiaoye gave Li Laogen two: "These buns are two for each person, these two are for you." ”

Li Laogen picked up one and took a bite, put the remaining one in his back basket, and his eyes narrowed happily: "Such a soft and fragrant bun, it is the first time in my life to eat it." ”

As if no one is it! Jin Xiaoye also took a bun and took a bite.

After eating the buns, Lai

Lao Gen remembered something: "Xiaoye, my three pennies ......"

"I've given you two meat buns, and the three pennies won't be given to you." Jin Xiaoye Road. If the money is given to Li Laogen, maybe it will be lost tonight.

Li Laogen cried with a sad face.

Jin Xiaoye said again: "I'll wait to buy salted fish for ten cents." "She was reluctant to spend money, but now she can buy some.

Li Laogen smiled again: "It's good to buy salted fish!" "Jin Xiaoye bought salted fish, he definitely has it to eat.

After eating, he returned the bowl to the store, Jin Xiaoye took out what he hadn't sold and called for sale, Li Qingzhi saw this and proposed to buy salted fish by himself.

Jin Xiaoye took out another ten cents and gave it to Li Qingzhi.

"I have money." Li Qing insisted that he hadn't spent the ten cents that Jin Xiaoye had given him before.

Jin Xiaoye said: "You keep the money to spend, and when you come to the county seat tomorrow, you can take a boat." ”

Li Qing thought about it and accepted Jin Xiaoye's money.