Chapter 14

When I was about to go home, I saw the owner of the butcher shouting, "The stall is closed, the stall is closed, the meat is cheap, come and buy it, there is no such shop after this village."

She couldn't hold back, leaned over and asked, "How cheap is it?"

The meat stall owner took a look at her, thinking that she was a child, and didn't want to talk to her at first, but when he saw what was behind her, he said immediately.

"Meat sells for 25 cents a catty in the morning, now it's [-] cents a catty, lard suet is [-] cents a catty, big bones are [-] cents, this intestine is five cents a penny."

Seeing that the pork was still five catties, Xi'er became ruthless, for fear that the butcher would scold her.

"Pork twenty cents, suet ten cents?"

"How about bones and intestines?"

"want"

The butcher stall owner gritted his teeth, "Okay, I'll sell you, you girl is really good at picking up cheap, if it wasn't for something at home, I wouldn't sell it to you no matter what the price is."

So in her small basket, there were five catties of meat, three catties of suet, five catties of bones, and a piece of fat intestines.

After buying these, the time was almost up. She came to the town sign. It happened that the old horse had just returned from the county seat. Seeing her struggling from a distance, he hurried over to help her carry the small basket.

"Why do you buy so many things?"

"There is too much shortage at home, and I want to buy everything I see"

She unloaded the big back basket onto the car, and then climbed up by herself, and then she let out a long breath.

"Uncle Ma, you have to take me to the door this time, I'm exhausted"

"The candies are all sold out?"

"Hey, yes, there is not one jar left"

"It's terrible, how much money did you buy these?"

"Yeah, when I wasn't here, my mother was doing it alone. When I came, I had to make her live more comfortably. At least the food wouldn't make her suffer."

"True filial piety"

Xi'er saw that the old horse left without doing any work, and knew that he was not going to pull the villagers today, so she didn't ask much, but the old horse said it himself.

"Girl, to tell you the truth, the two trips to the county seat today earn more than usual. From now on, I won't pull those bastards from our village. I will go straight to the town and pick up the jobs there. In the future, if you want to build a car, you should come earlier, the best time is just after dawn.”

"Understood, Uncle Ma"

"Both of us have a bumper harvest today, haha"

The old horse hummed a ditty along the way, while Xi'er held the two baskets close to her side for fear of losing them.

Not long after, the ox cart turned into the village road. Fortunately, it was dark and everyone in the village went home. The old horse took her to the door of the house.

As soon as the bullock cart stopped, the gate opened immediately, and the first words that Granny Luo came out of were.

"Hey, I'm back, I'm worried to death"

The old horse smiled at the old lady Luo, "You are really promising, she sold out all the food you cooked, and bought so many things for you"

"That's right, this is my daughter. If you don't treat me well, who will you treat well?"

"Haha, I'm leaving, you mother and daughter, hurry up and get in the door, it's getting dark"

Xi'er hurriedly called to him, "Uncle Ma, tomorrow, can you buy me fifty small jars, the kind that cost five cents each?"

"Row,"

"Can I give you the money next time? After I sell the sugar, I don't have much money on hand now."

"No problem, I'll deliver it to your doorstep tomorrow afternoon"

The old horse left, and the old lady Luo carried the small basket, and she dragged the big basket into the courtyard, blocking the door with her backhand.

The two carried their things to the main room, and Mrs. Luo fetched water for her.

"Wash your face quickly, eat first, and then talk about other things after eating"

Dinner sweet potato porridge, corn pancakes, pickles.

Xi'er devoured her meal, and Mrs. Luo washed the dishes and cleared the table. Knowing that she was tired, she brought her a pillow to lean on.

"Take a rest first"

"Then rest for a quarter of an hour, just to tell you how my daughter sells candy today, hee hee"

"Tell me, my mother has long wanted to hear it."

"It's like this, my daughter specially picks out the sugar when she has children, stirs it, and eats while playing, so"

Mrs. Luo listened with relish, and occasionally exclaimed. After listening to the girl's story, she pointed to the two baskets on the ground.

"So you bought so many things?"

"That's right, the suet is used to make lard, the meat is used to marinate bacon, and the bones and intestines are used by my daughter to marinate. There is no waste of money, and it is very cheap."

"Mother didn't blame you. It's up to you how you want to spend the money you earn, but when you have money, you have to think about when you have no money, and you have to learn to save money."

"Mom, I will definitely save money. When I have money, I will build our house into a big tile house with blue bricks, so that everyone in the village will envy you."

Mrs. Luo smiled, but waved her hand, "Let's live in this way in our village. Although the house is made of adobe, it is still solid. If you are really rich, you don't build a house in the village. Let's go to the town. The Feng Shui here is not good." , do not support people"

Xi'er understood the meaning of old lady Luo's words, she nodded, "Uncle Ma also said the same, that's fine, then let's live in the town."

"Okay, mother is waiting for that day"

"Mother, please help me buy ten catties of wheat seeds tomorrow, soak them, and then separate them after the sound, drain the water, and let it be wet."

After finishing speaking, she got off the kang and brought those things to the kitchen. Mrs. Luo held an oil lamp to light her up.

She put the seasonings in the cabinet, handed the soap and soap to Mrs. Luo, washed the pork and cut several strips, poured half of the soy sauce into the pot and boiled it, then poured it into a basin, and put five kinds of seasonings in it , and then put all the meat in, spread some salt, and then spread the soy sauce on each piece of meat with both hands, and cover it tightly with a wooden cover.

Then the fatty sausage was rubbed several times with cornmeal inside and out, washed and put on fire, and the bones and fatty intestines were blanched into the water.

Take it out and clean the pot, refill the water, pour in soy sauce, ginger, salt, five kinds of seasonings, throw in the bones and fat intestines, put the lid on and stew.

As for the suet, she put it in the pot, and intended to refine it tomorrow.

The mother and daughter were sitting by the stove, talking and cooking the meat. After a while, the smell came out. Mrs. Luo kept swallowing when she smelled the smell.

She asked Xi'er in a low voice, "Is this also what you had after you woke up that day?"

"Yeah, you'll be able to stew meat before you know it, isn't it delicious?"

"Well, it's really delicious. We don't sell cooked sausages here, only the poor buy raw sausages and cook them."

"This pot is only fifteen renminbi, so it's a good deal. If brother Ji Kang can come in a day or two, he will definitely be able to eat it, and it will be considered a gift from our family."

When Ji Kang was mentioned, Mrs. Luo's expression turned a little ugly.

"It's supposed to be time for him to bring firewood. It's been seven or eight days since the last time?"

"Mother doesn't have to worry about firewood, my daughter can also chop firewood"

"My mother is not worried about the lack of firewood, but worried about whether something will happen to him. His mother forced him to go to the mountains whenever he was short of money, either asking him to get some mountain products to sell, or to buy some game to sell for the family. Some money for the family to chew"

"His adoptive father can't make money?"

"No, I know how to tend those acres of land every day, and I don't have any skills, alas~~"

The bones and fat intestines were stewed for an hour, Xi'er turned off the fire, lifted the lid of the pot, and swallowed her own saliva.

Take out two bones and put them in a large sea bowl, and take out a fat sausage, and cut it with a knife.

She put the bowl on the stove, and the mother and daughter didn't move. Each ate a big bone and ate two or three pieces of fat intestines.

Only then did Mrs. Luo put down her chopsticks, looking a little unsatisfied.

"If it wasn't for the night, my mother would still be able to eat a few pieces. This taste is really good."

"By the way, mother, I have to go out early tomorrow morning, is that okay?"

"Going to town?"

"Well, my daughter was busy selling sugar today, so I didn't do a good job shopping. I want to go to the town to see if there is any suitable business. I want to do some business again.
After all, it takes four to five days for wheat seeds to germinate, and this is not a long-term job. It is only sold in spring and late autumn, and it is not acceptable in hot and cold weather.
In addition, there is still half a pot of sugar left at home, I will save some for you, and sell the rest, as the weather is getting warmer, it won't last long if it is not sealed tightly."

(End of this chapter)

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