The vicious lady who wears books and becomes the villain

Chapter 7 Fish Balls
"Are you coming?" Li Xiaoxiao's eyes were shining brightly, wanting to see him as if he couldn't hide anything. Fortunately, the injured part of the man's back was covered by new clothes and no scars could be seen. "Let me come, don't add to the injury, the medical expenses are expensive." After speaking, he cast a meaningful glance at the man's back.

Qi Yu suddenly stood up straighter, and it was strange that his body was already more than half healed.

Li Xiaoxiao didn't care about it, and snatched it again, and walked down the mountain easily with two or three hundred catties on his back. The man followed slowly behind him. The two of them gave two pennies to get on the bullock cart, and staggered to the market.

Just in time to catch up with the market, the busy crowd, shoulder to shoulder, all kinds of cries are complicated, Li Xiaoxiao first went to buy [-] yuan of lard, and then found a corner place, put the basket and stacked the fish balls Take it out, take out a small brazier from the bottom of the back, and there is a small pot inside, fill some oil in the pot, support the small pot with an iron frame, put a section of firewood on the brazier under the brazier, the smoke rises, and the simple oil The device for frying fish balls is completed. Take out the fish balls one by one and fry them in the pot. Take out the chili sauce. After each fried fish ball, use a wooden stick that was cut last night to put on the fish ball. Skewer three or two respectively and put them into the deep fryer.

The fish balls turned from milky white to golden and crispy, and Li Xiaoxiao became more and more irritable the more he handled them. If it was a bit oily, these fish balls would not be so difficult to handle.

Qi Yu also followed to help, the two of them made more than a dozen skewers, Li Xiaoxiao raised his voice, his voice was a little louder, "Grilled fish balls, grilled fish balls, delicious food is not expensive, ten cents and five cents One, five coins for ten coins."

The price of grilled fish balls for ten cents and five is a little higher, and this year's harvest is in short supply. Who would eat this rare thing? Li Xiaoxiao is not in a hurry. It's not expensive, ten pennies and five."

The bustling city is noisy, and the clear and crisp shouting can always spread to the passing crowd over and over again, and the smell of fried fish balls gradually spreads among the crowd.

Shopkeeper Min, who sells medicine, originally wanted to buy some rare medicinal materials for home use, but he was also attracted by the sweet voice of selling on the way.

"Ma'am, is it you?" The shopkeeper was originally curious about what the scent was so attractive, but now he saw that it was the former Yaomin. He earned 800 taels of silver for the ginseng last time. Today, I will see Li Xiaoxiao even is cute.

"Hey, it's from the shopkeeper. Would you like a few skewers?" Li Xiaoxiao was worried that the store hadn't opened yet, and the shopkeeper delivered it to his door.

Shopkeeper Min took out a pouch specially made of stone and handed it in front of Li Xiaoxiao, "Ten here." Li Xiaoxiao hurriedly scooped up the freshly fried fish balls and poured special chili sauce on them. , suddenly the spicy smell spread out, and the shopkeeper originally wanted to come to support the scene, but now he couldn't help but want to eat it. The spicy fish balls in front of him stimulated the senses, and the tongue was eager to try.

"Come on, shopkeeper." Li Xiaoxiao quickly took two skewers of three and two skewers of two and handed them over. Shopkeeper Min picked them up and began to eat. The chili sauce is really fragrant, and the fish balls are delicious. While refreshing and spicy, the umami taste of the fish is also well preserved, and even flour is added in it, like soft tofu, tender and smooth flowing between the lips, or like running in the sea of ​​fire, the taste buds are carnival, he never likes to eat Too much food, the body is already thin, the skin on the face can't hide the bare bones, and I always like to put on a bitter face, but today I can't help laughing, the eye circles are slightly red, and there is a trace of tears.

"Okay, okay, ma'am, I packed your fish balls for me, and I want fifty more to take back to satisfy the children of my clan." The curiosity of some better-off families who passed by the market was hooked.

Seeing that the shopkeepers of Min Pharmacy said so, I also want to try what kind of food is this food that can make people's eyes turn red. Usually, the food resources are poor, some are good to eat, and few can make people finish eating. The food with tears in it is even more rare now.

Seeing the curiosity of the passers-by being lured, Li Xiaoxiao hit the iron while the iron was hot and yelled, "Ten cents and five cents, if you buy it, you will earn it."

Shopkeeper Min saw that the fish balls had been packaged and handed over one hundred coins to Li Xiaoxiao, so he didn't linger, and said hastily, "Madam, I should go home early today, so I won't be staying soon." After finishing speaking, he took the fish balls and A small bag of hot sauce happily left.

Some of the onlookers began to move around, and a waiter from Wanxianglou rushed out of the crowd, he was still wearing odd clothes, and he rushed out of the crowd in disbelief, "I don't believe it's really so delicious, it's just a bluff, I don't know How much will it benefit Shopkeeper Min?"

"Give me the ten-cent coin fish balls, let me try it first, but don't deceive anyone." Lu Zhang took out the ten-cent coin and put it beside the basket, Qi Yu silently put it away, and Li Xiaoxiao picked up the fried fish. Wan poured chili sauce on Lu Chang.

The little one was still disgusted, "This cooking utensil is so simple, can it make delicious food?" After all, he took the fish ball and bit it down, and the fish ball was refreshing and spicy to the tip of his tongue.

The bursting hot soup is poured on the tip of the tongue, and there is no fishbone, which is simply the best.

Lu Chang finished eating a few mouthfuls, coughed twice, "Twenty more." He took out forty Wen coins from his purse, Li Xiaoxiao just smiled, and handed the fish balls to Lu Chang, "My dear friend, When you go back, remember to recommend Qingxi fish balls to Wanxianglou." Xiaoer took the fish balls, blushing and dared not respond, and left in a hurry, this matter must be reported to the shopkeeper immediately.

These two people took away 150 fish balls, and the total was nearly one-third less. Li Xiaoxiao's fair cheeks couldn't hide the joy, and Qi Yu silently weighed the [-] coins in his pocket. In the past, he only earned ten pennies a day helping others with laundry and chores. Today, a woman earns a hundred pennies a day.

Because there were two well-known people who were full of praise, followed by more than [-] people looting, the fish balls were sold out in a day, and there were more than a dozen fish balls that were not in good condition, so Li Xiaoxiao simply fried them. He ate it by himself, and Qi Yu ate seven or eight of them, the taste was really good, better than all the snacks he had in that rich family back then.

"Hmm." Qi Yu swallowed with a muffled grunt, and after eating, he started to clean up the leftovers around him, took out the more than 600 Wen coins he got today, and put them in front of him, "Here you are."

Unexpectedly, Li Xiaoxiao waved his hand, not intending to ask for it.

"Take it, there are still ten taels of silver here, take it to find a trustworthy carpenter to renovate the house, I'm afraid this winter will be difficult."

The man waved the money in his hand, hesitated for a moment, "You want me to go?"

"That's natural. You are a man, and you should be in charge of family affairs." Li Xiaoxiao took it for granted, and didn't notice the man's hesitation in the blink of an eye.

"En." Qi Yu responded in a low voice, with joy in his tone, and his voice was blown away by the cold wind on his face.

Two people, one tall and one short, walked towards the carpenter's shop, and there was a person staring at them in the shadow of the pile of trees at the corner that didn't pay attention.

The bustling city was still full of people, Qi Yu felt a little more confidence on his face, and strode slightly in front of Li Xiaoxiao to block the crowd who got too close to her.

There were few people in front of the carpenter's shop, and when he saw Qi Yu coming, the carpenter Old Wu greeted him warmly, "Qi Yu, long time no see."

(End of this chapter)