The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 176

Uncle Zhongqin's mansion far away in the capital ushered in a new life in Dongyue. Fan Qinghe gave birth to a daughter, and Fan Qingju gave birth to a son.

Yuan Er is very proud, this is the first one in the Yuan family, the eldest sister of the Yuan family!Yes, the nickname is also called Big Sister.

Yuan Laosan was very sad: "Mother, you didn't give birth to a daughter for me. We don't care about boys in our family. There are too many boys, they are worthless!"

Mrs. Ma chased Yuan Laosan and beat him: "Who says it's not rare, my mother is rare for grandchildren, and you won't dislike having a few more children!"

Yuan Laosan was beaten until he screamed: "Mother, next time, you must give birth to a daughter!"

The arrival of a new life finally brought a new look to the mansion that was about to leave. Old Yuan Tou returned to the mansion from Dali Village to attend the baptism of his granddaughter and grandson.

Now old Yuantou is a rich grandfather, and he gave his granddaughter and grandson a little golden lock of peace. Although the grandsons are not at the house, he has prepared all the red envelopes for the New Year.

Xiang Shi came to drink the wedding wine with her belly full. She ate walnuts and said to Cuihua with a smile:

"Our father can tell you that what is in my stomach is your daughter-in-law. I have already agreed with my uncle. You can't deny it!"

Cuihua was in a circle, thinking about it for a while, but she didn't have the impression: "I've never heard of this, you don't know if you have a boy or a girl, so you want to order a baby kiss?"

Xiang's complacent: "I call it a rainy day. Now that the capital is full, any girl doesn't want to marry into your house. Fortunately, I am close to the water and get the moon first. Anyway, it doesn't matter, our in-laws have made a deal!"

"All right, all right, let's wait until you give birth to a daughter. There are two youngest in my family, one is a rice bucket, and the other is a little Pixiu. Whichever one do you like, I will send you home!"

"Did you say that about your son? I'd be happy if you sent me home!"

The twins who were little overlords in the downstream village shuddered. They didn't know that at such a young age, they might become someone else's child husband.

They finally caught the bamboo mice in the bamboo forest. They ate deliciously and enjoyed themselves so much that they couldn't think of the capital.

This year's twelfth lunar month, Yuan Mansion is busier than previous years. Cuihua has to make tens of thousands of catties of bacon and sausages, and they have to bring them to Heiwa to eat in the sea. The cured meat is kept for a long time, so it is considered that their mansion is contributing to the navy.

Thousands of chickens and ducks raised in the three villages were also slaughtered and made into cured chicken and duck.

Hei Wa brought back several carts of salt from outside, and used it to make bacon for her daughter-in-law. The batch of sea salt from Dunyu Island is really durable. After several years of making bean paste, it has not used up one-tenth of it.

Compared to the pile of gold ingots that couldn't see the sun, this bar of salt really came in handy.

In winter, the farm laborers in Zhuangzi still have to rest. They have to dig the soil deep in the field. The eggs laid by this year's locusts have to be frozen to death.

From the oyster sauce workshop of the empress, the imperial court sent a large amount of kelp, seaweed, seaweed and other sea vegetables to various prefectures, and rice grains were also distributed free of charge to the affected people.

Almost all the members of the Metropolitan Procuratorate have been sent to other places. Such disaster relief supplies are prone to corruption, so they simply put supervision on the bright side.

In autumn, the vegetables planted are growing well. Radishes and cabbage can make up half a house, and if you put some rice in it, you will always be half full.

Earthworm breeding is very successful. The leaves of rotten vegetables are chopped up and fed to chickens and ducks together with cooked earthworms. It really doesn’t cost any food at all.

In just a few months, the chickens and ducks have grown to more than three catties. After the Chinese New Year, maybe the hens can start laying eggs. The children in the family can eat an egg every few days, and the rest can be saved for exchange. some copper plates.

Some greedy, discussed with the old lady and daughter-in-law at home, and wanted to slaughter a useless rooster and stew kombu during the Chinese New Year. It is said that it is a perfect match, and my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

As soon as I said this, I was scolded by my mother: "Just like you, you still want to eat chicken? I think you want to eat chicken feces. My mother's rooster is still reserved for breeding. This fire kang hatches chickens, and my mother also wants to eat chicken." Yes, next year, our family will raise fifty or sixty of them, and my grandson will be able to eat eggs every day!"

What are you talking about?Are there too many eggs to store?
Salted duck eggs, salted eggs, preserved eggs, find out, Zhang Ruren also gave these egg recipes as a gift!
The Hu family's unique formula, wash the eggs or duck eggs, dry the shells, roll them in white wine for a few times, then wrap them in salt, and store them in a sealed jar. The salted egg yolks will emit oil after a month.

In addition to being eaten as pickles, there are too many dishes that can be made with salted egg yolk. It is one of the specialties of Zhongqinbo Mansion.

Raw salted eggs are not easy to carry on board, preserved eggs, Cuihua has prepared tens of thousands of them for her man, it makes Hei Wa feel distressed to see this, this wife is quite a prodigal!

Cuihua turns a blind eye to Heiwa's distress, and she is not stupid:

"Are you stupid? In the past six months, I have trained more than a dozen cooks in our house, just for you to take them with you and go abroad. These are all money!
We don’t have fabrics and porcelain in our house, so what will those people overseas eat?Just teach me how to cook a few dishes, and you can't sell them for a sky-high price? "

"Niu, daughter-in-law, your technology is the most valuable business! Bring it, bring it, bring it, daughter-in-law, how much you pretend to me, I will bring as much as you want!"

"We only have more than 100 hams in our family. Bring them all for you. This stuff is more durable than bacon, and it's as hard as a rock!"

"Come on! Let's give those guys who only know how to eat beef and mutton a lesson!"

Not only is this year not a bumper harvest year, but the family also lost a lot of money. The crops were ruined by locusts. Cuihua exempted the tenant farmers from paying rent, and gave five taels of silver to the female workers who had worked in the noodle shop for several years. subsidy.

Director He of the He family said to a group of women who received benefits:
"Our master, we can't find many people in the whole court. Go out and find out, if there is no work in the workshop, you can still get money. You should think of the master!"

"That's for sure, how easy it is to do the work in our workshop. All these years, my family has counted on my salary. As long as my boss still runs this workshop, I can work until I am 80 years old!"

"Hahaha, from the Dayan family, you really have a good idea. If you work until you are 80 years old, will you be a bastard?"

Empress Gao, who has a big family and a big business, looked at this year's account book and sighed. This year, the seafood she donated and the wages she paid to the workshop women workers, this year, she gave out the profit of the oyster sauce workshop for two years this year.

Fortunately, the Xia of Shu filled this gap, and his annual profit this year was as high as 80 taels of silver.

Chief Manager Qing Yuan came to the palace to report to Empress Gao: "Your Majesty, we can open more franchise stores next year. Now that we are familiar with this business, the brand benefits that Mrs. Zhongqin mentioned have already been seen. Already!"

"Well, we can open [-] more. However, Qingyuan, we are not in charge of this franchisee. Next year, you should go to the store. We can't let those people smash our signboard!"

"Yes, ma'am." A loyal servant like Qing Yuan is a good executor. For her, her natal family has already lost contact and has no plans to marry. It is meaningless to have more money than her. The child's trust is the most important thing.

As the actual beneficiary of the workshop, Princess Jingyao has to ask about it every year. Hearing that she has earned so much money this year, she is very happy.

I still don't forget to help my mother dig out my father's private house: "Father, my mother's oyster sauce shop this year has donated a lot of good seafood, and all the wages are paid out. Don't you show it?"

Of course Xia Hongdi knew about Empress Gao's contribution this year. In order to compensate Empress Gao, he had to pull out a lot of treasures from his private treasury, which made his heart ache.

However, thinking that the famille rose wares and blue and white porcelain that have been burned in the warehouse this year can finally be replaced, I really wish I could go to sea tomorrow and earn ten boats and eight boats of gold back.

The group of accompanying readers is also doing accounts. This year, since they planned to sell the puzzles overseas, they have stopped selling them. In addition, they used the money they earned to print comic books, and spent a lot of "thought" to exchange them. Manuscripts of great Confucian scholars.

At the end of the year, they only took 1 taels of silver for dividends.

Among these people, Qin Ke was the most excited. He had been approved to travel with Uncle Zhongqin. The nuns in the palace prepared several large boxes of clothes for him, and the rest of them gritted their teeth.

The Duke of Wei's mansion already has Gao Zongbing as the leader. Gao Qianli and Gao Wanli didn't even dare to think about it. If they want to go to sea in a row, will the old lady faint immediately.

Cai Hanwen himself is a weak chicken, his body is weaker than all of them, and his father is only him, so he is still very self-aware of himself.

The most important thing is that the three of them are going to take the imperial examination next year, and the exam for talent can't be careless no matter how easy it is.

Cuihua hasn't let go until now, and Yuan Wenjie and Yuan Wenwu have to act like a baby every month when they return home, but it's a pity that their mothers are so hard-hearted.

If there is no comparison, there will be no emotional breakdown. Several people punched Qin Keyang, and he wanted to stimulate them again. The brothers are not polite.

On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor sealed the pen.

The New Year's atmosphere in the capital is increasing day by day. If you want to say where the most lively place in the capital is now, it must be Zhongqin Town.

The new town has a new atmosphere, the population is densely populated, and there are many people coming and going in the town. Pedestrians who enter the capital can't help but want to eat and rest in this town.

The inn in Zhongqin Town is half cheaper than the price in the capital, and the houses in this inn are not badly repaired, and the cooking skills in restaurants and restaurants are also decent. Those who are not very rich and are used to thrift are willing to live in Zhongqin Town .

On the second day of rushing to get things done, it took only an hour to enter the south gate of the capital from Zhongqin Town.The more pedestrians come, the busier the business in the town will be.

The villagers of Shiliba Village have long been used to selling vegetables in the town, and the school in Zhongqin Town also accepts students from the surrounding villages. After a few months, the villagers know a lot about the skills of the teachers in the school. Yes, they are all willing to send their children to study.

(End of this chapter)