My village can't be like this

Chapter 107
Many people know about Zhou Yang's family selling food.

At first, everyone thought that Zhou Yang came home because he thought of a way to make money, but it turned out to be Zhang An's idea.

"There are quite a lot of people buying food these two days, and my dad and I have to pick twice a day to sell enough."

Zhou Yang told Zhang An while loading the dug up loess on the carriage.

Speaking of this, Zhou Yang is very excited. Their family sells rice for five yuan a piece, three dishes at a time, and a large bowl of rice. Five yuan seems to be a lot, but what Zhang An said is too right. For these people Five bucks is really nothing.

Zhou Yang's family was already very satisfied when only a dozen people bought food at the beginning.

Now more than 20 people come to buy it a day, and their family can sell more than 100 yuan a day, which was unimaginable before.

Even if the cost is excluded, you can earn 80 yuan a day.

Zhou Yang's father, Zhou Shuanglin, is thinking all day now that his family can earn more than 2000 a month, but he is very happy.

"Anyway, you should pay attention to the number of people. In the past two days, everyone is relatively free, and there are many people coming. After a few days of busy farming, there will be fewer people coming. At that time, you should order less food, otherwise you won't be able to sell it. "

Zhang An thought about it and reminded him, fearing that Zhou Yang would get used to it every day and prepare according to that amount every day, and if he couldn't sell it, it would be a waste.

People who come to Changqing to fish are not only fishing enthusiasts, but also some who are idle at home and come here to fish.

And now the fish collectors in the town, when they see the fish in the Changqing River, they don't cut the price, they just take it.

If they are lucky, they can catch a lot of money.

"Okay, I'll pay attention."

It has to be said that young people work fast, and after a while, most of the loess was loaded into the two carriages.

"Zhang An, give us an idea sometime, let's find something to do."

Zhang Ping was digging the soil while talking to Zhang An. When everyone heard what Zhang Ping said, they all looked over.

Who doesn't want to find something to do at home, who doesn't want to make money.

Seeing that Zhou Yang's family's food business is doing so well, it would be a lie for everyone to say they are not envious.

Many people in the village saw that Zhou Yang's house was selling food, and they also wanted to cook and sell it.

But after selling it once, people will not come to buy it.

The main reason is that the food they cook is not as delicious as that of Zhou Yang's family. They won't go after eating it once, even if it's cheap.

After all, Zhou Yang learned how to cook in a serious way, so he must spend money to buy delicious food.

In the end, after those people made it a few times, they found that they couldn't sell it, so they didn't continue to sell it.

"I don't have any ideas now. The millet and bracts are about to be harvested. I'll take a look when the crops are harvested. I will call you when the time comes."

After a while, the two carriages were already full of loess. Zhang Ping and Zhang Jianguo drove the carriage back to unload the soil, and the rest stayed here to loosen the mud on the ground so that they could be loaded later.

At this time, Zhang An saw someone pulling a cart of watermelons on the road, and Zhang An called to stop this person from a distance.

"Uncle, how did you sell this melon?"

Hearing someone ask, the middle-aged man pulling the watermelon stopped the carriage.

"One yuan per catty, my son, a big green-skinned watermelon from local melons, very sweet, do you want it?"

Zhang An really went to the side of the road to have a look. The watermelons were not too big, maybe five or six catties in size.

But looking at this size, it is a real local melon. If it is a big one, it must be a foreign melon.

Local melons don't grow very big, they are only this size, but they have thin skin and lots of flesh, which are very delicious, but the output cannot be increased.So it ended up being replaced by a new breed.

"Are you sure this melon is ripe? Don't wait for me to buy it and cut it open. I can't find you."

Zhang An imitated the way adults look at melons, knocked on a few melons, and listened to the sound in the melons.

"Baby, the red envelope is sweet, whichever one you like, you can open it on the spot, and you will not be charged if it is not popular or sweet."

The man who sells melons is obviously well aware of this, and he talked to Zhang An in a normal way.

"That's fine, I'll pick a big one, but you have to open it for me, uncle, we'll eat here without a knife."

In the end, Zhang An picked a melon seller who looked good to him and weighed it.

"Six catties and three taels, count your six catties, see if it works."

"Okay, that's it."

Zhang An glanced at the scale beam, knowing what was in his mind, and took out money from his pocket to pay the bill.

After the uncle selling melons got back his change, he picked up a kitchen knife and began to open melons for Zhang An.

Not to mention, this melon looks good, the skin is not very thick, and the flesh is quite red.

"Uncle, this melon is fine."

"That's right, we locals don't lie to locals."

Hearing that Zhang An boasted about his melon, the old man laughed with Zhang An rarely.

"Does that mean you will be cheated when you meet outsiders?"

Zhang An smiled and made fun of the old uncle.

"It's just our place, where do foreigners come from, it's all done."

This melon will be enough for everyone when Zhang Ping and his father come back. Seeing how well this melon has bloomed, Zhang An immediately bought another one and took it home at night.

"Huang Ming, Zhou Yang, you guys come over and get some watermelon."

Hearing Zhang An's shout, the men who were digging put down their hoes, and one of them came over to take two pieces. Just in time, Zhang Ping and Zhang Jianguo, who were pulling the cart back, came back.

But when the old melon seller's horse saw Dahei from Zhang An's family coming, he became a little trembling and terrified.

"Hey, this horse is a good horse." Seeing the performance of his own horse, the melon seller had to take a closer look at the big black horse.

"Hahaha, our Dahei is afraid of all the other pack horses in the village."

After paying the money and taking the melon, Zhang An walked back with a big watermelon.

Nowadays, this watermelon is rarely eaten by everyone. The main reason is that everyone thinks it is expensive, and there is still a pack of water in it. Most of them are unwilling to buy it, thinking it is a waste of money.

Zhang An also hasn't eaten watermelon for a long time, so when he encountered it, he wanted to buy one for everyone to eat and play.

In one morning, I have already made five or six trips back.

"When the car is full, we will go back to eat. The meal is already prepared at home."

When they heard that it was time for lunch, everyone realized that it was already noon. Although everyone shared the watermelon just now, their stomachs are still full after eating.

When the trip was full, the people in front drove away in a carriage, and Zhang An walked back with the rest of the people.

Zhou Yang went back early when ten o'clock came.

Because he has to go back and be busy cooking, he doesn't have to go back early in the afternoon.

At the entrance of the village, I happened to meet Zhou Yang's family who were carrying food to the river.

"Zhou Yang, remember to come back for dinner after you finish your lunch later."

"Don't wait for me, I don't know when I will call, I will go at night."

Although there were not many people in the twenty or so, it still took some time to collect money and cook meals at the same time, and they had to wait for everyone to finish eating and collect the bowls, so Zhou Yang told Zhang An not to wait for him.

When Zhang An heard this, he was not polite. Anyway, Zhou Yang was selling food, so he would not miss his two bites.

After lunch, Zhang An took a look at the loess that had pulled many carts in the morning to see how much was worse.

Zhang An planned to spread a thick layer of loess, and the carriage did not fit much, so the carriage did not cover much space.

It seems that a dozen or twenty more carts will be needed to cover the vegetable field.

By the time everyone worked until five or six in the afternoon, the mounds of soil that had been piled up under the road had bottomed out.

If the owner of this field knew that he helped his family pull out the loess in the field, he would definitely come to thank him.

At the last car, Zhang An heard from his father that it was enough, and after this trip, there was no need to pull any more.

So everyone quickly finished loading the car, and went home to wash it after get off work.

Zhang An, who returned home, grabbed a rabbit from the rabbit cage, asked his father to slaughter it, and made spicy rabbit meat at night.

After Zhang An changed his clothes and washed his face, he packed a liter of corn and carried it to Zhang Ping's house.

Today, not only Zhang Ping came to help the old uncle's family, but he also came to help with their carriage for a whole day.

People must be invited to eat, but the horse also needs to be given some rations.

When we arrived at the old uncle's house, it happened that Zhang Ping had already washed it, so Zhang An handed him the corn he had brought.

Zhang Ping was not polite either. This was an unwritten habit in the village, so there was no need to refuse.

Then let Zhang Ping go to his own home first, and then Zhang An went to other people's homes to call someone for dinner.

In the evening, it is natural to serve everyone a delicious meal, especially Huang Ming, who is not good at drinking by himself, but he was provoked by the other people and drank a small glass at a time, and his face immediately turned on the spot.

Zhang An saw that their playfulness wasn't too much, and he didn't persuade them. If they really got into a fight, Zhang An would definitely dissuade them.

After picking up the big guys to eat and drink, everyone went home.

Zhang An is about to start working too. Today's sealwort has been in the sun for a whole day, and it is ready for the second steaming.

When Huang Jing was steamed several times before, it took four to five hours to steam, so Zhang An sat in the yard and watched the steaming, adding firewood and water from time to time.

Steamed until late at night, it is considered that this steamer of Huang Jing has been completely steamed.

The sealwort that has been steamed for the second time looks a little wrinkled, a little less than the first time.

Zhang An picked them out and put them in the dustpan, and covered them with a piece of gauze, because the steamed sealwort needs to be let out to dry the next day.

The second day is still drying, nine steaming and nine drying processes, this is the second step.

Zhang An didn't quite understand why it was steamed nine times and dried nine times, but the second grandpa said that nine is the ultimate number, and ninety-nine returns to one. Anyway, nine times is the best.

The ancient method is recorded in this way, so I learned to do so.

"Zhang Tie, what did you take?"

As soon as the sealwort shop was finished drying, I saw Zhang Tie running through the door with a basket of things in his hands, in a hurry.

"Brother, this is the stone pound I caught this morning. Look how big it is."

Zhang An took the fish basket that Zhang Tie handed over, and opened it to see that there were four or five large stone pounds in it, which was heavy, maybe more than three catties.

"Why are you catching this thing? You're not afraid of catching Daopibao."

Shi Pound is a kind of frog, much bigger than a frog, and its appearance is quite similar to that of a leprosy, except that there are not so many leprosy bumps on its back.

"When Daddy sees me, he wants to run farther away. I was caught for a competition. With my size, I must be the one who can jump the farthest."

Frog fighting, cricket fighting, and mantis fighting are among the favorite forms of entertainment for the children in the village, and some even fight mice.

But the stone-pound frog tastes very good, even better than the frog. Zhang An hasn't eaten it for a long time.

When Zhang An was a child, Mr. Zhang was still there. Every time he came back from the field, if he caught a big frog, he would bring it back and steam it for Zhang An.

At that time, Zhang An was the only grandson in the family, and Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang were extremely spoiled.

It is as big as a stone pound. After being slaughtered, the skin is peeled and steamed with some lard seasoning. It is very fragrant and delicious.

"Zhang Tie, I have something good here, I'll exchange it with you."

"What a good thing, bro, take it if you want it, and I'll go up the mountain to grab it."

As soon as Zhang Tie heard that his elder brother wanted this thing, he simply gave it to Zhang An. Anyway, he could find some when he went to the mountains to look for it.

Now this thing has not entered the hot pot restaurants in the city, and it has not been wiped out by everyone. There are quite a lot of streams in this mountain, and sometimes it can make people shout together.

"Wait for me a moment."

Zhang An remembered the August melon he had picked before, but he hadn't taken it out in the space yet.

After making Zhang Tie wait for a while, he entered the room with the fish basket.

Taking advantage of the situation, he put the stone pound into the space, picked up more than a dozen August melons and took them out.

"Here, do you want this, or I won't give it to you."

Seeing the August melon in Zhang An's hand, Zhang Tie's eyes were starved.

"Brother, when did you pick the wild plantains? Why are they so big?"

Before Zhang An took it out, Zhang Tie hurriedly took one from Zhang An's hand.

I peeled off the outer skin on the spot and ate it.

"This one is much bigger than what we found on Qing, and it's even more delicious."

Qingshang is the hill that many families in Changqing Village lean against, a hillside with many exposed rocks.

But although there are many stones, there are many trees growing on them.

Dolls like Zhang Tie's age always like to climb up to play, and they are often beaten when adults find them.

Because people in the family are afraid that they will climb up and fall down, which is too dangerous.

"Here, these are all given to you, as if I exchanged stone pounds with you, and you bring back these to Little Yanzi and your second and third brothers."

Then Zhang An thought for a while, "Forget it, I'll take it by myself, or if you finish eating by yourself, you won't leave it for them."

Zhang Tie was quite greedy, obviously he had left a criminal record with Zhang An, and he wanted him to bring it over, so think about it, you should take it yourself.

"Don't, big brother, I'll take them over without any hassle, and I promise to bring some of them there, and I won't eat any of them."

Seeing that Zhang An doesn't believe in Zhang Tie, it's okay. My elder brother doesn't believe in himself anymore, so he won't be able to get along with this group of friends in the future.

Immediately patted his chest to ensure that he would not eat any of them, and leave them to his brother and sister.

Seeing Zhang Tie's appearance like this, "Okay, then I'll give you a chance. If you lie to me, I won't believe you next time."

Hearing Zhang An's words, Zhang Tie took off his short sleeves, carried the August melon that Zhang An gave him, and ran home bouncing around, who was thinking of fighting frogs on the drying ground just now? look.

Zhang An shook his head and looked at Zhang Tie. Although he was twelve or thirteen years old and was going to enter junior high school next year, he was still so out of touch.

But I also thought that when the stone pound multiplies more in the space, I can catch it and eat hot pot. This food is much more delicious and nutritious than bullfrogs.

(End of this chapter)