Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 29: Half a pound (please follow up)

The boss carefully weighed the three kinds of pastries to Xu Deyong, asking him to look at them carefully every time.

This made Xu Deyong a little embarrassed.

Yes, half a catty is not only an idiom, but also half a catty at this time and even years before.

According to records, it seems that since Qin Shihuang unified weights and measures, the hexadecimal system implemented, one pound is equal to 16 taels.

The 16 liang scale is also called the Sixteen Venus Scale. It is composed of the Big Dipper, the South Dipper and the three stars of fortune, wealth and longevity. It warns those who do business to be honest and trustworthy, and do not deceive or conceal anything. Otherwise, you will not be blessed if you are short of one tael. , two taels less and less salary, less than three taels and less longevity.

The 16 taels and the [-] Venus scales are not only used to measure the weight of objects, but also to measure people's hearts.

It was not until GWY issued the "Order on the Unification of Units of Measurement" on the [-]nd and [-]th day of the lunar month of the year [-], that the market system was changed to ten taels per catty, and one catty was equal to ten taels. It has been used to this day.

Although the two figures are different, after modern times, whether it is 16 taels per pound domestically or [-] taels per pound internationally, it is still [-] grams!
For a total of one and a half kilograms of pastries, Xu Deyong paid one yuan and three cents, and the store owner generously gave him a fraction of a cent and asked him to come back after he had finished eating.

Carrying the cakes packed with oil paper and hemp rope out, Xu Deyong hung them on the handlebars and staggered home.

When adults and children saw the oil-paper bags dangling on the street, they all looked enviously.

If there are no two-income family, who would be willing to buy pastries every day?
Return to the yard, lock the car and enter the front yard.

Yan Bugui was tinkering with something under the eaves of his house. Hearing the noise, his little eyes jumped over and he said hello with a smile:
"Hey, Deyong is back. It's quite early today."

"Third uncle, it's quite early for you, haven't you eaten yet?"

"Not yet. What are you carrying in your hand...?"

"Hey, I bought half a catty of cakes for the old lady to give her a toothpaste. As the saying goes, a child wants to be raised but cannot be kissed. This hard work has stretched me so hard that I won't be able to eat anything good when I grow old."

"Hey, you are really filial. These three uncles have to praise you." Yan Bugui gave a thumbs up, then swallowed and pursed his lips and said, "What did you buy?"

Xu Deyong lifted it up, shook it and said, "It's nothing, half a catty of glutinous rice cake, half a catty of shortbread, and some dessert."

Three heads appeared behind Yan Bugui, and Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi looked at them eagerly.

Xu Deyong understood a little bit about what it means to look at something and see through the autumn water.

Yan Bugui narrowed his eyes and said, "Well, this smells delicious, it must be delicious."

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I haven't tasted it yet, so you're busy, I'll go back."

"Hey, I'm busy..." Yan Bugui's tone faded with a lingering look in his eyes.

When Xu Deyong's figure disappeared, he couldn't help but spat: "Hey, this Xu Deyong, after talking so much, didn't come up with some to try, he is really stingy!"

Yan Jiefang curled his lips and said, "Dad, you have the nerve to accuse others of picking on you."

Yan Jiekuang also said: "Brother Deyong didn't pick it, and he even gave me candy!"

Yan Jieti blinked his little eyes and said, "I want to eat sweets too."

Yan Bugui rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Go, go, did you say that about your father? You won't be poor if you don't have enough to eat and drink, and you will suffer poverty if you don't calculate. You are young and don't understand."

"Xie Kuang, why didn't he feed you just now if he didn't dig it?"

"And you, who told you not to be with your brother that day, otherwise you would have eaten sweets."

Although Yan Jiefang was young, he knew that breaking up with his father was useless, so he could only say angrily: "Why is he not our biological brother?"

"Yes!" Yan Jiekuang sighed.

Yan Jiedi was also dejected.

Yan Bugui rolled his eyes and said, "I've taken the things home. It depends on your ability whether you can take advantage of them."

Yan Jiekuang thought to himself: "Brother De Yong and grandma are not as generous as him. They can only wait until Brother De Yong is at home and in a good mood. Hmm, I won't tell you. What if there are too many people and no one can give it..."

The family has its own thoughts, and the three brothers and sisters were taught by words and deeds at a young age to have a "calculating" family education.

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The middle courtyard is quiet, even on a cold day, people are cooking at home, and every house is filled with smoke and smoke.

Xu Deyong opened the door to go home with his things, and the old lady was immersed in cutting meat.

"Back." Xu Nan said in a good mood.

Xu Deyong came up and said with a smile: "Hey, it's rare, grandma, you even cut off the meat!"

Xu Nanshi smiled and said: "What are you saying, kid? Grandma won't know how to cut meat? This piece of pork suet is so good. Grandma waited for a long time to buy it after it was cut here."

Xu Deyong complimented: "Grandma must be discerning and know how to live a good life."

"No." Xu Nan said proudly, "The oil can last for a long time."

The next moment she saw the oil paper bag in Xu Deyong's hand, she immediately frowned and said, "What did you buy?" Xu Deyong rolled his eyes and whispered with joy on his face: "Grandma, last time I repaired the clock. A rich family introduced me to repair things for others, but after they fixed things, they gave me some cakes and a dollar."

As he spoke, he took out a dollar and placed it in front of grandma.

When Xu Nanshi heard this, she immediately raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's true! Our Xiaoyong is really capable!"

Then he also snickered and whispered: "Your Aunt Wang took the clock away and left two dollars."

The old man and the young man looked at each other and smiled at the "chicken thief".

Xu Deyong said with an 'understood' expression: "No wonder you are willing to cut off your flesh. Love is an unexpected windfall."

"How can this be unexpected wealth? My dear grandson didn't earn it through his craftsmanship." Xu Nan said proudly with a half smile.

Xu Deyong nodded with a "serious" look on his face and said, "No, your grandson is really awesome."

"Temperature!" Xu Nan said with a smile.

Xu Deyong opened the oil paper, took out a small piece of jujube cake and said, "Grandma, this is soft and easy to bite. You can try it."

"Oh, you can eat it." Xu Nanshi gave in twice and saw that Xu Deyong had already handed it to his mouth, so he had no choice but to open his mouth and take it.

After a moment, he said: "Well, it's delicious. You should try it too."

Xu Deyong said: "Okay, I'll eat one too."

Caozi cake is an egg cake. In the early days, marshmallow was mostly used in making it. The marshmallow baked product makes the product more rosy in color, so it is named red cake.

"Qingyi Leichao": "Beijing people taboo the word 'egg', and cakes are called trough cakes, which means they are put into the trough when making cakes."

There is an old saying, "Without you, I'm still a stinky chicken," which means it doesn't matter without you.

It is said that Emperor Qianlong and Empress Dowager Cixi loved eating rice cakes, especially for breakfast.At that time, the trough cakes were carefully made in the imperial dining room of the palace. In addition to being eaten by the palace, they were also used as special offerings to worship ancestors.

Xu Deyong ate one. It tasted very pure, but it lacked the "technology and hard work" of later generations and was not too sweet!
He opened another one and said, "Grandma, please try this again."

"Oh, you opened it again..., I still have to cut the meat, don't make trouble." Xu Nan said angrily.

Seeing that grandma was finally "forced" to eat again, Xu Deyong said: "Grandma, don't be reluctant to eat it at home. You can save it for the Chinese New Year. It will be gone by then."

Xu Nanshi said: "It's not that easy to store things in winter. It'll be fine if you store them for a long time!"

Yes, as Xu Deyong said, many old people like to save things to eat during the holidays.

Some even go so far as to like to hide them, not eating them themselves or giving them to others to eat, and then letting them go bad.

It may be related to the suffering they have suffered, but of course some are simply forgetful or selfish.

Xu Deyong shook his head and said: "The third uncle saw the things I brought back when I brought them away. If you don't eat them, maybe I will share two pieces when I am happy one day."

"How dare you!" Xu Nanshi glared, then frowned and said, "Why don't you hide it? If Yan Laoxi sees it, the whole family must be thinking about you."

"So." Xu Deyong spread his hands and said, "You have to finish it quickly."

Xu Nanshi said with a little heartache: "Then let's eat together, it won't cost any money anyway... It's true, no matter what pastry I give, two yuan is more than enough..."

Xu Deyong secretly rolled his eyes, picked up a piece of snack, said "Ah!" and took a bite, eat!
Soon, the aroma of Xu's fried oil residue wafted out again.

The He family was the first to bear the brunt. He Yuyu suddenly felt that the food was not delicious and looked at his brother helplessly.

He Yuzhu said harshly: "I will definitely let you eat meat when your salary is paid next month."

"Pull the hook." He Yuyu immediately stretched out his hand and said.

"Childish." He Yuzhu hummed, but still reached out and hooked with his sister.

He Yuyu smiled and felt that eating was delicious for some reason.

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In the Yi family, Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "Why is Xu Deyong cutting meat again? How can other families eat in peace?"

The eldest mother said: "It wasn't Deyong who cut it, it was Deyong's grandma who did it. I think the neighbor Aunt Wang took the clock away and she should have given him some benefits."

Yi Zhonghai narrowed his eyes and said, "How much did Grandma Deyong charge?"

The eldest mother said: "I don't know, why are you meddling so much? People have said that neighbors help each other, and both parties are satisfied, so don't meddle in other people's business."

……

The Jia family is in a very unhappy mood!

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(End of this chapter)