Steamed buns, go farming with your mother

Chapter 54
Time flies, and it is autumn again in a flash, and leeks are also two years old.This fall, Wang's and Su Ho's did not go to Pan's house to help snatch them up.

Ever since Su He let the Pan brothers go home, Mrs. Wang couldn't bear to see Su He working too hard, so she went to the town with Su Ho to help every day. Now, the reputation of Su Ho's mint porridge has been completely spread out. The town is famous far and wide, and the sauerkraut made by Suho has been in short supply at the beginning, and now it is in short supply. The reputation of "Heji" has also made the Du family famous. Suho has to close the stall every day to go home. It takes a long time to make sauerkraut, otherwise it will not be enough to sell.

Moreover, Suho's business is so good that one person is completely too busy, so after the Pan brothers went home to help, the Wang family joined the battle. The two brought leeks and sold mint porridge on East Street. Luckily, leeks are smart and well-behaved. , as long as there is something to eat, drink, and play, I don't cry or make trouble.

In Qingmu Town, many people know that there is a family on the East Street, whose husband's family name is Wang, two widows, old and young, and a cute boy sell mint porridge.

In the past two years, Su Ho's stall has made a net profit of 15 taels of silver, which was unthinkable in the past.

While busy with the mint porridge stall, Su Ho did not give up her business with Graceland Restaurant. She knew that she couldn't take care of it alone. Moreover, Graceland Restaurant added another order because of the good fish sales last year.So she called the three Pan brothers, and the money she got was divided equally according to the head. After this, each person would get forty or fifty cash, and the Pan brothers could also earn some private money. As for Su Ho In other words, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.From June to September, Suho also earned about three taels of silver.

Including the money from selling green vegetables in winter, last year, Su Ho's family earned ten taels of silver, and some scattered copper coins.In addition, for the seven taels of silver left before, Su Ho's family's deposit is about 35 taels, and 15 taels is enough to build a better house with east and west side rooms in Treading Bu. As far as the three of the Wang family are concerned , I can't live in a house that is too big, so Suho decided to build one according to Pan's yard.Besides, as the leeks grew up day by day, it was impossible to sleep with Mrs. Wang every day.

Besides, during this year, the family has bought a lot of things. As far as the family's thatched cottage is concerned, it is still a bit small.According to the trend of buying things last year, it's too late to start a house.

After packing up their things next night, Su Ho and Mrs. Wang returned home with leeks on their backs.

Now, although both Mrs. Wang and Su He are very busy, they did not dare to neglect the vegetable garden. They planted very few leafy vegetables, but they planted a few more rows of beans and eggplants. Except for a small part used at home, most of them are made into sauerkraut and sold.

After tidying up the vegetable garden, the two hurriedly made capers.The beans have been basking in the sun for half a day, and they are already soft, and then they need to be scrubbed vigorously with salt until the beans are out of the water, divided into small portions and tied with palm leaves, and placed Put it in the jar, the old sour water in the jar, and then put some pepper, star anise, cinnamon, and other spices. In this weather, it can be released after covering it for three or four days.

Su Ho’s dinner is usually very early. After eating early, he will go to bed early, and he has to get up before dawn the next day to prepare mint porridge. Now the rice in Su Ho’s mint porridge There are more, but less corn, which can ensure that the porridge is rotten. The corn is also soaked in advance, and the cooking time will be relatively shorter.

"Mom, what are we going to eat today?" Su Ho was lighting a fire in front of the stove, and the rice in the pot had already gone down.

Leek is now squatting in the yard and playing with sand in the sandpit. That sandpit was dug by Suho himself when Leek was able to walk on the ground. , Use a bamboo sieve to pass it carefully, for fear that there will be big stones piercing the leeks.

"The leeks in the garden are growing well, and there are still a few eggs I bought earlier. How about we make scrambled eggs with leeks today?" Wang said, looking lovingly at the leeks who were playing hard.

Leek heard Mrs. Wang calling him, and he turned to look at Mrs. Wang, but he didn't see any other reaction from Mrs. Wang for a long time, which made Mrs. Wang a little puzzled, and his eyes flashed with puzzlement.He didn't listen to the conversation between Wang Shi and Su Ho at all.

Su Ho didn't raise his head, and said, "Okay, I'm frying a capers, the weather is still a little hot, and the capers are appetizing... um... Let's fry a small cabbage, it's refreshing! There are fresh fish at home , or mother, we are making a fish soup, so we can replenish the leeks!"

"Okay, let's make a decision!" Mrs. Wang has no objection. In fact, Mrs. Wang is often not very picky about what she eats, and she will eat whatever is available.

Su Ho didn't speak any more, and Mrs. Wang also concentrated on storing the layered bottoms in her hands. The whole family's shoes were made by Mrs. Wang in her spare time.For a while, apart from the sound of Su He washing and chopping vegetables in the small yard, there was only Leek babbling and humming the song he composed and directed.

Outside the yard, the birds were chirping and singing, which was beautiful.

After a while, Suho prepared the meal.The sun had already set over the mountain, and the sky was filled with the afterglow of the setting sun. It was not so hot anymore, so Su Ho decided to have dinner in the yard.The dining table was built by Su Ho after he bought mint porridge and asked Carpenter Tian to help him make it, as well as some benches and chairs.In fact, if there is a handy man in the family, such as these tables, chairs and benches, they are all made by their own men, and few people will hire a carpenter to do it. It is just that the situation of Suho's family is different. There are only two women in the family with a milk doll .

The food was already on the table, Mrs. Wang washed her hands and sat at the table with the leeks in her arms, while Su Ho went to scoop up the food for the two of them.The leeks can already be eaten by themselves with a small spoon, with steady hands, and rarely spilled.

"Mother, eat!" Su Ho handed the bowl to Mrs. Wang and said.

Mrs. Wang took the bowl and the chopsticks, took a bite by herself, tested the temperature of the rice, and then took a small chopstick and fed it into the little mouth of the leek.During this period, Leek has been moving restlessly in Wang's arms, and even put his hand on the table.It wasn't until Wang Shi fed the food in his mouth that he calmed down.

"Mother." Su Ho broke the silence at the dinner table and said, "Let's build a new house!"

Hearing what Su Ho said, Mrs. Wang glanced at her, but didn't speak, and turned to pick a cabbage leaf for Leek.

Seeing that Mrs. Wang didn't answer, Su Ho continued: "It's so cold in winter that I can hardly survive it. Let's invite some people over while the weather is still warm and it's not busy farming season. It won't be long before we can get up. The winter is not so difficult. This thatched hut leaks everywhere, so it cannot survive the winter at all!"

In fact, Mrs. Wang also knows that winter is hard, and her small thatched cottage has not been repaired for some years. On rainy days, it rains heavily outside and light rain in the house. In winter, there is strong wind outside and light wind in the house. Even after living for so long, I can't get used to it. , not to mention Soho.

"Mother, Leek is still young. You were on your back and hugged you last winter, so I don't think it's a big deal. When he can run and jump, we can't keep an eye on him for twelve hours with his appearance. , accidentally caught a cold, but not as lucky as last time..."

"Qiwu, do we have that much money?" Mrs. Wang gave Su He control of the family's money early on. Although she knew that the family's life was better, she didn't know exactly what savings she had.

"Maybe we can't afford a good mansion, but we should be able to finish an ordinary mansion!"

"Mother, look." Su Ho stopped eating, put down the bowl and slowly calculated the income of the year with Wang: "We sold fish last year and saved three taels of silver. From last year to this year's mint stall, we Excluding the cost, the net profit is about 15 taels of silver. Last winter, our vegetables sold for 30 taels of silver. This summer, we partnered with the Pan family to sell fish and earned [-] taels of silver. The [-] taels I got back cost [-] taels to pay off the debt, and about [-] taels to buy things at home, and there are about [-] taels left, adding up, we now have about [-] taels of silver, which should be enough for us to spend!"

"Should be enough!" Wang's tone was a little uncertain: "In the early years, we didn't spend any money to build a house outside the village, but from the year before last, we have to spend money to buy the land where we build a house! "

"Why? I thought what Wang Song said was false?" After all, Suho has not been here for a long time, and there are many things that I don't understand, especially why I didn't collect land money for building a house a few years ago. , but after a few years it will be charged.

Mrs. Wang shook her head and said: "I don't know the details, but I heard that our emperor wants to fight, but he has no money."

When Mrs. Wang said that, Su Ho somewhat understood that no matter when, the people who suffer in war are always the common people.

"Mom, no matter what, we have to live our lives. This house is going to be built, so hurry up sooner rather than later. Since everyone is free now, it doesn't take much effort for us to invite a few more people to help, isn't it?"

Seeing Su Ho's insistence, and seeing the innocent smiling face in his arms, with leeks of corn rice still on the corner of his mouth, Mrs. Wang finally nodded and agreed: "You can arrange it! As I said, our family is yours." In charge!"

Su Ho nodded when she heard Wang's agreement, and said, "Mother, I'll go to Uncle Pan's house tomorrow to ask how much money it costs to buy a piece of land and build a house. If we don't have enough savings, we can borrow it first, anyway. This house, everything I say has to be built this winter!"

"Okay, you can do it yourself, mother supports you!" Wang Shi also made up her mind, thinking that since she has already decided to build a new house, she will do something drastic. Mother-in-law is really not in her nature.

Mrs. Wang became the hands-off shopkeeper, and Su Ho could only carry it on her shoulders. However, there is still one thing to discuss with Mrs. Wang: "Where should our new house be located? Mom."

It seems that the scheduled release was not posted, and Mo Mo went to work during the day.I didn’t notice it either, now I’ll make it up for you all..

(End of this chapter)