Yoshida Mii

Chapter 100

Guizi immediately waved his hand, "How can this be done? If it weren't for Dong Bao, you are willing to do this business for me, how can I earn thirty or forty yuan a day? No, no, no."

Mrs. Li rushed over and pushed the money to Guizi, and said with a smile: "We cooperated on the first day, pay attention to auspiciousness, take it!" He urged Guizi to go back quickly, "It's getting late, go home quickly, your father Mother must be worried!"

After Takako left, Mrs. Li calculated in her mind that one catty of beans could yield more than three catties of tofu, and with the addition of firewood, the cost of one catty of tofu was about one penny. Selling it wholesale to Takako would not make as much profit as they could sell by themselves. A lot, but the advantage is that it is convenient and worry-free, and they can earn money without leaving home. Today they earned forty coins, but compared to doing business in the market, this money is a little less.

"It's convenient to earn this money, but it's not as good as selling tofu by myself, and Guizi's trip took a lot of time, and it took more than two hours to go out." Li concluded.

Dong Bao nodded and said: "It's just a hard-earned money. But when we make more tofu, we will earn more. If we can make three or four hundred catties of tofu a day, find seven or eight people, and each person will share a piece of tofu. Fifty or sixty catties is much better."

Mrs. Li was a little surprised, "Three or four hundred catties of tofu? Then, how can we make it!"

"We can't do it, so we can hire someone to do it!" Dong Bao laughed, "We will build a tofu workshop after we pay off the debt. Brother Guizi can only transfer to a few villages by himself. If we hire more people, If you go to a few more villages, you will definitely sell more. Our tofu is delicious, and if the signs are sold, we will not worry about not being able to sell it.”

As early as when the family first started selling tofu, Dongbao mentioned to Mrs. Li about building a workshop, but Mrs. Li didn't take it seriously. Now that she has been in the business for so long, she has opened her eyes and thought about it carefully. , the workshop is really necessary to build up.

The two of them were discussing, and it was already dark outside. The Lin family just came back from the meeting under the moonlight. Everyone looked a little tired, but they were still in good spirits.

"Why are you so busy so late?" Mrs. Li said with a smile.

Aunt Qiuxia waved her hand, "I want to reflect the coolness of the sky and cut for a while longer."

Lin Fu placed all the farm tools at home against the wall to the gate, Lin Shi helped Dong Bao set up tables and stools in the yard, and Quanzi busily served the meals.

Lin Fu first smelled the smell of pancakes, laughed loudly and said, "Just smelling it, I'm going to drool!" He said that he was not polite, he picked up a piece and took a big bite, nodded and praised: " Delicious! Fragrant!"

Quanzi carried the bamboo baskets and distributed the pancakes to everyone, and then put the bamboo baskets in the middle of the table so that those who had finished eating the pancakes could eat them again. When he sat down, he said loudly, "Sister Dongbao fried the pancakes." pancake!"

"You know everything!" Aunt Qiuxia laughed, "Did you steal pancakes before?"

Quanzi quickly denied it, shaking his head like a rattle, "No, no, it was Sister Dongbao who asked me to taste it, so I ate a piece!"

The crowd laughed again.

Dinner is not as varied as lunch. Pancakes are the staple food, served with porridge and side dishes.

Aunt Qiuxia took a bite of the pancake and asked, "Eggs are added to the noodles? It smells like eggs." Seeing Dongbao nod, Aunt Qiuxia felt a little sorry. Eggs cost money, and their family said that they provided vegetables and noodles, but they still took advantage of others.

Dongbao is also thinking about this issue. With such a large yard at home, so much bean dregs are produced every day, which are good chicken feed. It would be a waste not to raise chickens.

As if seeing what Dong Bao was thinking, Lin Shi smiled and said: "I met Yong Shan the day before yesterday, and he said that his mother thinks there are too many chickens in the house, and it is too hot to eat food even if they don't lay eggs. He wants to sell a few hens. It’s the chicken baby I held last spring, I’ll ask tomorrow, if it’s not for sale, let him keep it for my aunt’s family.”

Li smiled and said: "That's good, Da Shi is really a caring child, Dong Bao and I just wanted to feed chickens!"

Aunt Qiuxia also nodded, "Chickens just don't lay eggs in hot weather, and it will be fine when it cools down in autumn. Then you don't have to spend money to buy eggs."

The Lin family was extremely satisfied with the meal, and couldn't stop praising the deliciousness of Dongbao's pancakes. Dongbao smiled and glanced at Lin Shi, seeing that he was also looking at him, with a soft and satisfied expression, so he felt relieved. , said: "Don't keep praising me, my mother's cooking is also delicious!"

"That's right!" Lin Fu and Qiu Xia clapped their hands and laughed, "Sister-in-law's dishes are also delicious!"

Quanzi pulled Dongbao and said, "Sister Dongbao, tomorrow I will go pick wheat with Shuanzi, will you go?"

In the process of harvesting and transporting wheat, there will always be scattered and lost. Whenever the farming season is busy, children and old people who cannot help in the fields, or young people with little land at home, will carry baskets to pick them up. Wheat, to some extent, can increase the harvest for the family.

Dong Bao thinks about it, there should be nothing to do in the morning, she just needs to rush home at noon to help Mrs Li cook.She remembered that when she was very young, she followed her cousin to pick up wheat. At that time, the wheat could be directly used to pay the tuition fee. The cousin picked up wheat day and night, and actually saved a hundred catties of wheat, so that she would not have to pay tuition for one semester.

Everyone in the village praised the girl for being powerful and capable.In fact, in Dong Bao's view, it's just that the cousin's parents are unwilling to pay for her to study as a girl. If she wants to study, she can only rely on herself.After so many years, Dong Bao could no longer remember the appearance of that cousin. She only heard from relatives that her cousin was doing well.

Nowadays, Dongbao earns income every day. In fact, there is no need to pick up wheat. One mu of land can only harvest two to three hundred catties of wheat. A thousand catties of wheat is easier to pick up.But Dongbao still wants to relive his childhood, the excitement and joy of picking up a wheat ear in the field is incomparable.

"Go, call me when the time comes!" Dong Bao said excitedly.

The next day, when Quan Zi came to ask Dong Bao to go out, Mrs. Li found out a broken straw hat for Dong Bao, put it on Dong Bao's head, and wrapped a handkerchief around Dong Bao's head. It became much whiter and tenderer, and she was afraid that if she didn't pay attention, she would get tanned again.

Shuanzi waited at the entrance of the village with a basket on his shoulders. The three and a half older children happily walked all the way to watch, for fear of missing a wheat ear that fell on the ground. On the way, Dongbao also ran into a few children from the same village to pick wheat Yes, seeing them picking it up on this road, the leading child over there took people to pick it up elsewhere.

"He's quite territorial!" Dong Bao couldn't help but think.

After walking for an hour, the three of them picked up fifty or sixty ears of wheat in their baskets, covering the bottom of the basket.When passing by the Song family's land, Dong Bao saw Second Aunt Song standing under the shade of a tree, talking to a few resting women beside her with her stomach outstretched.

She wore a hat on her head and a veil on her face, and no one recognized her when she got close.

A woman standing next to Second Aunt Song smiled and said, "Did your sister-in-law and your niece deliver food to Lin Fu's family at noon yesterday? I heard several people say that your niece is very good at cooking. The food is delicious! Whoever marries her in the future will be blessed!"

Dong Bao couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips. She still remembered that a few months ago, she was still a "tiger girl" who couldn't get married. When Shuan Ziniang heard that Lao Hongtou wanted to get married, she was anxious to use all means , and almost hanged herself in no hurry, now that she has cooked two dishes, she has become a sweet pastry that whoever marries will be blessed!
In fact, it is not a matter of being good at cooking and being able to cook two dishes. Dong Bao thought that when farmers marry a daughter-in-law, the main thing is to see whether they can do it or not, and whether the natal family has money.

The reason why she became a favorite is probably because the family's small business is booming, which makes the villagers jealous. She is Li's only daughter, and she owns how much money Li earns, so... her "market" changed for the better.

After hearing what the woman said, Second Aunt Song's complexion was a little ugly. They were obviously a family with Li Shi and Dong Bao, but Li Shi and Dong Bao gave food to outsiders. Isn't this a slap in the face!
"A little girl who can't hold the spoon steadily, what delicious food can she cook?" Second Aunt Song curled her lips and said, "A group of people are making a fuss, you can believe it!" She emphasized, "I have never seen Dong Bao Cook."

The women next to me laughed, who doesn't know about the old Song's family, maybe they don't want to cook for you!
"Hey, I told you to read a joke!" Aunt Song sighed pretendingly, "My sister-in-law and niece probably hate us in their hearts, and they send tofu and vegetables to everyone, but they just ignore me. Father-in-law and mother-in-law. You see, now I am going to deliver food to the Lin family again. Oh, you don’t know, my mother-in-law was angry last night... Let me tell you, it’s not right for me to look at my sister-in-law. Definitely want to go home again.”

"Impossible!" One of the women shook her head hastily, "If the scholar lady remarries, what will Dong Bao do?"

Second Aunt Song puffed her stomach, curled her lips, with an expression as if she knew a lot of inside information, and said: "It's just a mouthful to eat, she earns so much money a day, there are many people who want to marry her, who cares about that?" For chewing? Compared to what she earns, this is what Dong Bao eats!" Second Aunt Song stretched out her little finger for comparison.

Quanzi and Shuanzi were gleaning ears of wheat in the nearby field at the moment, and they were not in front of Dongbao. Dongbao felt his face twitch when he heard Second Aunt Song's words, so he simply took off his hat and handkerchief and went to Song Dynasty. Second Aunt walked over.

Because it was Second Aunt Song whose back was facing her, when she walked over, the women next to Second Aunt Song gave Second Aunt Song winks desperately, but Second Aunt Song still didn't notice, spit and stars splashed analysis Seeing that Mrs. Li must have decided to leave the second family.

(End of this chapter)