six-fingered peasant girl

Chapter 58 Idea
"What's the matter?" Ning Guang unconsciously puffed out his chest, feeling a little worried.

"Can you lend me ten taels of silver?" Su Liu bit her lip and said cautiously.

Ning Guang frowned, swallowed the buns in his hand in two bites, stood up and walked into the house.

Su Liu thought he was upset, so she quickly stood up, followed behind him and said, "Don't worry, I'll even return the Ben Daili to you, how about 11 taels, 12 taels? It's half a year, and I'll definitely be able to pay it back. "

If Ning Guang refused to lend her the silver, Su Liu really couldn't think of who to borrow it from, ten taels, if only he had taken Song Xiao's ingot back then.

Zheng Wu felt regretful, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw something flying towards him, and subconsciously reached out to catch it.

Looking down at the thing in her arms, it was a small gray cloth bag, heavy, Su Liu touched it, was taken aback, and opened it.

They were all pieces of silver, definitely more than ten taels. Su Liu was stunned and looked up at Ning Guang: "This?"

"Don't you want money? Take it." Ning Guang said indifferently.

"Aren't you asking me what I want the money for?" He didn't care, but Su Liu got serious and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will take the money and run away?"

Ning Guang cast a disdainful look, as if to say, where can you go just by you?
"Can you run? How far can you run?"

"No! Uncle, why do you believe me?" Su Liu ignored his contemptuous eyes and asked again.

Ning Guang frowned, why did he believe her?Yeah, why believe it?Their friendship is actually not that good, at best, they just know each other.

Unable to explain what it felt like, Ning Guang was a little irritable, and said impatiently: "Where are there so many words? If you don't want it, just take it back."

Su Liu hid her hands back and said with a smile: "Of course I want it, don't worry, I will definitely pay you back, definitely."

Since he believed in her, she would not let him down.

Ning Guang snorted, these ten or so taels of silver were actually dispensable to him. Over the years, all the silver he earned from hunting, except for his own necessary expenses, was sent to a place where There is a debt he owes.

Human debt!
Thinking of those debts, Ning Guang's face suddenly turned a little ugly, and he just wanted to go hunting in the mountains to vent his anger, but Su Liu didn't notice, and only talked about his plan with great interest.

"Then Zhang Ji's steamed stuffed buns are just like that. The ones I make are probably more delicious. Well, Goubuli steamed stuffed buns and barbecued pork buns are sure to make a name for themselves. I have to think of a famous name for the shop. There is a price." Su Liu said excitedly: "Zhang Ji's steamed stuffed bun costs two cents each, and I will sell three for five cents."

Ning Guang paused when he took the bow and arrow, turned around, frowned and asked, "What bun? You want to do business?"

"That's right!" Su Liu said with a smile, "There is a wonton stall on the West Street in the town. The old man at that stall said he wanted to sell it for six taels of silver, so I offered it for a small business."

"Nonsense! How decent is it for a woman to show her face?" Ning Guang scolded him without even thinking about it: "Especially you are a married girl, what does it look like to do business?"

Su Liu was talking vigorously, she was already fantasizing about a better life, but he interrupted her like this, and hearing his tone, as if he disapproved of women doing business, she couldn't help feeling a little unhappy.

"Why, Brother Ning thinks that it is treasonous for women to do business? Or does Brother Ning think that farmers, businessmen, and merchants are the last to wait, and look down on merchants? Do you think merchants are low?"

Her tone was sharp and sharp, Ning Guang had never seen Su Liu like this before, like a hedgehog with its thorns spread out, its whole body was on guard.

"I didn't mean that, and I never looked down on businessmen. It's just that men and women are great defenses. A woman's identity is to be a husband and a child. There are men who do business. You women don't have to go out to show your face." Ning Guang frowned.

"I thought hunters were bold and informal, but I didn't expect Brother Ning to be a pedantic person. He thinks that women are weak and should be protected by your men, right?" Su Liu said sarcastically.

"Men protect women, since ancient times, it is only right and proper."

He spoke with a dignified face, but Su Liu didn't know whether to be angry or to laugh, and said, "Unfortunately, there is no man in our family."

Ning Guang was taken aback.

She raised her head and said seriously: "In our family, there is only a little white flower girl, weak and gentle, an 11-year-old girl, and me, there is no extra man. Our family can rely on me, my hands, my mind."

Su Liu raised her hand, pointed to her head, and said, "Who wants to be a monk with hair? We were not born in a good family, we didn't have fine clothes, we didn't hug each other, and we didn't even have enough to eat. But so what? No one will be poor for a lifetime, my fate is up to me, as long as I am willing to endure it, there will always be a day when I will see the light."

"Brother Ning, women may not be as strong as men, but they have never been weak, nor can they live only by relying on men. Relying on mountains and mountains will fall, and relying on anyone is not as good as relying on yourself. You have also seen what happened to us. Don't rely on yourself. Who else can I rely on? Don't say anything that women shouldn't show their faces, nothing is more important than living."

I control my own life!
Ning Guang's heart shook, and it was the first time that he looked at Su Liu so seriously. She stood in front of her with her spine straight, her eyes shone with confidence, and she had the tenacity to not admit defeat.

Ning Guang felt that his eyes were dazzled by something. He was not as good as a slender woman, but he still said that women should be protected by men.

Ah!He laughed at himself, it seemed that the unrestrained days of riding horses for half his life appeared in front of his eyes, and those smiling faces full of youth disappeared prematurely because of his arrogance.

Yeah, what qualifications does he have?
"Let's go." He said lightly.

Su Liu frowned, as sensitive as she was, she couldn't fail to feel the sudden sadness. The man in front of him seemed to be enveloped by a wave of sadness, and returned to the original point.

Reject the indifference of thousands of miles away.

Su Liu's heart shrank slightly: "Uncle."

He hadn't gotten used to changing his address yet, and the word "uncle" came out of his mouth.

Ning Guang remained unmoved, but said indifferently: "Get out!"

Su Liu pursed her lips and said, "I will pay you back the money."

Walking out of Ning Guang's room, there was a loud bang of the door closing behind him.

Su Liu turned around and frowned. Are they arguing?

When Su Liu returned home, Mrs. Chen and the others had put all their belongings back. Su Xiao was rolling around on the new quilt. Seeing her return, she smiled and said, "Sister, are you back?"

Su Liu hummed, took out the cloth bag Ning Guang gave from her bosom, threw it on the kang, Su Xiao grabbed it and asked: "What is this? Ah." She opened it and asked in surprise: "Sister , where did you get so much money?"

Chen Shi also looked at Su Liu in surprise.

"Guan Ning Guang borrowed it." Su Liu was a little sleepy, his mind was full of the sad figure of Ning Guang, and he was a little irritable.

"Ning Guang?"

Su Liu then told about the borrowing of money, even Ning Guang's real age was not leaked, Chen Shi frowned upon hearing this.

"It's not uncle." Su Xiao blinked.

"En." Su Liu didn't want to say any more, so she changed the subject and said, "Now that we have money, we can sell Uncle Zhong's shop. That's what I think. I plan to make some buns. Mom, what do you think? ?”

Mrs. Chen had never done business either, and said, "How do I know this, Liu Er, you can do whatever you want, but is our capital enough? That Ning Guang..."

"The capital is all here." Su Liu patted the cloth bag and said: "Although there is not much, but it can be opened anyway, and it must be carefully calculated. While doing it, the money will be returned."

"Then how do we do it?" Su Xiao was gearing up, looking eager to try.

"Don't worry, there are plenty of things for you to do." Su Liu smiled.

Indeed, since the stall needs to be opened, the land behind the house has been left unused for several years, and it has been covered with grass, and it has to be planted to serve vegetables, which requires a lot of effort, and the women are really busy.

Su Liu soon divided up the work. Tomorrow she went to the town to find Uncle Zhong to sell the wonton stall first, while Chen Shi and Su Xiao worked on the land at home.

To do something well, one must have a detailed plan, but Su Liu did not dare to reveal that she could read and write easily. While Chen Shi was away, she asked Su Xiao whether she could read or not?

"Why did the family let us learn to read? We used to secretly go to the school to listen to Sun Xiucai's lectures, and only then did we recognize our own names. Sister, you can write your own names, don't you remember?"

Su Liu said vaguely: "After lying in bed for so many days in those days, I forgot a lot of things. Tell me, it would be great if we could read and write."

Su Xiao is silent, literacy is naturally good, aside from other things, even if she is a maid, she will be able to read and her rank will be higher, but they, how can they have such a blessing?

Seeing that she was silent, Su Liu couldn't say anything more, so she had to find another opportunity and find an excuse to learn the characters.

It's the seventh month of burning fire, and it's the harvest season. Da'ao Village has sacrificed to various gods and Buddhas, and then began to harvest rice. The fields are full of busy villagers, and Su Liu and the others are also busy with their own work.

Because the price was agreed, the order of the wonton stall went smoothly. After going to the mayor to file the paperwork, filing a record, and paying the silver commission, Su Liu officially ordered the wonton stall.

The stall was originally for making wontons, and all kinds of kitchen utensils, tables and chairs are complete, but there is nothing to prepare, as long as you buy all the ingredients.

Su Liu was not in a hurry to open the shop, first she cleaned the things in the stall inside and out, and completed all the replacements and additions, and then slowly thought about the ingredients, and had to do experiments.

After a busy day, Su Liu returned home with a basket on her back. Both Chen Shi and Su Xiao were busy in the back of the house. She rested for a while, then brought Chen Shi and the others tea to relieve the heat, and went into the kitchen to do some work. .

If the stall is to flourish, the food must first be delicious to attract people, so you can’t make it rashly and sell it, it’s a waste of ingredients and a bad reputation, the loss outweighs the gain, so she is experimenting tonight, making the barbecued pork buns .

In her previous life, her grandmother was best at making barbecued pork buns and mixing dumpling stuffing. Although she didn't learn [-]% of it, she knew it [-]% to [-]%.

To make char siu buns, you need to make char siu meat first. Su Liu processed the good quality pork belly that he bought first, and quickly cut a whole piece of meat into slices, marinated with soy sauce, sugar, salt and other sauces and put it aside, and then went to Knead dough and ferment.

The barbecued pork must be marinated for more than three hours to taste better, but she is just experimenting now, and she can't control it so much. She starts to cook it in the pot for half an hour, observing the color and controlling the heat at the same time. She is very busy. sweat.

It was already late, and there was very little smoke, and bursts of fragrance wafted out of this small kitchen, whetting one's appetite.

Su Xiao rushed in from the outside: "Sister, what are you doing so fragrant?"

Su Liu was cutting the barbecued pork into strips, when she heard the words, she said, "I'm making steamed buns, you and mother should wash your face and rest, and you'll have something to eat in a while."

Su Xiao approached and saw the char siu pork under Su Liu's knife, his eyes lit up, and he swallowed greedily.

(End of this chapter)