Farmhouse Qiaofei

Chapter 51 A New Beginning

"Chuan Bai..." Mrs. Wu sighed, "We are not greedy for the Bai family's money, so don't take what mother said."

"I know." Bai Chuanbai kept his head down, and said hoarsely, "I was just thinking, they are both sons, why the difference is so big..."

"There are too many children, it's inevitable." Wu said a little dazedly, "The first child hurts, and the last child also hurts. It's inevitable that the children in the middle will not be able to take care of them."

Bai Chuanbai lifted his drooping head slightly, "Is that so...Mother loves elder brother, and also loves fourth brother... But we love Wei'er, Shao'er, and Yunshi."

"People are different, different." Wu was speechless, and could only comfort Bai Chuanbai repeatedly in a low voice.

The children of Bai Wei Bai Shao squatted aside, poured water on the extinguished fire, and swept it into the corner.

After doing all this, when he came back, Bai Chuanbai seemed to be in a slightly better mood.

"Children, tonight, we didn't eat well, and we didn't even have a mouthful of hot soup, but don't worry, dad will go to Izumo Town to buy pots and pans tomorrow. I won't let my children get hungry, I will It won't be so excessive, and it won't be so eccentric, they are all my children, and I feel pain..."

"Father, the steamed buns tonight are really delicious." Bai Yunshi, who had always been taciturn, raised his head, comforting Bai Chuanbai in a rare way.

Bai Chuanbai smiled gratifiedly, stretched out his hand, and touched the top of Bai Yunshi's head.

This meal was the most embarrassing meal they had ever eaten, and it will remain in their memory forever, becoming an indelible memory.

Early the next morning, the family of five went to the market in a mule cart.

Wu Shi originally wanted to stay in the side room, but was persuaded by Bai Shao.

"Mom, we don't have anything at home, and we don't even have to eat breakfast. The four of us ate outside. What do you eat at home?"

In this way, Wu Shi also came out.

Ever since she returned to Shilipu, she was under the tight control of Mrs. Liu, so she rarely had the chance to go out, so it's not bad to come out and have a look now.

After getting off the mule cart, the family of five went straight to the breakfast place, bought a few leek boxes, a few bowls of soy milk, and had a full meal first.

After eating and drinking enough, Bai Shao went straight to the blacksmith shop of Hou's family, thinking of her own food stall in her heart.

"Second Uncle Hou, Uncle Hou." Bai Shao shouted and rushed into the shop.

"Hey, it's Xiao Shao'er." Hou Changyuan laughed loudly, looking at Bai Shao's small body, he was happy and bent down to hug her up.

"Second Uncle, have I finished packing?" Bai Shao didn't care, just blinked her big watery eyes and asked Hou Changyuan with a smile.

"It's done, it's done before. I was thinking that if you don't come, I'll send it to you." Hou Changyuan smiled and went to the back yard with Bai Shao in his arms.

The Hou family has a large courtyard here, with a blacksmith shop in front and a courtyard with two entrances in the back, where the Hou family lives.

"Second Uncle Hou, did you buy this house or rent it?" Bai Shao looked a little moved and asked a special question.

"It was rented at first, but later I bought it when I saved enough money." Hou Changyuan laughed loudly.

Bai Shao nodded seriously, keeping all this in her heart.

After entering the courtyard of Hou's house, Hou Changyuan hugged Bai Shao and went straight to the place where the food stall was, "Look, I typed it out according to your drawings, some places really can't get it done." , I have done everything I can do.”

Bai Shao jumped down from Hou Changyuan's arms, and looked up and down the frame made of refined iron.

Although there are slight differences from the drawings I drew, there is generally no gap. The place for eating and the place for building the stove are well preserved, exactly what she wants.

"Second Uncle Hou, you are awesome." Bai Shao turned around and gave Hou Changyuan a thumbs up without hesitation.

You know, this is a modern craft. Hou Changyuan was able to make it out of only a not-so-delicate drawing, so it goes without saying that his blacksmithing skills are profound.

"This gesture..." Hou Changyuan was taken aback, and after a while, he burst out into hearty laughter, "As long as Xiao Shaoer is satisfied, it's fine. I spent more than ten days beating him."

"Second Uncle, you've worked hard." Bai Shao smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Second Uncle, how much is this, and I will also count the money for the flat car, and then put this directly on the flat car."

"As far as my relationship with your father is concerned, Xiao Shao'er, you just use the things." Hou Changyuan said with a smile.

Bai Chuanbai at the side hurriedly waved his hands, "No way, business is business, and I can still make you suffer."

"That's right, Second Uncle Hou accepts the money, and in the future Shao'er has something she wants, so she can come and fight with Uncle Second again." Bai Shao also said with a smile on the side.

Seeing this, Hou Changyuan calculated a number in his heart, and said, "I am rare Shao'er, and I only charge you 17 taels for the cost. You don't ask for anything else, so don't give it to me. I am rare Shao. Son, give Shao'er some face."

Bai Shao smiled so much that she could not see her eyes but her teeth, "Then thank you Second Uncle Hou, Second Uncle Hou is the best person."

"Shao'er, good boy." Seeing Bai Shao's appearance, Hou Changyuan really liked it, so he bent down again and hugged Bai Shao, "The flat car is also ready for you, I will put the iron frame on it for you now. "

With the joint efforts of Bai Chuanbai and Hou Changyuan, an iron frame was finally placed on the flat cart.

Because I told Hou Changyuan a long time ago that I want to put things on the flat car, so Hou Changyuan made the shelf according to the size of the flat car, and now it is put down, and the jam is just right.

Bai Shao couldn't put it down and groped around the flat car, and finally pointed to a gap under the iron frame, and said loudly, "Father, can you help me build a stove? If the bottom layer is made of iron, otherwise it will burn Burn out the flat car..."

The lower part of this iron shelf is for food, and the other part is for the stove.

There is no gas stove in this era, and there is no such kind of stove that can be lifted. We can only build a smaller ground pot on a flat car like building a ground pot.

These were not difficult, so Bai Chuanbai nodded and agreed.

"Xiao Shaoer, what do you want to do?" Hou Changyuan looked curiously at the side and couldn't help asking.

"It's ready to cook, second uncle." Bai Shao pointed to the shelf and explained in detail, "Set fire here, and the flat iron block on it is equivalent to our pot, and it will be convenient to cook some food on it. The key is that it is very large, and it can be made more than a pot. If you want to sell something, you can make a lot at one time, instead of making it bowl by bowl, which is too slow.”

"It's really Huizhi Lanxin's child." Hou Changyuan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help admiring, "This child is good, third brother, why don't you give me this girl, I really like it so much."

Bai Chuanbai laughed at the side, Hou Changyuan said this, just expressing that he really likes Bai Shao.

"Second Uncle Hou, there is one more thing to trouble you." Bai Shao said, her little face suddenly turned red.

"Tell me what's going on." Hou Changyuan said very heartily.

"That's right, this thing is too heavy. If we drag it back to Shilipu every time, my father will be exhausted. Can you send the things to Second Uncle Hou every night?" Bai Shao said a little embarrassed.

"What's the problem? It's very simple. You put your things in the yard and take them away when you need them." Hou Changyuan patted his thigh and agreed.

Bai Shao laughed again so that she could not see her eyes but her teeth.

I stayed in Hou's iron shop for a while, and bought some iron utensils such as pots and spatulas that I needed.Thinking that there is still something to buy, Bai Shao bid farewell to Hou Changyuan and left Hou's iron shop.

As for the bulky snack cart, it was also placed in the Hou family's yard.

After paying Hou Changyuan 17 taels of silver, Bai Shao still had 23 taels of silver in his hand, more than enough to buy some household items.

For those pots and bowls, Hou Changyuan didn't ask them for money, he just said to give them to them, and it was considered a gift for separation.

Regarding this, Bai Chuanbai was silent for a moment, then accepted it.

"Father, we can buy spatulas and other things from Uncle Hou, but we can't buy bowls." Seeing that Bai Chuanbai was in a low mood, Bai Shao deliberately took his hand and chattered, "Father, Shao'er can buy a hair rope No? Sister Kerr's headband is so pretty, I want one too."

"Hey, buy it, the money is in your hands, you have the final say." Bai Chuanbai looked down at his little daughter and said dotingly.

I don't know if there was a tacit agreement, but after getting the ten taels of silver for the family split, Bai Chuanbai actually gave it to Bai Shao instead of Wu.

Bai Shao was naturally overjoyed to take the money, put it together with her silver, and then vowed that she must use the money to make more money and lead her family to live a prosperous and healthy life.

About what to cook with the snack cart, Bai Shao has never thought about it.

In her previous life, she had seen some fried jelly noodles in seaside cities, as well as fried potato cubes and other very delicious things, but in this era, potatoes don't seem to be widely grown, at least not here in Shilipu.

Mung bean starch is needed to stir-fry jelly. The mung bean is not yet mature in this season, and the Bai family does not grow mung bean. If a large amount of mung bean is used to make starch, the initial investment cost is too high, and Bai Shao does not have so much money to invest.

After much deliberation, it seems that there is only tofu.

Tofu is a very cheap item. At the stalls in Izumo Town Market, you can buy two pieces of tofu for one penny. When you go home, cut some pork and stew it. It is a delicious dish, and it is also an item that many people often eat .

If you make iron plate tofu, the people around you can buy a portion very cheaply, and the taste is delicious, but the ingredients are more complicated.

Thinking of this, Bai Shao took Bai Chuanbai's hand, went to the spice shop, bought ingredients worth a tael of silver, and made Wu Shi and Bai Wei feel distressed.

But there is no way, without ingredients, things will not smell good.If something is not fragrant, it cannot be sold.

Bai Shao is determined to pay attention to earning the first pot of gold from the food stall, so naturally she has to do it wholeheartedly.

(End of this chapter)