The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 17

"Boss, how much is a catty of chestnuts?" Qin Zhong looked at Chu Ying who was carrying a heavy basket.

"5 cents a catty, do you want to sell it?" Qin Zhong picked a few from Chu Ying's back basket to have a look, some were dried, but the quality was not bad.

"Well, do you accept it? How much is it per catty? If you accept it."

"Four papers, not too much, I can't collect much, at most 4 panniers." Chu Ying also asked about how much other homes can accept before, but they can't take much. There are at least 5 panniers in the house. If you can't collect so much, you can only grind it.

"You don't need to take it, can I sell it here? I put the back basket here, and someone comes and you sell it for me. It costs 5 cents per catty, and 2 cent per catty. You don't need to accept it, but you can get money. ,is this okay?"

It was the first time for Qin Zhong to hear the idea of ​​consignment sale, but this way he didn't need to buy chestnuts in his shop, and he just helped sell them, so he could get money, which sounds pretty good.

"It's the first time I've heard of this. Why don't you put a basket of chestnuts here first, and make it if it sells well, and you won't make money if it doesn't sell well, right?"

Chu Ying just wanted to sell these chestnuts, and if she could sell them, she would make money. In fact, it was the same as the grid shop, where she would pay the rent or give the boss a commission to sell things in his shop.

I and Han Dated agreed to go to slaughter pigs, and the time was not fixed, and the Chinese New Year was coming soon, I was afraid that it would be very busy, so I didn't have time to set up a street stall.

Those chestnut shops saw that some of Chu Ying's chestnuts were bad, so they lowered the price to 2 cents a catty. It was really not worthwhile to sell the chestnuts like this.

"Some of my chestnuts are bad. When you sell them, give them a handful of chestnuts, and tell them that if there are any bad chestnuts, they can come to you to exchange them. Is that okay?"

Qin Zhong looked at the serious look of the little Chu Ying. Chestnuts are inherently rotten, and he has encountered them in his own business, but there is no promise that they can be replaced if they are broken.

"Okay. But don't say I'm short of your chestnuts. I've paid for it."

"No, I believe you. When you insert that kind of brand, write bad chestnuts as a guarantee of compensation. If you give more chestnuts to others, just say that you don't want to trouble them to come back and change them. Give them more chestnuts first, that's all."

"This is the price sign. Seeing that you are small, you are quite thoughtful." Chu Ying also asked other store owners, but they didn't understand and found it troublesome. Qin Zhong is relatively young and accepts new things The ability is really stronger.

"That's really troublesome. I'll come back later." Qin Zhong put the chestnuts in a basket in a conspicuous place at the entrance of the store, with a price tag written on it. Looking at Chu Ying's small back, he always felt that there was something special about this child. strength.

Chu Ying visited many grocery stores, and finally found a cheap small stone mill. Chu Ying reluctantly gave half of the money to the boss. "Don't worry, I, Mozi, can handle you well."

Chu Ying forced her face into a smile, she could only hope that those chestnuts could be sold, and that they would be sold faster. Without the basket, Chu Ying could only hold the millstone.

Chu Ying looked at the price of the big wooden bucket, and it cost 80 renminbi each, while the big water tank cost 1 renminbi. It seems that ceramics are more expensive than wooden ones. Chu Ying originally wanted to buy a water tank to hold chestnut powder, and there was only one at home. There are only empty earthen pots. If you buy earthenware pots to hold chestnut powder, the individual quantity is small, and the price of earthenware pots will add up to more than a water tank. It is not practical to buy earthenware pots for filling.But let's put aside the idea of ​​saving money to pay taxes, and put it in a sack for now.

After returning home, Chu Ying touched the hen’s nest as before, and there was actually an egg inside. The hen hadn’t laid eggs before, probably because she was not used to being in a strange environment. Fortunately, she did lay eggs, otherwise Chu Ying would have laid eggs. I plan to eat this non-laying hen.

Chu Ying picked up a broom made of cattail leaves and swept all the chicken droppings on the ground outside the door to pile them up. This guy eats a lot, pulls a lot, and walks around. We need to build a nest for him to limit his freedom. action.

Winter is coming, Chu Ying doesn't plan to build a chicken coop outside, she wants to make a chicken coop that can be taken, let it stay warm in the kitchen first, and take it outside when spring comes, but Chu Ying knows how to build a shed , I don’t know how to make a chicken coop.

I can only use the remaining bamboo slices to insert on the ground and form a semicircle against the wall. The bamboo slices reach Chu Ying's waist, and the hen should not be able to get out.But the hen who saw all this seemed a little scared and ran around.

"I know you're used to being leisurely these days. There are big bad wolves outside at night, come here, come inside." Chu Ying left quite a big space for the hen, 2 steps long and 2 steps wide, it should be Won't suffocate it.

After a lot of effort and several falls, Chu Ying finally caught the hen and put it in the bamboo enclosure, and put some mustard greens and rice porridge on it.

Chu Ying saw that the firewood was almost gone, and she had to chop some firewood when she came back from slaughtering pigs tomorrow. This kind of open fire stove was very expensive, so Chu Ying had to gather more firewood before the snow fell, and try to make a rocket stove .

The rocket stove first appeared to improve the cooking problems of African residents. Using simple physical principles, three iron cans were joined into an L shape. The taller one was the combustion chamber, and the shorter one was the fuel chamber. Put in the firewood branches, add a large iron tank to the outside, and fill it with heat-insulating materials to keep the temperature of the combustion chamber.

The L-shaped structure can generate convection to maintain sufficient oxygen for combustion, requires little fuel, but can produce maximum efficiency, saving at least two-thirds of the fuel compared to traditional firewood cooking, but in this age when iron is more expensive, this The method is not desirable.

There is also a method that does not require iron cans. Just dig a U-shaped hole on the spot with a shovel, put the fire and firewood in one of the holes, and then make an underground rocket stove. The principle is similar to that of a formal rocket stove. Use another hole to create a draft chimney effect to allow the firewood to burn fully.

But this method is suitable for barbecues in the wild, or to raise the pot, otherwise it will affect the addition of firewood.What Chu Ying wanted to make was a rocket stove built with bricks, but she didn't have the money to buy bricks.

The last time Chu Ying saw it in the West Market, a brick cost 40 renminbi, and the villagers couldn't afford it. The village is full of wooden houses or mud brick houses, and only a few big households in the city use bricks.

Chu Ying had no choice but to pick up stones and carry them back. Although there were many stones by the stream, Chu Ying was worried that the water vapor inside would explode when heated, so she ran to the foot of the mountain and picked out regular stones. It was almost dark when she returned home. .

Chu Ying cooked the rice, and piled the stones beside the fire to let the moisture in them escape.When the rice was almost cooked, Chu Ying knocked the eggs harvested today on top of the rice, sprinkled some salt flower and let it continue to cook.

While it was still dark, I put the bamboo shoots drying outside in the basket.The bamboo shoots were almost dry after being exposed to the sun for a few days, but there was no earthenware pot to put them in. The only empty earthenware pot, Chu Ying, planned to wait until the time when the chestnuts were ground and filled with chestnut powder.

Chu Ying could only use a rope made of cattail leaves to tie the bamboo shoots one by one to the rope, then throw the other half of the rope to the beam of the house, and then tie the other half of the rope that was not tied with the bamboo shoots to the bamboo shoots. Considering the bamboo shoots that are like curtains, push them aside so that they don’t hinder walking.

After eating, Chu Ying extinguished the fire on the stove, closed her eyes to adapt to the sudden darkness, and walked to the bedroom by the moonlight.

It is really inconvenient to not have candles, but candles cost 10 cents a piece, and I just need some light to walk back and forth between the two houses at night, especially when the dark clouds cover the moon. Can I use it to make candles.

Chu Ying closed the door, touched the wall and climbed onto the bed. Thinking carefully, she seemed to have a lot of things to do, and there was still a long time before she could enjoy the treatment of modern people here.

The first of them is the toothbrush. Chu Ying went all over the east and west cities but did not see a toothbrush. She could only bite the branches every morning and use the fibers of the branches to brush her teeth. This is morning chewing wood.

Chu Ying didn't let herself think too much, she had to get up early tomorrow to kill pigs, making more money is the kingly way, when she has money, she has to improve her life, although she doesn't have high requirements for the quality of life, but at least cleanliness do well.

(End of this chapter)