Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 111

When Xiuyao came home, it happened that Xiurong had prepared lunch, and several of them ate it. Qin Dafu knitted cattail socks, and Xiuyao and Xiurong fried sweet potatoes and beans.

Xiurong turned on the fire, first heated the pot, then poured fine sand into it, stirred it with a large shovel until it was hot, then poured sweet potatoes and beans into it and continued to stir fry.At this time, a small fire is needed, and it is not difficult for Xiurong to burn the fire. Even if it is fried pancakes, she can burn the fire evenly.

Xiuyao rolled over for a while, her arms were sore, Xiurong said: "I'll do it."

The two changed, and continued to fry, similar to fried beans, hearing the sound of bibo, bibo, Xiuyao extinguished most of the fire, leaving only one or two sticks of firewood still burning.

Qin Yang scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously by the stove, and kept asking if he was okay. Xiurong scooped up a few with a big shovel and put them on the stove to dry.Qin Yang didn't care, grabbed it with his small hand and stuffed it into his mouth, which made him scream and vomit reluctantly. After chewing a few mouthfuls, he swallowed it, and then he held his heart and shouted: "Oh, it's hot!" My heart is burning, my heart is burning!"

When Qin Dafu heard that he came over to look, Xiuyao also poured water for Qin Yang to drink quickly.

Xiurong smiled and scolded: "It's really a little greedy ghost, I won't let it dry before eating. What's the taste?"

Qin Yang blinked his eyes and smacked his lips, "I didn't eat it."

Everyone laughed, Qin Dafu patted him on the head, "You little naughty, listen to my sister."

Qin Yang laughed and said: "Father, I am obedient. Third sister, take some more out to dry."

Stir-fry, dry, and taste, at first it was soft and sweet, and Qin Yang yelled it was good after eating.

After a while, Xiuyao shouted: "Third sister, it's all right, hurry up and shovel it out."

Xiurong said: "It will take a while, it will take longer to fry the beans."

Xiuyao brought the dustpan over, and said anxiously: "Sanjie, these are not beans, hurry up, the sand is so hot, it's still mushy." Then she went to grab a big shovel and started shoveling outside.

After shoveling it out, I looked at it, and some sweet potatoes and beans were a little black.

Xiuyao regretted, "These black ones are not edible, let's pick one."

Xiurong said: "Why can't you eat it, give it to me."

Xiuyao wanted to say that the paste caused cancer, but she couldn't say that, so she muttered: "The paste does not taste good, and it is easy to get angry and get sick."

She and Xiurong carried the dustpan outside to cool, then sieved it with a sieve, sifted the sand and left it in the corner of the wall, so that it can be used later, and the sweet potatoes and beans were put aside to cool, and they would crack when eaten after they were completely cooled. There was a bang bang bang.

Qin Yang and Xiurong couldn't wait any longer, they held a few, and they danced and blew from hand to mouth, while throwing them into their mouths. At first they were scalding hot, but then they started to rattle, and they shouted hello eat.

"Father, it's so delicious, you eat one!" Qin Yang ran over and stuffed Qin Dafu one, Qin Dafu chewed it, it was really fragrant, crispy and sweet, he couldn't help saying: "This food is good, None of the collections were sold."

When Xiuyao heard that there were no items for sale in the collection, she couldn't help thinking, "Father, third sister, let's try selling them in the collection?"

Xiurong also said yes, anyway, there are so many sweet potatoes at home, so delicious, those children will definitely be willing to eat them, and they can sell them for a lot of money.The children thought very easily and beautifully, discussing how much a catty should be, and felt that a lot of money was beckoning to them, and they wished that tomorrow would be the market, so they could sell it for money.

Qin Dafu said: "It will be the market in two days, I will sell cattail socks, I will take you to have a look."

On weekdays, the purpose of going to the market is to sell cattail socks or buy some daily necessities. Children basically have no chance to go to the market, so they have to rake or mow the grass at home.Now that the family is separated, Qin Dafu can also make decisions, so he just wants to take the children to relax.

Xiuyao and the others were very happy, and they discussed frying all the remaining sweet potatoes and dates at home, and selling them together for thirty to fifty catties.This includes the ones brought back from my grandmother’s house and the ones that were dried at my own home. If you want to eat them, you have to dry them separately.This thing is more expensive than drying sweet potatoes. Three catties of sweet potatoes can be dried for one catty of sweet potatoes, but only four or five catties of sweet potatoes can be dried for one catty of dates.

Xiuyao thought that there are still fresh sweet potatoes at home, if the sweet potatoes and dates can be exchanged for money, then they should be boiled too, this time they can be cut into small pieces and dried, so that when the time comes to fry the dates, it will save the trouble of cutting them.

Xiurong was afraid that Xiumei and the others would know, so she asked Xiuyao to close the courtyard door when she was busy at home during the day, or sent Qin Yang to the door to have a look.This trick is also extremely effective. Twice when Xiuting came to investigate the situation, Qin Yang saw her and greeted her early, and Xiurong came out with a few words to fool Xiuting away.

They prepared with two hands. The sweet potatoes and dates were fried here, and then they boiled a large pot of sweet potatoes, let them cool down, peeled and sliced ​​them, and first dried them outside for a layer. When they were not easily broken, they took them back and cut them into small pieces. It can be fried directly after drying.

Then Xiuyao went to the third grandpa's house to borrow a steelyard. Fortunately, the scale here was similar to what Xiuyao had seen in later generations. She asked the third grandpa for advice and remembered it, and then borrowed it to use when going to the market.

Although it was only two days, the children felt that it was as long and hard as two years. They were so excited that they couldn't sleep at night, and they kept looking forward to the dawn.

Finally, the rooster crowed, busy dressing and washing, cooking and eating, and then Qin Dafu tied up the cattail socks and carried them on a pole, and at the other end he carried a basket, and put sweet potatoes and beans in it.Xiuyao and the others followed behind.

When passing by the old Qintou's house, Xiumei who went to hug the grass had just left the house and saw Xiuyao and the others going to the market, envious and jealous, staring at Xiuyao and Xiurong with hatred.

Seeing this, Xiuli couldn't help but said: "Master, I also want to go to the market with you."

Qin Dafu smiled and said: "Success, go home and tell your mother and mother."

Although Xiumei really wanted to reprimand Xiuli, she didn't dare in front of her uncle. This is not an aunt. She could curl her lips and scold her because of her mother's fierceness. She dared not speak harsh words to the men, girls or women in the family.

This is the rule of the old Qin's family since childhood. If the old Qin and Mrs. Zhang know about it, they will be beaten severely.

Xiuli went home and obtained Zhang's consent, ran out joyfully, followed Qin Dafu and the others to the market, and the three of Xiumei were so jealous that they directly listed her as an enemy like Xiuyao.

Rural fairs are divided into big and small, there are temple fairs or mountain fairs three times a year, and ordinary fairs once every five days.All the people who came to the market were villagers from nearby villages, there were small traders, and some exchanged their own things.For example, if you exchange eggs for rice, or eggs for sugar, like Qin Dafu, you can exchange cattail socks for eggs. When the two sides add up, the deal will basically be completed.A pair of cattail socks can be exchanged for more than two catties of eggs in good times, and more than one catty in normal times.

He was not willing to exchange the family's grain for salt and oil, so he could only weave cattail socks day and night. Ordinary people would buy several pairs of cattail socks in a year, so he could exchange some money.

There were quite a lot of people in the market, Qin Dafu led the children around, squatted down in a corner, and put cattail socks in pairs, both adults and children.

Xiurong and Xiuyao also sold cloth bags containing sweet potatoes and beans in baskets, eager to try, as if they could make a lot of money.

Xiuli asked curiously, but Xiurong was not willing to give it to her. Even Qin Yang was reluctant to eat sweet potatoes and beans, and saved money to sell them.

Qin Dafu often came to sell cattail socks, and there were always people who knew him at the fair, and many of them were his regular customers. When they saw him coming, they would come to ask after a while.But no one cares about the sweet potato beans. After a while, Pu socks sold two pairs, but no one cares about the sweet potato beans.

Xiurong became anxious, "Yaoyao, you said such delicious sweet potato beans, why is no one buying them?"

Xiuyao looked down and said, "Maybe it's too inconspicuous." After all, in the previous life, sweet potatoes were a very common crop, and here they are also unpopular food.

But I have to find a way, otherwise I won't be able to exchange any money, and I will get tired of eating so many sweet potatoes and beans at home.

Xiuyao said to her father and third sister: "I'll go over there to see how other people sell it." Then she dragged Qin Yang around, and Xiuli wanted to follow her, so Xiuyao let her and Qin Yang pull each other. Get started so you don't get lost.

There was even a notice from the county government posted on the market, to the effect that Xiuyao understood that it was about uncovering the information about the heinous gang of human traffickers.

After walking around, Xiuyao found that there were four small stalls selling all kinds of dim sum in Jishang, two were fixed stalls, one was pushing a trolley, and the other was carrying a load.

In addition, she found that there are quite a few straw sandals sellers, so Mammy is right. Even if the straw sandals are worth more than [-] yuan or even [-] yuan a pair according to the craftsmanship, in fact, everyone wants to exchange them for some money. If there are too many, it is worthless, and a pair can be sold for [-] or [-] yuan, so it must be sold at a low price. Fortunately, although it takes a lot of work, it does not have much capital.Father's craftsmanship is considered good, and sometimes he can sell it for fifteen yuan, but to take care of regular customers, he can only ask for twelve yuan, basically speaking, he can't sell it for any price.And even with these dozen or so coins, most of the time it is not directly making money, but also in exchange for eggs or grain.

After turning around, Xiuyao came back and found several people with their children looking at the cattail socks, so she grabbed a handful of sweet potato beans and handed them to the children for them to taste.The adults immediately said: "You can't ask for other people's things, you have to spend money."

Xiuyao hurriedly said: "No, give them something to eat."

The children chewed it loudly, it was crispy and delicious, and couldn't help asking: "What is this, it's so delicious, I've never eaten it before."

The adult said: "It's just fried beans or something, what's so special, let's go." As if afraid of the children, he hurriedly dragged the children away.

Xiurong couldn't help but said: "Yaoyao, don't feed this kind of people, they can't afford it, and they have to bargain for a pair of cattail socks."

Xiuyao said with a smile: "Sister, it's everyone's nature to bargain. If you want me to buy it, I will habitually want to bargain." She then grabbed a small handful of sweet potatoes and gave them to Xiuli, and said: "Eat by yourself." , don’t go back and talk about it.”

Knowing how powerful her family and her third aunt's sisters are, Xiuli immediately nodded and said obediently: "Sister Yaoyao didn't let me tell, I never told them."

Xiuyao praised her for being sensible, but Xiurong didn't think so. After all, Xiuli is the daughter of the second aunt's family. Like the second aunt, how can she teach good children.

Just as she was talking, there were children's cries and adults' scolding not far away. Xiuyao and the others looked around and saw that the people who came to buy cattail socks were scolding the children.

Those children ate Xiuyao's sweet potatoes and beans, they were delicious. They had never eaten them before, so they wanted their adults to buy them. The adults tasted them and thought they were delicious, but they were not willing to spend money, so they said they would go over there to see the dim sum. Is there any, it is definitely cheaper to say that the ones that specialize in dim sum.Because they thought Qin Dafu's cattail socks were more expensive, they refused to buy them, thinking that fried beans must be expensive too.

As a result, I went around and found that there was no such fried beans sold in the market. The children insisted on buying it, but the adults refused to buy it, and there was a commotion.

Xiuyao raised her eyebrows, thought of an idea, whispered a few words to Xiurong, and Xiurong asked doubtfully, "Can this work?"

Xiuyao pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Third Sister, let's try it, it's okay, if it doesn't work, there is no loss."

Although Xiurong still had a bit of face, she couldn't bear to sell her face, but thinking of making money for her family, life would be easier, so she became ruthless and said: "Success!"

(End of this chapter)