The splendid life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 24 Fish Jelly

Early in the morning, Yao Yu set off with a jar of fish jelly. Shopkeeper Wen happily greeted Yao Yu when he saw Yao Yu coming. Yesterday, more than 100 catties of fish cakes were sold out by the afternoon. Booked in advance, but there are not many left in the store.

Yao Yu said, "I'm not here to sell fish cakes today." Hearing this, shopkeeper Wen's face flashed a look of disappointment.

"However, I made some fresh food. Shopkeeper Wen has a look, is it acceptable?" Yao Yu opened the lid to reveal the fish jelly inside, dug out a small spoonful of it with a spoon, put it on a plate, and handed it to Shopkeeper Wen.

Shopkeeper Wen smelled a smell of fish, but the thing in front of him turned out to be shiny, and he couldn't see any fish, so he couldn't help asking, "This is it?"

"Taste first." Yao Yu signaled shopkeeper Wen to eat first.

Shopkeeper Wen fed it into his mouth in one gulp, only to feel that it melted in his mouth, and after that, his mouth was full of fragrance, "Okay, good stuff!"

Yao Yu was overjoyed, it seemed that the jellyfish could be sold again.

"Did I just eat something that tasted like fish?" Shopkeeper Wen was a little puzzled.

"It is indeed made of fish, but the method is a bit complicated." Yao Yu said.

Shopkeeper Wen understood the meaning of Yao Yu's words, "How do you plan to sell this thing?"

For this, Yao Yu had already made up his mind. Three fish heads plus fish bones can make a pot of fish jelly, about five catties. "How much does Shopkeeper Wen think it's worth?"

"Fifteen cents a catty." Shopkeeper Wen said, "Although it's a bit difficult to explain, I guess this food should be boiled."

"As shopkeeper Wen said, this fish jelly is boiled, but this consumes much more energy than fish cake." Yao Yu said, "And all the boiled ingredients inside are finally fished out and thrown away. gone."

Shopkeeper Wen looked at the crystal-clear fish jelly, and it was indeed as Yao Yu said, "[-] Wen at most." Shopkeeper Wen also had his own considerations. New things might not be able to sell at a good price when they are put on the shelves. I ate a pound of meat.

"Okay." The price of twenty Wen was acceptable to Yao Yu, and the two signed the agreement immediately.

The jar of fish jelly that Yao Yu brought weighed [-] catties, and earned a total of [-] Wen.Yao Yu took the money and went to the place where the locks were sold first, and bought an oversized lock, which cost a hundred cash, and no one would be able to smash the lock into the house in the future.

Then he went to buy another catty of salt, and added some money to buy fifty catties of fine noodles. When he came out of the noodle shop, Yao Yu thought about it, went to the place where he bought mooncakes yesterday, bought a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine, added Five moon cakes, after all, today is Zhongqiu.

Back in Shuangshui Village, Xie Zhimo and Nuoer were not at home. Seeing that the fishing rod was not there, Yao Yu guessed that Xie Zhimo and Nuoer had gone fishing, and Xie Zhimo re-established the fence at home.Yao Yu put away the things he bought, and put the things to be cleaned into the wooden basin, and was about to go to the river to wash them. As soon as he went out, he saw Li Dalin next door carrying several bundles of firewood.

"Sister-in-law, Feng Zhen arranged for me to bring you here." Li Dalin said and put the firewood at the door.

Yao Yu quickly helped put the firewood on the ground, "Thank you, Brother Li."

"You're welcome, we can only do this." Li Dalin was a little embarrassed, "Your sister-in-law is still busy at home, so I'll go back first."

Yao Yu looked at Li Dalin's back, and said that if he wanted to move away, the only one he could not bear to part with was Sister Feng Zhen's house.

Yao Yu changed the newly bought lock, then went to the river, and when he came back, he saw Xie Zhimo and Nuoer squatting at the door of the house, "When did you come back?" Yao Yu hurriedly took out the key to open the door.

"Just came back, Nuo'er and I caught a whole basket of fish today." Xie Zhimo opened the basket, and the fish in the basket had been processed.

"It's amazing." Yao Yu praised without hesitation.

Xie Zhimo was a little embarrassed, and for some reason, he always wanted to show off in front of Yao Yu, although even he thought this behavior was childish, but after hearing Yao Yu's praise, Xie Zhimo still laughed happily.

Nuo'er said not to be outdone, "I caught three fish today!"

"Yes, yes, our Nuo'er is the most powerful." Yao Yu said, Nuo'er then laughed.

"I went to Lizheng. There are currently two places suitable for building a house in Shuangshui Village." Xie Zhimo said, "The price of one is relatively high, 15 taels of silver per mu of land. It is on the west side of Shuangshui Village, near Beishan. There is another place." To the east is a wasteland, with barren mountains behind, and the price is ten taels of silver per mu."

After a pause, Xie Zhimo said again, "It is said in this wasteland that they can give us at least nine taels of silver per mu."

"Do you know the exact location?" Yao Yu asked, at most she knew the general idea of ​​the east and west, and she had to look at this place in detail.

"I know, I'll take you to see it tomorrow?" Xie Zhimo said.

"Okay!" Yao Yu pondered, after buying the land tomorrow, there must be a few more pots in the house, one for making fish cakes, one for fish jelly, and one for cooking.

"I bought moon cakes and sweet-scented osmanthus wine, we'll eat them later." Yao Yu said with a smile.

Speaking of sweet-scented osmanthus wine, Xie Zhimo was both angry and happy, angry because yesterday's good jar of wine was taken away, happy because Yao Yu went to buy a new jar today.

Looking at the changing expression on Xie Zhimo's face, Yao Yu made a rough guess, "Forget it, it's just a pot of wine, and it's just to repay their kindness for raising you back then."

Xiao Nuoer clapped her hands happily when she heard that there were moon cakes to eat again.If Xie Zhimo bought the wine himself, he wouldn't be so distressed, but the wine was brought back by Yu'er, Xie Zhimo would inevitably feel a little distressed.

For dinner, Yao Yu baked a few pancakes, and the stuffing inside was fresh pork bought from the town.

"Mom, can we sit outside and eat?" Nuo'er asked.

"Yes." Yao Yu replied without thinking, as long as it's not winter, it's okay to eat outside.

Yao Yu poured a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus wine for himself and Xie Zhimo, and then put the cakes on the table. Nuoer held the mooncakes in his left hand and the cakes baked by Yao Yu in his right. After eating for a while, he found that the mooncakes were not baked by Yao Yu The cakes are delicious, so I put the mooncakes down.

Yao Yu was curious about ancient moon cakes, tasted it, and found that it only tasted like flour, and took another sip of sweet-scented osmanthus wine. The taste of sweet-scented osmanthus was almost unrecognizable, and the wine was not so fragrant. Taking a second look at Xie Zhimo, it seemed that he had a good drink smelly.

In the early morning of the second day, the two sent Nuo'er to Sister Fengzhen's house, and Xie Zhimo took Yao Yu to see two lands. The first land was too close to the house where he lived now. Yao Yu fell in love with the land at the first glance. It was at the east end of the village, and there were few people. Most importantly, there was a whole barren hill behind it. If he got rich in the future, he could buy this hill.

Seeing Yao Yu's happy expression, Xie Zhimo discussed, "Why don't we just buy this place?" In fact, he himself prefers this land.

"Okay!" Yao Yu immediately confirmed, "Tomorrow, no, today we will go to Lizheng and buy this land."

The flat land at the foot of the mountain was only two acres. After counting the funds, Yao Yu could only buy two acres of land at present, and he would build a house in the future. It seemed that he could earn more money.

"Have you considered it?" Li Zheng asked, that place was too far from the entrance of the village, the important thing was that there was a bandit den to the east.

"Think it over." Yao Yu took out 18 taels of silver, "I'll just buy this one."

Li Zheng glanced at Xie Zhimo, Xie Zhimo said, "Everything is up to Yu'er."

Lizheng felt that the two young men in front of him were a little too rash, but seeing that they were determined, he stopped persuading them, and at worst would help them sell them off.

Coming out of Lizheng's house, Yao Yu happily held the title deed, "How much does it cost to build a house?"

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll be in charge of it from tomorrow on." Xie Zhimo said.

Yao Yu handed the remaining two taels of silver to Xie Zhimo, "You take this tael first, and I will give it to you when I earn it."

Xie Zhimo held two taels of silver, "Don't worry, this is enough." Xie Zhimo had already made up his mind that next time he would go to the town with Yao Yu and ask his former brothers to help him build a house. do well.

After Yao Yu hid the land deed in a hidden compartment, he took his fishing rod to the river. The fish cake Xie Zhimo and Nuoer caught yesterday weighed more than 30 catties, plus more than ten catties of fish jelly. They will fish again today , go to the town to sell tomorrow.

After Xie Zhimo returned home, he began to make wooden frames for the soil foundation, and made more than 20 in a row.Yao Yu came back from the river and saw what Xie Zhimo made, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Xie Zhimo patiently explained, "Put soil and chopped wheat oranges inside to make a foundation, which is used to build walls."

Yao Yu nodded knowingly, saying that the shape looks a bit like bricks, so that's how ancient houses were built.

"When are you going to town?" Xie Zhimo asked.

"Tomorrow." Yao Yu replied.

"I'm with you." Xie Zhimo not only went to find friends for help, but also went to get some soil back.

"Okay." This was the first time that someone accompanied him to the town, and Yao Yu felt a little happy.

Xie Zhimo first accompanied Yao Yu to the Bafang Inn. The shopkeeper Wen saw Yao Yu and a stranger with him, "Who is this?"

Yao Yu introduced generously, "My husband, Xie Zhimo."

Xie Zhimo and shopkeeper Wen saluted each other. For some reason, Xie Zhimo felt a little displeased with shopkeeper Wen, and shopkeeper Wen was also a little frightened when he saw Xie Zhimo sizing him up, so he quickly agreed to pay for the fish cake and fish jelly.

Yao Yu sold [-] catties of fish cakes and [-] catties of fish jelly this time, for a total of [-] cash.Coming out of the inn, Yao Yu was a little tangled, and wanted to ask about the sales of the fish jelly, but seeing that the atmosphere between Xie Zhimo and Shopkeeper Wen was a little off, he didn't ask.

Xie Zhimo asked softly, "Did I do something wrong?"

Yao Yu shook his head. Most people don't have a good impression of businessmen. It is reasonable to say that there is nothing wrong with business. Xie Zhimo is an upright person, and obviously he would not deal with such people, "It's nothing, it's just a business relationship."

(End of this chapter)