The splendid life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 67
The brown object with eight horns in front of him turned out to be star anise, and the other bark-like thing was not cinnamon. Yao Yu asked happily, "Xiaoer, how do you sell these two things?"

Xiaoer glanced up and said, "Star anise and cinnamon are both a catty and a hundred renminbi." Most of the people who buy this are big inns, or big families. Ordinary people don't buy star anise and cinnamon. They would rather buy two catties of salt more.

Yao Yu didn't expect that the price of star anise and cinnamon would be more expensive than salt, but with these two things, stewed meat and stewed meat will taste much better. "Everything costs a catty."

Then I bought some salt and vinegar, and the grocery store had all the New Year's goods available.

"Next is Nuo'er's snacks." In fact, Nuo'er can't eat much, but it's boring during the night watch, and everyone will eat something to do odd jobs.

There are a lot of snacks in Jiangzhou, especially Bazhenfang, the first shop, which has everything you can expect. Yao Yu picked out some candied fruit, sugar cake, peach blossom paste, osmanthus cake, melon seeds, red dates, and shortbread. In bulk, it would be cheaper without the packaging, but I didn't expect that it would cost a whole five taels of silver for just these few snacks.

Yao Yu looked at the gift boxes on the side, and some of them were worth ten taels of silver, so she was relieved, there must be a reason for being expensive, besides, she is not short of money now.

Xie Zhimo happily followed behind, and after Yao Yu paid the bill, he hurriedly went to the premise without any sign of impatience.

As soon as Yao Yu and Xie Zhimo left the house, they heard shouts from the opposite side, "Tanggua, sell Tanggua, sweet and big Tanggua."

Yao Yu was about to get into the carriage and leave, only to see that the candied melons on the opposite stall were really big, just like ordinary pumpkins, and they looked amazing. Yao Yu walked over and asked, "How do you sell these candied melons?"

"Ten cents a piece." The man replied enthusiastically, but he saw that the woman got out of the carriage.

Yao Yu made the calculations, his family had two, Wang Fengzhen and Aunt Wu's family each gave two, "I want six."

"That's great." The man was very happy to see Yao Yu buying six at once.

Yao Yu carried six candied melons into the carriage, "Let's go to the bookstore to have a look."

Nuo'er's rice paper is almost used up, and Yao Yu also wants to buy more books for Nuo'er, Mr. Ji is different from ordinary people, he is extremely knowledgeable, if you talk about it, Master Li may not even be able to catch up with Mr. Ji's superficial knowledge, of course This is just Yao Yu's feeling.Anyway, after Nuoer studied with Mr. Ji, he didn't mention going to the village school, although Yao Yu didn't let him go at first.

When the two came to the bookstore, Yao Yu first asked for ten dollars of rice paper, and then went to the bookshelf to look for books. Before "The Analects", Yao Yu bought it for Nuoer, so Yao Yu bought the other three of the four books, "University", "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "Mencius", when I was about to pay the bill, I saw a book about "Original Law" next to it.

The dynasty that Yao Yu stayed in was called Dayuan, which was an empty era. Yao Yu thought that the best way to protect himself in a country was to understand its laws, so Yao Yu also took this book.

After Yao Yu handed the book to the boss, the boss glanced up and quoted the price, "Ten taels of silver together."

Yao Yu paid the money, after all, the study was still the most expensive, "Do you want to buy anything else?"

Xie Zhimo didn't seem to have much interest in other things after getting a horse recently, and only focused on the horse, "No, how about you?"

Yao Yu didn't have anything else to buy, "Then let's go back."

The carriage was full, and Yao Yu had to sit side by side with Xie Zhimo in the driving place. After leaving Jiangzhou City, Yao Yu said, "Zhimo, can you teach me how to drive a carriage?"

"Of course," Xie Zhimo handed Aunt Ma to Yao Yu, "Actually, an ox cart is similar to a horse cart. Speaking of which, a horse cart is simpler than an ox cart." Because a tame horse is more obedient than an ox.

At first, Yao Yu was a little nervous when the horse ran fast, but later found that as long as she controlled the direction well, it would be fine. Before the carriage reached Shuangshui Village, Yao Yu had mastered the essentials. Xie Zhimo repeatedly lamented that Yao Yu was very smart.

Yao Yu smiled. Zhang Dehou told her privately that day that Xie Zhimo only listened to a few essentials taught by others, but he could ride a horse as soon as he got on. If he was smart, Xie Zhimo should be the one.

After returning home, Yao Yu put away all the new year's goods, and then went out with the candied melon, first went to Wang Fengzhen's house, Xiao Lizi and Li Dahai were very happy when they saw such a big candied melon for the first time.

The grandchildren of Aunt Wu's side also jumped up and down happily when they saw Tanggua, but Nuo'er was much calmer in comparison, probably because she was used to Yao Yu's sweet potato candies. Not much interest.

Fortunately, the three books brought back by Yao Yu put Nuoer in a good mood, "Mom, how did you know that I want to learn these three books?" Recently, under the guidance of Mr. Ji, he has learned half of the Analects of Confucius, and Mr. Ji also Tell Noel what to read next.

How can Yao Yu answer? Could it be that he often talked about the Four Books and Five Classics when he was studying in his previous life, "I asked the boss when I went to the bookstore."

"That's it." Nuo'er felt a little disbelieving.

Yao Yu put "Original Law" under his pillow, planning to study it in his spare time. This book gave Yao Yu a new understanding of the wisdom of the ancients.

It’s the Laba Festival again, and Yao Chang’s house has already entered the finishing work. Yao Yu got up early in the morning to cook Laba porridge. Due to the lack of ingredients, Yao Yu had to make porridge with clear vegetables and minced meat. All four pots were filled with porridge. After the cooking was finished, Yao Yu filled two bowls for Mr. Ji and Nuo'er, and then ran to the door outside the house and shouted, "The porridge is ready, everyone come and eat."

The men who built the house stopped their work after hearing this, and rushed to Yao Yu's stove to serve porridge. Yao Chang built the house. Since Yao Yu didn't have much time, he invited someone to cook. This group of people have all eaten Yao Yu's cooking, yesterday Yao Yu told the chef that he didn't need to come over to prepare breakfast this morning, she would do it, which made this group of people very happy.

No, when Yao Yu yelled to eat, the group of people ran faster than anyone else, Yao Chang was dumbfounded, Zhang Dehou gave Yao Chang a hand, "Why are you in a daze, I'll see where you cry when there's nothing left. "

Only then did Yao Chang come to his senses, and shouted while running, "Wait for me, save me a bowl."

Maybe it was because of the delicious food, and maybe it was because Yao Yu's porridge tasted really good. In short, in less than a quarter of an hour, all the porridge in the four large pots was wiped out.

Mr. Ji finished his porridge and prepared to serve it for the second night. When he found that there was not even a single rice left in the pot in just a short while, he froze in place. Zhang Dehou and his group were a little embarrassed.

Yao Yu hurriedly said, "It's okay, I'm preparing lunch now, and I'll make more later to make sure I'm full."

Mr. Ji hurriedly said, "I usually just eat a bowl, but today I just think this porridge tastes good."

Xie Zhimo went up to the mountain to hunt early in the morning, but when he came back, he found that there was no porridge left by Yao Yu, "Yu'er, didn't I remember that you cooked four pots?" Xie Zhimo still couldn't believe it, and went to the bowl and bowl , As a result, there was really nothing left.

"Let's eat later, I'm preparing lunch." Yao Yu said with a smile, she thought there would be some leftovers, but she underestimated the fighting power of this group of people.

Nuo'er broke open the two candied melons after eating the porridge, and then shared a piece with everyone present, and even fed it to Yao Yu who was busy preparing lunch. I think this year's Tanggua is extra sweet.

For lunch, Yao Yu made crispy rice. White rice is enough to fill you up. The most important thing is that it is delicious. You didn’t buy pork before, so Yao Yu directly killed the five chickens you bought at home, and made two pots of crispy rice with shredded chicken and pepper. Rice, and another two pots were made with the pig marinated before.

In case there wasn't enough food, Yao Yu also prepared fifty steamed buns and steamed them on the stove at the side. Seeing that Yao Yu was going to call them, Xie Zhimo quickly stopped him, "I'll go."

"Then I'll call Mr. Ji and Nuo'er." Yao Yu turned and entered the room.

Yao Yu didn't know what kind of food Mr. Ji and Nuo'er wanted to eat, so they didn't have a meal. When Mr. Ji and Nuo'er heard that lunch was ready, they quickly put down their pens and ran to the kitchen. They were running to Jiangzhou all the time, and Mr. Ji and Nuoer basically ate with Yao Chang and the others.

Yao Yu personally cooked the meal today, which made Mr. Ji and Nuoer very happy, so Mr. Ji only wanted to eat the second bowl in the morning. If he didn't eat it in the morning, he would definitely have to eat more.

Seeing everyone eating with gusto, Yao Yu was also happy in her heart. It seems that she will cook more for everyone when she has nothing to do in the future. It is strange to say that she clearly hated cooking in her previous life. Sometimes she would rather go hungry than go to the kitchen to cook. Fan, maybe in this life she has a family and someone she cares about, so seeing her family happy is her greatest satisfaction.

After Laba, the atmosphere of Chinese New Year became stronger and stronger. Yao Chang’s house was completely completed on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Yao Yu prepared furniture and daily necessities in advance, and only put them directly into Yao Chang’s new house on this day. Here, Yao Chang sighed for a while, his little sister has grown up, and she is no longer the child who would be happy for a long time because of a black steamed bun.

Zhang Dehou saw that Yao Chang's affairs were completed, so he took Xie Zhimo to Jiangzhou to watch the horses. Yao Chang also wanted to go with him. Nuoer had never been to Jiangzhou, and upon seeing this, he also said that he would go to Jiangzhou together. Only Mr. Ji said I am getting old and can't bear to stay at home.

In the end, Xie Zhimo and his party went to Jiangzhou with five people. Xie Zhimo and Zhang Dehou were driving in front. Yao Yu, Nuoer and Yao Chang were sitting in the carriage. It was the first time for Yao Chang to ride in a carriage. Everything feels new.

(End of this chapter)