Orion's pretty daughter-in-law

Chapter 14 The Idea of ​​Making Money

Another day passed, and on this day, when Yun Jinghao came back, he not only brought back the same prey as usual, but also brought back a small bag of wild hawthorn.

Li Shuxiu, Zhang Shi, Wang Shi and others looked at the pack of red wild fruits and couldn't help but lower their faces, "What are you doing with these sour wild fruits? No one in the family is happy."

In the village, only the daughter-in-law who is pregnant and wants to eat sour will occasionally pick some mountain reds to eat, and the rest of the time they are mostly left to rot on their own.

Luo Jinxiu and Yun Jinghao exchanged glances and said, "Although these mountain red fruits taste sour when eaten alone, they will taste good if you add some sugar water."

Li Shuxiu's old face fell, and her voice became louder, "Sugar water? Where did you get the sugar water? You want to use the sugar at home again!?"

Zhao Shi and Wang Shi also looked at her vigilantly, with the same expressions as guarding against thieves.

"Grandma, didn't you always say that the family's conditions are not good and there is no money? I thought, since I have become a part of this family, I should help to think of any way to help the family earn some money. Uncle Cheng Yao can spend more in the private school, and secondly, the family can buy more food or clothes."

"Make money?" These two words smoothly entered the minds of Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Wang and others, and the old lady Li Shuxiu's eyes sparkled even more: "Have you thought of any way to make money?"

"It's what I just said, Shanlihong." Luo Jinxiu pointed to a small pile of red fruits on the table.

Wang's face was full of doubts, "Don't be fooled, what kind of money can you make from this sour fruit, you just said that you need to use the sugar at home, maybe it is because you think this fruit is so sour, if you eat it with some sugar, someone will eat it ?”

Li Shuxiu's little interest that had just emerged was instantly dispelled by half.

Luo Jinxiu didn't even twitch her brows in the face of the doubtful faces of the Yun family, and continued to explain unhurriedly: "Of course not, the main ingredients of what I'm going to make are indeed mountain red and sugar, but the method is similar to You don’t think the same way, but I can guarantee that you will be satisfied with the finished product. If you’re afraid that I’m wasting sugar, let’s try a little less? If it’s not delicious, I’ll never mention it again Yes, but if the food is really delicious, it would be a good thing for the family to make a little living and make money."

The Yun family immediately hesitated, Mr. Yun, Yun Chengyao and the others were all moved. There was no way, the family's conditions were really tight, and who didn't want to earn more money.

"Since Jing Hao's family wants to do it, let her try it." Old Master Yun said: "If it doesn't work, then you can work hard at home in peace, don't always think about what you have."

As soon as the head of the family spoke, the others fell silent, but Li Shuxiu emphasized: "Use less sugar! When you returned to your natal home, your family already used a lot of pastries!"

Luo Jinxiu selectively ignored this sentence, took Shan Lihong and went to work in the kitchen.

After all, Li Shuxiu was still worried, so she just went to supervise her personally. Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Wang were curious about what she wanted to do, and they also went to the kitchen together, followed by Yun Xiaoting and other juniors who kept stretching. neck probe.

Yun Jinghao watched his daughter-in-law into the kitchen, while he went to the yard to help her prepare wooden sticks for stringing hawthorns.

In the kitchen, Luo Jinxiu washed the hawthorns first, then cut them in half, removed the pits, waited for Yun Jinghao to deliver the wooden sticks, and then inserted seven or eight hawthorns on each wooden stick to make a string. The preparation work was done over.

During this period, Li Shuxiu and others were watching from a corner of the kitchen, and no one said they wanted to help, and neither did Luo Jinxiu.

As soon as Luo Jinxiu took out the small candy jar, the eyes behind her became sharper, afraid that she would use it too much.

Luo Jinxiu poured two spoonfuls of sugar into a clean pot, thought for a while, and then turned around and said, "Eating requires fire, who can help light the stove, so that you can make things quickly, and you have to let them dry It will take a while to eat."

It is estimated that these people do not want to wait too long.

"Why are there so many things!" Li Shuxiu pointed to Yun Xiaoting and Yun Qianqian impatiently, "Hurry up and help light the fire."

Yun Qianqian didn't react too much, and came over to help honestly, but Yun Xiaoting gave her a sneaky look at her from an angle that others couldn't see, with a dissatisfied expression on her face.

After the pot was hot, Luo Jinxiu poured an appropriate amount of water into it and stirred gently. When the sugar completely melted and boiled in the pot, the sweet smell wafted in the air, and everyone in the room sniffed subconsciously. .

Luo Jinxiu saw that the heat was almost ready, so she rolled the semi-finished hawthorn skewers into the pot of sugar liquid, and quickly picked up the oiled brush with the other hand and brushed it on the clean wooden cutting board prepared next to it. The prepared candied haws were gently thrown on top with a 'snap'.

The old lady Li Shuxiu didn't even have time to scold her for brushing a layer of oil on the cutting board without authorization, and her eyes were attracted by the candied haws that the sugar liquid hadn't completely solidified.

The hawthorn skewers wrapped in a thick layer of sugar exuded a luster that was not there before, as well as that sweet fragrance. Several people in the kitchen swallowed involuntarily, and the hesitation towards Luo Jinxiu in their hearts disappeared. It went a few minutes.

This sour fruit skewer seems to be more appetizing after sticking to the sugar solution?I don't know if it tastes sweet enough.

The rest of the skewers were quickly rolled in the sugar solution and placed in a row on the cutting board. The Yun family may not believe that she can make anything good, but the sugar has been used so much, the sugar solution Since there are still some leftovers, the remaining hawthorns must be used up. In the end, a total of more than ten strings of candied haws were made and the syrup was bottomed out.

Just like that, Li Shuxiu poured some more water into it, and prepared to keep it as sugar water for the family to drink. She didn't plan to wash the pot until she drank all the sweetness in the pot.

After that, it took more than a quarter of an hour to let the candied haws dry in the cooler autumn wind outside, and the impatient Yun family finally tasted the taste of candied haws.

The first ones to eat were Mr. Yun and Mrs. Li Shuxiu. The soft sugar coating had hardened, and one could hear a slightly crunchy fragrance after one bite. An indescribably sweet and sour taste that had never been eaten before melted in the mouth, and the eyes of the two old people couldn't help but widen.

"This, this smell...!"

Yun Chengzu was already greedy, so seeing the difference in their expressions, he hurriedly asked, "Master, grandma, how does it taste? Is it delicious or not?"

The two didn't speak, but quickly bit off a whole hawthorn in one bite, eating with relish.

Others saw that the answer was obvious, they were amazed and couldn't wait to pick up a bunch to taste. They just tasted the taste of candied haws, and everyone's eyes were inevitably widened!

This taste!Absolutely!

"This, how can it be so delicious! It's sour and sweet!" Everyone in the Yun family had disbelief written all over their faces, and their mouths kept moving. In the blink of an eye, everyone had eaten a bunch of skewers. It was more than half of it, and he was even more greedy like Yun Chengzu. Before he finished eating, he couldn't help but quickly reached out to get a few extra skewers.

"Hey! Don't think about eating so much by yourself!" Yun Chenghui, who has a domineering personality, also quickly reached out to grab it. Li Shuxiu snatched the last bunch with quick eyes and hands, and glared at the other juniors who also reached out their hands. Just eat that skewer, let Cheng Yao eat this skewer!"

Yun Chengyao knew that grandma would definitely help him get more, and he never thought about grabbing it by himself. Even the string of eating movements in his hand seemed slower than others, as if he didn't like it very much, but it was shining His eyes have already revealed his thoughts.

Luo Jinxiu, the producer, didn't eat a bunch of them, but he and Yun Jinghao tasted the last two hawthorns that couldn't be made into a bunch, but were also coated with a layer of sugar.

After all, she wasn't really a teenage girl, so she didn't particularly like this thing.

After all the candied haws were eaten, everyone's faces were full of unsatisfactory expressions, like Yun Chenghui, who was quite reluctant to lick the sugar liquid on his fingers, noticing There were black dancers under her nails, which made Luo Jinxiu feel nauseous for a while.

"Well, now I believe that these red fruits can be sold for money." Luo Jinxiu said with a smile.

The rest of the Yun family looked at each other, and the eyes of Li Shuxiu, Zhang Shi and the others burst out with a strong light in an instant.

The old lady Li Shuxiu rolled her eyes and asked, "Jing Hao's family, what do you plan to do? Let me tell you first, how much can this wild fruit skewer be sold for? How do you sell it?"

The others were also quite sensitive to the word making money, and they all looked at Luo Jinxiu with their ears pierced.

"There are quite a few of them in Red Mountain, and they can be obtained without any cost. The main cost is the need for sugar, preferably rock sugar, and the rest is some firewood. According to my estimation, a bunch of candied haws is this wild fruit. Strings, depending on the quantity of each string, it should cost about two to three pennies, and the cost is about one penny per string."

"Only two or three pennies?" Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhao frowned subconsciously, obviously not satisfied with this figure.

Luo Jinxiu said slowly: "Because sugar is used, this candied gourd skewer can be regarded as a kind of sweet snack. People who are usually reluctant to spend money to buy pastries for their children will also be willing to spend two or three Wen to buy a bunch to try. If it is expensive, you should I don’t think it’s worth it, after all, everyone knows that Shanlihong itself is worthless, and the taste is so sour that no one eats it.”

"Two or three pennies may sound like a small amount, but you can make a lot of money by accumulating a small amount." Luo Jinxiu gave an example: "If you can sell fifty strings a day, and earn one penny for each string, you can earn fifty strings a day." Wen Qian, there are fifteen hundred Wen in a month, which is one or two halves."

The Yun family's eyes widened in shock, and Aunt Wang grabbed her husband's sleeve excitedly and said, "There are more than one or two taels of silver in a month, wouldn't it be more than ten or twenty taels a year!"

(End of this chapter)