The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 6

"Just borrow your kitchen for a while, okay?" Su Ling asked, "It's good for my brother to come in and help me. Wait a minute."

Shopkeeper Qian also knew that Su Ling didn't want to reveal the recipe, so he agreed.

Half an hour later, bursts of aroma wafted from the kitchen, whetting one's appetite.

Su Ling put the dishes on the table. In fact, the recipes are very simple, just stewed chicken with mushrooms and fried pork with black fungus. Seeing that there is rapeseed in the kitchen, he even made rapeseed with mushrooms.Although there are only three dishes, they are already very good.

After the shopkeeper Qian tasted it, he really thought it was good, as you can tell from his wide-eyed smile, he almost ate half of every dish before putting away his chopsticks.

"Girl, what do you call this shiitake mushroom and this one? By the way, how do you sell the fungus?"

Su Ling didn't know much about the prices at that time, so he asked, "Brother, how do you sell the meat now?"

"The better ones cost 30 coins, and the lesser ones cost 25 coins." Su Dong didn't know why his sister asked this, but he answered anyway.

It turns out that meat is so expensive at this time, no wonder they have never bought meat.Su Ling thought, meat is so expensive now, and mushrooms and fungus are rare items. There are so many rich people in Qingshi Town, so they will definitely not treat themselves badly when it comes to food. The price should be set higher, so that those rich people can eat it well. Will you feel that there is a grade?

"Just one hundred coins per catty." Su Ling said.

"Girl, is this too expensive?" Shopkeeper Qian asked hastily.

"How can it be expensive? There are so many rich people in Qingshi Town. After you buy mine, it won't take long for a dish to sell for [-] yuan. But the dish can't be bought for you for free."

Shopkeeper Qian thought about it and agreed.

"How do you plan to sell the recipe?" Shopkeeper Qian asked anxiously.

"Recipe! Just ten taels per dish! It's not too expensive. If your business is good, you can earn back within five days." Su Ling smiled, neither humble nor overbearing, "You know, such a Rare items, many restaurants make money like this.”

This made Shopkeeper Qian anxious, and he agreed as soon as he gritted his teeth, "But girl, you can't sell this rare item to other houses, or what should I do if I can't make dishes for customers when I buy your recipes?" ?”

"Don't worry about the shopkeeper Qian. We can make a written statement that all your shiitake mushrooms and fungus must come from me this year. Of course, if I have any rare items, I will first follow you, shopkeeper Qian." Whether it is ancient or modern , The contract is really indispensable.

"The girl is really clever." Shopkeeper Qian looked at her appreciatively.

Here Xiao Er has already brought the pen and paper, Su Ling thought, although he knew the characters here, but he really didn't know how to write them, "Treasurer Qian, let me tell you, just write in lowercase."

Su Ling explained those recipes in detail, and at the end, both parties signed their fingerprints, and Su Ling carried the written documents in his arms.Shopkeeper Qian gave her the money for the recipes of three dishes, a total of 30 taels.Fungus and shiitake mushrooms are also weighed. There are 20 catties of fungus and 10 catties of shiitake mushrooms. Both of them cost 3000 Wen. In this era, 3000 Wen is one tael, and 3 Wen is only 6 taels.In Su Ling's bosom, Lu Lu taels of silver was heavy, and it felt unrealistic.But Su Dong was stunned. Those three dishes were delicious at best. He never thought they could be sold for 3 taels. He estimated that the fungus and shiitake mushrooms could be sold for hundreds of dollars. After all, they are wild wild grows. Yes, I didn't expect to earn so much.

"Brother, you've regained your senses. Well, shopkeeper Qian, we'll deliver once every ten days." It's spring, and there are still a lot of mushrooms and fungus, but after this season, it's hard to find them again. If they can be cultivated artificially That's good, Su Ling thought in her heart.

After leaving Tianyue Restaurant, Su Ling gave the small bag containing silver to Su Dong, "Ling'er, this is the money you sold, you should keep it."

Seeing his refusal, Su Ling hurriedly said: "Brother, why do I want so much money as a girl, besides, it's not safe for me to carry it, so you should take it." Saying that she did not allow Su Dong to refuse to hand over the money to him. "Brother, let's go shopping! I think the oil and salt at home are almost gone, so we can buy them back now."

At the grocery store, Su Dong bought three catties of oil and two catties of salt, and the oil cost 30 Wen per catty. At this time, people were eating rapeseed oil, and they had never eaten lard. I don’t know if they don’t eat lard Yes, salt costs 20 renminbi a catty, so it costs 130 renminbi, which is always a lot of money. Although money is easy to earn in this era, the consumption is also huge. It seems that I have to live a life full of food and clothing. Still have to work harder!
Seeing white noodles in the store, Su Dong weighed ten catties again, and spent 250 Wen. Su Ling looked at it, but found no rice. Although she was in the north in her previous life, she liked rice more than pasta, and she was puzzled. : "Why don't you see any rice?"

"Little girl, don't you know! This rice is a product of the south. It is rare in the north. Even if it is, it is shipped from the south. It is very expensive. Only the rich can afford it. It costs 40 yuan a catty? Little girl If you want, I'll take it out for you?" Xiao Er replied.

"It's so expensive! No need, I'll just ask." Su Ling thought that although the climate here is not as warm as in the south, it is still possible to grow rice, and it is still possible to grow rice once a year. Why is there no one to grow rice!It seems that after I bought the field, I can still set a precedent and grow rice, and it will definitely be good by then.

When she came out of the grocery store and passed the cloth shop, Su Ling looked at the cloth jacket she was wearing. It was almost spring, and she was still wearing winter clothes. As soon as she needed her teeth, she went in and pulled a light yellow fine cloth for herself, and gave it to Su Ho. The one I pulled was pink, and I pulled a piece of sky blue for Su Dong. Su's father and Su's mother each pulled out blue ones, all of which were made of fine cloth, and it cost 2 taels and 5 yuan to get silver. It hurts to think about it, the money is really worth it. Without flowers!Just this trip cost more than 6 taels of silver.

When passing by the butcher shop, Su Ling found that the butcher had thrown some pig offal into the basket below, but no one bought it, and asked curiously, "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this pig offal!"

"This is rotten and smelly. No one wants it. I'll take it away later!" The pork seller replied loudly.

"Then can you sell this to me?"

"Whatever you buy, take it if you want it, and I'll save trouble later!" The pork seller said with a smile.

"Give me a catty of pork belly." Su Ling called.

"Okay, wait!" After saying goodbye, Su Ling looked at the pork ribs next to him, and no one bought the big bones, thinking that his brothers and sisters were all growing up!You can also make soup to supplement calcium when you buy it back!He asked, "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this bone?"

"If you want, I will give you all 20 Wen."

"Okay, pack it up for me." Su Ling paid 30 Wen for a catty of pork and 20 Wen for the bones, and gave an additional 5 Wen, which was regarded as the money for the pig.

The two put the pork, bones and pigs into the water, and Beiqi left with the basket. When they arrived at the city gate, everyone was waiting there, got on the bullock cart, and went home in a mighty way.

(End of this chapter)