Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 11 Eldest Brother and Third Uncle
Chapter 12 Sands and Uncle

One is a large mesh fish cage with bait, which is specially used to catch big fish.This kind of fish cage should be called a ring net. It is a solid bamboo ring with four little fingers thick. It is only one meter long when it is stretched. Put the bait on it, and then fix the two ends with wooden sticks to keep the open shape.Greedy fish are attracted by the bait, and will wander around the outside of the fish cage. After three or two turns, they will enter the inverted cone-shaped fish cage. Of course, the bait wrapped in gauze is eaten If not, the bait will attract more fish.This kind of shrimp pot does not have strict requirements on the underwater topography, as long as it chooses a riverside or a port fork with gentle water flow, it can be placed in a roughly flat place more than ten steps away.The fish cage is even easier to place. It can be placed beside stones or in water plants.

Jin Yang has also thought about it. The bait is made of cornmeal and a small amount of white flour, plus a small amount of sugar and the traditional Chinese medicine Ferulicum, mixed with chicken broth to form a soft batter, steamed in a pan, and squeezed into balls while it is hot. Put the gauze into the fish cage.

Since most of the nets are used to make the ecstasy array, the rest is enough to make one shrimp cage and five fish cages.This kind of fish cage is suitable for most of the river bottom terrain, and the requirements for the water level are not strict, as long as the water level does not exceed the fish cage.

The two kinds of fish cages were put into the water. On the first day, one shrimp cage harvested more than ten catties of shrimp and one catty of miscellaneous fish. There are more carp and more than three catties of crucian carp. It is a pity that there are three purple black wolves, all weighing more than one catty, but they cannot be eaten and have to be released.

Because the weather is still cloudy and rainy, the dried shrimp and black wolf fish can be dried quickly on the heated kang because the quantity is not large.There is no way, the shopkeeper Jin is too hasty in urging the goods.

They plan to go to Fucheng once to buy a lot of mesh to make more fish cages.In view of the fact that the production of fish slips has little impact on the business of the two companies, after discussing with the father-in-law, the third uncle was also called in by the way.The father-in-law saw that Liu Tao's third uncle's family was honest and trustworthy, so he nodded in agreement.These days, I haven't been to Fucheng to see my eldest son, Jin Sha. The last time I saw him was when Liu Tao was teaching the recipes. My mother-in-law asked him to bring a lot of things and clothes.

Fucheng is still as prosperous as ever, and the third uncle who has never been to the county town has opened his eyes.They went straight to the back door of Yushanju. After receiving the notification, the treasurer Jin hurried over to meet each other. When he saw the golden seedling and willow peach, he praised that the golden seedling had grown taller and that the willow peach was beautiful. Sorry.When it comes to goods, shopkeeper Jin's face is full of joy, and he said that he has recently been praised by his boss, and the monthly payment has also increased a lot, all of which are obtained by relying on them.The current main store in Beijing, since the fat chef brought the ingredients, the general name Yushanju is almost as popular as the Yushanju he is in charge of, and it is also full every day. The dishes ordered by the noble family are too busy.Speaking of dried shrimps and fish slips, I have also opened up several sources of supply, but they can supply them. The only shortcoming is that the quality of the fish slips is not as good as the ones they supply.

This made the two families a little bit disappointed. After all, they had opened up other sources of goods. However, among the four sources of goods, fish slips and dried Wulang fish were still exclusive to themselves.

Dad blinked at Shopkeeper Jin, and after pulling the introduction from the third child to Shopkeeper Jin, he asked, "Treasurer Jin, this is my brother, the third brother, and his family is not rich. He eats a bowl of rice, is it okay to promise him to cook dried fish and shrimp with my family?"

The shrewd shopkeeper Jin understood his father and him in the blink of an eye: "No way, brother, it's not because I refuted your face, what my old boss valued was his own unique secret skills, top-grade fish slippery and dried black wolf fish." It can be taught to others at will. A single shrimp has been passed on, and many people have learned it. Many restaurants have this kind of dish, and it has had a great impact on our business in Yushanju. How can I pass on these two secrets to others?"

"Treasurer Jin, he is my brother, how will it spread to the outside world?"

Liu Tao hurriedly came out and pretended to smooth things over: "Treasurer Jin, how about we just teach my third uncle how to make fish slips, and I won't tell him how to make black wolf fish..."

"Oh, it's not impossible to do this, but let him write a guarantee document to guarantee the quality of the fish slip, to ensure that it will not be mixed with other people's fish slip, and to ensure that the formula of the fish slip will not be leaked to others..."

The third uncle bowed quickly and nodded: "Treasurer Jin, I, Liu San, will definitely do what you say, thank you for your kindness..." After some busy work, the third uncle signed the document in duplicate, and the third uncle solemnly I kept it in my arms, and thanked the treasurer Jin a thousand times.

The father-in-law proposed to take a look at Jinsha, but the treasurer Jin let out a "hiss", and said to the father-in-law with some embarrassment: "Your son doesn't seem to be working hard in his studies recently...."

"Oh..., what, what's going on here?"

"Hey, let me tell you, your son recently took 60 taels of silver from me and owed three tables of banquets on credit. The money was taken away in three installments, just a few days after you brought him last time. , he took away 20 taels, and borrowed 30 taels seven or eight days ago. Just the day before yesterday, he asked his classmate to come and ask for 30 taels. I didn’t give him that much, so I gave him [-] taels... …”

"Didn't he say what he was going to do with the money?"

"No, he just said it was urgent. When his classmate came to get the money yesterday, he said 'his leg was accidentally broken'. However, once Mrs. Liu said that she 'saw your son coming out of a gambling hall' and didn't know she saw it. Is it right?"

The father-in-law's face became embarrassing at that time. If what the treasurer Jin said was true, then Jin Shan had contracted the bad habit of gambling. The whole family was saving money in the hope that he would succeed in his studies and be a part-time official if he became famous.

"Mrs. Liu, come here quickly."

Mrs. Liu, who was holding a large bundle of vegetables, had just entered the backyard door when she was spotted by the sharp-eyed treasurer Jin. Facing her father-in-law's impatient questioning, Mrs. Liu said with certainty, "I'm not mistaken, the one who came out of the casino is you." Your son..."

The father-in-law thought that Jinsha had broken his leg, so he didn't want to stay here for a moment, so he hurried to the academy with everyone. When the old man at the gate heard that the father-in-law was Jinsha's father, he said disdainfully: "Your family That son, has completely disgraced the scholars!"

The father-in-law asked what was going on, but the gatekeeper didn't want to talk to him anymore: "Go and see for yourself, it's in the hut at the east end, even the husband drove him home, he stayed here, so I had to go The utility room..."

The gatekeeper only let the father-in-law in. Jin Yang and Liu Tao lied that they were Jinsha's younger siblings and came to pick him up, so the gatekeeper let them in.

The father-in-law opened the door first, and there was a smell of medicine inside. Jin Sha was lying on the bed alone, with a white cloth wrapped around the trouser leg of his left leg, and dried blood was seen in the middle of the white cloth.The muscles on his face were twisted while he was still asleep, and his complexion was gray and lifeless.

"What the hell did you do, you bastard?"

Jin Sha woke up from her sleep and looked at her father in surprise: "Dad, you are here. I, I was walking at night the night before yesterday. I was robbed by robbers. They robbed me of all my money, and I was robbed by them." ...."

Jin Sha was still lying, so Jin Yang stopped him: "Brother, Dad knows about your gambling."

"Brother, tell the truth, you have been beaten up like this by the casino, so you don't have to hide it?"

Liu Tao thought of the casino, so he judged that he lost money and was beaten by the casino.Sure enough, as Liu Tao had guessed, Jin Sha stopped talking after hearing Liu Tao's words.The father-in-law took off one of his shoes, and slapped Jin Shan head-on and face-to-face, only to make Jin Sha howl again and again. In fact, the beating was not that exaggerated, it was because the wound was involved in Jin Sha's body movement.The two hurried forward to hold him back, and advised him to go home if he had something to do.

The father-in-law walked outside the door angrily. It happened to be noon, and some students heard the news and came to visit. The father-in-law stopped one and asked about his son.The classmate said: "Your son has gotten involved with Mr. Xu since he came back from the new year. Who is Mr. Xu? He is the nephew of Zhizhou and the second son of Xu Dacaidong, a wealthy family in Fucheng. He eats and drinks There is plenty of money for whoring and gambling, and your son will go with him when he goes to drink wine. It’s okay for him to gamble and owe money to the casino. Can your son compare with others? Besides, it’s impossible for Mr. Xu to owe the casino Money, your son can't do it, if you owe money, you can't pay it, you can't pay, what are you waiting for if you don't get beaten..."

"Has he ever been to a whore... that dirty place?"

"Why haven't I been there, I've been there more than once!"

The father-in-law squatted on the ground in pain, and Liu Tao discussed with Jin Yang that he must be allowed to go home as soon as possible to recuperate from his illness. Jin Sha couldn't do a carriage, so he could only hire a sedan chair to carry him back.Immediately, he asked Jiaozi to let him sit, and the father-in-law drove the carriage behind and took his bedding and other belongings back first.The remaining four people went on to buy mesh, and if they went home, they could only hire another carriage.

This time shopping, I found alum in the seasoning stall. Alum, also known as alum, has many uses, such as making paint, tanning leather, and clarifying water quality.This is usually added to deep-fried Guozi, but Jin Yang has taken a fancy to it and regards it as the most important thing for making braised fish.The steps to make marinated fish are: wash the fresh small miscellaneous fish under two taels without opening them, add a small amount of alum and seasoning packets to the boiling water, then pour in an appropriate amount of miscellaneous fish until the miscellaneous fish is cooked, and then Add salt and brown sugar and stir evenly, pile it up for a day or two, let the miscellaneous fish fully absorb the salt and brown sugar, and then let it dry in the sun.

Alum plays a role in keeping the miscellaneous fish intact when cooking. If alum is not added, it is likely to cook the miscellaneous fish into a pot of porridge.The miscellaneous fish made with alum in this way is dark red in color and salty and sweet. Because the bitter gall of the fish spreads next to the belly of the fish, the fish intestines, fish roe and fish belly have a bit of bitter taste.But some people love this light bitter taste the most, and even the fish intestines are reluctant to throw it away and eat it.

The father-in-law was angry and sick when he returned home because Jinsha had humiliated him. Although the mother-in-law was also trembling with anger, she had to extend the doctor's medicine for him. Only then did I stop thinking.It's okay if you don't stop it. Ordinary people sue a casino with a black nature, and it will be bloody.

On the third day after Jin Sha came back, the debt collectors from the casino arrived home. They took the IOU written by Jin Sha and stamped their fingerprints, and they had to leave more than 300 taels of silver.These people wielded knives and guns, raised eyebrows and raised eyes, and declared that if they didn't pay money, they would break Jinshan's other leg.This time, the mother-in-law fell ill even after being frightened and distressed.When the father-in-law came to see them, the father-in-law and mother-in-law discussed it with him. This matter is too embarrassing, so it must not be passed on. Once it spreads, Jinsha's rest of his life will be ruined. In this country that pays attention to etiquette, I want to find a daughter-in-law It's all difficult.Dad was also afraid that if Liu Tao married Jin Yang in the future, his reputation would be damaged by an elder brother who eats, drinks, prostitutes and gambles, so he hurried home. He was afraid that Liu Tao's mother would pass this matter on to Lao Huang's family. .Dad didn't know until he met his mother that she thought the same thing as him, and he wouldn't say anything about Jinsha!
Liu Tao and the others were busy, and they also talked and persuaded them. It was not until seven or eight days later that the couple got better.The father-in-law and the mother-in-law saw that it was hopeless to count on Jinsha to study and become an official, so they shifted their minds to Jin Yang. Unfortunately, Jin Yang did not have the slightest interest in studying and becoming an official.

"Just kidding, our (and Liu Tao's) ambition is to be as rich as an enemy. I don't want to kneel down to officials at all levels and the emperor like an opera. BMW Xiangche is what Liu Tao and I pursue!" Jin Yang secretly said thinking.

During this period, the two continued to study under the existing conditions, the food that others could not easily imitate that they could process, and expand the channels for earning money.Although they have a variety of modern food processing recipes in their brains, they cannot make a variety of small foods under the current conditions. Even if they are made, the packaging of this era also restricts various problems such as pollution prevention, transportation and shelf life. , In the end, I was only optimistic about the production of crispy rice.

Crispy rice is a snack suitable for the taste of the public, whether it is a snack for children, a boring woman in the boudoir to chew and play, or even a drink for old men.Rice can be used as a raw material, only need to transform the existing pot into a frying pan, and transform the large rice spoon into a crispy rice scoop.First develop rice scallion oil and rice ginger flavors, and then slowly develop other flavors.Liu Tao thought that it would be a pity to sell those shrimp bran for more than ten copper coins to her aunt, and it would be better to process them into food to add value.

Jin Yang was too busy during this time, not only took care of his parents at home, but Jin Shan, who had a broken calf, also had to take care of his food and drink.Once, beside Jinshan's pillow, Liu Tao found a book of cards, which was a book of cards about Pai Gow gambling methods, and what was recorded in it was nothing more than some skills about Pai Gow gambling.Seeing that Jin Shan's leg was broken and he still doesn't give up on gambling, Liu Tao became vigilant.Jin Shan did not expect that Liu Tao, who was illiterate, would know his secret from the title of the book.But Jin Shan was afraid that Literate Jin Yang would see it, so after Liu Tao glanced at it, he put that book together with other books.

Liu Tao and her mother, Aunt Huang, and Huang Ying contracted out these manual tasks. They can make one shrimp pot and two or three fish pots every day.Because the third uncle got the approval of the shopkeeper Jin, he also brought the third aunt over to help.At this time, Liu Tao had a new idea. She didn't want third uncle to make fish slides, and planned to give him five fish cages for catching shrimps for free, and let him do all the things related to braised fish. .

In this case, he will not be allowed to intervene in the initial ecstasy formation, but the subsequent production of fish cages will allow them to learn how to make them. Liu Tao decided to ask them to donate the big shrimps they caught in exchange for all the miscellaneous fish production. Braised fish, all the profits from the braised fish belonged to him.The miscellaneous fish harvested in a day is about [-] catties according to the calculation of Mihunzhen, and according to the calculation of fish cages, if there are [-] fish cages for catching shrimps, it is worth more than half of the production of Mihunzhen, plus the five fish cages of his family.Enough for thirty catties of miscellaneous fish.It is said that more than three catties of miscellaneous fish can produce one catty of finished braised fish. If a catty of braised fish cannot be sold at the price of homemade fish slips, it will cost five or sixty copper coins per catty, and more than ten catties of braised fish is five or six coins. After removing all the ingredients, you can make a steady profit of more than one tael in two days.

As soon as the third uncle heard that he would exchange all the miscellaneous fish in Liu Tao's family with his own shrimp, his narrow-mindedness could not be turned away immediately, until Liu Tao explained to him that all the profits from the miscellaneous fish would go to him, and he could do it in two days. After getting a tael of silver, I laughed so hard that I couldn't see my teeth.

This time, there are more manpower, and the speed of making shrimp cages and fish cages has been accelerated a lot. With the production of fish cages, the production of fish and shrimps has gradually increased, and finally equalized the production when the ecstasy array was inserted.

This time, the shrimp cages and fish cages were arranged on the opposite side and west side of the old yellow house for the convenience of care, and the east side was close to the river fork where crayfish were raised.He also told the village head's wife and his son to keep an eye on it. The Huangshan pine is very obedient and reminds people whenever they get close to the water. He is the village head's son, and most people still listen to him.If someone doesn't listen, he will come over and call Lao Huang, and Lao Huang will use violence to drive people away.

Because Jin Yang is only 13 years old, the adults don't let him go into the water, only his father and father-in-law are busy in the water.When the workload of each person reaches saturation, the number of fish cages and shrimp cages will not be increased.

Now, there are [-] fish cages, [-] shrimp cages, and [-] shrimp cages from my third uncle.Sanshu's brine fish production is more than [-] catties a day, and the shopkeeper Jin has been trying to sell it in Yushanju for a few days, and the effect is good, and it has been sold to the capital.It's just that the price I ordered was a little lower, fifty copper coins a catty, which made the third uncle's family happy from ear to ear.Although Liu Tao asked them to make marinated fish for fear that someone would spy on the secret recipe, she asked them to make it in the cross yard of the new house, and warned the whole family not to tell the story, but still let the two unsound children of the third uncle's family Spit out under the temptation of grandma.Grandma found the third uncle, and the third uncle also learned how to be good this time. He also said that he was working for Jin Yang's family. Since he was a part-time worker, he took out a copper coin every day to honor them like Liu Tao's father.

(End of this chapter)