The grand lady who time-traveled became a hot mom

Chapter 101

Chinese New Year is nothing more than eating, drinking, sleeping and having fun.This year Lin Qiu came to Fang Yumin's house to have seven more children, plus Lin Chunlai's three children and Xiaohua Taohua, it was even more lively.The last time Darong Dafu and Meihua came to Fang Yumin's house to play with Xiaoming and Xiaoyang, and later, under the instigation of their parents, they often went to the house of their third uncle and three aunts to play, and gradually the children became familiar with each other.Now Fang Yumin's house is very lively. After finishing their work, the children play fighting landlords, jumping bamboo poles, and darts in the yard, having a great time.

Except for the New Year's Eve dinner and the New Year's Eve, Fang Yumin had to leave her seven children at Lin Chunlai's house for the New Year's Eve dinner and New Year's greetings, but this year she lived quite comfortably.The mother-in-law Zhang Cuihua didn't bother her much, the children were very obedient and sensible, Lin Qiulai was always gentle and considerate, Fang Yumin was as happy as the queen at home.The only pity is that these days, she always feels that she is very sleepy. No matter whether she was standing, sitting, lying, eating or playing at one moment, she can immediately fall asleep on the stomach the next moment.

Lin Qiulai was very worried and wanted to take her to a doctor's house in a nearby village to get her pulse.But Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang didn't see it as strange. My mother was always sleepy in the winter last year, which was much more serious than this year.As soon as the spring comes and the flowers bloom, my mother will be alive and well, so there is really no need to worry.

Fang Yumin also couldn't figure out whether it was because of her body that was hibernating and sleepy in spring, or whether she was...pregnant as she hoped?But she has no experience in this matter and it is not easy to tell others. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if the bamboo basket was empty?If Lin Qiu came here to ask a doctor to get the pulse, but it's Chinese New Year, and the pharmacy is also closed.Unless human life is at stake, it's not good to go to the doctor's house, right?What's more, Fang Yumin was just sleepy and didn't have any illnesses. She didn't feel ashamed to disturb the family reunion, so it's better to wait for the Lantern Festival.

As soon as the fourth day of the Lunar New Year was over, Fang Yumin asked Lin Qiulai to bring Xiaoyu, Xiaofeng and Xiaolu to the Confucian Garden to prepare.Even though the house was decorated before the Chinese New Year, it was pasted with blessings, couplets, and window grilles. Oranges, chrysanthemums, and daffodils were also bought and placed at home, and firecrackers were also set off. The new house was very happy.But after all, everyone is celebrating the New Year in Linjiacun, and the house has not been lived in for a long time, so it looks deserted.The cold spring has not yet passed, so we still have to clean and boil water to warm up the kitchen.The earth dragon also needs to be lit, so that the house can be warmed up before people can live in it.

Fang Yumin took other children to work at home.There are six more piglets at home, and several litters of rabbits. Those newborn rabbits should also be careful to keep warm.Fresh eggs can't be kept for too long, except for breeding eggs, Fang Yumin will pick out some to turn into mutated eggs, and the rest will be eaten.

The vegetable plot reserved for spring sowing in the shed has already been fertilized, and now the vegetable seeds can be sown by turning over the soil and hoeing the pine. When the weather warms up, Fang Yumin will transplant these vegetable seedlings into the large vegetable garden. The vegetables in my house were harvested earlier than other people's.

There are many children and they are all monks from farming families. Although they are young, they are very diligent and finish their work quickly.Fang Yumin took them to the study again.

As soon as the Lantern Festival is over, shops in various counties will open for business. Before spring plowing, farmers and mountain people will also go to the market to sell, and the market that has been quiet for a while due to the Chinese New Year will become lively again.And Fang Yumin also has to prepare for her own restaurant, such as publicity work.

The location of the building outside the building is at the corner. People who want to eat have already been attracted by various restaurants along the way before they get there.Therefore, if you want to attract customers to resist other temptations to eat in the building outside the building, you must do publicity.Fang Yumin believed that the smell of wine would not be afraid of deep alleys, and what had the natural aroma of musk, but this was not in line with economic benefits!Fang Yumin doesn't want her restaurant to become bustling after waiting for people of insight to appreciate it. She just needs to make a big publicity, bring customers directly to her restaurant, serve delicious food, and let the guests linger and forget to return. Introduced to his relatives and friends to promote it, that is Fang Yumin's "natural fragrance with musk"!
In addition to the leaflets, the promotional method is also very effective, just like the hot and sour noodles that were promoted at the beginning.Thinking of this, Fang Yumin naturally thought of Ah Qing.That kid was so quick-witted and eloquent, Fang Yumin decided to win him over as a land reclamation cow.

Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang were writing leaflets, and Xiao Yue was grinding ink beside them, changing paper and waiting.Xiaori and Xiaoxing carefully printed the receipts on another table.Xiaori brushed ink on the mold with a big brush, brushed cinnabar with a small brush, and Xiaoxing carefully printed the mold on straw paper cut to the same size.

Each document has a number and is printed in sequence.It is not that there are no machines in modern times, but it is still very convenient to use the movable type printing of the ancients.

Why print out the document number?Because it is convenient to make accounts and trace the omissions of the check, and prevent the shopkeeper from being greedy and fraudulent.Fang Yumin explained this to the children in great detail. She just wanted to let everyone know that nothing should be hidden from the sky, and that she should cultivate an honest and upright character since she was a child.

Everyone was busy with their own work, Xiaochen followed Fang Yumin to learn mental arithmetic and abacus.Fang Yumin observed after this period of time, Xiaochen is smart, careful, and quick to respond.Fang Yumin decided to teach him accounting, and if she was busy with other things in the future, he would do the cash register and bookkeeping in the store.

"Xiao Ming, you write the menu."

"Oh, what do you want to write?" Xiao Ming took the brush, and Xiao Yue immediately replaced him with another kind of paper and flattened it with a paperweight.

"The first dish in our store is fish. Boiled fish, fish with pickled vegetables, fish head with chopped peppers, spicy grilled fish, stewed fish with five spices, um, let's write these first." Fang Yumin thought for a while and said to Xiao Ming.

"Mom, did we sell fish first because the fish in the rice fields can be caught?" Xiao Ming looked up at Fang Yumin and asked.

Fang Yumin explained with a smile: "This is one of the reasons; the other reason is that everyone's stomachs are full of oil and water just after the Chinese New Year, and there is a shortage of river and seafood. The fish has been caught in autumn, and there are almost no fresh fish on the market now. Selling, many people in our Linjia Village have imitated us and raised fish in the rice fields for the New Year, so we don’t have to worry about having no supply.”

Xiao Ming snorted and asked again: "What if the people in the village don't sell us fish?"

When Xiao Ming asked, everyone turned their heads to look at Fang Yumin.Fang Yumin patted Xiao Ming's head and said, "It's possible."

Everyone was anxious when they heard this, and their voices raised unknowingly: "Then what should we do?"

Fang Yumin patted Xiao Ming's head and comforted him: "It's not a big deal. After we sell out all the fish in our rice fields, we can sell other things. For example, your father's ducks and rabbits, our family There are as many rabbits as you want, and your second uncle's family has a lot of them. As long as everyone is willing to use their brains and pay more attention, nothing is impossible, understand?"

"Oh, I see." Xiao Ming grinned, took a brush and dipped ink on the inkstone, ready to start writing.

Fang Yumin asked everyone again: "What about you?"

"Understood!"

After everyone finished speaking, they began to work hard again.Fang Yumin wrote some questions for Xiaochen to practice by herself, and then walked out of the study.

Fang Yumin was not too anxious after selling the sauce just now.After the spring plowing is over, we can start making soy sauce. Now we have a soy sauce garden at home, and there are 65 large sauce jars in it. If we use all of them, it will be almost three times the size of our backyard.

Fang Yumin naturally understands the truth that eggs should not be put in one basket. No matter how good her relationship with Zhuji and Shopkeeper Jin is, these are just two restaurants in Nantou County, and she must promote them to other stores or families.After the building outside the building stabilizes, it will also be promoted to neighboring counties.It's a bit too far to think about these, so let's take care of the present first and take it step by step.

Although Fang Yumin intends to temporarily order the main dishes in the building after the opening of the building outside the building, the main food is pancakes, noodles, rice noodles, sweet potato flour and potato flour, rice is fine.The sauce at home is already very rich. In the future, those dried tofu, meat, eggs, and chicken can be taken out. I think some people will like it.

What desserts and drinks come with the menu?Peanut Butter Mantou Zhuji is already on sale, and I heard it is selling well.Fang Yumin didn't plan to intervene any more.

Then make jam shortbread.Autumn and winter are rich in oranges, and the price is very low. A dozen yuan is a big basket.Fang Yumin asked Lin Qiulai to buy a lot before the new year.In addition to making salty citrus, this can cure cough, and you can also take the peel for cooking.I also made a lot of moist orange honey, and of course there was a lot of orange jam.Oranges have a fresh, refreshing smell, and a very sweet and sour taste. When made into jam, they can be spread on steamed buns or used as fillings for pancakes.

Thinking of the sour and sweet tangerine honey, Fang Yumin's mouth can't help but secrete a lot of saliva.I hurried to the kitchen to make orange honey, brought it to the study for everyone to have a drink, and take a rest by the way.

For the persimmons from the persimmon tree in the Confucian Garden, Fang Yumin had already made dried persimmons and stored them in the ear room.At home, I still have the wild pear sauce and wild mountain mink sauce I made last year.The cherry sauce has already been eaten, but as long as March and April, the cherries at home will start to ripen, then we can make cherry sauce again.

Because soybean oil is made at home, there is no need to spend money to buy it.So potato chips, french fries, deep-fried dough sticks, twists, etc. can be made, as well as fried stuffed three treasures: stuffed eggplant, stuffed pepper, stuffed tofu.

Fang Yumin wrote down these foods with a smile while drinking orange honey.It made everyone stop what they were doing and turned to look at her.

Xiao Yang had already finished writing the leaflets, so he walked up to Fang Yumin to see what his mother had written to make him secretly happy?After seeing it, he asked curiously: "Mother, what are these fried three treasures made of? Mother hasn't made these dishes for us to eat yet."

Xiao Ming put down his pen as soon as he heard it and jumped over. He hugged Fang Yumin's arm and asked, "That's right, mother, when will you make three treasures of fried rice for us?"

When Fang Yumin heard Xiaoyang's question, his mind drifted far away.By the way, she hasn't eaten this kind of street food for a long time. Stir-fried stuffed eggplant, stuffed tofu, stuffed pepper, hot and spicy with some sweet soy sauce, it's delicious.

"Mother?" Xiao Ming shook Fang Yumin again.

Only then did Fang Yumin come back to her senses. She pinched Xiao Ming's face and said, "This is stuffed with fish meat. Pick up the fish meat and chop it into pieces, add seasoning powder and stir it into a jelly, then stuff the fish meat until eggplant, chili, etc." Serve with tofu, fried or deep-fried. How about this, when your father comes back, tell him to go to the field to catch some fish, and I will make it for you to eat."

Xiao Ming was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked impatiently: "Okay, okay, but when will Daddy come back?"

"Xiao Ming, you're not young anymore, don't always worry about eating." Fang Yumin poked Xiao Ming's forehead with his index finger and said, "I will give you meat every day, right? Why are you still so greedy? Snacks goods!"

Everyone laughed hahaha when they heard this, Xiao Ming felt a little embarrassed, he hugged Fang Yumin's hand reluctantly and rubbed it.

Fang Yumin and Lin Qiulai had already arranged the moving procedure.Since the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Qiulai has been driving a carriage back and forth to move all the things he needed to the Confucian Garden. Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang also brought all the books on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year and started to study seriously. At the beginning of the second month of the lunar calendar, they will go to the school in the East District to attend classes.Accompanied by Xiaori, Xiaochen and Xiaoyu.

When everything was moved, Lin Qiulai and Xiaolu drove Fang Yumin and Xiaoyue there in an ox cart and a horse-drawn cart.Xiao Yu will follow Lin Qiulai back to Lin's Village in an ox cart, while Xiao Lu and the carriage will stay in Confucian Garden.

After all, there are fields and vegetable gardens at home.Piglets, chickens, rabbits, etc. also need to be fed. We cannot all move to live in the county.Fang Yumin moved to the county to let Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang get a better education, and also to avoid disputes, but he couldn't completely leave Linjia Village, and the most profitable soy sauce garden was still being built there.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Lin Qiulai brought Xiaofeng and Xiaoyu who had stayed in the village to the Confucian Garden.In different villages in the county, the Lantern Festival is also a big festival, and Nantou County is very lively.Not only are there lantern guessing fans, but almost all the shops are open for business, and there are huge crowds of people.From time to time, gorgeous or elegant sedan chairs pass by on the street, there are also gentle and handsome scholars, and occasionally there are heroic men riding horses. This is a lively scene that cannot be seen in the village.

Lin Qiulai took Fang Yumin's hand and walked in front, followed by nine children.Everyone looked left and right excitedly, eating candied haws as they walked.

Originally watching the lanterns at night is the most beautiful, but Lin Qiulai and Fang Yumin are afraid that the children will be lost if there are too many people and chaos, so it is better to go during the day.And you can buy some lanterns and light them at home. It is also very good for the family to eat glutinous rice balls and guess fans at home.

(End of this chapter)