The grand lady who time-traveled became a hot mom

Chapter 34

Lin Qiulai just drove the mule cart to the yard. Everyone ignored their hard work and unloaded their things, rushed into the house excitedly, closed the door and started counting money.

The total amount of sweet potato noodles brought today is about 200 bowls. Because there is a tasting event, it is hard to tell how many bowls were sold in total.

Because all the copper plates were returned, they were quite heavy and quite a lot.Fang Yumin put the money bag on the table, lifted it up, and the whole table was covered with copper coins.

"Wow, a lot of money!" The four of them stared at the pile of copper coins in front of them, their eyes shining brightly.

Fang Yumin's heart was also terribly frozen, but she calmed down when she saw the other three people acting dumb, they were just copper coins and not silver.

"Ahem." Fang Yumin pretended to be the eldest sister: "Come on, let's start counting the money, counting ten coins in piles. It will be more convenient for us to count again later."

"Good."

It's not that everyone hasn't seen such a lot of money, but because it's all copper plates, the amount is amazing.Now that they heard Fang Yumin's words, they also calmed down, and then began to count the money carefully.

Fang Yumin saw that everyone had started working, so she went back to her room and took the thread-bound account book she had made by herself before and came out to prepare for accounting later.There is already a record of the cost in it, which is the sweet potatoes, pig offal and seasonings that the two of them bought together.However, the spices purchased were not recorded. This time, the opening is auspicious, so it can be counted.

The four of them worked hard, and the more they counted, the more open they became. Aunt Chunhua and Ah Qing were already giggling, and Lin Qiulai also grinned happily.

Seeing that it was almost done, Fang Yumin acted as an auditor, stringing up the copper plates with ropes while recalculating.Every 50 wen is a string, and 18 strings and 30 wen are worn out, making a total of 930 wen.

"Ah, I made so much money in one day!" Everyone exclaimed when they saw the neat strings of copper coins.

930 texts, it was only sold in one morning!How long does it take to work part-time to earn it?How long does it take to work in the field to get this harvest?
If you bring more to sell today, you will definitely earn more!Thinking about the bright future, everyone was excited again. Their faces were flushed and their eyes were firm. It seemed that the tiredness had disappeared and they were full of energy.

Fang Yumin was also very excited, this time opening the noodle stall was a good start.It will definitely get better and better in the future.

"Okay, let's divide it now." Fang Yumin opened the account book and said to Aunt Chunhua and Ah Qing: "The sweet potatoes, pork offal and seasonings we bought before have been shared equally by the two of us, so there is no need for this time." I added it in. Now we have a total income of 930 Wen, minus the 180 Wen of spices that were not counted before, and 14 Wen of pig offal bought today, 70 Wen of spices and 60 Wen of seasoning, as well as Ah Qing’s wages 10 Wen, each of our two families will get... well, 298 Wen each. Come on, let’s take a look."

"Don't worry about it, Xiaolian, we can rest assured that you do things."

"Yes, Aunt Xiaolian. Hehe, I've earned so much in one day, and I still have 10 coins, haha."

Lin Qiulai smiled but said nothing, just looked at Fang Yumin.Fang Yumin deliberately didn't look at him, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow we will get more, because today we deducted all the costs."

"Really?" Aunt Chunhua exclaimed, and Ah Qing also stared at Fang Yumin with wide eyes.

"Really! Tomorrow, at most, we will deduct some money for pigs. However, if our hot and sour noodles are still selling so well tomorrow, Aunt Chunhua, you have to ask Uncle Damin to buy more sweet potatoes when you go home."

"Of course, I'll tell him when I get back. Xiao Lian, does Potato Flour do the same thing?"

"Yes, let's do a little test reaction too?"

"Row."

"Then we will bring more sweet potato flour to sell tomorrow."

"Yes, Aunt Xiaolian, let's bring some more. I'll go home and make some more wooden bowls with my brother. I still have some wood at home."

"Okay. In a few days, when the source of customers for our noodle stall stabilizes, Ah Qing, come over after dinner every day and learn arithmetic with me with Xiao Ming, as well as this bookkeeping."

Ah Qing exclaimed in surprise: "That's great, thank you Aunt Xiaolian. Then I don't want my salary of 10 Wen, can it be the tuition fee?"

"Who wants your 10 scholarship fees? You should save it up and marry a wife later." Fang Yumin patted his head and smiled.

"Ah Qing is also 12 years old this year. Aunt Chunhua, he is so smart. In two years, the matchmaker will probably break through the threshold of your family." Lin Qiulai also teased Ah Qing.Fang Yumin couldn't help but look at him several times after hearing this, this guy can say such things too?
Aunt Chunhua loves to hear these words, and she likes this youngest child the most among the three children.She has a good personality and is as straightforward as her, and she is also quite smart.However, as a parent, he is always duplicity. He is so happy that he is jumping, but he shows a look of hatred: "There, Qiu Lai, you are flattering him. When he is really like what you said, he will be the first one!" One person to thank is your daughter-in-law Xiaolian."

Ah Qing was smiling but not shy at all, he clasped his fists at Fang Yumin and said loudly: "Disciple Lin Qing thank you, Master Xiaolian."

Everyone laughed again.After arguing for a while, Fang Yumin said to Aunt Chunhua: "Aunt Chunhua, it's getting late, you'll have to call your little red to help wash the pigs when you go back later. I bought a bit too much today, and the weather is like this It’s hot, so I have to get it done quickly, or I’m afraid it will be broken.”

"Okay. Ah Qing, go ask your sister to come over and help."

"Look at your impatience. It's already dinner time. You go home and have dinner, and then come over to the river to wash together. My Xiaoming is still at your house, so you tell him to go home for dinner."

"Hehe, I'm just impatient. Okay, then let's go back first."

"Well, walk slowly."

Aunt Chunhua and Ah Qing helped Lin Qiulai unload all the things from the cart in the yard, and then went home excitedly with the money bag.

Lin Qiulai took the mule to the river to take a shower, tied it up in the yard and fed it grass, then went into the house and said to Fang Yumin who was sitting on the chair: "Little Lian, I want to go to Dawei Uncle's house. See if I can borrow his mule for another day?"

"Okay, you remember to bring 10 cash to Uncle Dawei. It's the cost of our family borrowing his mule, so you can talk about borrowing his mule. If he doesn't accept it, you must give it to him, you know Is it?" Actually, Fang Yumin doesn't know how much it costs to rent a mule for a day, but it's better to give the money than to borrow it for nothing, and she doesn't want to owe favors.

"Okay, I see. I'll go now then."

"Ah."

Fang Yumin really hoped that Uncle Dawei would lend them a mule again, otherwise, with so many things and such a long distance like today, how could the four of them take them to Nantou County?

Thinking of this question, Fang Yumin became a little annoyed.Today, when Fang Yumin went to buy spices, he stopped by the livestock market to ask the price.A calf costs at least eight taels of silver, but a mule only needs three or four taels of silver.Because cattle can plow the fields in addition to transporting goods, but mules can only transport goods. Relatively speaking, mules are more than half cheaper.

Fang Yumin wanted to buy a mule, but she wanted to buy it herself.Fang Yumin, who cooperated with Aunt Chunhua's family, planned to limit herself to the sale of hot and sour noodles.

In modern times, Fang Yumin has seen a lot of news even if she has never experienced it. Even if the relationship between the two families is very good and close, once money issues are involved, even the best and closest people may turn against each other in the future.

Fang Yumin planned to gradually hand over all the hot and sour noodles business to Aunt Chunhua's family in the future. First, it was to thank Aunt Chunhua for her kindness all the time. The harmony of the family.

When she has some savings in her hands, Fang Yumin will start trying to brew soy sauce.The cost of soy sauce is low, but it is quite expensive here, and it is profitable.If I make it by myself at that time, I only need to ask Lin Qiu to deliver the goods once a month in the future, and I don't have to go back and forth for four hours every day.

Fang Yumin has never brewed soy sauce, but she has watched many food programs, many of which introduced in detail how some traditional soy sauce factories brew the most delicious soy sauce. She has also seen the production of oyster sauce and shrimp paste. .But here is not close to the sea, and there are no raw materials to make, so let's try to make Fang's soy sauce first.

In addition, Fang Yumin also plans to breed rabbits.There are several recipes for this rabbit meat in her mind, and she plans to take the recipes to discuss cooperation with the restaurant and shopkeeper.

The above are Fang Yumin's future plans, but now the noodle stalls are still the main ones.The cooperation with Aunt Chunhua's family can still be maintained until Ah Sheng gets married.During these days, she happened to try to make new dishes and brew soy sauce at home.

Fang Yumin leaned on the chair while resting and thinking about the future, but found that the more she sat, the more tired she became.Alas, I've been so busy these days that I didn't even touch the ground. I got up early today, and I was excited because of the copper plate. Now that it subsides, Fang Yumin feels really tired, and her whole body seems to be falling apart.

There was a sudden noise in the yard, Fang Yumin turned to look lazily, but saw Lin Qiulai come back with a grin on his face, and seeing Fang Yumin looking at him, he said happily: "Uncle Dawei said that the past few days You can borrow a mule for us, I told him 10 Wen per day."

"That's good. If you have mules, you don't have to work so hard."

"I'll go to the seedling field to have a look."

"Come back early, I'm going to cook."

"Okay." Lin Qiulai picked up the hoe and went to the paddy field.

Fang Yumin sat for a while, sighed, and had no choice but to drag her heavy body to the kitchen to wash rice and cook.

I picked a strip of pork belly with water and cut it into large pieces for stewing potatoes. I went to the vegetable garden and picked two eggplants and a bunch of beans. I’m going to make a cold eggplant and scrambled eggs with beans in a while. Well, let’s have another bowl Korean-style cannon dishes, hot and sour, very appetizing and easy to digest.

The rice was about to be cooked, and Xiao Ming ran home with Xiaobai and Xiaohei happily as if smelling the aroma of the rice: "Mother, mother, I'm back. Daddy."

"You know how to call your mother." Lin Qiulai just arrived home with a hoe, jealous, couldn't help pointing Xiao Ming's forehead with his index finger.

"Dad, why don't you stay at home?" Xiao Ming muttered, because Dad didn't have a mother to kiss him.

Lin Qiulai opened his mouth when he heard this, but couldn't utter a word. After a long time, he patted Xiao Ming's head and said softly, "Okay, next time you have to call me Daddy."

"Yes, sir!" Xiao Ming was a little timid at first, but he was not afraid of Lin Qiulai being so gentle. He even saluted Lin Qiulai with a smile, which made Lin Qiulai laugh: "Your mother I’m cooking delicious food in the kitchen, so let’s go.”

When Xiao Ming heard this, he smiled immediately: "Really? Hehe, the dishes made by Miss Xiaohong are not as delicious as those made by Mother."

"How dare you be picky when someone cooks for you?"

"I'm just telling you, don't say it."

"Stinky boy."

Fang Yumin listened to the conversation between the two father and son in the kitchen, and couldn't help but smile.In fact, the current life is a bit hard, a bit dull, and a bit boring, but there is nothing wrong with having such an obedient son and such a considerate husband.

Fang Yumin sighed. In this small valley, at least she doesn't have to worry about a mistress coming to her, and she doesn't have to worry about her farmer husband marrying three wives and four concubines like the son of Hou Men. At most, she has an extra fierce mother-in-law.

Speaking of mother-in-law, Fang Yumin thought of Zhang Cuihua.Speaking of which, Mrs. Zhang hasn't touched the door to roll around for several days, can something happen?
But Fang Yumin would not ask for trouble to visit her mother-in-law, Mrs. Zhang, it would be best if she didn't come to make trouble.

"Mother, you have been away for so long today and I miss you so much. Hey, it smells so good, mother, what delicious food did you cook?" Xiao Ming rushed in and interrupted Fang Yumin's contemplation. up.

Fang Yumin couldn't help laughing, now Xiao Ming looks like a five-year-old child: "It's a lot, go wash your hands and set the table, get ready for dinner."

"it is good."

After the meals are set, the family of three sits down to eat.When Fang Yumin waited for Lin Qiu to add a second bowl of rice, he asked slowly, "Qiu Lai, is there any dry land for sale in the village?"

"Yes, there is a large area next to my cornfield. Why, who wants to buy dry land?"

"Let's not talk about that, how is the dry land sold?"

"Go to Lizheng's house and say something, and then Lizheng will ask someone to measure the land and draft the land deed. Just go to the county seat and pay the money and ask the county master to review and stamp it. Who wants to buy the land?"

"I'm not asking this, I'm asking how much an acre of dry land is!"

"Oh, hehe." Lin Qiulai scratched the back of his head and smiled, and said, "Like my house, the relatively barren area is 800 Wen an acre, and if it is a little lower, it is 1500 Wen an acre, and the ones that are closer to the water source , it will cost 2000 Wen. If it is a paddy field, it will be higher, and the asking price for an acre of paddy field is 4 taels."

You also know that the four acres of dry land in my family is the most barren?Fang Yumin endured it again and again, remembering that Lin Qiu has come a long way these days, she still restrained herself from ridiculing him.

Fang Yumin made some calculations. Since she planned to buy dry land to grow soybeans and sweet potatoes, she didn't need to buy fertile land. It would be better to be close to her own cornfield, which is easy to take care of.One mu is 800, and five mu is 4000.Alas, money is not spent.

"Autumn is coming, I want to set up five acres of dry land in my cornfield."

"Okay, huh?" Lin Qiulai looked up at Fang Yumin in astonishment, and after a while he said with difficulty: "Xiao Lian, I have no objection if you want to buy the land, but, but we don't have enough money."

After speaking, Lin Qiulai lowered his head.As the head of the family, he couldn't even come up with 4 taels of silver, he was ashamed.

"I have money." Fang Yumin said, "I'm going to plant the five acres of dry land to plant soybeans. After a year or two, when the fields are fertile, I will plant corn. The other four acres will be planted with soybeans."

"Xiao Lian, why are you growing soybeans? Those hard beans are useless except for making tofu."

"Soybean is a good thing. It can be fertile and easy to grow. But all food has its uses, and you will know when I develop it well." There is no need to develop it at all. I have a cheating device, and I have more knowledge than you Too much, bumpkin!
"Xiao Lian, I believe you will. Well, how do you have money?" Lin Qiulai was more concerned about this.

"I pawned the jade pendant my mother left me."

"Ah? Xiaolian, how can you do this? That is the only evidence that you and your father recognize each other. You used to be very precious, so why did you do it?"

Fortunately, Fang Xiaolian has always been a treasure, and now it's her turn, Fang Yumin, who has the opportunity to pawn her off.Otherwise, she and Xiao Ming would be miserable!Fang Yumin really wanted to say that it wasn't your mother who forced Fang Xiaolian and her mother to die, but looking at the anxious man opposite, Fang Yumin endured it again, she was about to vomit blood!
"If my father wanted to admit it, we would have come to look for it long ago. Now our real life is more important than that illusory dream. I bought those dry land, and the title deed has my name on it. Do you have any objection?"

"The seven acres of our land are all under your name, have you forgotten?" Lin Qiulai lowered his head in shame, and said, "I married you, which is equivalent to being born in my family. Everything here belongs to your Fang family. of."

"Huh?" Fang Yumin didn't expect such a thing, she picked up a piece of potato for Lin Qiulai and tried to justify herself: "We are husband and wife, why should we separate so clearly? I said that writing my name on the dry land is just a procedure. "

After Fang Yumin finished speaking, she couldn't help despising herself: Fart!The sentence just now clearly meant dividing the property rights with others!
But I didn't expect Lin Qiulai to laugh without reason after hearing this unconvincing sentence: "Yes, we are husband and wife, haha."

"Uh, um, yes, yes." Fang Yumin laughed, this ancient man is so simple!
"That, that," Lin Qiulai suddenly twitched, he glanced at Fang Yumin one after another, "Xiao Lian, since we are husband and wife, I, I want to sleep with you."

"Pfft! Cough cough cough." Fang Yumin almost spit out a mouthful of rice, and blushed with a bang. Can this matter be said so directly?You bastard, say such things in front of children!
"Mom, why did you choke after eating well? Could it be because of daddy?" Xiao Ming glared at Lin Qiulai angrily, then got up like a dog and patted Fang Yumin's back.

"Xiao Lian, are you okay?" Lin Qiulai also looked at her worriedly.He was also wronged in his heart, after being separated for more than two months, but when he got home, there was an extra [-]th line that moved across the big bed every night, separating himself and his wife from being intimate, it was really more miserable than that Cowherd and Weaver Girl Ah?
Seeing Lin Qiulai's aggrieved expression, Fang Yumin coughed again, Chirp, the culprit, dragged out and shot for 5 minutes!

"Mom, are you better? Don't eat too fast in the future, or you will choke."

Whose family is this brat, drag him out and shoot him for 5 minutes!

After finally getting along, Fang Yumin's aura was fully opened, and he waved his hands and shouted: "Don't eat or sleep, don't talk, from now on, everyone is not allowed to talk anymore, eat and eat."

The father and son looked at each other in blank dismay, then lowered their heads and concentrated on eating!Who just said so many words?
Not long after eating, Aunt Chunhua brought Lin Damin and Xiaohong over.Lin Damin came to help Lin Qiu build the firepit. The small kitchen at home is too small for use. In the future, four large stoves must be turned on at the same time.

Due to time constraints, there is no time to expand the kitchen. After discussing with Fang Yumin, Lin Qiulai and Fang Yumin decided to temporarily build a shed next to the kitchen, and simply built a two-burner firepit to cope with it.Later, when there is free time, we will re-plan the expansion.

Fang Yumin and Aunt Chunhua, two mothers and daughters, went to the river to wash pig offal with wooden basins. Today, they bought a total of 9 sets of pig offal, and each of the three of them had to wash three sets on average. Fang Yumin sighed inwardly. How long will it take?
After a while, Ah Qing and Lin Qiulai also came over with wooden basins. It turned out that he and his elder brother Ah Sheng also came to help. Now Lin Damin and Ah Sheng are building a firepit, and Lin Qiulai and Ah Qing come to wash The pig went into the water.

It is really easy to do things when there are many people, and it will be washed soon.These pigs will be fried and seasoned by Fang Yumin, and then put into earthen pots for Aunt Chunhua and Lin Damin to take home and cook.

(End of this chapter)