The grand lady who time-traveled became a hot mom

Chapter 58

By the time the first batch of rabbits grow up and can be slaughtered and stewed in braised sauce, the rice grains have already begun to ear.In the large paddy fields in Linjia Village, bunches of white rice flowers swaying in the wind spit out from the top of the green rice grains, it can be predicted that this year's rice harvest will be bumper.Every time the villagers who went to inspect the fields showed joyful smiles.

The rice in Lin Qiulai's house grows very strong, and the ears of rice are also very large.It was probably because the rice fields had enough fish and fertilizer. Lin Qiulai inspected the three-acre rice fields with a smile from ear to ear.However, what makes Lin Qiulai and Fang Yumin happy is not the rice grains that are about to head out, but the fish raised in the rice fields. The fish have grown up, and they can be caught one after another in a few days.

The three-acre paddy field has been dug deep twice by Lin Qiulai, and Fang Yumin carefully feeds it every day. Now almost all the fish in the paddy field have grown to weigh two or three catties. Some fish hidden in the deep ditch beside the field may be even heavier. Woolen cloth.

Recently, the rice flowers are in full bloom, and the fish are floating on the water to eat the rice flowers that fall on the water surface. Fang Yumin is very excited when he sees the fish mouths on the water surface full of mouths that are constantly eating the rice flowers.

For more than two months, the family has no other source of income, but has spent a lot.Although it is said that there is no need to spend much money on food, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and spices are all bought.Books and pens for children, lime for building houses, etc.The situation of only spending but not earning makes Fang Yumin uneasy. Here, only the accumulation of grain to prevent hunger can make her feel safe.

Now seeing that the raised fish can finally be caught and sold for money, why isn't Fang Yumin excited?Although the fish had rice flakes to eat, Fang Yumin was still very diligent in catching duckweed in the final sprint, and even cut young grass and threw it down to feed the fish.

Because fish farming in rice fields is experimental, Fang Yumin also puts whatever he catches in the river when he throws fry, and how much he puts is also very random.Now that the fish have grown up, neither Fang Yumin nor Lin Qiulai can estimate how many catties of fish can be produced from one mu of rice field?But no matter what, seeing the big fish swimming in the water every morning makes them very happy.

"Qiu Lai, go to the fish market in the county tomorrow and see how the fresh fish are sold now?" Fang Yumin said to Lin Qiu, who had just returned from the field and was sweating profusely.

"Okay." Lin Qiulai wiped off his sweat, took the mint tea from Fang Yumin and drank it all in one gulp.Then I asked: "Xiao Min, are you going to set up a stall in the fish market to sell fish?"

"Better not. We have too many things to do at home, the kids are at school again, and it's a long commute. You go and see if you can wholesale, uh, I mean see if there are any fishmongers who buy our house in bulk , we can sell it to him at a discount of [-]% from the market price. Well, it’s okay to negotiate with the restaurant. How about this, you go to Dongshi to find the restaurant’s purchasing manager and ask them if they want fresh fish?”

Fang Yumin still hopes to sell it to a restaurant.After the autumn harvest, the paddy fields are plowed deeply, and then the water is put on to soak the grain piles, and then you can try to raise winter fish. In the next spring, there will be more fish.Then the spring plowing started again, and the fish continued to be raised, which is great.If the cooperation is happy, her family will supply fresh fish to the restaurant at that time, so that the rice fields will be fatter and the pockets will be fatter.

"Okay, I'll go tomorrow morning." Lin Qiulai took off his shirt, revealing his muscular upper body.

Fang Yumin glanced at it again and again, and asked, "When do the fishermen here usually harvest the fish?"

Lin Qiu came to let Fang Yumin look at it generously, and deliberately showed off his hands, smiling, "It's usually in late autumn, when fishermen harvest their catches and sell them, so everyone can prepare for the winter."

Fang Yumin pretended not to notice, nodded solemnly and said, "That's good, fresh fish should be sold at a good price now. If the restaurant is willing to ask for 10 kilograms at a time, you can sell them at 20% lower than the market price; if you want [-] kilograms, It’s only [-]% lower; if you want all of them, you’ll sell them all at half price.”

Lin Qiulai looked at Fang Yumin in astonishment and asked, "Half price? Then don't we suffer a lot?"

Fang Yumin glared at Lin Qiulai: "What's the disadvantage? Did you spend money on fish fry? Did you spend money on feed? We just feed duckweed every day. Think about it, the autumn harvest will be ready soon, and we have There are so many fields, corn needs to be counted, sweet potatoes need to be harvested, and potatoes need to be harvested. The 35 pieces of land that have not been harvested have to be watered and weeded? Besides, our family still has to build a house. With so much work, how can we Going to set up a stall to sell fish? If the restaurant buys all of them, it will save a lot of trouble, and we don't have to spend energy and time on it. No matter how we calculate, we will make a steady profit."

Lin Qiulai suddenly realized what he heard, and couldn't help but gave Fang Yumin a thumbs up and said with a smile: "It's Xiaomin who is thoughtful. Okay, tomorrow I will definitely perform well and try to cooperate with the restaurant."

"Well, you can also suggest to the restaurant that if you buy all our fresh fish, the restaurant will take this opportunity to create a fish dish theme. Let the chefs in the restaurant show their talents and make delicious fish dishes. It will surely attract many customers to come to the restaurant for dinner.”

"Hehe, Xiao Min, your brain is so good, you can think of this method." Lin Qiulai said cheerfully: "I will get up early tomorrow to catch a bucket of fish to take. Originally, I was thinking of selling it , but you are right, I will take the fish and go directly to the restaurant to talk."

"Okay, you can figure it out."

Before dawn the next day, Lin Qiulai got up and went to the rice fields to catch a few big fish, kept two at home, and put the rest on wooden barrels and drove a bullock cart to the fresh fish market in Nantou County to inquire about the market.

Although Lin Qiulai has never formally attended school or read a book, his manual work is very good.The family has already made six large wooden barrels, which are used for harvesting fish.There are also furniture and utensils in the house, which are almost all made by him.Sometimes Fang Yumin just talks about her ideas, such as the imperial concubine chair, the tumbler's rocking chair, and Lin Qiu comes to build it after thinking about it.When enjoying the cool in the evening, the whole family has one piece of paper, chatting or reciting or singing while shaking, how willful it is.

After two months of growth, the thorns in that field have grown much taller.But it still hasn't grown to the height that can cover people's sight.If any villagers pass by here, they will see that the land where Lin Qiulai's house was bought to build a house is full of mud and sand in a mess, and there is a new adobe house built with mud clappers and two large grasses newly erected. shed.Under the thatched shed are wooden shelves, on which are gray rectangular clams.It looks very messy.

Fortunately, Fang Yumin's home is a little far from the village, and fortunately, everyone is busy making sweet potato flour at home now. The autumn harvest is coming soon, and they have to make orders before it happens.So no one has time to go out to gossip, and no one will come to Fang Yumin's house to chat about family affairs when they are full.So even if there is a pile of concrete piles there, no one will find it.

Every day after lunch, Lin Qiulai goes to pick up sand, and sometimes Lin Damin and Ah Sheng come to help.It was inconvenient for Fang Yumin to make concrete under their noses, so he just waited until before dinner to mix it with a measuring bucket.At that time, both Lin Damin and Ah Sheng went home, and the children also went out to cut pigweed. The time was just right.

After adjusting the various ingredients, Lin Qiulai went to fetch water to mix the ingredients.After it is uniform, it becomes concrete.Fang Yumin brought a wooden mold, and Lin Qiulai put the concrete into it, and after it was formed, he poured it out and took it to the straw shed to wait for it to dry naturally.

After working so hard for two months, the whole mud clap house has been piled up with ashes.Some are even placed directly next to the grass shed and covered with straw.

From time to time, when Lin Qiu came, he called Shang Lin Damin and A Sheng to go up the mountain with him to cut wood for foundation digging.The foundation is solid, the house will be stable.

Lin Qiulai couldn't dig the foundation by himself, he had to hire a few strong laborers to help.This may have to wait until after the autumn harvest to start work.In order to avoid trouble, Fang Yumin and several children started to move ants, and moved the ashes piled up in the straw shed to the ear room of the house little by little every day.

Lin Qiu came and went to the county, Fang Yumin waited for news at home.Maybe she still has money in hand, but this time she is not nervous.Make dinner as usual and wait for the kids to come home from school to eat.

At noon, Fang Yumin was having lunch with several children when he heard the yard door open, followed by Xiao Hei's barking.Fang Yumin guessed that it might be Lin Qiulai who came back in an ox cart.

"Dad is back?" Xiao Ming held the bowl and stretched his neck to look out desperately.

"It should be, why did you come back so early?" Fang Yumin frowned slightly, she put down the bowl, and said to the children: "You eat first, mother go out and have a look."

"it is good."

"Mother, I'll go too." Xiao Ming put down the bowl and hurriedly followed Fang Yumin.

Sure enough, it was Lin Qiulai. He was unloading the cart from the cow's back. Fang Yumin walked over and asked, "Qiulai, why did you come back so early?"

"Daddy." Xiao Ming hurriedly ran to Lin Qiulai and called out.

Lin Qiulai patted Xiao Ming's head, and said to Fang Yumin with a happy face, "I'll be back after I finish my work."

Fang Yumin's eyes lit up when she heard that, and she asked in surprise, "You mean you have already negotiated with the restaurant?"

"Yes. Tomorrow morning we have to get up early to catch fish. Fortunately, tools such as bamboo nets and large wooden barrels have been prepared long ago, so there is no rush." ​​Lin Qiulai said with a smile: "Xiao Min, it's too hot here , you go back to the house. I will tell you in detail later."

"Okay, then hurry up." Fang Yumin was overjoyed, she didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

"Ah."

Back at the dining table, the children had already prepared the bowls and chopsticks for Lin Qiulai, and even poured a cup of mint tea to cool off the heat.

Lin Qiulai told Fang Yumin what happened while eating, and the children also listened with great interest at the dinner table.

Lin Qiulai originally planned to find a medium-grade restaurant, but seeing that the restaurant's occupancy rate was not high, and his wife wanted to sell all the fish at once, he gritted his teeth and strengthened his courage, so he went to the big restaurant's purchasing manager talked about.

Lin Qiulai's mouth is not coincidental, but he has a delicate mind and uses it flexibly.He used Fang Yumin's method of promoting hot and sour noodles last time.In addition, the freshly caught fish is indeed very fresh, and the tofu and fish soup made by the chef under Lin Qiulai's narration is also delicious.At that time, the shopkeeper Jin of the big restaurant happened to pass by, and he drank a bowl when he smelled the aroma, praised him repeatedly, and agreed to cooperate with Lin Qiulai.

"Qiu Lai, you did a good job." Fang Yumin praised loudly without hesitation.

"Daddy (uncle) is amazing!" Xiao Ming and his brothers looked at Lin Qiulai adoringly and said with starry eyes.

Lin Qiulai scratched his head in embarrassment when he heard this, and said modestly, "Where? Your mother is really amazing."

"Qiu Lai, what did the shopkeeper say? Is the contract signed?" Fang Yumin asked.

"I almost forgot to show you, I have already signed the contract." Lin Qiulai took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his chest and gave it to Fang Yumin, saying, "The current market price of fresh fish is 6 cents a catty, if it weighs more than three catties The fish sold for 7 Wen. Because the shopkeeper Jin said that he wanted them all, and I couldn’t tell the size, so I quoted him 4 Wen per catty. To keep the freshness, the shopkeeper Jin asked us to send 20-30 kg of fresh fish to the restaurant every day until Until all are delivered, the money will be settled on the same day.”

Fang Yumin opened the contract, which was very simple, basically what Lin Qiu said.The following is a confirmation of two finger prints.

"Okay, let's catch fish this evening." Fang Yumin folded the contract, and to Lin Qiu: "I forgot to tell you, next time you sign a contract with someone, remember to ask for a deposit. For example, we will sell it to the other party for an estimate." 10 taels of silver, you have to ask the other party to give 3 taels of silver as a deposit to confirm the cooperation between the two parties.”

"Okay. But last time you didn't ask Changji for a deposit?" Lin Qiulai said puzzled.

"I didn't sign the Changji contract, but Lizheng signed it. Did you forget?"

"Oh, that's right. To catch fish tomorrow, I'm afraid I'll have to get up in the middle of the night."

"Why don't you catch it today? Isn't it good if you catch it today and send it tomorrow morning?" Fang Yumin asked Lin Qiulai puzzled.

"Catching tomorrow, the fish will be fresher. Although it will be a little harder, it can guarantee that the fish are all alive."

"Well, it seems to be the same." Fang Yumin nodded, it seemed that the fish farmers in the village would get up in the middle of the night to fish, and I really didn't hear anyone saying that they caught them one day in advance and sold them the next day.Probably because they were afraid that the fish would be injured during the catching process, and they might die after another night?
"Qiu Lai, take a break. I'll go to Aunt Chunhua's house and ask Uncle Damin and Ah Sheng to help us catch fish tomorrow morning. I'm afraid the two of us won't be able to do it. Besides, you have to deliver the goods, so someone needs to help you. "

"Okay." Lin Qiu took a look at Fang Yumin and said, "Since my mother was told by Li Zheng last time, my mother and sister-in-law pretended not to see me when they saw me. My elder brother and second brother just called me when they saw me." Say hello."

Fang Yumin looked up at Lin Qiulai and asked, "You didn't get along very much before, did you? If your mother and sister-in-law see you, it's like seeing a big fish in water. Your elder brother and second brother haven't helped you much, Just a little better than strangers. What are you trying to tell me?"

Lin Qiulai was a little sad, he sighed and said, "I don't want to say anything, but I feel a little uncomfortable seeing my family members being so indifferent to me."

"Families are not called family members if they are related by blood. You have become the adoptive father of four children and you haven't figured it out yet?" Fang Yumin looked at Lin Qiulai, frowned and asked, "You don't think you want to exchange money for money?" Return your mother's attention to you?"

When Lin Qiulai heard this, he couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Where are you thinking? I just remembered seeing my mother and sister-in-law in the village when I came back just now."

"Okay, as long as you don't have that kind of thought." Fang Yumin didn't say anything more, she didn't know what the relationship between Lin Qiulai and his family was like before marriage.Zhang Cuihua seems to be only targeting herself and Xiao Ming all the time. Is this a matter of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?But why didn't she target her eldest daughter-in-law?
Fang Yumin shook her head, she couldn't understand the problems between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, mother-in-law was also a daughter-in-law.Let's find Aunt Chunhua now.

Aunt Chunhua readily agreed upon hearing this.It was just past four o'clock the next day, when Lin Qiulai, Fang Yumin, Lin Damin, Aunt Chunhua and Ah Sheng set out with tools.

It's still early, but it's midsummer, and the sky is already glowing with soft light.Fang Yumin instructed Lin Qiulai to insert a special bamboo net in front of the stone slab at the exit, which is used to prevent fish from swimming out with the water.

When everything was ready, Lin Qiulai removed the slate.Fang Yumin and Aunt Chunhua held the bamboo poles in the deep ditch beside the field, slapped and caught the fish between the rice grains, and drove the fish all the way to the exit of the rice field, where Ah Sheng and Lin Damin guarded to catch the fish .

When the water recedes until the soil is almost visible, there is no need to catch fish, and everyone directly picks up fish.But only about three catties of fish are picked up, and all the small fish are kept.

When almost all the fish were picked up, Fang Yumin used a bamboo pole to drive the fish away from the other connected paddy field, and at the same time asked Ah Sheng to dig a gap in the base of the paddy field connected to it, and then inserted the bamboo net so that the water would overflow. The water of Jinshan flowed back again.The fish that were bouncing on the mud were finally able to swim again.

After catching two large buckets in this way, it is estimated that there are more than 20 big fish.Fang Yumin directly fished two and gave them to Aunt Chunhua, and Aunt Chunhua accepted them without politeness. Fang Yumin fished two more and put them on the wooden basin at home for the family to eat. Lin Qiulai and A Sheng carried the other fish I got on the bullock cart and went to the restaurant to deliver the goods.

After three busy mornings, I finally caught all the fish weighing more than three catties in the rice field.A total of more than 800 texts were sold.Shopkeeper Jin also adopted Lin Qiulai's suggestion, and organized a fish dish theme for three consecutive days, and the customers really came like clouds!

Firstly, everyone wants to try something new, but the fish has not yet arrived, and there are not many dishes on the market, and there are no big fish to eat; secondly, the quality of the dishes prepared by this restaurant has always been guaranteed, and now they offer various fish dishes. Many people came here out of curiosity or admiration.

Shopkeeper Jin was also a shrewd person. Seeing that the business was so good, he paid Lin Qiulai an extra 50 Wen on the last day of delivery, so that the two could cooperate again in the future.

The rice has not been confiscated, but it has already made money.Lin Damin and Aunt Chunhua decided to follow Fang Yumin's example and raise fish in the rice fields tomorrow.

Fang Yumin looked at the few fish in the rice field, and thought in his heart, after more than ten days, after the rice flowers withered, the water in the rice field would recede. At that time, all the fish in the field would be dried and kept at home. eat it.

(End of this chapter)