Pinellia pastoral

Chapter 135 Opening

The cicadas were singing, and the sun proudly looked down on the land of Dongwang Village.

The rice has started to fill the grain, and the seedlings are growing well. The ridges of the fields are covered by the staggered seedlings, and they are almost invisible. Under the hot sunlight, it can be seen that the water in the rice fields has been scattered into bits and pieces of gold.

When it's this hot, no one comes out.

Except for children.

The half-grown boy plunged into the river and surfaced after a while. Wild ducks shook the water droplets on their heads comfortably and comfortably. It was cool enough to stay in the water. They climbed ashore in groups of three and four, carrying net bags. Scattered around the river to touch snails, and naturally there were more naughty ones, who continued to plunge into the bottom of the river to touch them.

The little girl who does the laundry also carries an extra small wooden bucket, and picks up a handful of the clothes after washing.

He would still talk in a soft voice, "Erya, why don't you give me yours first, Mint said that as long as I can fill this small bucket again, I can change that hair flower, and I will pick it up for you tomorrow." .”

"Well, my mother wants me to change it to a handkerchief. It's better to use mint, it has everything."

"She has everything, but she still doesn't wear anything."

While talking, another person joined in, "Hurry up! Everything will be gone later, mint will be here soon!"

The woman on the side looked at the little girl who was leaving quickly, and laughed a little, "Look at these clothes, why couldn't they be washed so quickly before, I wonder if mint can make trouble."

"That's right, my girl changed her needle and thread last time, and sewed her own handkerchief in a decent way. I really can't see the stitches! I said she ruined things, but she was not happy, saying that she earned money by herself."

"That's right, my waist is straightened up for me."

Snails are not worth anything in Dongwang Village, but they are found everywhere, which is almost the same as the cassava on the mountains before, and it is impossible for these half-grown children to listen to mint every day. It is easy for the adults in the family to have opinions.

Ban Xia discussed this method with Mint, and there were a lot of things in the collection, so she bought a batch back, but they were needles, threads, brains and hair flowers that girls like, slingshots that boys like, and even small gadgets like fishing hooks. There are also some caramels, which are useful anyway and cost nothing at all.

Mint decides what to change according to the number of snails.

In this way, not only are the children looking around, but the adults will not say anything.

After the things were delivered, the mints were moved home and kept in wooden barrels one by one.

This place was a lot of thought at the beginning, they only had two rooms in total, not to mention the fact that the water is poured all day long, and it is easy to get too humid. It was the idea of ​​Yuan Guang who came back occasionally, "The house I used to live in is not just a good place to live. Useful, but still empty anyway."

Because the house has a courtyard at the back, the original door is seldom opened, and only opened when necessary. The house is separated from the courtyard, and it is a small shed covered with thatch, which is useless on weekdays.

At this time, it happened to solve the urgent need of the Mint family. Su Youyi also nailed a row of shelves against the wall according to the wooden frame style of Pinellia, and installed a stove in the rest of the place, so that cooking on rainy days is also possible. It is much more convenient.

Mint is an energetic person. After picking up the snails he caught, he put the recovered snails back, put them in the wooden basin, and threw ginger into it skillfully.Then change the water for the previous two days, and move the wooden basins one by one.

After this tossing, she was covered in sweat and her hair was wet, but she didn't care at all.

Then he picked up the ones he had raised, walked across the yard and patted on the door of Banxia's room, "Hey, send snails—"

The door opened with a creak, and she carried the half-pot of snails,
When the new sister-in-law saw Mint coming in sweating profusely, she hurried over and carried the snail to the door of the kitchen, "Ban Xia!"

Turn around and go back to work.

The matter of hiring people is not so fast yet. The new sister-in-law and Qiu Shi volunteered to help, and Li Shi asked for wages, so they naturally did not refuse, but Ban Xia made soup in the house, but they never went in .

No, I just finished working on this, and turned around to pick soybeans, fried bean curd sticks, and fungus.

Pinellia has already boiled chili oil, put it in a jar, and it looks like it can be used for a while.

Li's chili sauce and the like have also been packed in clean small jars, and a few small porcelain jars were also brought from Su Youyi, and they were only used to hold chopsticks. Thinking of Su Youyi's dumbfounding expression at that time, she Some laughed.

Big bones and snails were making soup, steaming hotly.

Seeing that the new sister-in-law didn't come in, Minhe also poked her head over there to talk to Banxia, ​​"Banxia, ​​is it tomorrow? But are you ready?"

Anyway, there is nothing special about making soup that needs to be kept secret, but if the new sister-in-law and the others are like this, Ban Xia is naturally happy to see the success, so she comes out and talks to her, "Okay, it will open tomorrow morning, and my second uncle and my father met yesterday. I went to Uncle Zhuzi to fetch the tables, chairs and benches, and I’m afraid they have already given them away, and the stove at the other end has also been built, so slow down your snail.”

"It's okay, the big deal is to raise it for a while, and you don't need to worry about it."

For mint, Banxia is really at ease. For example, when mint was first let those children fish with him, some adults scolded him, saying that he was eating at home to help mint with work, but mint didn't eat at all. This solved it. Later, the adult brought the child over to say good things. Now that Mint wants to collect snails, it will naturally encounter some problems. For example, there are too many snails and moss, and sometimes too many have to be brought back, such as a few The child felt that the things he changed were not cost-effective, and Mint could solve all these small problems one by one.

That's good, it saves me a lot of trouble, after all, since this piece was given to Mint, Ban Xia can only be happy if she can make it like this.

Hearing her like this, naturally she wouldn't think too much about it.

"By the way, in the last episode, my father sold bean sprouts and fried tofu. Do you know how he sells them?" Mint said happily.

Su Youyi, who doesn't talk much, has a very handsome life, otherwise he wouldn't be able to give birth to a daughter like Wumei. Hearing Mint's question, Ban Xia really can't imagine Su Youyi's business.

Seeing the questioning look in Banxia's eyes, Mint laughed, "He made a lot of plantain leaves, wrapped the bean sprouts in portions, and strung up the fried tofu with bamboo sticks. After selling a bunch of articles, he came back without saying a word, hahaha, when someone asked, he just held out his finger."

"Your father is not something that ordinary people can do." The new sister-in-law also joked.

With that said, everyone burst out laughing.

Mint said to Banxia in a low voice, "I have earned more than 100 Wen. When I got the money back, my mother cried."

It's not difficult to understand, Mrs. Sun was used to being practiced by Mrs. Su Qian, and she never had money on hand.

"You should also look at it, don't make your mother too tired, after all, she is a person with two bodies, and the elder sister, she is about to go out, the oily smoke is too strong, anyway, just sell as much as you want." Half Xia did not feel relieved to explain.

She can't become fat if she eats one bite, and she doesn't want to do bad things with good intentions.

Mint nodded to show that she was saving, and said to Banxia in a low voice, "I don't know why, just now when I was changing the water for the snails, I saw a fairy coming to the door, and I saw grandma looking out furtively."

Ban Xia's eyes flashed, but he didn't say much.

Speaking of this, Mint is eager to inquire again.

Pinellia is not free at this time, so continue to make soup.

Soup is the key. The snails and pork bones are boiled together with aniseed star anise, sand ginger, grass fruit, dried dates, wolfberry, and shiitake mushrooms to make a soup. When ready to use, add chili oil.

In the shed outside, Mrs. Li was busy with her new sister-in-law and Mrs. Qiu.

Fried bean curd sticks, fried peanuts, put the fried stuff in a jar and seal it, and it will not be a problem for a few days.

Qiu took out sour beans into the jar and sighed, "Look, if you eat rice noodles outside, anyone can eat them if they are not cooked. The food outside is better than the food at home. You have a bowl of noodles, but you have to throw in a dozen things. !"

Ban Xia chuckled, not only that, she also prepared stewed meat and eggs.

Otherwise, a bowl of rice noodles costs five coins, so how can it attract people to eat it?The opening of the business is the time to make a name for yourself. You can't be sloppy, you should be meticulous in everything.

As for the things that Mu Jiujiu had promised to prepare, she had already thought about it. Fang Zi couldn’t let him take it away. She decided to chop up the contents and wrap them in gauze, and let him take them away and boil them. Of course, she also provided rice noodles.

But now my house has not opened yet, and there are some taboos in the village. Only after opening can he be allowed to take it away to eat, otherwise it would be bad to divide the money.

Thinking of this rice noodles, Banxia became a little anxious, "Mother, why haven't you set up a pot to make rice noodles yet?"

"See how impatient you are? Don't worry about it." Li said with a smile.

Qiu Shi also chimed in, "You don't need to worry about this, you thought you invited us here for nothing?"

Ban Xia giggled, "Of course not, it's a blessing for our family to be able to invite the third aunt and the new aunt. I only hope that our family's business will flourish and we will invite more and more people. You will be the elders, and you will be able to be the elders at that time." A steward who watches other people's work!"

Qiu Shi laughed, without delaying the work at hand, went to set up the fire, and prepared small bamboo baskets and the like, "This girl looks like her mouth has been smeared with honey, and she is still in charge!"

The new sister-in-law didn't think so, she was holding a piece of gauze in her hand, and after a closer look, she found that it was a cloth bag, which was different from others, with a small iron piece at the bottom and thin holes on the iron piece. Scoop the rice paste into the cloth bag, and when the water boils, squeeze it into the pot with your hands, and the snow-white rice noodles will fall into the pot.

"If you don't believe me, Ban Xia, let me be the chief steward for this, and she will be the second steward!"

The rice noodles are boiled for a while, then soaked in cold water with a bamboo basket, and it is ready.

After a while, Su Youli and the others also came back, which meant that the outside was ready.

Pinellia read it from the beginning to the end, making sure there was nothing missing, and said proudly, "Our rice noodle shop is ready to open!"

(End of this chapter)