The first wife of the strongest peasant daughter

Chapter 38 Tiger Skin Wontons
Due to time constraints, Gu Chuhan explained to Mrs. Gu and Gu Raniang, Gu Shilang's few things to help, and even Xiao Ruoniang was assigned a job, and the whole family was struggling at home.

The door was knocked again.

"Who is it?" Gu Raniang came out first to ask.

"It's me!" The person outside the door responded.

When Gu Raniang heard that it was Aunt Gui from the village, she came up and opened the door, "Aunt Gui!... What are you doing here?" There were two others.

Aunt Gui looked inside, "Is your family really making lanterns?"

Gu Raniang immediately became vigilant, "How do you know that my house has lanterns?"

"We also heard from the village that you are making lanterns again!" Sister-in-law Chunhua behind Aunt Gui said with a smile.

Seeing that Gu Ranniang didn't look happy, but looked vigilant, Aunt Gui said to her, "Is your grandma at home? Why are you putting up lanterns again? I'm afraid they didn't make any money for the Spring Festival couplets, and they were looking for trouble. Although this lantern is not the same as the Spring Festival couplets, it is similar. You are not afraid of being picked on by others again!?"

Gu Raniang pursed her lips, "Could it be that my family can't do anything?"

"That's not what we mean! We heard what those people said in the village, and we thought we'd come here to persuade you, don't invest your capital, and it will be like Spring Festival couplets at that time. You will be at a loss instead!" Aunt Gui really wanted to remind you kindly. Well, it's not that people who have too many lice don't feel ticklish when they add debt to debt!
I thought they were here to target their young and old, but I was always worried that the lanterns, like the Spring Festival couplets, would not be sold.Seeing that they had good intentions, Gu Raniang didn't know what to say.

Gu Chuhan came out to say hello to Aunt Gui, "Aunt Gui, please come to remind me, but our family's rations are running out, we can't do nothing and wait to starve to death. Besides, the debt owed must be paid back as soon as possible What! These lanterns are just for fun, let’s make a few and sell them!”

Hearing she said that there was no more rations, Aunt Gui couldn't say anything more, and they all showed sympathy, "It's really not easy for you! Why don't you go to the county town to find some sewing work, and you can exchange some rice grains. !"

Gu Chuhan smiled, "This is also in the plan. But how did the village know that we tied the lanterns? The materials are all brought back!"

"We just heard what the village is saying, come and have a look!" Chunhua's sister-in-law said.

"It's all talking!" Gu Chuhan repeated it over and over, and whispered in confusion, "Only the second aunt knows about this, so don't let her talk about it!"

Aunt Gui and Sister Chunhua looked at each other, didn't stay any longer, didn't want to enter, and left after saying a few words.

As soon as they left, Gu Chuhan's eyes turned cold.

"Jiulang! Our lantern..." Gu Raniang worried.

"Let's go to the county town to sell it! We'll talk about how it will be sold later!" Gu Chuhan said in a deep voice.

Gu Raniang nodded.

Mrs. Gu also agreed, "Didn't our Spring Festival couplets sell for some money! Those papers at home are considered our money!"

The family encouraged each other and got busy again.

The principle of revolving lanterns couldn't be simpler for Gu Chuhan, a master at playing with machinery. After spending a few days at home, he made more than 100 lanterns.

"Leave the lanterns first! Let's experiment with tiger skin wontons!"

Almost day and night, the family of five, young and old, worked together to complete the revolving lantern, made tiger skin wontons, and seasoned it many times, and finally they were relatively satisfied.

With some money left, Gu Chuhan bought another basket of eggs in one go, making salted water eggs first, and then tiger skin eggs.

On the day of the [-]th, a family of five went out, got up before dawn to prepare, and dragged them to the county seat.

When we got to the shop next to the stall, Gu Chuhan took a look. Although it was a little far from the main street, it was very lively and the open space was big enough.First came to the shopkeeper to identify himself, and then presented a pair of the best revolving lanterns she made, "A small thank you is not a respect!"

Boss Zhou had greeted them in advance, the booth was rented to them, and he was so courteous, and the carousel was exquisitely made, so he accepted it.

After saying hello, Gu Chuhan immediately set up the stalls when he came back, the revolving lanterns, and the wonton stalls.

The words "Exclusive Tiger Skin Wonton" are written in a round and lovely way.

When passers-by saw the sign, it turned out to be tiger skin wontons. They couldn't help being curious, so they gathered around, "What kind of tiger skin wontons?"

"Your wontons can still be spent?"

"Tiger skin wontons, I want to see what they look like!"

As soon as the stall was set up, someone came, and Mrs. Gu and Gu Raniang were very happy, "Come and try it! Tiger skin wonton is our original creation! Thin skin and rich filling! A small bowl costs five cents, and a large bowl costs ten cents!" "

The price was set by Gu Chuhan. A bowl of dumplings was also [-] cents, which was still mixed with chopped vegetable stuffing. Braised pork noodles were also [-] cents, so she also set [-] cents for wontons.

"How much is a bowl of Yangchun noodles, but you actually charge ten yuan for a bowl of wontons!?" Someone objected.

Gu Chuhan didn't speak, and motioned Gu Raniang to bring out the wontons for them to have a look first.

When the wontons were brought out, a few people saw that they were really big with a lot of fillings, and the skin was so thin that it was almost transparent, so they said nothing, "Give me a bowl to taste! See if you're a tiger skin wonton, is it a gimmick?" !"

"Okay!" Mrs. Gu called Gu Shilang to light up the fire, and quickly cooked the wontons.

The soup is a bone soup that has been boiled in advance. The wontons are boiled and scooped directly into the soup, with ingredients, black fried green onions, a few drops of red oil, simple and pleasing to the eye.

And those who were waiting to see were also surprised, "Why are these wontons bubbling?"

Because the skin of the noodles is different, the seemingly ordinary wontons have a layer of tiger skin after cooking.

"It tastes even different when you eat it, try it!" Mrs. Gu greeted with a smile.Although they haven't eaten meat for a long time, they still eat meat during the Chinese New Year. It's not that they haven't seen meat in a year and a half, and they think that meat is delicious, but this tiger skin wonton is really delicious!

The soup is not the kind that burns the mouth, it is a little hot, just enough to drink.

One spoonful of one wonton, one spoonful of one bite, the wonton is in the mouth, take a bite, tender and juicy, with the unique taste of the wonton wrapper, "delicious!"

The people waiting on the side still looked at it with some disbelief.

The man scooped up another spoonful, ate three in a row, and affirmed to everyone, "It's delicious! It's really delicious! It's so delicious!"

Hearing that it is delicious, a bowl of fresh tiger skin wontons with thin skin and plenty of stuffing is only ten cents. Several people have asked to try it.

"Okay, okay! Come here! Come here!" Mrs. Gu got busy excitedly.

Several people who had eaten it were full of praise, "There are even tiger skin wontons! This taste is really, really good!"

Gu Chuhan saw that he was too busy for a while, so he stepped aside and watched the revolving lantern.

By noon, most of the wontons I had brought were sold out, but none of the revolving lanterns were sold.

Gu Chuhan looked at the little boy at the entrance of the alley and waved to him.

(End of this chapter)