farm concubine

Chapter 6 Selling Shrimp 1
Looking at the broken bowls and plates placed on the big rock, Li Ruying felt sad for a while, why did he forget to bring some bowls over in the afternoon?

"Brother, why didn't you tell me that there are no bowls and chopsticks at home?" If he hadn't suddenly remembered that the quilts of the eldest brother's family were still at home and sent over, he would not have known that Li Rulin's family didn't even have a pair of chopsticks.

"It's okay. It's not that when I was cleaning the house, I saw some bowls and chopsticks left in the corner, so I just made do with them. I just went to the town to buy them on the market day after tomorrow." Li Rulin said with a smile and waved his hands. His daughter-in-law just broke the bowl at home, and if she wants to go home to get it again, her mother has to fight him hard.

"That's right, his second uncle, as long as it's useful, it's used by my family anyway, so it's not a problem." Lin Shuirou also said with a smile.

These three thatched houses were lived in by Li Rulin's father when he was young. After earning some money, Li Rulin's father bought land in the village and built the current house.

"Second Uncle, did you bring the quilt to my house?" Li Wanqing asked crisply when she saw Li Ruying was holding the quilt between her hands.

"Well, Xiaochen, later on you and Second Uncle go back and get the mat. Fortunately, the old pit is still there, so you don't have to sleep on the floor." Li Ruying nodded.

"Okay, Second Uncle." Li Muchen agreed with a smile.

"Thank you second uncle, put the quilt away for me." Lin Shuirou stood up and walked over to take the quilt from Li Ruying's hand.

But Li Ruying avoided it: "Sister-in-law, I'll just put it on the kang." Then, she walked to the kang and put the quilt on the cleaned kang.

Li Rulin and Lin Shuirou hurried forward to take it, while Li Wanqing and Li Muchen cleaned up the dishes.

Tonight's dining table was replaced by a large stone with relatively flat chopsticks, and the dishcloth was replaced by weeds.

Putting the quilt away, Li Ruying didn't stay any longer, and before leaving, she said to Li Rulin, "Brother, if you need anything, if it's inconvenient for you, let the child come to me."

"Hey, it's getting late, you should go back quickly. It's the same if you get the mat tomorrow. Just make do with it tonight. It's not very cold, and there are quilts that won't be able to freeze." Li Rulin sent Li Ruying out, while Said.

Looking at Li Ruying's back, Li Wanqing secretly remembered Li Ruying's goodness, and she was also glad that the cheap father and brother were not top-notch, so it would save a lot of trouble.

After everything was tidied up, Li Wanqing expressed her plan: "Father, I want to make the remaining shrimp into dried shrimps and sell them in the town."

"Dried shrimp? What is that?" Hearing Li Wanqing said that he wanted to make dried shrimp, the three opened their mouths and asked, these small shrimps, they usually don't eat them, one is that there is no meat, and the other is that the shrimps are too small, they don't like them .

"Eatable things, let's start cooking after breakfast tomorrow." Li Wanqing didn't say much, seeing that they didn't know about tonight's shrimp boiled tofu, they knew that the world's food culture is still very backward, so it happened to be given to her opportunity.

Li Wanqing washed the remaining small shrimps with water, and put them in a large pot to raise them. Fortunately, the drinking water in this world is well water, without bleaching powder, and these small shrimps will not be poisoned to death after a few days. .

After doing all this, Li Wanqing drank the bitter medicine boiled by Lin Shuirou, went to sleep on the kang with peace of mind, and slept till dawn.

Seeing the sun shining brightly and the sound of cicadas singing again, Li Wanqing knew that today would be a sunny and hot day, just right for drying dried shrimps.

After breakfast, Li Wanqing washed the dried shrimps, poured them into boiling water and scalded them until cooked, then poured them into a sieve borrowed from Aunt Fu, and after the water drained, they took them to the small yard to dry.

She borrowed a straw hat from Aunt Fu and put it on her head, picked up a branch with leaves, and sat beside her to fend off flies.

"It's really inconvenient to have to borrow everything. I have to sell it and buy what I need." Li Wanqing shook the branch in her hand and muttered to herself.

With such a mood in mind, Li Wanqing puts all her heart into drying the dried shrimps.

Under the careful care of Li Wanqing, the first batch of dried shrimps was finally successfully dried.

"Okay, I can sell it in the town tomorrow." Looking at the hook-shaped dried shrimps in the sieve, the carapace is transparent, the color is red and white, and the flesh is plump, Li Wanqing clapped her hands and said happily. She will definitely work hard to get these shrimps tomorrow. Selling a batch of dried shrimps earned her first pot of gold in this world.

"Qing'er, will anyone really buy this?" Lin Shuirou pointed to the dried dried shrimps in the sieve, and said worriedly, those rich people really know how to eat something that farmers like them don't eat ?
"Mother, is the dried shrimp tofu I cooked the night before yesterday delicious?" Li Wanqing asked with a smile.

"Mmm, it's delicious." Thinking of the tender tofu with the umami taste of shrimp, Lin Shuirou swallowed even thinking about it.

"Then it's over. As long as the food is delicious, people will buy it." Li Wanqing packed the dried shrimps in a white cloth bag and sealed them up.

In the past two days, whenever Li Rulin has time, he will go to the mountain to cut some bamboo and come back to make some daily necessities such as sieves. Under Li Wanqing's suggestion, the bowls, chopsticks, soup spoons and dishes at home are all made of bamboo .

Li Wanqing also suggested that Li Rulin use bamboo to make a steamer for steaming potatoes. After eating for three days in a row, the bag of potatoes was almost finished. Take it and cook it.

Li Rulin didn't have much copper coins in the first place. After buying the pot and oil and salt, there were only a few dozen coins left, so she had to sell this batch of dried shrimps tomorrow no matter what.

Hearing what Li Wanqing said, Lin Shuirou had no choice but to put her worries back in her stomach. When the family sat down for dinner at night, Li Wanqing talked about selling shrimp in the town tomorrow.

Although everyone was very nervous, but thinking that there were still a lot of things to buy at home, and it was just when money was needed, they all nodded in agreement.

After a night of nothing, Li Rulin took the small bag of dried shrimps and rushed to Liantang Town with Li Wanqing and his brother in the early morning of the next day.

It only took half an hour to walk from Xiaoqing Village where Li Wanqing lived to Liantang Town. When the three of them arrived in Liantang Town, it was only half an hour, and many shops had already opened for business.

The three of Li Wanqing went to the only two grocery stores in Liantang Town first, and found that there were no dried shrimps for sale. Sun-dried dried shrimps, she doesn't know if there are dried shrimps in this world, but she knows that there are no dried shrimps in Liantang Town.

"Qing'er, don't we sell these dried shrimps to grocery stores?" Li Rulin looked at the two-story restaurant in front of him and asked in confusion.

"Father, do you know how to cook these dried shrimps?" Li Wanqing asked without answering.

Li Rulin shook his head, and Li Muchen also shook his head.

"So our batch of goods can only be sold to restaurants, because only restaurants can I use dried shrimps to make delicious dishes and convince them, so that people will want our goods." Now she only hopes that in restaurants, the dried shrimps will still be A fresh meal.

"But if we're like this, will someone let us in?" Li Rulin looked at the patched clothes on his body, feeling a little stage frightened.

"Father, we are poor, but we rely on our hands to eat. We neither steal nor rob. There is nothing to be embarrassed about. Let's go in and ask."

(End of this chapter)