Reborn in 1987: The Story of an Abandoned Girl

Chapter 15 homemade peanut butter

When she got home, she opened the bed, took out all the money below and counted it. She whispered, "Ninety-five yuan is still twenty cents short. If you have a small capital, start a small business first." He hid most of the money, took some change and went out.

She bought a lot of things in the village snack bar. One kilo of white sugar and one kilo of malt sugar cost two yuan, two kilos of lard cost one eighty cents, two kilos of fried peanuts cost one yuan, and two dimes of sesame seeds. She carried them home under the smiling eyes of the store owner.

When the police in Lee ka tsuen came to warn Deng Wenfang that day, they learned that Li Haitang not only cleaned the school to make money, but also knitted bracelets with the wang family to sell a lot of money. It was not surprising to see her buy so much sugar at once.

If Li Haitang knew what he was thinking, he would laugh out loud. No matter how greedy his mouth was, he wouldn't buy a few pounds of sugar to eat at once. She bought these ingredients today, but she was going to make peanut butter. It was simple to make and tasted good. It was a good idea to make money.

After peeling half a kilo of peanuts in the room, Li Haitang cleaned the pot clean and lit a small fire. After the pot was heated, he poured two tablespoons of oil into it and put in three or two white sugar.

She picked up the spatula and kept stirring to speed up the melting of the white sugar until the white sugar was boiled into a liquid. She immediately added three or two malts and continued to stir and melt. Immediately after the malt sugar has melted, add the peeled peanuts and sesame seeds, stir them quickly, and put out the fire in the stove.

When the sugar in the pot became a little sticky, she immediately took the two square lunch boxes that had been cleaned long ago and put the half-finished peanut butter in two boxes. At the same time, she pressed it flat with a spoon and put it on the chopping board beside her to cool it.

After washing the pot again, she pressed down on the peanut butter. Seeing that it was almost cooled down and that the hardness was just right, she turned the two boxes upside down at the same time.

Li Haitang took a deep breath and nodded with satisfaction. The smell was so familiar that it seemed that her cooking had not deteriorated.

She picked up the kitchen knife and cut the two big peanut crisps in half vertically, then cut the four long strips into the size of a fingernail cover. After putting down the kitchen knife, she took a piece and put it into her mouth to taste, saying with satisfaction, "Delicious."

After making something good, he naturally wanted to share it with his good friends. Seeing that it was getting late, Li Haitang planned to go to Wang jia village tomorrow. She took a few pieces of white paper and wrapped all the peanuts in a small bag and put them in the drawer of the desk in the bedroom.

At night, he made some food casually and spent the whole night knitting bracelets at his desk.

The next day, he woke up naturally, got up and cooked some porridge with shredded vegetables and meat. After drinking it, he went to Wang jia village with a small bag. Halfway up the road, he met Li Jianguo who rode his bicycle to work in the town's granary.

Li Jianguo, of course, saw her too. He pressed the bell of his bicycle and stopped in front of her with his left foot. He asked, "Haitang, are you going to school or the wang family?"

Li Haitang smiled and said, "Dad, I'm going to the wang family. Master wu, who is in charge of cleaning up the school, has returned. I don't have to go anymore. I'll just go back when the results of the middle school examination come out."

"Well, come on up. I'll take you there." Li Jianguo had already asked her about the exam two days ago and was actually happy for her, but he didn't say much praise because of his temper.

Sitting in the back seat of the bicycle, his buttocks were throbbing a little, but he had a different feeling. She had never known the smell of sitting behind her father's bicycle before, but now that she had experienced it, she found it even more beautiful than she had imagined.

The thoughts in her mind began to drift away. She remembered a famous blind date show in her previous life, in which a strange woman once said a golden sentence that heated up the whole internet: she would rather cry in a bmw than laugh on a bicycle. Now that she thought of this sentence, she suddenly felt a myriad of emotions. In fact, it was an indescribable happiness to sit on a bicycle and smile.

The speed of the bicycle was naturally much faster than the speed of two legs, and it arrived in a few minutes. After Li Haitang jumped off the bicycle, he grabbed two bags of peanut butter in his hands in a small bag, and the rest was hung on the bicycle's faucet. He smiled and said, "Dad, this is my own peanut butter. Take it over and try it."

"Okay." Li Jianguo nodded, pedaled his right foot, and rode his bicycle to town.

When Li Haitang arrived at the wang family, Duan Meifang was washing clothes by the well, while wang li was talking to her with her nephew in her arms. Wang Li heard a noise at the door, looked up, saw that it was Li Haitang, smiled and waved, "Haitang, you're here. Why are you so early today?"

Li Haitang quickly walked over and called out "Sister-in-law." Then he picked up the little soldier who reached out to her and smiled, "I just took dad's bicycle."

"Oh." Wang Li immediately went into the house and brought her a bamboo chair and said, "Sit down. From today on, you don't have to go to school to clean up, do you?"

"There's no need to go over. Master wu came back yesterday." As Li Haitang spoke, he put the two packets of peanut butter in her hand and smiled, "This is a good thing that I tried to make when I came home yesterday. It tastes good. I specially sent you two packets to taste."

"Oh? I'll have to try what you made." Wang Li opened the paper bag and took a peanut crisp. He looked carefully at it. "There are peanuts and sesame seeds in it. What's this brown thing? It feels a little sticky."

Li Haitang reached out for a small piece and licked it for the little soldier sitting on her lap, "It's sugar. Don't look at it. You and your sister-in-law can taste it."

Wang Li stuffed the peanut butter in his hand into his sister-in-law's mouth. Finally, he took a piece of it and bit it into his mouth. It was fragrant, crisp and sweet. The more he chewed, the wider his round eyes opened."

"It's really delicious. It's much better than the candy cake I bought during the new year. Haitang, you are so smart to make such delicious food." Duan Meifang said with bright eyes and a mouth full of food. He had a new plan in mind.

The little soldier also grabbed her hand, his little tongue licking and licking on the peanut butter, accompanied by glistening saliva, eager appearance enough to show that he also liked to eat.

Wang's parents had just finished taking the pig manure from the pig farm, and when they came back, they heard their daughter-in-law and daughter praising "Delicious," and asked curiously, "What's delicious?"

Wang li stood up and answered loudly, "Mom, it's haitang's own candy. It's super delicious. You and dad just finished shoveling pig dung, and your body stinks. Go wash it first and then come over to eat it."

"Okay." Mother of Wangli looked at his daughter helplessly. How smelly can pig dung be?

Wang li saw her nephew's mouth was full of saliva. She took out a small handkerchief and wiped his mouth with disgust. She teased him and said, "This little foodie, he doesn't have many teeth, but he licks his tongue so happily. He drools all over the floor. He's so ashamed."

The little soldier also seemed to notice that his aunt was talking to him. He grinned and revealed his teeth that were not fully grown inside. He jumped out a few words and said, "Eat, eat, eat candy."

Li Haitang hugged his soft body and saw that he was smiling so sweetly. He touched his round head and praised, "How cute."

Duan Meifang doted on her and said, "All you talk about is eating sugar or meat. You only know how to eat."

Mother of Wangli cleaned up, changed his clothes and came over. Seeing that his grandson was full of saliva, he smiled lovingly and said, "What delicious food did Aunt haitang make for you? You look so greedy."

Wang Li handed the peanut butter in his hand to her with a thick smile in his round eyes. "Mom, try this peanut butter made from begonia. It's super delicious."

"Mmm, it's delicious. It's really better than the candy cake I bought for the new year." Mother of Wangli snapped a piece, praised it repeatedly, and then asked, "Haitang, where did you learn to make this kind of candy?"

Li Haitang lied with a straight face and a straight heart, "When I was at the li family, I accidentally knocked over the sugar when I was cooking and boiled it into syrup. I was afraid that Deng Wenfang would scold me, so I secretly hid the syrup. Who knew that after a few days the syrup became hard, and I tasted it very good. Yesterday, I had an idea. I wanted to put some peanuts and sesame seeds in it. It turned out to be really delicious."

The wang family stared at her in astonishment. They didn't know what to say. This was how such delicious food came from. It was too simple.

Duan Meifang, who had already washed her clothes, ate another piece under Wang Li's feeding. She was a businesswoman. Her first thought when she saw something good was to make money. She looked at Li Haitang with a burning gaze and said in a deliberative tone, "Haitang, sister-in-law thinks this peanut butter will be easy to sell. Do you want to make money with this?"

Li Haitang was overjoyed to see her mention it so quickly. This was the purpose of her visit today, but her face remained calm and said, "Sister-in-law, I just want you to try it today. If everyone thinks it's delicious, then I'm going to make this and sell it for money. Although knitting bracelets can earn a little money now, it's not a long-term thing. It's not difficult to knit, and people with a heart can break it quickly, and it will be difficult to sell, so I want to get something new to sell in advance."

Duan Meifang looked at her admiringly and smiled, "You're so smart. We've been knitting bracelets for a month now. Many shops in the county have started to sell them. My sister's shop isn't as good as it started. She told me two days ago that this thing had to slow down."

"Okay, then I'll stop after I finish knitting. Sister-in-law, you often go to the county and see more than us. Do you really think this peanut butter will sell well?" Li Haitang asked curiously, pretending to be innocent.

Duan Meifang smiled and said, "It will be easy to sell. My big brother and sister-in-law also open a shop in the county. They sell this kind of candy. I have to deliver it to the county tomorrow. I'll bring this bag of peanut butter to them first."

Li Haitang smiled and asked, "Sister-in-law, I've never been to the county. I'm curious. Can I go with you tomorrow?"

"Sure. Tomorrow morning, the 7: 30 bus goes to the county. You should come early." Duan Meifang agreed.

Wang Li, who was fighting with peanut butter, immediately raised his hand and said, "I'm going too. Sister-in-law, you can take me too. I want to go to the County one middle school."

Duan Meifang smiled and said, "Okay. County one middle school is not far from the bus station. It's ten minutes' walk. I'll take you there tomorrow."

"Oh, yeah, we can finally go out and play." Wang li felt refreshed at the thought of going out tomorrow.

Li Haitang was also happy, but not as exaggerated as wang li. He suggested, "Wang Li, accompany me to town. I have to go out tomorrow. I have to buy two new clothes. It's not very nice to go out and meet people in these clothes."

Although her clothes were washed very clean, they were all white, and some of them were broken and tattered. It was time to buy some good clothes. Wang Li replied, "Okay."

After the two of them left, Duan Meifang immediately said to her in-laws, "Dad, mom, I'm sure I can sell this peanut butter made by haitang at a good price. It's a good opportunity to make a lot of money. My wife wants to try it."

Father of King ate a few pieces of peanut butter, nodded with satisfaction at the taste and said seriously, "Mei fang, how are you going to try it?"

"I was just thinking of buying the production method at a high price, but after thinking about it, I still found it inappropriate. After all, haitang is very helpful to li er this time. Our family is not ungrateful. If we buy it directly, it seems that we are too mean and difficult to communicate, so I want to give her a share directly." Duan Meifang thought it over and over before saying.

Father of King was very satisfied with the magnanimous daughter-in-law and agreed, "Yes, we can do it according to the share. As for the share, you can figure it out by yourself."

"Okay, I'll find out what haitang means first tomorrow." Duan Meifang smiled.

Father of King poured a cup of tea, took a sip, and asked, "Do you want to open a small food factory to make this peanut butter and then serve it to shops and other supply and marketing agencies?"

Duan Meifang smiled and said, "Yes, dad, you are really a smart person. Before the daughter-in-law could say anything, you thought about it all. The daughter-in-law thought that you were too condescending to raise pigs at home."

Father of King laughed and said, "I'm getting old. I don't want to go out anymore. Your mother and I keep pigs at home and help you take care of your children. You and yao' er are still young, so you can go ahead."

"Okay. After the deal with haitang, we will stay at home for a while. If business is good, we might as well ask Wang Yao to resign. Although it's easy to live in a slaughterhouse, there's not much money to earn. Now the benefits are getting worse and worse. I don't know if I can hold on for a few years. It's better to find another way as soon as possible." Duan Meifang suggested.

Father of King nodded and said, "Sure, you two can discuss it yourself."

On the other side, Li Haitang and Wang Li went straight to the clothing store. They picked out two freshly styled school dress sets on the recommendation of the store owner, then strolled around the town and went home separately near noon.

After eating lunch at home, Li Haitang took an hour's nap in bed. In the afternoon, he made all the remaining peanuts into a peanut crisp. After knitting for about three hours at night, he went to bed.