Be a little landlord

Chapter 15 Wontons

  Early in the morning, the Lin family got up in the dark, grinding beans, busy cooking soy milk, and finally finished a large vat of bean curd at dawn. Put it into an earthen jar, and then put the earthen jar into a basket, so that Geer Yan and Lin Lixuan can easily take it to the county seat.

This crock full of tofu flowers is really not as good as the wild vegetables full of bamboo baskets. It is very heavy, and I feel a brute force pressing hard on my shoulders when I put it on my back. I can bear it, and the crock is fragile, and it is full of tofu, so be careful, if it falls down and breaks, it will be over.

Zhao Liniang didn't go to the county with them anymore. She was old and weak and couldn't stand up to it. Zhao Liniang looked at Brother Yan and Lin Lixuan with a smile on her face, and happily sprinkled bean dregs to feed the hens. I went to the chicken coop to have a look, and I didn't expect a hen to lay two eggs, usually only one a day, and now these two eggs are not a happy event.

"Come, come, eat more." The

gray-brown old hen moved its paws and flapped its wings, shaking off the yellow rice grains and bean dregs on its body, and lowered its head to eat obediently.

It was a bit cold in the autumn morning, the wind blowing through the forest was chilly, and the dewy white crystals formed on the grass leaves seemed to hold strings of pure white pearls. Lin Lixuan and Brother Yan drank it when they went out. A cup of hot soy milk, when I walked out the door, the soy milk in my stomach was still warm.

Compared with Brother Yan when he first came to Lin's house, he is much smoother now, he is no longer as thin as a bone, the sallowness on his face has faded a lot, he looks fair and well-behaved.

After arriving in the county seat, I had to rely on Brother Yan to set up a stall and hawk.

"Fresh tofu flower! Come and drink a bowl!"

"Tofu flower? What is that?"

"It's hot, let's try a bowl."

"How much is a bowl?"

"Three pennies."

Scoop a spoonful of white and tender bean curd, pour a spoonful of sweet warm sugar water, and a simple bowl of sweet bean curd is ready. First, a worker on the dock bought a few After the steamed buns, I happened to come across their bean curd stand. After seeing the honey-like yellow and sweet syrup, I couldn't help but ordered a bowl of sweet bean curd.

The worker was thirsty at first, and asked for tofu flowers for the sugar water, but was surprised to find that the porcelain-white "white cake" in the sugar water was tender, delicious, and extremely soft. He had never tasted such a delicate food before. , the worker thought of his mother who lost all her teeth in her eighties, and decided to buy another bean curd for her to taste.

"Mother, I want to eat candied haws." A little girl in red with two soaring ponytails tugged on her mother's clothes and said loudly her demands.

The mother knelt down and stroked her face: "Hey, I ate candied haws last time, I'll buy them next time..." The

little girl was dissatisfied: "No... I'm hungry."

"Sweet bean curd, sweet tofu flower... ..."

"Mom, can I eat that." The girl pointed.

As Lin Lixuan expected, tofu flower is very popular in the county, and the price is not expensive, no matter how poor people can afford it, more or less people come to try it, and it is such a fresh and rare food, It's no wonder it didn't sell well. Lin Lixuan and Yan Geer sold more than seventy bowls a day, and a bowl cost three Wen. Wen, a net profit of 185 Wen.

Most of the sugar cubes I bought are left unused. Due to the poor filtering technology and the rough sugar making process, there are few white crystal white sugars like modern ones. They are all yellowish with many impurities. The red-yellow cube sugar, the sugar water soaked out is also colored, but the brown sugar water with white bean curd flower is quite beautiful.

Huang Yuan hugged a bowl of tofu flower, and rejected the copper coin that Lin Lixuan handed over: "No need, I can drink a bowl of tofu flower."

Speaking of which, it was thanks to Huang Yuan that Lin Lixuan's tofu flower stall was able to open. Unlucky scholar, this ordinary-looking scholar is not only an acquaintance, but also a warm-hearted person. All the dishes, chopsticks, chairs and so on are borrowed from his house, and the pot and firewood for boiling sugar water are also kindly sponsored by this boy.

Lin Lixuan wanted to share some of the store's profits with him, but he refused.

But Lin Lixuan's attitude was very firm, and he couldn't tolerate his refusal, so in the end he accepted the hard work fee of 20 Wen.

Huang Yuan held his face together: "In the future, I might as well sell bean curds with you. I can make more money than selling word stalls, and I can eat delicious food for free."

Lin Lixuan raised his eyebrows: "Yes."

Huang Yuan smiled happily , He was just joking about how it is possible to set up a stall with them with a stern face. The tofu is made by others, so how dare you take advantage of it for nothing.

With a sullen little face, Brother Yan turned over the pile of copper coins over and over again, his bright black eyes were filled with square copper coins, he was so surprised that he could earn so much money.

"Still counting, is the money low?" Lin Lixuan really didn't understand the joy of counting money for this little Shuang'er, but brother Yan's appearance of being a money fan was really cute.

Brother Yan smiled, and the dimples on his cheeks showed like flowers blooming: "No, nothing less."

"If there is nothing less, put it away, so as not to be robbed." Lin Lixuan threatened him.

will be robbed!

Brother Yan quickly stuffed the string of money into his breast pocket, patted it carefully, it was bulging, will someone come to snatch it? He bit his lip, took out the money again, and put it in Lin Lixuan's hands: "You should keep it, Brother Lin, I'm afraid."

Lin Lixuan laughed loudly. He picked up the bunch of copper coins and said to the young man beside him, "Let's go, I'll take you shopping."

First, he bought a catty of pork and a catty of pork ribs, and then bought a few chickens. Duck, Brother Yan didn't think much of it at first, he thought he would make money, so he could buy it with Brother Lin, but when the copper coins in his hand became less and less, his heart was cold... Zhao Liniang was still at home waiting to ask How much money do they make, "Brother Lin, don't buy any more..."

Lin Lixuan touched the fluffy little yellow chicken under his hand: "Look at this little chicken, how cute, just like you..." Brother

Yan Not as ignorant as Lin Lixuan, Xiaoji Duckling, who he had seen a lot in the village since he was a child, could not attract his attention at all. Seeing him, Lin Lixuan still had a mournful face, and comforted him with a snickering smile: "The money is running out!" Just make more money tomorrow, look, don't many people come to buy tofu flowers when we sell them today? Be good, brother will take you to eat small wontons."

Although I know that money can be made later, but—there are so many piles in my hand The copper coins flowed out without even warming them up, and the melancholy of gaining and losing suddenly swept through the heart of Ji Yan, a country boy, even a little wonton couldn't save it.

"Two bowls of wontons, one big bowl and one small bowl."

"Okay."

Lin Lixuan pulled Brother Yan to sit down, the chickens and ducklings were chattering lively in the cage, and Brother Yan hadn't gotten over that complicated yet. The old man who sold wontons brought two bowls of wontons to the table. The big bowl of wontons was placed in front of Lin Lixuan, and the small bowl was placed in front of the beautiful little pair.

"Little couple come to play in the county? It looks unfamiliar."

"Yes, thank you, sir."

There are eight wontons in the small bowl, and twelve in the big bowl. In the bowl, there are a few scallions floating on the clear soup, which looks very tempting.

Under the shocked gaze of the old man, Lin Lixuan exchanged his big bowl of wontons with Brother Yan's small bowl of wontons. Brother Yan didn't feel sorry for the money at this time, his face flushed red, he said shyly and reservedly : "I can't eat so much, just a small bowl."

Lin Lixuan patted his head, thinking that he was still worried about money, and waved his hand: "Don't worry about eating, I made money today. A bowl."

The old man selling wontons: "..."

Brother Yan: "..."

When the two of them returned to the Lin family, they only had fifty cash left in their hands, and Zhao Liniang heard that they made one hundred and eighty cash today. After ten texts, she was so happy from ear to ear, and when she took the pork Lin Lixuan bought, she couldn't help laughing and scolding him for wasting money. Lin Lixuan put the bought chickens and ducks into the yard with the old hen To live, Brother Yan brought a plate of bean dregs to feed them.

Lin Lixuan had never raised chickens and ducklings before, and he was quite curious about these fluffy little things, so he kept wandering around them. Brother Yan looked at them for a while, then turned to the kitchen to wash vegetables and cook, because Lin Lixuan bought them. With the two catties of meat back, they can have a good meal of fresh pork.

For several days, Lin Lixuan and Brother Yan went to the county town to sell tofu flowers, and gradually saved a lot of money, which also attracted the attention of the villagers,

"Why does Lin Xiucai and Brother Yan go to the county every day? "

"I don't know..." 

"Could it be to study in the county?

" The county sells food, I heard from my nephew who works in the county, they sell something called 'tofu flower' in the county town, don't you see that they carry that jar every day?"

"I've heard people say it too."

At this time, Lin Lixuan and Brother Yan didn't need to carry the tofu into the county town long ago, but used a water tank to carry the tofu. After these few days of grinding and training, their The physical fitness has improved a lot, and it is no problem for two people to lift a large knee-high tank.

Uncle Liu Shu, who was driving the ox cart, only charged the two of them ten cents per head at first, but later they even asked them to pay five cents for the tank.