The Little Widower (farming)

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When Chen Qing was cooking, he set aside a portion for Li Tiejiang and Niu Niu. Li Tiejiang was a rough guy, and his cooking skills were probably similar to Zhou Yuan's, but since they got married, Zhou Yuan's cooking skills have improved. Much better.

After they finished eating, they went to Li's house with the remaining food. In the afternoon, Zhou Yuan went to Li's house. Only Niu Niu was at home. He said that blacksmith Li had gone to the shop, so he took Niu Niu to the shop.

When Li Tiejiang knew that Zhang Yin could be cured, he cried a lot. A man who was upright and upright cried like a child. When he cried, Niu Niu also cried too. In the end, the two of them hugged each other and cried. Zhou Yuan was a little confused. He shook his head helplessly.

At this moment, Chen Qing was watching Niu Niu eating a bite of vegetables and a bite of steamed bun. Li Tiejiang's eyes were also red, and he pulled Chen Qing to tell him some things that happened in Yunxi Town.

"Don't worry too much. Aunt Yin's health was much better when we left." Chen Qing had always been a little afraid of Li Tiejiang, but seeing him crying like this for Aunt Yin, he immediately felt that Li Tiejiang was not that kind. Terrible.

"Okay, okay, thank you very much. Thank you very much." Li Tiejiang wiped his tears with his sleeves again, remembered something, ran back to the house, and then took out a wallet, "This is the money I earned recently, you can bring it to them." , Let them not suffer themselves."

Zhou Yuan saw the wallet he took out, which contained broken silver and copper coins, which he should have earned recently.

Zhou Yuan held down his hand: "You can keep these for your own use. Godmother and the others don't spend much money there. They haven't used up what you gave them before."

Li Tiejiang insisted on giving him his wallet: " I can still earn it, so don't worry, just bring it to them."

Zhou Yuan had no choice but to leave with Chen Qing with his wallet.

Chen Qing looked at the purse in his hand, feeling helpless.

"He feels bad if he doesn't accept him." Zhou Yuan sighed, "Let's come back later and buy some snacks for Niu Niu and some things for the family."

After this trip, it got dark, and Zhou Yuan lit a lamp. Chen Qing made the bed. After all, they had been out for almost a month. Although Aunt Sun often came to clean, the room still smelled of dust.

Chen Qing lay on the bed and made the bed, while Zhou Yuan boiled water in the kitchen. It was time to relax when he got home. There was a large bathtub at home, which he asked a carpenter to make after he got married. It came in handy now.

The water in the bathtub slowly cooled down, Chen Qing's face turned red, and his body became red and pink due to the hot water soaking. Zhou Yuan originally gave up, but when he saw him like this, he couldn't hold it back.

He wiped Chen Qing's water with a cloth and put it on the bed. Then he wiped himself randomly and pressed Chen Qing on the bed.

This night is too long.

Before Chen Qing fainted, he was thinking that Zhou Yuan was indeed suffocated.

Maybe it was because he was back in a familiar environment and was tired for a long time last night. Chen Qing woke up a little late in the morning. Zhou Yuan simply let him sleep a little longer. He went to the county town this afternoon and stayed in the county town at night. They would sell their products tomorrow. thing.

After Chen Qing woke up, he raised his foot and kicked Zhou Yuan. Zhou Yuan smiled until all he could see was his big white teeth, and then kissed Chen Qing's foot.

Chen Qing rested in bed for the whole day and went to town with Zhou Yuan in the afternoon. After they arrived in the town, Meng Qi finally couldn't hold it back and walked around Zhou Yuan and asked, "What is this? Is it edible?"

Meng Qi was almost greedy last night. He was guarding these two cars yesterday and smelled The glutton was busy all night listening to the fragrance they exuded. He had never smelled such a fragrant smell. He got up several times, but in the end he did not dare to reach out and eat it.

"Try one." Zhou Yuan opened the felt cloth, took a red persimmon and handed it to him.

Meng Qi swallowed: "Is it really delicious?"

"Eat it." Chen Qing said with a smile, "It's delicious."

Meng Qi was no longer reserved and ate the whole thing in three or two bites. He didn't study much. , I don't know how to describe this taste, it's very strange. It's not sweet when eaten as a fruit, and I don't know how to eat it as a vegetable.

Chen Qing remembered what shopkeeper Tian had said to him earlier: "Should we give everyone a sample first so they know how to eat these things?"

Zhou Yuan nodded. He had already thought about it yesterday, so he went to see Li Tiejiang yesterday. I got a set of small pots and stoves from him when I went there. Now I just need to buy some charcoal fire, and I can make it for them on the spot while buying things.

Zhou Yuan looked at Chen Qing: "I don't know how to cook, so I can only ask A Qing."

Chen Qing was shocked and asked him to cook with his head down in public, this and this.

He shook his head: "I can't, I can't, I can't do it."

"But neither Meng Qi nor I know how to do it, so what should we do?" Zhou Yuan was very distressed. He didn't seem to want to train Chen Qing like before, but just There's really no way.

Chen Qing looked at him, then at Meng Qi, and finally at the two cars behind him that they had worked so hard to pull back from Yunxi Town.

"Okay, I'll be with you tomorrow."

Zhou Yuan held his hand: "Don't be afraid, I'm with you anyway, I'll say whatever you want, you can just pretend to be cooking at our house." ."

Chen Qing felt that he couldn't, but he couldn't just watch their money go down the drain.

Chen Qing didn't sleep well at night, but he didn't wake up, but he kept hearing other sounds.

They rested briefly in this small house for a night, and the next day they took the two carts to the market in the county town. On one side of the market were small stalls that had paid fixed stall fees, and on the other side were some retail traders. They only needed For ten cents, you can temporarily set up a stall for a day.

Zhou Yuan pulled two carts over and covered the things tightly with felt cloth. Many people setting up stalls here were very curious, because retail investors like them rarely sold so many things.

The morning market in the county town opened very early, and people were already coming to buy things. It was almost time, Zhou Yuan untied the felt cloth covering the two cars, and soon people came around.

"What kind of fruit is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"

"The red color is very festive, but

I don't know what it is?" "It smells quite fragrant."

Another person pointed to the cucumber on the side: "What is this? Huh?"

Someone stretched out his hand and touched it, and he could still feel some small spikes on the melon: "It looks so strange, can it be eaten?"

When everyone was almost there, Zhou Yuan started to say: "This is what we came from the west. The specialty of Xixin Prefecture, this one is called red persimmon and the green one is called cucumber."

"Whether you eat it empty, stir-fry it, or mix it with honey, you can't have too much of it. It's delicious."

As he said that, Zhou Yuan took out a red persimmon from the car and cut one open with the knife he carried. He saw that the red persimmon had crystal flesh under its red skin.

Zhou Yuan gave the cut piece to the people gathered in front of him. Those who liked it should buy it immediately.

Zhou Yuan said: "Because we transported it back from Xixin Mansion, the price will definitely be higher. The first twenty ones cost only thirty cash per catty, and the remaining ones cost thirty-five cash."

Three Fifteen cents per catty is really not cheap, and fine meat is only twenty cents per catty.

"I'll buy it first, and I'll eat it fresh." The man chose a few, and Meng Qi stood aside and weighed them neatly.

Soon many people came to buy it. After all, it was something new and everyone was willing to try it.

There were also those who didn't like eating in vain and were still watching. At this time, Chen Qing's charcoal fire was also burning. The pot was now burning red. Zhou Yuan stepped aside a little so that everyone could see him.

Chen Qing knew that many people were looking at him, and his face turned red. Then Zhou Yuan said, "If you don't like eating on empty food, just add an egg and a little salt."

After he said this, everyone looked at him. Chen Qing scrambled eggs with persimmons. When you remove the red persimmons, you can smell the tangy aroma. When it comes out of the pan, Chen Qing only adds a little salt. If nothing else, it looks very good. People can have great appetites.

After tasting the persimmons fried by Chen Qing, more people bought them. Meng Qi and Zhou Yuan were both too busy, so Chen Qing silently came over to help.

Even the cucumbers and peppers they brought back were sold in large quantities. Some husbands were a little afraid of Zhou Yuan, so they asked Chen Qing: "How should you eat this?"

Chen Qing pinched his sleeves and said : "This cucumber is delicious after being patted and mixed with ordinary seasonings. If you can accept the spiciness, you can chop the chili pepper and mix it together."

"Then I will buy some too."

At the beginning After the sensation, the number of people gradually decreased, but the two carts of goods sold a lot.

By the time the sun was high, only half of the two carts were left, and there were not many people on the street at this time.

Chen Qing was a little anxious. Only half of the items were sold, so they would still lose money.

Zhou Yuan noticed his emotions and squeezed his hand: "Don't worry, trust me."

Chen Qing had no choice but to nod.

The sun was too strong at the moment, and Zhou Yuan didn't want Chen Qing to be exposed to the sun like this, so he packed up their car and prepared to return to their destination.

They had not gone far when they were stopped.

All this seemed to be within Zhou Yuan's expectation. The person coming was a steward of a restaurant in the county, and Zhou Yuan had met him before.

"Brother, have you sold out these rare things?" The steward stretched his head to look, but the felt cloth was so tightly covered that he couldn't see it at all.

"Of course there are others. Who are you?" Zhou Yuan was neither humble nor overbearing.

"I am the steward of Cyclamen. I heard today that you have some strange things here. The shopkeeper specially asked me to come and take a look. Could you please move to the store?"

Zhou Yuan glanced at Chen Qing, and then took them to follow the shopkeeper. .

When they arrived at Cyclamen's backyard, the shopkeeper was already waiting for him. He glanced at Zhou Yuan and knew that he was the one who could make the decision.

"May I ask how many of these novelties you have left? We want to buy them all." The shopkeeper got straight to the point.

Zhou Yuan was waiting for this opportunity. After Chen Qing went to bed last night, he and Meng Qi washed the two cars and picked them up again. They removed some of the broken ones and put away the remaining big and beautiful ones. Below.

Only then did Zhou Yuan lift the felt cloth, and there were bigger ones underneath.

When the shopkeeper saw it, he was convinced that the ones they sold in the market were all small-headed ones, and the big-headed ones were still waiting for them.

"We only have these, and we won't have any more in a short time. Has the shopkeeper made the decision?" Zhou Yuan said.

The shopkeeper confirmed with him again: "Are you sure this is the last bit left?"

"Yes, after all, Yunxi Town is a long way away, and things are not dead and can break easily. We may only leave this place in a year. "Let's go." Zhou Yuan calmed down and said, "The shopkeeper doesn't have to worry about selling it to others after we sell it to you."

"Then let's settle the score." The shopkeeper is very satisfied. He only has something that he owns. Not enough money.

Since the shopkeeper had shown his sincerity, Zhou Yuan naturally refused to take Qiao, and asked Chen Qing to tell them how to add peppers to dishes and how to dry them into seasonings.

By the way, I also introduced the spices I brought back to the shopkeeper.

"It just needs to be roasted over an open fire, then sprinkled with seasonings, and it's a masterpiece."

But they didn't bring a lot of seasonings, only about ten kilograms.

The shopkeeper looked embarrassed: "Some are too few."

Zhou Yuan smiled: "Shopkeeper, if there have always been some, it wouldn't be surprising. Are you right?"

The shopkeeper suddenly realized.

They sold the rest to Cyclamen. In the afternoon, a few of them even barbecued meat in Cyclamen's backyard. No matter what kind of meat it was, as long as it was roasted over charcoal fire and sprinkled with these seasonings, it would be out of this world. Delicious food.

When they came out from Xiankelai, Meng Qi was confused. Looking at Zhou Yuan's tall figure, he knew that he was right to work with Zhou Yuan.

They returned to the house, everything was sold, and now they had a chance to see how much they had made.

The box containing the money had always been placed on Zhou Yuan's body. Neither Chen Qing nor Meng Qi had time to look at it. When the empty cart came back, Meng Qi waited with bright eyes.

Zhou Yuan poured out the money box, and after the three of them counted it, they had already made back the cost of these goods in Cyclamen. Those who retailed in the morning were their pure profits.

Ninety taels of these items were sold, which means they made forty taels on this trip!