Chapter 86: Depth
Chapter 86 Going out
Several families felt incredible when they heard this result.
The third grandma said: "Are the Mo family crazy? They let He Dacai go so easily. How will He Dacai not be able to get involved with their family in the future?"
"That's right." Ms. Chen said while pounding the cinnamon with a stone: "It's just twenty boards, or it was beaten by the He family. How heavy can it be? It's estimated that the skin is not even broken, just lie down for a few days and it will be fine ”
After saying that, he raised his head and said to Gu Yumei who was pounding fragrant leaves: "You still feel bored staying at home, so you want to go to the village. You said you want to make friends with the girls in the village so that you can help the family. Are you going this time?" This village is not our hometown, it is very dangerous."
They have only been here for more than ten days and are not familiar with the people in the village yet. It is up to the adults to make friends, and there is no need for Gu Yumei, a grown-up girl, to do it.
Gu Yumei didn't say anything, and with a bad look on her face, she pounded the fragrant leaves in the wooden bowl with a wooden pole, wanting to make a hole in the wooden bowl.
Damn it, Gu Jinli, why should she be allowed to crush fragrant leaves? She also said that it should be pounded into powder, not too coarse, otherwise it would not taste good when sprinkled into tofu. She pounded it for two days in a row, and her hands were blistered and she continued to pound it. She was really angry.
Gu Yumei didn't want to do this job, but because she had to make a living by making tofu, the whole family gathered at Gu Jinli's house in the past few days to prepare various things. There was no one in their house during the day, and she was also afraid of the bachelors in the village. I don't dare to stay at home alone, so I can only follow him to work.
But she felt uncomfortable. If she were still in her hometown, where would she be able to do this kind of work?
Seeing that she was unhappy, Mrs. Chen muttered dissatisfiedly and stopped talking about her.
Gu Yumei heard Chen's muttering and pounded the fragrant leaves in the bowl more than a dozen times. She stood up and walked to Gu Jinli. She was about to pour the fragrant leaves in the wooden bowl into a cloth bag, but Gu Jinli stopped her: "You... No. What I want is bay leaf powder, and you are far from a powder."
"I'll just make do with it." Gu Yumei spread her right hand in front of Gu Jinli and said angrily: "Open your eyes and see, my hand is blistered and I can't **** it."
Her eye circles were red, and she looked very aggrieved.
It's a pity that Gu Jinli doesn't accept this trick.
Gu Jinli handed the half-pounded amomum villosum to Gu Yumei: "Then pound this."
Fragrant leaves are the easiest to pound into powder among all the spices to be used. She has assigned the easiest task to Gu Yumei. Gu Yumei is still picky, so let's do the difficult task.
When Gu Yumei saw the pieces of amomum villosum as hard as bark, she immediately didn't dare to complain anymore. She took the wooden bowl and went back to pound the fragrant leaves into pieces.
Several women and a few half-year-old children were busy until evening, pounding all the spices, but these were not enough. Gu Jinli said: "Grandpa Third, it will be the tenth day of the Lunar New Year in three days, and Xuanhufang should open. Can you please come back?" Go to town and buy some spices and come back."
Most of the spices she found now were found on her way out of the wilderness, but the quantity she found was not much. They wanted to do business and needed a lot of spices, so they had to go to the drug store to buy them.
Grandpa San and Gu Dashan were making tables and chairs. When they heard this, they replied: "Okay, you can think about it in the next two days and see if there is anything else that needs to be purchased. On the tenth day of the lunar month, we will go to the town to buy it again."
"Okay." Gu Jinli responded, put the pounded spice powder into a cloth bag, and tied it with a rope.
Third Grandma asked: "Xiaoyu, aren't these spices enough?" They pounded and pounded for two days and had produced more than ten kilograms of spices.
Gu Jinli said: "Not enough. These spices are not only used to make pan-fried five-spice tofu. When selling white tofu, they can also be sold to people who buy tofu so that they can add a little to season when making tofu or cooking. It is needed. The quantity is very large, so prepare more and you will be able to sell it when the time comes, and the stock will not be suddenly out of stock.”
Mr. Chen and the others were about to go home when they heard this, they stopped and asked, "Xiaoyu, can these spices be sold for money?" Gu Jinli nodded and said, "Yes."
"Hey, why is Xiaoyu so smart? Everything he makes can be sold for money." Mrs. Chen was so happy that she asked Gu Jinli again: "Xiaoyu, what about the money from selling spices..."
Gu Jinli knew what she wanted to ask and said, "According to what Third Grandpa said."
When Mrs. Chen heard this, she was so happy that she opened her mouth from ear to ear. She said a few good words and took her children back home. The others also went home.
On the tenth day of the lunar month, Third Grandpa went to the town with Gu Dashan and the Luo family. According to what Hu Jinli said, they bought back a lot of medicinal materials that could be used as spices. They also went to the iron shop to order two pieces a foot. Width, half a meter long iron plate.
"Those two iron plates are not difficult to make. You can get them tomorrow. They cost four taels of silver." The third grandfather said.
As for the four taels of silver, they will be calculated into the capital, and when the tofu is sold, the silver will be deducted.
The next day everyone started pounding the spices again. Gu Jinli mixed the spices together according to a certain proportion, and then wrapped them one by one with yellow paper with a few younger children. After preparing for a while, it finally arrived. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, the family got up before dawn. After working for more than an hour, the third grandfather took Luo's father Chu, Tian Shu and Aunt Tian, Gu Damu Yan, Gu Dagui Chen, Qin Sanlang, Gu Jinan, and Luo Huiniang to return home. Gu Jinli went to town.
There are a lot of things to bring, and almost everyone who goes to the town to sell a stall has to carry something.
Father Luo was carrying two iron plates and two heavy clay stoves, Uncle Tian and Mrs. Gu Damuyan were carrying four loads of tofu, and Mrs. Gu Dagui and Mrs. Chen were carrying two loads of bean dregs. They also had to carry two loads of bean dregs this time. Selling bean curd cakes.
Grandpa San, Chu, Qin Sanlang, and Gu Jinan carried four loads of chopped dry firewood. They had no money to buy charcoal, and they sold cooked food that needed to be cooked fresh, so they could only carry dry firewood to the town.
Gu Jinli and Luo Huiniang were carrying pots, pans, chopsticks, oil, salt and spices.
The group of people hurriedly hurriedly arrived at the town at noon.
Tonight is the Lantern Festival. There is a lantern festival in the town. It is a rare day without curfew. Many people come out to set up stalls and do business. When they arrive, all the available stall spots are occupied.
However, Doctor Du had already asked the medicine boy from Xuanhufang to help them occupy a good five-meter-square location, and also helped them go to Silifang in the town to get the stall sign, so they had a place to set up their stall at night.
Ancient towns did not have a mayor, but there was a Si Lifang, which had two officials and six yamen, who were responsible for handling the affairs of the town. If you wanted to set up a stall, you had to go to the Si Lifang to pay money and get a sign. With a sign Only then can I set up a stall.
The prices of the brands vary, and those selling food will be more expensive. If it happens during major festivals such as the Lantern Festival or the Mid-Autumn Festival, the stalls selling food will cost one hundred cents a day, which is usually half a month's stall price, but those selling agricultural products It only costs ten cents a day, and if you spend half a day, it only costs five cents.
The medicine boy’s name was Cang Zhu. When he saw the third grandfather, he immediately waved to him and said, “Old man of the Gu family, this way.”
Third Grandpa hurriedly led them to pick up their things. After seeing such a good location, he was very happy: "This location is good, close to the main street. Brother Cangzhu, thank you very much."
The Lantern Festival is on the main street. At this time, rows of pillars have been erected on the main street, and thick ropes are hung on those pillars. At night, the thick ropes will be hung with all kinds of lanterns. Can light up the entire main street.
(End of this chapter)
