Chapter 23 Mother’s Thoughts
Seeing how much money they had made, Liu Xin's two younger sisters jumped up and down in the yard happily, helping their mother pack the barrels, and the cauldron became more active.
The mason has already set up the stove and earthen kang today, and tomorrow they need to light a fire to slowly bake them. Only when there is no smoke in the house will it mean that his work is okay, and Liu Xin can give them the last half of the wages.
However, even if it is completed, it will take two days to use the stove, and at least five days to use the kang, so it will be no problem to bake it over a slow fire.
Liu Xin cleaned all the newly brought pig offal and pig bones, put the pig bones into the pot for cooking soup and meat, and finally put the pig intestines in first.
Today I sold more than 30 kilograms of pork offal, and there are about 20 kilograms left. When the offal is cooked, at most half of the meat will be left. There will not be enough meat to sell tomorrow.
So he had to cook the meat before going to bed today, and then cook it all night before selling it tomorrow.
After all the meat was put into the pot, the soup in the pot slowly began to boil. Liu Xin added three buckets of water to the pot, then filled the soup in the pot, and then added 20 grams of [Thirteen Spices], one
Two ounces of thick sugar, some ginger slices, salt, and bean paste, and asked the elder sister to watch the pot and not turn off the heat, while he went to fetch water by himself.
After carrying two loads of water, the pig liver in the pot was almost ready. Liu Xin took out the pig liver and let it cool down, and then continued to carry water. It took him six times to fill the water tank and bucket at home.
"Mom, while it's still dark and there are still people in the market, I'm going to buy some green onions, ginger and firewood!" Liu Xin said to her mother after finishing everything.
Liu Xiaomei was sitting on the stool after running all day and refused to get up. Liu Wanliu was still insisting on helping her mother make dinner. Although they were tired from living such a life, they were happy in their hearts.
"Congjiang, we have plenty of firewood at home. Why don't you ask your brother to deliver it tomorrow? What are you going to spend the money on?" Congjiang said when her mother saw that Liu Xin wanted to spend money to buy firewood again.
"This thing is not valuable. The firewood cost five grand today, and the green onion and ginger together only cost two grand. There is no need for my second brother to make a trip just for ten bucks!" Liu Xin couldn't help but say.
"What are you talking about? Your second brother works hard at the farm for only six dollars a day. Isn't this money better than picking up dung?
Also, the sesame seed seller made three trips home today, but he made a lot of money. If we steam some cereal steamed bread and sell it cheaper, it will definitely sell better than the sesame seed cakes." Mother said.
"I don't have a problem with you asking the second brother to deliver vegetables and firewood. It's time for the second brother to save money and marry a wife. From now on, I will charge the onions, ginger and firewood sent by the second brother according to the market price, but I have to ask him to go into the city.
Solve it yourself.
We can’t even make the [Mixed Liver Soup], so why sell steamed buns? The man selling sesame cakes today is not prepared, and the supply of sesame cakes will definitely not be cut off tomorrow, so we can just sell our [Mixed Liver Soup] well.” Liu
Xin said to her mother.
The mother nodded after hearing this. Liu Xin knew that she felt that others had taken advantage of her and she had suffered a loss, so she felt a little unhappy.
Mother asked Liu Wanliu to go to the school to find Liu Guisheng after school and asked him to bring a message to Liu Gu. When Liu Wanliu came back half an hour later, the sky was already getting dark.
The meal at home has also been prepared. Tonight's meal is rice porridge, pickles, and sesame cakes. This kind of food was not affordable during the Chinese New Year in the past, but now Liu Xin's family no longer feels that it is luxurious to eat.
After dinner, her mother cleared away the dishes and went to wash the pot. The two younger sisters had already gone back to the house to rest. Liu Xin went to the two side rooms to add some firewood to the stove and earthen kang, and then returned to the big meat cooking area.
I added two ladles of water to the pot before letting the meat in the pot continue to cook.
When it got completely dark, Liu Xin's mother also went back to her room to rest. Liu Xin saw that the meat in the pot was almost ready, so he filled the pot with water, put a lid on it, and went back to his room to sleep.
The next day at Shenshi, Liu Xin woke up full of energy. Although setting up a stall was a bit tiring now, it was better than going hungry. Even though he had only been reborn in this world for less than five days, he had already found that he was starting to gain weight and his strength was also decreasing.
It started to grow bigger.
All the meat in the pot has been stuffed. Liu Xin picked up all the meat and put it in the meat basket. Yesterday's pig was boiled in water for about 25 kilograms. Adding the 20 kilograms from the day before yesterday, the meat was about 45 kilograms.
But Zheng Lai said that there will be no more pigs in the water today, so if you sell it today, there will be nothing to sell tomorrow. Liu Xin plans to take an hour's rest at noon today and go to the butcher shop in the east of the city to see if there are any pigs in the water and pigs.
bone.
Today, only about 25 kilograms can be sold. Liu Xin did not expect that he had already started to worry about the pigs entering the water just one day after setting up the stall. Another point was that the pig bones were not enough, and the taste of the big bone soup was a bit worse than yesterday. It seemed that
I have to save this soup too.
When Liu Xin pushed the cart to the market, although the sky had just brightened, there were already people waiting. He lit a fire and started cooking soup, letting his little sister watch while he, his mother, and his eldest sister went to clear the table.
chair.
Liu Xin was cleaning up while looking at the entrance of the market. He didn't buy onions, ginger and firewood yesterday. He was waiting for his second brother to bring them from outside the city. At this time, the city gate had opened. His [Mixed Liver Soup] didn't have onions, ginger and firewood.
Can't do it.
The tables and chairs were all arranged, and the soup in the pot had slowly begun to boil. Liu Xin finally saw his second brother Liu Gu coming with a large load of firewood and two baskets in his hands.
"Why did it take so long to come? The guests are all anxious. Have the chopped green onions been cut?" Liu Xin's mother saw Liu Gu hurriedly went up to take the basket of chopped green onions. Liu Gu had already washed and chopped them.
"I was waiting at the city gate half an hour ago. When the city gate comes, I will be the first one to come in." Liu Gu said.
Liu Xin started making [Mixed Liver Soup] for customers, and in just a short while, there were already more than ten people queuing up.
"The city guard didn't make things difficult for you, right?" Liu Xin looked at his second brother and said.
"No, how can I give him money when I'm dressed like this? He didn't even bother to let me in. The city guards usually don't charge entry fees when they go into the city to sell firewood." Liu Gu said to Liu Xin.
"It's such a cold day, let's have a bowl of [Mixed Liver Soup] first! After eating, we can go back to the village without delay," Liu Xin said.
"No, this firewood can only be used after chopping it. I have an ax with me. I'll give it to you now!" Liu Gu said.
"Yesterday's firewood was enough. You eat first and then get busy after eating." Liu Xin said.
Liu Gu picked up the miscellaneous liver soup Liu Xin had made for him and finished it in three gulps. Then he handed the bowl and chopsticks to his mother and asked his younger sister to lead the way to chop firewood in Liu Xin's yard.
Today's business was much better than yesterday. Liu Xin kept busy until about 4 o'clock in the morning. When Liu Xin saw his little sister busy collecting bowls, he asked Liu Gu where he was.
"Second brother will leave after chopping the firewood!" the younger sister said to Liu Xin.
The second brother left without asking for money, and Liu Xin didn't think much about it. She would just give him the money when we meet him later.
Originally, it was said that Liu Xin would take a break at noon and go to Dongshi to visit, but people were queuing up all the time and Liu Xin could not stop.
The sesame cake seller sold out two baskets of sesame cakes and asked someone to send a message to his wife. Soon his wife came again carrying two baskets of sesame cakes, and Liu Xin couldn't rest.
"Shopkeeper Wang, why are you here!"
At this time, Liu Xin heard her mother's voice. It turned out that her future father-in-law had arrived. Behind him was a slightly thin girl with regular features and thick hair, and a hint of cleverness in her eyes. This was not Liu Xin's baby.
Who is Prince Xiaohua!
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