Make a lot of money!I got rich in the year of famine

Chapter 45 That Old Witch

Before going to bed at night, Shen Qing lay down first, staring at the beams of the room, and went through what happened today in his mind like a movie.

She told Shen Hui about some things, but she didn't tell about others, such as the things about her aunt's house.

Said it was useless, but also called her suspenseful for no reason.

"Sister, why are you making shoes again? Whose are these?" Seeing that she was up late, Shen Qing got up to look, but saw that she was holding the soles of the shoes to check the size, and it was not hers.

Shen Hui paused for a moment, and suddenly her cheeks turned red, "That's right, I'm just doing it for fun."

Shen Qing sat up abruptly, staring at her suspiciously, "Has Yang Xiuyuan been here?"

"Hiss!" Shen Hui got it, and a drop of Yin Hong's blood emerged from her fingertips. She quickly put her hand into her mouth, but her eyes were in a trance.

As soon as Shen Qing saw her appearance, he knew it in his heart, and sighed: "How did he find this place?"

After a while, Shen Hui said: "He asked the eldest cousin."

Shen Qing regretted that she forgot to tell Cao Yong, and something went wrong.

"What did he come to say?"

Since I could find it here, it must not be just for a glance.

Shen Hui's face turned crimson, "He told Aunt Yang that he would not talk about marriage for the time being and would have to wait two years. After two years, he saved up money and convinced his mother."

"If not? I don't think Aunt Yang is someone who can change her mind easily. Besides, our mother's reputation will be difficult to recover even after ten years. She can do it?" Shen Qing didn't want to hit his sister, but he lived two lives as a She thinks a lot, thinks long-term, and thinks more comprehensively, instead of being easy because of a few sweet words.

Shen Hui's face darkened again, and she sighed and took the injection, "He said it, so I listened and didn't respond to him."

Shen Qing understood that her elder sister was a typical traditional woman, unlike her, who had independent thoughts in her previous life, she actually didn't care about those possible gossip.

She only needs to make money now, and when she has money, she can find a deserted valley to live in seclusion, and live a normal life, that's enough.

But Shen Hui is different. If she really overcomes all difficulties and marries Yang Xiuyuan even if Yang is unhappy, then the suffering will really begin.

From now on, she would have to face Mrs. Yang every day and hear her say unpleasant things every day. How could she bear it?

Shen Qing thought for a while, and said to her honestly: "Sister, I have thought about your life, either you find an orphan with no parents, or we recruit a door-to-door son-in-law, and he will not dare to bully you with me watching from now on. You, other than that, I will never let you marry somewhere else, go to a place where I can't see, that's not going to happen, even if Yang Xiuyuan swears to the sky, I don't believe it, if a man's mouth can be trusted, the sow will run away Climb the tree!”

If Yang Xiuyuan had acted responsibly, Mother Yang would not have come to cancel the engagement.

Now that she's here, it means that Yang Xiuyuan can't influence her mother's decision, he can't control things, it's useless!
Originally she had no dissatisfaction with Yang Xiuyuan, but now she is a little angry.

If you don't have the ability to be the master, don't come to hook up.

After hearing what her sister said, Shen Hui's nose was so moved, "Qing'er..."

Shen Qing said again: "Don't mention this beforehand, if he comes again in the future, don't bother him."

Seeing that she was really angry, Shen Hui didn't dare to say anything more, put away the soles of her shoes and blew out the oil lamp.

Shen Qing held her breath in her heart, and fell asleep in a stuffy mood. The next morning, after she got up, she went to the next door to wake Huo Lin up, and asked him to run up the mountain.

Huo Lin left quickly, and when he came back, he brought the Fan family and two neighbors with him.

Shen Qing had a calm face and told him about collecting bamboo shoots, with the shells on, one penny per catty.

Don't underestimate a young man like Fan Xiaoshan, who can carry a hundred catties down the mountain in a sack, which is a hundred cash, and he can carry it four or five times a day at least, which is quite a lot of income.

But I was almost dead from exhaustion.

But such a good job is hard to come by, and no one has any objections.

In just one morning, the bamboo shoots in the small courtyard of the Shen family piled up into a hill.

Fan Cuicui took Grandma Fan down the mountain to help peel the bamboo shoots.

The bamboo shoots broken today have to be processed that day, otherwise they can only be fed to pigs tomorrow.

Old man Huo also came to help. Anyway, he was not tired just sitting and peeling bamboo shoots, and he could still talk to others.

Outside the yard, a stove was set up, and water was boiling in a pot.

Huo Lin is responsible for moving the peeled bamboo shoots into the pot, and lighting the fire when he has time.

Shen Hui turned the spatula while telling Huo Lin to turn down the fire so that the water could not be boiled dry.

The cooked bamboo shoots were fished out to drain the water, and then carried to the kitchen. The pot there was also lit on fire, and the spices were boiling in the pot. Shen Qing was watching there.

The process of marinating requires her to master the time and heat.

Spring bamboo shoots are very tender and cannot be cooked for a long time. They need to be soaked for a while and then dried over charcoal fire.

At night, the Shen family hall was in full swing, and the room was filled with heat waves.

In addition to bamboo shoots, there are also fish cubes to be made.

Shen Qing left Fan Cuicui and her grandmother to help.

Grandma Fan knew how to make five-spice dried bamboo shoots at a glance, but she was smart enough not to think too hard.

If you want to do it, there will be a lot of people!
The key is how to turn them into money. This is not as simple as just taking them and selling them.

So she vaguely mentioned to Shen Qing that she made sauerkraut and soybean paste by herself.

Shen Qing generously told her that for these two things, she would charge as much as she had, and it would only be higher than what she sold in the town, never lower.

Granny Fan was so happy that she could not open her mouth from ear to ear. At her age, if she could earn some money to support herself, she would be able to contribute to her grandson's wife and granddaughter's marriage in the future, and she would look good.

After two full days of work, Huo Lin went to the town alone with his burden on the third morning.

There are a lot of dried five-spice bamboo shoots, which are considered fresh to eat, and the price is very reasonable, fifteen cents a pack, half a catty a pack.

This is dry goods, dehydrated, it can weigh a lot in a catty!
She asked Huolin to give some to each shop, and the waiters in those inns would sell dried bamboo shoots, and they would be paid three yuan for each pack.

Huo Lin went there for half a day, and didn't return until after noon, with an ugly expression on his face, as if someone owed him several hundred taels of silver.

"grandfather!"

Uncle Huo was waiting at the door, seeing his expression, he knew something was wrong, "Go and tell Qing'er, don't hide anything!"

Huo Lin nodded, and carried the burden into the next yard.

"Xiao Linzi, you're back, are you tired? I asked my sister to save noodles for you. I rolled them in the morning. I'll just wait for you to come back and put them in the pot, and then I'll lay an egg for you. How about it, isn't it interesting? ... What's wrong with you? ? Did someone bully you?" Seeing that his expression was not right, Shen Qing walked a few steps into the courtyard.

Huo Lin put down the burden and lifted the cloth covering it, "Look!"

"Not sold?" Shen Qing was shocked.

Shen Hui also heard the sound and walked over quickly, only to see that at least half of the two burdens were left, "Why is this?"

Huo Lin sat down on the threshold, with a mournful face, and said: "It must be that old hag, now it's spread all over the town, saying... about my aunt, they even recognize me, once I walk over, those idle The old women who hurt their eggs just pointed at me and talked about things, Feng Chengcheng and the others didn't dare to ask for our things, saying that the shopkeeper knew about it, and scolded them, and said that such things of unknown origin and uncleanness, If a customer eats something bad, they will be held responsible."

(End of this chapter)