Farmhouse with a little field

Chapter 26 Making money is for spending!

"Mother, should we go shopping next?" After finishing the business, Jiang Duyue also wanted to take a good look at this ancient market.

Han Qingmei nodded and smiled happily. Of course she was happy that her daughter was so capable.

The family walked all the way, first spent 320 Wen, bought 48 catties of rice noodles each; spent [-] Wen, bought two catties of pork belly, and two pig bones.

What surprised Jiang Duyue was that the pork belly here was more expensive than pure lean meat. Lean meat only cost 23 Wen a catty, while pork belly was [-] Wen a catty, and the most expensive one was the whole meat. The price of whole fat meat is [-] Wen a catty.

But after thinking about it carefully, Jiang Duyue also understood. It is estimated that ordinary people here do not eat meat often, and if they eat it once in a while, they naturally want more meaty meat.

When buying meat, Jiang Duyue noticed a small pile of pig offal piled up in a corner of the stall, which made her eyes light up. She had heard that almost no one in ancient times would eat pig offal. Could it be the same here?
"Master, don't you know how to sell those offal pigs?" Jiang Duyue pretended to be ignorant and pointed to the pile of offal pigs that were thrown everywhere.

The butcher thought that Jiang Duyue was young and didn't understand these things, so he smiled and said, "These pigs stink in the water, and they don't taste good after cooking. No one wants them."

"Are these things really that bad?" Jiang Duyue blinked suspiciously.

Han Qingmei also looked at those pigs with disgust. When the family really had no money, her mother-in-law asked her uncle to buy some pigs. After making them, no one could eat them: "Xiaoyue, this It's really inedible."

"Mom, although these pigs smell stinky, they might taste delicious when they are made. I want to buy some and try them out, okay?" Jiang Duyue began to show off her cuteness.

Although she earned a tael of silver today, she only bought a few things and already spent a lot, so Han Qingmei naturally didn't want to spend money on such useless things.But looking at her daughter's expectant expression, Han Qingmei couldn't say no.

"If you really want this pig, you can give me two pennies, and I'll give you all the pig. What do you think?" The butcher can't miss this opportunity. You must know that these pigs can't be sold. At that time, he will have to work hard to find a way to lose it. If these people can help him get these pigs out of the water, it will save him a lot of trouble.

However, as a businessman, if he can use these pigs to make a couple of pennies, that would be great.

Jiang Duyue was already very satisfied with the price, so she continued to drag Han Qingmei and act coquettishly: "Mom, just buy it for me, okay? Just this time, if I can't get it right this time, I won't do it again." touch these things."

"Mother of the child, since Xiaoyue wants to try it, let's buy it for her." In all fairness, Jiang Shouren actually loves children, but when his mother and child were put together and asked him to choose, he didn't mind. Gotta choose.

Han Qingmei sighed, and gave the butcher two more coins. The butcher accepted the money with a smile on his face, wrapped the pigs tightly with several layers of lotus leaves, and put them in the empty bamboo basket .

Thinking of Aunt Li's face before, Jiang Duyue deliberately put the two catties of pork belly on the bottom, and put the pig offal on top. It's better to worry that this person will snatch her meat, but just in case good.

After buying these things, Han Qingmei took the two children to tear a piece of cotton cloth and spent ten Wen.

In the past, the two children were wearing old clothes that were worn by the children of the first room and the second room. Now that they have money, Han Qingmei thought about making new clothes for the two children.

Although the fabric they bought was very common and cheap, Jiang Duyue and Xiaonian were still very happy, especially Xiaonian, holding the piece of cloth in his arms like a baby egg, and really didn't want to let go for a moment.

Afterwards, Han Qingmei bought several packages of vegetable seeds for two cents, most of which were suitable for sowing.

At Jiang Duyue's request, he bought some condiments for cooking for two cents.

"Xiaoyue, Xiaonian, is there anything else you want to buy?" Seeing that the most important things were almost bought, Han Qingmei turned to look at the two children.

Jiang Duyue and Xiaonian looked at each other, and they both shook their heads at the same time: "Mother, we have nothing to buy."

"This child..." Han Qingmei was relieved and distressed at the same time. Although neither of the two children asked for anything, Han Qingmei still bought a box of candied fruit and a box of jujube cake for the two children.

Although Xiaonian didn't say anything, judging from the way he put down the cotton cloth and put the snacks in his hands, he could tell how happy he was.

Jiang Duyue rolled her eyes, and suddenly thought of a question: "Mom, every time Dad comes to town, does he ride in the bullock cart of Brother Da Zhuang's house?"

"Yes, although there are two families in our village with ox carts, those two families are not easy to get along with." Han Qingmei nodded.

"Then, should we buy something for Brother Da Zhuang? After all, it's embarrassing to bother him every time." Jiang Duyue's idea is actually very simple. Even if Brother Da Zhuang is a kind person, it is difficult to protect his family. They are all kind people. If people feel dissatisfied with themselves because of the bullock cart, and finally have conflicts, it will not be good.

Moreover, Da Zhuang did help his family, and he should give some rewards. He could pay back the money he owed with interest, but if he owed favors, it would be hard to pay back.

Han Qingmei had never thought about this question before, but when she heard what Jiang Duyue said, she subconsciously looked at her husband: "Father, what do you think about this matter?"

"Speaking of which, Da Zhuang did help us a lot, but I don't know what to buy to thank him." Jiang Shouren replied with some embarrassment.

Jiang Duyue saw that his parents agreed with his words, so he took the opportunity and said: "This question is simple, and rural people don't pay much attention to it. It's almost noon now, why don't we buy some steamed buns and bring them to Brother Da Zhuang?" .After all, it will take some time before he returns to the village, so just treat him as a cushion for him."

"What Xiaoyue said is good, let's go buy some steamed buns." Jiang Shouren and Han Qingmei looked at each other and nodded.

Jiang Duyue blinked her eyes: "Since we want to buy steamed stuffed buns, why don't we eat a few by ourselves? If we wait until we go back and cook, it will be too late. We won't have time to pick wild vegetables by then!"

"This..." Both Jiang Shouren and Han Qingmei were a little bit distressed about money. You must know that a steamed stuffed bun with vegetarian vegetables costs one penny each, and one with meat stuffing is even more expensive. It costs two pennies to buy one.

Seeing this, Jiang Duyue couldn't help sighing, and asked, "Mother, why do you think we want to make money?"

"Of course it's for a better life." Han Qingmei looked at her daughter in confusion, wondering why she suddenly asked this.

Jiang Duyue frowned, and pointed to the rice noodles on Jiang Shouren's back: "Then why are we buying these things?"

"Of course it's for living." Han Qingmei was still a little confused.

Seeing that Han Qingmei still didn't understand what she meant, Jiang Duyue could only hold her hand with a smile: "Mom, since money is spent and money is made to make our lives better, and it's so hard to make money , then why don’t you make yourself happy when you spend money? We eat a few buns to fill our stomachs so that we can have more energy to make money in the future. Isn’t this something to be happy about? It's just for flowers!"

"Xiaoyue is right, let's eat steamed stuffed buns!" Han Qingmei couldn't help feeling a little sour when she saw her daughter explaining herself so sensibly, and couldn't help sniffling.

Xiaonian understood Jiang Duyue's words, and ran to the other side of Han Qingmei with snacks, and held Han Qingmei's hand: "Mother, when Xiaonian grows up, he will definitely make a lot of money. I will let my mother eat meat buns every day!"

From Xiaonian's point of view, being able to eat meat buns every day is a great enjoyment.

"Xiao Nian is good, mother is just waiting for Xiao Nian to make money for her!" Han Qingmei couldn't help but her eyes turned red when she heard this.

Jiang Shouren, who was walking behind the three of them, couldn't help laughing foolishly when he saw this scene. His wife is virtuous and his children are sensible, so how could Jiang Shouren be unhappy?
But when he thought of his old mother at home, Jiang Shouren suddenly couldn't stop laughing. If his mother could be more sensible, then life would be more comfortable.

After making up their minds, the family of four went to the steamed stuffed bun shop. They spent fifteen Wen and ordered five steamed stuffed buns filled with meat and five steamed stuffed buns filled with vegetables, so as to fill their stomachs.

Sitting in the steamed stuffed bun shop, looking at the white and fat steamed stuffed buns, the three people except Jiang Duyue all showed painful and expectant expressions, and Xiaonian even swallowed exaggeratedly.

Jiang Duyue laughed a little, took meat buns and stuffed them into the hands of the three, and took a meat bun herself and gnawed on it.This meat bun is not small, and the skin is quite thick. The stuffing inside is radish and pork stuffing, mostly radish, but the meat is not too small, but it is all white, with almost no lean meat.

Although I already know that fatty meat here is more expensive than lean meat, Jiang Duyue still can't accept this kind of buns made of pure fat meat. After eating half of it, I can't eat it anymore: "Mom, I want to eat stuffed vegetables. Son, can you help me eat this half?"

Han Qingmei didn't know what her daughter was thinking, she thought she wanted to save the meat stuffed buns for herself, but she felt a little sour for a while: "You eat yours, mother likes to eat vegetarian stuffed buns, so don't I like this minced meat."

"Mom, I really want to eat stuffed vegetables, not for other reasons." Jiang Duyue almost rolled her eyes, she is not so empathetic at all, okay?

While speaking, Jiang Duyue directly stuffed the half bun to Han Qingmei, while she grabbed a bun filled with vegetarian vegetables and gnawed on it.

Han Qingmei sighed, and finally didn't say anything more, just ate half of the meat bun given by her daughter, but she didn't touch the meat bun after that.Jiang Shouren saw that his wife and children were starting to eat steamed buns filled with vegetables, so he followed suit to get steamed stuffed buns filled with vegetables. Xiaonian was very sensible, so he naturally followed suit.

This situation directly led to the tragic situation that the steamed stuffed buns stuffed with vegetables were snatched up all at once, while the remaining meat buns were left unattended.

Jiang Duyue looked at the last meat bun, rolled her eyes, reached out and broke the meat bun in half, handed half to Han Qingmei, and half to Jiang Shouren: "Father, mother, take this bun Eat it, Xiaonian and I can't take it anymore."

This is not a lie. Jiang Duyue was probably used to being hungry before. Although there was enough food in front of him this time, he couldn't eat much. In addition, the portion of the bun was really big, so he only ate it. One and a half buns are completely filling.

Xiaonian is naturally the same, the only difference is that Jiang Duyue ate a steamed stuffed bun filled with vegetables and half a meat bun, while Xiaonian ate a meat bun and half a steamed stuffed bun with vegetarian vegetables. The half of the vegetarian bun was given to Han Qingmei.

So Jiang Shouren and Han Qingmei each ate three steamed buns, but the types and amounts of stuffing were different.

The reason why Jiang Duyue chose to divide the bun into two was not for the sake of fairness.

She felt that even if she handed the steamed bun to Han Qingmei, Han Qingmei would never eat the last steamed stuffed bun, but would very likely give the steamed stuffed bun to Jiang Shouren.Furthermore, although Jiang Duyue has a lot of dissatisfaction with Jiang Shouren as a cheap father, after all, Jiang Shouren was the one who carried the things before, and he will definitely be him in the future. If he doesn't fill his stomach, how can he work better? ?
Xiaonian rubbed his stomach, and nodded with satisfaction: "Father, mother, I've made it to the end, you guys should eat the buns soon."

Seeing this, Han Qingmei didn't refuse anymore, took the bun and started to eat it, Jiang Shouren followed suit, and ate the last half of the bun with a silly smile.

After destroying all the steamed stuffed buns, Han Qingmei spent another five renminbi to buy two steamed stuffed buns filled with meat and one stuffed with vegetables. They packed them up and brought them to Da Zhuang, and then the family of four went to the ox cart.

(End of this chapter)