Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 11

When the Fifth Uncle of the Su family walked away, Su Jingsen leaned over and picked up Su Qinghe, bumped her arms, and turned to look at Su Zhang and the others: "Let's go to Buzhuang?"

Mrs. Su Zhang naturally complied. As she walked forward, she approached Su Jingsen and asked, "Xiao He, tell mother, who told you that preserved eggs can cook porridge and vegetables? And the recipe?" , Didn’t you say that you only wrapped it with ashes and tea leaves? Who told you to put other things?”

Su Qinghe was so depressed that even 300 taels of silver didn't make her mother dizzy and forget about it!
Turning her head quickly, it took Su Qinghe a long time to ask in confusion: "Isn't it delicious to put the meat?"

Su Zhiping burst out laughing on the sidelines, and Su Zhangshi was also stunned, then laughed and said, "So Xiao He is greedy for meat, well, let's buy some meat later, and go back to stir-fry meat today."

After laughing, he asked, "Who taught you how to put salt, a handful of loess, and two handfuls of rice husk?"

"Mother, don't you put salt in your cooking? It's not good to eat without salt." Su Qinghe made a gesture, and then pinched her fingers: "Then buried in the ground, isn't it just to use loess? I just said rice husks casually, anyway. It won't break..."

Su Jingsen saw the little girl pinching her fingers aggrievedly, and immediately felt distressed: "Okay, okay, my girl probably made a mistake by accident, and now I give all the things I use now Speak up."

Su Zhang immediately became worried again: "Then if the recipe Xiao He said can't make preserved eggs..."

"It's okay, let's go back and make a few duck eggs and let Xiao He do it as he did a month ago. If they can't do it, then let's let them come and learn." Su Jingsen didn't care, her daughter I have done it all, are you afraid that the same method will not be successful?

Su Zhiping also nodded: "Mother, you don't have to worry too much, my little sister is smart, last time my little sister was sick, didn't the Taoist priests in the temple in the back mountain say that my little sister must die in a catastrophe, and there must be future blessings?"

Su Zhang's eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly: "Yes, that Taoist priest did say that at the time. From this point of view, Xiao He is indeed a blessed one." After speaking, he turned to look at Su Qinghe: "Today Xiao He doesn't care Whatever you want to eat, mother will buy it for you, okay?"

"Okay." As long as Su Qinghe can escape this hurdle, even if she doesn't buy her anything today, she will be very happy.

The family went to the cloth shop first. Although there is no cotton at the moment, there is still cotton cloth.Of course, this cotton cloth is not that cotton cloth, and naturally it cannot be compared with silk and the like.The shop is quite complete, including linen, cotton, and silk. Mrs. Su Zhang picked two bolts of blue cotton cloth, one bolt of pink cotton cloth, two bolts of navy blue and one bolt of dark purple linen.

Su Jingsen persuaded from the side: "You can also buy a piece of cotton cloth, it is comfortable to wear next to your body."

"I'm so old, I'm used to it." Su Zhangshi was unwilling, and Su Qinghe grabbed Su Zhangshi's leg: "Mother, use silk cloth for the inside, linen cloth for the outside, silk cloth for both, and silk cloth for the inside .”

Su Zhiping and Su Zhian also followed suit, and finally Su Zhang was a little moved, hesitated for a while, and then replaced the dark purple linen with dark purple silk.

There are six bolts of cloth in total, and one person can make two clothes.Su Qinghe is small in stature, but she can make three bodies with extra fabric.

"What kind of leather is this? How do you sell it?" Su Qinghe had sharp eyes, looking at the dusty leather on the counter, and asked on tiptoe. The shopkeeper probably looked at the few pieces of cloth in front of him and gave him the money. She didn't look down on Su Qinghe either, just said with a smile: "This is a hare skin, one and a half taels of silver, little girl, if you make a rabbit skin dress, you will probably need five or six pieces."

In other words, just making one piece of clothing costs three or four taels of silver.Su Qinghe knew without thinking, there was no point.Although I earned 300 taels before, it was of great use, and I couldn't waste it on it at all.

Seeing Su Qinghe's pitiful look, Su Zhiping and Su Zhi'an felt distressed, and then looked at Su Zhangshi.Su Zhang gritted her teeth: "Shopkeeper, can you make it cheaper?"

"I can't, it's hard to find wild rabbits in winter. You know, we don't have any mountains or anything. We don't usually have any rabbits. It's rare to have one, and the price is not cheap." The shopkeeper shook his head and said.

Su Zhangshi wanted to shake her head, but looked at her daughter, and felt a little bit reluctant.Su Jingsen made a decision: "Buy one, and make a sleeve for Xiao He later. We adults can withstand the cold in winter, but children don't suffer from cold."

"That's right, mother, let's buy one for my little sister. If it wasn't for my little sister, we would now..." Su Zhiping also said, and Su Zhian nodded repeatedly: "Well, buy it for my little sister. If my little sister is frozen, then But that's a bad thing."

Su Qinghe quickly shook her head: "I don't want it, it's too expensive, I'll save it for my brother to buy paper and pen later."

Mrs. Su Zhang couldn't help but smiled, and stretched out her hand to rub Su Qinghe's head: "Buy! Just because my daughter is so sensible, I have to buy one for my daughter." Then, he took out another bunch of copper coins and counted five String to the shopkeeper.

After leaving the cloth shop, a few people went to the East Street again, which is a gathering place for small vendors. On weekdays, anyone who has something to sell would come here. The street was so crowded that it was almost impossible to squeeze people in.

Su Qinghe sat on Su Jingsen's neck again, and condescendingly looked at the small vendors around, some selling meat and some selling vegetables, but it's winter, so there really aren't many vegetables, only Chinese cabbage and radishes, and some Sun-dried delicacies are expensive, but few people care about them.

In addition, there are red lanterns, door gods, etc., and there are couplets, but not too many. Generally, these things are sold in bookstores by the way. After all, not most people can read.

As soon as she arrived at the market, Su Zhangshi became the leader. Wherever she went, the rest of her father and son followed. Su Qinghe was completely ignored.

After coming out of the market, Su Qinghe already had a lot of things in his hands, such as sesame seed cakes with pieces of meat, sugar figurines blown into the shape of a pig, and the most classic candied haws. Su Qinghe frowned when he ate it, it was too sour up.

When I got home, it was already night.Su Qinghe was so tired that she couldn't open her eyes when she was in the car, and she was even more confused when she got out of the car, vaguely knowing that someone would hug her down, and someone would wipe her hands and face and feet.

Finally, he rolled over and hid under the blanket.

Waking up early the next morning, Mrs. Su Zhang greeted Su Qinghe very happily: "Come here, mother will measure your body to see if you have grown taller. After the measurement, you will make new clothes."

Su Qinghe opened her arms happily: "Mother, do you want to stuff fodder into it?"

"That's right, people will freeze to death if you don't stuff the fodder." Su Zhangshi said, and Su Qinghe pursed her mouth: "The grass fodder is very heavy and uncomfortable to wear, mother, can I wear two more clothes on top?"

"Okay, I made new clothes for you. You wear one inside and one outside." Mrs. Su Zhang thought about it, and agreed happily.Su Qinghe looked around, but didn't see Su Jingsen and her two older brothers, so she asked Su Zhang again.

"Your father will go to Lizheng to have a look. Next year our family will buy some land. If we are optimistic about it, we will draw it down first, and we can plant the seeds directly in the spring." Su Zhangshi explained: "Your elder brother and second elder brother went out to play, wait a while come back."

Su Qinghe thought it was too cold, so she hid at home and couldn't come out.Seeing that she was well-behaved, Mrs. Su Zhang gave her a needle and instructed her to follow along and sew the cover. This is very simple, as long as the sewing is tight and the grass inside does not leak out, Su Qinghe can do it with ease.

Four or five days later, after Su Qinghe's new winter clothes came out, Su Zhi'an, who was playing outside, came running back: "Mother, Fifth Uncle is back, Dad asked you to come over, saying it was to discuss my eldest brother and I's study."

Su Zhangshi was overjoyed, and quickly got up: "Really? At your grandpa's house? Go and get some steamed buns I steamed this morning, and let's go to your grandpa's house."

Su Zhi'an responded, and Su Qinghe also hurried out: "Mom, I'm going too!"

When he arrived at Grandpa Su’s house, Su Qinghe also met the legendary Fifth Aunt—the reason why it is a legend is because since Su Qinghe woke up until now, almost everyone in Liu Village knew each other, but this one was still considered a The fifth aunt of relatives.

Fifth Aunt Su grew up in the town. Back then, the Su family was poor, and it was hard to get enough money to send Uncle Su to study, but there was no money left for Uncle Su to buy books.Therefore, Uncle Su often went to the bookstore to read books. After going there many times, he met Aunt Su.

Later, Uncle Su was admitted as a scholar, and Aunt Su married Uncle Su.Later, Aunt Su's father passed away, and Uncle Su inherited the bookstore.

"Little He is getting more and more beautiful." Aunt Su smiled and pulled Su Qinghe to her side, and praised her a few words: "It's much quieter than before, but it's more cute than my monkey. Come on, this is what Aunt Fifth bought for you." Snacks, see if you like it or not."

Although the words were gentle and approachable, and the smile on her face was also very gentle and kind, but Su Qinghe always felt that there was a sense of alienation.After thinking about it, I also felt that it was nothing. I was not a stranger in the first place, so there was no need to be too enthusiastic.

"Thank you Fifth Aunt, I like it very much." After pinching the dim sum, Su Qinghe apologized with a smile, and then leaned over to Su Zhangshi.Mrs. Su Zhang said a few words politely, and then went to focus on the conversation between Su Jingsen and Su Jingmu. Nothing was as important as the future of the two sons.

"If you ask me, it would be better to send him to the town to study. There is a school in the town. The teacher is a failure, and his knowledge is good. Shuxiu is paid five taels of silver a year, but he is far away from home. But you can live with me."

Aunt Su's face darkened, but she didn't say anything in the end.

Su Jingsen hurriedly waved her hand: "No, no, I know. There are only a few houses in your place, and they have no place to live when they go. The town is not far away, and it only takes half an hour to drive. If it's not possible, I will pick them up."

(End of this chapter)