The wife of time travel

Chapter 21

The big bone soup on the stove was already full of fragrance, Xu Xiaofu cut a radish and threw it in, cut a pound of pork belly from the afternoon into pieces, stewed it with sauerkraut, and shredded a radish, Make into a cold dish.

As soon as the vegetables were ready, Xu Qingfei came back, and helped Mrs. Wang carry a bucket of water to water the vegetable patch before entering the kitchen.

Xu Xiaofu looked at the handsome boy, and said with a smile: "You're back, are you hungry? Go and call your father, mother, and second brother over for dinner."

Xu Qingfei was also hungry, so he went out and called his family over for dinner.Xu Xiaofu had already put food on the table, boiled sweet potato porridge, steamed cornmeal buns.

The whole family sat down around the table, and the little lotus girl smiled and picked up a piece of fat pork belly for Xu Qingfei, "Uncle eats meat, mother said that eating meat is smart."

Xu Qingfei also smiled and took a piece for the little guy, "I also eat lotus flowers, and they can grow up quickly after eating."

"En." He Hua ate a mouthful of pork belly, then busily took a big mouthful of steamed buns, her cheeks bulging.

Xu Qingfei devoured the food, "Third sister's food is still delicious."

"Then you eat more." Wang put a few pieces of pork belly in the bowl of his youngest son with distress, "How was it in the school? Did you listen to the teacher? Are you tired from studying?"

"Not tired, sir is also very good, if there is something you don't understand, sir will explain it to you alone."

"That's good, that's good." Wang said with a smile.

After another month like this, Xu Xiaofu still helped Wang's sell soup every day.Xu Qingshan went hunting in the mountains these days, but during this time the prey was not easy to sell, too many livestock froze to death during the snowstorm, and the price of meat in the city generally dropped.

At first, Xu Qingshan took the prey he hunted to restaurants in the city to sell, but later the price became lower and lower, and finally he kept the prey he hunted for himself, or used it for others to exchange for meat, fish, or food. Pork bone.

Looking at Xu Qingshan's prey, Xu Xiaofu suddenly had an idea.No way, no one told her that she was poor, and now all she thinks about is making money and improving her life.Since the prey brought back by the second brother is not easy to sell, it's better to make it into jerky. She observed it for a long time, but she didn't seem to see anyone selling this.

There is no way, she is poor and has no capital to do business. The old business in the past is simply not feasible here, and now all she can think of is these snacks.

After Xu Qingshan came back with two wild rabbits and two pheasants at night, Xu Xiaofu told his family about his thoughts.Xu Qingshan and Father Xu were silent, obviously no matter what Xu Xiaofu did, they would agree.Mrs. Wang also agreed, "Xiaofu makes something delicious, maybe it can be made into the jerky you mentioned and it will be easier to sell."

Looking at the two wild rabbits, Xu Xiaofu was not willing to kill them, as long as the two wild rabbits were alive, they could be kept and raised, maybe they could even give birth to cubs.

Xu Xiaofu planned to make five-spice jerky and spicy jerky. In fact, the five-spice jerky is the best, but this year's cattle cannot be slaughtered at will.

First I went to the medicine hall to buy orange peel, star anise, cumin, bay leaves, cinnamon, nutmeg, white pepper, and finally I went to buy sugar, rice wine, onion, ginger and garlic.The first few are medicinal materials, no one uses them for cooking, and there are very few seasonings in this era. As soon as I bought these things, Wang said: "Xiaofu, what are you buying these medicinal materials for?"

Xu Xiaofu explained: "Mother, these things are needed to make jerky. Although these things taste weird, the taste of the boiled things is very delicious. You will know when you try it later."

Wang Shi heard the words and didn't say anything more, now she trusts her daughter very tightly.

Then clean the two pheasants, put the two whole chickens into the pot with cold water, pour in two taels of white wine and boil, and skim off the foam and dregs after boiling.Then give the right amount of tangerine peel, star anise, cumin, bay leaves, cinnamon, nutmeg, white pepper, onion, ginger and garlic, continue to cook, add salt when it is almost cooked, until the chopsticks can easily penetrate the chicken. Remove the two whole chickens and let them cool.

After the chicken cooled down, Xu Xiaofu tore the chicken into pieces and put it in the sun to dry halfway.This time I only made five-spice flavor.For the spicy one, you only need to add peppercorns and peppers in it.

Putting a plate of dried meat that was almost dried out on the table, Xu Xiaofu let everyone have a taste.Mrs. Wang, Father Xu, and Xu Qingshan all tore up a bit and tasted it, and they all said it was delicious.Lotus also took a piece of jerky and gnawed it with her small teeth, and said in a childish voice, "Mother, it's delicious..."

With a smile on his face, Xu Xiaofu grabbed a handful of dried meat and put it in Lotus's pocket, asking her to take it out to share with the friends in the neighborhood. The little guy went out happily holding the jerky.Since Hehua returned to Xu's house, her temperament has improved a lot, she is not so afraid of people, and she has made several good friends who are about the same size as her.

Seeing the lotus leaves, Mrs. Wang turned her head with a smile, "Xiaofu, this food tastes pretty good, but you have used so many things to cook such a little, it must be not cheap to buy, maybe no one will buy it. "After all, not everyone can afford this, especially now that the disaster year has not passed yet.

"Mother, of course I won't sell this on the street, I plan to talk to the restaurant about it..." Then he turned to look at Xu Qingshan, "Second brother, what do you think?"

Xu Qingshan nodded, meaning he agreed.

Xu Xiaofu calculated the cost again, and planned to set a catty of jerky at [-] Wen. After all, pork costs more than ten Wen per catty. After adding various seasonings, the dried meat shrunk a lot.For a catty of one hundred wen, she could earn a little more than half of that.

Hearing the price, Wang was stunned and felt uneasy, "Xiaofu, it's so expensive, can it be sold?"

"Mother, don't worry about it." Xu Xiaofu didn't worry about it. If he couldn't sell it, it would be cheaper. In short, he couldn't lose her.

As for the skeleton left over from making jerky, Xu Xiaofu threw it to Xiao Hui to eat.Xiao Hui has grown up a lot in the past few months, and looks more and more like a wolf dog, especially the eyes, which make people shiver when staring at people, but when looking at the Xu family, Xiao Hui's eyes are not the same. So scary.

The next day, Xu Xiaofu took the remaining jerky to the restaurant that Xu Qingshan often goes to, Zuixianju.

The waiter at Zuixianju has known Xu Qingshan for a long time. Seeing Xu Qingshan, he said with a smile: "Brother Qingshan, are you here to sell prey again today? Brother Qingshan, I am not talking about you. Now that the price of meat has dropped, you are leaving. The ones you hunted all day The silver you buy from prey is not as much as the silver you get from working on the docks..."

Xu Qingshan grinned honestly, "Anan, it's okay, I'm not here today to sell prey, my sister made a kind of food, and I plan to show it to the shopkeeper, to see if I can catch the shopkeeper's eyes."

The waiter named Anan smiled and said: "What food? You also know that our shopkeeper has a big mouth, and ordinary things can't impress him."

Xu Qingshan grinned again, "It's okay, just try it, if the shopkeeper doesn't like it, there's nothing you can do about it, by the way, Anan, where is shopkeeper Meng?"

Anan said: "Wait a minute, I'll call the shopkeeper here for you." As he spoke, he slipped into the backyard.Not long after, Xu Xiaofu saw a middle-aged man in his forties walking out with Na Anan.

That middle-aged man is the shopkeeper Meng of Zuixianju.

Shopkeeper Meng saw Xu Qingshan, and said with a smile: "Qingshan, I've heard what Anan said." Then he turned to look at Xu Xiaofu who was at the side, "This is Lingmei, I don't know what to eat."

Xu Xiaofu smiled at him, and took out the jerky from the small basket, "Shopkeeper Meng, this is a snack made by women when they have nothing to do, you can taste it."

Shopkeeper Meng took a sip and nodded, "Since you are Qingshan's girl, I won't say anything else. This taste is really good. It's a good thing to drink with. I wonder what price you plan to ask for?"

"Shopkeeper Meng, what price do you plan to give the woman? I'm not too familiar with these." Xu Xiaofu pushed the question to the shopkeeper.

Shopkeeper Meng smiled, "Since we are all acquaintances, I won't say much. You can see how much it costs eighty yuan a catty. Why don't you sell me the recipe for this thing."

Shopkeeper Meng is very business-minded. He tasted this thing, but he didn’t know what condiments were in it, which was surprising. You must know that he has been very sensitive to food since he was a child. Accurately tell the ingredients inside and the production process, but he can't taste this little jerky at all, and he can't help but want to buy this recipe.

Xu Xiaofu shook his head, and said with a smile: "Master Meng, this recipe is not for sale, it is a recipe passed down from our Xu family ancestors. But this jerky woman can guarantee that only your restaurant sells it in the entire capital. So your price is a bit low."

Shopkeeper Meng didn't force it, after thinking about it, he still added [-] Wen, and asked to ensure that Xu Xiaofu could only buy this item to his restaurant, Xu Xiaofu naturally nodded in agreement. "Shopkeeper, in addition to the five-spice flavor, this jerky also has a spicy flavor, but I haven't made it today, do you want it?"

Shopkeeper Meng nodded, "Then you can buy five catties of five-spice flavor and two catties of spicy flavor tomorrow. I'll see how they sell and decide how much I need every day."

But Xu Xiaofu hesitated, "Master Meng, this prey was brought by my second brother from the mountains. If the quantity you want is too large, I'm afraid you won't be able to supply it."

Shopkeeper Meng thought for a while, and then said: "Then can you make this jerky with ordinary pork?"

Xu Xiaofu nodded, "Of course it's possible."

The shopkeeper Meng said: "If the supply is not available, you can use pork to make jerky, and I will give you an extra ten cents if you don't have a catty. What do you think?"

Xu Xiaofu was overjoyed, and smiled, "Then thank you, Shopkeeper Meng."

In this way, Xu Xiaofu followed Xu Qingshan back to Xu's family, and told the good news to the whole family. The happy Wang's eyes filled with tears, "God bless, our family is finally healed now."

There was a hint of a smile on Father Xu's old face.Xu Qingshan also looked at his sister cheerfully.

Because there was no more prey at home, Xu Qingshan went to the mountain with a bow and arrow on his back early the next morning.Xu Xiaofu first went to buy ten catties of pork. These ten catties of pork are all lean meat with little fat, so the jerky is delicious.

When he came back, Father Xu was building nests for two wild rabbits in the backyard. Seeing that the work was not heavy, Xu Xiaofu ignored his father and went to the kitchen with the meat.

Soon all the ten catties of meat were cooked, more than half of them were made into spiced spices, and the other half were added with chili and pepper.Then I washed my hands again, and after the cooked meat had cooled down, I tore it into small pieces and put them in the sun to dry them.The jerky should not be too dry in the sun, it only needs to be half-dried.

Ten catties of meat almost yielded seven catties of jerky.Xu Xiaofu made a rough calculation, and this time he could probably earn five hundred Wen.When Wang heard this number, her eyes widened and her face was full of joy.That's right, if he can earn five hundred wen a day, that's tens of taels of silver a month. In less than a year or so, Erlang will be able to marry a wife, and Xiaofu's dowry can be prepared for his remarriage.

In the evening, Xu Qingshan brought back a roe deer, two pheasants, and a hare, and the harvest was quite rich.

The next day, Xu Xiaofu wrapped the finished jerky in oil paper and took it to Zuixianju. Shopkeeper Meng gave her 770 Wen, and the two agreed on the amount to be delivered the next day. Drunk Xianju.

With the money on his body, the future will be settled, Xu Xiaofu is very pleased, thinking of the poor little lotus girl, he went to buy two fancy hair ropes for the little girl, and pulled a few feet of cloth to make for the little girl Tailoring the clothes, I finally bought two candied haws. As for the pastries, she didn't buy anything. She knows how to make these things. She bought the ingredients and prepared to go back and make some for the little ones to eat.Then I pulled some plain cloth to make a set of clothes for no one at home.

After buying all the things, she went to Xu's house, but she didn't want to meet her lazy eldest aunt Ma Shi at the entrance of the alley.

Seeing what Xu Xiaofu was holding in his hand, Mrs. Ma's eyes lit up, and he rushed to Xu Xiaofu in a few steps, "Xiaofu, is your mother's soup stall making money? Look at all the things you bought. Don't you want Auntie to help you take some back?"

Xu Xiaofu hated this person very much, shook his head, and his face was a little ugly, "Auntie, no need, I have hands and feet, so I can move it."

But Ma Shi still refused to let go, "Come on, come on, let me get some for you, look at your thin body, don't get tired out." As he said that, he wanted to grab the fabric from Xu Xiaofu's hand.Xu Xiaofu dodged and dodged, staring at Mrs. Ma and said coldly: "Auntie, I said, I don't need it! Everyone knows who you are. Can I take back what is in your hands? ? I respect you as an elder and shouldn't say these things, but you don't look like an elder!"

"You child!" Mrs. Ma's face was extremely ugly, "What kind of person are you from the Xu family? I am related to your father and mother. When you marry into the Zheng family, you are from the Zheng family. You still live in your mother's house all day long. How shameless are you!"

Xu Xiaofu snorted coldly with his things in his arms, and he didn't intend to hide it anymore. Others will know about her and Li's affairs sooner or later, "Auntie is really not as good as you wish, and now I am still from the Xu family, my parents' daughter, and I I have made peace with Zheng Shiwen a long time ago, and from now on, I have nothing to do with the Zheng family!"

Mrs. Ma was very surprised, apparently did not expect Xu Xiaofu to reconcile with the Zheng family, after all Xu Xiaofu's cowardly nature would not make reconciliation, maybe he would die or live.Thinking about this, Ma Shi realized that Xiao Fu's temperament seemed to have changed a lot.

At this time, the world has forgiven Heli woman a lot, Ma Shi just cursed bitterly, but didn't say much.

Xu Xiaofu said: "If Eldest Auntie is fine, I'll go back first."

Mrs. Ma snorted, "It just so happens that I have something to do with your mother, let's go together."

"What's the matter? It's okay for the eldest aunt to tell me." Xu Xiaofu didn't want Mrs. Ma to disturb her mother, after all Mrs. Ma's visits were never good.

Mrs. Ma didn't say anything, but followed Xu Xiaofu back to Xu's house.

Mrs. Wang was so happy to see her daughter come back, but when she saw Mrs. Ma following behind her, her face immediately darkened, "Sister-in-law, why are you here?"

Mrs. Ma said with a smile: "My brother and sister are really good at it. You can make so much money by setting up a soup stall. Look at what Xiaofu buys. If you don't have two hundred coins, you can't buy it. Tsk tsk, brother and sister, do you want to buy that stall? I’m afraid you’ll be too busy, how about I go help you and take care of my food and drink every day, and just give me a few ten pennies, what do you think?”

Mrs. Wang, Xu Xiaofu is very angry, why is this man so thick-skinned.

Wang's face was heavy, "Sister-in-law, the income is only ten or twenty Wen a day, if you are invited to help, not only will you not make any money, but you will also be paid back money, sister-in-law, I think you should stop messing with me." Now, can you hurry back and make it?"

Mrs. Ma naturally didn't believe it, "Xiaofu bought so many things and said he didn't make money, who would believe it!"

Wang was short of breath, Xu Xiaofu rolled his eyes, and suddenly turned his head and shouted towards the backyard, "Xiao Hui, come here!"

When Ma Shi heard about Xiao Hui, his face changed with fright, and he ran out in a hurry.

Xu Xiaofu snorted, touched Xiao Hui's head, and said to Wang: "Mother, if she comes again next time, let Xiao Hui come out and bite her!"

Mrs. Wang nodded, but she was a little worried, "Xiao Hui is a wolf, what if something happens if he bites accidentally." Mrs. Wang didn't know that Xiao Hui was a wolf at first, but it was Xu Lao who told her, Wang Shi was taken aback at first, and asked Father Xu to send this thing away quickly.Father Xu said, Xiaofu can keep it if he likes it. This thing is like a puppy, he is familiar with it, and he is also a good doorman, so Wang is relieved.

"Mother, what are you talking about? Xiao Hui is a wolf?" Xu Xiaofu was stunned, he lowered his head to look at Xiao Hui who was lying at her feet and wagging his tail stiffly twice.That's right, wolves don't know how to wag their tails. She should have paid attention to such a stiff wag twice, but she didn't want to mistake a wolf for a wolf dog.

(End of this chapter)