Farmer's Notes from Another World

Fang Zhiyuan's soup dumplings made with pork jelly are very good. Although the skin is not as thin, it tastes just as delicious.Fang Zeng ate five of them in a row and exclaimed that they were delicious, so he ate steamed stuffed buns for lunch.That night, Fang Zhiyuan deep-fried the cold steamed stuffed buns with vegetable oil, and sprinkled them with sesame seeds, which tasted very good.

With dry-boiled cabbage, the uncle and nephew are full again.Fang Zhiyuan had some plans in mind, so he tentatively asked Fang Zeng: "Uncle, do you think this bun is much more delicious with pork jelly in it? If it's for sale, will anyone buy it?"

Fang has sold things twice, and he already has some sense of being a businessman. He reckoned that this thing should be able to sell, but buns are the most filling thing, and they are white flour and meat. They don't know how to make steamed buns, so they're afraid they'll be too tired to earn a little money.

Thinking of this, he said to Fang Zhiyuan.Fang Zhiyuan didn't plan to sell it himself, he planned to make the soup dumplings smaller and more delicate, and then sell the recipes directly to Shopkeeper Chen.After all, shopkeeper Chen runs the largest restaurant in the town, so the dim sum is very attractive and delicious, and those who can dine with him don't mind spending a lot of money for a steamed stuffed bun.

Fang Zhiyuan knew that his uncle had to be persuaded to come forward, so he said to his uncle, "Uncle, look, we made the steamed buns made of pork jelly more delicate, and let shopkeeper Chen sell them. This stuff tastes good. , people have to pay for their meals in silver, so why would you mind eating more expensive buns. Shopkeeper Chen has helped us a lot, and it would be good to add some business to him to make some money."

Fang Zeng thought about it, smiled at Fang Zhiyuan and said: "You little cunning, I don't know who you look like. Shopkeeper Chen is a righteous man, how can he take our things for nothing? After all, you still want to earn money. Some money. And play tricks with uncle, what a little fox."

Fang Zhiyuan didn't hold back, and said generously: "Uncle, tell the truth, is this food delicious? Can it be sold for money? Shopkeeper Chen and I are mutually beneficial, and our interests are integrated. There is nothing to say, as if I It seems to be taking advantage, if he is not your old friend, I might not make a fortune from him."

Fang Zeng looked at his nephew's sample, flicked his head, and scolded with a smile: "You are still talking big to your uncle, you are such a bastard. However, uncle thinks about it, anyway, we don't talk about money, and we will see Chen later. The shopkeeper looked at it. I think you can earn some money with this stuff, and I have eaten the buns in the town, and they are really not as delicious as yours."

The uncle and nephew had made up their minds, and decided to bring some pork jelly to shopkeeper Chen and let him make steamed buns first.Originally, Fang wanted to bring his steamed buns, but Fang Zhiyuan vetoed it. What could be more real than what he saw with his own eyes? Besides, the steamed buns at home didn't meet his requirements, so he didn't have to bring them there to destroy them. His soup dumpling image.

Early the next morning, Fang Zeng took Fang Zhiyuan to the town in a mule cart.

When Fang Zhiyuan came to town last time, he had something on his mind, so he didn't take a closer look.Now that I have a leisurely mind, I naturally want to take a good look at the quaint town scenery.Fang Zeng was worried that the mule cart was going too fast, Fang Zhiyuan was freezing, and couldn't move fast.Ask Fang Zhiyuan to take a good look at the scene along the way.Men in thick cotton-padded clothes, brothers with headscarves, and children with tiger-headed hats were hurrying along the road. Most of the men carried heavy baskets on their backs.

Fang Zhiyuan found it interesting, looked around, and saw an acquaintance.

Liu Zhuang followed Uncle Liu to the mountains yesterday and hunted a lot of prey, but his mother never allowed him to go hunting in the mountains.But the weather was cold, and his grandma caught the cold again, and she was coughing all the time these days. He wanted to hunt some prey to sell for some money, and get some medicine for his mother.He knew that according to his nanny's temperament, she would not spend money to buy medicine, so he might as well buy it and take it home.

From a distance, Fang Zhiyuan saw Liu Zhuang carrying a pannier and a sack in his hand. It was a cold day, and his face was full of white air.Looking closer, Liu Zhuang's face and hands were a little red from the cold.Fang Zhiyuan said to Fang Zeng: "Uncle, I saw Liu Ah's grandson who cooks at my house, and he seems to be going to town. It's such a cold day, let's take him for a ride."

Fang Zeng is also a bold man, besides, his senior brother specially asked him to take care of Liu Ama's grandchildren, so he naturally wanted to take him with him when they met this time.Seeing that his uncle agreed, Fang Zhiyuan shouted towards Liu Zhuang: "Liu Zhuang, Liu Zhuang!"

When Liu Zhuang heard his name, he turned his head and saw Fang Zhiyuan on the mule cart.He was a little surprised, he didn't expect to meet Fang Zhiyuan here.He stopped and greeted Fang Zeng: "Hello, Uncle Fang!"

Fang Zhiyuan said with a smile: "Liu Zhuang, are you going to the town? It happens that my uncle and I are also going to the town. You come up, let's go together. You still have something to bring. It will take some time to go all the way. .”

Fang Zeng also chimed in and said, "Yes, Brother Liu, come up and have a seat, and I'll drop you off wherever you go in town."

Liu Zhuang has a temperament that doesn't like troublesome people, besides, Fang Zhiyuan and Fang Zeng gave him and his mother so many things last time, he was embarrassed at first, why would he still take his family's car.He shook his head and politely declined.

Fang Zhiyuan looked at it and got out of the car. Without further ado, he picked up the sack in Liu Zhuang's hand and put it on the mule cart, and dragged Liu Zhuang into the cart.Fang Zeng looked funny, thinking about it, it was fortunate that they were not old, otherwise his nephew would be playing hooligans like this.

Liu Zhuang and Fang Zhiyuan were sitting side by side in the mule cart. Fang Zhiyuan asked when he was fine, "Liu Zhuang, what are you doing in town? In such a cold day, staying at home is the most comfortable, otherwise it will be easy to catch cold."

Liu Zhuang pointed to the sack and the back basket, and said lightly: "Yesterday, I hunted a few rabbits and pheasants with Uncle Liu, and I also met a small roe deer. I want to sell it for a good price at the end of the year. My mother coughed a little. , I want to buy him some medicine to eat."

This time Fang Zhiyuan discovered that there was a young roe deer tied up in the sack, and a dead rabbit and pheasant were in the back basket.He didn't expect that Liu Zhuang could hunt so many prey at such a young age, so he gave Liu Zhuang a thumbs up and said, "You're really good!"

Liu Zhuang had a good impression of Fang Zhiyuan. He usually didn't talk privately with others, especially when he just unknowingly said that he wanted to buy medicine for his mother.Seeing that Fang Zhiyuan praised himself without any pretense, without the slightest bit of contempt or disbelief, Liu Zhuang felt a little embarrassed for some reason.

Fang Zeng also listened to Liu Zhuang's words, he thought for a while and asked: "Brother Liu, who do you want to sell to?"

Fang Zeng himself is a hunter, thinking that it is not easy for orphans and widowers, and he is afraid that the prey that Liu Zhuang worked so hard to sell will be sold at a loss in the town, so he wants to mention a few words.

Liu Zhuang was also taken aback. He sold all the things he bought in the past to the uncle of the Liu family, but this time the uncle of the Liu family is busy with his son's marriage.Liu Zhuang didn't want to bother him anymore, so he thought of going to the town to sell it for money for the New Year.When asked by Fang Zeng, he didn't know how to answer.

Fang Zeng knew at a glance that Liu Zhuang was also a stunned young man, and he didn't know how to sell it or who to sell it to.Since the senior brother asked me to take care of him, and he bumped into me again, then let me help.Thinking of this, Fang Zeng said to Liu Zhuang: "Well, I'll go to the biggest restaurant in the town right away, and the shopkeeper there will make friends with me. If you sell things to him, you can get a good price."

Fang Zhiyuan also said: "Yes, Liu Zhuang, if you sell to a butcher shop, the butcher will be cheated. You will be charged the price of lean meat, and it is the end of the year to go to the restaurant, so you will have to sell dozens more It’s a lot of money. If you have more money, you can buy something for your mother.”

Liu Zhuang thought about it, and thanked Fang Zeng: "Then please trouble Uncle Fang!"

Fang Zeng hurriedly said no thanks, and drove to shopkeeper Chen in a mule cart.Fang Zhiyuan and Liu Zhuang were talking on the mule cart. At the same time, Fang Zhiyuan also told Liu Zhuang the cure he knew for coughing, and asked him to give his mother a try.

Shopkeeper Chen was settling accounts, when he saw Fang Zeng bringing in two teenagers, he hurried out to say hello.Fang Zeng first told shopkeeper Chen about Liu Zhuang. Shopkeeper Chen looked at the game and thought it was good, so he gave it according to Fang Zeng's price.He also told Liu Zhuang that if he had game in the future, he would send it directly to the restaurant, and he would give him a good price.

Liu Zhuang was very happy to hear that, and thanked Fang Zeng and shopkeeper Chen repeatedly.Seeing that Fang Zeng and shopkeeper Chen still had something to discuss, Liu Zhuang left with a wink.But Fang Zhiyuan stopped him, and agreed that Liu Zhuang would buy some good things and go to the restaurant to gather, and take him back together, but Liu Zhuang couldn't push it, so he agreed.

And Fang Zeng also told shopkeeper Chen about pork jelly and soup dumplings.Shopkeeper Chen became interested. Fang Zeng's kimchi and spicy cabbage were sold well as cold dishes in the store. Shopkeeper Chen heard that the soup dumplings were good. However, he asked the cook to make soup dumplings with pork jelly according to Fang Zhiyuan's description .

Fang Zhiyuan also kindly provided pan-fried buns with thicker skin, and asked the chef to make them together.Shopkeeper Chen's cook is naturally very skilled. The soup dumplings are small and cute, and shopkeeper Chen looks very appetizing.Fang Zhiyuan said: "Uncle Chen, you have to eat it while it's hot to eat it. Pick the skin first to suck the juice, and then eat the skin and stuffing."

Shopkeeper Chen tried one and was very satisfied.He was not a stingy person, so he directly gave Fang Zengshi taels of silver and said that if he got something good next time, he must bring it to him.He also gave Fang Zhiyuan a roast goose leg to eat, and also wrapped a roast goose and a package of dim sum for Fang Zhiyuan.

At this time, Liu Zhuang also came, declined the enthusiasm of shopkeeper Chen to leave a meal, Fang Zeng took Liu Zhuang and Fang Zhiyuan away and planned to go back.You have everything at home, and you don’t need to buy anything.Originally, Fang Zhiyuan was going to buy some snacks for Fang Zhiyuan, but with what shopkeeper Chen gave him, Fang Zhiyuan refused to let him buy it.

Liu Zhuang bought some things and put them in the basket.After getting into the mule cart, he took out a candied haws and a pack of snacks from the basket, and stuffed them to Fang Zhiyuan.Obviously, thanks to Fang Zeng and Fang Zhiyuan for helping him.

Fang Zhiyuan looked at the candied haws with resentment, he was obviously very mature and stable, why would Liu Zhuang buy something for children to coax him.Could it be that he is such a childish pictogram in Liu Zhuang's eyes, it's really sad that a child who is more than ten years younger than his actual age is regarded as a child.

Liu Zhuang looked at Fang Zhiyuan staring at the candied haws, thinking that he wanted to eat it but didn't have the nerve to eat it in front of him, so he smiled and said, "Fang Zhiyuan, you must be hungry. Let's eat some candied haws first."

Fang Zhiyuan was even more embarrassing, he was somewhat resentful for Liu Zhuang's wrong expression of empathy.He hurriedly said: "Actually, I don't like candied haws very much. You can eat it. I kept the pastries, and I have a box of pastries here, so you can take them back for your mother to try." Seeing that Liu Zhuang was about to refuse, Fang Fang Zhiyuan said: "If you don't accept it, I won't accept it either. Besides, aren't we friends? Of course good friends share good things."

Only then did Liu Zhuang accept it.He heard Fang Zhiyuan say that he didn't like eating candied haws, so he thought it was his excuse.Because when he was a child, he would want to see other people eating delicious food, but he knew that Mammy didn't have that much money, so he often said that he didn't like it.But every time Mammy would say that he likes to eat that food, and then she would buy it and Mammy would eat a little by herself and give him the rest.

Thinking about it this way, Liu Zhuang smiled at Fang Zhiyuan, and a little bit blamed himself for being careless, just thinking about saving money, he bought one for Fang Zhiyuan.But according to Fang Zhiyuan's temperament, he is not a person who eats alone, it is because he didn't think carefully.

He wrapped the candied haws in oiled paper and stuffed them in Fang Zhiyuan's basket.The meaning is to ask Fang Zhiyuan to go back and eat again, Fang Zhiyuan really doesn't want to.But he also knew Liu Zhuang's temperament, so he thought about stuffing the roast goose legs given by shopkeeper Chen quietly in Liu Zhuang's back basket.

Fang Zhiyuan looked at Liu Zhuang's hand with a piece of cloth, his expression was old-fashioned, and said: "Liu Zhuang, you are so filial, buying cloth for your mother to make clothes, your mother must be happy."

Liu Zhuang's ears were a little red, and he said to Fang Zhiyuan: "Mama is reluctant to spend money on herself, she always wears clothes every year, and hasn't made new clothes for a long time. It just so happens that I earned some money this time for Mama Buy some cloth, and I will make him a jacket and cotton trousers myself."

Fang Zhiyuan thought about the style of the clothes and gave him an idea: "You can add some feathers of chickens and ducks to the jacket and cotton trousers to make the clothes warmer. You can also sew leather on the collar and cuffs. It will definitely look good when it comes out."

Liu Zhuang sounds good and plans to give it a try.

Fang Zeng listened to it as funny, but his nephew couldn't even handle a needle, and he even showed others how to do it.What a big talker, only Liu Zhuang can trust him sincerely.