Lucky husband

Therefore, Li Chengli, who realized his mistake, took the two buckets of fish he had caught all afternoon to Li's house, and kept them in the water tank of Li's house.

When it was time for dinner, Li Chengli refused Mrs. Li's persuasion, and returned to his home with an empty bucket. He sat in the main room with a sullen face and said nothing.

Qian Xinghua brought food into the house from the kitchen, looked at the empty bucket in the yard, and checked that there were no fish in her own water tank, and asked, "Brother Li, where are the fish you brought back?"

"I sent it to my parents." Li Chengli replied simply.

Qian Xinghua screamed, "Two barrels full?",

Li Chengli remained silent, Qian Xinghua already understood what he meant, she just felt like she was going to get angry, there were two buckets full of fish, all of them were big fish, at least thirty or forty catties, hundreds of pennies, just like that Send it out lightly?

Li Chengli's mood was a bit complicated. Facing Qian Xinghua, he didn't know what to say, so he picked up his job bowl and started eating.

"Li Chengli, do you know what you did!" Qian Xinghua snatched the job from Li Chengli's hands, "We caught those fishes all afternoon, how could you give them away!"

The two sisters, Li Mingchun and Li Mingxia, looked at their parents as if they were about to quarrel. Li Mingxia put down the bowl and chopsticks and moved a little to the side of the table, and even pulled Li Mingchun to signal her not to get too close.

Liming didn't care what his parents were doing, he ate quickly with his rice bowl in his hand, the food for tonight was not greasy at all, and he would be hungry after a few more bites.

His job was taken away, Li Chengli raised his head, and looked at Qian Xinghua expressionlessly: "Xinghua, I asked you to send money to parents before, why didn't you?"

"I, I don't want to save more money for our family. Think about it next year we have to teach him to read and buy books, pens, ink, paper and inkstone for him. It doesn't cost money!" Qian Xinghua slowly She became confident, she did all this for Li Ming, and Li Chengli wanted to support her.

Li Chengli was silent, he looked at Qian Xinghua, and after a while he said: "Tomorrow I will pick out the bigger fish in the water tank and send them to my mother-in-law's house. good."

After a pause, Li Chengli continued: "Our family ate the rest of the small fish, and the children lost weight. It's because I'm not a good father."

There was still about [-] catties of fish in the water tank. The mother and daughter were inexperienced, and the fish they caught were big or small, so they had to pick and choose before giving them away.

Qian Xinghua's eyes widened. She had already planned that tomorrow morning, she and Li Chengli would send the fish they caught today to the county town to sell, and it would be worth about [-] Wen.

The five hundred cash was used to buy fine cotton cloth for Mingcai to make a small long gown, so that when the spring came, he would continue to send Mingcai to the old boy to learn how to read, and Mingcai would be able to learn better in the long gown.

Now, Li Chengli has given away more than 30 catties of the best-looking fish, and he has to give away the good fish in the tank, and finally eat the rest at home. Qian Xinghua quit.

Li Chengli forcefully took back his bowl, and called his two daughters who had stopped to eat to eat together, no matter how much Qian Xinghua made trouble, he would not move.

Li Mingchun and Li Mingxia picked up the bowls but did not dare to pick up the vegetables. They ate up the food in their bowls in twos and then took the initiative to clear the table and wash the dishes.

Li Chengli was half full after eating, and didn't care about Qian Xinghua fetched water to wash and go back to the house to sleep. He had been busy all afternoon today and was already tired.

In front of Li Chengli, Qian Xinghua didn't dare to beat and scold her two daughters casually, she could only sulk herself, sitting alone in the main room, cold, angry and hungry.

Until it was pitch black outside, Qian Xinghua couldn't take it anymore, she groped into the room, took off her padded jacket and lay next to Li Chengli, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep no matter what.

When it was dawn, Qian Xinghua felt drowsy and fell asleep deeply.

I don't know how long it took, Qian Xinghua suddenly woke up from the bed, her chaotic mind was awakened by the cold wind and remembered the fish in the water tank, she put on her clothes and went out.

It was already too late, and there were only a dozen small palm-sized fish left in the water tank. Qian Xinghua's legs softened and she fell to the ground: "My fish!"

Li Chengshi just came back from Qiantan Village. He put down the empty bucket in his hand and said to Qian Xinghua who was sitting on the ground: "Xinghua, I sent those fish to my mother-in-law. My mother-in-law was very happy and said she would wait for us in the second grade of junior high school." When you return home, set up a table with fish and eat delicious food."

This news did not comfort Qian Xinghua at all, she thought that eating those fish was like eating her meat, she didn't want to eat it at all!

No matter what happened to Qian Xinghua, Li Chengli picked up an empty bucket and fished out a few slightly larger fish from the water tank.

Qian Xinghua sat up slowly, looking at her fish with piercing eyes: "Li Chengli, what are you doing!"

"Kill the stew."

"no!"

How can Qian Xinghua, a woman, stop a man who really wants to do something? Li Chengli quickly killed the fish. He is not very good at cooking, so he washed the fish and cut it into several pieces. He boiled a pot of water and put it in. , and a pinch of salt.

He personally portioned out the soup that Li Chengli made, and everyone shared a bowl, and the children had the most fish in their bowls.

The fish is a little fishy, ​​but for those who don’t eat much meat, the fish is already delicious. Li Mingchun and Li Mingxia eat the fish carefully, not daring to eat too fast, they are worried that the younger brother will finish the fish in his bowl What's more, what's in their bowls can be given to Li Mingcai later.

Only Qian Xinghua couldn't bear to eat, it was all money, and eating fish was like eating her meat.

At this time, the Li family also stewed a pot full of fish soup.

Some time ago, Jiang Zhiyun had been drinking chicken soup. Yesterday, Li Chengli sent fish over, and Mrs. Li decided to replace the soup made for her with fish soup. The fish soup is also very milky, so I don’t worry that my little grandson Li Mingde has no milk to eat.

The taste of fresh live fish is delicious. Unlike Li Chengli, Mrs. Li only puts a few salts. She also adds ginger slices and scallions to remove the fishy smell. In addition, she starts cooking early in the morning. By noon, the fish The soup has turned milky white, and the fish meat has melted and melted into the soup. The whole family thinks it is delicious.

After noon, Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe sold out the rice noodles and went home. The family left them a small pot of soup, and the husband and wife ate their lunch with the fish soup.

After eating, Li Chengzhi suddenly thought that the rice noodles in broth they sell now are made from pork bones and chicken bones, and there is only one flavor. If they add a fish soup-flavored rice noodle, will anyone like it? .

But now they only sell rice noodles in high soup and they are already very busy. Since they officially started selling rice noodles, Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe got up every day before dawn to pack their things and push the cart out. After buying the bones, I started to prepare the soup. I took the time to wash the tables and stools, soak the rice noodles, and temporarily didn’t have time to study the taste of the fish soup rice noodles.

That day, Mu Xiu signed a contract with his third brother and got the money. Li Chengzhi immediately went to the county seat to bring back the casserole and wooden cart, and Tong Bai Xiuhe began to study how to make their broth more delicious and what to put in it to enhance the flavor.

After four days of experimentation, it was determined that the taste was enough, and the two couldn't wait to push the wooden cart to the county town to set up a stall.

On the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, under the care of Li Chengshi, they got a stall with a good location. They boiled the broth all night, and the moment the lid was lifted, the aroma could be smelled in several nearby stalls. Accompanied by Li Chengzhi's cries, It attracted the attention of many passers-by.

"Selling rice noodles, the popular rice noodles in Fucheng, Lijia soup rice noodles, rice noodles made of white rice are delicious, delicious, delicious, warm rice noodles..."

The steaming soup smells really delicious. Some people who have been to Fucheng know about rice noodles, and some people who have never been to Fucheng heard about rice noodles for the first time. Seeing the white and crystal clear rice noodles, many people are curious.

As soon as it was put out, someone asked the price of the rice noodles. A bowl of nine coins is the same as the price of a bowl of noodles in the county, and it is three coins cheaper than Fucheng.

Although the price is not expensive, this is a new kind of food after all, and not everyone dares to try it for the first time.

After a while, someone finally sat down and ordered a bowl of rice noodles in high soup.

The rice noodles are scalded in the soup and placed at the bottom of the bowl, with sliced ​​meat, homemade sauerkraut, blanched cabbage leaves and green onions on top, and the bubbling broth is added, and a bowl of Lijia rice noodles in high soup is complete.

Li Chengzhi imitated the tone of the waiter in the restaurant, and served the rice noodles: "Your soup rice noodles, please use it slowly."

The shredded sauerkraut and cabbage leaves are soaked in the broth, which absorbs the meaty flavor in the soup. It tastes both the fragrance of the leaves and the taste of the broth. After taking a sip of the soup, he praised: "It tastes good."

Then, he began to eat rice noodles. The delicious rice noodles had a different texture than noodles, and they would break as soon as he chewed them in his mouth. This guest liked it very much and started to eat hard.

With the first person starting, there will be people sitting down to eat soup rice noodles one after another.

On the first day, Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe were worried that they would not be able to sell out the rice noodles after soaking too much. They only prepared ten catties of dry rice noodles, which could make a hundred bowls.

Unexpectedly, it was sold out at the end of the hour.

The next day, [-] catties of rice noodles were soaked and sold from the beginning of Chenshi to the end of Sishi.

On the third day, I soaked twenty catties of rice noodles and bought them from the beginning of Chenshi to the end of noon.

On the fourth day, I soaked [-] catties of rice noodles and bought them from Chenshichu to Wushizhong.

The one hundred catties of dry rice noodles bought at the beginning were only fifteen catties left after five days of selling, which was not enough to sell on the sixth day.

Now that the rice noodle business is booming, Li Chengzhi has no time to go to Fucheng to buy rice noodles, so he had to ask Li Chengshi to find someone to help bring the rice noodles back from Fucheng after selling the rice noodles on the fourth day.

Li Chengshi found a small caravan that went to Fucheng on a regular basis that day, and they happened to be going to Fucheng tomorrow, and they agreed to bring Li Chengzhi a hundred catties of dry rice noodles to Changping County every five days.

In just five days, 85 catties of dry rice noodles were sold, not counting the money for the casserole, wooden carts, wooden tables, wooden stools and other items purchased at the beginning. Bai Zhiwen's hands changed from six taels of silver to eight and a half Silver plus more than 500 copper plates.

Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe, who were counting the money at home, were taken aback. They were too busy a few days ago, and fell asleep after finishing their work without counting the money. They never thought that a simple soup rice noodle could make so much money.

The rough cost of a bowl of rice noodles is about less than six pennies, which includes the stall fee for the county town, the water fee for using the well, the purchase of dry rice noodles, firewood, pig bones, chicken bones, etc. If you use your own sauerkraut, Cabbage, green onion and other ingredients are included in it. A bowl of rice noodles can earn three Wen. If you sell two hundred bowls a day, you can earn six hundred Wen. It is equivalent to a strong man working outside for twelve days.

When they told their family members the money they had earned in the past few days, the rice noodle business surprised everyone in Li's family.

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