Lucky husband

The rice noodle business is jointly run by the eldest and the third house of the Li family, so we can’t just know the situation from their side. It’s inconvenient for Li Chengzhi to visit Jiang Zhiyun who is still in confinement. It fell on Mrs. Li's head.

When Mrs. Li came over to help Xiao Mingkang change diapers, she said to Jiang Zhiyun, "Third daughter-in-law, your idea is really good. Your elder brother and sister-in-law can earn six hundred yuan a day recently..."

Listening to old lady Li talking about making money with rice noodles, Jiang Zhiyun breathed a sigh of relief. She was the one who came up with the idea of ​​selling rice noodles. I'm sorry for them.

Jiang Zhiyun smiled and didn't take credit for it: "Mother, I'm just talking about it, other things are done by my brother and sister-in-law. I think the rice noodle business is good, and the broth made by my sister-in-law tastes good, everyone likes it."

After she was happy, Mrs. Li was a little worried, she lowered her voice: "My third daughter-in-law, the business of this rice noodle is indeed very good now, do you think it will not be as good as it is now?"

The eldest son and the eldest daughter-in-law are currently in a good mood, and it is not easy for Mrs. Li to say these words to offend them. As a housekeeper for decades, Mrs. Li always feels that doing business is not so simple.

Jiang Zhiyun didn't leave home all the year round, she didn't know much about business: "Mother, what do you say?"

Mrs. Li was just worried, and she didn't know what to say when she was asked to say something.

As the last daughter-in-law of the Li family, Jiang Zhiyun is inconvenient to say anything about this kind of thing. She thought about it and said: "Mother, I am a woman who doesn't understand those things. Why don't we ask Brother Li when he comes back?"

Li Chengshi is the least person who has returned home, and he is also the most knowledgeable person in the entire Li family. Maybe Li Chengshi can think of the worries that Mrs. Li can't express.

Granny Li took the changed diaper and left, leaving Jiang Zhiyun alone in the room thinking about the rice noodles.

In business, there will inevitably be competition. Now only the Li family is selling rice noodles. Anyone who wants to eat rice noodles will come to the Li family. Affected.

In addition, this time is also a good time to do business. After the new year, the number of people shopping in the county will decrease, and the business of rice noodle will drop a bit.

After thinking about it, Jiang Zhiyun probably understood what Old Madam Li was worried about, but she didn't say anything, she kept all these words in her heart, and waited for Xianggong to come back and talk to him.

Once the 25th of the twelfth lunar month passes, the entire twelfth lunar month passes faster.

28 On this day, Mrs. Li invited a pig butcher to kill the Nian pig she deliberately kept.

According to the practice of the past few years, Li Chengshi will return from the county office in the morning of this day and start his annual leave until the tenth day of the first month of the next year, a total of twelve days.

Yesterday afternoon, when Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe came back from selling rice noodles and heard Mrs. Li mentioning this matter, Li Chengzhi said that he would stay at home to help out, and the butcher alone was not enough to kill the New Year's pigs.

Mrs. Li slapped the couple and said: "How can you help the pig butcher? The old lady who boils the water is here, just help the pig butcher, and your father will be fine. Your third brother will come back later. , It’s none of your business. Hurry up and sell the rice noodle business to make money now, don’t worry, I’ll keep the Pork Soup for you two, I won’t lose you.”

Li Chengzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he didn't care about a mouthful of planed pig soup, during this period of time he and Bai Xiuhe drank the leftover broth from selling rice noodles every day, their faces were rounded, people who didn't know thought they were eating alone outside Woolen cloth.

Mrs. Li said that the old man Li was still young enough to help the pig butcher. In fact, she had already made up her mind and told the pig butcher to come to Li's house later. came back.

Sure enough, when the hot water at home was ready and the pig butcher tied up the pig's four legs and was about to cut it, Li Chengshi came home.

Li Chengshi hurriedly changed his clothes and replaced old man Li.

There will be regular training when working in the county government. Li Chengshi is stronger than the old man Li, and he has the skills to press the pig so that it cannot move. The pig butcher completed the job of killing the pig very easily.

Because Li's family is not like an ordinary farming family, someone in the family is in the county government office, so the pig butcher didn't simply kill the pig, he also enthusiastically helped to decompose the pig.

Fat and thin meat that is suitable for bacon and marinated meat, large pieces of fat meat that are suitable for cooking lard, skin-on meat that is suitable for direct stewing, and lean meat that is suitable for stir-frying. He knows that the big house of the Li family is in the rice noodle business , I buy pig bones from him every day, and he even picks out the pig bones.

After killing the pigs, the pig butcher didn't stay at Li's house for too long. In the past two days, many people asked him to kill pigs for the New Year. He was busy going to the next house, and left with the ten Wen pig killing fee and the pig's head from Li's house. Li family.

Mrs. Li immediately began to prepare pork soup. The heart, liver, belly, and lungs were washed with water. Together with the blood tofu, it was served with cabbage freshly chopped from the field, and seasonings such as chili and peppercorns were added. Bring to a simmer.

The ingredients of the planed pig soup are different for each household, and it will have a different taste in the end. Mrs. Li likes to add more soaked fungus, dried bamboo shoots, and homemade sauerkraut, and finally thicken with gorgon powder to make planed pig The hot and sour soup is appetizing and extremely smooth, and the whole family likes it.

In addition to the planed pig soup, Mrs. Li also prepared a stir-fried twice-cooked pork with garlic sprouts, a stewed pork ribs with winter melon, and two vegetarian dishes.

It took an hour and a half from the time the pig was slaughtered to the time the pig soup was made, and it happened to be lunch at noon.

It just so happened that Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe's rice noodle business was good today, and the two of them returned to Li's house when the last dish was cooked: "Father, mother, third brother, we are back."

Old lady Li poked her head out: "The two of you came back at the right time, wash your hands and come over to help serve the dishes. This year's New Year's pigs are fat and big ears, and the pork-shaved soup is very fresh."

Except for Jiang Zhiyun, who was still in confinement, the first and third members of the Li family were all sitting in the main room, ready to start eating this year's planed pig soup.

At this moment, Qian Xinghua brought Li Mingcai to appear at the gate of the Li family's courtyard, and Li Mingcai looked into the house eagerly. Qian Xinghua bravely shouted to the courtyard: "Father, mother, you killed me today!" Year pig?"

After the laughter in the room, Mrs. Li's face darkened. She glanced and knew that there was no Qian Xinghua who was standing outside the yard casually. She said to everyone in the room: "Let's continue to eat, don't worry about some What a shameless thing."

When Mrs. Li spoke, the adults in the room continued to eat as usual, but the atmosphere was not as relaxed as before.

Li Chengshi took the initiative to talk about the interesting things he encountered in the county government this year, and Li Chengzhi also told about the various things he and Bai Xiuhe encountered in setting up a stall, hoping to make his parents feel better.

Li Mingde and Li Mingli looked at each other, and began to recall whether they had encountered any interesting things in the county school, which they had not told their family members.

Li Mingyue was young and simple-minded, and when she saw that everyone was talking and chatting again, she grabbed her mother and gave her her favorite pork liver and blood tofu.

Li Mingjin turned his head and glanced outside. He didn't like the second aunt and sixth brother. When he saw that the second and fourth sisters were not there, he quickly turned his head and continued to eat.

After a while, Li Ming smelled the scent of shaved pig soup and couldn't bear it anymore. He broke away from his mother and ran into the yard: "Grandma, I want to eat shaved pig soup."

Granny Li's face, which had just eased up, turned black again, and she put down her chopsticks: "Boss, you go and send Li Mingcai back to the right compartment."

Not only did Li Chengzhi send Li Mingcai back to the right room, but the old lady Li also stood up and walked out.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Qian Xinghua cried to Granny Li: "Mom, the lard I just boiled was stolen, and there is no meat in the house these days. The child smells the smell of meat and cries. I really can't bear it. The only one who brought him here is me, a useless mother, so I can't let him eat some meat."

"Mother, Mingcai is also your grandson, why don't you let Mingcai have a meal of planed pork soup with me today, and I will bring you and my father when I cook meat. Brother Li taught me the day I caught fish in the village. I know I made a mistake, and I must correct it in the future.”

In order to let Liming only eat meat, Qian Xinghua cried for her family's hardship and showed her filial piety.

But Mrs. Li was different. She didn't look at Qian Xinghua at all, and let Li Chengzhi take Li Ming to the right room, and stood outside the fence of the right room and shouted, "Second brother, where are you?"

Li Chengli was walking home with two cabbages at this time, when he heard Mrs. Li calling him, he quickly responded twice and ran home: "Mother, mother, I'm here."

Old lady Li turned around and looked at Li Chengli who was approaching with a sullen face: "Second brother, do you still remember what mother told you last time?"

Li Chengli saw that Mrs. Li's complexion was not good, and his elder brother was still grabbing his talent, the smile on his face gradually froze: "Mom, what's the matter?"

Mrs. Li sneered: "Tell my daughter-in-law, don't think that she is the only smart person in the world, and the others are fools. I don't know what she is thinking! Since our Li family has separated, it's time for you sons to respect me And the old man, it turned out to be a good thing, your daughter-in-law still thinks she didn't take advantage of it, what's the matter!"

"Today, the old lady's house killed pigs and ate pig soup. She said that your son smelled the meat and insisted on eating it. The two of them went to the old woman's house to guard the meat. If my old woman doesn't let the child enter the house to eat meat, People see me and don’t know how to organize me as a nurse, with such a hard heart, my grandson and son are not willing to give me meat.”

"Fifteen cents a catty of meat, if your second wife is really poor enough to afford meat, let alone today, even tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, if the old woman eats meat, she will call Shang Mingcai, and your elder brother and sister-in-law will not say anything. But, old man Second, let me ask you, are you really unable to afford meat? This is what my old lady said today, if you don’t want to spend money to buy meat, then don’t think about spending the New Year in poverty!”

"Remember what mother said, taking advantage of a small advantage will result in a big loss sooner or later. Don't make jokes about that one and a half copper coins and a bite of meat. You can't get fat if you eat more."

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