Chapter 159 Grocery Store
Lian Man'er and Xiaoqi bought things and came out of Qingyang Town, followed the official road and walked back to the latest chapter of Sanshiliyingzi. This official road in Qingyang Town passes through Sanshiliyingzi, and then goes south, about half a mile from the foot of Nanshan Mountain, forming a T-junction with another official road connecting east-west.
The official road enters Sanshiliyingzi from Qingyang Town. There is a relatively open place, which is also a place where many people in the village like to gather. On the east side of the road is a land temple, which was built by the villagers. The temple is not big or small. On one side of the temple gate is an open hall and on the other side are three gatehouses. When you enter the temple gate, the first step is the main hall. There are left and right wing rooms, and Buddha statues are also enshrined. Walking further in, the second step is the monk's Zen room, and there is a vegetable field behind the Zen room.
Diagonally opposite the Tudi Temple, on the west side of the official road is a grocery store, which is also the only grocery store in Sanshiliyingzi. Although the shop is not big, the sparrows are small, but they are all complete, such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, needles, threads, etc., which are all commonly used in the home.
Lian Man'er remembered that she wanted to buy soy sauce for Zhou's family and went back, so when she entered the village, she first came to the grocery store.
A tall horse was tied to the door of the grocery store. Lian Man'er looked at it curiously. This kind of horse is not common here. It is said that horses are controlled materials, and only those with powerful families have them. The carriages that are often called here are actually mules.
Push open the door of the grocery store and faces the high counter. Behind the counter is a shelf, with all kinds of goods neatly placed on it. There are three or two benches on the open space in front of the counter. From winter to summer, there are always three or five idle people sitting on the stools and talking.
This is still the case today. But the people who used to chat were just looking at a man in front of the counter.
The man looked at his clothes and dressed up and was not a local. He bought a large jar of wine, bought some five-spice peanuts and snacks, and finally took a piece of silver to check out.
Lian Man'er heard the sound of people sucking in the room.
Jiang San, the shopkeeper, took the silver with a trembling trembling and bit it with his teeth.
"What's wrong? Are you afraid that the old man will give you fake silver?" The man said in a rough voice.
Jiang San quickly bent down and laughed, asked his wife to weigh the silver with the wait, and found the man a few more copper coins. The man took the copper coins and walked out, and Lian Man'er hurriedly pulled Xiaoqi to the side and gave in.
The man strode out the door, put the thing on the horse's back, then scammered his leg and took the horse away. He shouted and then took the horse away.
Only then did the people in the grocery store slowly withdraw their sight.
"This is really a rich man." A man said, "and smashed his mouth.
When people in the village come to grocery stores, they usually get one or two taels of wine, and at most only one or two pounds of wine. The same is true for buying other things, so grocery stores often sell for a few cents a day, and few people will pay for the money to pay.
"The one who came from a big place was from Daqian Mountain again." Another person said, as if such a guest was not the first.
"Take two taels of soy sauce." Lian Man'er walked to the counter and said with her head tilted. The counter was a little high. Her forehead was just level with the counter. She had to tiptoe to put the copper coins and soy sauce can in her hand on the counter.
"Aren't these Man'er and Qilang from the Lian family?" Jiang San's wife greeted with a smile, and then took the copper coins. She opened a wooden board at the counter and walked out of the counter.
The soy sauce tank is very large. The counter cannot be placed open, so it is placed outside the grocery counter against the corner of the wall.
Jiang San’s wife took the soy sauce jar from the counter, walked to the soy sauce jar, uncovered the wooden lid, took a funnel from a shelf next to it, inserted it into the mouth of the jar, and took a wooden spoon from the side.
This wooden spoon has a small bucket at one end, and the spoon handle is about half an arm long, and each spoon is one or two. There is also a larger wooden spoon next to it, which is half a pound per catty.
"Your soy sauce was finished so quickly. It was Qilang who came two days ago, so I got half a pound of it."
While talking to Lian Man'er's brother, Jiang San's wife scooped soy sauce from the soy sauce tank and poured it into the funnel.
"This is soy sauce for my grandfather and my grandma." Lian Man'er explained.
"Even a few children from the fourth family can help the family work, and they are all very filial." Someone said.
"Your sauerkraut workshop can make money for a long time in a day." A good thing asked.
"It's all my father and I'm in charge, so I don't know how to make money. I heard from my father and mother that whether to make money or not is a trivial matter. It would be not a waste of work for neighbors to earn a few hand-made money and subsidize the family." Lian Man'er said.
"The fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law of the Lian family are kind-hearted people. I didn't see it before, but now I still have great skills." Someone said, and smiled at Lian Man'er and Xiaoqi. Seeing that he was familiar with him, it seemed that someone in his family was working in a sauerkraut workshop, so he smiled back.
"Aunt San, that person was not from our village just now, right?" Lian Man'er asked Jiang San's wife.
"No, there is no such person in our village. In the past two days, the boss's wife has sent him a deal. Such a customer is more than the goods that usually sells for two or three days." Without waiting for Jiang San's wife to speak, she said with a smile alone.
"Not that evil." Jiang San's wife gave the man a blank look, put the funnel and wooden spoon back, and handed the soy sauce can to Lian Man'er.
"Hold it, don't spread it on the road."
Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi came out of the grocery store, walked two streets, and got home.
"Take the soy sauce to our milk, I just urged it." Lian Zhier was standing at the door of the west wing. Seeing Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi coming back, she said.
"Oh." Lian Man'er wanted to go into the house and put down the basket first.
Lian Zhier took the basket, looked up at the room, and then lowered his voice and said in Lian Man'er's ear.
"Take the soy sauce first, don't enter the house, so you can save yourself too much."
"One liang of soy sauce, can we still steal her?" Lian Man'er cut it, and indeed he didn't even enter the threshold, so he carried the soy sauce can and went up the room.
"Why are you just coming back? I have to wait for you, the daylily is cold." Zhou said with a stern face.
"The child is running errands for you, why don't you say a good thing?" Old Master Lian sat on the kang, glared at Zhou, and then waved to Lian Man'er with a smile, "Man'er, it's cold outside, it's warm to go on the kang for a while."
Zhou took the soy sauce bottle, opened the lid, looked carefully, and then handed the soy sauce bottle to Zhao next to him.
"Add a spoonful of food to the dish." Zhou told Zhao, "Don't add too much, it's not enough when you see good things."
Zhao agreed with a pleasing eyebrow, then went out to cook with a soy sauce bottle.
"Master, it's not cold outside. I'll go back to help my mother cook first, and I'll talk to you later." Lian Man'er said to Mr. Lian.
"Good boy, go." Old Master Lian smiled.
Lian Man'er returned to the west wing, and the family was listening to Xiaoqi's words while watching the things they bought.
"The meat filling is chopped, which is a waste of time." Zhang saw the chopped meat filling first.
"Uncle Zhang is idle, so I'll stamp the filling for us." Lian Man'er said.
"Why did you buy roast chicken?" Lian Shouxin asked, looking at the oil-paper bag taken out by Lian Zhier.
"Didn't my dad say that Cai Ji's roast chicken in the town is delicious. I bought it if I brought enough money." Lian Man'er replied with a giggle.
"Xiao Qi's birthday, let's follow the teething ceremony." Goro laughed.
"You can spend money." Although Zhang said this, it did not mean to blame. Speaking of which, in some aspects, Zhang and Lian Shouxin still spoiled their children very much.
Lian Zhier scooped half a basin of warm water, asked Lian Man'er and Xiaoqi to wash their hands, and then let them sit on the kang.
"Man'er, use half of this bone to make soup first, and then put some noodles later." Zhang discussed with Lian Man'er, "How about the remaining half, let's make radish soup tonight, eat dumplings?"
"Okay." Lian Man'er smiled and nodded. Zhang and Lian Shouxin had another advantage. They did not make decisions on everything themselves because of their parents. On the contrary, they were more willing to ask for opinions from their children. For example, food arrangements are also of interest. The reason why Lian Man'er can integrate into this family so well has a lot to do with the advantages of their husband and wife.
Lian Man'er sat on the kang and met Wu Yugui again in the town, and Xiao Shentun was talking about the fact that he wanted to build a temple.
"That's a good thing."
After Lian Shouxin said this, he didn't say anything else. Obviously, he felt that this matter had nothing to do with their lives, so he didn't care about it.
"In a few days, every household's sauerkraut should come down. The appointment we made with Manager Wu should expire, and the sauerkraut workshop will have to be stopped." Zhang said while kneading.
"No, it's enough to make money these days." Lian Shouxin said.
Zhang seemed a little reluctant, but nodded. The couple had one thing in common, that is, they were not greedy and were easily satisfied.
"The money I earn these days is enough for us to live until this time next year. In previous years, when there was no separation, the whole family, not the elder brother, could not spend this money." Lian Shouxin said.
"I know." Zhang said, "I just want to be idle by then, and I'm afraid I won't be used to it."
"Mom, why don't we sell bean sprouts and sell them." Lian Man'er said.
"Bean sprouts?" Zhang thought for a while, "We are selling sauerkraut, but bean sprouts are not available. They are sold in the town every day."
"Mom, you're right, but someone still buys bean sprouts." Lian Man'er said, "In our village, hundreds of families, they can sell ten kilograms every day."
"That's right." Zhang agreed.
On the way back from the town, Lian Man'er had already calculated the cost and profit of producing bean sprouts in her heart.
Bean sprouts cost three cents per pound, while soybeans in the market price are nine cents per pound. A good pound of soybeans can produce five to eight pounds of bean sprouts. Of course, this is related to the technology and days of bean sprouts. Generally speaking, it takes six to seven days to produce bean sprouts.
"Mom, the bean sprouts you have is so good at issuing so we can calculate it by sending seven pounds. One pound of soybeans can earn twelve cents."
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It's the end of the month, I'm asking for pink. I looked up and didn't know if there is any hope to make it to the pink list. If there is any, add more to your fingers.
Chapter completed!