The happy little days of the Ye family

Nowadays, the Ye family makes braised pork every day, and the salt and aniseed are used very quickly. They collected a lot of aniseed in Dashan Village, but the salt jar is almost empty.

After selling the braised pork at noon, Ye's father drove the donkey cart to buy salt and restock Ye Donglin's grocery stall.

After Father Ye finished shopping, he saw a stall surrounded by many people on the road.

Father Ye usually likes to join in the fun, so he got out of the donkey cart with great interest and asked about it. It turned out that someone was selling beef.

Cattle were precious, and the imperial court did not allow them to be killed casually. Cattle that died of old age or accidents could only be killed for meat after they were reported to the Yamen.

This cow died of old age. Although the meat is a bit old, beef is not common. There are many people who want to buy beef. The stall is crowded with people on three levels inside and outside.

Pork can be bought for money, but beef is not available every day. It is rare to encounter a beef seller, and of course Father Ye will not let it go.

Father Ye parked the donkey cart not far away in front of the Liang Family Restaurant, asked the waiter to take care of it, and then happily rushed into the crowd.

Father Ye finally squeezed in. At this time, there was not much left on the stall. Apart from the large bones and cow meat that had been picked to the ground, there were only seven or eight kilograms of beef ribs and about two or three kilograms of beef left.

"Boss, I want a pound of beef. Start cutting it from here. The fatter side is fatter." A woman in brown clothes with a round figure pointed at the beef and said.

"okay."

The old man selling beef quickly cut off a small piece of beef with his knife in his hand, no more, no less, exactly one pound.

The woman buying beef on the side praised it: "The old man is really good at it, no more, no less, exactly one pound."

The old man smiled heartily and said, "I worked as a butcher for several years when I was young, and I got it all through practice."

Seeing that the beef at the stall was almost sold out, Father Ye hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Old man, I want all the remaining beef. I also want two kilograms of beef ribs and three big bones."

Beef is much more expensive than pork. Except for managers in restaurants and wealthy families, most people buy it by the pound or half, or buy some cheap bones to taste.

Ye's father was very generous, buying several kilograms of beef at a time. The old man selling beef thought that Ye's father owned a restaurant.

The old man looked at Father Ye enthusiastically and tried his best to sell: "Boss, there are some beef intestines, beef liver, tripe and beef lungs on the stall. Do you want to buy some to make beef offal? It will also have a unique flavor when used to make braised pork. "

Father Ye was also a little moved. Beef was precious and not easily available.

Father Ye looked at the cow's water in the bucket with some confusion. "Boss, help me weigh the things I just asked for first. The cow's water allows me to think about it later."

Father Ye has been selling braised pork at the pier for more than ten days. The food at the stall is the same every day, and many of the old customers on the pier are tired of it.

Fortunately, new ships docked at the pier every day. Thanks to these merchants and some regular customers at the pier, Father Ye's braised pork stall did a pretty good business.

Selling the same braised pork every day at a stall will definitely not work. No matter how delicious the food is, you will get tired of it every day. Father Ye is also thinking of ways to add some new dishes to the stall.

Father Ye wanted to make some radish and beef offal stew for a change of taste to old acquaintances on the dock, but he had already ordered pig offal and pig heads at Butcher Zhang’s house, and Father Ye was worried that there would be too much to sell.

Father Ye didn't think for long, gritted his teeth and collected all the cattle's waste. At worst, he could divide some and sell them at the county market.

When the old man saw that Ye's father had rounded up the cow's guts, his face was filled with laughter. He quickly weighed the cow's guts and gave Ye's father two big bones.

Father Ye took the cattle offal and bones wrapped in banana leaves and struggled to squeeze out of the stall.

Only then did the people around realize that all the beef was sold out, and there were only a few kilograms of beef ribs and a small pile of large bones left on the stall.

Many people who just thought it was expensive came forward one after another. You bought a pound of beef ribs, and I bought them one big bone. If you can't afford beef, it's good to buy some bones to go back and taste.

After a while, all the big bones and beef ribs in the stall were sold out. The old man held his heavy wallet and felt so happy that he couldn't suppress the raised corners of his mouth.

This money is almost enough to buy a new calf. This old cow has worked hard all his life. I didn't expect that he can still contribute a lot of beef when he is old. He is really a good cow.

The old man sincerely thanked this great cow brother and hoped that he would be reincarnated into a wealthy family in his next life and live a life of wealth and wealth.

Father Ye drove the donkey cart back home. As soon as he got off the donkey cart, he saw Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing sitting at the door of the kitchen drinking mung bean soup. The two were talking and laughing, and they seemed quite close.

Tang Xiaojing ate lunch and dinner at Ye's house. Sometimes Ye's father came back late and helped chop wood and carry water. He had completely integrated into Ye's house.

Tangshan also joked with Ye's father that he gave birth to a good son to the Ye family in vain. Father Ye usually likes Tang Xiaojing and supports them both.

But now seeing the two of them sitting together drinking mung bean soup, talking and laughing, Father Ye felt a little sour again, and he became picky when looking at Tang Xiaojing.

Tang Xiaojing felt furious when Father Ye saw him, and asked in confusion: "Uncle Fengshou, why do you keep looking at me? Is there something wrong with me?"

Father Ye suppressed the sourness in his heart and said cheerfully as usual: "What delicious food did you cook at home today?"

Seeing that Ye's father was sweating profusely from the sun, Ye Qingqing quickly brought a bowl of mung bean soup that had been chilled in the well to cool down Ye's father.

Ye's father drank the sweet and cold mung bean soup, and felt sweet in his heart. He praised Ye Qingqing for her filial piety.

Ye Qingqing was so embarrassed by the praise that she blushed and quickly picked up the unfinished mung bean soup and started drinking it.

Ye's mother and Mrs. Ye heard the sound in the front yard and knew that their father was back, so they quickly came out of the house.

Mrs. Ye: "Why is it so late today? It's almost an hour later than usual."

Father Ye smiled and said: "We make braised pork every day at home, and we use up salt quickly. I went to buy salt and replenish some supplies for the grocery stall in Donglin. And I was lucky today, and I met someone selling beef."

Hearing that there was beef, Ye Qingqing almost jumped up with joy, "Beef, Dad, you bought beef!"

Father Ye took several large bags of things from the donkey cart and said, "I got there late, and there was only more than a kilogram of beef and bones left on the stall. I bought one and a half kilograms of beef, two kilograms of ribs and some large... bone."

"I also bought a pair of beef offal, and I plan to make a pot of radish and beef offal tomorrow and sell it in the county. In the past two days, several regular customers have said that they are tired of the braised pork on the stall, and they just want to change their taste. "

Old Mrs. Ye was a little worried and frowned and said: "Butcher Zhang's family has already sent pig heads and pig pigs to the water today, and now they have bought a pair of cows to the water. Can't they sell so many things on the dock?"

Father Ye had already made a plan, "It's okay, just share half of the braised meat tomorrow and let Dong Lin set up a stall at the county market."