The happy little days of the Ye family

Two delicious old men came to the stall looking for delicious food.

The two of them were wearing black clothes and white clothes. The one in white clothes was older and his hair was gray. The old man in black clothes looks younger, but has an extraordinary bearing.

The two of them seemed to have been friends for many years, and they were not short of money.

Father Ye brought out a small plate, which contained several pieces of braised pork cut into fingernail sizes. He took two bamboo sticks and handed them to the two old men for them to try.

After tasting it, the two didn't speak, but Father Ye could tell from their expressions and demeanor that they were satisfied with Father Ye's braised pork.

The old man in white clothes ordered three portions of pork head and two portions of braised pork.

The old man in black clothes opened the wine jar and said with a smile: "Although the brewing skills of this rice wine are average, the spring water used for brewing is quite good. It smells a bit like the wine you brewed when you were young."

The old man in white didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly laughed, "Bring me five kilograms of this rice wine."

"You two don't have any containers for wine. There are bamboo tubes at the stall that can be used to hold wine. One can hold a pound of rice wine. This bamboo tube costs two cents each." Father Ye said in a low voice, feeling a little uneasy.

After buying so many things, you shouldn’t care about the ten cents, right?

"Then I need five bamboo tubes." The old man in black clothes said.

Father Ye packed five tubes of rice wine and handed them to the two of them.

As the marinade in the pot continued to boil, the aroma from the stall became more and more overbearing. Half of the market could smell the smell of braised pork, and more and more people were at Ye's stall.

A middle-aged man in black clothes tasted the braised pork brought by Ye's father and was very satisfied. "Bring me 8 jins of this pig into the water, and 6 jins of pig head meat."

Father Ye looked up and saw that it was the owner of the wine shop. He was probably planning to buy braised pork to go with the wine.

"Okay, pig head meat is 20 Wen per catty, and pig water is 14 Wen per catty, a total of 232 Wen."

Father Ye quickly wrapped the braised sesame water and braised pig head meat in oil paper and handed them to the owner of the wine shop.

The owner of the wine shop took the braised pork, looked at the bacon on the side, picked up a piece and smelled it.

"Your bacon is good. There are a lot of aniseed in it. Although it is wild boar, it doesn't smell as fishy as wild boar. Give me five kilograms of cured pork and two kilograms of cured ribs."

"Okay, I'll wrap it up for you."

Unexpectedly, he met two big customers as soon as he set up the stall. Father Ye was very happy and quickly wrapped the bacon in oil paper.

Father Ye's braised meat is indeed delicious and cheap. In less than an hour, Father Ye sold out all the braised pork he brought.

Father Ye also sold more than 20 kilograms of bacon at the stall, but for the hundreds of kilograms of bacon he brought, it was just a drop in the bucket.

Father Ye planned to sell the remaining bacon to restaurants in the county.

Several restaurants in the county had bought bacon from Ye's father before. Ye's father brought the bacon to each door to sell it, and it took him half a day to finally sell the bacon he brought.

But the bacon sold to restaurants is a penny cheaper than when it was a stall on the pier.

There were few merchants at the dock, and Father Ye wanted to save trouble, so he directly sold all the bacon he brought to restaurants.

For several days, Ye's father came to the county to sell braised pork. Ye's father became familiar with the owner of the wine shop who came to buy braised pork every day.

The owner of the winery once wanted to buy Ye's father's braised pork recipe, but the money offered was small, so Ye's father refused.

Father Ye has made an agreement with the owner of the wine shop, and from now on he will send 5 kilograms of braised pork head meat, 6 kilograms of braised pork belly, 6 kilograms of spiced peanuts and 4 kilograms of spicy dried fish to Jiufan every five days.

Although he didn't make any money by sending soybean oil by delivering food and wine to the wine shop, he still earned several hundred cash every month. Father Ye was quite satisfied.

Entering the twelfth lunar month, the flavor of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger, and the village already has a New Year atmosphere.

The most important thing in the twelfth lunar month is to kill the New Year pig. In these years, every household will raise one or two New Year pigs. During the New Year, half of them will be kept for home use and the other half will be sold for money.

The busiest person at this time is Butcher Zhang, who has to kill several New Year pigs a day. Not only do people from his own village come to him to kill New Year pigs, but people from other villages are also queuing up to wait for Butcher Zhang to kill New Year pigs.

It can be said that Butcher Zhang is either killing New Year pigs or on his way to kill them these days.

Butcher Zhang's legs were getting tired and thin, but his wallet had gained a lot of weight.

Mr. Ye came back from the village chief's house and told everyone good news.

"There is a temple fair in the town the day after tomorrow. I heard that opera singers were invited to come and sing for three days. There were also people who came to perform lion dances."

"Let's go to the temple fair the day after tomorrow!" The three children were very excited when they heard there was a temple fair.

Of course Mrs. Ye, who is keen on making money, will not miss this perfect opportunity of the temple fair. "There are many people at the temple fair, so it is a good time to set up stalls. At that time, I will bring all the bacon, persimmons and groceries at home to the temple fair to set up stalls." ."

Mr. Ye also agreed to go to the temple fair to set up stalls. Then he and his wife would just watch the stalls. "There won't be so many people watching the stalls. When I have free time, I will take a few children to the temple fair for harvest and embroidery to gain knowledge."

Father Ye and Mother Ye had no objection. The three children were only happy to hear that they could go to the temple fair.

There is still a lot of bacon collected in Dashan Village. Ye Mu is going to make fried bacon with green pepper for dinner.

Ye Mu picked a piece of fat and thin pork belly, washed the bacon, steamed it in a pot for a quarter of an hour, and then cut the steamed bacon into thin slices.

Put a little oil in the pot, then add thinly sliced ​​bacon and stir-fry over high heat. After the bacon is fried, add ginger and garlic and continue to stir-fry. Stir-fry until fragrant, add a little water and simmer for a while, then add green pepper and stir-fry together. The green peppers can be removed from the pot after being cut off.

The stir-fried bacon with chili peppers worked exceptionally well under Ye's mother's skillful hands. The family was very satisfied with the meal, and Ye's mother who was cooking was also very happy.

Father Ye originally planned to sell bacon, persimmons and groceries at the temple fair, but considering that the people visiting Temple Street would rather eat it.

It was adjusted to sell bacon, persimmons and braised pork.

Ye's father went to the village who was killing New Year pigs and bought two sets of pig meat and four pig's trotters, and made a big pot full of braised pork.

In addition to braised pork, Ye's father also made a pot of braised vegetables. The vegetarian dishes were braised with dried bamboo shoots, dried tofu and Qianzhang.

The day before the temple fair, Father Ye and Mr. Ye got together to discuss the selling prices of things.

Father Ye: "Everything has increased in price at the end of the year. The prices of things at temple fairs must be more expensive than ordinary things. Otherwise, we should sell them according to the price at the county wharf."

Mr. Ye disagreed, "Most of the people attending the temple fair in the town are villagers from nearby villages. If the price is the same as in the county, they will definitely not be able to afford it. Maybe the price should be lower."

"The price of braised pork remains unchanged. Bacon is one cent less than the price in the county. Cured pork is 35 cents per catty, cured chicken and rabbit are 24 cents per catty, persimmons are 9 cents per catty, and braised pork is 6 cents per pound. , a braised dish costs 5 cents, and a braised pig head costs 7 cents and a half."

"Okay, let's pay this price."

On the day of the temple fair, the Ye family got up early. Father Ye and Mr. Ye packed up the things for the stall, and the family set out for the temple fair in a grand manner.