Joe's Farming

Qiao Yu heard this and remembered that Old Ma did talk about the young master yesterday, so he advised: "It's good that it can be useful to the young master, but Qiuli Paste is effective for coughs and can't be taken as medicine. Brother Ma must pay attention to tell the young master."

Lao Ma nodded: "Of course, of course. This is a thank-you gift from the master to Mr. Qiao, please accept it." Lao Ma handed over an exquisite purse.

Qiao Yu quickly refused: "No, no, you spent money to buy something, there is no reason to give more as a thank you gift."

Old Ma said sadly, "Boss Qiao, I won't hide it from you. This young master has had a bad health since he was young. It's not an exaggeration to say that he grew up in a medicine jar. The doctor prescribed a lot of medicine for this cough, but the young master didn't want to drink it at all. Unexpectedly, after drinking this autumn pear paste, hey, the cough has improved a lot. He is in a much better mood than before. This is because the master is happy, and he must give you a little gift. If you don't take it, I can't go back to take orders."

Qiao Yu couldn't refuse after hearing this, so she accepted it: "Okay, I'll accept it. I'll leave two more jars for you when the autumn pear paste is ready in a few days. Remember to heat up this stewed dish when you go back. Remember to give me your opinion on whether it tastes good or not. By the way, this stewed dish is spicy, so don't give it to the young master."

Lao Ma readily agreed and bowed to say goodbye.

Wen Ge'er helped Qiao Yu put away all the things and whispered, "Qiao Ge'er, do we need to make autumn pear paste first when we go back today?"

Qiao Yu nodded. Autumn pear paste is actually quite profitable, and just like stewed food, things are more valuable because they are scarce. Even the pears in his own garden are only half left, and no one in Shangtian Village specializes in growing pears. After all, people in this place grow food first.

Qiao Yu shook his head, not wanting to think too much. Anyway, setting up a stall was just like earning a living, and it would be fine if I didn't have to worry about food and clothing. Thinking too much, it was tiring.

"Brother Wen, let's go eat a bowl of wontons first and then go buy pork." Qiao Yu suggested.

Of course, Wen Ge'er agreed.

They ordered a large bowl of wontons each, which only cost 10 coins. Although the wontons were not stuffed with much filling, the skin was thin, and with the addition of finely chopped green onions and a few green leafy vegetables, it was so delicious. Qiao Yu and Wen Ge'er ate their fill, and then went to buy meat for tomorrow's sale.

Qiao Yu found Zhu the butcher, told him the parts he needed every day, and asked him to hand them over to Lin Da in the morning, so that he could go home and not come back. If the money was not enough, he could add more. Zhu the butcher agreed.

Qiao Yu did not delay any longer and headed back home immediately. He arrived home in just a quarter of an hour after the hour of Wei. Gu Feng was in the mountains at the moment, but the pears had been washed and dried in the yard. There were about two hundred pounds of pears this time, and Qiao Yu took out the chopping board and started to cut them. Qiao Yu and his children loved to eat the dried pears at home, so he steamed another twenty pounds of pears and dried them in the sun. The rest was used to make paste.

Wen Ge'er went to Aunt Shi's house to buy soy products for tomorrow's use, and at the same time helped Qiao Yu settle yesterday's bill.

When the two children saw Qiao Yu coming back, they kept surrounding him for help. Qiao Yu asked them to help him watch the fire as they did before, and at the same time tested them on their homework from yesterday.

When Gu Feng came back, Qiao Yu was filtering pear juice. Gu Feng left his prey for the day without saying anything and went to wash his hands to help. The man's strength was far beyond that of the boy, and he squeezed out a lot of juice with just a squeeze. Qiao Yu was so envious that she was happy to give this job to Gu Feng and wipe his sweat off.

Because pig offal smells bad, Wen Ge always goes to the backyard to prepare it. When he washed all the ingredients and moved them back to the yard, he saw Qiao Yu and Gu Feng in the kitchen, a harmonious scene. I envy them every day.

Qiao Yu only had a large iron pot on his stove, which was now boiling autumn pear paste. The stewed dishes would have to wait until later, but because he had mixed ten packets of marinade yesterday, there was no need to rush today.

Seeing that it was almost twilight hour, Qiao Yu told Wen Ge'er to go home quickly, as he did not want to exploit his good brother. Since the business in the past two days was good, Qiao Yu paid five days' wages in advance, rounded up the total and gave Wen Ge'er 200 coins. He also gave Wen Ge'er a pound of meat to take back for dinner.

Brother Wen wanted to refuse: "Brother Qiao..."

Qiao Yu: "We don't need anything right now, except a piece of meat. Go away. I don't want to pay overtime."

Although Wen Ge'er didn't understand what overtime pay meant, he obediently took the meat and went home. He had made up his mind to make spicy fried meat for his mother and father using Qiao Ge'er's method, which would surely be delicious.

Qiao Yu went to the backyard to dig up two heads of cabbage and green vegetables, and decided to chop up all the remaining meat, make buns with cabbage and pork filling and green vegetable and tofu filling, then steam a bowl of egg custard for everyone, sprinkled a little bit of chopped green onion and lard, it was so delicious.

The autumn pear paste was almost done at this time, so I took it out and let it cool. Then I added a handful of firewood to the stove, boiled the marinade, poured in the pork, and after the water boiled, I turned off the fire and continued to cook.

Qiao Yu was eating when Wang Jie came over with a bowl in his hand.

When Wang Jie saw them eating, he touched his nose a little embarrassedly and said, "Well, Mr. Gu, Brother Wen came over today and said that your business is good. My mother asked me to come over and buy some braised dishes."

Qiao Yu put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief: "Hey, I'm sorry, today's stewed dishes are all sold out. You go back first, they are being cooked in the kitchen. It will be ready in less than half an hour. I will ask Brother Gu to deliver it to you when the time comes."

Wang Jie: "That's great, I want five servings of both meat and vegetables. This is 48 cents, keep it." It seems that he had asked Brother Wen about the price early in the morning.

Qiao Yu did not refuse and accepted it generously. Wang Jie breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and left.

Gu Feng glanced at the copper coins, and Qiao Yu immediately said, "We have too many contacts with their family. If we don't accept them, Auntie will definitely be embarrassed to come and buy again in the future. I'll send some more later, Brother Gu, you take them over. Also send a can of autumn pear paste over, Yanbao and Xuebao are thankful for her care."

Gu Feng nodded and continued eating the buns. The buns made by his husband had soft dough, rich fillings, and were juicy when taken in one bite. Gu Feng finished ten in one breath before stopping to slowly savor the egg custard.

When his parents were alive, he also ate egg custard, but not anymore. His husband always made some food for the children, but he never excluded him. Maybe all the hardship he had suffered in the past ten years was to marry such a perfect husband.

After delivering a full bowl of stewed food and a can of autumn pear paste to Aunt Shi's house, Gu Feng began to process today's prey. Catching pheasants and rabbits was easy for him, after all, he was the only hunter around here, and there were many wild animals in the mountains. This time when he went into the mountains, he found that the traps outside had almost no harvest, so he walked deeper into the forest. He found this highly poisonous krait. Gu Feng had caught one before and sold it for three taels of silver in the medicine shop.

Gu Feng checked the snake catching bag and found a small hole, so he put another linen bag over it and told Qiao Yu and the two children to stay away from the shack.

In addition to the krait, Gu Feng also caught a pheasant today because he found that Qiao Ge'er really liked eating chicken. This time the pheasant was not caught in a trap, but was shot directly with an arrow, so Gu Feng cleaned it and cut it in half for his husband, so that he could cook it any way he wanted.

Qiao Yu looked at the two halves of pheasant and had already made up his mind. Half would be salted and hung under the eaves to air dry, and the other half would be stewed with chestnuts. There were still a dozen large buns left, which would be enough for breakfast and lunch tomorrow.

When I finished my shower and lay down on the bed, the moon was already high in the sky. Just like yesterday, Qiao Yu took out all the copper coins and small change he had received today and poured them on the bed and began to count the money.

As Qiao Yu counted, he let out a cry of surprise.

Gu Feng hugged his husband with his left hand and asked, "What's wrong?"

Qiao Yu said happily: "Today I actually sold 1,598 wen! Even if I deduct Wen Ge'er's wages and the money for buying vegetables these two days, I still made 1,000 wen today, one tael a day. This braised dish is really worth making." As Qiao Yu spoke, he took out an exquisite purse and poured out a one-tael ingot and three of the smallest ingots, a total of eight taels of silver.

Gu Feng: "Husband, can you tell me what this is?" As he said this, he reached out to take the purse and smelled it, with a sour look on his face.

Qiao Yu laughed and said, "Are you jealous?"

Gu Feng frowned, and Qiao Yu immediately told him about the young master of the Xu family. Gu Feng nodded and helped Qiao Yu string the copper coins in 100s and 1,000s, and then saved them up to exchange for silver in the town.

Qiao Yu happily collected the silver. Together with the remaining silver, the family now had a total of 80 taels, 6 coins, and 76 coins. Thinking that Gu Feng didn't have much silver, he gave him 3 taels and 100 coins.

"Here you go. Come to me again if it's not enough." Qiao Yu packed the money and handed it to Gu Feng.

Meeting Gu Feng's burning gaze, his hand subconsciously retracted.

Gu Feng grabbed Qiao Yu's hand and pulled her, and Qiao Yu fell into his arms.

Gu Feng's magnetic voice softly whispered into Qiao Yu's ear: "Qiao'er, are you feeling better now?"