Crossing the green wheat ears

The next day, Xiyuan and his family made some spicy cabbage, but there were not many crabapple fruits and pears at home, so Xiyuan was a little worried about what to do if they ran out of them.

"Tomorrow there will be a market in the town, and there will probably be some sand fruit and crabapple fruit sold, so we can buy some." Grandpa thought about it.

"Father, tomorrow I'll go to Dashulin to pick all the pears. It's probably fine to put them in the cellar." Xi Mingwen said, because the spicy cabbage sold for a price, the enthusiasm of the old man was also mobilized.

"That's fine, you can't go alone, I'll go with you." Niang Xiyuan joined the discussion while holding the soles of her shoes.

"Then the three of us, the big forest is not safe, so be careful." Grandpa knocked the cigarette pot on his shoe.

The next day, Xi Mingwen went to Jishang, bought some shaguo and crabapple fruit, and then went to the big forest with his old father and wife to pick pears back.When the villagers saw it, they were all curious: why do you pick such sour and astringent pears?Xi Mingwen listened to Xiyuan's instructions, and didn't tell the truth, but he wouldn't lie either. He murmured for a long time before saying, "Xiaoyuan wants to eat." Everyone laughed at their family for being too pampered with children. They can eat it these days It's good to have a full meal, there is no saying that you can get whatever you want.

This year's Chinese cabbage at home is not sold except for the two tanks of sauerkraut pickled by grandma. Xiyuan plans to use part of it to make spicy cabbage and store the rest. At the critical moment when it is not down, it will be sold at a good price when it is sold.Otherwise, the Chinese cabbage in his family would not even be sold for half a penny.

Afraid that the pears and fruits would not be able to survive, Xiyuan simply asked his father to buy two more big jars and made two big jars of spicy cabbage.Anyway, now that the weather is cold, the spicy cabbage can be stored, and it will not be broken.

Xiyuan, his grandfather and father sealed the remaining Chinese cabbage with oilcloth and put it in the cellar, and prepared to sell it when the leaves were green and yellow in the coming year.In the previous life, Xiyuan's family used this method to preserve the cabbage for the winter, but they used plastic film, but there is no such thing here, so Xiyuan had to use a similar tarpaulin instead.

It may be because Xiyuan’s sale of spicy cabbage surprised the family. Now Xiyuan has the right to speak at home. Basically, if he has any new ideas, the family will not think it is a child talking nonsense and ignore it.

Xiyuan pinched his fingers and counted the days, hoping that a month would pass quickly. He really wanted to see how his spicy cabbage was selling in Judelou.

In the early morning of this day, Xi Yuan was teaching Xi Wei how to count in the yard, when he heard the sound of carriages and people's voices coming from outside the yard.Xiyuan didn't care, thinking that the person with the carriage couldn't have anything to do with his family.

At this time, a carriage stopped outside the gate of the courtyard, and a person got out of the carriage and shouted through the gate, "Is anyone at home? Is Xi Mingwen's house here?" Xi Yuan looked up and saw that this was not the Jude Building The treasurer!

Xiyuan hurriedly trotted to open the gate, but the carriage was too big and the gate was too small to get in, so the shopkeeper had to put the carriage outside and tie the horse to the gate post.Anyway, the village is so big, everyone can see clearly what is going on in broad daylight, and they are not afraid of someone coming to take the horse away.

"Anecdote, why are you here?" Xiyuan was a little excited. If he guessed correctly, spicy cabbage should be selling well.

"It took me a long time to find your house. The other day you said it was Lianhua Village in Wande Town. The surname is Xi. I found it all the way. What else can I do? Come to buy your house Spicy cabbage."

"How about it, I say it can be sold well!" Xiyuan shook his head triumphantly.

"That's right, it's been sold out in just over half a month. The guests who came here liked this bite, saying that it was refreshing and warm to eat! The owner hurriedly urged me to come to you!"

"Then how much do you want this time?"

"We'll wrap up as many as you have. You can't sell this to others, we want as much as you have." The shopkeeper talked for a long time, looked around, and there were only two children in Xiyuan's family, "Where are your adults? I have something to do." Tell your dad."

"Just tell me what's going on, and I can make the decision."

"You? No, no, you have to deal with adults. You are too young."

Xiyuan thought about the same thing, it is better to have an adult present when there is something at home.Let Xi Wei go to the field and call back both grandpa and father.

Now the crops in the field have been finished, because the winter is relatively cold, the family needs to store more firewood, otherwise there will be sins in the winter.Xiyuan's parents and grandfather went to the field to collect firewood.

Xiyuan entered the house and poured a bowl of hot water for the shopkeeper. The stove was still warm, so grandma put the hot water on it, which kept it cool for half a day.

"Xiaoyuan, who is this?" Grandma opened the courtyard door and walked in. The old lady went to Grandpa Wang's house today—the cucumbers in Xiyuan's house grew well this year, and there were a lot of cucumbers. Grandma said that she would plant some cucumber seeds next year, so she sent them over while she was free today.

"Grandma, this is shopkeeper Qi from Jude Building. Last time I went to the county, I sold spicy cabbage to shopkeeper Qi."

"Oh, come in and sit in the house, don't stay in the courtyard, it's cold in the courtyard."

Several people entered the house, and also blocked the curious eyes of the villagers outside.When did the Xi family establish friendship with such a wealthy family?

After a while, grandpa and father also came back, with adults present, shopkeeper Qi began to tell the real purpose of the trip.It turned out that since Jude Building launched two dishes made with spicy cabbage, the guests liked it very much. The shopkeeper Qi had an idea and chopped up the spicy cabbage. They were all full of praise. Some customers came to eat spicy cabbage these days. The secret recipe was sold to Judelou.

Although grandpa and father are grown-ups, they are both honest peasants, and they really don't understand these business matters. Besides, the spicy cabbage was also made by Xiyuan, so both of them looked at Xiyuan and said nothing.

Xiyuan thought that pears and shaguo are limited here after all. If there are no ingredients in the future, spicy cabbage can’t be made. It’s better to sell the recipe directly now, which saves trouble and makes money. You know, he is also a lazy person. Cabbage is tiring, okay?

"Shopkeeper Qi, the secret recipe of this spicy cabbage is inherited from my family, and no two families will know it. If we sell it to you, our family will lose a source of income. Look, how much can you pay if you want to buy it?"

Hearing Xiyuan's first two words, shopkeeper Qi thought it was over, but he didn't expect Xiyuan to change his words and there was room for action.Shopkeeper Qi originally wanted to lower the price, but now that Xiyuan said that, he didn't dare anymore. The kid looked at him in a friendly manner, smiling happily, but he had a lot of evil thoughts.

"How about 25 taels of silver? To tell you the truth, this is the highest price my boss asked me to pay. If it's more, I won't be able to make the decision." Shopkeeper Qi said helplessly.

"25 taels, it's a bit small. I've inherited it from my ancestors. How could you spend such a small amount of money to buy someone else's secret recipe?"

"Oh, you child, 25 taels is a lot. After a year of hard work in the field, there is no more than five taels of silver left? If you don't believe me, ask your grandfather and your father!"

After some haggling, the deal was finally settled at 30 taels, which of course included [-] catties of spicy cabbage that Xiyuan's family had prepared.In order to continue dealing with Judelou in the future, Xiyuan gave away two more recipes using spicy cabbage. Shopkeeper Qi happily drove the carriage away.

After seeing off shopkeeper Qi, it took the family a long time to recover.

"Here, just such a recipe, sold for 30 taels?" Grandma wiped her hands with her apron and asked in disbelief.

"This is Xiaoyuan, but I really dare to ask for it. I thought it would be a lot if it could be sold for five taels." Grandpa tapped on the cigarette pot, but the cigarette inside had already been extinguished, and he didn't know what he was smoking.

"Hey, my eldest son is still capable." Niang Xiyuan rubbed her hands while talking.

"Brother, let me see what 30 taels of silver look like." Xi Wei picked at Xiyuan's skirt, a pocket big enough for silver.The family has never seen so much money. It is not bad to have a few hundred copper coins.

"Grandma, why don't you have a delicious meal tonight to celebrate?" Xiyuan dragged Xi Wei, begging for welfare by grabbing grandma's neck.

"Okay, okay, what does my eldest grandson want to eat?" Grandma seemed to have not been distracted from owning this huge sum of money.

"I want to eat big meat buns." Xi Wei shouted hastily.

"This can't hold you down, okay, just eat big meat buns, and listen to Xiao Wei." Niang Xiyuan patted Xi Wei on the head, then turned and went into the kitchen to scoop and knead noodles.

"I'll go to Lao Yang's shop to cut a piece of meat." Xiyuan's father turned around twice before remembering what he was doing.

For dinner, I ate big meat buns, but they were not filled with pure meat. Half of the buns were made of pork sauerkraut, and half of the buns were made of pork and cabbage.Grandma stewed another pot of cabbage stewed vermicelli, and put the piece of meat skin on the meat into it. The dish with the smell of meat is delicious.When the buns were ready, the pot was lifted, and the heat evaporated all of a sudden.

The big steamed stuffed buns just out of the cage are hot and fragrant after a bite.This time under Xiyuan's strong request, no other mixed noodles, meat buns with pure white noodles were added.While picking up buns from the cage, grandma felt distressed: "I haven't eaten like this during the Chinese New Year. This is a net disaster. No one eats only white noodles."

Xiyuan doesn't care about that, it has been more than two months since he came to this other world, and he can finally have a normal meal.

Xi Wei sat next to Xiyuan, carefully poured the stuffing from the buns into a bowl, and then ate the skin of the bun first. Today's buns are delicious, and eating the skin alone is also very delicious. He will save the stuffing for last .

"Xiao Wei, you can eat as much as you want. It won't taste good when the stuffing gets cold at the end. I promise, our family will often eat big meat buns in the future. Don't be reluctant to eat them." Xi Yuan felt sorry for Xi Wei.

"Eat, son, grandma left some for you, you can still eat it tomorrow." Grandma wiped the corners of her eyes, wondering if it was the fog in the kitchen.

"Grandma, it's delicious, try it!" Xi Wei hurriedly picked up a bun and handed it to grandma.

"Hey, good, good, eat all, eat all, our family, today is the Chinese New Year."

After a meal, both Xiyuan and Xiwei took a walk in the yard—both of them ate too much, and grandma was afraid that the child would not be able to sleep right away after eating too much, so she drove them into the yard for them to relax. digestion.