60s Splendid Life

After the beginning of summer, the weather is getting hotter day by day, and the quilt and thick winter clothes are no longer needed, and I will sleep under the quilt at night, and I will be covered with sweat.

Taking advantage of the fine weather these days, Lu Jin removed all the quilts and pillows from the kang, hung the quilts and pillows on the bamboo poles in the yard outside to dry, and packed the sheets, quilt covers, pillowcases and thick winter clothes for washing , After several afternoons of washing, I cleaned and dried all the clothes, stuffed them into the closet, and put them away for the next winter.

On weekdays, he always wears short-sleeved clothes when he works in the tofu shop. Except for Xiao Baoer, who is relatively weak, and adds a thin coat sooner or later, the other two children also wear shorts to school. .

This afternoon, as soon as he sent the two children to school, Lu Jin heard a knock on the door outside their yard, and heard his sister-in-law Xiumei calling the door outside.

"Sister-in-law, why are you here? Who is this?" Lu Jin went out from the house and opened the door. Outside the door was his sister-in-law Xiumei, followed by a man who was pulling a cart. There are things on it.

"This is my eldest brother Wang Chenglin. Didn't you say you want peppers? I asked my elder brother to bring them to you. You can see if it works." Wang Xiumei signaled Lu Jin to let him in, and she also called her brother to bring the peppers in. , and introduced her brother to Lu Jin.

Wang Xiumei's elder brother is Wang Chenglin. He is tall and strong, with tanned skin. He looks like he is in his early 30s, and he looks like a farmer in the countryside.Standing together, the two brothers and sisters looked somewhat alike in appearance, especially the eyes and nose. They looked like a family.

Wang Xiumei was married from a village called Wangjiagouzi a few miles away from Lujiacun, so this cart of peppers was also brought to Lujiacun by Wang Chenglin from Wangjiagouzi a few miles away.

"Thank you, brother, come in and have a glass of water." Upon hearing this, Lu Jin hurriedly asked people to enter the room, and moved two stools to the door for people to sit down.The child in the family took a nap on the kang, and the other two brothers and sisters went to school, so he, Xiao Baoer and a cat were the only ones at home.

Lu Jin went to pour two glasses of water, one for Wang Chenglin and one for his sister-in-law Xiumei.

"Big brother has to walk a long way to come to our village, right?" Lu Jin vaguely heard her sister-in-law Xiumei say where her natal family was, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

Wang Chenglin took a sip of water, nodded to Lu Jin, and said, "Fortunately, it's not very far." Walking a few miles is not too far for a countryman who is used to walking. They have walked the distance of ten miles like that, so they don't care about the distance of so many miles.

"This year's new peppers have not been harvested yet. These are the peppers harvested last year. If you hadn't been in a hurry, I would have thought to wait for the new peppers to be collected in July and August this year before sending them to you." They said in Wangjiagouzi Many people around here grow chili peppers, and the chili peppers grown there are better than those grown outside.

"It doesn't matter. Last year's is last year's. It can be used. If there are new peppers this year, I have to ask brother to help me collect a batch of peppers." Lu Jin was in a hurry to make chili sauce, so After hearing his sister-in-law Xiumei say that there were peppers at their natal home, he asked his sister-in-law Xiumei to find a relative of her natal family to help get a batch of peppers.A while ago, the various teams were busy with spring plowing, and it was Qingming again after the busy spring plowing, so his cart of peppers was waiting until now.

But it's not too late to send it now, but it will take several months until July and August, and he really can't wait.

"This..." Wang Chenglin turned his head and glanced at his sister. Seeing his sister nodding, he responded, "This is no problem. I wonder how many peppers you want? What kind?"

Wang Xiumei also had her intention to ask her elder brother to send chili peppers.Outsiders only said that Lu Jin's brothers and sisters would have a difficult life without their adults. Only she knew that Lu Jin was a capable person, and at a young age he could lead a few younger brothers and sisters to set up his own family, and his life was not bad. No worse than the people outside.Since Lu Jin lived next door to them, she and her mother-in-law exchanged things from Lu Jin, and she later helped Lu Jin exchange things to the women in the village. Some advantages, if her natal brother can learn half of Lu Jin's skills, she doesn't have to worry about the bad life of her natal parents and brothers.Now that she has the opportunity to help her natal family, she called her natal brother to come without even thinking about it.

"What do you have?" Lu Jin asked.

"There are quite a lot of types of peppers grown in our village, and there are four or five of them that are commonly seen." Wang Chenglin told Lu Jin about the types of peppers that are common in their village, "Probably only these few types, The cart I pulled for you outside is millet pepper."

"Millet peppers are fine. Besides millet peppers, there are also some strip peppers and small round peppers." Because Lu Jin is here to make chili sauce, he doesn't consider those peppers that are not very spicy.However, the chili sauce made of millet pepper alone may be very spicy, which is unacceptable to ordinary people, so a little other chili is mixed in to reduce the spiciness a little.

But at that time, he can consider making several different kinds of peppers, which can also be chosen by customers.

"How much do you want?" Wang Chenglin thought that Lu Jin wanted something to eat from himself, and thought that a hundred catties at most would be enough.

Lu Jin thought for a while, and reported a number, "Let's ask for a thousand catties first. If you have something in your family, you can buy it from your family. If you don't grow so much at home, you can buy it outside, as long as the quality is good. As for As for the price, the price I will give you is the same as the price you sell to the supply and marketing cooperative, how much you charge is your business, and I don't care about that."

"One thousand catties?" This amount is not small.

Wang Chenglin thought about this in his heart. Most of the peppers grown in his village are sold to supply and marketing cooperatives, and a small part is kept for his own consumption. Because most people in his village grow peppers, everyone likes spicy food.In the past, the price they sold peppers to the supply and marketing cooperatives was not very high. If everyone grows peppers, the supply and marketing cooperatives will lower their prices when the peppers are harvested, but they will not sell the peppers they grow to the supply and marketing cooperatives. The only way is to sell to supply and marketing cooperatives.

If someone accepts it now and the price is the same as that of the supply and marketing cooperative, it is not impossible for him to consider this matter.And the other party also said that he will pay him according to the price given by the supply and marketing cooperative. As for how much money he can get back, it depends on his own ability. As long as the price is lower than the supply and marketing cooperative, he can make a little difference from the price.

It was the first time Wang Chenglin did this kind of thing, he couldn't help feeling nervous, but when he thought of his parents and a few children waiting to be fed, he gritted his teeth and did it, "Yes!"

"Do you really want so many peppers?" But after agreeing, Wang Chenglin was a little unsure. He was a little bit unsure that this half-grown boy wanted so many peppers. If he didn't eat them himself, he would only sell them. up.

Of course, this is someone else's problem. He is only responsible for selling, so he can't care what other people buy.

"Yes, brother, don't worry, I won't lie to you. If you are not at ease, we can make a letter first." Lu Jin understood the other party's worry. After all, it was the first time they met today, and neither of them knew each other well. , to Wang Chenglin, he is just a stranger, and he asked him to help collect so many peppers.

Wang Chenglin glanced at his sister and said, "No, I trust you in this." Perhaps he believed in his sister, otherwise his sister would not have brought him to meet this boy.And he knew that this young man lived next door to his sister's house, if the other party dared to lie to him, he would not have to worry about finding someone.

"Brother, when will you collect peppers? Come over here to say hello in advance. I can also make preparations. We will discuss the price and how much it will cost at that time." The kitten who has been raised for a while has grown up. Many, but still very clingy. Seeing them sitting here talking, she ran to his heels, rubbed her chin on his calf and then rubbed it. Lu Jin couldn't help but stroked the cat's head .

"Okay... do you want dried chili or fresh chili?"

"Well, half of them are fresh and half are dried. If we need more by then, let's discuss."

"it is good."

After the two discussed it, Lu Jin went to see the cartload of peppers that Wang Chenglin had brought for him. The cart was full of peppers, wrapped in sacks and tied up.He opened a bag of hemp rope, grabbed a handful of chili peppers, and saw that the chili peppers were very dry and in good shape. It looked like they were made of fresh chili peppers, and there was no problem with the quality.

As for the price, it is based on the current market price. He didn't want to take advantage of others, and Wang Chenglin probably didn't want to come to his sister-in-law's house to cheat people, so the two had a very pleasant discussion on the price, and reached an agreement with almost no opinions. agreed.

But when he was giving the money, his sister-in-law Xiumei came over and whispered something in his ear, Lu Jin was stunned for a moment, and said, "That's okay."

When Wang Chenglin and Wang Xiumei left Lu Jin's house, the cart was empty. Wang Chenglin's back was wrapped with a cloth and tied to his back, and there was a small package inside the canvas on the cart.

"Let's go first."

"Goodbye sister-in-law, goodbye brother, come and play when you are free."

Lu Jin sent someone out to the door, closed the yard door and bolted it, and went back to check the packs of peppers. He opened each pack, but he could only see the top of the pack, not the bottom. He shook the sack and looked up the middle one. It was the same as the pepper seen above, and there was nothing wrong with it.

There is no time to make chili sauce right now, so he threw a few packs of chili into the space first, and waited for a long time at night before making it.

In the following period of time, every night after a few children fell asleep, Lu Jin would go into the space and stay there for a few hours before coming out. After being so busy for nearly a week, he made those big bags of peppers. It became chili sauce and sealed it in a jar.