Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 127 Adobe
Seeing that Qiu Shi heard it, Lu Yange put down the bowl, patted his buttocks, found a basket and ran out with Xiaoyu.

This is what everyone has discussed a long time ago. When we go to the woods in Happy Ridge to guard in the afternoon, we will take a basket, and we will take turns to touch the snails by the water.

In the area of ​​Happy Ridge, because there is no embankment, the river beach is gentle and wide, and there are many snails and mussels.

River mussels are generally not easy to touch in deep water, but snails are close to the shore, but because of the lack of meat, almost no one fishes them.

The mussels in Honghu Lake are particularly large, and there are also many snails.

Lu Xiaosi made up her mind that when she went to Ding's house tomorrow, she would bring a basket of mussels.

As for the snails, she was going to fry them for frying. Now let's get some snails and raise them for Xiaoqing to practice.

After the autumn harvest, if the Hongying Army doesn't make a fuss, she still wants to go to the pier with her three older sisters and Brother Pingan to do business.

She had already thought about what to sell, so she sold some food.

For example, fried snails, stewed tofu with mussels, small fish pot stickers, cold dishes, etc.

It is what is sold cheaply, and what is convenient to do.

Coupled with firm brown rice and three-in-one noodle pancakes, not to mention that the business will definitely be good, at least it can guarantee that it will not lose money.

If it's done well, she can adjust the dishes according to the situation, and it's not impossible to add a few big dishes.

Such as braised pork, braised chicken...

If it doesn't work, just use the lunch box from the previous life as a routine.

Here they rely on rivers and lakes, and the most indispensable thing is fish, shrimp, crab, snails, and river mussels, which can hardly cost any money.

Then go to Ding's house to cut some meat and make a meat dish, and then sell it for money by portion.

If you want to eat cheap ones with mussels, fish and shrimps, or expensive ones with meat, it is convenient and fast, not much better than those selling pancakes by the pier.

As soon as Lu Xiaosi left, Qiu's hand to clean up the pig's stomach and lungs stopped.

After thinking about it, she put the cleaned pork belly and lungs into the pot, told Xiaoqing to watch the fire, hurriedly untied her apron, and went to the back of the house to find Lu Quan.

Behind the Lu family's house, there is a small, slightly elevated field.

The entire earth bag still occupies quite a large area, and the highest part is probably even with the roof of Lu's house.

Because the other six families had to dig mud and get used to adobe, Lu Quan discussed with Zhang San and the others to dig a cellar behind the house, where they could store vegetables in winter.

The result of the discussion is that the cellar needs to be dug, and they also want to dig a hole horizontally in the small soil bag to store grain.

Seeing that the autumn harvest was about to come, the Hongying Army said they would fight and they would fight.

After collecting the food and putting it at home, they were not at ease.

Regardless of how the Hongying Army is doing, as long as it fights with the capital, it will be life and death.

The common people are not interested in who is the emperor, they care more about whether they can have enough to eat.

The houses of the six families needed more adobe than expected, and they just dug what needed to be dug by the way.

When Qiu arrived at the back slope, he saw shelves erected on the cleared ground.

Those half-dried adobes have already been put on the shelves, and the adobes that have just been rolled out have not yet finalized, so they can only be placed on a flat open space one by one. .

When these adobes are put on the shelves, the weeds that have already been mowed have been tidied up. If it rains, they will be erected to prevent the adobes from getting wet.If the weather is fine, it will be left to dry, and after the autumn harvest, the house will start to be built when it is free.

If these adobes can be fired in a kiln, they will become green bricks.

It's a pity that no one in Yewharf knows how to fire a kiln. Even if they can, they don't have the money to build a brick kiln now.

Because it is adobe, it will not be used to burn green bricks. These hand-pulled adobes are larger than ordinary green bricks and adobes.

Qiu walked around the adobe spread out on the ground, greeted several busy women, and walked all the way to the place where they dug the cellar.

Seeing Mrs. Qiu coming, Zhang San who was standing at the entrance of the cellar shouted down: "Lu Quan, your wife is here."

The Lu family has a house, and the Qiu family does not use it to help. Lu Quan is the head of the family and cannot stay idle at home.Although there is no need for adobe at home, he still works with Zhang San and the others every day, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

Hearing that his daughter-in-law had come, Lu Quan knew that the Qiu family had something to do with him.

He put down the shovel in his hand, and climbed up along the rope at the mouth of the pit.

After working for the past few days, Lu Quan became darker and thinner, but because he was able to eat enough, he was in great spirits.

Lu Quan came over, slapping the dirt on his body, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Didn't Xiao Si go to Ding's house at noon? Her aunt Ding said that the mule is on the lookout, and Ding Dazhuang will come to see you together in the afternoon."

Lu Quan was taken aback when he heard the words: "This little four, why didn't you say it on the road just now?"

If Xiaosi said so, he would go directly to the town, how could he bother Ding Dazhuang to run this distance.

"I guess the child has forgotten it for a while." Qiu Shi said, signaling Lu Quan to follow her back, "It's not too late for you to go now, even if Uncle Ding comes, it wouldn't be rude to meet her on the road."

"That's fine." Lu Quan turned around and shouted at Zhang San and the others, telling them that he was going to see the mule and would not be coming in the afternoon.

Zhang San and the others responded, seeing that Lu Quan was busy, Zhang San followed the rope and went down to the cellar.

This dredging job came in turns, and Lu Quan didn't go down, so it happened to be Zhang San's turn.

After walking out of the place where the adobes were piled up, and seeing no one around, Qiu went to Lu Quan's side and whispered about the fight between the Ding's sisters-in-law of the Fourth Primary School.

Unlike Lu Xiaosi, Qiu Shi spoke vividly, she just said the matter dryly, then stopped talking, and looked at Lu Quan with a depressed mood.

Lu Quan was still frowning, not understanding what Qiu was telling him about the Ding family.

Seeing Qiu's expression, he seemed to understand a little bit.He tentatively asked: "You mean, this matter between Xiaoqing and Ding's family can't be done?"

Seeing that Lu Quan understood, Qiu sighed slightly.

"I always thought that Ding Wu was a good kid, with a bright mind and a strong body. Mrs. Ding was a smiling person. But now that I think about it, Ding Wu has five brothers, not to mention anything else, just these five daughters-in-law live together , as many things as there are..."

Thinking that her eldest daughter was more honest than the other two daughters because she stuttered when she was a child, the Qiu family was even more reluctant to marry Xiaoqing into the Ding family.

Although the conditions of the Ding family are good, they built a big house in the town with green bricks and black tiles, and there are meat cases, but their family is not bad.

Not to mention that the Ding family has five sons, plus the eight elder brothers of the Ding family, there must be thirty or forty daughters born to the other brothers.

Xiaoqing's temperament, to deal with this big family, and those uncles, aunts and brothers in the countryside, I'm afraid she can't handle it.

Hearing this, Lu Quan nodded: "You are right, Xiaoqing's temperament is really not suitable for going to Ding's house."

"It's good if you know." Qiu called him, "I came to you in such a hurry, just to give you a few words of advice. You and Ding Dazhuang will go buy mules later, and don't sell your daughter."

The Ding family intended to marry the Lu family, but they haven't made it clear yet.

Qiu came to Lu Quan in such a hurry, because he was afraid that Lu Quan's conversation with Ding Dazhuang would get lost on the way to buy the mule, and he would accidentally give out his daughter's marriage, and it would be bad if he came back at that time.

Hearing the words, Lu Quan nodded, knowing what to do.

(End of this chapter)