Dressed as a vicious stepmother, the whole family is full of wealth

Chapter 41, Selling Chestnuts
Xiao Qing was woken up by crying early in the morning. Before dawn, he heard a thin voice crying at the entrance of the village. When he listened carefully, it turned out to be the voice of a boy.

The voice seemed very familiar, Qiao Yu who was sleeping next to Xiao Qing was woken up, she got up and said, "Grandma, it seems that Sanxing is crying."

The child Sanxing is a good boy, but with Du's side, it seems that what happened last night was a big mess, even the child was involved.

At this time, Qiao Erjing also woke up, and he walked out of the door: "Mom, let me go and see!"

Xiao Qing hummed and sat up.

Seeing that Zhou was sleeping deeply, she didn't want to call her.

"Xiaoyu, get up with your mother, we are going to fry chestnuts." Xiao Qing looked at the sky and it was getting late.

"Okay mother!" Qiao Yu rubbed her eyes and stood up.

Xiao Qing and Qiao Yu walked out of the cottage.

While the two were washing their faces, Qiao Er came back and told them an amazing news.

The Jiang family and the Jiao family fought last night, and the fight almost killed someone. Jiang Feng was lying on the bed and still hasn't woken up.

The roof of Jiang's house was blown off, Jiang Feng fought desperately with Jiao's family, Jiao Youjin and Jiao Youshui beat Jiang Feng hard, and they fled to the county town in fright.

Xiao Qing saw that Qiao Erjing wanted to help, but she was afraid that she would not do so. After all, the Jiang family saved his life, and let him watch Jiang Feng unconscious, and his conscience could not bear it.

"Second Classic, you go to hire a doctor for Jiang Feng, you should pay for the money first." Xiao Qing thought about Du's greed: "Remember, don't pay for the medicine!"

Qiao Er responded readily, and turned around with a smile.

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Xiao Qing immediately stopped him: "Why are you in a hurry? When you come back, remember to go to the old horse's house in the village and ask him to wait at the door of our house for half an hour."

Qiao Er nodded his head gratefully and said yes, and walked quickly after touching his head.

Xiao Qing asked Qiao Yu to prepare firewood. Before her family woke up, she quickly exchanged a catty of brown sugar from the mall, and then quickly closed Xiaochao. This catty of brown sugar took more than 1000 steps.

Qiao Yu came back with firewood and started to help her light the fire. Qiao Yu saw the brown sugar on the chopping board and asked Xiao Qing curiously where it came from. Brown sugar is more expensive than salt, and only rich people can afford it.

Xiao Qing said that the last time I went to the county to buy some, I never took them out.

Qiao Yu nodded without doubt and helped to light the fire.

Xiao Qing first put the chestnuts cleaned up last night into the dry pot, and when the fire below was heated, she poured a catty of brown sugar into it, put some oil, and started to stir-fry. Add water, the amount of water does not cover the chestnuts, and let Qiao Yu start to burn.

The family members who smelled the sweet smell started to get up one by one. Seeing that Mother and Xiaoyu got up so early, Zhou and Qin hurriedly rolled up their sleeves to help, but as soon as they arrived under the thatched shed, Xiao Qing asked them to wash up. , I will go to the county to sell chestnuts and winter dates later.

The pot here was almost boiling, and when he heard the sound of water in it lessen, Xiao Qing opened the pot and began to stir fry it vigorously. She had never fried chestnuts before, so she didn't know how it tasted when she made it for the first time.

When the water here boiled dry, Xiao Qing fried it in the pot for a while, feeling the sweetness and the smell of chestnuts coming out, she asked Qiao Yu to stop the fire.

She brought over the clean basket and filled out the fried chestnuts. Looking at half of the basket, she saw that there were quite a lot of them.

Xiao Qing filled a bowl alone for the children, and left half of the bowl alone, thinking that she would take it to the mountains tomorrow to try her luck and give it to the brave man who rescued her. , Xiaoyu tasted it.

Because it was too hot, the three of them took two and blew them on their hands. When it was almost cold, the three of them peeled off the outer skin and stuffed it into their mouths, chewing back and forth, and Zhou chewed one.

"Sweet and fragrant!"

Qiao Yu, who didn't like to talk much, couldn't help but said, "Mom, this is delicious, um... it's delicious, and it's delicious."

She couldn't help but took two more from the basket, staring at her bright eyes: "Mother, I'll take two more."

Xiao Qing smiled, grabbed a handful of sugar-fried chestnuts and stuffed them into her pocket: "Take a few more, if it's not enough, take more!"

Qiao Yu smiled contentedly, and lowered her head shyly, "Thank you, mother, um...mother is amazing."

Xiao Qing covered the basket of chestnuts with a clean linen cloth, asked Mrs. Qin to cook breakfast for the children, and took Qiao Yu and Mrs. Zhou to the gate of the yard with the baskets and bamboo baskets on their backs.

At this time, Qiao Erjing had already called Lao Ma's donkey cart over, and the three of them got into the donkey cart. Qiao Erjing loaded a basket and two bamboo baskets onto the cart.

Lao Ma is over half a hundred years old and has three children. He is honest and good. He never argues with others in the village. The donkey cart in the county town costs fifteen yuan to the village, while Lao Ma only needs two yuan per person these years. , never add money.

On the way, Xiao Qing heard Zhou's stomach growling, thinking that she hadn't eaten in the morning, so she must buy something for her when she arrived in the county.

Along the way, Xiao Qing repeatedly told Zhou and Xiaoyu, don't be shy, don't be embarrassed, let go of your voice to sell winter dates and chestnuts.

The two said yes with a smile.

When we got to the street, it was dawn and there were more people on the street. Xiao Qing brought the two of them to an open space on the side of the street, and the three of them put down the bamboo baskets and baskets.

Xiao Qing opened the steaming basket and began to sell chestnuts loudly.

"Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar, fried chestnuts in sugar, freshly fried chestnuts!"

Mrs. Zhou didn't feel ashamed. She stood beside her mother, imitating her mother's posture, and yelled together with her: "Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar, I bought winter dates, fried chestnuts in sugar, very fragrant chestnuts!"

Xiaoyu, who was behind her, saw her mother and sister-in-law shouting together, and she walked up to them with a smile, waving to passers-by, and shouting timidly: "Chestnuts, winter dates, come and buy them!"

"Chestnuts, winter dates!"

Xiao Qing couldn't help laughing at the clumsy voices of the two people yelling, this is good, at least it doesn't look like a lie.

She didn't rush to go shopping, she had to watch more of them selling chestnuts and dates.

Xiao Qing stood on the street and shouted at the top of his voice: "Dongzao from Yaoshan Mountain, chestnuts from Yaoshan Mountain, and chestnuts fried with brown sugar are delicious, sweet and glutinous, come and taste them!"

Seeing that her mother was shouting loudly, Mrs. Zhou also raised her voice: "I'm selling chestnuts, fragrant and sweet chestnuts..."

Just as she stopped talking, two young women walked by her side: "Are these chestnuts delicious?"

Seeing that someone came to ask, Mrs. Zhou responded excitedly with a smile: "It's delicious."

Qiao Yu stood there bewildered when he saw someone coming.

Xiao Qing didn't ask any more questions, but wanted to watch Zhou Shi and Qiao Yu learn how to make a deal by themselves.

The servant beside the woman took two chestnuts from the basket, peeled them and handed them to the woman: "Miss, this chestnut is very easy to peel, try it..."

The maid gave the peeled chestnuts to the woman's mouth.

The woman ate it, chewed it in her mouth, nodded while eating, and swallowed, "Well, the taste is not bad!"

(End of this chapter)