Reborn peasant girl: I became rich overnight by traveling to sea

Chapter 46: Bring back more oysters
In the courtyard of the Guo family, there was an awkward silence for a brief moment because of Meng Xia's persistent obstruction.

Ye Xiuying quickly figured it out: Miss Liu probably maintained her status as a "noble" and did not want country people like them to ask her to be their husband.It was not convenient for Miss Liu to refuse in person, so Chef Meng took the initiative to stand up.

"Miss Liu, I was offended." Ye Xiuying apologized, "We, a country girl like An'an, would inevitably make people laugh if we asked a female teacher to teach her how to read."

After hearing her mother-in-law's words, Chang Pingning felt a little uncomfortable. She remembered her little sister's insistence on reading, and planned to tell her mother-in-law after Liu and Meng left, maybe she could help An An.

"Aunt Guo's words are wrong." Liu Qingwan took a step forward and saw Meng Xia taking half a step forward with her. She turned around and glared at Meng Xia, then looked at Ye Xiuying, "I believe Aunt Guo has heard of it too. , the reason why our family came here is because someone committed something wrong at home...

"I am already a sinner. If I have a master-disciple relationship with your daughter, I'm afraid it will involve your family. It's not for any other reason. If your daughter is really interested in literacy, follow me and listen. There's nothing wrong with that." Liu Qingwan said with a sincere expression.

It was the first time that Ye Xiuying heard the Liu family mention the "crime" they had committed. She did not expect it to be so serious. She was shocked for a while, and she didn't know what to say.

Seeing that Madam Guo became quiet, Meng Xia looked at the sky and offered to Chang Pingning to teach her how to make charcoal-grilled oysters.If she learns quickly, maybe she can go to the port and set up an oyster stall tomorrow morning.

Chang Pingning didn't expect Meng Xia to have such a fiery temper. She glanced at her mother-in-law next to her and found that her mother-in-law was still in a daze.She sighed and talked to Meng Xia about how she and her mother-in-law would go to town to deliver seafood in the morning.

Meng Xia thought for a while, reacted, and told Chang Pingning that after they returned from town, it would be too late to go to the port to sell charcoal-grilled oysters.

In this way, the two entered the Guo family's kitchen. Meng Xia pointed to a small charcoal stove on the ground and told Chang Pingning that Aunt Guo had found it for her earlier. It was a bit small and could only bake two or three at a time.When they make money in the future, she will go to the town to find someone to build a big one.

Chang Pingning was surprised. She didn't expect that she was still worried about whether tomorrow's oysters could be sold, while Meng Xia was already thinking about the next step after making money.

As the two talked, Meng Xia also taught Chang Pingning how to prepare the sauce for charcoal-grilled oysters. Mix minced garlic with chopped green onion, put it on top of the oyster meat, and then grill it together on the charcoal fire.

Not long after, the familiar aroma of sea oysters wafted out from the charcoal stove.Chang Pingning took a deep breath and wanted to do it alone.Upon seeing this, Meng Xia stepped aside to see if there was anything wrong with Chang Pingning's operation.

At first, Chang Pingning thought that an oyster would cost twenty cents, and he was a little nervous when he started it. If it was not baked well, he would lose twenty cents.However, after roasting it for two or three times, it tasted very good. Meng Xia tasted it and gave a positive evaluation.

Chang Pingning was very happy and became more and more skilled in grilling oysters.I don't know when Meng Xia left the kitchen. When Chang Pingning walked to the yard with a plate of baked oysters, he saw Meng Xia waiting for him with a few pieces of paper in his hand.

In the yard, Ye Xiuying and Miss Liu were talking as before. Guo Ling'an was probably called out from the main room by Ye Xiuying. When she saw the plate in Chang Pingning's hand, she sniffed exaggeratedly.

"It smells so good." Each syllable was drawn out.

Seeing An An's support, Chang Pingning couldn't help but bring her the biggest oyster when he put down the plate.

"Ning Ning, come here." Meng Xia called to her with a smile.

Seeing this, Chang Pingning knew that Meng Xia must have thought about how to teach him. He walked quickly to Meng Xia and saw a row of earthworm-like symbols written on the rough yellow paper in Meng Xia's hand. The second row It is the word "righteous". "These are numbers." Meng Xia pointed to the first row and told Chang Pingning, "0 numbers from 9 to 10." Meng Xia thought for a while, but did not say that they were actually "Arabic numerals" and pointed to the second row, "The word '正' is used for counting."

Chang Pingning was confused.

Upon seeing this, Meng Xia asked Chang Pingning to take a piece of finer charcoal from the kitchen and began to teach Chang Pingning how to write ten Arabic numerals and the word "正".He also told her through demonstration how to record the number of oysters sold tomorrow by drawing the word "正" and how to use numbers to record the total number.

Although it was Chang Pingning's first contact with it, she still learned it attentively.

Liu Qingwan and Ye Xiuying on the side also came over to take a look, but when they saw the numbers, there was obvious confusion on their faces. Meng Xia did not explain much, just said that this was a simple counting method that she had figured out by herself.

Liu Qingwan nodded, accepting Meng Xia's explanation.She watched Chang Pingning practice for a while, and noticed that when she wrote the word "正", the order of writing seemed to have been learned before, but she didn't ask in detail. A girl from the countryside can take the initiative to recognize words and learn knowledge. Something to encourage.

In this way, under Liu Qingwan's misunderstanding, she became more fond of Chang Pingning.

It was getting late, and the Guo family's courtyard saw off the unusual visitors, and not long after, other members of the Guo family also came back one after another.Everyone ate Chang Pingning's newly learned "charcoal grilled oysters" and kept praising Chang Pingning's craftsmanship.

The third brother and the fourth brother put one after another into their mouths, saying as they ate: "Your tongue is going to be fresh." Just when they wanted to continue eating, Ye Xiuying divided the last two on the plate. Give it to them and tell the rest of the Guo family that Ning Yatou will use this to sell money at the port tomorrow.

Chang Pingning stopped when he saw his fourth brother catching oysters, looked at the oyster shells on the hill in front of him, and asked sensibly.

"Sister-in-law, if we eat so much, will it affect your business tomorrow?" As he said that, Guo Jiguang put the oysters back in his hand.

"It's okay, just eat. It will be cold tomorrow." Chang Pingning looked at his fourth brother's well-behaved appearance and looked at his mother-in-law with a smile, "My fourth brother was taught by my mother to be really sensible."

As soon as he finished speaking, his third brother Guo Shuyi also put the oysters he had taken a bite back onto the plate, looking at Ye Xiuying and Chang Pingning expectantly with his bright eyes.

"Third brother is also very sensible." Chang Pingning said with a smile, reaching out and handing the two oysters back, "You guys can eat them. If we go to the port to sell them tomorrow, they will be freshly baked."

The third brother Guo Shuyi took the delicious food from his sister-in-law and swallowed it in a big gulp; the fourth brother Guo Jiguang swallowed his saliva and saw the third brother eating, so he also took a big bite.

"The third and fourth children are very sensible." Ye Xiuying touched the hair of the two children, "So I will pick up more oysters later. Do you understand?" After finishing speaking, she looked at everyone, and it was obvious that, She planned to mobilize the whole family to go to the beach to pry oysters.

Although she said that, when Chang Pingning was about to go out with her mother-in-law, her mother-in-law pulled her aside and asked her to take care of her three youngest children at home. She also handed her a stack of yellow paper and an obvious stick. A scratchy brush.

(End of this chapter)