Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 37

Zhang Mu's jujube cake business has been in business for ten days, and he fills three baskets every day. Each basket is about two hundred, and he can earn one tael of silver a day. In addition to the cost of two hundred wen, he makes a net profit of eight hundred wen.In the evening, Zhang Mu sat on the bed and counted copper coins with a concentrated expression. The beauty lay on the table and glanced at her master from time to time. Seeing her eyes glowing more and more as she counted, she couldn't help feeling a little contemptuous: I really can't get rid of the problem of counting money anywhere. My job doesn’t pay any money every month, and instead of issuing salary slips, I have to use a computer to calculate over and over again whether there is any omission!Obviously the monthly salary is also strangely high, I don’t know why I’m still so obsessed with money, what a layman!
After washing, Wu Ling went into the house, saw that the lady was still facing a pile of copper coins, her cheeks were flushed, so she stretched out her hand and said to Zhang Mu: "My lady, you have already started to support your family, give me some money for drinking!"

Zhang Mu hurriedly stopped a pile of copper coins with his arms, pretending to be nervous and said: "This is not acceptable, I will save this for my son to marry a wife in the future!"

"Hey, it's really a needle in the bottom of a woman's heart. It hasn't been a year yet, and the lady is thinking about other men!"

Zhang Mu ignored him, and it was only 200. Looking at it, it is estimated that there are more than [-]. The money here is really annoying. A hundred of them will be strung together, and she is exhausted counting every day!
Wu Ling had no choice but to tease the beauty, holding a copper coin and putting it on the tip of the beauty's nose, the beauty rolled over, jumped onto the stool, then onto the ground, wagging her tail and went back to the west room, not even looking at Wu Ling, really Erhuo, I really think of her as a cute pet!

"Hey, Mrs., you said we'll sell some cheese and puffs tomorrow, okay?" Zhang Mu started to itch again as she stared at the stringed copper coins. Eight or nine days ago, she started making cheese and puffs to deliver milk every day. The Cheng family didn't like the cheese very much, but the little grandson of the Cheng family ate very happily. Mrs. Cheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but the appetite of the little ancestor was right!The female family members of the Cheng family also like puffs, but there is only one plate every day, and they are delivered to the wife's house. If you want to eat one, you have to go to the wife's house to join in the fun.

Mrs. Cheng's family used to be more tolerant to her two daughters-in-law, and she didn't want them to wait in front of her every day, but sent them to stay in their own room, but this didn't force the daughter-in-law to come and the daughter-in-law came voluntarily, but two different things!Mrs. Cheng would naturally like someone to talk to her.In my heart, I like Zhang Mu even more, such a dexterous and capable little lady, I would have hired her youngest son if I knew it.

At this time, Wu Ling saw his daughter-in-law eager to give it a try, and couldn't bear to disobey her wishes, but the daughter-in-law would have to get up at the beginning of the year to make the red date cake every day, and if she made cheese and puffs for sale again, she would not be able to do so at the right time. If he gets up, then he will stay on the empty bed alone!Wu Ling pursed his lips, not wanting to speak.

When Zhang Mu saw that his husband didn't answer, and looked depressed, he was suddenly blessed. In the past few days, every time he got up early, his husband had this expression, and his heart softened. He lay on Wu Ling's lap, hugged his waist, and said in a low voice: "Then I make a little less every day, can I just make ten servings?" Anyway, rare things are more expensive, if you sell a little less every day, the price can be raised a little.

Wu Ling tried his best to ignore his daughter-in-law's little dirty hands. After counting so many copper coins, there were green marks on her hands!The underwear he was wearing was still white!It's just that I can't bear to let my daughter-in-law let go, so I have to bite the bullet and suffer silently!

In the morning Zhang Mu and Wu Ling slept in a daze, last night it was too late, Zhang Mu felt that his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn't lift them up, but the little paw on his nose couldn't be ignored!

"Meow! Meow!" It's time for the master to get up!
Zhang Mu had no choice but to struggle, she felt that if there were no beauties, she might have to miss work today!He put on his clothes in a daze, and got off the bed lightly. The husband also woke up early with her these days, and he hasn't slept well for several days. Let him sleep a little longer today.

Zhang Mu went to the kitchen to boil red dates first, added two firewood, and then looked at the fermented milk.The Cheng family's milk will arrive in a while, so we can make cheese first.A few days ago, I made some cheese for the Cheng family, so there was still some fermented milk at home. Zhang Mu roughly estimated that it would be enough for three days. The milk sent today should ferment for a few days. Next, Zhang Mu filtered out the excess water with gauze, put it in the pot and cooked it slowly, fortunately, Wu Ling bought two more stoves, otherwise the two pots at home were really not enough.Stir while cooking. When it becomes mushy, scoop it into the gauze and squeeze out the water. It is estimated that the red dates should be cooked almost, so put them down here first, and put the red dates on the stove.Prepare to go to the yard to put the milk dregs into the grinder and cut them into equilateral triangles with a side length of five centimeters.

Zhang Mu made thirteen cheeses, one from the Cheng family, one from A Zhu, and one from Wu Ling, and the rest were sold today.Wu Ling didn't like the taste of cheese at first, he thought it was not right, but his wife asked him to eat a piece every day, so he had to swallow it. After eating too much, he felt that it was okay, and it was his wife's wish. The food here is delicious, and sometimes she will cast a glance at the beauty in embarrassment.

Hearing someone knock on the door, Zhang Mu knew that it was the Cheng family's milk delivery boy, hurriedly went to open the door, and said with a smile, "It's hard to make another trip for you!"

The little guy is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he usually sees rough women in Zhuangzi. Every day, he feels a little embarrassed when he sees such a young lady with crooked eyebrows, and he habitually scratches his head and grins Said: "Sister-in-law is being polite again!" Every day when the housekeeper's wife goes to buy milk cakes for the young master, she must have two of his red date cakes!Although he came earlier, he was very willing to meet such a kind little lady.

When Zhang Mu baked the jujube cake on the stove, he started making puffs. There is no piping bag for making puffs, and there is no non-woven fabric. Zhang Mu racked his brains for a few days and went to the cloth shop. I bought a few pieces of better cloud satin and silk rags and barely made a substitute. The colorful ones are very beautiful, and beauties have a special liking for them. In order to prevent it from biting, Zhang Mu washes them clean and puts them in the Hanging on the bamboo poles in the courtyard.The beauty can only hold her breath below, she hates bamboo poles the most, don't you, they used to dry small fish, but now they are used to dry her favorite clothes!
Milk is limited, so you can’t make too many puffs. Zhang Mu made a rough estimate, let’s make [-] puffs first. When the cream is squeezed later, I still have to call my husband. I went to bed too late last night. She thinks Heads are spinning.

Wu Ling was milking the puffs in the yard, when he heard someone knocking on the door, he felt a little strange for a moment, at this point, the Cheng family's milk was already delivered, who else knocked on the door so early?
"Brother, Dad said you were stealing food at home, so let me watch you!" A Zhu said with a bright face, seeing that A Ling's face turned dark, A Zhu couldn't help but burst out laughing!He really laughed to death, okay, my mother said that these two would grab a piece of cake at home every day!Hmph, I used to teach him a lesson, but now he has to make fun of it!
Azhu sniffled, glanced at the yellow and clear thing in the courtyard that looked like a small mound, swallowed, and slapped Wu Ling's arm, "Brother, what is that? Is it ripe?"

Hearing Azhu's voice, Zhang Mu was also a little bit surprised, raised his head from the red date cake, and said with a smile, "Seeing how you slept last night, you thought you wouldn't be able to get up after three days!"

Seeing that Brother A Ling ignored him, Ah Zhu didn't show any cold face, ran to Zhang Mu's side, picked up a piece of red date cake, took a bite, and said vaguely: "I got up early, I was so hungry, I just ran over, and I knew my sister-in-law must be cooking something delicious!" I couldn't help but glance at the yellow mound, "Sister-in-law, what is that?" I really want to take a bite!
"Oh, that, milk foam!" Zhang Mu felt that it would be bad if she met other time-traveling gods, and she wanted to live here in peace, so except for jujube cake, puffs and cheese were renamed, puffs It is called milk foam, and the cheese is called milk cake.Seeing Azhu bit his lip, looking at his husband, who was unwilling to go forward to get it, he felt that Azhu was still a little weaker than his father.Glancing at the almost dried cheese over there, he walked over and took a piece and handed it to A Zhu.

Ding Erye didn't know why, he liked to grab food with Wu Ling every day, as if he found fun in the process of grabbing food that day, and made them some small pastries or fruit tea every afternoon, two Everyone wants to rob you, it's obviously worth a lot.

Now Zhang Mu and Ding Erniang are taking turns looking at the shop, and both of them are much more relaxed. Zhang Mu is tinkering with something in the kitchen every day. The simplest thing is jujube tea. There are a lot of jujubes at home, so I also try to make it. Yogurt, father and son don't like sour and sweet things very much, but Ding Erniang likes it, and Zhang Mu will make some after two or three days.She sometimes has the illusion that she has lived here for many years. The family is harmonious, her husband loves her, her mother-in-law is kind, and her natal family always misses her.It was hundreds of times better than the days when she worked alone in the city alone, and she really felt a sense of stability in this world.

Ah Zhu was staring at Huang Chengcheng's small mound, and saw his sister-in-law handing over a creamy yellow thing. Although it was not as good-looking as the small mound, it was still fresh to eat. She caught it with a smile, took a bite, and frowned unconsciously , neither sweet nor fragrant, I didn't want to swallow it for a while, and I was too embarrassed to spit it out in front of my sister-in-law, so I kept it in my mouth awkwardly.

"Short one, eat the long one, swallow it quickly!" Seeing that Azhu didn't destroy the milk cake as quickly as before, Wu Ling knew that this guy, like himself, didn't like this taste, so he said stiffly.

Ah Zhu had black lines on his face, he was only 13 years old, he swallowed the milk cake angrily!
(End of this chapter)