Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 133 Selling Paintings
The alfalfa is planted in spring and can be harvested in autumn. The family added two acres of land. Du Xiaoyu spent ten taels of silver, and felt that money was a little tight.

Master Wan has asked people to inquire about the itinerary of the caravan. The few caravans that occasionally sell rabbits enter Qidong County on the tenth day of the first month and usually stay for three days before leaving. Time to spend again.

She squatted in front of the small wooden cabinet in the room in a daze. During this period of time, she has saved some money from buying and selling rabbit meat and rabbit skin, but there are only more than 40 taels left, and the contract at the Moon Tower will expire in another year. .Looking at Guanshi Zhu's face, I'm afraid Mao Zong is also a little dissatisfied, so if he wants to renew the contract, he must lower the price.

It seems imperative to come up with a new way of eating.

Du Xiaoyu closed the cabinet door, and ran into the main room to look for Mrs. Zhao.

Du Huanghua is also there, embroidering a little white shirt.

"This little peach is embroidered so well, I'm hungry just looking at it." Mrs. Zhao pointed at the pink peach with tender green leaves, "Embroider another one next to it, it will be a good pair."

Mrs. Zhao has been pregnant with her child for more than four months, and her belly is slightly swollen. Du Huanghua made a lot of children's clothes, including spring, summer, autumn and winter, and she often comes here recently. The relationship between mother and daughter seems to be stronger than before. be intimate.

Du Xiaoyu picked up the shortbread on the table and handed it over, teasingly said, "Mother, be careful of your saliva dripping down, are you hungry? How about I cook a bowl of noodles for you?"

"I really think I'm a pig, I just ate it." Mrs. Zhao gave her a sideways glance, "What are you doing in your room? Your sister is rare, and she doesn't accompany you to talk. She just looks for money all day long. , you know? She bought another two acres of land to plant grass, and she is the first person in our village."

Du Huanghua smiled slightly, "Let her do it, who doesn't know that she has a lot of ideas."

"That's right, mother just needs to give birth to younger brothers and sisters, and I'll guarantee to help you grow fat and healthy until you get married." Du Xiaoyu patted her chest.

"Oh, I still want you to raise a child for me." Mrs. Zhao couldn't help laughing, "Your child is a big talker. Let me ask you, you are not allowed to marry in the future, and you still want to stay at home?"

This... She really didn't think about it.

Du Huanghua said, "Xiaoyu will earn a lot of money in the future, and the money will be given to her mother. What does it matter if she is at home or not?"

Du Xian laughed and walked in, "Our Huanghua can talk now, how good it is, Xiaoyu, when you get married and earn money, you must remember to send it to your natal family!"

Several people laughed together.

Du Xiaoyu twitched the corner of his mouth, "Who told you this!" He pretended to leave.

Du Xian grabbed her and said sternly, "Don't go, Dad still has something to ask you. The youngest son of the Zhang family who helped deliver the stewed rabbit meat just now came back and told me that the guy in Wangyuelou was shameless, and gave him a bad face by swearing." Look, if he hadn't taken our money, he would have turned around and left, and said that he would never deliver it for us again, what's going on here?"

This Mochizuki Tower is really abominable!
Things went too far, Du Xiaoyu sneered, "Now that other rabbit meat is sold cheaply, they feel uneasy and feel that they have suffered a big loss! If you don't want it, just say it, and engage in these disgusting tricks!"

Du Xian sighed, "So that's the case, but I don't blame them. Everyone wants to earn more. At the beginning, they saw that there were few people selling rabbit meat. They signed the contract for only two years. Who would have thought of making more money all of a sudden."

"I know, I was about to talk about this just now. Our lo-mei is really not good. After all, I figured it out by myself. It's no better than some people who have a secret recipe. Although pickled rabbits are delicious, they don't have much special features. Which one doesn't have a good taste during the Chinese New Year?" Make some cured meat, don’t you? We have to think of some that no one else has.”

After hearing this, the three fell into silence.

After a long while, Du Xian said, "Why don't they let the restaurant make some kind of offering?"

"It's not good for us. The Paxia Gong only needs raw rabbit meat, so they have more reason to lower the price." Du Xiaoyu pouted, "Unless we open our own restaurant."

This is unrealistic. They don't have a house in the county, and they have invested a lot of money to open a restaurant. The most important thing is that Du Xian and his wife will definitely not give up those few acres of land.

Du Huanghua opened his mouth at this moment, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't make up his mind.

"Sister, what suggestion do you have?" Du Xiaoyu asked quickly when he saw it.

"No, I just remembered the smoked pork head that my grandma told me when I was a child. It sounds delicious. My grandma said that my grandma used to make it often."

Bacon, bacon?

Du Xiaoyu's eyes lit up, and she looked at Mrs. Zhao expectantly, "Mother, will you do it then? Let's try making smoked rabbits."

Mrs. Zhao shook her head, "I didn't hear what Huang Hua said. It was your grandma who knew how to make it. My mother often told me that she wanted to eat it, but where was the condition at home? It's not like your grandma. Grandma, she used to be the daughter of a rich family, and her family had more than 100 mu of land. Your grandma had a good life when she was a child, but later on, she was sent to Nandong Village after Fa Dashui.”

There is still such a history, Du Xiaoyu asked, "Then grandma didn't tell mother what to do? Since she really wants to eat, she must know how to do it." I heard that my grandfather passed away long ago, and my grandmother raised the third year alone A child, naturally no money to eat meat.

Mrs. Zhao thought about it carefully, "I still have some impressions."

Du Xiaoyu was overjoyed, "Mom, let's do it! What do you want?"

The other two laughed at her for being quick-tempered.

Time is money, of course you have to hurry up, it will be difficult to experiment when the weather is warmer, Du Xiaoyu ignored it, just asked Mrs. Zhao to ask questions, and went to the county to buy some medicinal materials, salt, etc. the next day. wait for something.

Bacon is more delicious when it is smoked with a variety of medicinal herbs. After hearing her mother's unclear description, she judged that it should have Poria cocos, angelica and other flavors.

She walked out of the pharmacy happily, but soon the smile on her face disappeared. She hadn't figured out about Lucui's matter, so she had to get along with Sister Rong to take this opportunity, so she turned around and went to Hongxiufang.

Sister Rong happened to be here, so seeing her coming would be a bad word.

"But your unlucky brother-in-law died?"

"He won't die if you die, don't worry." Du Xiaoyu put the things in his hand on the counter, "I came from Wanfu, do you know who I'm looking for?"

Sister Rong looked at her suspiciously.

"I'm going to find Lu Cui." Her eyes narrowed slightly.

Sister Rong's face changed slightly, and she hugged her arms to her chest, "Why are you looking for that little hoof? Your sister is not in Wanfu anymore, do you still want her to serve you?"

"Otherwise, I just brought Lu Cui to Mrs. Wan and asked her something." She leaned forward, "Do you know what I asked her? Mrs. Wan is angry now, saying something People don't know the seriousness, they just think that Wanfu is her place, and dare to mix anything..."

"You!" Sister Rong's face was ashen, "You dare to disturb Master? What are you?"

"Mrs. Wan is a sensible person. Why don't I dare to go? Some people dare not go because they have a guilty conscience."

Sister Rong stared at her, unable to reply for a while, her heart was in a state of agitation, she only found out about the matter of the Bai family when Mrs. Cui came to Wan Mansion to ask Mrs. Wan, and she wanted to see Du Huanghua again. She regarded Du Huanghua as a The opponent, of course, paid special attention to it, so he made a special trip to inquire, and learned that the Bai family had a son who was in poor health, and seemed to want to marry the Du family.

She wanted to facilitate this matter, and it would be better to make Du Huanghua a widow, so when she heard Lu Cui at the door that Bai Lianhua wanted to see Du Huanghua, she paid attention.

She didn't expect Du Huanghua to be unwilling to see her, so she came up with a way to take advantage of Lu Cui's weakness to do things for her, and tricked Du Huanghua to go to the county gate under the guise of Du Xiaoyu. conversation, so as to understand the situation, who would have thought that it was only a step too late, and they saw a carriage directly carrying people away.

But the subsequent development went according to her wishes. Du Huanghua really married into the Bai family, and she just felt bad.

But how did Du Xiaoyu expect these things? Based on Sister Rong's current reaction, she can only conclude that she must have something to do with that matter. No matter what, the grudge is settled, and she will take revenge in the future.

"If I were you, go to Mrs. Wan and confess!" Du Xiaoyu said, picked up his things and left.

Leaving Sister Rong full of worry and resentment.

It's time to go back now, Du Xiaoyu walked out the door and looked up at the sky.

There are small stalls all the way to the county gate, there are fortune tellers, kite sellers, handwriting sellers, and painting sellers. She was attracted by some paintings.

There is a school of purple and red in front of me, as if spring has been brought into the painting.

Those flowers are full of vigor and swaying, as fresh as those just picked from the garden.

There were also many people around who wanted to buy. Du Xiaoyu squeezed in and was about to ask the price of the painting, only to find that the stall owner was strangely tight. He was obviously petite, but he was wearing fat, gray clothes with a ring around his head. Gray cloth, only half of the face is exposed.

"How much is this painting?" But no matter how much the stall owner blamed it, it had nothing to do with the painting. She wanted to buy two to hang in the main room and Zhao's room, and she was in a happy mood.

The stall owner raised his head slightly, and said in a low voice, "Twenty cents a piece."

Looking directly at Du Xiaoyu, Du Xiaoyu pointed at her, but was speechless for a while, she was very familiar with those eyes, and she hated the owner of them even more.

It was a white lotus!
Why did she come to the county to sell paintings?

Bai Lianhua smiled at her, and was so attentive that she asked people to buy it.

But for the price of a catty of pork, this painting is really not expensive, and from a layman's point of view, Du Xiaoyu feels that the skill in the painting is no worse than those famous artists.

A dozen or so paintings were sold out in no time, and some people even asked her to sell them again tomorrow, and agreed on a few paintings.

Bai Lianhua fully agreed, cleaned up the stall, looked around, and wrapped the cloth bag on her head again, then whispered to Du Xiaoyu, "If you have something to ask me, let's go back to the village and talk about it."

(End of this chapter)