Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 60 Hot Sale of Liangpi

On August [-], there was no wind.

The sky was gray and there was still a hint of blue and white on the horizon. Every household in Yangjia Village closed their doors tightly, but the courtyard of the old Yangjia was full of heat, which was in stark contrast to the surrounding silence.

"Boss, second child, go and move the Liangpi on the right side to the ox cart, and put more straw under it." Yang Lishi just finished explaining to Yang Weimin brothers beside him, and then said to Yang Weisong who was tying the ox cart, "Third brother, Go to your sister-in-law's place in the kitchen and put some white bowls in the basket, remember to tie them well." After instructing Yang Weisong to go over, Yang Lishi just wanted to take the opportunity to take a break, but then remembered that the sauce made by her good granddaughter hadn't arrived yet. Moving, she slapped her forehead anxiously, and Yang Li called out the children who were already sitting in the ox cart, "Ni'er, Hua'er, Huzi, Qiu'er, you all go and put the backyard in order." When the sauce is brought over, those jars should be handled with care, and they will be put on the bullock cart of your big brother's house in a while, you know?"

"Hey" Chunqiu and the others responded, and then jumped out of the carriage, regardless of whether they stood still, they ran straight to the backyard in a daze.

Seeing the little frizzy faces in front of her, Yang Li shouted loudly, "Run slowly." The one who responded to Yang Li was the faster figure, Yang Li fell on her back angrily, I scolded these careless children in my heart.

"Mother, where are these cucumbers? The ox carts are full, I'm afraid there won't be enough for them." At this time, Yuan Shi came out from the kitchen with a basket of cucumbers, and walked quickly to Yang Lishi. These cucumbers are Ready to put in Liangpi.

Mrs. Yang and Li glanced at the half-full basket on Yuan's chest, and said, "Daniu will come over in a while, you put the basket on his car, and it won't be enough to buy." After finishing speaking, Mrs. Yang whispered again. He said, "By the way, did you get the wooden board you made before? And is the chili fried that my good granddaughter said?"

Yuan Shi nodded and said, "It's all done. The wooden planks are placed in the side room. Dad is over there preparing to bring them over. The chili oil is made into a small jar. My sister-in-law is sealing the lid in the kitchen."

"Oh, that's fine." Yang Lishi suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed forward, his voice suddenly raised, "Second daughter-in-law, look, is Daniel driving a car here?" Shi replied, and greeted Daniel who was parking at the door while running.

Yuan looked at Yang and Li and ran to Daniu. At this time, Daniel had parked the carriage at the gate of Yang's house. Auntie Da Niu was also smiling and waving to Yang and Li in the car.

Yuan Shi directly walked over with the basket in her arms. Yang and Li Shi were talking to Auntie Da Niu. When she saw Yuan Shi coming, she quickly made room for a small space, and Yuan Shi took the opportunity to put the basket on the bullock cart.

"Aunt Yuan, give it to me, I'll put it for you" Daniel parked the car, took Yuan's basket directly, and fixed the basket to a corner of the cart with a rope on the side.

"Hey, I'm sorry for the trouble," Yuan Shi smiled.

"What's the trouble? Second daughter-in-law, you're too polite," Auntie Niu said with a smile on the side.

"Mother, sister-in-law Daniel, you stay here, there is still some work in the house, I will go to work." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, Auntie Daniel waved her hand directly and said, "Go, sister-in-law, there is nothing wrong here, sister go get busy"

"Hey" Yuan replied with a smile, then turned around and called the children who had been waiting by the side to come and put the jars.

After everyone in the Yang family loaded their things into the carriage, Yang Li checked it from the beginning to the end, and found that they even brought the buckets for washing the dishes. Only then did Yang Li let someone drive away with satisfaction.

The bullock cart bypassed Daheishan and went straight to Heishan Town.

The bullock cart was directly parked in the open space beside the market. They came early today, and most of the stalls around the market were still empty.After the ox cart was parked, Chunqiu jumped off the carriage.Greet Huzi together, take out the fence her father made yesterday and enclose the surrounding open space before finishing the work.

"Boss and second, you go to Master Wang to bring the tables, chairs, and benches, and then go to the shop to bring those bowls and chopsticks. I'm thinking about what to do for a while." Mrs. Yang Li thought clearly, this Liangpi is comparable to the previous ones. It's much more delicious, especially now that the weather is just right to eat Liangpi.Before, Yang and Li were afraid that they would not make enough, so they asked Yuan to make an extra basket of Liangpi.

"Hey, mother, I know, then let's go there now." After Yang Weimin finished speaking, he and Yang Weibo left in a bullock cart.

Da Niu and Aunt Da Niu carried the jars and cucumbers off the cart, and then said to Mrs. Yang and Li, "Auntie, then Da Niu and I are leaving too."

Mrs. Yang and Li responded back, and after sending Auntie Da Niu and Auntie away, they went on to clean up the stalls on the side.

Because Chunqiu had already surrounded the open space, Yang Weisong directly placed two long tables brought from home in front, with cold skin baskets on them, and left a gap on the left and right sides of the table for diners to come in. There were seven or eight jars on both sides of the table. Chunqiu divided the sauce in the jars into two parts and placed them on both sides respectively. Yuan Shi put the washed cucumbers in the center. Put it on the chopping board.

When Brother Yang Weimin came back, everyone set the table and chairs together.

Chunqiu took out the small bowls prepared before and put them on the table in groups of two, and put some chili oil and sugar in each small bowl.

Wait until everything is ready.The Yangjia Liangpi stall is officially established.

The Liangpi is made by the Yuan family and the Gu family, Chunqiu Chunhua Huzi Xiaoshi and the four small ones are in charge of yelling, Yang Chunni is in charge of washing the dishes, and the place for washing dishes is behind the food stall. The family man is going to play the role of the waiter in the shop. As for collecting money, it must be Mrs. Yang and Li.

Because Liangpi looks different from other foods, after a while, there was already a small circle of people outside the stall, everyone was pointing, but no one wanted to buy.

Chunqiu was not in a hurry when he saw it, he pulled Huzi and Chunhua aside, gave them a look, and then turned his head to show eight iconic smiles at the crowd not far away, and the children's crisp voice rang out Get up, "Good morning, uncles, aunts, aunts, aunts, brothers and sisters, this is my freshly made cold noodle, look at the pure white and tender color, smell the fragrance, it's delicious and cheap..."

"Don't miss it when you pass by, there is only one in Heishan Town, it's delicious and not expensive..."

"Small bowl with five liters, big bowl with seven liters, you're guaranteed to be full. There's no such shop after this village, hurry up, everyone..."

This was the idea that Chunqiu came up with last night. The three children lined up in the middle at one time, and their novel yelling really attracted many people.

Some people who were originally curious asked, "Children, what is the name of this novel food in your family? It's really delicious..."

"It's really delicious. If it's not delicious, you don't need money." Chunqiu had a smile on his face, and his tone was very confident.

"Really? Then I want a bowl." The man was joking, but after hearing Chunqiu's words, he actually took it seriously. Thinking that a bowl is not expensive, he immediately said to Yuan Shi beside him, "Madam Boss , give me a bowl of Liangpi for five cents"

"Okay, sir, please sit inside." Yuan quickly picked up the white bowl on the side, and brought the cold noodle that had been cut with sauce to the table.

With the first person, there will be a second, and a third... The ancients would follow suit, not to mention that everyone saw that the previous person was eating with gusto, so they couldn't sit still, and they all took out the copper coins in their hands and handed them to the other Yang Lishi, I want a bowl of Liangpi to try.

Yang and Li's mouths were filled with joy, while telling Yuan and Gu to move quickly, and then helped serve the bowls a few times.

In addition to making food inside, I was more curious outside the stall, after all, it was the first time I saw such a novelty as Liangpi.

"Children, what's the difference between a small bowl and a big bowl?"

"There is no difference, there are more big bowls than small bowls, and the big bowls will ensure you will be full."

"Miss Boss, then give me that big bowl of Liangpi..."

During the whole morning, Chunqiu and the others have been standing at the door and yelling. People who were skeptical before knew that Liangpi is delicious, especially in this hot weather. Eating this Liangpi can relieve the heat and relieve hunger .

All of a sudden, more people came to eat Liangpi at the stall.

The three of Chunqiu Huzi and Chunhua stopped shouting a long time ago, and were sent by Mrs. Yang Li to serve as waiters in the shop, because Mrs. Yuan told Mrs. Yang just now that the bowls prepared by their family were not enough, although Yang Chunni was always in charge of washing dishes behind. But it is still in short supply.

Mrs. Yang and Li immediately decided to ask Yang Weimin to go to the shop and bring all the 100 white bowls that he bought back and didn't use.

Mrs. Yang and Li couldn't help but rejoice that she had the foresight to make enough Liangpi, otherwise it would have been sold long ago.Looking at the crowd waiting in line not far away to eat Liangpi, Yang Lishi's chrysanthemum smile on his old face never stopped.

"Your big bowl of Liangpi, please use it slowly." Chunqiu put a bowl of freshly prepared Liangpi in front of the guests beside him.

"Children, will your Liangpi be sold tomorrow?" The young man sitting at the stall looked up at Chunqiu curiously and asked.

"Not going out, my family lives in Yangjia Village, Xiawa, but this month's No. 18 my Liangpi shop will open, it's at the Gao's shop in Xitou, welcome to visit then." Chunqiu directly said their house The opening time of Liangpi.

"No. 18? I will definitely go there to try it when the time comes, but what can I do these two days, this food is really delicious." The young man was obviously disappointed when he heard the news, and his tone was disgusted.

"It's not too late, our family will also set up a stall during the Mid-Autumn Festival." Chunqiu shook his head and smiled. Here, Mrs. Yang and Li planned to come over to set up a stall in the morning on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th, in order to make Liangpi more popular in the whole Heishan Town. Welcome, more welcome.

"That's not bad, will it still be here?" the young man asked with interest.

"That's right, it's here," Chunqiu said, and when he heard Yuan calling her in the distance, he left apologetically.

"Mother, what's the matter?" Chunqiu ran two quick steps and came to Yuan's side.

Yuan didn't look back, and explained to Chunqiu, "Qiu'er, go and buy some cucumbers with the money, the cucumbers brought by our family are not enough."

Chunqiu glanced at the basket on the desk after listening to it, and found that the cucumbers inside had indeed bottomed out, and only a few scattered cucumbers were left in the basket. "Mom, how many shall I buy?"

Yuan raised her head and glanced at the long dragon not far away, she couldn't see the end, thought for a while and lowered her head and replied, "I'm buying half a basket. I think it's not enough for this person if I buy less."

Chunqiu responded, put away the copper plates on the side, took out the cucumbers in the basket and put them aside, picked up the basket, turned around and left the stall.

Cucumber is one of the more common green vegetables, and every household here will plant so many, especially now that cucumbers are off the shelves, cucumbers can be seen everywhere on both sides of the avenue, and the price of cucumbers is similar to the price of modern cabbage.

Chunqiu was not far away carrying the basket, and stopped directly beside a kind-hearted old lady. Looking at the juicy and appetizing cucumbers on the stall, Chunqiu spoke briskly and laughed sweetly, "Grandma, what are you doing?" How much is the cucumber at home?"

"Girl, you want to buy cucumbers. My cucumbers are sweet and crunchy, and they cost a penny a catty." The old lady looked up at the cute little girl in front of her, and said with a smile.

Chunqiu didn't speak when he heard it. He lowered his head and thought for a while. One penny is not expensive, nor is it cheap. And her Liangpi can be sold so expensive because of the base price of flour.

But Chunqiu looked at the good-looking cucumbers, and thought it would be good to buy this one, "Grandma, fill me with half a basket."

The old lady looked at Chunqiu in surprise, my dear, this basket is half a basket, why is it only twenty catties less, can this child move it? "I said girl, this is half a basket, can you move it?" The old lady asked directly after thinking about it.

Chunqiu said indifferently, "Yes, my stall is over there where there are many people, don't worry, grandma." After finishing speaking, he pointed to the long dragon in the distance.

The old lady glanced in the direction of Chunqiu's finger, and she felt relieved. It was only 30 meters to the left, which was not far away. "

After placing the cucumbers, Chunqiu took out 25 copper coins from his pocket and handed them to the old lady beside him, and then dragged the basket of slippers to the stall with both hands.

Although a twenty-pound cucumber is not too much, it is still too heavy for a child like Chunqiu who has just turned five years old.Chunqiu was dragging the basket, and Yang Weibo, who was rushed over, stretched out his hand to catch it before he was halfway there.

Seeing that Chunqiu hadn't come back yet, Yuan was a little anxious, so she asked Yang Weibo to come over to have a look.

"Qiu'er, let's go back to eat, it's only a quarter of noon." Yang Weibo carried more than 20 catties of cucumbers, which made Chunqiu feel a lot easier.

"What are you eating?" Chunqiu asked after Yang Weibai felt relieved with the relief of his hands.

"The pancakes bought by your uncle are served with Liangpi. You guys need to fill them up first, and you will be busy later." Yang Weibo said aside, without waiting for Chunqiu behind him to join him, he walked quickly and handed over a basket of cucumbers Yuan Shi, Yuan Shi reached out to take the cucumber, carried it to the back and washed it before taking it out and using it again.

In ancient times, it was not as advanced as it is now, and there was no grater, so Gu's and Yuan's shredded cucumbers were cut out and used directly.

When Chunqiu came back, except for a few adults who were still shouting, the remaining four children, including Yang Chunni, were sitting on the empty table beside them and were preparing to eat. Their eyes were sharp, and when they saw Chunqiu, they hurriedly waved their hands to greet Chunqiu. "Third Sister, come over for dinner"

Chunqiu responded, took the bowls and chopsticks handed over by Yang Chunni, and put them in his mouth. Chunqiu and the others hadn't eaten since morning, not to mention they had been working all morning, and they were hungry. back.

"After you finish eating, Qiu'er and Chunni will go take care of your mother for a while, and let them come over to have some food too." Mrs. Yang Li was cleaning up the table after eating, and put all the bowls and chopsticks into the bucket and carried them directly to the back, where the official A place to wash dishes.

"Hey, I know." Yang Chunni nodded while eating, and shouted directly after seeing Yang and Li's movements, "Grandma, save the bowls and chopsticks. I will wash them later." After shouting here, she said to Chunqiu on the side, "Third Sister, let's eat quickly so that Mother and Second Aunt can eat earlier."

"Yeah, I know." After Chunqiu finished speaking, he put it in his mouth even more quickly.

After the two finished eating, Chunqiu took out the handkerchief in his bosom and wiped the corners of his mouth, and ran to Yuan Shi, "Mother, give it to me here, you go to eat."

"Okay, the cucumbers are all cut up and put in the basin, you can use them directly, and the Liangpi Niang has already been cut up, so you can just make the sauce..." Yuan explained to Chunqiu.

"Hey, I know." After listening to Yuan Shi's words, Chunqiu watched Yuan Shi leave, then stood directly beside the table, stepped on a small bench, and asked the person in front of him, "Do you want that kind of Liangpi?"

"The kind of five words"

"Hey, okay, here you are"

"and you?"

"Qiwen..."

.........

Chunqiu didn't stay busy for a while, and Yuan Shi ran back after taking two quick mouthfuls of food.

"Give it to mother, go and rest aside." Yuan's heart ached for her daughter, she directly stretched out her hand to push Chunqiu aside, and then hurriedly greeted her.

Chunqiu glanced at it, but didn't say a word, and without thinking, he ran to the side to help Huzi and the others serve Liangpi...

Everyone in the Yang family was busy until all the Liangpi prepared were sold out, and then they prepared to close the stall and go home.

During the process of selling Liangpi, Mrs. Yang and Li even told everyone about their opening at No.18 and selling Liangpi at No.15.

Everyone expressed that they would come to support at that time, which made Yang Li full of confidence.

After a whole day of work, Gu's and Yuan's hands were so sore that they couldn't lift them up.The neck of the hand is bright red, and it hurts when touched.

Yang and Li didn't say anything after seeing it, but they didn't let the two do the rest of the work of loading the car.

He ordered Brother Yang Weimin to transport all the tables, chairs, benches, bowls and chopsticks back to the shop, and then asked old man Yang to go to the miscellaneous grain shop and buy dozens of catties of flour back.The flour stored before has been made into Liangpi, and their family has no flour.

The remaining bottles and jars were carried back to the bullock cart by the children of Spring and Autumn, because the sauce in the jars was used up, so it didn't take much effort to pick them up.

"Grandma, we don't have any ingredients for the sauce," Chunqiu whispered to Mrs. Yang and Li.Originally, there were only a few seasonings at home, and most of them were used for today's Liangpi. Chunqiu thought that there is still a stall at No. 15, so he calculated it in his heart, and he was afraid that it would not be enough.

"Then what's missing? Tell grandma, I'll let your uncle go over and buy it directly." Yang Li asked.

"Lack of white sesame seeds, garlic, and mature vinegar are not enough, by the way, there is also soy sauce..." Chunqiu stretched out his hand and counted one by one with his fingers, counting all the things he could think of.
They all told Mrs. Yang and Li on the side.

Chunqiu spoke carefully, and Yang Li listened carefully. After Chunqiu finished speaking, Yang Li directly passed Yang Weisong beside him, dragged him aside and muttered for a long time before letting Yang Weisong leave...

"Okay, good granddaughter, grandma has already agreed, your uncle can't forget." Yang Lishi said with an affirmative face, which reassured Chunqiu a lot...

After old man Yang and Yang Weisong came back, everyone was busy again. After putting everything away, they drove home...

(End of this chapter)