Chapter 140 Want to Buy Grandma Tian's Secret Recipe
Grandpa Fang helped collect the fruits, so Lin Mai took the time to visit Grandma Tian's house.
This time when she returned to the countryside, in addition to harvesting crops, she also had something to do with Grandma Tian.
Grandma Tian’s grandson’s illness was not a serious illness to begin with, it was just a relatively serious form of pneumonia. There was no money for treatment, and the disease became worse as time went on.
After being hospitalized, the disease was quickly cured after the doctor's symptomatic treatment.
However, my body is severely deficient, and I have to rest for half a year if I want to fully recover.
Even so, Grandma Tian's grandson's condition was much better than when Lin Mai first met him. His face was a little rosier, and he was also more lively than a child.
Lin Mai handed over the milk powder, honey and a can of malted milk bought from the city to Grandma Tian, looked at her grandson and said with a smile: "Xiao Wen is doing much better."
Xiaowen is the name of Grandma Tian’s grandson.
Grandma Tian said gratefully: "Thanks to you, Xiaowen is where he is today."
Then he said angrily: "Come here if you want. Why did you buy so many things?"
Lin Mai smiled and said: "These are nutritional supplements. Xiaowen will feel better soon after drinking them."
There were guests at home, and Grandma Tian had nothing to entertain her, so she gave Xiao Wen a small basket and asked him to pick some peaches from his peach tree for Lin Mai to eat.
Lin Mai didn't stop him either.
It is good for Xiaowen's health to exercise properly.
Moreover, if she wanted to talk to Grandma Tian about something, it would be inconvenient for Xiao Wen to listen.
Xiao Wen carried the basket and went out. Lin Mai just smiled and said: "Grandma Tian, I want to buy your secret recipe of shrimp paste and chili sauce. Can you sell it?"
Grandma Tian was surprised for a moment, and then said: "Whatever you want to sell or not, just ask me to teach you how to do it.
If you want to talk about the secret recipe, I can’t tell you. My ancestors have been making shrimp paste and chili sauce this way for generations.”
Lin Mai said sternly: "How can I learn from you in vain? Besides, there are requirements for how I bought your shrimp paste and chili sauce.
From now on, you are not allowed to sell these two sauces to anyone, let alone teach the cooking methods to others.
I will temporarily give you fifty yuan every month to help me make these two sauces.
When I send someone to learn it, I will pay you three thousand yuan in one lump sum, and all the medical expenses I lent you before will be written off in one lump sum. Do you think that's okay?"
Grandma Tian waved her hands in fear: "I know you want to help our grandparents, but you can't do this.
My shrimp paste and chili sauce are not valuable, and no one wants them when I sell them in town. How can I charge you so much money every month? Thirty yuan a month is a lot.
As for buying it, forget about it. If you want to send someone to learn it, just send it.
I promise not to teach others, and I will only supply you."
Lin Mai shook his head: "No, only if you spend money to buy it can I feel at ease and rest assured. Otherwise, what if I take advantage of you?"
Grandma Tian pondered for a long time and said sadly: "My grandfather and grandson, old and young, if you give us such a large sum of money, we can't keep it~"
Lin Mai thought for a moment and said, "That's good. I'll use two to three hundred of the three thousand yuan to build you a brick bungalow and improve the housing conditions. Your house is almost uninhabitable."
With the extra money, I can give you 30 yuan a month as living expenses, and cover your grandparents’ expenses such as schooling and medical treatment, until the 3,000 yuan is spent. Is that okay?”
Grandma Tian thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, but don't say you bought my shrimp paste and chili sauce to build the house for me, just say you sympathize with my grandson and grandson for building it."
I'm afraid that the shrimp paste and chili sauce that no one cares about will attract the attention of interested people because you are willing to trade it with your house, and this will cause trouble for you and my grandparents."
Lin Mai nodded and said: "No problem, it's just that I feel wronged by Grandma Tian."
Grandma Tian waved her hand: "Why are you aggrieved? Safety first."
Lin Mai gave Grandma Tian 30 yuan for living expenses and 50 yuan for emergency first aid on the spot.
In this era, communication is not convenient, and she cannot run to Grandma Tian often, so give her a spare emergency fund in case of emergencies.
Before leaving, Lin Mai took away a jar of shrimp paste and a jar of chili sauce, and told Grandma Tian that she would arrange for someone to build her a new house later.
Back at Grandpa Fang's house, Grandpa Fang had already reserved peaches, plums and potatoes for her, and was waiting for her to drive the tractor to harvest them.
Lin Mai returned from collecting the goods under the leadership of Grandpa Fang. Grandma Fang had already prepared lunch. Lin Mai ate lunch in a hurry and drove the tractor back to the city.
It was already six o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived in the city.
Lin Mai planned to sell fruit after dinner, so he parked the tractor on the road in front of the store and asked Li Mingcheng to move the potatoes and shrimp paste and chili sauce back to the store.
Somehow, she always felt that this street was different from usual today.
When I took another look, I noticed something was different.
Usually, when it's time for a night market, nine out of ten snack bars on this street will imitate Aunt Hu's and place tables and chairs on the sidewalk.
Today, no one has any. At most, they only have a stove and a wok in front of their own store.
She asked Li Mingcheng speculatively: "Why didn't anyone put tables and chairs on the sidewalk today? Has the law enforcement team been here?"
"The law enforcement team never came, but a pedestrian hit the diners on a bicycle, knocking them unconscious, and the police came.
Those shops were all frightened. Who dared to continue to set up stalls on the sidewalk and moved tables and chairs into the shops?"
Every night, the night market is busy. With such a large flow of people, something will happen sooner or later.
This was the reason why Lin Mai refused to put the seat on the sidewalk outside the door, for fear of getting into a traffic accident and having to pay a lot of money.
Lin Mai asked: "Whose family is so unlucky?"
Li Mingcheng pointed to a snack bar on the right with his chin: "That's the one where the owner has been taken away by the police."
Lin Mai thought evilly in his heart, why is it not Aunt Hu's house? This evil trend of occupying the road started from her house.
After eating the dinner left by Zhou Caiyun, Lin Mai drove his tractor to the financial system employee community with the highest profitability nearby.
All the people living in this community are bank employees.
In this era, bank employees all have golden jobs. They have decent jobs, high wages, and good benefits. If you go there to buy fruit, it will definitely sell well.
Although the housing conditions for bank employees are better than those in ordinary units, the housing area is not very large.
And because there are many family members, it is always crowded.
Many people don't want to stay at home on a hot day, so they move to a small bench to sit in the community to enjoy the cool air and chat with the neighbors.
Seeing Lin Mai dragging a large carriage of peaches and plums parked in the community, many residents of the community looked at her with wide eyes and surprise.
They will be surprised that no one has ever driven a tractor loaded with fruits into the community before.
Lin Mai calmly jumped off the tractor and shouted to the residents enjoying the shade: "Sell peaches - sell plums -
Juicy and tender blood peaches and honey peaches are priced at 40 cents per catty, and sweet and sour plums are priced at 50 cents per catty."
When the residents heard this, they all whispered to each other: "The price is not expensive. The price is also the same at the state-owned market, but the quantity is too small and you can't buy it."
"They are available on the black market, but they are five cents more expensive than the price this girl quoted."
"I don't know if her fruits are fresh or not."
"You'll know if you take a look."
Seven or eight aunts came up with cattail fans in their hands and dragged their slippers on: "Are your peaches and plums fresh?"
Lin Mai greeted him with a smile: "Of course it's fresh, I just picked it at noon today."
As she spoke, she picked up a blood peach and broke it into two halves.
The pulp, which is redder than blood, is displayed in front of everyone, and the juice inside is dripping, making it tempting to look at.