Chapter Fourteen: Xia Yifan Delivers Soybeans, Shen Wenjun Returns to the Village
Old Shen's words made the two brothers nod their heads, and expressed that they would keep an eye on Old Mrs. Shen. Old Mrs. Shen had a face and did not say the words in front of her son.
The Shen family has been relying on the Su family's dowry money for the past few years, and it is almost over!
When Mu Chenglin came back, Mu Mu and Mu Chengjin were washing vegetables in the yard, and Shen Yunxi sat in the yard chatting with them.
Seeing that Mu Chenglin was back, Shen Yunxi asked excitedly, "How is it?"
Mu Chenglin put down the basket on his back and closed the door of the courtyard. "A pound of bean sprouts has been paid for twenty cents, and an agreement has been drawn up. Mr. Xia also said that two hundred pounds of soybeans and a stone mill will be delivered in two days!"
Shen Yunxi grabbed Mu Chenglin's arm excitedly, "Really? Really? Hahaha, a pound of bean sprouts costs twenty cents. Xia Yifan is really good at cheating!"
Mu Chenglin was a little happy to see her so happy, but he couldn't help but feel a little contempt, "Xia Yifan is not easy to deceive, because he is interested in other ways to eat your soybeans and the fresh ingredients from his hands. If you go out, you can make a lot of money!"
"for example?"
"For example, he might sell a plate of stir-fried bean sprouts for a hundred cents."
"...profiteer!!!"
Because Shen Yunxi had an injury on her arm, today's pickled vegetables and vinegar were all made by Mu Chenglin with his mother and younger brother.
After finishing this, he made several wooden frames according to Shen Yunxi's instructions. Shen Yunxi said that these were used to put tofu. Mu Chenglin didn't know what tofu was, but now he supported Shen Yunxi very much. !
Although Shen Yunxi is just a little village girl, her endless ideas can help him lead a better life with his mother and younger brother.
In the past two days, the two hundred kilograms of vegetables were almost collected. Mu Chenglin settled the money with several families. Aunt Huang gave him a lot of fresh vegetables and asked him to eat some fresh ones. Aunt Yang gave him a few more He took a corn cob back and cooked it.
Shen Yunxi looked at the jar in the backyard and felt very at ease. After Mu Chenglin came back, she asked Mu Chenglin to take out the bacon, wash it with clean water and dry it in the sun.
Mu Chenglin went to the mountain to find a lot of fruit tree branches and a lot of sour fruits, and built an open space next to it for smoking bacon.
There are many grasses and trees on the mountain, and it is easy to catch fire if you are not careful. This is why Shen Yunxi was not willing to make smoked bacon at first.
Early in the morning two days later, Xia Yifan was sitting in his luxurious carriage, pulling two hundred kilograms of soybeans and a stone mill, preparing to go to Qingmu Village.
If several methods of soybeans could be developed, it would be an unprecedented incentive for the entire Xia Kingdom's agriculture. In recent years, caravans have introduced many new species, but unfortunately no one can find the best way to eat them.
Even potatoes with such a high yield are ignored by everyone because they are easy to sprout.
As soon as Xia Yifan's car left Qingfeng Building, it was blocked by someone. "What's the matter?" Xia Yifan asked coldly.
The coachman opened the curtain and said, "Sir, there are two scholars in front of me. They said they were going to Qingmu Village and wanted a ride!"
Xia Yifan frowned. He didn't want to sit with these mean people. Besides, there were so many beans in the back of the car. They scolded him again when they saw him, which made his head hurt.
"Give them ten cents and let them take the donkey cart by themselves!" Xia Yifan said.
The driver took out ten coins and gave them to the two scholars, then raised his whip and the carriage drove away.
The moment the carriage started, the curtain moved, and Xia Yifan saw the two scholars through the curtain.
One is about twenty years old, slightly fat, and the other is about ten years old, on the thin side. Both of them have the air of scholars.
However, the two of them were dressed gorgeously, and the older one had a valuable jade pendant tied around his waist, which looked like something belonging to the nobility in the past.
If you don’t have money to take a car, do you need a ride?
Xia Yifan sneered in his heart, "Maybe he is interested in his carriage, right? This kind of person insists on his identity and is unwilling to ride in a donkey cart with the villagers. Whenever he takes a rest, he has almost spent his money and has no money to hire a carriage. It's just right.
I saw his carriage, so I wanted to have sex for free!"
Shen Wenjun looked at the ten cents in his hand and the luxurious carriage driving away, and cursed in his heart!
The last time he went back, he hired a carriage, which was very popular in the village. But this time, because he went to a restaurant for dinner, the money was almost spent, so he had no money to hire a carriage.
He wouldn't be allowed to squeeze into a donkey cart with those villagers who were smelly and illiterate, right? Those people were worthy of riding in a cart with him, Shen Xiucai?
"Fourth Uncle, we can't walk back without taking a donkey cart, right?" Shen Zhenyu pulled Shen Wenjun, he was really worried that Fourth Uncle would really want to walk back.
He and his fourth uncle had been studying since childhood. Where did they come such a long way?
Of course it was impossible to walk back, so Shen Wenjun came up with an idea.
"Uncle Zhao!" Shen Wenjun walked to the entrance of the town and greeted Uncle Zhao who was driving the donkey cart. Uncle Zhao was particularly surprised. Shen Wenjun, who used to have his nose pores turned upward, actually took the initiative to say hello to him today?
"Can I discuss something with you?"
Uncle Zhao was somewhat flattered, "What's the matter?"
Shen Wenjun took out five copper coins and said, "I'll cover this donkey cart!"
Uncle Zhao immediately laughed, Shen Wenjun was indeed a scholar who had read books.
Not to mention whether his five copper coins were enough, just this morning, he pulled a cart of people over. He abandoned these people in the town and chartered the donkey cart to Shen Wenjun. This is immoral!
How can he do the donkey cart business in the village in the future?
Uncle Zhao smiled and waved his hand, "Shen Xiucai, you can't help it. You have to wait for others to come together before you can leave. Besides, a ride only costs two cents per person. For the two of you, it costs four cents."
enough!"
After speaking, Uncle Zhao found a penny and gave it to Shen Wenjun. Shen Wenjun immediately shouted, "Zhao Wu, don't be so shameless. Do those stinking villagers deserve to ride in the same car with me, Shen Xiucai? You know me
How expensive are your clothes? If they get damaged while pushing and jostling, can you afford to pay for them?"
Uncle Zhao gave all four coins to Shen Wenjun, "In this case, Shen Xiucai should go find another car! There are quite a few villagers coming to town this morning! Your clothes are precious, so don't damage them!"
Where else could Shen Wenjun find a car? Except for this donkey cart, he could only walk back.
Shen Zhenyu pulled his clothes, Shen Wenjun gave Uncle Zhao four coins with a face, and then pulled Shen Zhenyu to find the best seat and sit down.
After the Xia family's luxurious carriage entered the village, it caused a lot of excitement. Everyone rushed to tell each other. For a while, the girls in the village all dressed up and came out to watch.
Even Shen Pingping, whose face was still swollen, stood in the crowd with a silk flower.
The owner of such a luxurious car must be worth a lot of money, and I don’t know who they came to Qingmu Village to find!
The coachman lowered his head and asked the nearest girl for the location of the Mu family. The girl readily pointed out a location to him, "The Mu family lives on the mountainside, and the carriage can only go to the foot of the mountain over there!"
There were also bold girls who heard that the carriage was going to Mu's house, "Young Master, what are you doing at Mu's house? Come and sit at Nu's house!"
"That is, apart from the newly married Shen Yunxi, the only other member of the Mu family is Aunt Mu. Although Aunt Mu is good-looking, she is unfortunately a bit old!"
Everyone burst into laughter. At this time, two strong men stood up from behind the carriage, which frightened the little girls. "We are just going to Mu's house to deliver goods!"
Shen Pingping looked at the many soybeans and a stone mill pulled behind the carriage, and guessed that the Mu family must have had some good ideas. Unfortunately, it was too late yesterday, and Mrs. Shen suffered a loss in the Mu family. Today Definitely won't go there again.
The carriage was walking in front, and the girls were chasing after it. When they reached the foot of the mountain, the carriage stopped and Xia Yifan walked out of it.
As soon as Xia Yifan came out, everyone gasped. He was young and handsome. His clothes were worth a lot of money at first glance. The jade pendant around his waist was even more dazzling than what Shen Wenjun often showed off.
There is also the aura around him. If he had not grown up in a wealthy family, his aura would not be so strong!
When did the Mu family know such a person?
When I think about the fact that the Mu family only came to Qingmu Village a year ago, they may have had a rich background before, and now the Mu family is getting better and better.
No, such a handsome and rich man came all the way in a carriage to deliver the goods to the Mu family.
Several people looked at Shen Pingping, who had a bruised nose and face. You must know that Mu Chenglin originally wanted to marry Shen Pingping, but she acted like a monster and wanted to take over Shen Yunxi's marriage, so she knocked Shen Yunxi unconscious. Entering the sedan chair!
The one who was not calm was Xu Zihui. She was overjoyed when she saw Shen Wenjun like this before, but the old lady of the Shen family kept hanging on to them, neither agreeing nor saying no.
She is already fifteen years old this year and cannot delay any longer. If she can marry the young master in front of her, Shen Wenjun will have to step aside.
In order to please Old Mrs. Shen, her mother had offended Shen Yunxi before. Now that she thinks about it, she was really stupid. If she wants to win the favor of this young master, only Shen Yunxi can help her now!
There is also Shen Xiujuan. She didn't have much feelings for Cui Zixuan in the first place. Her mother only came up with the idea after Cui Zixuan was admitted to the top of the scholar list. Before that, there were also scholars in the Shen family, and Cui Zixuan was not in the eyes of the old lady at all.
But comparing Xia Yifan and Cui Zixuan, one is in the sky and the other is in the quagmire! Shen Xiujuan has such a generous dowry, so she doesn't want to marry Cui Zixuan, she wants to marry Xia Yifan.
Thinking of this, Shen Xiujuan immediately turned back and walked home. Before Xia Yifan left, she asked her mother to go to Mu's house to find Shen Yunxi and ask Shen Yunxi to match her!
Xia Yifan brought two strong men. Mu Chenglin heard the news and came out quickly. The three big men carried the soybeans and stone mill to Mu's house little by little.
Shen Yunxi looked at this scene and secretly encouraged herself. Once she had money, her first step would not be to expand her business, but to build a house at the foot of the mountain.
In winter, it is very cold in the mountains. I don’t know how the Mu family came here last winter.
Now that autumn is coming, she must seize the time to build the house before winter comes.
It was rare for Xia Yifan to be a guest, so Shen Yunxi thought of a few recipes and asked Mu Chenglin to help.
Xia Yifan didn't mention eating soybeans. He immediately saw Mu Chengjin reading in the yard. He liked it very much and chatted with Mu Chengjin.
Shen Yunxi asked Mu Chenglin to go to the river to catch a fish and a wild duck. Shen Yunxi went to look at the sauerkraut. Although it was not fully mature, the temperature was high these days, so he could eat a little.
She went to pick fresh mushrooms and prepared the ingredients for the side dishes bit by bit.
Under the guidance of Shen Yunxi, Mu Chenglin cut the fish fillets into slices, marinated the fish fillets with flour and wine salt, chopped the sauerkraut, poured oil into the pot, when the oil was hot, added the sauerkraut and stir-fried, and added chili and garlic. Season with Sichuan peppercorns, stir-fry until fragrant, add water, put in the fish bones, wait a few minutes after the water boils, take out the fish bones and pickled cabbage, then add the fish fillets, blanch them and take them out, sprinkle the fish fillets with chopped green onion, chili pepper, etc., and drizzle Apply hot oil, and the fragrance directly fills the entire yard.
Xia Yifan and the two strong men looked inside frequently.
Salted duck and pheasant mushroom soup had been simmering in the pot for a long time. Mu Chenglin also made stir-fried rabbit meat and steamed a large pot of rice.
It was also the first time for the Mu family to try making pickled fish and salted duck.
Shen Yunxi ate it. The pickled fish had a somewhat inferior taste because there was no vegetable oil or soy sauce, but for these Xia people who couldn't cook fish, it was really delicious.
In one meal, all the large pot of rice in the Mu family was eaten up. The two strong men licked their tongues with unsatisfied interest. Shen Yunxi was speechless. There was not much left of the ten kilograms of rice bought a few days ago!
Xia Yifan never mentioned the method of making soybeans to the Mu family from beginning to end. In the end, Shen Yunxi mentioned that if it was successful, the finished product would be delivered early tomorrow morning.
Sure enough, the corners of Xia Yifan's eyes lit up!
Before leaving, Xia Yifan expressed that he wanted that kind of sauerkraut. This kind of vegetable is not a fresh vegetable, but it is not a pickle either.
Shen Yunxi smiled and said, "Mr. Xia, the pickled fish today is what I use to sell pickled cabbage. However, the pickled cabbage has not been fully fermented. When it becomes more delicious, I will take the initiative to come to your door even if you don't tell me. of!"
Xia Yifan smiled and said, "Okay! Then I will wait for your good news at Qingfeng Building!"
In the Shen family, Shen Xiujuan lost her temper and refused to eat. Old Mrs. Shen was trying to persuade her. If Shen Xiujuan didn't eat, no one else could eat, except Shen Wenjun and Shen Zhenyu who had returned from Xiu Mu.
The younger Shen Zhenwen and Shen Zhenxing cried and fussed, and Li and Liu comforted them respectively.
"Mom, haven't you seen how Mr. Xia looks? He is tall and handsome, and the clothes he wears are more expensive than the fourth brother!"
Shen Wenjun, who was picking up vegetables in the bowl, came back and heard that a luxurious carriage had arrived in Qingmu Village today, pulling two hundred kilograms of soybeans and stone mills behind it. He knew that this carriage was the one that refused to carry him in the morning. vehicle!
Now his sister said again that this young master is so good that he is about to be compared with him. Shen Wenjun threw away his chopsticks and said, "I won't eat anymore!"
There was a lot of food on the chopsticks, and when he threw it, the oil splashed everywhere! Everyone else sitting on the table pulled their chairs back.
"Oh, my dear, why don't you eat?" Seeing Shen Wenjun throw away the chopsticks, the old lady felt very distressed and asked quickly.
"Mom! Look at what my sister said. After all, I am also a scholar and a scholar. That Mr. Xia is just a businessman, and I can't compare to him?" This chapter has been completed!