Zhao Ling'er smiled. This was a pot base that she had made many times: first stew the old hens and pig bones in water for 5 hours, then add matsutake mushrooms, morels, gallinobacilli, and cordyceps mushrooms.
Boil the soup with water over low heat. When the color of the soup turns to brown, take out the fungi, then mix the two cooked soups, then add onions, ginger, garlic, chicken oil and various seasonings, and finally form
This milky white, fragrant and delicious mushroom soup base.
After dinner, Mrs. Su said to Zhao Ling'er: "The Chinese New Year will be in ten days. In previous years, Yunqing was responsible for purchasing New Year's goods. This year, you should follow suit. It just so happens that your sister-in-law has limited mobility this year. If you need to run errands, you can
Be quick and don't let your sister-in-law rush you."
Mu Yunqing smiled and said: "Mom, don't worry, Ling'er will help me this year, so I won't go wrong buying new year's goods.
It turns out that this wealthy family has quite a lot of things to purchase during the New Year!
In addition to chicken, duck, fish, tea, wine and sauce, roasted seeds and nuts from the north and south, sweets, bait and fruits, we also need to buy pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and incense candles and other sacrifices, as well as door god New Year pictures, window decorations and firecrackers, and prepare to leave.
Gifts given when visiting relatives and friends, as well as new clothes and hats for adults and children...
Mu Yunqing could only make a list of the various items he needed. As for where to buy them, what price, what quality, what style... Zhao Ling'er had to decide.
It was also the first time for Zhao Ling'er to do these things. She had to check many items with her sister-in-law with a list, and then sent people to various stores to buy them.
In a blink of an eye, it was the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month, and Zhao Ling'er went to the backyard warehouse to check the inventory. Seeing that she was so busy, Su Yining took the initiative to go to the kitchen and personally cooked a pot of milk tea for her, warmed it in the pot, and waited for her to come back to drink it.
As soon as Zhao Ling'er returned to the room, Su Yi Ning hurriedly went to the kitchen to fill a bowl of milk tea and brought it to Zhao Ling'er to drink.
Su Yi Ning handed the bowl to Zhao Ling'er with great expectation. Zhao Ling'er took the bowl and put it on the table. He looked at the list, shook his head and said, "No, does this goose meat need to be braised or raw? I have to go."
Ask sister-in-law."
After saying that, he walked out of the room muttering to himself.
Su Yining looked at the bowl of milk tea and felt a little disappointed.
He walked into the study room, but couldn't find any books.
He has been reviewing continuously for almost two months, and now he feels that he can't understand anything. In addition, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. He wants to spend time with Zhao Ling'er at this time, go out to meet friends, or go to the street together.
Go shopping for New Year's goods, even if you don't do anything, just stay in the room and drink tea together or eat hot pot together like last time.
But during this period, Zhao Ling'er always left early and came back late. She was so busy that she didn't even have the time to look at him.
He felt very lonely.
Forget it, she also does it for the good of this family.
Su Yi Ning shook her head bitterly. Since she didn't have time, he should go out and play with others.
Su Yining invited Liu Wenjie to walk around on the street together.
The two of them walked while reading the Spring Festival couplets written by each family.
When I walked to the door of a house, I was about to ask why this house didn’t put up Spring Festival couplets?
I saw a chubby middle-aged man coming out of the house in a hurry, as if he was looking for someone.
When he looked up and saw the two of them, he was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "You two gentlemen, please stay."
They both stopped in confusion.
The man cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Two gentlemen, to be honest, my family is a pig butcher. I have been busy from the beginning of the twelfth lunar month to today. I haven't had time to ask the master to write couplets. I just wanted to find someone to write them, and I met you.
You two. I see that both of you are also dressed as scholars, so you must have extraordinary literary talent. If you don't mind, please write a batch of Spring Festival couplets for my family, so that I don't have to run around looking for someone else."
When Su Yining heard this, he realized that this was not difficult at all and just allowed him to show off his talent, so he nodded in agreement.
Su Yining looked at the door and thought about what to write.
Got it!
"New Year's greetings, festive season number Changchun", after thinking about it, Su Yining looked at Liu Wenjie: "Brother Wenjie, do you have any good ideas?"
Liu Wenjie pondered for a moment and said: "Cleave the path of life and death with both hands, and cut off the root of right and wrong with one knife."
Su Yi Ning's face suddenly turned red.
Liu Wenjie turned around and asked Su Yining: "Brother Yining, what are you thinking about?"
Su Yi Ning smiled awkwardly, shook her head and said, "I don't have any good ideas. Your idea is great. Write it down quickly."
Liu Wenjie wrote this couplet on it.
After a while, the owner of the house came out and took a look. He immediately gave a thumbs up and praised: "Okay, okay, this is really suitable for my status. You are worthy of reading poetry and books! I am here to wish you two
Young Master, one will win the first prize next year, and the other will win the second prize."
"I'll give in, I'll give in." Liu Wenjie cupped his hands and said with a smile.
Su Yi Ning was already in a bad mood. She came to Liu Wenjie for a discussion and was compared with him, which made her feel even more unhappy.
In anger, he took Liu Wenjie out to drink, and he didn't go home until dark.
Zhao Ling'er had been busy for a few days. The goods from the previous year were almost ready, so he went to report to his wife.
After entering the door, Zhao Ling'er heard someone talking inside and stepped out first.
After a while, a middle-aged woman came out of the room, and Ani saw her out.
Zhao Ling'er entered the room and reported on the preparations for various new year goods. Mrs. Su had a gloomy face and said nothing.
Zhao Ling'er was just thinking about what was going on when Mrs. Su said: "Look at you, you don't look like a young lady all day long. Why do you think Yi Ning has fallen in love with a wild girl like you? You're still a businessman!"
Zhao Ling'er frowned and blurted out, "What's wrong with the business people?"
Mrs. Su curled her lips and glared at Zhao Ling'er: "Don't you know that poor people can do business? Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, businessmen are the lowest class, you..."
"Do you know what my sister-in-law said to me just now?" Mrs. Su asked with a grimace.
Without waiting for Zhao Ling'er's reaction, Mrs. Su said: "She asked me if Yi Ning had any health problems. Otherwise, why would he marry a little girl who has no development and no background and still makes a living by doing business! She also said that since she married you,
, don’t treat you badly, at least let you have enough to eat! I, I really..."
Mrs. Su was so angry that she was speechless.
"Tell me, did I not let you have enough to eat? Did our Su family abuse you?" Mrs. Su pointed at Zhao Linger and asked.
Zhao Ling'er shook her head, approached Mrs. Su, and asked, "That person just now was your sister-in-law? Why did she come to our house?"
"Huh!" Mrs. Su snorted and said coldly: "What else can you do, ask me for money! Every New Year, I come to cry about poverty. I have no rice to cook, and no money to buy new clothes for my nephews and nieces.
Clothes, don’t give her dozens of taels of silver in any year!”
Um?
Zhao Ling'er heard a question mark on her face.
This sister-in-law, her family has no money and she still laughs at me for making a living by doing business?
Is it more shameful to get rich by doing business or to beg from other people's homes?
Mrs. Su looked at Zhao Ling'er and said, "Don't take it to heart. I don't like her kind of person in my heart. She has no ability and always laughs at others. This kind of person depends on others..."