Chapter 76 Food

Mrs. Cui discussed business matters with Jiang Zhiluo and then started to cook dinner.

In the evening, Cui Hejin also came back.

After dinner and washing up, Jiang Zhiluo returned to the house.

Cui Hejin walked over and handed the tael of silver in his hand to Jiang Zhiluo.

Jiang Zhiluo was stunned. "What is this?"

Cui Hejin said calmly, "For home use!"

Jiang Zhiluo's heart trembled, as if a stone had suddenly fallen into the lake of her heart, causing ripples.

Jiang Zhiluo suppressed her trembling heartstrings, blinked her eyes and asked doubtfully, "It's only been half a month, isn't it time for the school to pay out the monthly salary yet?"

At this point, a light flashed in her mind, and she said, "Are you copying books again?"

When she thought of this, Jiang Zhiluo couldn't help but feel an indescribable feeling in her heart.

She grabbed Cui Hejin's wrist and checked, "Does your hand hurt?"

"Why don't you take care of your hands?"

"You're always so stubborn. You don't even tell me it hurts, and you still want to copy books."

Jiang Zhiluo was getting anxious.

Her brows were furrowed, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and her eyes were filled with a radiant glow like autumn water.

At this moment, meeting Jiang Zhiluo's unreserved and sincere eyes, Cui Hejin didn't know why his heart seemed to be uncontrollably tightened.

He couldn't help but reach out and gently touched her hair, saying softly, "It doesn't hurt, I'm fine."

"You're lying, how can it not hurt?"

He was always like this. Even if he was in pain in that life, he never told her and never let her know.

Cui Hejin looked down at Jiang Zhiluo and sighed inwardly. He had no experience in coaxing girls.

I don't even know how to calm her down at this moment.

"It doesn't matter. I'm your husband and I can't let you bear the burden of the family."

It is his responsibility to earn money to support his family.

After a pause, Cui Hejin added: "I don't want you to go out and suffer injustice."

Jiang Zhiluo thought about it and roughly understood what he meant.

She thought for a moment and explained, "Well, I like doing business. It makes me feel fulfilled that I'm doing something meaningful every day."

"I haven't felt wronged. I'm very happy that people are willing to eat what I cook and buy food from our stall."

"Don't feel burdened."

Cui Hejin said gently, "Okay."

Jiang Zhiluo knew that it was useless to feel heartbroken.

The only way is to quickly heal his body and his hand.

"Will you feel better after taking the medicine?"

These days, Jiang Zhiluo has been making medicine for Cui Hejin to drink every day, adding spiritual spring water to the medicine.

"Yeah, much better. I don't cough as much anymore."

Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "Well, that's good."

…

On the other side, the Jiang family of Xingshan Village

Yesterday, after Jiang Xiangchuan came back from his daughter's house, he changed out of his best clothes and prepared to wear patched linen clothes to make it easier for him to work.

Who would have thought that five taels of silver would fall out of his pocket.

"This is?"

When Jiang Xiangchuan told Ye, they both knew that it was their daughter who had secretly stuffed it in.

The two were both moved and sad, and felt sorry for their daughter.

The two men decided not to touch the money and just keep it for their daughter.

As for malt sugar, there happened to be a market in Yangliu Village the next day, so they discussed making malt sugar with glutinous rice.

It just so happened that we had some glutinous rice at home, and some malt had grown in the vegetable garden in the yard.

There are many children in the family, so the whole family can work faster when working together.

The first time they didn’t dare to make more, so they only made more than seventy pieces.

It’s not wrapped in greaseproof paper, nor does it contain crushed peanuts. It’s just ordinary malt sugar.

Unexpectedly, I sold more than 50 yuan at the market in Yangliu Village in the morning.

He returned home with more than fifty coins in his pocket. The family counted the amount several times and could hardly believe it.

That night, Ye said to Jiang Xiangchuan with emotion, "I didn't expect to earn more than fifty coins in just this morning. This is unbelievable."

Ye was so excited that she could hardly sleep.

Jiang Xiangchuan said, "This time at the market, a family happened to be having a banquet, so they bought some extra candy. If we were at the market on a normal day, we might not be able to sell so much."

"That's exciting too. Even though I used some glutinous rice and malt, the copper coins I earn are the most real."

"If it's during the Chinese New Year or other festivals, we'll sell even more."

"But there are so many stalls selling sugar, and we can't just rely on that to make money. If it gets hot, the malt sugar won't keep and will melt."

If it can't be sold, it's a waste.

"But thanks to my daughter."

Jiang Xiangchuan and Ye both missed their daughter.

Although they live in the next village, their daughter is married and they can't just visit her whenever they want. They have to think more about their daughter.

Jiang Xiangchuan said, "Then we can make some malt sugar to sell during the market and festivals. We can do what we need to do on weekdays so as not to affect our work in the fields."

Ye's expression suddenly became serious. "I know this. Food is the most important thing."

Jiang Xiangchuan said in a serious tone, "This world is not peaceful. The emperor is old and suspicious and has killed many people. The princes will also fight each other. If there is grain in the land, there is no need to worry about the price of grain rising."

Ye nodded and said, "I know, but there shouldn't be any fighting in the next one or two years. Let's take advantage of this time and work hard to save some money to buy more land and grow more food. Then we can help my daughter and her family."

Jiang Xiangchuan nodded and discussed these matters with Ye.

…

It’s Lin Zhuzhu’s side.

When she returned home in the afternoon, her mother was collecting clothes from the drying line in the yard. She asked in surprise, "Why are you back so early today?"

Usually, Lin Zhuzhu would sell all the pork and other things by dark.

Sometimes they can’t be sold and have to be put in the cellar and sold the next day.

Usually I can go home after dark.

Lin Zhuzhu's face was full of smiles as she said excitedly, "I closed the butcher's stall early today and sold everything."

Lin Zhuzhu's mother was so shocked that the clothes in her hands almost fell to the ground.

"What did you say? They're all sold today?"

“Is business so good?”

At this time, the sound of Lin Zhuzhu's father coughing was heard from inside the house.

Lin Zhuzhu suppressed her excitement and said, "Mom, let's go inside and talk to Dad."

Her brother went to the academy and was on vacation yesterday, so he was not at home. She told her parents first.

Lin Zhuzhu's father looked at her from inside the house and asked, "Is business improving because of the braised food?"

Lin Zhuzhu said excitedly: "That's right, Dad, you really understand business."

"In the morning, Sister Jiang brought me some braised food..."

"Some customers came to me to buy meat. When they smelled the aroma, they asked what it was. I followed Sister Jiang's instructions and let them taste it first without saying anything. After tasting it, they all said it was delicious. When they found out it was pig offal, they weren't so disgusted. When they heard the price, many of them bought it..."

"At noon, many people come to me to buy braised food."

"When I asked, I found out that they were the people who bought the braised food at Jiang Meimei's stall that morning and thought it was delicious and wanted to buy more."

"But Sister Jiang didn't sell braised food at noon. She just said I sell braised food here, so they came here. They originally wanted to buy braised food, but knowing that pork here is cheaper and there are some things to buy, they also bought some pork ribs and the like..."

"Some people enjoyed the braised food in the afternoon and came back a second time. My butcher's stall has also seen a boost in business. Many people even said they didn't know about my place before and will come back often to buy things from me in the future..."