Chapter 130 Crab
When the tofu stall owner saw the three buckets she mentioned, he immediately agreed happily: "I'll bring them to you when the city gates open tomorrow."
Wen Zhenyi smiled and nodded: "Okay."
Chen Hanxing pulled Xiao Abu aside, and the two of them looked at the surrounding stalls as if nothing had happened.
Wen Zhenyi called the two of them and continued to stroll around the market. She also bought some cowpeas, cucumbers, eggplants, cabbages, green vegetables, etc. Basically, most of the vegetables in the market were bought by her.
"Sister Wen, why did you buy so many vegetables?"
“Make some pickles.”
"Pickled vegetables?"
"Well, some vegetables are out of season. We can pickle some in advance so we can eat them when we want."
The people who came to set up stalls in the market were so happy when they saw her. You know, she basically covered everything when buying things, so they didn't have to stay in the sun for too long.
Wen Zhenyi saw that the seafood vendor had crabs for sale today and asked, "Boss, how much are these crabs?"
"Two cents a piece."
Wen Zhen saw that he had more than a dozen crabs and said, "Okay, I'll take all of them."
As the boss packed crabs for her, he said, "Miss Wen, only you would buy these from us. Ordinary people wouldn't want to eat them."
"These things from the sea taste delicious, but you're not very good at cooking, otherwise they would definitely be very popular."
"It's a pity we don't have your skills."
"I don't have time right now, otherwise I could teach you."
"When you are free, teach us."
"Okay." Wen Zhenyi asked him to deliver the crabs to the store.
"Sister, these things are just shells, what's so delicious about them?"
"I'll make it for you at noon. You'll like it."
Little Abu smiled and nodded: "Okay."
Wen Zhenyi saw that he had almost finished buying things and it was time to go back to the store.
As soon as they returned to the store, they saw Hu Zi's mother, Ben Ben's mother and others helping in the hall, and even Zhu Tao had returned.
Ma Yinghe saw them standing at the door in a daze and hurried over: "Why are you still standing there after coming back?"
"Mom, what are my aunts doing?"
"We'll talk about this later. I don't have time to explain it to you right now. The things you bought are still in the backyard. Go and take care of them."
Wen Zhenyi had no choice but to go to the backyard.
Old Mrs. Wen and Old Man Wen looked at the vegetables in the backyard, and neither of them knew where to start.
"Grandpa and grandma." Wen Zhenyi ran to them happily when he saw them.
"Finally you're back, girl. If you hadn't come back, we wouldn't know what to do with these vegetables." Old Man Wen looked at her with a smile.
"Yeah, why did you buy so many vegetables? How long will it take to finish them?" Old Mrs. Wen felt a headache when she looked at these vegetables.
Wen Zhenyi sat next to them: "This is for pickling pickles, so I bought some extra."
"So that's how it is. What can we do?" Old Mrs. Wen said as she rolled up her sleeves and prepared to work.
"Hello, Grandpa. Hello, Grandma." Little Abu bowed obediently.
Shen Hanxing also saluted the two: "Grandpa Wen, Grandma Wen."
When Old Man Wen saw him, he hurriedly asked him to sit down: "Han Xing is here, please sit down quickly. Thank you for your help during this period of time."
"Grandpa Wen, you're too polite. I just came here in advance to get used to the job of an accountant." Chen Hanxing smiled faintly.
Old Lady Wen looked at little Abu and asked, "Is this the child of your distant relative?"
"Yes, his name is Shen Bu."
"This child is good-looking." Old Mrs. Wen liked him as soon as she saw him.
A few people chatted while processing the vegetables in the backyard.
There is no need to cut the cowpeas, just wash them and drain them.
Wash and drain other vegetables as well.
Wen Zhenyi went to the kitchen to make pickled soup. She was going to pickle kimchi. She boiled water with glutinous rice flour, let it cool, and then added salt.
As for the cowpeas and other pickles, she cleaned the pot, boiled water, and added salt, cinnamon, star anise, pepper, ginger, and chili peppers.
The pickle jars at home have been bought and washed before, and now they can be taken out and used directly to pickle vegetables.
She tied the cowpeas into small bunches and put them into a pickle jar, then poured cooled water into the jar and placed clean stones in the jar to press it down.
Add some white wine, cover the jar, place it in a cool place and wait for seven days before eating.
The same goes for green vegetables, but glutinous rice water and salt are added.
When the breakfast was sold out, Wen Zhenyi had pickled half of his pickles, and the rest would be processed slowly in the afternoon.
Ma Yinghe and the others sat in the backyard.
Zhu Tao entered the kitchen: "Yi Yi, do you want me to help you with anything?"
Wen Zhenyi took a look at Zhu Tao's appearance. In just a few days, her cheeks, which had gained some weight, had become thinner again. "Don't you plan to rest for a few more days?"
Zhu Tao smiled and shook her head: "I owe you a lot of money. I need to make money and pay you back quickly, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to pay it back in this lifetime."
Wen Zhenyi pointed to the jar on the ice and said, "Please help make a bowl of lemon passion fruit honey water for everyone."
Zhu Tao nodded and went to get busy.
Wen Zhenyi helped her carry the tray out and put it on the table: "Aunts, you have worked hard. Have some juice to quench your thirst."
Hu Zi's mother wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief and said, "Your shop is doing so well that we are all so busy that we can't handle it."
Mantou Niang nodded quickly: "That's right."
When Wen Zhen saw Zhu Tao coming over, he asked her to sit down as well: "Aunts, have you discussed this with the family?"
"We've discussed it, but we also have something we want to discuss with you."
"What's up?"
Several people pushed and shoved each other, and finally Hu Zi's mother bravely asked, "Do we have time to rest?"
Wen Zhenyi knew that they all had children with their husbands, so it would be unreasonable for them to be away from home all the time: "Aunt, here's what I think. I'll give you one day off every seven days, or if you feel that's not enough, you can take turns coming."
"How do we take turns?"
"For example, if there are thirty days in a month, each of you two can come for fifteen days and stay home for the other fifteen days. You can come every other day, or you can come for a full fifteen days and then go home for the remaining fifteen days. But I have to make it clear that in this case, your monthly salary will only be half, only five taels of silver."
Benben Niang said, "If I only go back one day out of seven, will the monthly allowance still be one tael of silver?"
Wen Zhen nodded slightly: "Yes, it is more tiring. You will have less time to go home. Of course, apart from the seven-day break, if you need to go back home for something, you can ask for leave, but your wages will be deducted if you ask for leave."
"This is what we should do. We have all taken leave, so we can't ask for your wages for nothing."
"Don't worry too much, Auntie. If you're sick and need to rest, I won't deduct all your wages. I'll give you 50% of your wages for that day."
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