Chapter 73 Chapter 73-Two-in-one mint mutton powder
Not only was Lin Jiacai scolded, but Niu Hongxi was also scolded by Lin Chuntao before he could say a word. He was not as young as Lin Jiacai and the others, so he didn't care about it when he was scolded.
His face flushed, but he couldn't swallow this anger.
"Sister, why are you so repulsive? We're just being kind and want to take advantage of the holiday to visit."
Lin Chuntao felt disgusted when she heard him call her "sister".
"Who is your sister? Who wants to hang out with you? If you want to hang out so much, go somewhere else. You're not welcome in my house!"
Lin Chuntao spoke very decisively. Niu Hongxi had been watching Lin Chuntao slowly deal with Meng Yun and Fan Li'niang, and thought that he was shameless enough to come up with her. At worst, he would be treated the same way as Meng Yun and the others. He didn't expect Lin Chuntao to treat them differently.
Suddenly, he was furious and looked at Lin Chuntao coldly, gritting his teeth: "Cousin, do you have to be so ruthless?"
Lin Chuntao stared at him for a while and then asked, "Are you threatening me?"
Niu Hongxi swallowed, but didn't dare to come back.
Lin Chuntao sneered, "You're an outsider. I'm not angry with you, but don't think I'm easy to talk to and come looking for trouble!"
Niu Hongxi's face turned red, and Lin Chuntao's eyes fell on Lin Jiacai.
"Go back and tell your sister, and your brother-in-law, about your family's glorious deeds. Anyone who has heard about them will probably not have the nerve to come to my house and claim to be my relative!"
Lin Jiacai bit his lip, and Lin Chuntao and Lin Chunxing went straight into the house and closed the bamboo fence gate.
Niu Hongxi glared at Lin Jiacai fiercely and said angrily, "What on earth did your family do to make people so disgusted?"
Lin Jiacai frowned and said, "Our family didn't do anything."
Niu Hongxi sneered coldly. It would be a miracle if he did nothing to make people hate him so much.
He looked back at the small, shabby house and was about to speak when he saw Pei Ying coming back carrying water. The two of them passed Pei Ying without saying a word.
When Pei Ying entered the room, Lin Chunhe and Lin Duoer were still complaining about Niu Hongxi and Lin Jiacai.
Pei Ying frowned slightly: "What are they doing here?"
Lin Chunhe replied, "He said he came to get acquainted with the family."
Lin Duoer snorted coldly, "He must have come up with this idea after returning from the county town today."
Lin Chuntao felt the same way. She looked at the small yard, then at Lin Chunhe and Lin Duoer, and felt that they should put building a house on the agenda recently. When the new house was built, she would raise two dogs and a big goose to guard the house together!
Lin Chuntao warned them, "No matter what they say, ignore the man who just came. If you can't drive him away, call the uncles and aunts in the village and tell them that he wants to beat you up."
Lin Duoer and the others nodded.
Although Lin Chuntao felt that he could not be so presumptuous, her sisters were still young, so she still had to tell him in advance.
Niu Hongxi came back unhappy and scolded Lin Miaomiao, asking her how she and the others had offended Lin Chuntao and the others. Lin Miaomiao sneered and insisted that they had not offended Lin Chuntao and the others.
"They don't want to bother with you, so why are you blaming us? We haven't split up with the neighbors before, so why aren't they scolding them?"
Lin Miaomiao made a sarcastic move to provoke, and Fan Li'niang next door glanced at Lin Jialang when she heard it.
Lin Jialang directly raised his voice and replied, "Not entirely. I brought my brothers and sisters to your house to apologize! I called you, but you refused to go."
This incoherent interruption caused a moment of silence in Lin Miaomiao's yard.
Niu Hongxi snorted coldly. Lin Miaomiao's words just now really made him think that Lin Chuntao and the others were targeting him. He didn't expect that the root cause was still with them, the siblings.
He stared at Lin Miaomiao and sneered. Do you want to use him as a gun?
He didn't care about Lin Chuntao and the other girls, but the guy named Pei looked like someone who was not someone to be trifled with. He just wanted to take advantage of them and didn't want to get himself killed.
After a busy morning, they came back and the money had not been counted yet. Lin Chuntao looked at the angry Lin Chunhe and hugged them to count the money. When they heard about the money being counted, the sisters' mood instantly became sunny.
Today is better than yesterday, I made a little more money.
Lin Chuntao put the money away, and the sisters washed and boiled the eggs together.
Lin Chunhe and Lin Duoer were also feeling sleepy, so they packed up and went to bed. Lin Chunxing estimated the family's money and asked Lin Chuntao, "Sister, should we start hiring someone to build a house?"
Lin Chuntao nodded and said, "Okay, we'll go find the master in a few days."
Lin Chuntao was a little sleepy at first, but she was angry after scolding Niu Hongxi and the Lin family, and all her sleepiness was gone. Since she had nothing to do, she lit a fire and boiled water in the yard, and called Pei Ying to kill the big rooster and take it away.
After waiting for the egg stew to be put into the jar, Lin Chuntao stir-fried the chicken and set it aside. While she had some free time, she went to the field to check on the corn and finally brought back a cabbage.
The yard was quiet, with only the sound of her sisters' sleeping breathing. She yawned, put the cabbage away, washed her hands and feet, and prepared to lie down for a while.
I was just lying down, but I fell asleep unexpectedly.
When she woke up, it was already evening and the aroma of chicken wafted in from outside.
Lin Chuntao got up, put on her shoes and went out. Lin Chunxing and the others were washing vegetables in the yard. When they heard the door open, they turned around at the same time.
"Have you cooked the chicken?" Lin Chuntao asked.
Lin Chunxing nodded, and Pei Ying explained beside her: "I saw that you were sleeping very soundly, so I asked Chunxing to cook it directly without calling you."
"Taking a nap in this weather is really hard. I can't wake up."
Pei Ying said, "If you feel sleepy this afternoon, just sleep a little longer. You've been exhausted these past few days."
Lin Chuntao yawned, smiled, and walked towards the stove, saying as she walked, "Let's take a break after we're done with these few days."
Lin Chunxing and her friends were cooking chicken in an iron pot, covered with a straw mat. The mat was steaming hot. She peeled it back and took a look. The soup was still very white. "Has it been cooking for a short time?"
Lin Chunxing: "It's been cooking for less than two quarters of an hour."
Lin Chuntao nodded, took a stool and sat down under the courtyard wall to calm down. She vaguely thought of Qin Suyun whom she met in the morning. She didn't know when this person came, nor did she know whether this person knew more about the world than she did.
Next time we meet, I will definitely find some time to invite her over to chat.
The chicken cooked slowly. After it was cooked, Lin Chuntao scooped some chicken soup to boil out the chicken blood. She still had the konjac tofu she bought that morning, so she cut it into shredded meat and added some sauerkraut. She then stir-fried it with sauerkraut konjac tofu.
She also brought back a head of cabbage in the afternoon and stir-fried it.
The chicken was very fat and had a lot of meat. It was enough to stir-fry two vegetarian dishes together, so Lin Chuntao didn't make any other dishes.
The moon rose early tonight. The sun had just set over there, and the full moon had already risen here. The sky was still very bright.
Lin Chuntao and her friends sat in the yard to eat dinner. The evening breeze was gentle and there were laughter and joy around the table.
After dinner, Pei Ying went to clean up and wash the dishes, and they sat in the yard to enjoy the moon.
But I don’t have much time to relax. The meat filling for tomorrow hasn’t been chopped yet, and the vegetables haven’t been washed yet.
Lin Chuntao took out the meat, washed it, and cut it into slices. After Pei Ying finished washing the dishes, she came over to chop the meat filling. Lin Chuntao helped pick and wash the vegetables.
By the time the work was done, the village had become quiet.
The sisters washed up with warm water and went to bed. Lin Chuntao packed up her things and returned to the room. As soon as she lay down, she felt sleepy. Before she fell asleep, Pei Ying came back, bringing a hint of coolness.
Lin Chuntao turned over and leaned over, trying to absorb the coolness.
Her warm breath fell on his skin, like a feather gently tickling him. He couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her. She had been too busy recently and hadn't rested enough. Pei Ying had been restraining himself from teasing her. He wanted to just have a light taste, but this touch was a little out of control.
His palms were placed on her lower back, holding her tightly.
Lin Chuntao responded to him in a daze. Pei Ying was just feeling happy when he heard her murmur, "Go to bed quickly. I'm so sleepy."
"Um."
He responded and kissed her forehead lightly before stopping. He hugged her properly and fell asleep.
August 16th was a sunny day. It hadn't rained for several days, so there were fewer mushrooms in the mountains. The chanterelles reported by the system today were all picked up before a basket was full.
When she arrived in the county town, the market was quite nice. Passing by a mutton noodle soup shop, Feng Guan and He Guizhu were both busy. The couple looked up and saw Lin Chuntao passing by with a basket on her back. He Guizhu smiled and greeted her, "Good morning, Shopkeeper Lin. Are those mushrooms you're carrying?"
Lin Chuntao was a little surprised, but seeing that Feng Guan's face was no longer gloomy and He Guizhu was still smiling, she smiled back, "Good morning, Shopkeeper He. These are mushrooms. I just picked them up in the mountains."
"What kind of fungi did you pick up today?"
"Chanterelles, I didn't pick up anything else."
He Guizhu smiled and said, "Sell me a few pounds."
Lin Chuntao certainly had no objection. She smiled and said, "I'll weigh it on the stall. You can use your scale."
He Guizhu went into the house and took out a scale and a colander. Lin Chuntao weighed the colander, picked up some mushrooms and took them in, weighing four pounds.
He Guizhu is a very open person. They are going to make mint mutton noodles to sell today, and she told it directly in front of Lin Chuntao.
"Yesterday, Old Feng heard you say that eating mutton without mint is soulless. We bought some to try, and it tastes really good. Did Shopkeeper Lin come up with this way of eating it himself? It's really amazing."
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "It's nothing special. We didn't plant any vegetables this year, so there weren't many. We got some mint on June 6th, and we happened to find it while cooking mutton."
He Guizhu smiled and said, "We're going to sell mint mutton noodles today. I hope Shopkeeper Lin doesn't mind?"
Lin Chuntao laughed when she heard this. "Manager He, you're joking. How to combine all kinds of vegetables and meat is not just for me."
Her expression was calm. Lin Chuntao thought that mint was not a dish that everyone liked at that time. If He Guizhu and others directly launched mint mutton noodles, everyone would be curious, but might be discouraged by the stereotype of mint, and not many people would try it.
Shopkeeper He was very open-minded. Lin Chuntao already had an idea of what she would launch next, and since it didn't overlap with their mutton noodles, she decided to help them this time.
"Then I would like to thank Shopkeeper Lin."
After He Guizhu finished speaking, Lin Chuntao pursed her lips and said calmly, "Manager He, don't thank me yet. People only think of mint as a medicine or tea. Few people eat it as a dish, right? How are you going to promote it today? Just say you're launching a new mint soup powder? I'm afraid not many people will come in."
He Guizhu's face froze slightly, and Lin Chuntao continued, "Manager He, why don't you find a reason to give your mint mutton noodles a name? For example, the mint mutton noodles that Yongchang people love the most, and we're the best in Xuanhe County!"
Feng Guan and He Guizhu's eyes widened at this remark. Is this even possible? Before they could react, Lin Chuntao had already picked up the backpack.
"Manager He, you guys are busy. I have to go over and see if the stall is ready."
He Guizhu was very excited. She said to Lin Chuntao, "Shopkeeper Lin, please go and do your work first. I'll come find you later."
Lin Chuntao waved and walked away with the basket on her back. The couple were left alone, looking at each other.
Feng Guan said, "This shopkeeper Lin is really smart."
He Guizhu was not only amazed at her idea, but also felt that she was magnanimous. The business in the shop had decreased a lot, and her husband had been in a bad mood for so many days, but Lin Chuntao could still say these words to them.
She didn't seem to mind at all that they were stealing her business.
He Guizhu listened to her husband and said, "You're going to blush now."
Feng Guan did blush a little, but he didn't refute his wife's words. He just asked, "Then let's try it according to what Manager Lin said?"
He Guizhu nodded.
When Lin Chuntao went over, Lin Chunxing and the others had already completed all the preparations. There were four or five people gathered in front of the stall, and Lin Chunxing was lighting a fire, preparing to cook noodles.
Seeing Lin Chuntao coming, Lin Duoer asked curiously, "Sister, what kind of mushrooms did you pick up today?"
“Chanterelles.”
Hearing about mushrooms, the people in front of the stall looked up and asked, "Boss, how much is a pound of mushrooms?"
"Chanterelles are ten cents a pound. Auntie, would you like two pounds?"
Lin Chuntao put down the backpack and said, "Give me two pounds." The woman took a look at the bright yellow chanterelles, which looked very fresh.
Lin Chuntao took the scale and quickly weighed two kilograms for the man.
She didn't carry the items into the house today, but left them outside and they were sold out one after another.
People who want to eat the braised eggs still come early, and Lin Chuntao's stall is still crowded. As noon approaches, Lin Chuntao overhears customers buying meat nearby discussing the mint mutton noodles being sold over there. "The shopkeeper said it's the favorite way to eat it in Yongchang, and we're the first to sell it here."
"I don't know how to eat that stinky mint in mutton."
"That's right, it's hard for me to accept just thinking about it."
“But if people in Yongchang really like to eat it this way, maybe it’s delicious. I’ll go try it someday.”
Lin Chuntao smiled when she heard this. Lin Chunxing also heard it, but she couldn't laugh.
If the mutton noodle soup business is doing well, their business will be in trouble, right?
"Sister, will we be affected?"
Lin Chuntao patted her shoulder and said softly, "There should be a little bit, but it's not a big problem. Lamb and pork taste different. We will also make new flavors to sell in a while."
Lin Chunxing was full of surprise. She had never thought about the concept of new taste before.
Seeing her like this, Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "It's the same in any business. After a while, you have to give customers a sense of freshness. She has to choose between the new and the old. If there's only one flavor, won't she want to eat it less if she gets tired of it?"
Lin Chunxing nodded, so she would learn to explore new flavors in her spare time.
Lin Chuntao said, "I have already made arrangements. I will teach you how to do it in two days."
And if they sell sauces in the future, many people will be able to buy the sauces to cook noodles and do the same small business, so they will no longer be the only ones.
So it is inevitable to launch new flavors.
They were busy until noon before they finished selling out and closed up shop. On their way back, they passed by the mutton noodle soup shop. He Guizhu was standing at the door. Seeing Lin Chuntao and the others, she called out, "Shopkeeper Lin, are you closing up shop?"
Lin Chuntao responded with a smile, and He Guizhu said with a smile: "Come to my house for lunch and come back after you finish eating."
"No, Shopkeeper He. We still have pigs and chickens to feed at home. How was your business this morning?" Lin Chuntao asked. He Guizhu smiled and said, "Not bad. Thank you, Shopkeeper Lin."
Lin Chuntao waved her hand and said, "Manager He, please don't be polite."
After saying goodbye, the old lady from the shop next door was a little surprised at their friendly attitude, "Hey, Old Feng, when did you become so close to Mrs. Tangfen?"
He Guizhu smiled and said, "Auntie, Shopkeeper Lin came to us to buy mutton, and I went to her to buy mushrooms. So we became familiar with each other after going back and forth."
This answer was not what the old lady wanted. She smiled and felt bored and stopped talking.
Lin Chuntao and her colleagues have been delivering eggs for the past three days, and they have bought more than 70 kilograms of flour every day. They are exhausted. Tomorrow, the eggs will be sold. Those who want to eat eggs can buy eggs, and those who want to eat flour can buy flour. The amount of flour they need will probably not be that much.
When they got home, the sisters counted the money and found that they had saved a lot in just three days.
Lin Chunxing looked at the money she had saved and thought that she had bought a lot of charcoal recently. If she didn't have to buy charcoal, she could save some money. Thinking about what Lin Chuntao had said before about burning charcoal, it would be better to do it earlier so that she wouldn't have to buy charcoal next time.
"Sister, you mentioned burning charcoal before, when are we going to do it?"
"We can burn it anytime, but we need to dig a kiln. If we build a new house sometime, it's a bit far from here. Should we dig it here or near our house?"
Lin Chunxing frowned upon hearing this: "Do you want to dig a big one?"
"Well, if it's too small, there won't be enough charcoal to burn. Since you're going to dig it and burn it, don't make it too small."
Pei Ying listened to the two sisters' discussion and joined in. "Let's dig on our side. It will be more convenient for future use. After all, this is the land of the great grandmother."
Lin Chunxing thought for a moment and said, "Then can we ask Grandpa and the others to confirm the homestead, arrange the locations first, and then dig around it?"
"Sure, but I haven't decided what kind of house to build yet. How to arrange the yard, chicken coop, pigpen, woodshed, and preferably a small vegetable patch. We also need to leave space for a well. If we save more money, we can dig a well in the yard so we don't have to carry water."
When Lin Chuntao said this, the sisters' eyes rolled around, as if they were imagining the layout of the new courtyard in their minds.
"Think about it, you three will each have a bedroom, and we'll have to keep a guest bedroom. The upstairs one we had before is too crowded and dark. The bedroom needs windows for ventilation. I'm still struggling with this and haven't made up my mind yet, so it's a good opportunity for you guys to think about it."
Lin Chunhe pursed her lips and asked Lin Chuntao, "Then we just need five sleeping places."
Lin Chuntao nodded.
"Well, five sleeping rooms."
Lin Chunhe hissed coldly. She felt that five rooms alone were a waste of money, but she was indescribably happy when she thought that her sister had reserved a room for each of them. This meant that they could have their own bed, their own room, sleep alone without being disturbed, and roll around without being blocked by anyone.
Lin Chuntao heard her gasp and laughed, "What's wrong?"
Lin Chunhe shook her head violently. Lin Chunxing next to her glanced at her and said with a smile, "Maybe they think it will cost a lot of money."
"It will definitely cost a lot of money, but since we are building a new house, we will definitely be satisfied with it."
Lin Chunhe leaned against Lin Chuntao and nodded repeatedly.
After hearing Lin Chuntao's words, the two sisters drew in the yard. Lin Duoer wanted to build a row of them, Lin Chunhe wanted to build two layers, and Lin Chunxing was busy making braised eggs.
Lin Chuntao took a branch and drew in the yard. The drawing was of a house similar to a siheyuan, with a pigpen, chicken coop and woodshed in the backyard, three main rooms in the front, a living room in the middle, a bedroom on each side, and three more rooms on the right, one for each of the three sisters. There were three rooms on the left, a kitchen and a dining room, and a room on the side was left as a public bathroom.
The location of the well also remains in the backyard.
Lin Chuntao pondered for a moment and called Pei Ying and Lin Chunxing over to take a look. She also explained who would live where. Pei Ying felt it was okay. Lin Chunxing took a look and asked, "Sister, do we still need to stay in the building?"
Lin Chuntao frowned slightly: "Do you need it?"
Lin Chunxing said, "I think it's necessary. Shouldn't we carry the corn upstairs to dry it after we get it back?"
Lin Chuntao hissed coldly, as if she really needed...
"Then keep it."
As soon as Lin Chuntao finished speaking, Lin Duoer asked beside her, "Sister, are we going to look for Grandpa now?"
Seeing her anxious look, Lin Chuntao sighed, "No, I'm going to take a nap. If you're not sleepy, go collect firewood."
"Collecting wood for charcoal?"
"You need thick wood to burn charcoal. Thin wood won't work. It'll all burn to ash, and there's no charcoal left."
Lin Duoer smiled foolishly when she heard that.
"Sister, are we still going with Second Sister tomorrow?"
Lin Chuntao looked at Lin Chunxing and said, "If there aren't that many people buying noodles anymore, and we're adding eggs, can you handle it all by yourself?"
"I'm busy enough."
After hearing this, Lin Chuntao looked at Lin Duoer and said, "Go if you want."
"Hehe, then I'll go again tomorrow."
Lin Chunhe said, "Then I won't go."
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "If I don't go to pick mushrooms, then I won't go to the county town tomorrow and take a day off." After that, she looked at Lin Chunxing and said, "If you want to take a break one day, tell me. I'll go sell mushrooms and you can rest at home."
Lin Chunxing smiled and nodded, but in her heart she was thinking that if she could earn so much money every day, she would not feel tired for a single day.
She didn't say this out loud, but just thought about it in her heart.
The system did not broadcast anything the next day, and Lin Chuntao slept until dawn. The big rooster crowed several times before waking her up. When she opened her eyes, she saw that it was already dawn, and the temperature in Pei Ying's seat next to her had long since died.
It had been a long time since I had slept through the night. The moment I opened my eyes, I was awake and quickly got up.
As soon as I went out, I saw Lin Chunhe coming back with a basket of firewood on her back, all of which were pine branches as thick as her wrists.
Today is a sunny day with blue sky and white clouds and fresh air.
"Chun He, when did you get up? Why didn't you call me?"
Lin Chunhe smiled and said, "I got up at daybreak too. I saw Meng Yun and the others chopping wood, so I followed them."
"Is Meng Yun alone?"
"And her niece Meng Yue said that Lin Jialang and Madam Fan went to the county town carrying firewood."
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