Chapter 120: Heartache (Part 2)
Hearing this, the young man's face suddenly turned red, and then turned pale in an instant.
He lowered his head, not daring to look at others.
Someone nearby whispered, "The two daughters of the Yang family are so poor that Fan Cheng's family can't even afford to eat. They married into the Yang Hong family and became the daughter of Yang Hong. How dare a son-in-law not love his wife? Don't ask someone to kick him out."
"That's right. The Yang family is well-off and has a lot of land. Fan Cheng didn't have enough to eat before, but now he can have a full meal every day."
"What's the point of being nice? Yang Chai is just a cripple, he walks with a limp, and he was even rejected by someone before..."
"But I heard that his mother-in-law is pregnant. If she gives birth to a son, both the daughter and the son-in-law will be kicked out."
The young man named Fan Cheng lowered his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
He had a stepmother, many brothers, and poor family conditions. Since he was the eldest, they allowed him to marry into the family. His wife's family gave his parents five taels of silver.
His wife is a very good person and she even gave birth to a child for him.
Now the home he and his wife live in is his home.
Everyone was whispering, and some of the words were very touching.
Jiang Zhiluo knew that this was the thinking of this era.
People who marry into the wife's family are looked down upon.
She looked at the man who was unable to lift his head and could only say, "My dear, you can come to the Cui family in Donghe Village to find us later."
Mrs. Cui also sighed and said, "Young man, don't care what others say."
Fan Cheng looked at Jiang Zhiluo and Mrs. Cui gratefully and nodded.
Without staying any longer, he left in a hurry.
Madam Cui asked in a low voice, "Zhiluo, do you really want to sell the leek seeds to him?"
Mrs. Cui knew that Zhiluo had good intentions, but if someone else knew how to grow leeks, would they no longer be able to sell leek boxes?
Jiang Zhiluo said, "Mom, I've thought about it and realized we can't keep doing the leek box business forever."
"It would be better to sell leek seeds. We have already harvested three crops of leeks in our fields, so we can keep some to grow leek seeds. Selling these leek seeds will also make money."
"If you sell it in small packages, you can get a lot of money."
As soon as Mrs. Cui heard it, she understood that Jiang Zhiluo had a plan in mind.
"You're still thoughtful."
Jiang Zhiluo said, "I hadn't thought of this method before, but when that person asked about leek seeds just now, I suddenly thought of this method."
Letting everyone grow chives will not cause any loss to Jiang Zhiluo.
Besides, after making the chili meat sauce, she didn't plan to make leek boxes anymore.
By midday, more and more people started to arrive.
Many people bought leeks and pot cakes.
Especially at noon, many people will buy some food at the market to fill their stomachs before they finish shopping.
There were also several women from Donghe Village who came to the market and saw what kind of business the Cui family was doing.
"So these are the two kinds of food. They smell delicious."
Everyone then understood why the Cui family had the money to pay the workers.
This thing looks delicious.
Didn’t you see so many people buying it?
Business is indeed good.
Fortunately, Jiang Zhiluo made quite a lot of chive dumplings and pot cakes.
After noon, the fried chive dumplings and pot cakes that Jiang Zhiluo and Mrs. Cui had made early in the morning were all fried and sold out.
Madam Cui said happily, "Zhiluo, we sold them all and made over three thousand coins."
More than three thousand coins is equivalent to three taels of silver.
But I'm just a little tired, I've done too much.
Jiang Zhiluo said, "Mom, just do this occasionally. You'll get tired if you do it so much every day."
There was no time to rest at all. Jiang Zhiluo's hands were a little sore, not to mention Mrs. Cui.
"Yes, I have prepared a lot for today."
Although it was tiring, they were happy to earn some money.
Not to mention them, just look at the expressions of some of the vendors around, they all have smiles on their faces.
There are many people going to the market in Yangliu Village. Even if each item makes a little profit, the more you sell, the more you earn.
After closing the stall, Mrs. Cui watched over the stall while Jiang Zhiluo went to buy some meat and cloth.
"Mom, I bought some cotton cloth and will go home to make clothes for you and He Jin."
Old Madam Cui reached out and gently touched the cotton cloth, sighing a little.
As the legitimate daughter of the Cui family and later as the wife of the Duke of Cui family, she wore silk and satin. Now, when she touches cotton cloth, she feels it is very good.
"Cotton is so expensive, just buy some linen."
Jiang Zhiluo shook her head and said, "That won't work. Cotton is more comfortable to wear."
"Besides, now that we have money, we still have to buy the things we need."
Jiang Zhiluo couldn't bear to let Cui Hejin wear coarse linen clothes anymore.
Even though Cui Hejin could look noble and elegant even when wearing coarse linen clothes, she couldn't bear to let him continue wearing linen clothes.
After going home to take measurements for Cui Hejin and Old Madam Cui, I can find time to make clothes.
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In the next few days, Mrs. Cui and Jiang Zhiluo went to the town to set up stalls to sell pot cakes, and they could earn more than one or two taels of silver every day.
Adding the braised pork offal, the total cost per day is almost three taels of silver.
However, they also have to pay for the labor to build the house, so they are reluctant to buy more things.
Only buy necessities.
And the food is better too.
While busy with business, Jiang Zhiluo also prepared the fermented black beans and continued to steam and dry the snow mustard greens.
Looking at the finished fermented black beans, Jiang Zhiluo said happily, "Mom, now we can make the chili meat sauce."
Jiang Zhiluo had been talking about making chili pork sauce before, but Mrs. Cui didn't quite understand.
I just knew that Zhiluo had prepared some seasonings in advance.
"Can we do it now?"
Jiang Zhiluo said, "Well, everything is ready. We can make the chili meat sauce."
When Mrs. Cui heard about the meat sauce that could be mixed with rice, she was very curious and eager to try it, saying, "Mom will help you with some."
Whatever Jiang Zhiluo wants to do, Old Lady Cui likes to accompany her.
Watching the delicious food being made step by step, I feel an indescribable sense of accomplishment.
Jiang Zhiluo looked at Old Madam Cui's expectant expression and said with a smile, "Mother, wash the fermented black beans twice and then steam them for a while."
"good."
As Mrs. Cui said this, she went to steam the fermented black beans.
Jiang Zhiluo began to cut the meat and chopped the onions, ginger and garlic.
The shiitake mushrooms picked from the mountains are also cut.
The sesame seeds have been fried in advance, and the peanuts have also been fried and crushed and set aside.
After everything was ready, Jiang Zhiluo took another pot, put oil in it, and prepared to stir-fry.
Madam Cui said, "The fermented black beans are being steamed. I'll help light the firewood here first."
Jiang Zhiluo nodded, then added chopped green onions and some spices and stir-fried them until fragrant.
When it’s almost done, remove the spices and set them aside, leaving the oil at the bottom of the pan.
The oil produced by stir-frying in this way will have more aroma of spices.
Mrs. Cui breathed in gently, and the aroma filled her body. "Even stir-fried vegetables and rice with this aroma alone would be delicious, right?"
Jiang Zhiluo thought of the taste of chili meat sauce and said, "Mom, if I make this chili meat sauce, I can put it on stir-fries or rice, and it will be delicious even with steamed buns as a staple food."
Mrs. Cui looked at the peppers that Jiang Zhiluo had put aside and asked, "Will it be very spicy?"
Jiang Zhiluo explained with a smile: "Mother, it's just a little spicy so that my husband can eat it."
She knew that Cui Hejin didn't like spicy food.
But he would eat the rice she cooked, seasoned with a mild spice.
Even though he was not used to it at first, he gradually adapted to it. Later, she tried not to add spicy food to the dishes she cooked, and he seemed to eat very light meals.
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