Chapter 34 Mung Bean Powder
"Ha." Li Youshan sneered: "What you said, every restaurant sent people to discuss with me, if I don't agree, I will ruin their jobs?
We have signed a contract with Zuixianju. Qingshi Town only provides for them. Otherwise, they will be required to pay 100 taels of silver. Will you pay for it? If you do, I will give it to Ruifulou."
"One hundred taels? They in the restaurant must be crazy about money." Li Youfu was shocked. At the same time, he felt that Li Youshan said this on purpose because he didn't want his daughter and son-in-law to have an easy life.
He rolled his eyes and continued, "Brother, I believe everything you said. I can't let you go back on your word. So, tell me how to deal with the bamboo shoots, and I'll deliver them to Ruifulou. That way, you won't be considered to have violated the contract."
Li Youshan was speechless, since when it came to money, his brother was smarter than anyone else.
"Do you think the shopkeeper of Zuixianju is a fool? Forget about it. I won't agree to it."
"You..." Li Youfu opened his mouth and wanted to curse, but after thinking about it, he held back. For the sake of five taels of silver, he endured it.
He forced himself to hold back his anger: "Brother, we are brothers. Even if we had some unpleasantness in the past, we can't write two Li characters with one stroke. You are living a good life now. If you don't help me, what will others say about you? If you help me, we can make money together, and I can also make Dad live a better life, right?"
"Who are you good friends with? There is still a layer between us. When others don't know your inner thoughts, don't always think you are smart and treat others as fools. Even if you tell me the truth, I can't tell you. If you are willing to give it, put it down. If you are not willing to give it, take it away."
Seeing that the other party was not moved by his soft words, Li Youfu's face darkened. He said, "Brother, I didn't want to come at first, but this is what Dad wanted. Dad asked you to help the brothers. If you are not afraid of being labeled as unfilial, then don't say it. You have made money now, and you don't like these dried vegetables. Fine, if you don't like them, I will take them away. If Dad gets angry and comes to find you, don't blame me for not stopping you."
After saying that, he left angrily with the basket.
Li Youshan rolled his eyes. Who was he trying to scare?
When he got home, Li Youfu angrily threw the basket of vegetables on the ground. Seeing this, Mrs. Li hurriedly asked, "Youfu, what's going on? Did your brother agree?"
Li Youfu looked at Old Man Li and sighed, "My eldest brother told me to give up on this idea. Even if Dad went to find him, he wouldn't tell anyone. He also said that he and I are not brothers and he can't help me make money.
Dad, Mom, it's because I'm incompetent and can't find a job to earn money, so I can't let you live a good life."
Old man Li slammed the table and roared: "This bastard is so rebellious. He doesn't listen to me and doesn't help his own brothers. Is he still a human being? I have to teach him a lesson."
Old Lady Li stepped forward and stopped them, saying, "Look at you, you are so old, and you get angry easily. What will others say about us if you go to ask for the solution to the bamboo shoots in such an angry manner? We didn't go out to interact with them before, but now that we see them making money, we rush over to them. Wouldn't they think we are greedy for money?
Youfu and his eldest brother's family haven't been around for a long time, so why not let Youfu and Dalin go and help with the work for a few days to build a closer relationship. As long as they enter their yard, they will learn the method. In this way, they will not be misunderstood by others. "
Old Mrs. Li has always attached great importance to her reputation. When she was young, she worked as a maid in a wealthy family in the town. She felt that she was more knowledgeable than the country people, and she looked down upon those shrews who would throw tantrums at any time.
Even if she wanted her sons to make money, she couldn't let people say that they were greedy for money. Moreover, her eldest grandson was still in school, so she had to maintain her good reputation.
Old Man Li was the one who listened to her advice the most. When he heard her say that, his anger mostly subsided. "Okay, just do as your mother said. Find an opportunity to go to their house and help with the work. As long as they let you help with the bamboo shoots, you will naturally know the method."
Although Li Youfu was reluctant, he nodded in agreement.
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In the morning, in the kitchen, Zhao Suying and Wang Guixiang were blanching bamboo shoots. Seeing Li Wanyue coming in, Zhao Suying said, "Yueyue, why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Zhao Suying had told her not to get up early and get tired because there were three brats around.
"Mom, I slept well. You and sister-in-law are the most tired."
Every morning, Li Youshan and his two sons would go to pick and dig bamboo shoots. After bringing them back, Zhao Suying and Wang Guixiang would cut and blanch them. She basically didn't have to do anything. Compared with them, her job was already very easy.
Wang Guixiang smiled and waved her hands: "It's not tiring at all."
Li Wanyue smiled. She took a wooden basin and soaked the mung beans she bought. Bamboo shoots alone were not enough. The bamboo shoots on the mountain would not be edible in more than a month. She wanted to make something else.
After cooking the bamboo shoots, the family quickly had breakfast as they were going to the fields to sow rice seeds today.
The two fields have been watered and the rice has sprouted, so it's time to sow the seeds.
Zhao Suying said, "Yueyue, just rest at home. It won't take us long to finish sowing the seeds in those two plots of land."
"I'm bored, so I'll go and take a look."
She went to look at the terrain and see if it would be feasible to use a water truck.
The sun is not very strong today. The mountains in the distance are green and a thin mist surrounds the mountains.
The soil in the field was wet, and my shoes were covered with mud after every two steps. Even though I was wearing straw sandals, it was easy to slip.
The fields were filled with water. People rolled up their trousers and stood in the paddy fields, holding a basin of rice in one hand and grabbing the sprouting rice with the other hand and scattering it into the fields.
She hadn't seen such a scene for a long time. She had only seen it when she went to her grandmother's house with her mother during the holidays when she was a child. Later, when she grew up, she went back less often, and when she did, she couldn't make it in time for spring planting.
Such a picture makes people full of hope, hoping for good weather and a good harvest.
When I got home at noon, Sun Xiuqin had already prepared dinner.
I had already washed the mud off my body at the riverside, and then I simply washed my hands before going to eat.
After dinner, Li Wanyue opened the basin. The mung beans that she had soaked in the morning had absorbed all the water and were very plump. They broke when gently pressed.
Ten pounds of mung beans, soaked in a large pot.
She walked up to Zhao Suying and asked, "Mom, who has a millstone?"
"You have it at Uncle Tian's house, what do you want to grind?"
Li Wanyue replied: "I have already soaked the mung beans."
"Okay, I'll go tell your father and ask him and your brother to grind it for you."
"Okay, tell Dad to grind it finer."
After dinner, Li Youshan and Li Erhu left with the basin of mung beans and came back half an hour later.
Li Erhu held the basin and asked, "Yueyue, do you think this is okay?"
Li Wanyue looked at the ground mung beans in the basin and nodded: "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Dad and Second Brother."
She took another basin, covered it with gauze, poured in mung bean milk, and then rubbed it repeatedly in the basin, squeezed out the juice, put the mung bean dregs in another basin, added water and continued to rub it.
Add two pots of mung bean water together and let it settle.
"Sister, what are you doing?" Li Sandong asked curiously.
"Make a kind of food, mung bean powder."
She likes to eat Sichuan jelly, fried jelly, and pan-fried jelly, but they are not available here, so when she saw mung beans in the grain store, she thought that mung beans could also be used to make jelly.
In fact, pea jelly tastes better, but there is no pea jelly sold here, so mung bean jelly is also good.
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