Good weather for stall setting up
Qin Shengtian moved his mouth, but before he could say anything, Qin Wenli quickly said, "Dad, wash your hands first. Yang Xu, let's go back and serve the meal..."
Yang Xu, who was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a big hole in his toes, was cheered up after hearing this and agreed happily: "Okay, okay..."
He hurried to catch up with Qin Wenli.
Qin Xiaoqin was unhappy with her elder brother ordering her husband around, but she could see that her father's expression remained unchanged, so she shut up.
She is not stupid either. She could throw any tantrum she wanted in front of her mother, but it wouldn't work with her father. It’s not that Qin Shengtian favors boys over girls. In fact, he just ignores every child equally.
The main room was silent for a moment, and the father and daughter ignored each other.
Fortunately, Qin Wenli and Yang Xu came over with the food after a while.
An 8-person table, four dishes, a bowl of rice soup per person, and a basket of steamed buns is today's breakfast.
Yang Xiu decided to stay in the kitchen to eat. Seeing this, Xizi also wanted to stay in the kitchen. The old lady didn't want to go either. Qin Yu and Qin Shu also clamored to eat in the kitchen, but Yang Xiu sent them over: If they all stayed in the kitchen, Qin Xiaoqin wouldn't know how to arrange it.
So the three people at the dinner table were Qin Xiaoqin and her husband, Hu Yufeng and her husband, and Qin Wenli and his son.
"Yang Xu, pick up your chopsticks. You've been hungry since early morning. Eat quickly..." Hu Yufeng said as she picked up the chopsticks.
Everyone at the table started eating.
"Mom, why aren't there even any eggs? I'm pregnant and the baby needs to eat..." Qin Xiaoqin said dissatisfiedly as she looked at the vegetarian dishes on the table.
Hu Yufeng didn't even raise her head when she heard this: "The meal was ready when you came. If you want to eat later, I'll cook it when you're hungry..."
"It doesn't take much effort to fry an egg. I just don't have the heart to do it..." Qin Xiaoqin curled her lips.
Hu Yufeng was too lazy to pay attention and continued eating.
Qin Wenli could tell that she was making trouble again, so he ignored her.
The more you pay attention to this girl, the more excited she will be. It's better to ignore her, otherwise she will become bored.
Sure enough, seeing that no one responded to her words, Qin Xiaoqin pouted in dissatisfaction. Seeing that no one at the table was looking at her, she muttered a few words and then stopped eating.
"Mom, is that certificate on the wall yours?" Qin Xiaoqin looked up and saw the photo frame, as if she had discovered a new world.
"Yeah!" Hu Yufeng responded indifferently. I came here for quite some time before I discovered this!
"You, you went to night school? And you won a prize?" Qin Xiaoqin was unable to connect the mother in front of her with the mother in her memory.
Is this something an old mother would do? The awards on the wall reminded her that it was.
"It's issued by the commune. You are awesome..." Yang Xu also turned around to look at the certificate and praised sincerely.
"It's okay, come and eat..." Hu Yufeng said lightly.
Qin Xiaoqin had trouble eating for a while. How come I feel out of place in this family after only being married for four years?
The meal ended quickly.
*
Yang Xiu looked at the bright sunshine in the sky and asked Hu Yufeng for permission: "Mom, Xizi and I should go to the market to set up a stall today..."
I haven't opened my stall for half a month. Today is a good day so I'd like to go and check out the situation. If business picks up and the weather doesn’t bother us, we can set up our own stall.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had the same idea, and Hu Yufeng readily agreed: "Okay, you two go, and be careful at the market..."
"I know, Mom..."
"Grandma, you wash the pot..."
Xizi's cheerful voice also came from the kitchen. The two of them packed up their things quickly.
After a while, Qin Wenzhen's car stopped at the door. Several people hurried in and out to move things into the car, and then set off.
Qin Xiaoqin watched the busy crowd through the glass from beginning to end.
After seeing that everyone had left, he looked at Hu Yufeng:
"Mom, my brother and his wife are still setting up a stall at the market?"
"Yeah..." Hu Yufeng continued sweeping the floor after hearing that.
"So how's business?"
"good……"
"Do they give the money they earn to you or do they keep it for themselves?" Qin Xiaoqin's eyes sparkled.
"You asked last time, and you ask this time... Why are you asking about this? Whoever keeps it, it all belongs to the family..." Hu Yufeng didn't want to talk about this topic with her daughter.
But Qin Xiaoqin was very persistent. She looked around and whispered like a thief: "Mom, are you stupid? I heard that they are in contact with the people on the plateau. Do you still have a share if they keep it? I think you should not leave them a penny..."
Qin Xiaoqin didn't want to ask for money from her mother, she simply didn't want Yang Xiu to have an easy life.
"What nonsense are you talking about? We are all family. I was the one who asked them to go to the plateau. Don't make trouble for no reason..." Hu Yufeng stood up and said sternly.
"Mom, why can't you tell the difference between good and bad? I'm doing this for you. Don't be fooled by a few dollars. Maybe the couple uses the things at home to make money for themselves and give you a small amount. What do you know?"
Qin Xiaoqin didn't believe that the couple didn't have any private money hidden. At this moment, I feel quite disappointed with my mother.
Hu Yufeng was speechless: "You are pregnant, don't worry about these things, think more about the child... Do you still want to eat eggs? If you want to eat them, I will cook them for you..."
"I can't eat. Let's eat later..." Qin Xiaoqin was a little dissatisfied with her mother's reaction.
My old mother has suddenly changed in the past year or so. She is no longer the mother whom I believe unconditionally in everything she says.
Humph, it must be Yang Xiu. As soon as he made some money, he bribed his mother with small favors. My mother is the same, she is short-sighted and tries to curry favor with people who can make money!
Alas, my mother is useless now. When I return to my parents' home in the future, won't I have to live under Yang Xiu's mood? You wish! Thinking of this, Qin Xiaoqin showed disdain and her face darkened, feeling uneasy.
*
Yang Xiu, who was happily setting up the stall, had no idea that Qin Xiaoqin had imagined a big drama.
As soon as the sun came out, people who had been hibernating came out from every nook and cranny, scrambling to bask in the sun, as if they would get moldy if they were a moment late.
The street was crowded with people, all of them swaying in front of the stalls with their hands clasped.
Considering that Xizi is an illiterate who is unwilling to make progress, she will be the one to take charge of the dance today and Yang Xiu will collect the money.
I saw that Aunt Gu was the first customer at the stall.
"It's been a long time since we last met. I thought the weather was good today so you guys would come, and sure enough you came..." Aunt Gu said with a smile from a distance.
"Grandma Gu, how are you feeling recently? We didn't come because the weather was bad recently. You predicted everything right as soon as we set up our stall today. You might really be a fortune teller..." Yang Xiu greeted her with a smile.
“Haha… then I can also set up a stall to tell fortunes…” Aunt Gu laughed.
"What would you like to order today?" Yang Xiu asked after talking and laughing.
"Two pounds of soft fried dough twist, do you have any pumpkin left?"
"No, we've run out of pumpkins at home..."
"Then give me a pound of small fried dough twists. My old man loves to eat this... Forget it, two pounds. In case I'm not feeling well one day, you won't come again." Aunt Gu hesitated for a moment, then said firmly.
Yang Xiu weighed two kilograms of various kinds of food, and then grabbed two handfuls of small fried dough twists and put them into the bag: "This is my gift. It's cold recently, please take care of yourself!"
“You kid, you’re selling things for money…” Grandma Gu complained with a smile.
"You are not someone else, so just consider it as my filial respect. I've been thinking about you coming to my house to buy fried dough twists even when you are a hundred years old..." Yang Xiu handed the bag to the old lady.
The old lady loved to hear this and she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
*
Aunt Gu is indeed the lucky star of the Qin family. As soon as she started, customers came in droves and the fried dough twists were sold like water.
Xizi rubbed his arms so hard that he shook them: "My arms are so weak..."
Yang Xiu bought a bowl of dumplings from the next door and handed it to her: "Are you hungry? Eat a little first, I'll rub it for a while..."
Xizi took the bowl without hesitation and started eating happily.
Aunt Li, who was standing next to her, was drooling when she saw Xizi eating. "Are these dumplings delicious? I see this girl is eating them with such relish..."
Soon Aunt Li's husband also brought a bowl to her and said, "Here, eat..."
Aunt Li was stunned for a moment and complained: "Why are you wasting money? We can just make some at home..."
"I see you're drooling because of your greed. Eat quickly or it will get cold..." Uncle Li is a straightforward man and speaks in a blunt manner.
The feeling of gratitude that Aunt Li had just felt disappeared in an instant. She rolled her eyes at Uncle Li and reached out to snatch it away.
"Leave me a few ang..."
"You wish for it, you are not greedy..."
Although she said this, Aunt Li still left half for Uncle Li.
After finishing his meal, Xizi looked at the couple and showed a rare pensive expression.
"Sister-in-law, it's good to have a man..."
Yang Xiu also listened to the whole thing. When Xizi asked, he asked, "What's wrong? Do you miss Erbao?"
Xizi nodded: "I think he is a bit cowardly, but if I want to eat spicy food, he dares to secretly open my mother-in-law's cabinet."
"When you were talking to Auntie the other day, I thought you didn't like Erbao?"
"I just don't like him. He doesn't like to be clean. He blows his nose and wipes the snot on the soles of his shoes. He puts on his shoes and lies on the kang... Well, I won't say more. He's so dirty..." Xizi showed a disgusted expression.
Yang Xiu: It’s a bit disgusting to hear this. It’s hard for Xizi who loves cleanliness!
*
Yang Xiu and Xizi were busy at the market, and Hu Yufeng was not idle at home either.
She tried making fried tofu.
All the dried tofu from the summer sun has been sold out. Now that there are no new varieties, her income-generating plan is about to fail, so she has to come up with some substitutes quickly.
What can I do? I can only look through my prophetic dreams to see what rare things I have eaten in the second half of my life.
Bean curd sticks? Tofu skin? Fried tofu? Dried tofu?
Although I pulled out a lot of ideas from my mind, the me in the dream just took what was ready and had no idea how to do it.
Only dried tofu. The fresh tofu is fried until both sides are golden brown and crispy, then cut into strips and mixed with shredded potatoes, spinach, etc. It is a delicious and decent dish to entertain guests.
My family makes it every Chinese New Year. It’s simple, oil is still a precious commodity today.
Even now, many people in the team use oil to cook. They still stick a chopstick in the oil bottle and scratch the bottom of the pot twice, and that's considered adding oil.
More people eat lard. I was reluctant to scoop out even a spoonful of lard, so I just scraped a light layer and put it in the pot as a token of my appreciation.
There are almost no cars that consume as much fuel as mine.
Therefore, most families only make fried tofu during the Chinese New Year. We have the convenience at home, so maybe there will be a market for frying and selling them.
The oil used to fry fried dough twists at home is placed in a large basin every day. The clear oil on the top is scooped out and poured into an oil pot for daily consumption, and the black oil mud on the bottom is eaten by livestock and mixed with grass. In any case, no oil can be wasted.
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