Chapter 228 Pickled Preserved Eggs
After noon, there were fewer people in the shop, so Song Yuntang called Xu Qingye and Xu Wencheng to drive the mule cart back to the farm first.
Seeing Song Jinsheng helping with work in the wooden shed from afar, Song Yuntang walked over and asked.
"Second brother, have all the bricks and tiles been decided?"
"It's settled." When Song Jinsheng saw Song Yuntang coming over here, he quickly stood up, wiped his hands on his clothes, and walked towards her.
He took out a contract from his lapel and handed it to Song Yuntang.
"This is the contract signed with the kiln factory. The bricks and tiles are worth 46 taels of silver in total. I paid a deposit of 20 taels. Five days later, the bricks and tiles will be delivered and the balance will be paid after the number is counted. Please see if there is any problem."
Because the amount of money was so huge, he confirmed it again and again for fear of making any mistakes.
After all, he didn't understand this kind of contract very well, and he was afraid that he would mess up what Song Yuntang asked him to do, and she would suffer a loss and he would not be able to remedy the situation.
Song Yuntang took a look at it and put the contract away.
"The contract is fine, there's no need to be so nervous, brother."
Although Song Jinsheng is not a particularly smart person, it is always safer to let him spend the money than to let others do it, after all, he is my brother.
There may be more such things in the future.
Song Jinsheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Song Yuntang say that it was no problem.
"That's fine."
Song Yuntang looked at him and said, "Tomorrow's delivery to Wan Qingsi will probably require my second brother and Mu Dong to go together. When they come back, they can stop by the grocery store and Furongju. If they need to place an order, it will save their people from making another trip."
Song Jinsheng nodded quickly, "Okay."
He was very happy that his sister could continue to assign him tasks.
As if thinking of something, Song Yuntang looked at him again, "By the way, the yam that I ordered from the Wu family before should be delivered soon, right?"
Song Jinsheng nodded, "It will be delivered in early September. I was talking to Uncle Qiao this morning. We have stored thousands of hollow bamboo jars in the granary these days. We are not in a hurry to continue making them. We can turn over the acres of land on the farm when we have time. When the yams arrive, we can plant them. When Wu Wei is here, we can ask him directly if we don't understand anything."
"Second brother is still very thoughtful."
Song Yuntang took out another five taels of silver from his purse and gave it to Song Jinsheng.
"Tomorrow I will go to the county town with Xu Qingye to stay for a few days, so that I won't be there when Wu Wei comes. Take this silver, second brother. Four taels are the final payment for the yam, and the other one tael is your wages in late August. I still have to prepare the goods for tomorrow, so I won't say more to you, second brother."
Song Jinsheng pushed the silver toward her and said, "I haven't done much work in the past half month..."
Song Yuntang interrupted him.
"You were beaten by the Huang family because of me, so it can be considered a work injury. You are recovering at home, so I should still pay you wages, right? Besides, my second brother didn't rest for a few days after his injury. Besides, you gave all the money to mother. Although you have food, drink and a place to sleep on the farm, you always need to spend money on your own."
For example, buy some preserved fruits for a little girl.
It depends on whether the second brother can wake up.
Song Jinsheng was helpless.
"How can you pay for work when you have nothing to do? You are just taking advantage of it."
"Suffering a loss is a blessing." She turned and walked towards the courtyard, "I have to get busy."
Looking at her back, Song Jinsheng squeezed the five taels of silver in his hand, put it carefully into his pocket, and went back to the wooden shed to work.
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Song Yuntang returned to the courtyard and first boiled a pot of shampoo for Wan Qingsi according to the recipe they had agreed on before.
Then he took out the two hundred duck eggs that he brought back from the farm in the morning.
She remembered that she had learned how to pickle preserved eggs in biology class in high school. The teacher at that time valued hands-on ability and even led them to practice. Now, it has only been a few years since she graduated from high school, and the recipe for preserved eggs is not complicated, so she can still remember the general idea.
If Uncle Chang hadn't mentioned today that she could buy chicken and duck eggs from him, she wouldn't have remembered that she could pickle century eggs.
In the past, the recipes for the preserved eggs sold in stores were unknown, but the homemade method was very simple, and the ingredients needed were readily available in the farm. Most importantly, the preserved eggs you make yourself do not contain lead.
"It seems that salt, liquor, wood ash, quicklime, alkali, black tea, and rice husks were used at that time."
While counting carefully, Song Yuntang collected the existing materials on the farm into the small courtyard.
Except black tea, we have everything else.
Quicklime was used to renovate the courtyard before, and the lime sink next to the courtyard is still dry.
The main purpose of using black tea to make preserved eggs in the previous life was that the tea tannins in the black tea could help the protein coagulate. However, tea tannins are not exclusive to black tea, but are contained in all teas, so the ordinary tea that Aunt Miao usually drinks will also do.
Thinking of this, Song Yuntang came to the kitchen.
Miao was looking at the fire in the stove at this moment.
"What are you looking for, girl?"
Song Yuntang looked at her, "Aunt Miao, can you give me some of the tea you drink?"
Miao stood up quickly, took down the basket hanging by the kitchen window, took out a pottery jar and handed it to Song Yuntang, "Of course, but the tea I drink is bad, I'm afraid you are not used to it."
"I don't drink much tea on weekdays, and this time I want tea leaves not to make water to drink." Song Yuntang smiled and grabbed a handful of tea from the pottery jar, "I will return it to Aunt Miao after I buy some tea leaves."
Miao waved her hands and said, "No need for that. It's not a very expensive item. I'm so happy that the young lady can use my tea leaves."
"Then I'll go take care of my own business."
Song Yuntang turned around and walked two steps, then looked back at her and said, "By the way, I gave the monthly allowances to Brother Fang and his family yesterday. I will give them to Aunt Miao and Tu Shi together when we have dinner later. I said before that I would give Aunt Miao 600 coins a month, but now there are so many chickens and ducks on the farm, and I have to take care of the work in the fields, so I will still give Aunt Miao 800 coins."
When Miao heard this, she was delighted.
"Thank you, girl!"
Song Yuntang smiled and left the kitchen.
She poured a large basin of water and cleaned the duck eggs one by one with cotton cloth.
Xu Wencheng walked around and came to the courtyard. Seeing Song Yuntang washing duck eggs, he hurried over to help.
"Sister-in-law, why didn't you call us when you have work?"
He squatted down, tore off a piece of cotton cloth from a piece of rotten clothes next to him and began to scrub the duck eggs.
"The work wasn't hard, and it wasn't much. I thought I could finish it by myself, so I didn't ask for help." Song Yuntang looked at him with a smile, "Like in the morning, if there was work I couldn't do, I would definitely ask for help."
Xu Wencheng looked at her smiling face and was slightly stunned.
"But even so, I'm still free, and my sister-in-law can definitely ask me, a free man, to help."
Song Yuntang pursed his lips.
"Aren't you here to help?"
Xu Wencheng chuckled, "If my sister-in-law yells, I can come even faster."
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