CH 47.2

This was also done to make the villagers who came to borrow money less talkative, otherwise the person who borrowed money would be: ah, your family eat fish and meat, so there must be a lot of money left over, and my family doesn’t even have enough to eat. If you don't lend me some, then I will definitely not leave.

As they spoke, they cried sadly, and some even dragged their children or their daughters, and cried together when they cried. In short, they were not afraid of embarrassing the children, and only thought to make a big fuss.

After stewing the meat and vegetables, it was already midnight, and the couple put the meat to dry in the Shaoji before going to sleep.

[筲箕 shāo jī: bamboo basket for rice-washing]

They slept two hours later than usual and they woke up early in the morning and went to the city with their things. They stayed outside for a long time, so the borrower couldn't find anyone at home.

All the money earned yesterday was spent, and another income was made. Knowing the heavy taxation, Xu He became even more anxious about earning money.

He didn't get enough sleep at night, and his eyes were a little swollen and sore. He didn't sleep much at Xu's house before, but he didn't feel too uncomfortable. When he went to Zhang's house, he slept comfortably, but suddenly he didn't get enough sleep. He didn't get used to it for a while.

But he didn't indulge in discomfort, and soon threw himself into selling lo mei.

"This stewed pig's trotter is really delicious and chewy. Chop it into pieces and send it to the Zuifang Building in the front."

"Okay, just wait a moment."

The customers Xu He met today were all buying a lot, most of them bought half a catty, which was the blessing from the restaurant in the east and the teahouse and theater in the west.

It was inconvenient for him to leave the stall too far, and he didn't want to go in and out of those places, so he had to lower the income and called an errand boy. He would look for him whenever he had time, and the errand boy agreed to pay for a copper coin for every trip.

Xu He felt that as long as he worked hard in the city, he could earn a little money for anything he did, but relatively everything cost money, if you didn’t save a little, you could spend a lot of money in a day, and it was no wonder that Zhang Fangyuan, who could make money, couldn’t save money.

The pig's trotters and pig's tail were marinated and they were delicious, more delicious than pig's head meat, not at all greasy, and they were all good things to accompany the wine and chatter.

In addition, he cut the spare ribs one by one, put them in oil paper bags, and you could chew them. The more you chewed, the more delicious they became.

However, Xu He found that most of the people who came to buy pig's trotters and ribs were men, while girls and gers wouldn’t eat them on the street even if they bought them, and felt that they were not elegant enough.

What was interesting was that the young lady parked the carriage far away, while sitting in the sedan chair she sent a maid and servant to buy it back, and hid in the sedan chair to eat with her mouth full of oil.

At noon, Xu He's lo mei was still sold out, even earlier than yesterday.

In fact, the weight of his lo mei was about the same as yesterday, but the varieties were different. These were more like snacks rather than something to take home for dinner, which seemed to be more liked by the customers here.

Xu He felt that since it was so easy to sell, the next time the family went to buy and slaughtere the pig, he would just marinate all the pigs in the brine at once, and sold some in the morning.

He still didn't plan to go to other stalls to buy pig intestines, first, the cost was high, and second, it was not practical for two people to come to the city every day to do business.

Things at home still have to be handled by someone, like melons, fruits and vegetables in the fields, firewood collection in the mountains... In short, there were a lot of things in the village.

The life of the couple was good, but after all, there were not many people. Nowadays was very good, since they could go to the city to make money, they could manage the matters in the village while they waited for the next time to buy pig.

"Sold for three hundred and eighty copper coins today." Xu He was counting the money on the chair behind Zhang Fangyuan's stall. The big man stood and cut the meat for the customers who ordered the meat, just blocking him, so no one could see him counting the money: "It's eighty copper coins more than yesterday!"

"Pork ribs, pig's trotters, and pig's tongue were all expensive, so it's naturally more expensive than yesterday."

"In order to sell the pig's tongue, I also specially adjusted the spiciness, it 's really expensive, but it’s not in vain.” Xu He said, “In addition to the oil paper at the stall, I also gave the errand boy at least 12 copper coins, which is a good money for him.”

After Zhang Fangyuan cut the meat and put it away, he also sat next to Xu He suddenly, Xu He felt a large hot stone sticking to him, and he flinched: "You are too hot."

"You still hate me for occupying my position." Zhang Fangyuan raised the hem of his clothes, took a cattail leaf fan and fanned him, and leaned on the chair: "I feel that every time you are here, the business at the stall is going to get worse."

Hearing that Xu He put the money away, he squinted at Zhang Fangyuan: "You always lie here like an arrogant idler old man, not at all like a serious businessman. Sometimes it's windy, sometimes it's raining, and now when the business is bad, you blame me!"

Zhang Fangyuan laughed, and said after a while: "I'm serious."

He covered his mouth with his big hand and whispered in Xu He's ear

: "Those little widows and fulangs usually comes here to buy things."

"You’re shameless!" Xu He pushed him, but he didn't move at all: "Then I'll go back, and I won't hinder your business."

"Don't..." Zhang Fang couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly pulled Xu He who was about to get up: "I'll fan you, you didn't sleep well last night, squint for a while, your eyes are black and blue."

"Where can you see my eyes are black and blue, nonsense." Xu He turned his face away, he was dark, how could he see the black and blue in his eyes after not sleeping well all night.

"I'm serious, go home and look in the mirror."

"I'm not that stinky." Xu He got up from his chair, "It will be summer, I'll go buy two pieces of cloth to make two clothes for you "

"You also make two clothes."

Xu He was about to open his mouth to say something, Zhang Fangyuan said first: "I will have a birthday in a while, make two decent clothes, and I will take you to eat at a restaurant."

Xu He suddenly swallowed back the words that he still had clothes to wear: "Okay."