A few days before the New Year's Eve, Xi Yanqing made three more ice creams, about 900 sticks, and this was the last batch he made this year.
During the Spring Festival in Yuqingguo, everyone also rested for about ten days, and during these ten days, generally no one did business.
Xi Yanqing plans to have a holiday after this batch is finished. Just in time to prepare some New Year's goods, he will stop by Shifu.
Luo Fei felt that there was nothing to give to the Shi family, so he quickly got Xiao Changle a red jacket and a purse with a zodiac sign. Xi Yanqing brought the ice cream along with him, and after the delivery, he talked to Shi Shi about his thoughts.
"You mean to teach the people under me how to make ice cream in the future?" Shi Shi asked while showing three ice cellar designs to Xi Yanqing.
"Yes. I didn't think I could find tooth powder before, and I wasn't sure if it could actually make ice, so I didn't think I could sell ice cream in summer." Xi Yanqing smiled modestly, "I was thinking about this at the time. Don't be too idle for a winter, anyway, make some money to live. But now that you can make ice cream, and you can continue to sell ice cream in summer, then I'd better let Brother Shi lead someone to make this recipe. It's just me there. Luo Fei is inconvenient now, and even if we find relatives and friends, we can't do much, and we can't make much. But if you do it, Brother Shi, these will definitely not be a problem. "
"Brother Xi, to be honest, I talked to your brother Li before about asking you for a recipe. But after all, you and Luo Fei came up with it, and your brother Li does not recommend that I ask you for a recipe. Shi Shi sighed, "He's a guy, friends can get benefits from him, but he won't take the initiative to do things for profit, even if our original intention is to hope that everyone will get better and better, he also thinks that is contrary to Principles of what he does."
"Brother Li really thinks more. But I let this recipe out just like what you said, Brother Shi. I hope everyone will get better and better. This is a sharing of resources, so let's maximize the benefits, in fact, there is no harm. "
"Resource sharing and profit maximization?"
"Yes, it is to share the assets, knowledge, items, etc. that can be used with everyone, so as to make more and more benefits." Xi Yanqing remembered that there seems to be no word "resource" here? At least he's never heard of it here.
"It's an interesting statement." Shi Shi said, "Since that's the case, let's talk about the details after that year. Now that you've taken the initiative, your big brother Li should not say anything more. I'll think about who will take over the job when I look back. One piece. Brother Xi, don’t worry, my brother will never treat you badly.”
"Okay, then I'm still rushing to buy some New Year's goods, so I won't stay here for a long time. I wish Brother Shi an early year in advance." Xi Yanqing clasped his fists.
"Also give Brother Xi an early life in advance, and Brother Xi will take it to Brother Luo Fei for me and Siyuan." After Shi Shi finished speaking, he called the housekeeper, "Uncle Zhang, bring the things to Brother Xi."
"What?" Xi Yanqing wondered.
"A little New Year's goods. If it wasn't for Siyuan's inconvenience, I wanted to send it to you personally, but when you came, I wouldn't have passed."
"Thank you Big Brother Shi and Big Brother Li." Xi Yanqing waited for a while, thinking that it should be some snacks for the New Year's festival, but the butler moved here with two buddies, and there were two boxes full of them. The big wooden box that holds the dowry in the costume drama!
"This..." Xi Yanqing couldn't help laughing, "Brother Shi, this is too much." How about a better point? What else did he buy after putting these two boxes away? !
"Not much." Li Siyuan came out slowly, "It's all something to eat, many of which are specialties sent by friends, and it happened that everyone could try it together. There were also a few crabs in it. This thing was so cold that Luo Fei made it. Eat less."
"Okay, then it's better to be respectful than to obey, my brother will not be polite to the two brothers." Xi Yanqing watched the guys help him move the box out, and then used a cart to help him to the ox cart parked outside the town. . When he came out today, he came out with Luo Ji and Li Yuehua. His mother-in-law and eldest brother-in-law also bought New Year's goods. When he went to Shifu, he was visiting the market.
"Yanqing, what is this?" Li Yuehua asked curiously.
"It's some New Year's goods from Shifu." Seeing that the box was sealed, Xi Yanqing didn't plan to open it. But this box is so big, and it is estimated that there must be a lot of food in it. He doesn't plan to buy it as planned. He just buys what is necessary, such as beef, pork, and firecrackers. Anyway, new clothes are all new. When it's done, new shoes are bought, and the food is done. Speaking of which, I haven't heard the sound of firecrackers in the city for a long time, so I can put enough of it now!
"By the way, eldest brother, did you buy the red paper?" Xi Yanqing almost forgot, they still had to write Spring Festival couplets.
"I bought it, I bought a roll." Luo Ji still remembered that he used to write Spring Festival couplets at the village chief's house, and Zhang Yangfan gave it to his family last year. I originally thought that I would have to go to the village chief's house again this year, but now I don't need it, and Xi Yanqing can write.
Along the way, Xi Yanqing pondered what kind of Spring Festival couplets to write, chatted with Luo Ji and Li Yuehua by the way, and rushed home quickly.
The ox cart arrived at Luo's house first, Li Yuehua transported all the things she bought, and then Luo Ji and Xi Yanqing went to Xi Yanqing's place. Luo Ji helped Xi Yanqing to move the box out of the car. He originally planned to drive the ox cart back, but Xi Yanqing did not let it go.
After Xi Yanqing told Luo Fei that there were New Year's gifts from Shifu, he opened it and divided some of the items that could be distributed to the Luo family, such as venison, crab, pork, and a roast duck. There are several kinds of snacks, frozen fish, flour...
There is no need to buy New Year's goods at all, it is completely the top version of New Year's goods.
Roger said repeatedly: "Enough is enough, Brother Xi, keep it for you."
Luo Fei sat on one of the empty boxes: "There are so many, how can I finish it, brother, just take it."
Xi Yanqing took out about a quarter of it, and the rest was going to be given to Han Yang and Han Xu's family. As for Luo Yong and Jing Rong, needless to say, they must come to his house to celebrate the New Year together, so they can eat here, or at most make ready-made ones for them.
"I told Brother Shi and the others about the ice cream?" Luo Fei asked Xi Yanqing after waiting for Luo Ji to go back.
"Yeah. I guessed right before. Big Brother Shi had such an idea, but it's hard to say. But we didn't discuss it in detail. We'll talk about the details after the year." Xi Yanqing put pork chops, crabs, deer legs, etc They put them outside to freeze, and then put the snacks in a cool and ventilated place, "Daughter-in-law, can you cut the paper for me after dinner? I'll write some couplets for the Spring Festival."
"Okay, I want to draw something else. Brother Qing, do you think we can make window grilles? I'll draw it, and you can carve it with a knife. I saw how it was done when Han Xu got married before." Luo Fei I have pictures in my head.
"Yes, as long as you tell me which part needs to be cut off." Xi Yan took off his thick clothes and sat on the kang for a while. Luo Feite thoughtfully helped him put dinner on the kang table, including steamed buns and cabbage ball soup. The soup was made after he came back, so the meatballs didn't fall apart at all, and it tasted very fragrant, and the shredded cabbage soaked up the soup, and it tasted very delicious.
"The whole village is probably the only one that eats so well, thanks to Brother Qing." Luo Fei had been waiting for Xi Yanqing before, and then he ate with him and had a sip of soup.
"I think you are the lucky star. If I didn't know Shi Shi and Li Siyuan because of selling purses at the beginning, things behind us might not have been so smooth." Xi Yanqing smiled, "Speaking of this, this seems to be the first time in my adult life. Someone to accompany us for the New Year."
"Ah? No way..." Luo Fei was a little surprised, "Aren't you going to Liang Boyuan's house?"
"I went there once. But how do I put it, there is a feeling that I can't fit in." Xi Yanqing still remembers that he went there two days ago, because his aunt had always let him go there, and it happened that he had a hand in that year. Got some injuries and rested, so I went. But then I found out that I am not used to it. Because his uncle is the eldest in the family and is in charge of a big company, many relatives came to the house during the festival. And he was very uncomfortable there, as if he was in two worlds with them. Especially when everyone talked about past events, he could only sit there and listen. In fact, he could feel that only his aunt and Liang Boyuan really welcomed him, others...
"Where there are many people, there will be more troubles. But it doesn't matter, I will accompany you in the future." Luo Fei scooped two balls for Xi Yanqing, "No, it should be us."
"Yes, we can't leave our children behind." Xi Yanqing smiled and looked at Luo Fei's belly, "Did you feel it, daughter-in-law? Your belly seems to be bigger now than it used to be." It used to be when you were full. My stomach is a little bigger, and now I feel a little swollen whether I am full or not.
"It's also normal... I hope it's not me who is fat!" Luo Fei didn't dare to poke hard, but he also noticed that his belly was getting bigger, commonly known as: starting to show his arms.
Xi Yanqing looked at it for a while longer, and when he finished eating the things in his hand, he went to clean up. And Luo Fei paused for a moment to cut the paper. He calculated how big the paper was and how many pairs of Spring Festival couplets he could cut out, and then printed it on the line, trying not to waste it.
After Xi Yanqing finished cleaning the bowls, he returned to the house and wrote the contents of the Spring Festival couplets that he thought about on the road on a piece of scrap paper for Luo Fei to choose.
Luo Fei looked at it and picked it out: The family is happy and rich, and the Year of the Dog will be prosperous. Horizontal criticism: Joy is always there.
Xi Yanqing held Luo Fei's hand, wrote the Spring Festival couplets together, and let them dry naturally. After that, the young couple chatted and slept early.
It's really good to rest for a few days now.
Qingqing really thought about it before going to bed. Who would have expected Jing Rong to say that he was going to slaughter a sheep the next day.
Now that's it, killing sheep, burning wool, boiling hot water, dividing meat... Xi Yanqing has been busy for another day. When he waited until the afternoon, he thought that he could have a good rest now, right? Who knew that there were so many people who wanted to write Spring Festival couplets!
Originally, no one outside knew that Xi Yanqing would write Spring Festival couplets, but Li Yuehua inadvertently mentioned that this year's Spring Festival couplets would be written by Xi Yanqing. Who told Xi Yanqing to be kind? As long as he doesn't have grudges on weekdays, he will definitely help.
There are more than 40 households in the village, and Xi Yanqing has almost shared half of the burden. It is not enough to write it in my head.
"I knew I should have called your kid for help, so I could write less." Xi Yanqing stared at Jing Rong across the table. His family divided half of the sheep, and then Jing Rong and Luo Yong came to him to eat mutton and drink mutton soup.
"Those who are capable will work harder. For twenty or so Spring Festival couplets, isn't it just a matter of raising your arms?" Jing Rong said, "When are you making dumplings? I can come and help."
"You can make dumplings?" Luo Fei asked.
"I can roll out the skin. The bag is not very good, and it is easy to break."
"That's okay. I can't make the dumpling skins! That's for sure, you all come to help when making dumplings! Brother Qing chops the stuffing, and Luo Yong can make noodles?" Luo Fei said, "It's better to wrap me. It can be wrapped very quickly, let’s wrap more, freeze it, and cook it whenever you want.” The temperature here, after wrapping the dumplings and putting them outside, they will be completely frozen in a while, and the outside is just a Natural large refrigerator!
"Then why don't you just tomorrow?" Luo Yong said, "I've been craving for dumplings for a long time."
"Then I'll come over when I finish herding the sheep tomorrow." Jing Rong said, "Tomorrow, I'll have a shorter period of time." In fact, there's not much to eat outside, but the sheep have to go out and run every day. Running, loosening the muscles and bones, is just like a human being, it is not good for a long time, and it is easy to get sick.
"Then I'll go and bring the meat into the house in a while." Xi Yanqing reckoned that his pork would take a whole night to melt in the house. The gifts he received at home, plus the ones he bought himself, were large pieces of pork. There was a piece of raffia that was cut up, and it was said that it was taken and melted when it was eaten. There is also a large piece of uncut. Use this to make dumplings!
About two large pieces of pork can make a lot of dumplings.
When Luo Fei first came, he always thought about when he would be able to eat well, but he did not expect to be able to eat so well in the first year. Although it is not always possible to eat like this, it is also very happy to have such a rich year! It also gives people more hope for the future.
Early the next morning, Xi Yanqing got up and washed and chopped the meat, while Luo Yong kneaded a large pot of noodles. Before Jing Rong went to herd the sheep, the three brothers were busy first. Luo Fei washed the green onions and cleaned the cabbage, and asked Xi Yanqing to chop them into pieces. They want to make cabbage pork dumplings.
Luo Yong put his face aside: "Brother Xi, do you want me to raise sheep with Jing Rong?"
This time Xi Yanqing and Luo Fei were selling ice cream as a wake-up call to Luo Yong. He can't just think about farming. When he builds a house here, he will be able to get two or three acres of land, but it is too difficult to live a good life by farming alone, unless the family really has dozens of acres of land, and Tax free. But he didn't recognize a few of his big words. In this life, he didn't need to think about being admitted to a scholar, so he didn't need to think about tax exemption. Then you have to find a way elsewhere.
In short, you can't wrong your daughter-in-law and children, right? This is what Xi Yanqing said, and he also feels it makes sense. A big man, if he can't let his daughter-in-law and children live in peace, what's his skill
Xi Yanqing had thought about raising sheep before, but he knew too little about this business, so he said, "I don't understand this, so I need to ask Jing Rong. Besides, who do you sell to after raising sheep? Are you going to sell it at the market or give it to a restaurant? At least you have to tell people about it before you send it to the restaurant, otherwise people won't accept it. Or sell milk sheep?"
"The milk sheep can't be sold. How can there be any milk sheep now?" Luo Yong said, "Brother Xi, you don't know, the number of sheep that Jing Rong's bastards give to Jing Rong are not many, and most of them are rams. Of all the sheep, only the two that were given to you were calves. There were also a few ewes that did not have calves. He now has forty-four sheep, of which more than 30 are males."
"Then how about breeding now? Is it too late?"
"It's hard to say. Anyway, the best time for breeding must have passed. Jing Rong told me about this before. He said that the best time to breed sheep is around October, because it is the fifth month of pregnancy, around October, and next year. In the spring, the cubs are born just in time to catch up with the weather getting warmer, and the grass outside can start to grow. This way the ewes can eat more milk from the fresh grass, and the lambs can grow better. He has been thinking about it lately. Breeding sheep, but I don't know if it will work."
"Let's discuss when he comes." Xi Yanqing said, "After the new year, I want to get more fruit tree seedlings. Maybe we can try raising dairy cows." Since Shi Shi will still sell ice cream in the future, Why don't they try raising their own cows? Although Jing Rong has never raised dairy cows, no one is born to be able to do everything, so he can't learn!
"Brother Qing, what do you mean... We will try to supply the raw materials for making ice cream in the future?" Luo Fei thought of this for the first time. Otherwise, why would they raise cows to grow fruit? You don't need to make so much to eat at home, right
"That's right. We don't plan to make ice cream anymore, but if we can supply raw materials, we should be able to make a lot of money. We can grow fruit, milk milk, we can also raise chickens and sell eggs!" Xi Yanqing said, "That's right. , why can't we get a diverse ranch by ourselves?!" There are so many people here, and the place is so good, you can try it boldly!
"When Jingrong comes, let's think about it, what will we do next year!"