Last year, Luo Fei was mostly busy with winter vegetables because Xi Yanqing was busy with outside work. And this year, the outside work is basically covered, so everyone who gets winter vegetables can come together.
Xi Yanqing and Luo Yong dug the potatoes, Luo Fei and Luo Ru picked them up and put them away, cleaned up the clay on the skin, and divided the size of the potatoes. The big ones are kept for the winter, and the small ones are ready to be cooked, sliced and dried.
Luo Fei wanted to dry more dried potatoes, radish sticks, and eggplants this year, because he found that Xi Yanqing liked these dried vegetables, and Xi Yanqing liked the feeling of chewing and toughness.
Luo Ru used to dry vegetables at home, so she went with Luo Fei. The two found a sunny day, washed the small potatoes they picked out, put them in a large pot and cooked them, let them cool and cut them into slices.
When Xi Yanqing and Luo Yong saw that the vegetable drying curtain was not enough, they went to get some wormwood poles. Luo Yong herded the sheep, and when Xi Yanqing cut the wormwood poles. He picked straight and long ones, and after Luo Yong finished putting the sheep, he took them home to clean them up, and weaved a few more curtains. The workmanship isn't great, but it's perfectly fine to use. The most pleasing thing is that the dried potatoes on the top still have a faint aroma of wormwood.
After Luo Fei and Luo Ru finished drying the dried potatoes, they began to cut radish strips. They not only made them for themselves, but also made some for Jing Rong. At first, Luo Ru felt that it was unnecessary. Anyway, Jing Rong didn't know how to cook food. After they finished it, they could make it ready-made for Jing Rong, but they never beat Luo Fei.
Luo Fei felt that Jing Rong had to learn how to cook sooner or later, otherwise what would he do with his big brother in the future? You can't eat here all the time. He didn't mind that, but if everyone was always together, it would be less fun for the couple to live alone. So let Jingrong learn how to make pickles.
Of course, this cannot be said directly to Luo Ru now.
Luo Ru is a kind girl. Even if she knows about Jingrong and Luo Ji, she may not tell the family about it, but she will be tangled in the middle. After all, one is the parents and the other is the elder brother, so Luo Fei feels that Let her know better later.
"Second brother, do all these duck eggs have to be pickled?" Luo Ru hasn't been able to raise ducks since she got married, and now she is helping to brush eggs from ducks raised by Luo Fei. There are green shells and white shells, and they are not small.
"Well, pickled for the winter and eat. There are still some to give away." The weather was cool, so he saved more. If he added a piece, he could have about 80 eggs. He planned to pickle them all, and then everyone would share them. Next year, he plans to raise more ducks. The salted duck eggs are very popular, but the eggs laid by ten ducks are not enough.
"Ha, you see the little tiger is greedy." Luo Ru smiled and looked at her nephew. This fat boy can eat very well. Recently, I know that it is because of teething or something. He is so greedy for everything. It's time to stretch out your little hand to get enough duck eggs.
"Go!" The little tiger sat on the chair, leaning against the quilt, "Go!"
"Hey?! What was your name, little tiger?" Luo Fei was shocked, Dad? !
"Come on!" The little tiger patted the armrest of the chair, "Da da da!"
"Well, what is it?" Luo Ru was a little confused.
"He may be calling Dad, and your brother Xi always taught him that." Luo Fei quickly wiped his hands on his apron, picked up the little tiger, and went to the backyard to find Xi Yanqing, and asked Xi Yanqing to listen. "Brother Qing, see what your son will be called."
"Let's go!" Little Tiger opened his arms towards Xiyanqing, "Go on!"
"Hey!" Xi Yanqing was stunned for a moment, and then responded with a particularly heavy voice. After hugging the little tiger, he was so excited, "Good son, call Dad again."
"Da da da!" The little tiger showed four small deciduous teeth, and only a white edge was exposed on the upper deciduous teeth, and they were not fully grown. "Giggle!"
"It's not da da da cluck, it's daddy, please call me daddy again." Xi Yanqing stopped accepting the grape seedlings, holding the little tiger and letting him ride the big neck, teasing him.
"Da da!"
"Pfft, it's alright. Then you two go kiss, and I'll go brush my duck eggs." Luo Fei smiled and also became happy. I don't know why, but it seems to make him happier when he hears the little tiger calling his father rather than his father. Although the little tiger doesn't seem to be able to connect characters and titles, it may still be at the stage of babbling. But don't mind him, Xi Yanqing thinks it's "Dad"!
Luo Fei threw his little tail out and continued to brush his duck eggs. After it was done, he found a suitable place to dry the eggshells, and then he went to boil the salt water.
Xi Yanqing coaxed for a long time and couldn't make the little tiger call "Dad" again, but he was not discouraged. He went into the house and took the sling and put the little tiger on his back, and then continued to collect his grape seedlings. During the process of harvesting the seedlings, he had been guiding the little tiger, but the little tiger didn't bark any more, but became impatient with the words "call dad", and gave Xiyan a bath of urine.
No way, Xi Yanqing had to send the little guy into the house to change the diaper.
Luo Fei just rolled the duck eggs with white wine. He took the little tiger: "Brother Qing, is it time for our shop to collect rent?"
I remember that last year was also harvested around the Mid-Autumn Festival. Recently, I was busy with the holidays and Luo Ru's marriage, so I forgot about it.
Xi Yanqing was still thinking about telling Luo Fei about this at night, and nodded when he heard the words: "It's time to collect the rent, but I haven't decided whether to continue renting or take it back and let's do something ourselves."
From the current point of view, it is good to have a hot pot restaurant in the town, but this year, the time to plant peppers is too late, and it is not much. In addition, there are not many sheep, and they have to be kept for breeding. Then the rest is to sell ice cream or meat, haggis or something.
"I have an idea, see if you can do it." Xi Yanqing pulled Luo Fei to sit down, "Big Brother Wan opened a shop to sell meat, isn't that shop also rented, why don't we just rent our shop to him at a cheaper price? The shop he rents now is small, so it's okay to sell some meat or something. In fact, it's a bit difficult to sell haggis. Let's rent the shop to him, let him sell haggis at the same time as meat, and he can also sell haggis. Selling ice cream or something. Now all the restaurants in town sell our ice cream, and there is no shop dedicated to selling ice cream, but I think it is quite inconvenient. Brother Shi also mentioned it before, saying that we will set up a few more in the future. Branch. If you want me to say, why don't we diversify our store a little bit and sell all kinds of frozen food, such as ice cream, meat, and the fruit stuffed dumplings that you made, my wife, I think they can also be sold. In this way, we can also make more profits, and Big Brother Wan can also draw some from it."
"Then go back and ask Brother Shi and Brother Wan. The most important thing is to amplify everyone's interests." Luo Fei slapped Xi Yanqing with his elbow after finishing speaking, "Fruit dumplings are my unique secret skill, so I'm thinking about it so soon. up?"
"Who told you to make it delicious." Xi Yanqing kissed Luo Fei across the little tiger, "If you want to make more, it is definitely impossible, after all, there are not so many raw materials. But it will be out in time for the festival. A batch of goods, I think, should be able to make a lot of money."
The fruit trees transplanted this year really didn't bear much fruit, so the most are the nightshade fruit planted in large quantities. In addition to sending them to Shi Shi and the others to make ice cream, Xi Yanqing also kept some for himself, which was taken by Luo Fei. Made into jam and frozen, you can use it when you want to make glutinous rice balls.
Next year, Xi Yanqing plans to plant more nightshade, and continue to plant grape seedlings, raspberry seedlings, and blueberry seedlings.
After all these are done, they are all money, and there are many benefits.
Luo Fei had no objection, and waved his hand: "Brother Qing, you can make up your mind, I just make tricks and collect money, and don't care about anything else."
Xi Yanqing smiled and said yes, and planned to ask after Wan Dayun came.
Before Jing Rong left, she explained to Xi Yanqing, which two sheep did Wan Dayun come to sell during his absence. There is also a mark on the sheep, so Xi Yanqing will not sell it wrong.
So Wan Dayun came back three days later, and Xi Yanqing sold the two sheep that Jing Rong had mentioned to Wan Dayun. Wan Dayun gave Xi Yanqing money, and at the same time raised the issue of the sales of haggis.
When the weather is hot, it is generally less common to eat mutton than in autumn and winter, and the same is true of haggis, because everyone knows that eating too much mutton gets angry. Some people may like to try something fresh, so they buy it and eat it, but if it is said to be eaten regularly, it is unlikely. But if it's cold today, it will be different. Many wealthy families want to eat some mutton to warm up, and haggis is also one of the choices. Therefore, there is almost no time for leisure in Wan Dayun's butcher's shop. In addition to selling meat, he also sells haggis, and the shop was extremely lively that day.
"Fortunately, Damei is sensible and can help me. She sells all the haggis recently." Wan Dayun thought of his eldest daughter, and was also quite relieved, "By the way, Brother Xi, when will Brother Jingrong come back? Yang Ke bought it?"
"I'm not sure when I'll be back. But it shouldn't take too long. Isn't it time to breed the sheep? I guess it's time to return in three or five days at most." Xi After the banquet was settled, Jing Rong had been gone for five days, but there was no news at all. I don't know if buying sheep is not smooth or it is difficult to travel on the road.
"Yesterday, an old customer came over and asked me if I could order a whole head of sheep, saying that it would be used during the Chinese New Year." Wan Dayun said, "I don't know if I can still produce sheep a few years ago. So Xingsi asks Brother Jingrong first."
"This matter will have to wait for him to come back, and I don't know if I can come out." Xiyan counted, Jing Rong still had twenty-one sheep left, of which the ewes added only six new ones. , the rest are all rams. There are definitely rams that can come out, but he doesn't know which one can come out.
"Then I'll come back in a few days." Wan Dayun said that he was about to go back.
"Brother Wan, hold on, I have something else to do." Xi Yanqing told Wan Dayun what he thought, "I don't know how long it will take for the shop you rented to expire. If time is running out, then you can consider it. consider."
"This..." Wan Dayun didn't feel embarrassed to say, he just paid the rent for this year, and the landlord didn't like to rent him anymore. If it weren't for the fact that he met Xi Yanqing and Luo Fei, he wouldn't have been able to hand over the rent this year.
"Don't be in a hurry to reply. It just so happens that I have to go to Shifu in two days. You can send me a letter then." Xi Yanqing said and took some radish sticks that he had dried at home to Wan Dayun.
"Then, I'll answer you in two days." Wan Dayun took the carrot stick, "Thank you Brother Xi and Brother Luo Fei."
"You're welcome, and it's not rare." Luo Fei said with a smile, "If Big Brother Wan thinks it's delicious, just come back and get it. My family has a lot of sun this year."
"Okay, then I'll go back first." Wan Dayun walked and stopped, "By the way, Brother Xi, if Brother Jingrong comes back early, you can ask him to help me choose two more sheep as soon as possible."
"Sure. If he comes back early, next time I go, I'll take the sheep directly to you." Xi Yanqing waved his hand, called back the Huadou and Soybean that were chased, looked at Luo Fei suspiciously, and whispered : "Daughter-in-law, you said that eldest brother and Jingrong are not happy and don't want to go home, right?!"
"Can't you?" Luo Fei thought about it, and was a little unsure. The key is his big brother, it's a bit unexpected. If you are not sure, I will quietly take Jing Rong and walk home while playing.
Luo Fei had a wicked smile on his lips, but he didn't know that this time he really misunderstood.
It's not that Luo Ji and Jing Rong are not in a hurry to go home, but they have been at their destination for a few days, but they haven't bought the sheep yet. Jing Rong's half-brother took over the Jing's ranch, and when he learned that Jing Rong was back, he told the surrounding herdsmen that no one would sell the sheep to Jing Rong.