Eldest Sister, Why Haven’t You Married Yet

Chapter 66: Harvest

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In the golden autumn season, autumn is high and airy.

From the Nancheng Gate of Luohe Prefecture, go all the way to the south. In the rice fields on both sides of Wuliqiao River, the golden ears of rice have already bowed their heads. The cool autumn wind blows, and there is a sound of clattering. It is the joy of a bumper harvest. The autumn harvest season is the most anticipated time of the year for the Zhuang households.

The Su family has only planted more than two acres of sunflower seeds this year, and they have reached maturity.

The dewdrops are still hanging on the grass of the dog's tail, which is slightly bent over on both sides of the path. The bright Big Dipper in the sky is still pointing the way to the lost travelers. At this moment, the sky is still dark blue, and only a light fish belly is exposed in the east. The farmers of Wuli Bridge People went to the ground early.

The seventeen chickens in the house, which have grown to lay eggs and croak, are still sleeping soundly in the henhouse, but the smoke has already risen from the kitchen.

The groomed Young Jin walked into the kitchen at a leisurely pace. When Wu Ya'er, who was cooking today, saw her getting up, she grinned: "You Jin, you are early, and breakfast will have to wait for a while!" Since there were three fourteen-fifteen-year-old skilled workers in the family, Young Jin handed over the three meals a day that Su was in charge of to three capable girls, and each of them took turns to cook for five days.

The three girls can endure hardships very much. Although they have work to do after they come to the Su family, the Su family can be full every day, and they can eat meat and fish every day. The work is much easier than when they were at home before. , so the three girls are very happy.

In the early morning of early autumn, the well water was cool. After washing his face with cold water, Young Jin smiled and nodded. He entered the kitchen and quickly set up the dishes. Wu Ya’er also served breakfast with rice. The vegetables in the porridge are fried and served on the table.

Those who wanted to get up early to work all got up, and the five or six little girls all had good appetites. After a while, they ate half a pot of soft and delicious japonica rice porridge, dispelling the sleepiness of getting up early and the coolness of early autumn. Holding a sickle, Carrying a basket, we went to the sunflower field on the side.

"This flower pot is bigger than my face!" Erya cut off a sunflower pot with a smile and compared it to her face before putting it in the basket with a smile.

Wu Ya'er also smiled and cut down a sunflower, holding it heavily in her hands, and replied, "Yes! This flower pot is really big enough!" When the land is fertilized, sunflowers will naturally grow well, which can be said to be a bumper harvest.

A few little girls laughed and made trouble, and the work in their hands was not delayed. When the sun rose and the dew on the sunflowers dissipated, more than half of the two and a half acres of sunflower fields had been harvested.

Sunflower poles that have been cut to the ground are thrown everywhere, just waiting to be dried and then burned into ash to fertilize the land. This is the fifth time Young Jin and the others have returned home carrying a sunflower flower tray full of baskets.

The sun gradually rose, and the coolness of early autumn turned into an autumn tiger. The Su family had just so many sunflowers to harvest, so naturally they were not in a hurry. Seeing that there were less than half of the sunflowers still uncut, he picked up the thick cotton kerchief on his shoulders and wiped the sweat on his forehead, saying, "Let's go here first today, and come back tomorrow morning to cut the rest. Finish."

When several people saw her say this, they all stopped their work, put the sunflowers that had been cut into baskets, and carried them home. On the way, I met several villagers who were pushing trolleys and pulling grain back to the village to dry the grain. They greeted You Jin with a smile: "Girl Young Jin, are you going home before you wake up today?"

"Yeah, Aunt Wu, our family is all girls, we can't be exposed to the sun!" With a smile, he stepped forward to help Aunt Wu and his wife, and pushed the scooter to the door of Su's house. Young Jin stopped and waved to the two of them with a smile. Say goodbye, then push open the courtyard door and enter.

At this time, the Su family's yard was full of sunflower pots of various sizes, which made people feel a little helpless. Young Jin moved carefully, for fear of stepping on the sunflower. He went into the kitchen to take a hot shower, put on clean cotton clothes, and then came out to help Su's carry away the clingy Kang'er, and asked Su's to take Youzhu and three girls to the kitchen to continue the training. Cooking is gone.

Although Yulan is not good at cooking and has not done rough work, she is good at embroidery, and she also helps Su's with two and a half-year-old dolls. Children can read, and the itinerary is also very intensive.

The traditional character Youjin is also roughly recognizable, but the calligraphy is still not well written. In order to cover up his "unique talent", Youjin also insists on learning to read with Magnolia every day. Not only that, but Yulan has to teach several sisters the etiquette rules every day, but she has high hopes for each sister.

At first, Yulan was a little frightened when she heard that You Jin still had to pay etiquette rules, but after living in the Su family for a while, she could see that the eldest girl of the Su family was a good one, so she did not dare to belittle her words. Ri diligently taught the seven children of the Su family the etiquette of poetry and calligraphy. Several of the children were well-behaved and intelligent, and it was not very difficult to teach them on their own.

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A few days after the sunflower harvest of the Su family, Chen Yaren came to the door with good news.

"You Jin, let me tell you, you are sure to be satisfied with the shop this time!" Chen Yaren smiled and drank a big mouthful of sugar water before telling the good news this time: "It's the grocery store behind the mobile stall where you set up the sour plum soup. The family is leaving Luohe Prefecture, so they are anxious to sell the store. As soon as I heard the news, I hurried to find you!"

"Is the shop of the shopkeeper surnamed Li going to sell?" You Jin naturally remembered Li Ershun. After all, he set up a summer stall in front of his shop selling sour plum soup. "His business is doing well, why did he suddenly say that he wants to sell the shop?"

Seeing that she really remembered, Chen Yaren smiled and said: "Then there is news from Li Ershun's hometown that his father is gone, and he has to go back to observe filial piety! He is not from our Luohe Prefecture, and he wants to return to his roots when he is old. Then I thought of selling the shop and going back to my hometown, isn't it? As soon as I heard about this, I immediately went to Li Ershun and asked him to keep it, you will definitely like it!"

Although Li Ershun's shop is not big, the main reason is that it is in a good location. It is located at the junction of the east and west cities. There are no one thousand or eight hundred people passing by the door of his shop every day. You Jin naturally likes this house. Although it is small, it is a rare location in such a good location, so he asked, "How much does the shopkeeper Li say it sells for?"

Shopkeeper Li didn't say anything. After comparing two fingers, You Jin frowned at a glance: "It's so expensive?" I've seen other shops before, and the shops about the size of Li Ershun's house are at most one hundred taels. Li Ershun is too daring to make an offer!

Seeing her like this, Chen Yaren knew that she was too expensive, and hurriedly said: "The price of this Li family is a bit more expensive, but if you really want Xiaojin, I will talk to Shopkeeper Li again, and you can give I can accept the price, how about I go to talk to Shopkeeper Li?" Chen Yaren was originally entrusted by Youjin, and he watched the Su family make it up, so he naturally felt the same in order to earn more money in the future. Biased towards the Su family.

After thinking for a while, You Jin said, "One hundred and sixty taels at most, no more." It takes a lot of money to open a dim sum shop in the early stage. In addition, there are fourteen people in his family waiting to eat. Can't take this risk.

Chen Yaren thought about it for a while, then nodded: "Sure, I'll go into the city and talk to Shopkeeper Li." After that, he left in a hurry. The next day brought good news.

As soon as Li Ershun heard that it was the girl of the Su family who wanted to buy his shop, he was only willing to buy as little as one hundred and seventy taels, and he nodded happily, and promised to bring his own house to a narrow backyard and two rooms at the price of one hundred and sixty taels. The shop in the room was sold to the Su family.

Li Ershun gave face like this, and You Jin naturally accepted his love very much. He happily received both the money and the goods. Chen Yaren worked efficiently. After another day, he handed the key and the red deed to the young gold. Laughingly called You Jin the shopkeeper Su: "Manager Su, you have to take more care of my business in the future!"

You Jin was a little embarrassed by him, but he still had a faint smile on his face: "There is still a place for Uncle Chen to take care of you in the future!"

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Because the grocery store was to be converted into a dim sum store, most of the old furniture left by Li Ershun could not be used, so Young Jin hired an ox cart to bring all the furniture that could be used back to Su's house, and then put the shop in. It was renovated again, and the windows were covered with clear paper, which greatly increased the light in the store. Several walnut shelves were added, and two pots of dwarf pine and begonia were placed in the corner. Compared with the dimly lit grocery store before, it was really good. What a world of difference.

Magnolia was well written, so Young Jin asked her to write a poster for the Su family's dim sum shop, and then asked a carpenter to make a new plaque and hang it outside the door, covering it with a red cloth, only to wait until the day it opened. open.

The Su family shop was about to open, and Young Jin had more work to do. She bought beige and lotus-colored fine cotton fabrics and went back, told Yulan about her requirements, and then asked her to bring people Su Shi, Young Jin, Youyin, Youzhu, and Erya each made two sets of narrow-sleeved tops with pleated skirts. The three words "Su Jiaxiang" should be embroidered on the left chest of the tops.

"Su Jiaxiang" is the name that Youjin gave to his dim sum shop.

Magnolia is skillful, and the three girls also know a little bit of needlework. The four of them can make clothes together quickly. When the young gold collects enough sweet-scented osmanthus, flour, peas and other raw materials for dessert, they put it in the back of the shop. When I went to the warehouse room, the clothes were all made. Yulan also used the remaining materials to make beautiful little jackets for the remaining little girls in the Su family who did not have work clothes.

The Su family also inquired about the fortune teller nearby who had been in contact with the most frequently recently, and was optimistic about the good day of the eighth day of November.

In a blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of the first lunar month. Together with the two children, the Su family all went to the shop to do the final preparations. However, the shop of about 40 square meters was full of dozens of people, which was really crowded.

On the snack shelf customized by Youjin, a bamboo sign with the name of the dim sum written by Yulan has been hung in front of each grid.

After a few months of tossing, and the internal voting decision of the Su family, there are finally eight kinds of desserts that can be placed on the shelves of the Su family's snack shop, namely: chrysanthemum crisp, jujube mud cake, pea yellow, champion cake, sweet-scented osmanthus mung bean cake , sweet-scented osmanthus red bean cake, bean paste pie and four-color slice cake.

The author has something to say: In view of the problem of the little cutie's response to the anti-theft ratio in the comment area, Qingshan here apologizes to the little cutie who has been chasing the article. This chapter is full of 300 and will be updated. Now the anti-theft ratio has been closed. The ratio will only be opened in July, thank you for your support, thank you~~