On the night of the end of the month, the three Boss Chu closed the door and counted the coins they had earned this month, and divided them into two parts, one was kept, and the other was given to Luo Jianjia.
This month's income is really good. Although there are some days when the sales of Liangpi plummeted and the scones did not sell well, the income of the whole month was still considerable.
Luo Jianjia got more than fifty taels of silver.
It is inconvenient to carry copper plates, especially as the family earns more and more, so they have exchanged the copper plates for silver every once in a while.
When you save some more money, you can exchange the money for a bank note.
Looking at this pile of silver, the smiles on the faces of Boss Chu and Mrs Zhao never dissipated.
After counting the money, Mrs Zhao asked, "Jianjia, do we want to make more bean paste tonight?"
These days, they will do more every two days, and they can sell it every time.
"No, others have already imitated 60-70%, and we won't be able to sell it if we make more." Luo Jianjia said.
This kind of thing is not once or twice, and Boss Chu and Zhao are calmer than before.
Earning a dozen taels a month is already a lot, and they don't care much about it.
Because they believe that if one day they don't make much money, the daughter-in-law will definitely come up with a way to make more money.
The second day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year is only a month away.
Early in the morning, Luo Jianjia made bean paste cakes.
As for the tea eggs that were made last night, before leaving, Luo Jianjia heated the tea eggs and the soup again, covered the bowl, and took them away.
This will keep the tea eggs from getting too cold.
Although the weather is cold, the warm bean paste cakes are still very popular.
It is estimated that he can earn more than 400 yuan on this day.
Aunt Wang and Luo Jianjia became familiar with each other a lot. Along the way, the two of them talked and laughed.
As soon as he reached the entrance of the village, he heard that the grandson of Aunt Wang's family didn't know where to go. Luo Jianjia asked her to find it quickly and went home alone.
As soon as he got home, Luo Jianjia saw the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law in the yard, the Zhou family and the Li family.
Mr. Li came with a sea bowl with some cold skins in it.
With just a glance, Luo Jianjia knew why the two came, which just verified her previous thoughts.
Some people, after taking a small advantage once, want to take advantage of it a second time.
Li was five months pregnant, and her stomach bulged slightly.
When she saw Luo Jianjia, she didn't know what she was thinking, she deliberately pushed her stomach forward with a proud look on her face.
Luo Jianjia was always very indifferent to her. After saying hello to Zhou and Li, she went to pack up.
Zhao also got up and went to help.
Seeing that Luo Jianjia was ignoring her, Mrs. Li raised her voice slightly and said, "Brother Wei Leng has been married for more than three years. Hasn't your brother and sister's stomach moved yet?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the yard looked at her.
Luo Jianjia glanced at her, ignored her, and continued to unload things from the car.
Mrs. Li didn't really want Luo Jianjia's answer. Luo Jianjia didn't answer. She continued, "Yo, why haven't you?"
Anyone who knows the Chu family can't ask this question, and they know the reason.
Therefore, Luo Jianjia still ignored her.
Although the Zhao family was also anxious to hug their grandson, she couldn't be in a hurry. Besides, she couldn't blame her daughter-in-law.
"It's mainly because Brother Leng has not been at home for the past few years, and there will be in the future."
Li looked down at her stomach, raised her eyebrows, and said, "This woman, she still has to conceive a child."
Mrs. Zhao was very satisfied with Luo Jianjia's daughter-in-law, and she didn't like what others said about her, so she immediately protected her and said, "It's not bad now, maybe Jianjia has done it, she has good cooking skills, and she can still make money. No one can compare to her."
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhou smiled and said: "Sister-in-law is right, niece-in-law is very capable. However, women, having children is the most important thing. If you have to have children, you have to have a few more, and have sons. No matter how much money she can make, it's not a problem to have no children, is it my sister-in-law?"
Luo Jianjia's subordinates did not stop and continued to clean up.
Li Shi smiled smugly at Luo Jianjia.
Zhou's words made Zhao very uncomfortable, and she has always been polite to Zhou.
She was able to refute a junior just now, but she didn't know how to speak about Zhou Shi.
Just when she thought for a long time about to speak, Luo Jianjia spoke.
Luo Jianjia glanced at the Zhou family, then looked at the Li family, and said indifferently: "So, it was thanks to my sister-in-law that she was pregnant with a child before, or she is still at her parents' house now."
What's the point of burying people in secret? Since the other party eats other people's food and pays back, there is no need to save face.
Last time, Mrs. Li was kicked back by her husband's family, which was a shame.
Hearing Luo Jianjia's words, Li's face became ugly.
"However, I think women still need to be able to do more, otherwise, the child in the belly has to go to another place to ask for something to eat, and can't buy it openly, isn't it, auntie, sister-in-law?" Luo Jianjia said again.
Does it make sense to come to the house once or twice and ask her to make cold skin? Eat her and tell her, does she owe them something
The smile on Zhou Shi's face disappeared.
She had never dealt with Luo Jianjia before, and she heard from others that Luo Che didn't like to talk to people very much, and was a boring gourd.
The last time he came, Roche also sat silently on the side, didn't speak and didn't respond.
If it weren't for that, she wouldn't dare to say what she just said.
She didn't know until now that this was not a stuffy gourd, but a thorn.
Li wanted to say something, but Zhou raised her hand and grabbed her.
Luo Jinjia can take it seriously, but Chu Weilen and they need offerings.
She is Chu Wei Leng's wife, if the pillow wind blows, they can't stand it.
"Oh, my niece-in-law doesn't welcome us. That's okay, sister-in-law, I won't disturb you when I go back with my daughter-in-law. You and eldest brother are fine." Zhou Shi looked aggrieved, secretly provoking and provoking again. a moment.
Luo Jianjia thought, the Zhou family is indeed powerful, not even a little bit more powerful than the Li family.
Being able to bend and stretch, never find it unpleasant for others.
Zhao Shi is not a talkative person, so he looked at his daughter-in-law, and then at Zhou Shi.
However, thinking of what Zhou Shi just said, she was silent for a moment, and said, "Okay."
The Zhou family thought that the Zhao family would keep them, but she did not expect that the Zhao family would say such a thing, which made her swallow the words and went back with her daughter-in-law who had always wanted to talk.
After Zhou Shi left, Zhao Shi sighed.
Luo Jianjia pursed her lips when she heard this sigh.
She doesn't think she just did something wrong, and she won't apologize for it.
Even in Zhao's face, it is impossible.
Then, she heard Zhao say, "I didn't feel it before, but now I feel that Dahe's daughter-in-law is weird."
Dahe is the village chief, and Dahe's daughter-in-law naturally refers to the Zhou family.
Luo Jianjia breathed a sigh of relief and continued to work.
I just heard Zhao continue to say: "Last time she came to ask for Liangpi, I didn't think there was anything, I didn't expect that she would come again after half a month, obviously I saw her at the pier at noon, if she wants to eat Liangpi, go She didn't go to the stall, as if she was afraid that people would find out. When she came back, she brought her daughter-in-law to ask for Liangpi, but she just wanted to take advantage of our family, and she didn't want to be known by outsiders to laugh at them. "
The Zhao family finally made some progress, and Luo Jianjia was very pleased.
"This brother, daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law are not good people. If you see her stay away from her in the future, don't worry about it." Zhao explained to Luo Jianjia.
"Okay, mother, my daughter-in-law remembered." Luo Jianjia replied with a smile.
"You finally laughed. Don't pay attention to what they say. My father and I both know that it's not your fault that you can't conceive a child, it's Brother Leng's problem. He doesn't have a home himself, so how can you get pregnant." Zhao He soothed her.
With such a mother-in-law, Luo Jianjia felt really happy. For a moment, she hoped that her life could stay at this moment.
However, the next moment, Zhao's words frightened her.
"Brother Leng doesn't know when he will be able to come back after leaving. It's not the way to go on like this." Zhao Shi said, "If he can't come back this year, why don't you go find him?"
Luo Jianjia stabilized her mind, paused, and said, "Mother, how can women come in and out of the military camp at will?"
Zhao shi came back to his senses, sighed, and said, "Hey, yes, I think too well."
Luo Jianjia breathed a sigh of relief.
After a while, Aunt Wang came over, and her grandson found it.
When Aunt Wang was looking for her grandson, she heard Mrs. Li say some things outside, so she came to learn from Mrs. Zhao.
Zhao Shi told her what had just happened.
The two got together and talked about Zhou and Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
When Boss Chu came back, Mr. Zhao told him what happened just now.
Luo Jianjia is in a good mood today and plans to cook something delicious.
Now that the family is rich, oil and eggs are not so rare. In order to make bean paste cakes, there is also a lot of sugar in the family.
Luo Jianjia boiled some noodles and planned to fry sugar cakes to eat.
Fried sugar cakes are a kind of food they would eat when they were young. They are sold outside, and occasionally fried at home during Chinese New Year.
Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet on the inside, delicious.
But it's not easy to eat, Luo Jianjia didn't try it a few times, and some of them were fried.
After frying the sugar cake, the freshly boiled egg has been cooled, peel off the shell, and slowly fry it in the oil pan. Fry until the egg shell begins to wrinkle, and set aside for later use.
Take another pot, pour oil into the pot, add onion ginger, aniseed, sugar and salt and other seasonings. After mixing thoroughly, pour in a few eggs that have just been fried.
Pour water into the pot, boil it, and slowly collect the juice.
These two kinds of food are things that Zhao has never seen or eaten before, and these two flavors are exactly what she likes very much.
"Jianjia, why is this sugar cake so delicious? It's even better than bean paste cake." Zhao asked in surprise, "The outer layer is crispy, the inner layer is soft, and it's still hollow, so sweet."
This sugar cake was specially made by Luo Jianjia for the Zhao family. There was a lot of sugar and sesame in it.
Zhao likes it very much, but it is too sweet for ordinary people.
After eating one, Mr. Chu preferred tiger skin eggs, which were slightly sweet and fragrant.
"This egg is surprisingly delicious, is it covered with noodles?" Boss Chu asked, looking at the wrinkled egg.
"I didn't, I saw it with my own eyes," Zhao explained.
"Mother is right, it's true that I didn't put it in. The boiled egg becomes like this after frying it." Luo Jianjia said.
Hearing this answer, Boss Chu looked at the tiger skin egg in surprise and praised it again and again.
Early the next morning, Luo Jianjia saw the guard he had seen before. This was the second time he had seen him, and everyone knew a lot about it.
From his conversation with the Zhao family, he learned that his name was Mo Feng, and he was the guard of a prince from a certain Hou family in the capital.
This time, he still came with the task of 100 taels of silver notes and 20 catties of pork jerky, but this time, Chu Weilen didn't write to his family.
Zhao hurriedly asked about the situation of his son.
"Master Chu is busy with the big competition at the end of the year, and he is too busy to write." Mo Feng said.
When Luo Jianjia heard this, she always felt that the plot was a little familiar, but she couldn't remember why it was familiar.
Then I heard Zhao's question: "Then will he come back at the end of the year?"
Hearing this, Luo Jianjia came back to her senses and looked at Mo Feng.
Mo Feng shook his head.
Listening to this unexpected answer, Zhao was not too disappointed. His son had only been gone for a few months, and it was normal not to come back.
It's just that no matter how long her son is gone, she misses her son very much.
In order to allow Mo Feng to take away the pork jerky smoothly tomorrow, Luo Jianjia did not make cold skin today, but only made scones, and went to town with the tea eggs made last night and Aunt Wang.
When I came back, I went to the county seat to buy meat.
Made it early today and made it by night.
Just like last time, Luo Jianjia brought some food to Chu Weilen when Mo Feng left.
Now that it has entered the twelfth lunar month, if according to what is written in the book, Chu Wei Leng will meet the heroine who came to the border from the capital just a few years ago, and the emotional line of the story also starts from this moment.
I don't know when Chu Wei Leng will propose to her and leave...
However, now that she is rich, she is not afraid that Chu Wei will mention it coldly. If she leaves, she can live just as well.
It's just that most of the time she will stay in the local area after He Li, and there is indeed some trouble with the Luo family.
She must hurry up and see the houses in town.