Since the twelfth lunar month, it has been getting colder every day.
It's better outside, but it's too cold inside to sit still.
In the winter in the north, the stove will be lit, the heating will be turned on, and the house will be warm. And the room where you sleep will also have a pan, and it will be warm when you sleep.
The south is not as cold as the north, no one lights the stove, but the interior is damp and cold.
Probably the only advantage is that the temperature is not so low, the ground will not freeze, and there will be no snow in the sky.
Until the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the wharf is open to navigation, and their family's business can be done normally.
If this is in the north, if the lake freezes, it will not be navigable, and their business will naturally be impossible.
Now that the practice of bean paste has been researched, the sales of bean paste cakes are not as good as before. However, Luo Jianjia's craftsmanship is good and it is delicious, so there are still many stable customers.
Earning more than 300 yuan a day is not a small amount.
Seeing that the Chinese New Year is approaching, it is estimated that the heroine will almost appear by Chu Weilen's side, and it will be a few days before she and Chu Weilen are reconciled.
Luo Jianjia counted the silver, plus the money for the second order from the Houfu son last time, more than one hundred and ten taels.
The money is enough for her to do many things.
Zhao's and Boss Chu treat her well, and I'm afraid they won't have the chance to contact her in the future. She plans to take advantage of He Liqian and make them more delicious things to repay them.
After selling food in the second half of the day, Luo Jianjia went to the town to cut some meat, which was fat and thin, and bought some lotus roots and shiitake mushrooms.
After going back, chop the minced meat, chop the lotus root and shiitake mushrooms, and add them to the meat.
Add seasonings, salt, sugar, five-spice powder, etc. to the meat, as well as onion and ginger.
Before stirring, add some water to it, and add an egg.
Finally, keep stirring these fillings in one direction until the meat is thick and sticky.
In fact, you can add starch in it, but unfortunately Luo Jianjia couldn't find a place to sell starch, so she had to do it.
After the meat filling was stirred, Luo Jianjia divided the meat into four portions, and each portion was rounded into a ball.
Heat oil in a pan and slowly lower the balls into it.
When the balls are fried, take them out.
Take another pot, put oil, onion ginger, seasoning, put the just fried balls in it, add water, and cook slowly.
Finally, collect the juice, put out four large balls, and sprinkle some chopped green onion on top.
In this way, a four-happy ball is ready.
There is a lot of meat in this sixi ball, lotus root and shiitake mushrooms are like side dishes, and the most important thing is meat.
I haven't eaten it yet, just asking about the taste and looking at the color makes people drool.
Although the family has more money now, Mr. Zhao and Boss Chu are not so fond of spending money. They are still similar to the past. At most, they can eat meat not once every two weeks, but once every three or five times.
But it was the first time that there was as much meat as today.
"Is this the Four Happiness Balls?" Zhao shi asked, staring at the plate.
Luo Jianjia nodded and said, "Yes."
"I've only heard of it before, but I've never seen it before. I didn't expect it to look like this." Zhao shi swallowed and said.
Boss Chu glanced at the plate and said, "I heard from the elders of my family when I was a child that rich people eat well during the New Year, they have enough meat, and meatballs are all made of meat. I didn't expect to see them in my life."
Perhaps thinking of the bitter days in the past, Mr. Zhao sighed and said, "Isn't that right? In the past, I could smell a little bit of meat during the New Year's Eve, but I can't even think about this four-happy ball."
Luo Jianjia didn't expect that a single dish could arouse so much emotion from the two of them. Looking at the steaming Sixi balls, she said, "Mother and father, try it quickly, it will be cold if you don't eat it."
Boss Chu and Mrs Zhao came back to their senses from the past and looked at Sixi Maruko in front of them.
"Yes, try it and see what the meatball tastes like." Zhao Shi said with a smile.
Carefully clipped some with chopsticks, Zhao Shi slowly put it into his mouth.
When the taste of the meatballs dissipated in his mouth, Mr. Zhao chewed it hard, swallowed it, and said, "It's delicious, the meat is very firm. Is there anything else in it besides the meat?"
Luo Jianjia smiled and said, "There are lotus roots and shiitake mushrooms."
Zhao Shi said: "No wonder, I feel that the thing is crunchy, and it seems that the meat will not be so tired after adding this."
Boss Chu tasted it and said, "No wonder rich people like to eat this dish during Chinese New Year. It's really delicious."
After taking two more bites, Mr. Zhao said, "I think Jianjia's craftsmanship is good. Others may not be able to make Jianjia as delicious as it is."
"The mother is too famous, and the daughter-in-law just does it casually, not as good as those masters."
"You are too modest. Those merchants who come and go say that your craftsmanship is better than those of the masters they have seen in the big restaurant."
Boss Chu also boasted: "It's really good craftsmanship."
"Brother Leng also likes to eat meat. You can cook it for him when he comes back next time." Every time he eats something delicious, Mr. Zhao often thinks of his son, "But he doesn't like to eat sweet, the best ones are the best. Less sugar and more chili."
Less sugar and more chili
It loses its original flavor.
After all, the next time they meet, most of them will be reconciling, and Chu Weilen won't have a chance to eat the food she made. Luo Jianjia didn't argue with Zhao, but smiled and agreed.
A few days later, the Chinese New Year was approaching. In the early morning, Luo Jianjia went to feed the chickens after washing up.
Just after feeding, I heard a movement from the door.
Luo Jianjia looked up subconsciously.
Seeing that it was Mrs. Zhang, she frowned slightly and walked towards the door.
As soon as she walked to the door, before she could ask a question, Mrs. Zhang grabbed her and dragged her out of the door.
"Jianjia, you should have a lot of money there, right? Give some to your mother." Mrs Zhang whispered.
Luo Jianjia glanced at Mrs. Zhang, and with a little effort, pulled her arm out of Mrs. Zhang's hand.
Could it be that all her money was blown by the strong wind, Zhang's wanted it.
The Luo family's people are like cowhide candy, and they can't get rid of them no matter how they are thrown.
"Mother, I made it clear to you last time, it's better for you to come to Chu's house less often." After that, Luo Jianjia turned around and wanted to walk towards Chu's house.
Before he could turn around, Zhang was caught.
Luo Jianjia turned around and looked over.
"Jianjia, you can't do this. Women still have to rely on their mother's family in the end. You can only be good if your mother's family is good. Now your father needs money for business, so you have to take some out. When our family gets rich, you Only in my in-law's house can I straighten my waist. Why are you getting older and ignorant?" Mrs. Zhang started her rhetoric again.
It's a pity that Luo Jianjia doesn't eat this set at all.
Besides, she was thinking of distancing herself from the Luo family, so naturally she would not intervene in this matter.
"Mother, I don't want to take advantage of my mother's family. No matter how good my father's business is, it has nothing to do with me. Similarly, no matter how bad my life is, I don't need my father and mother's help."
"You... you... how did you become like this? Did the Chu family tell you something?" Mrs Zhang asked.
Her honest and obedient girl must have been fooled by the Chu family, otherwise she would not have changed so much.
"You think too much, and the Chu family didn't tell me anything. Go back, I don't have any money, so I can't give it to you. I wish my father a prosperous business." Luo Jinjia tried to take Zhang's hand away.
At this time, Mrs. Zhang hesitated and finally told the truth: "Actually... In fact, your father lost money in business and needs money to turn around. Now that your family is in trouble, you can take some money out."
Luo Jianjia paused slightly and looked at Mrs. Zhang.
Luo Fusheng is losing money again
It seems that Luo Fusheng has never made any money in business, and he will lose what he does.
But, what does this have to do with her
"No." Luo Jianjia said very firmly.
"Why do you have no money? You have been doing business with the Chu family for so long, and you must have saved a lot of money. You should take out some emergency." Zhang said anxiously.
Luo Jianjia didn't speak, just looked at Mrs. Zhang quietly.
Seeing her daughter's lack of oil and salt, Mr. Zhang was very angry, and even looking at the daughter in front of him felt very strange.
"When you got married, your mother gave you a silver bracelet. The bracelet is worth a tael. You can take it out."
Hearing this, Luo Jianjia laughed instead of getting angry.
This was the first time she had heard that her parents' family could be like this. When she had no money, she came to give her daughter a dowry.
Really thick skinned.
"Isn't the dowry for me, why do you want to go back now?" Luo Jianjia asked.
Mrs. Zhang said, "Although it is for you, it is also my mother's thing, and it was left to me by your grandma."
"What about the dowry gift that my in-law's family gave? Isn't it worth more than this bracelet? Did my parents give me a point?" Luo Jianjia retorted.
She didn't want that bracelet, she just didn't like the disgusting behavior of the Luo family.
"You are so cruel! You know what your parents and grandma's attitude is, and I was also driven by them to come here. You are not considerate to your mother, and you still treat your mother like this. I can't even get my things back? Are you trying to force me to death?" After speaking, Mrs Zhang burst into tears.
"I think my mother wants to kill me. Let my daughter get something from her husband's house." Luo Jianjia sneered, "Just wait, I'll get it for you right away."
After a while, Luo Jianjia gave all the jewelry left by the original owner to Mrs. Zhang.
She didn't want to be stuck by the Luo family anymore, she would just cut it off if she wanted to.
"I'll say it for the last time, don't come again, and I won't recognize you if you come." After that, Luo Jianjia went back.
Mrs Zhang didn't even look at her daughter, she held the bracelet and earrings in her hands and breathed a sigh of relief.
When Mr. Zhao was about to come out when he heard the movement, he saw that his daughter-in-law had already gone back.
"Jianjia, who was outside just now?"
"People from other villages, you have gone the wrong way. Come and ask for directions." Luo Jianjia explained briefly.
"Oh." Zhao shi didn't ask any more.
Because of Mrs. Zhang's arrival, Luo Jianjia was in a bad mood all day.
Such a dog-skin plaster-like mother's family is really bad.
It would be better if she stayed away from her. I've seen houses in town before, the price is right, and the location is okay, but it's too close to here.
She was considering whether to go to the county seat. It was more affluent there. Maybe the business could be done better. The most important thing was to stay away from Luo's house.
In the second half, after she sent the car home with Aunt Wang, she went out to the county seat.
She had to look for a place to live.
By the time she returned from the county seat, it was already dark.
Seeing her back, Zhao shi greeted her with a smile.
"Jianjia, Brother Leng has written a letter back, look at what you wrote."
Luo Jianjia was a little surprised.
The last time the young master of the Hou residence sent someone to buy something, Chu Weilen didn't write a letter, so why did he remember to write a letter now.
Thinking that it was almost time for him to meet the heroine, Luo Jianjia's heart skipped a beat, took the letter from Zhao's hand, and opened it.
However, she was wrong, Chu Wei Leng's letter did not mean to divorce her, but a happy event.
"What is written, Jianjia, what is written on it?" Zhao Shi hurriedly asked when his daughter-in-law's face changed slightly.
Luo Jianjia simply read the letter, looked at the Zhao family, and said, "Mother, Xianggong has been promoted."
Zhao shi asked in surprise: "Ah? You've been promoted?"
"Yes, it has risen to the seventh grade."
Although Zhao didn't understand these grades, he knew that the smaller the number in front of the grade, the higher the official position.
Rank 1 is the highest, Rank 9 is the smallest.
My son has risen by two figures in half a year, so fast.
Then, in the next instant, she became nervous.
She had heard from her own man before that if a general wanted to be promoted, he had to fight and make meritorious deeds.
"Why did you get promoted so quickly, is there a war? Is he injured?" Mrs. Zhao asked nervously, grabbing her daughter-in-law's arm.
Zhao's love for his son was all reflected on his face.
Boss Chu looked anxious.
Luo Jianjia hurriedly explained to them: "Father, mother, it's not a war, and the husband was not injured. It was a big competition in the army at the end of the year.
Hearing this, Boss Chu and Mrs Zhao both breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other with relaxed smiles on their faces.
Speaking of which, Luo Jianjia was also a little surprised, how could the male lead be promoted to the seventh rank at this time.
If she remembered correctly, the opportunity for the male protagonist to be promoted lies in the next emperor, who is now the prince's male partner.
The male protagonist first met the female protagonist the year before, and the next year, he rescued the prince on the battlefield, and his official fortunes have been prosperous since then.
Why is it earlier now
Did she remember it wrong
Moreover, the big contest? Why is this so familiar? I felt as if I had heard it somewhere before.
Zhao Shi and Boss Chu were happy for their son's promotion, and they said something happily on the side.
Luo Jianjia was lost in thought.
Since she had an impression, it must have been mentioned in the book.
Since I mentioned it, most of it is related to the male protagonist, or the female protagonist, or the plot.
More than half a year has passed, and now she only remembers the important plots clearly, and some small details are almost forgotten by her.
After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't understand, Luo Jianjia is no longer embarrassed for herself, and now that the hero and heroine meet for the first time, there is no important plot, just forget it.
Thinking like this, Luo Jianjia turned to look at the Zhao family, and wanted to ask her what delicious food she made tonight to celebrate.
However, before he could speak, a plot suddenly flashed into his mind.
Immediately, he froze in place.
first meeting... first meeting...
Isn't it the first time we met.
She suddenly remembered that it was mentioned in the book that the reason why the male and female protagonists met was because the male protagonist could not participate in the big competition, and he was in a bad mood. He went out to the town outside the camp and happened to meet the female protagonist.
If you think about it, the plot is different from the book.
Why does the male protagonist have the opportunity to participate in the big competition now
Now that he has participated, he will definitely have no time to leave the barracks, so has he met the heroine