When she came back from feeding the fish, Zhou Chengkang was already standing at the intersection waiting for her and said meaningfully, "I sent him to his aunt's house."
Li Qinghe chuckled.
"You're still laughing." Zhou Chengkang glared at her, "I'm dying of anxiety."
Li Qinghe didn't take it seriously, and walked towards home with a smile, "I just ask for directions, what are you in a hurry for?"
Zhou Chengkang had no choice but to chase after him a few steps, "I didn't break my promise on purpose this morning. A lot of things happened at my house today."
"I know. Your brothers are engaged, everyone in the village knows about it." Li Qinghe answered casually.
"Shall we go to the town tomorrow?" Zhou Chengkang asked tentatively, "It just so happens that there is a market, and you can buy everything." Then he explained, "I really planned to come to you in the morning today, but they started arguing early in the morning , I want to get engaged, and it's very difficult for my mother."
Li Qinghe raised his eyebrows, "It can be uncertain."
Zhou Chengkang sighed, "That's because you don't know about our family's situation. My mother only paid two taels of silver, and everyone is staring at it. It's enough to only place a small order, but in the future... the elder brother offered to say that the dowry is only half a tael, and the second brother To marry over there, all you need is a suit of clothes. The rest was taken away by the third brother, and a tael of silver is just a small amount. Although it is not much, it is already a lot for our family. That’s all, the third brother said that they want it It’s two taels, and he wants to stick some in.”
Li Qinghe listened silently, and did not wait for Zhou Chengkang to talk about himself after listening. Speaking of which, he is also seventeen this year, and it is time to get engaged. But she didn't take the initiative to ask, if Zhou Chengkang was only sincere to her but wouldn't fight for her, maybe she would have to reconsider their relationship...
Just thinking about it, I heard him say, "I also want to make a marriage as soon as possible, Qing He, I'll invite a matchmaker to come, okay?"
After a long while, Li Qinghe looked at the small courtyard of the Li family, and replied cautiously, "Okay."
It was actually not her home, she had never had a sense of belonging, the Xu family in her previous life was not her home, at most it was a place to work like she worked in a restaurant in the town, without wages. Hope this time, she made the right choice.
Zhou Chengkang was full of surprise, "Qing He, you agreed?"
Li Qinghe returned to his senses, looked at the surprise on his face, and saw that she was the only one in her eyes, and nodded with a smile, "Yeah."
Without waiting for Zhou Chengkang to get excited, Li Qinghe said again, "But this small set of money must be paid by your mother."
Zhou Chengkang was a little puzzled, "But my mother..." Facing her clear eyes, he felt a little weak, "Okay."
Li Qinghe was satisfied. It was okay to subsidize Zhou's mother, but after subsidizing her, the benefits did not fall to her.
When she returned home, Li Fu stood in the yard with his hands behind his back, and when he saw her enter the door, he acted as if he hadn't seen her. Instead, she said to Zhao Wanwan who was in the kitchen, "Tomorrow is the big market, you follow your mother to the town to buy a decent set of clothes, the Hu family will come to visit soon."
He really didn't intend to take Li Qinghe into consideration, he had to make an appointment with Zhao Wanwan before she got engaged. Even so, it didn't affect Li Qinghe's good mood. He hadn't expected it, so naturally he wouldn't be disappointed.
The next morning, Zhou Chengkang came to pick him up. After Li Qinghe went up, Qian grabbed Zhao Wanwan and hurried out, "Wait for us."
Zhou Chengkang sat at the front and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Auntie, I have something to do today, so it's not convenient for me to take someone with me."
After speaking, he pulled the rein, and the horse trotted away quickly. Seeing Qian's distraught face later, Li Qinghe immediately smiled.
She smiled happily, Zhou Chengkang secretly relieved, and slowed down after leaving the entrance of the village, "What are we going to buy?"
Li Qinghe thought for a while, "Buy some meat and white rice, and some refined noodles."
Hearing this, Zhou Chengkang asked in surprise, "Can this be paid back?"
Li Qinghe looked at him with a smile, "Try it and you'll know."
Now most of the streets are steamed buns and dry buns, which are made of coarse grains, and the selling price is cheap. If they are too expensive, no one buys them. At most, they are just earning some hard work. Li Qinghe first bought refined noodles and white rice, and only half a catty of lean meat, and some lard, and took these things to the steamed stuffed bun shop.
There is a big market in the town, and the bun shop is also busy. The aunt not only has buns, she also wants meat and vegetarian noodles.
When we arrived at the bun shop, it was still early, and most of the people who came to the market were still on the way. Seeing her, the aunt was quite happy, and seeing the things in her hand, she said in surprise, "These are not cheap, What are you buying these things for?"
Li Qinghe's face was full of smiles, and his tone was generous, "Ma'am, I want to sell some food, how about using your land to try?" He added, "I will pay you."
The aunt was a little surprised, she glanced at her hands again, and couldn't help persuading, "It's not that I don't like it, most of the people in my shop are peasants who work hard to fill their stomachs, I'm afraid no one will eat you." ... Now you can get it back if you take it back, don't waste your money."
"Thank you." Li Qinghe thanked him sincerely, "I want to try it, and I'll give you a taste when it's ready."
The aunt is not unhappy anymore, eating food may affect her business to some extent, but ordinary people would not buy these things, even if they look fresh, there will be many people in her shop today.
Li Qinghe first boiled the rice, and then asked Zhou Chengkang to chop the minced meat, then she went to refine the oil, put the fatty meat into the pot, and gradually the smell of the meat wafted away, making people salivate unconsciously, everyone would glance at this side when they passed by. After the oil has been refined, the rice over there is ready. Li Qinghe mixes the meat with the prepared vegetables, adds some salt, wraps it in the rolled skin made of fine noodles, makes it the size of a palm, and then starts frying.
Immediately, the whole shop was filled with the smell of meat and rice, which made the steamed stuffed buns and noodles with meat lose their color a lot.
Immediately, someone asked loudly, "Sister, what makes this so delicious?"
Li Qinghe has made one and is trying it for my aunt. She has looked at it several times, it is so delicious, no family would be willing to spend money to make it like this.
The pancakes were golden on both sides, and there was still a sizzling sound of oil. The aunt couldn't wait to take a bite, and her mouth was filled with the smell of meat and a slight smell of burnt rice. "Delicious!"
The person over there has already got up and walked to the pot, bent down to see the golden pancakes in the pot, and asked curiously, "How do you sell this?"
"Eight Wen for one." Li Qinghe replied immediately, "But uncle, you are the first to buy it, and I will give you five Wen."
There are quite a lot of onlookers, and sooner or later someone will buy it. At first glance, it seems to take advantage of it, and coupled with the scent that fills the nose, the brain heats up, "Then I want one."
The pancakes were not big, and I immediately regretted it, but with so many people around, the uncle couldn't ask for a refund, so he had to admit it. After taking a bite, his eyes lit up, "It's delicious!"
Everyone looked at the fool and looked at him, Ba Wen, a big bowl of meat noodles can get a bowl, just exchange for such a small pancake, although it is refined noodles, there is white rice and meat in it... a few pennies. There are so many things to eat, it’s actually quite cost-effective, and the toothpaste festival is also good, so many people rushed forward to buy them, but they were reluctant to eat them, and wanted to take them home for their children.
Li Qinghe and the two immediately became busy.